Fantastic Voyage: A David Bowie Podcast

Join us as we finish our Heathen discussion with side b, cover art, Tumble & Twirl™ award and our mailbag segment!

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

I Would Be Your Slave

I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship

5:15 Angels Have Gone

Everyone Says 'Hi'

A Better Future

Heathen (The Rays)

Dubbed by many as “best since Scary Monsters”, independent artist David Bowie released Heathen in 2002 under his new label ISO records. Join us as we begin our discussion on his first LP release of the new millennium.

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

Sunday

Cactus

Slip Away

Slow Burn

Afraid

I’ve Been Waiting for You

Fantastic Voyage's eighth and final season begins with the unreleased Toy album from 2000. We spent a beautiful summer evening outdoors, as we tend to do to kick off a season, discussing the album, the box set, the unplugged and somewhat slightly electric versions, the leak, and yes... the album cover!

We touch on a few also rans and hash out our top 15 Bowie songs of the decade.

We spent a couple hours talking about this album. Here's the second half of our conversation including the album art and mailbag segments.

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

What's Really Happening?

The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell

New Angels of Promise

Brilliant Adventure

The Dreamers

Bowie's music takes another drastic turn with 1999's 'hours...'

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

Thursday's Child

Something in the Air

Survive

If I'm Dreaming My Life

Seven

Bowie celebrates his 50th birthday and then kicks off one of his heaviest of all tours.

Recommended viewing/listening:

Bowie's 50th Birthday at Madison Square Garden (YouTube)

LiveAndWell.com (1999) (2021 re-release)

Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97) (2021)

Continued EART HL I NG discussion. Plus our Tumble and Twirl award and mailbag segment.

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

Dead Man Walking

Telling Lies

The Last Thing You Should Do

I'm Afraid of Americans

Law (Earthlings on Fire)

Bowie and company enter the digital age in what becomes a jam packed album both musically and lyrically. So much to unpack!

Special thanks to Jesse's wife Sarah for playing guitar on the Earthling episodes outro!

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE:

Little Wonder

Looking for Satellites

Battle for Britain (The Letter)

Seven Years in Tibet

Bowie touts much of his new album and hand picks some fitting tunes from his vault in one of his most interesting tours to date. 99 shows between September '95 and October '96.

Recommended viewing/listening:

Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95)

No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95)

Rockpalast (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfVR7Gw6ymg