#Something in the air david bowie full#
The Elysée Montmartre performance was one of only seven full shows performed during the promotion of the ‘hours…’ album. The day of the show was a momentous one for Bowie, as that afternoon he was awarded the Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the highest artistic honour that France can bestow. Something In The Air (Live Paris 99) is a 15-track album, featuring 12 previously unreleased recordings and three tracks used as B-sides for singles from the ‘hours…’ album. The previously unreleased David Bowie live album, Something In The Air (Live Paris 99), recorded live at the Elysée Montmartre on 14th October, 1999, is available to stream. T HE PRESS RELEASE: “ Parlophone Records is proud to announce the third in a series of three digital David Bowie live releases from the ’90s.
All of which is well and good - but given that the show was clearly filmed (as you can see in the Drive-In Saturday video below), why not just release the damn thing as a CD/Blu-Ray combo and be done with it? Far more importantly, it’s rounded out by energized versions of multiple killer classics, from his long-forgotten 1966 debut single Can’t Help Thinking About Me to essentials like Life On Mars, Rebel Rebel, Changes, Drive-In Saturday and China Girl. That LP contributes five songs to the 15-song set list, including the midtempo title cut and Thursday’s Child, along with the slighted edgier The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell.
As the subtitle of Something In The Air makes clear, this one comes from Paris in 1999, during a brief tour for his underwhelming (though arguably under-rated) ‘hours…’ album. Another month, another previously unreleased David Bowie live album.
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