Serious Moonlight is a concert video by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Filmed in Vancouver on 12 September 1983, on the singer's "Serious Moonlight Tour", the video was released on VHS and laserdisc in 1984 and on DVD in 2006. The concert includes most of the songs from the concert although "Star", "Stay", "The Jean Genie", "Red Sails" and "Modern Love" were left off the 1984 release due to time constraints; the songs were not reinstated for the 2006 DVD release.
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 12 September 1983 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
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A live version (audio only) of "Modern Love", recorded on 13 July 1983 at a show in Montreal and originally released as the B-side to the studio version of the same song, can be found elsewhere on the 2006 DVD release as background music for the photo gallery.
The audio and exact setlist from the concert film was reused for the Serious Moonlight (Live '83) live album, included with the Loving the Alien (1983–1988) box set in 2018 and released separately the following year; the live album additionally includes the aforementioned live recording of "Modern Love" as the final track.
Track listing
editAll songs were written by David Bowie, except where noted.
Film Tracklisting
edit| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Introduction" | ||
| 2. | "Look Back in Anger" (Bowie, Brian Eno) | Lodger | |
| 3. | ""Heroes"" (Bowie, Eno) | "Heroes" | |
| 4. | "What in the World" | Low | |
| 5. | "Golden Years" | Station to Station | |
| 6. | "Fashion" | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | |
| 7. | "Let's Dance" | Let's Dance | |
| 8. | "Breaking Glass" (Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray) | Low | |
| 9. | "Life on Mars?" | Hunky Dory | |
| 10. | "Sorrow" (Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer) | Pin Ups | |
| 11. | "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (Bowie, Giorgio Moroder) | Let's Dance | |
| 12. | "China Girl" (Bowie, Iggy Pop) | Let's Dance | |
| 13. | "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" | Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | |
| 14. | "Rebel Rebel" | Diamond Dogs | |
| 15. | "White Light/White Heat" (Lou Reed) | White Light/White Heat | |
| 16. | "Station to Station" | Station to Station | |
| 17. | "Cracked Actor" | Aladdin Sane | |
| 18. | "Ashes to Ashes" | Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | |
| 19. | "Space Oddity/Band introduction" | David Bowie | |
| 20. | "Young Americans" | Young Americans | |
| 21. | "Fame/End Credits" (Bowie, John Lennon, Carlos Alomar) | Young Americans |
Album Tracklisting
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Look Back in Anger" | 3:07 |
| 2. | ""Heroes"" | 4:53 |
| 3. | "What In The World" | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Golden Years" | 3:31 |
| 5. | "Fashion" | 2:43 |
| 6. | "Let's Dance" | 4:34 |
| 7. | "Breaking Glass" | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Life on Mars?" | 4:07 |
| 9. | "Sorrow" | 2:49 |
| 10. | "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" | 4:20 |
| 11. | "China Girl" | 5:27 |
| 12. | "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" | 3:42 |
| 13. | "Rebel Rebel" | 2:24 |
| Total length: | 48:26 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "White Light/White Heat" | 5:36 |
| 2. | "Station To Station" | 8:58 |
| 3. | "Cracked Actor" | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Ashes to Ashes" | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Space Oddity/Band Introduction" | 6:32 |
| 6. | "Young Americans" | 5:25 |
| 7. | "Fame" | 5:36 |
| 8. | "Modern Love" | 3:54 |
| Total length: | 43:53 (92:19) | |
Charts
editRicochet (2006 DVD extra)
editThe 2006 DVD release of Serious Moonlight also contains, as an extra, the 1984 documentary/ concert film Ricochet, chronicling Bowie's experiences in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Bangkok on the Asian leg of the Serious Moonlight tour. Ricochet was previously released to home video in the mid-1980s in a shorter version, separately from the Serious Moonlight video.[2]
References
edit- Nicholas Pegg, The Complete David Bowie, Page 524, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2004, ISBN 1-903111-73-0
- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2019. 8. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Greco, Nicholas P. (2015). David Bowie in Darkness: A Study of '1. Outside' and the Late Career. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. pp. 12–17. ISBN 978-0-7864-9410-1.