Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

filmfreak-5 I remember buying this one a two VHS cassette pack in 1987 when I went to London, having always been a huge Bowie fan I had to have those two..The show is awesome, for being in 1983 - it shows Bowie on the tour he would later become the most tired of, The Serious Moonlight tour, but tour to promote the album Let's Dance, featuring huge hits like of course Let's Dance, and China Girl...all songs he would later regret having written, yet still performs on tours for some reason..A terrific show, a definite must-GET if you're a Bowie fan..Cannot really rate it as a film, but the production value is very high and therefore, for the sheer entertainment it delivers: 8/10

jeffrey-58 This amazing concert was filmed in Vancouver over two nights, originally released on HBO and then parlayed into the home video market. If anybody wanted to see Bowie at his commercial peak (at the time he was signed to EMI with a whopping $3 mil contract--the highest ever to date for a rock act) this was the chance if you missed him on his whirlwind Europe/US/Oceania/Asian globetrot.Hot on the heels of "Modern Love," "Let's Dance" and "China Girl", plus a few odds and ends recorded in between this tour and his previous 1979 fluorescent light cage-themed jaunt, this act was clearly made for a video-age audience. With "Blade-Runner" inspired floor-to-ceiling clear plastic light columns, the groundbreaking use of vari-lights, and the band in costumes reminiscent of a 1920's Hong Kong dockyard, you'd think that would be enough eye candy for a 90-minute show. But the video goes one further with an intro filmed at a Hong Kong dockyard with the band in their "silly suits", and a bevy of asian models paid to fill up the front two rows to add spice to the entire theme. For a tour of that nature to blow out Duran Duran, The Police and Michael Jackson's tours as the most attended of 1983, you gotta mean business.And Bowie not only blew out the rock world with the staged theatrics, he rocked the house with his trademark sound, blending funk, soul, experimental synth and glam rock into one big gumbo pot. Who else back then would have cleverly utilized Chic's drummer and LaBelle's bassist, horns from the Tower of Power, vocalists from Harry Chapin's recording sessions, in addition to his longtime guitar sidemen from the Diamond Dogs days? You will see Bowie as you've never seen before, making all of his previous mutations pale in comparison (plus a few afterward). On top of that, he is smiling and enjoying himself throughout the entire night. Utter charisma.

Erich Young (erichyoung) I have always enjoyed Bowie's music, and am old enough to remember when most of the 18 songs on this video came out. So what. So I can say that what has always intrigued me about Bowie, besides his ever-changing tastes, is his choice of musicians. He chooses who he likes to play with.His choice of musicians on this tour make me cringe. Sorely missing is his old mate, the dearly departed Mick Ronson, meister of the tasty guitar licks on most 70's Bowie. With him here are some dudes who sound influenced by the Flock of Seagulls. And worst of all is the drummer, Tony Thompson. This guy was in vogue in the 80's with most british pop singers. And what does he bring? Constant over-playing and a never ending collect of fills which he always rushes and ends prematurely on 4.I was bored with this set severly, which is odd to say given Bowie's efforts of putting on a theatrical performance.

Marc David Jacobs This is a wonderful piece of work by "the thin white duke" himself, David Bowie. Done in Singapore, Bowie sings some of his best- and lesser-known songs. And, most interestingly of all, he's actually seen smiling during most of this performance (when he's not tired out). It's a great set of music videos, if you will. Of course, like any live concert, the songs don't sound as good as the albums, but they're still something to be seen. The song listing is (my favorites have an asterisk [*]):*1. "Look Back In Anger" 2. "Heroes" *3. "What In The World" *4. "Golden Years" *5. "Fashion" 6. "Let's Dance" 7. "Breaking Glass" 8. "Life On Mars?" 9. "Sorrow" 10. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" 11. "China Girl" *12. "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" 13. "Rebel Rebel *14. "White Light, White Heat" *15. "Station To Station" 16. "Cracked Actor" 17. "Ashes To Ashes" 18. "Space Oddity" *19. "Young Americans" *20. "Fame"