Classical Composer reacts to DAVID BOWIE: LET'S DANCE with cover by Umphrey's McGee & Huey Lewis

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  • @Doug.Helvering
    @Doug.Helvering  22 години тому +1

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    • @corneliusantonius3108
      @corneliusantonius3108 20 годин тому

      I can recomend songs from the movy Labyrynth with David bowie or just reeact to the whole movue.

  • @alastairwinner
    @alastairwinner 9 годин тому +4

    Lets Dance is my favourite Bowie album, simply because it takes me back to a really happy time in my youth. I lived in Texas and got to see Nile Rogers play a few months after Bowie passed. He was supporting Duran Duran. He did a whole set of songs from this album, including Lets Dance. It was an amazing tribute. You could tell how proud he was of the record and how much he admired Bowie. Also nice to know that there is some Texas on the record thanks to SRV.

  • @HBrooks
    @HBrooks 19 годин тому +2

    seeing david bowie in smaller venues was mighty. one of the best performers ever.

  • @daredevildaryl2645
    @daredevildaryl2645 17 годин тому +2

    I finally saw Bowie on this tour. This song and a few others from this album were on non stop rotation on the radio stations in 1983. Anyway he headlined day 3 of the massive US Festival in 1983. I was not aware of the back story of this song until now. Thanks Doug.

  • @ericgardner5548
    @ericgardner5548 27 хвилин тому

    The bass line is killer on this , one of my favorite bass lines ever.

  • @louiscassis3426
    @louiscassis3426 14 годин тому +2

    This is the version we all danced to at the school dance and the club.

  • @jalletto4487
    @jalletto4487 2 години тому

    The story behind how David Bowie saw SRV’s heavily booed 1982 Montreaux Jazz Fest set and enticed him into recording on this record is amazing

  • @corneliusantonius3108
    @corneliusantonius3108 20 годин тому +4

    David Bowie is awesome

  • @woodschelle
    @woodschelle 20 годин тому +2

    Hard to stay seated during that tune ! It's just of that kind. I so dig it. Thanks for sharing the song and your reaction.

  • @sanandaallsgood673
    @sanandaallsgood673 20 годин тому +6

    I've always loved Bowie and the various types of music he made. I believe the Let's Dance album was one of his most popular for top 40 or songs on the radio, which I was glad to see.

  • @Padbrd230
    @Padbrd230 21 годину тому +5

    Great reaction who doesn’t love a bit of Bowie

  • @mlwsf
    @mlwsf 18 годин тому +2

    You should hear Nile Rodgers story about how David brought this to him as a strum bum folk song. Nile said, leave it with me for a few days and this was the result.

  • @rickandgen
    @rickandgen 20 годин тому +8

    This album kickstarted SRV’s career and the subsequent tour revived another guitarist career. SRV couldn’t tour with Bowie so David recruited childhood friend Peter Frampton to perform on the tour.

    • @jerrycunningham1820
      @jerrycunningham1820 19 годин тому +1

      Couldn't get SRV so asks Peter Frampton to fill in. Bowie has some pull. Love Diamond Dogs with Tina Turner. They were terrific.

    • @homegymfitness9899
      @homegymfitness9899 16 годин тому +2

      Actually Earl Slick was recruited. Peter Frampton joined Bowie on his 87 Tour.

    • @bobschiller6435
      @bobschiller6435 15 годин тому

      From what I read at the time, SRV wanted Double Trouble to open. When David said he did not want an opening act, SRV declined to do the tour and David got Earl Slick to replace him.

    • @mattleppard1970
      @mattleppard1970 9 годин тому

      Earl Slick and Carlos Alomar on that tour IIRC

  • @there4im839
    @there4im839 10 годин тому

    I went into this video knowing everything about this track and not expecting surprises. About 15 years ago I contracted Menieres and lost my left ear. Subsequently, I lost a relationship, a job, and gained a depression I have not yet conquered. Thank you for reminding me of the importance of joy that is within reach.

  • @margaretbarnes5254
    @margaretbarnes5254 19 годин тому +1

    This is the version of Let’s Dance that I keep on my playlist. 🥰🎸🔥

  • @shannondavis4380
    @shannondavis4380 18 годин тому +1

    Clapton used to carry one of my dads tapes with him when he would travel by bus.

  • @wakelyn
    @wakelyn 20 годин тому +2

    great stuff! hope you cover more bowie in the future. the 2018 re-recording of the album never let me down, also on the loving the alien box set, is a real treat.

  • @murraymejka
    @murraymejka 20 годин тому +2

    Bowie wrote a song about his working with Nile Rodgers called Bring Me The Disco King which I think is his only jazz song.

  • @Zeupater
    @Zeupater 17 годин тому +1

    Niles’ chord extensions and Omar Hakim’s groove provide the platform for David and Stevie.

  • @jyjjy7
    @jyjjy7 10 годин тому +1

    4:08 The best cover of Let's Dance is actually by indie folk/alt-country artist M. Ward who turns into a beautifully sincere folk ballad like the romantic lyrics hint at

  • @thembill8246
    @thembill8246 18 годин тому +2

    Oh, you already have Anchor Drops. That's an album i would've loved to see you react to

  • @bronwynthorn4494
    @bronwynthorn4494 17 годин тому +1

    "Put on your red shoes and dance the blues..."

  • @R0kushi
    @R0kushi 18 годин тому

    loving the bowie binge and all the stories behind the songs

  • @thembill8246
    @thembill8246 19 годин тому +2

    If you haven't yet watched that performance at Montreux By Stevie Ray Vaughan, it's phenomenal. They also just about booed him off the stage because apparently he was too loud after a day of mostly acoustic jazz.
    Also I believe David wasn't the one in the audience. I think it was Jackson Brown who was in the audience, but then brought Stevie with him afterward to David's studio where he was working nearby, and they had a jam session all night. I might have that reversed, but I'm pretty sure I don't.
    Also he had spent the last several years making the most obscure, eclectic, non-commercial shit that he possibly could because he was pissed off at a bad contract deal at his old record company where his manager was getting 50%. As soon as that contract was over he switched and made the most financially productive music of his career.
    I will also say, the two albums that come after Let's Dance are terrible (IMO. They're the only albums of his that I can't even listen all the way through. The only good thing that came out of it was Loving the Alien, And that was really only after he totally reworked it in the late '90s and early 2000s). It's what happens when he then decides he wants to stick with being commercial for a little bit and give the record company more of what they want, which is more of the same. It's also funny that that terrible group of albums then led to probably his most financially successful tour as well, the glass spider tour.

  • @niekvandenpol
    @niekvandenpol 20 годин тому +5

    I don’t know if it’s the type of music you would react to, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on Counting Crows’ ‘Round Here’ and specifically Noah Gundersens’ cover of it. :) Love the videos, they’ve taught me so much new stuff about music theory
    EDIT: And if you want something more musically challenging: You Never Know from Dave Matthews is a good way to start down the rabbit hole called Carter Beauford :)

  • @ta2gypsy
    @ta2gypsy 20 годин тому

    Hey that is so sad about the news Huey. Let it be a tribute to you AND David. Thank you for giving us all of your gifts.

  • @markjones3510
    @markjones3510 20 годин тому +1

    Doug, I'm not sure if you'd even consider 90's indie music in the UK. But the verve, urban hymns is one of the greatest albums of all tIme IMHO!

  • @Maggie22002
    @Maggie22002 19 годин тому +2

    Also, If you recall about 2 New Years ago, Miley Cyrus sang this song with David Byrne from Talking Heads band. It was Miley’s New Years show. They both did such an excellent job. His voice is strong enough for that song & very appropriate since David was the one who inducted David Bowie Into the Rock Hall Of Fame back in 1996. I have that video from the New Years show. I downloaded it from YT before they deleted it.

  • @johnnyrokkit
    @johnnyrokkit 19 годин тому +3

    Is this blasphemy? I prefer the radio edit. It's tighter and as a result it captures a bit more urgency in the vibe. Additionally, SRV's contribution comes into focus better. This just feels drawn out to me.
    Cheers on another great reaction! And kudos to UM + Huey on the cool cover!

  • @Ninang363
    @Ninang363 20 годин тому +1

    The story of how Stevie Ray ended up on the album and why he did not tour with Bowie in support of the album/song is interesting and one of the reasons the music business kinda sucks

  • @Mediawatcher2023
    @Mediawatcher2023 19 годин тому

    this is the extended mix version of the single mix

  • @Janokins
    @Janokins 18 годин тому

    Groovy! I'm going to have to learn that bassline. I feel like I've been a bit of a negative nancy lately, this is just what I need!

  • @KevinDobson-k3q
    @KevinDobson-k3q 16 годин тому

    My long awaited Peter Gabriel request coming soon?

  • @grahamdowney5550
    @grahamdowney5550 16 годин тому

    Any album from Station to Station - Scary Monsters would be great to react to

  • @aaronb6727
    @aaronb6727 19 годин тому

    Since you love a good SRV guest appearance, check out James Brown's Living in America. Not a lot in there but very noticeable.

  • @GH0STGUY
    @GH0STGUY 16 годин тому +1

    hey, i know im kinda late but i was watching your Dragonborn video and i have a console recomendation for you if youre still interested. its the Xbox Series S, the most accessible and competent present-gen console. only bad thing is it doesnt have Days Gone nor God of War lol but it still has a great library

  • @Jonathan-d1b3g
    @Jonathan-d1b3g 18 годин тому

    👍👍👍👍👍

  • @robertmarlow255
    @robertmarlow255 20 годин тому

    Pity Doug never followed up his review of Ziggy Stardust with one on Aladdin Sane which is often referred to as Ziggy goes to America and is a far more more interesting album music wise.

  • @Dizortli
    @Dizortli 8 годин тому

    we want Megadeth!!

  • @carlpeterson8182
    @carlpeterson8182 14 годин тому

    Not a big David Bowie fan. I really like this one though. Is it true that Bowie does not like this song? I think he did not like some of his 80 pop hits. Simple little song very produced. But a nice dance song.

  • @Tom67Slick
    @Tom67Slick 22 години тому +1

    Hello, I want to request a listen to the game Throne and Liberty's main theme song, it's classically composed and very epic

  • @arcam4981
    @arcam4981 19 годин тому +1

    I love David Bowie but he wrote so many songs better than this one