David Bowie - Serious Moonlight [VHS] [1983] | ![David Bowie - Serious Moonlight [VHS] [1983]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PXG2GP0RL._SL160_.jpg) | Artists: David Bowie, Carlos Alomar, Steve Elson, Stan Harrison, David LeBolt
Label: Warner Music Vision
Category: Video
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 18879
Format: HiFi Sound, PAL
Language: German (Original Language)
Rating: Exempt
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 745099683931
EAN: 5013037122992
ASIN: B00004CP3S
Theatrical Release Date: 1983
Release Date: May 18, 1998
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 Awesome! Bowie performance is ageless! March 18, 2002
its_paulwatson@hotmail.com (England)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
After being a fan of his music for some years, I was pleased to see this video was still available. Too keep things brief, I would just like to say, this is the best live concert video I have seen. Bowie is a true artist, his songs are awesome and this video really does showcase his genious! Who will be the next Bowie, in short no one! An unbelievable concert from the true pioneer of modern music!
SUBLIME ! January 14, 2001
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
One of the best live concerts around, sublime performance of Bowie and his musicians, worthwile to note are the slicky guitar solos of Earl Slick !
David Bowie - Serious Moonlight - Volume 1 [VHS] May 4, 2007
Worldwide Entertainment (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tracks:
1, Look Back In Anger
2, Heroes
3, Golden Years
4, Fashion
5, Let's Dance
6, Breaking Glass
7, Life On Mars
8, Sorrow
9, Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
10, China Girl
Running Time: 50 Mins
Cat. No: CFV 00472
Written by Worldwide Entertainment's Video Wasteland.
 An excellent concert from the master of theatour... January 30, 2004
Pete A (Reading, UK)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
David Bowie's 1983 "Serious Moonlight Tour" was an attempt to repackage himself from a cult-audience freak to a serious all-round family entertainer. And it worked- the tour was the biggest grossing of 1983, and his most profitable- referred to by Bowie himself as his "pension plan". This video captures the concert in Vancouver, midway through the tour. The set list is unashamedly a greatest hits package- there is at least one hit from almost every album up to 1983's "Let's Dance"; we get the classics- "Space Oddity", "Ashes to Ashes", "Fame" and "Life On Mars", the hits-"Fashion" / "Let's Dance" and "Young Americans" and even some soundtrack songs ("Cat People"). The video is billed as a "live concert", although director David Mallett occasionally interferes- "Station to Station" has been edited from it's original version, whilst a caption appears before each song to remind the viewer of what it's called. The main downside with the video is not what is present, but what is absent- namely "The Jean Genie", "Modern Love", "Star", "Red Sails" and "Stay" which were all performed at the same concert. Nonetheless, the sound is excellent, the songs are well performed and Bowie generally comes across quite well to the audience. A good concert video to start your Bowie collection with.
David Bowie- for the masses... February 2, 2004
Pete A (Reading, UK)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
For 1983's "Serious Moonlight Tour" we were promised a 'normal' David Bowie- no moving scenery, no wild makeup and no Ziggy Stardust. Instead, we got the epitomy of Bowie's "serious" phase-a family orientated singer who made nice pop songs and was loved by the whole world. This concert film, captured by David Mallet in Vancouver at the end of 1983, is essentially a greatest hits package- there is a representative song here from nearly every album up to 1983's "Let's Dance". That means we get the hits- "Let's Dance", "Ashes To Ashes", "Fashion" and "Golden Years", the soundtracks-"Cat People" and the classics-"Fame", "Space Oddity" and "Life On Mars", alongside other lesser-known songs including "Cracked Actor" and "Sorrow". The staging, lighting and audio quality are generally quite good; director David Mallet makes his presence known by introducing each song with a caption and occasionally some editing (the lengthy intro to "Station To Station" is gone, and the "Ashes To Ashes" clip is re-tinted). Bowie himself comes across as cool, calm and relaxed, even engaging in a little dancing and banter with his audience. As a concert video, "Serious Moonlight" is almost tops in every department. The only obvious downside (apart from the director's interference) is the 5 songs that were cut from the setlist, namely "Star", "Red Sails", "Stay", and the encores of "The Jean Genie" and "Modern Love", which otherwise would have given this video top marks. As it stands, the concert is somewhat abrupt at the end, giving you the impression that you still want something more.
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