Breaking Glass - The David Bowie Catalogue
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 22 ratingsHi, hello and welcome to Breaking Glass - The Bowie Catalogue. Old friends and Bowie enthusiasts Mike and Adam sit down to discuss each album in turn. Discussing their favourite songs, the projects that didn't work so well and some tracks that are truly bizarre. Join them as they muse at length about the pros of Low and the many merits of Tin Machine.
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Ep. 37 – The Producer (Part 1) – All the Young Transformer Idiots
May 24, 2020 20:22 - 57.8 MBAs well as being a famed mime, spokes person for the Bursting Movement and sometime singer Dear David Bowie was also known sit behind the mixing desk. Occasionally he would bless another artists track with his alien sparkle. Join Adam and Mike in the first part of a delve into the songs and albums Bowie had a hand in writing, producer and parping on the sax. Up for discussion:‘The Idiot’, how good? Why did no one tell us about Dana Gillespie?Why didn’t they call Visconti sooner? How much ...
Ep. 36 – Toy
April 15, 2020 21:05 - 51.8 MBWe hope everyone is staying safe and well during the Great Weirdness we find ourselves in. If you are then join Adam and Mike for a Lockdown Special where the topic around the table is what many consider as “the great lost album” in Dear David’s catalogue… Toy. Please join in, admittedly a beery episode, where comparisons to the past singles and the 2000 versions are compared. Also, Was the world crying out for a ‘60s’ album? Did we need to hear how “tight” the ‘hours…’ touring band were...
Ep. 35 – Live Album Round Up: Part Four – Never Get Old
February 25, 2020 18:14 - 45.6 MBMercy, it’s taken a while but Adam and Mike reach the peak of the live album round. Discussing the final years of Dear Davids touring life involving deep dives on VHI Storytellers, Glastonbury 2000 and A Reality Tour whilst skirting around the Outside, Earthling and Heathen tours. Also up for discussion How annoyed are they that they announced a new live album after recording? Could some shows have sounded better with a traveling theremin player? The Mystery that is Em Gryner. Glastonbur...
Ep. 34 – Live Album Round Up: Part Three – Oy Vey, That’s a Serious Glass Spider!
September 03, 2019 20:35 - 47.2 MBThe 1980s was a glorious time for Dear David, financially. Artistically? Hmm. Join Adam and Mike as the dive into the live albums of David Bowie continues. Come be confounded by Serious Moonlight. Dumbfounded by Glass Spider. Stupefied by Oy Very, Baby. Up for discussion this time: Could any song survive the Serious Moonlight musical treatment? Glass Spider is it really that bad? The “spectacle” of a glass spider walking through the streets The Sales Brothers? Monsters or Comedic Geniuse...
Ep. 33 – Live Album Round Up: Part Two – The Blackout
August 16, 2019 10:19 - 43.2 MBThe Brilliant Adventure through Dear David Bowie’s live albums continues as Adam and Mike finish off the 70s. Looking through Cracked Actor, Live Nassau Coliseum, Stage and Welcome to the Blackout there is much to discuss; How much time did David give Michael Kamen to change the Diamond Dogs tour before curtain up? How much Electric Violin does the world need? How much did Dear David hate us all on the Isolar tour? Tube lighting looks boss. When drug pushers become flutists. Join us in ...
Ep. 32 – Live Album Round Up Part One
July 02, 2019 20:05 - 48.8 MBIt’s been a fair old time since Adam and Mike last spoke about Dear David and there’s Bowie News abound. Kicking off a look through David Bowie’s Live Albums it may proof to be a bigger undertaking than previously thought. There’s quite a lot now! Join them as they begin with Santa Monica ’72, breathlessly move into Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture Soundtrack then admire the transition in David Live.
Ep. 31 – The Cracked Actor: Part Two – The Shattering
March 05, 2019 15:35 - 2 hours - 45 MBPreviously on Breaking Glass - The David Bowie Catalogue, Adam and Mike left on things on a particularly dull cinematic cliffhanger. Join us… them? As truck plummets off the cliff to talk Absolute Beginners, Labyrinth, When the Wind Blows, a film about Jesus, a British Sitcom - one famous, one not so much, some kids films and one of the finest cameos of all time. Join the conversation. Up for discussion: - Dear David’s fundamental misunderstanding of puppets - Why James Fox is our better -...
Ep. 30 – The Cracked Actor: Part One
December 11, 2018 19:48 - 247 MBBreak out the 20th Century Fox horns, berate the schmuck looking at their phone and turn down the lights, it’s our MOVIE SPECIAL! Adam and Mike work their way through the cinema and soundtrack songs of David Bowie from his TV debut in 1967 slap-bang up to… the mid-80s. Amongst other things we’re talking: - The Man Who Fell to Earth - Do, Do Get Your Own Pig. - Christiane F. - Baal - The Hunger - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Everything from Rip Torn’s dong to the David Hemmings Presen...
Ep. 29 – Lazarus
September 18, 2018 07:02 - 226 MBThe Alien, His PA, A Muse and a Serial Killer. Can Adam & Mile unravel the mysterious plot of David Bowie’s final artistic statement, the stage show ‘Lazarus’. The answer is almost certainly “No” but let’s see what nonsense they come up with. Talking the making of the show along with a rundown of the songs and a chat about the ‘No Plan’ EP join us please as we talk: - Bad Irish accents - Musicals for Cuckolds - Bowie’s unblinking artistic “fuck you” to everyone - Have Queen ever heard a m...
Ep. 28 – Blackstar
June 24, 2018 20:14 - 2 hours - 259 MBHe was always to good for us. We mustn't be greedy. So, we reach the final album. Possibly the finest artistic epitaph in music, David Bowie's 'Blackstar'. Tabled for discussion. - How much do you love it? - Could we love it a little more? - Is it possible to love it more? - We love David Bowie. - Not a question. - Just a fact. Join us once more please!
Ep. 27 – The Next Day
April 11, 2018 09:28 - 2 hours - 286 MBLike a bolt from the blue David Bowie announced his 2013 comeback album ‘The Next Day’. Where-o-where had our Dear David been for a decade? What did he have to tell the world? What didn’t we realise we were missing? Had we heard it all before perhaps? Join us please as we discuss the greatest surprise of the 21st Century where we’ll be discussing: How much of an honour was it to be invited to Ayelsbury? How many buzzwords does it take for Adam’s eyes to roll out his head? How excited were y...
Ep. 26 – Reality
January 28, 2018 20:17 - 2 hours - 242 MBWith a swiftness to rival Dear David Bowie’s release of Reality so soon after Heathen, Adam and Mike return to discuss the 2003 album. For nearly a decade some thought it would be the last we heard of our man. Would it have been a great send off or is it stadium rock and its blandness? Also on the table: - How well has Reality aged? - Breaking death news. - Was ‘Days’ really a misremembered Kinks cover? - How much sugar water does Mark Plati need? - Who would win in a Plati/Viscon...
Ep. 25 – Heathen
January 08, 2018 21:20 - 2 hours - 227 MBIt’s been a long old break, but this 2002 David Bowie album won’t talk about itself! Considered one of the highlights of the latter day catalogue, Heathen is ripe for discussion. Will it stand the test of time and our strident critical… um… critique? The answer is most certainly yes. But do WE like it? Also on the docket: Has David Bowie finally “matured” on this album? The Carry On Films - for some reason. Who is right in their opinion on ‘Slow Burn’? Who is right in their opinion on ‘5:15 ...
Ep. 24 – ‘hours…’
November 01, 2017 20:49 - 1 hour - 207 MBThere's Something in the Air everyone and it's not quite a Brilliant Adventure. No it's Adam and Mike talking about David Bowie's turn of the Millennium 'hours...' an album which divides fans to this to this day. Is it a sleepy, MOR massacre or a misunderstood latter day masterpiece. Feelings will be made clear. Elsewhere they discuss - Were you a Nintendo or Sega Person? - How much did Omikron change our lives? - Is it Seven or Survive? I can't tell - Why couldn't they just get Ms. Gail...
Ep. 23 – Earthling
September 25, 2017 20:14 - 2 hours - 249 MBMy, my put time do fly, 'Ave a banana, our dear David is turning 50, getting into jungle beats and turning ultra cockney once more. Join Adam and Mike as they discuss the merits and silliness of one of Bowie's most divisive albums 'Earthling'. Join them as they discuss: - How well does the meeting of metal and drum n bass go? - How beautiful was Justin Hayward in looms? - Can Adam remember how some of the songs go? - Is it his best since Scary Monsters? - Why can't Mike pronounce words ...
Ep. 22 – Outside
August 17, 2017 20:06 - 2 hours - 105 MBOr to give it it's full title: 1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle). What's a Hyper Cycle I hear you ask? Well Adam and Mike aren't sure either. Join them won't you as they venture through art and murder and boobery. Come meet the cavalcade of characters who join them on their quest to answer quest to find out: How insufferable were Bowie and Eno at this time? How angry is Carlos Alomar? Which is the better Strangers When We Meet? Is the album too long or not long enough?...
Ep. 21 – The Buddha of Suburbia
July 28, 2017 20:10 - 1 hour - 180 MBCriminally little is spoken about David Bowie's 1993 The Buddha of Suburbia. Adam and Mike wish to redress this balance by accidentally discussing it sometimes in another one of their meandering chats. Only joking they talk about it for at least 5 minutes. This episode features such lively discussions as: Does the world need a Lenny Kravitz version of the title track? How many people in London knew the Kray twins? Is Bowie expecting his age at this point? Is it his best since Scary Mon...
Ep. 20 – Black Tie, White Noise
July 04, 2017 12:52 - 2 hours - 234 MBWell the plan to get back to an episode every fortnight didn't turn out as thought...urgh it's simply been too hot. Now that Adam and Mike have peeled themselves off their rocket fuelled golden thrones they are talking David Bowie's 1993 singles comeback album 'Black Tie, White Noise' Many questions - How lovely was Bowie's wedding to Iman? - How funny would a montage of their courtship really be? - Is Bowie the best House musician ever? - How angry is Nile Rodgers about this album? - Why c...
Ep. 19 – Tin Machine II
June 02, 2017 19:20 - 1 hour - 189 MBAdam and Mike are back from their enforced retreat in the “Fuck Off Paddock”. Apparently some people can’t handle the truth about bursting! Back to tackle the second part of the greatest left/right punch of David Bowie’s career - Tin Machine II. Up for discussion: Is Tin Machine II really about life inside a massive whale? Does Tin Machine II hold some of Bowie’s finest work? Why? Why? Why? Why? Did Hunt Sales get to sing TWO songs? Aren’t vibrators and bread rolls funny? It’s a strange ...
Ep. 18 – Tin Machine
April 19, 2017 19:18 - 1 hour - 218 MB'Tin Machine' remains the albatross amid the sterling albums in David Bowie's creative output. Is this reputation warranted? Adam and Mike spare no expense getting to the heart of the issue. During their journey into the heart of darkness they'll be considering: - Is every song too long? - Is Reeves Gabrels the unsung hero? - How can one remain "street" and fly first class at the same time? - Is there any elderly chanteuse Mike doesn't enjoy listening to? - Why do racists hate jazz and blues...
Ep. 17 – Never Let Me Down
April 03, 2017 12:55 - 1 hour - 139 MBLadies and gentlemen, a public service announcement; David Bowie has an important issue he would like to discuss with you that those fat cats in Thatcher's cabinet don't want to talk about. Please listen. You can help. Elsewhere, Adam and Mike take a look at Bowie's 1987 folly/misunderstood masterwork Never Let Me Down. - Did Bowie really buy a Glass Spider than make an album around it? - Why is Mickey Rourke here? - Why didn't Bowie help the lady being assaulted in the video of 'Day In...
Ep. 16 – Tonight
March 21, 2017 19:43 - 1 hour - 159 MBSo many questions on Episode 16 as Adam and Mike discuss the monolithic 80s David Bowie classic 'Tonight'. Get your Marimbas at the ready and prepare the jet for Borneo because we're gonna need some God Damn HORNS! Which leads us to the first of many questions: - How many Borneo horns does it take to ruin/make a song. - Why is Tina Turner here? - How many Wangs can Vince McMahon shame in an hour? - Is 'Tonight' our hero's laziest album? - Why does Adam love 'Tumble and Twirl' ever so much?
Ep. 15 – Let’s Dance
March 07, 2017 21:24 - 1 hour - 211 MBIf there's one thing you can say about Adam & Mike is that; they know when to go out and know when to stay in... get things done. This episode the discussion is all things 'Let's Dance', David Bowie's 1983 Pop Opus that thrust the rock icon into popular Mega Stardom. Some would say betraying many of his ideals on the way but goodness did the music shake! On the docket: - Is Ricochet the first pop song to reference W.H. Auden? - Is Modern Love the best album opener ever? - Does Nile Rodger...
Ep. 14 – Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
February 15, 2017 20:27 - 2 hours - 249 MBWidely regarded as David Bowie’s last true masterpiece, until ‘Blackstar’ of course, Adam and Mike kill some time discussing 1980’s ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). Learning from the mistakes of the ‘Lodger’ episode, mostly don’t drink on the job, the topics of discussion are: How much Columbo can you watch whilst Tom Verlaine is in the studio? How good was Bowie’s Japanese accent? Is ‘Ashes to Ashes’ flawless? Is ‘Teenage Wildlife’ on of rocks first “Diss tracks” Should the phrase “D...
Ep. 13 – Lodger
January 30, 2017 22:01 - 2 hours - 240 MBTalking about David Bowie's 1979 album 'Lodger', Adam and Mike find themselves at a crossroads. One loves the third part of the Berlin Trilogy. One follows general consensus that it's a mess of an album. Who will you agree with? Amongst general arguing, also on the agenda is: - How many Bowie Stamps will YOU be buying? - How much of a cuss was Frank Zappa? - Is 'Boys Keep Swinging' a bit of a 'Rebel Rebel' - How ridiculous is 'African Night Flights' - Will there be another fascinating Igg...
Ep. 12 – “Heroes”
January 11, 2017 21:39 - 2 hours - 251 MBHappy New Year to the handful of you! To mark one year since the Great David Bowie's passing, Adam and Mike discuss the monumental "Heroes". The documentary 'The Last Five Years' is also up on the docket along with Bowie news items. Join us one time (or maybe a few more) where the following is up for debate: - How do you pronounce Neukoln? - Does the title track suffer the Rebel Rebel effect? - How much of a masterpiece is 'Just a Gigolo' - What's Bowie talking about on Joe the Lion? - Who ...
Ep. 11 – Low
January 01, 2017 20:37 - 2 hours - 258 MBHappy New Year to all in sundry. Adam and Mike cross time and geographical boundaries once more to discuss David Bowie's seminal 'Low'. There's not much news but by gum there's a lot to talk about on this album. Up for discussion this time round: - How many words in total feature on the album? - Were children's piano tunes stolen from them in a disgusting act of thievery? - Why does Adam not remember Iggy Pop's 'The Idiot'? - Is 'Always Crashing in the Same Car' the birth of Goth Rock - How ...
Ep. 10 – Station to Station
December 16, 2016 12:39 - 1 hour - 202 MBWith Adam blending in on an oil rig Mike is left to his own devices on the one good branch of Greggs on the high street. Their Facetime chat finds them discussing David Bowie's all time classic Station to Station. How much do they love it? Perhaps too much to form cohesive sentences. Come let's gush together and also discuss; - Mike's skills as a foley artist - Do you believe Dwight Yoakam's Hoakem? - Should a Bowie song ever be cut down for singles? - Is anything on the album less that a 9 ...
Ep. 09 – Young Americans
December 01, 2016 16:34 - 1 hour - 193 MBDavid Bowie News aplenty means a bumper edition of the podcast! Adam & Mike discuss the rolling news from Blackstar sleeve secrets to the Sotheby's auction via Mike's opinion on the Lazarus show. Plus the main event - chatting about the much overlooked masterpiece Young Americans. On this episodes agenda: - Did anyone need Bowie Legacy? - How angry was Visconti not to be at the Fame session? - Is the album one of the smuttiest of Bowie's career? - How many spectre's are allowed in the VIP...
Ep. 08 – Diamond Dogs
November 16, 2016 21:39 - 58 minutes - 109 MBIt was supposed to be simple. A trip to Cybertron? Count us in. There's been a miscommunication between Adam & Mike about which Transformers we were talking to so now we've ended up on Moon Base 2. The conversation doesn't stop though as Diamond Dogs is on the agenda. Just how much Orwellian fury is at work? How much glam still coarses through it's veins? Why do Adam & Mike dislike Rebel Rebel so much? These questions amongst others... WILL. BE. TOUCHED. UPON!!!
Ep. 07 – Pin Ups
November 02, 2016 13:35 - 1 hour - 121 MBRome burns but Adam and Mike care not a jot because there's a Bowie's cover album to be talkin' about. Join them along with the VIP Room as they discuss such important matters as: Is Sorrow the best song on the album? Is anyone's favourite album a covers album? What would a psychedelic Bowie sounded like? Who had the better autobiography Peter Ustinov or Errol Flynn? All these questions and more will be discussed but not necessarily resolved in Episode 7 - Pin Ups
Ep. 06 – Aladdin Sane
October 19, 2016 19:18 - 1 hour - 160 MBNo expense has been spared as Adam, Mike & The VIP Area find themselves in the auspices of the Court of the Crimson King. This episode the album with possibly the most iconic album cover of them all is up for discussion - Aladdin Sane. Many questions will be answered: What other song would be a better album opener? Which is the best of the Mike Garson piano-led numbers? What's the difference between Ziggy Stardust pre and post America? How much is the Crimson King charging to rent the space...
Ep. 05 – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
October 05, 2016 12:47 - 1 hour - 159 MBAdam's on business in the Negative Zone and Mike's relaxing on the set of Confessions of a Milkman. However there's a David Bowie album to discuss. Is Rock n' Roll Suicide the best album closer ever? How many times is the word 'Love' said in Soul Love? Is the album really the iconic masterpiece that it's held up to be? Well two boobs will give their opinions on it. Plus Mike's Mum solves the Hunk Dory Great Game debate, a quick chat about Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree and we welcom...
Ep. 04 – Hunky Dory
September 16, 2016 10:45 - 1 hour - 123 MBJoin Mike and Adam as they journey back to a time where the Isley Brothers were tinkling the guitar strings in search of their monstrous hit 'Summer Breeze'. Whilst visiting they take the time to discuss David Bowie's seminal work 'Hunky Dory'. What's the best song? What song shows us the way to Ziggy? Was Robert Smith really unhappy about performing 'Quicksand' live on stage and does Paul Buchanan have enough nibbles for Tewkesbury? All these questions and more will be touched upon if not an...
Ep. 03 – The Man Who Sold the World
September 01, 2016 11:23 - 1 hour - 123 MBCheck us one time, won't you? Won't you check us at least one time? This episode finds Mike and Adam enjoying the sights and smells of Tewkesbury Farmers Market. Between admiring the cows and cakes at the WI stand they find time to discuss David Bowie's third opus; The Man Who Sold the World. Listen as they consider it's proto-metal leanings, multiple album covers, whether or not the title track is over-rated and take time to ponder what it's like to live inside Kanye West's mind for one morn...
Ep. 01 – David Bowie (1967)
August 02, 2016 11:27 - 57 minutes - 110 MBWelcome to Episode 1 of Breaking Glass - The Bowie Catalogue. Two men named Mike and Adam sit down to discuss each album made by the iconic Mr. Bowie one by one. Maybe we'll learn something new? Maybe we'll have a few laughs? Maybe we'll become better people? Join us in the inaugural podcast as we introduce ourselves and discuss the 1967 self-titled release.