Yesterday was such an easy game for us to play...
Many of you have either already seen yesterday's Today show broadcast, or perhaps you were even there. There's been ton's of stuff already posted about this, including a report from the
But, I thought I'd hand our news piece over to two lucky women who each won a place in the VIP pen via BowieNet. Firstly, the excellent pictures on this page were taken via the lens of BowieNetter wwlh, while the words were supplied by the crazy-haired Saxonny... Take it away girl:
Surprise surprise; I walk out of the subway at Rockefeller Center at 6 am on the dot and hear New Killer Star coming from the Plaza. I'm thinking: oh, this must be a tape. Then it stops and I run to get my VIP pass and the band has just started rehearsing! They looked like they were hurtin; it was SO EARLY. Bowie had on faded black jeans, Chucks (converse sneakers) a black sweatshirt, sunglasses & a black baseball cap. So he looked like this psuedo British hit man from a Quentin Tarantino movie.
They played New Killer Star, Modern Love & Never Get Old two or three times each. For the rehearsal there were only a handful of us; King Tommy, me, Mandn, Patsdragon, absnthegreen and a few others. THAT in and of itself was great, it was still dark out and everyone was waking up, etc etc.
Then the show started and while Katie and Matt are doing an interview about a new disorder called Celebrity Worship (how...IRONIC...is that?) someone is coming around to the gathering crowd, passing out posters to people who don't have any. The posters were made by NBC interns or something like that because they were very generic. Funny thing: one of them said I LOVE BOWIE with a picture of him...and at the bottom it said "PLAY BILLIE JEAN FOR US!!!"
Anyway, the bowienetters spotted this and started laughing. We called the techs over to us and explained that although Billie Jean is a great song...its a Michael Jackson song, not a Bowie song. So they took the poster inside and cut off the bottom with the Billie Jean part. So finally it was time for him to play. He comes out wearing pretty much exactly the same thing as Poughkeepsie, and was smiling and winking and just having a GREAT time. Its so inspiring to see an artist having that much fun.
Katie Couric was standing near me and I did hear her whisper "Oh God, he is a cutie!" Good times...
He played New Killer star twice (once for a commercial break into I think) and then played New Killer Star, Modern Love & Never Get Old (which I just adore) If you are watching the TODAY show...and somehow we have to get you a copy...my head is so blatant in ALL the crowd shots its ridiculous...I had no idea my hair was that RED! You can pick me out from the cameras that are three blocks away *grin*
After the songs he signed autographs for us, was very nice but quick. But that's appropriate; it's the TODAY show.
Thank you thank you SO MUCH for the VIP tix! Made my birthday SOMETHING ELSE!!!
Thanx very much for that Ladies... great stuff. If anybody can set up one of those poll things on the MBs with the numbers of the corresponding wireimage pix, I'll post large versions of the most popular five on the boards tomorrow.