David Bowie let's dance

Saw him play it live on the Serious Moonlight tour in ‘83. One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. Stevie Ray Vaughn plays the solo but did not tour with him.


Blue Jean is one from the following year.

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I hate this song

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It's one of my lesser liked Bowie songs. It's almost annoying

That was probably his most commercial album. I like a lot of Bowie from Fame to Young Americans to Scary Monsters but if dude had never heard of Bowie and liked that song, why is that a problem?

Never cared for it, China Doll or any of that 80s stuff.

I like the extra strange, drugged out 70s Bowie.

Pretty good hip hop sample came from it

Only 3 Bowie songs I hate and that is one of them.

It is one of my top 5 music videos of the MTV era (actually, of all time)

Exactly 1 year ago, I visited the bar that was featured in the video. Even though I am not giant Bowie fan (I do love a great deal of his music, though), I have always wanted to go to that bar. After a visit to the Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, NSW, my friends and I headed 3 hours west into the outback to reach Carinda, New South Wales. 20 miles of the journey was over a dirt road. On either side of the road were cattle ranches and wheat farms consisting of tens of thousands of acres. The town was so small, that the only businesses were the George's Carinda Hotel and the gas station or "servo" across the street. We stayed for an hour, had a couple beers, and headed back to Newcastle...a 6 1/2 hour journey. It was truly an adventure, and I'm glad I did it. Here are a few pics:

From the video:



As it appears now:







Inside (video):





Inside now:









At the public swimming pool just down the road:

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Blue Jean is another great song from that album

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Blue Jean is not on the "Let's Dance" album. It's on the follow-up, "Tonight", which was recorded after the Serious Moonlight Tour.

And Bowie was AWESOME in that period.

Just watched the HBO documentary "The Last Five Years" again this morning--excellent. And if you've never seen "Five Years" about him in the 70's/early 80's at the peak of his power, check it out. It starts with Ziggy Stardust in 1971 and ends with 1983 and Let's Dance.

it was originally an acoustic song and in a different key until Nile Rodgers got a hold of it

cool story (youtube vid) > LINK