David Bowie
Best Of Bowie - Double DVD Set

THE REVIEW

The Bowie is not stupid. The Bowie knows what he's doing. The Bowie rarely betrays expectations. The Bowie is my idol.

With this necessary premise, I set out to review the double DVD set with a simple title, with which the White Duke has invaded the Christmas market.
You may have noticed how the genre is "unclassifiable," obviously it's thirty years of constantly evolving music!

The packaging is admirably minimalist, although perhaps lacking some interesting information. The audio-video quality can be confidently described as “FA-BU-LOUS.” You'll enjoy our hero from Mars with his spiders in the live studio performances of the early seventies with a sound clarity and, surprisingly, even image clarity that you wouldn't expect before watching. You'll enjoy his music videos from the eighties and you'll revel in the sensational creative ability of the Duke. You'll replace your crackling and grainy memories of Ziggy Stardust O.M.P. with a new and dazzling color and a pure overall sound.

I, who bought the original Motion Picture DVD from England for 43 euros (which I've literally devoured!) couldn't believe my eyes and ears as I savored the young, heavily made-up David howling “…like a leper Messiah… he was a nazz, with God given ass...”.

I like it. I really like it. I will not regret the 35 euros it cost me. 47 tracks (27 on the first DVD, 20 on the second) through which you'll accompany the Dude in his slow aging “Dancing in the Street” along with Mick Jagger, up to admiring an ever-energetic fifty-year-old in one of the best videos I remember, “Little Wonder.”

From 1972 to 1999, there's all the Bowie, including some unmissable “gems,” such as the video for “Ashes to Ashes.” The quality\price ratio is all there. As usual, Bowie, when he does something, he does it well. Or not at all.