The 1980 Floor Show

David Bowie 1974

The 1980 Floor Show was a rock musical spectacle featuring David Bowie as the protagonist, held at the Marquee Club in Soho, London, on October 18-20, 1973, and broadcast in the United States by NBC on November 16, 1973, as part of the series The Midnight Special.[1] The show presented the last performance of Bowie as the character Ziggy Stardust. The lineup included songs from the albums Aladdin Sane and Pin Ups, as well as the medley "1984 / Dodo".[2] The title of the show was a play-on-words referring to the song "1984" (nineteen eighty-four / nineteen eighty floor), that captured a transitional moment between the glamorous science fiction of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album and the dark dystopia of the Diamond Dogs album, released six months later.[3]

Cast

Guests

Lineup

Lyrics and music by David Bowie unless otherwise indicated.

Credits

Bootleg record

A bootleg record of The 1980 Floor Show was released in 1974, called Dollars In Drag - The 1980 Floor Show, by The Amazing Kornyphone Record Label (ASIN: B00RC7WEEO). A multi-disc DVD followed, which shows some of Bowie's and his guests lavish and glamorous costumes, and includes excerpts of rehearsals and false starts.[5]

References

  1. ↑ David Bowie Is. London, England: The Victoria and Albert Museum. 2013. ISBN 978-1-85177-737-2.
  2. ↑ Spitz, Marc (2009). Bowie: A Biography. New York: Three Rivers Press, Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-307-71699-6.
  3. ↑ Pegg, Nicholas (2 December 2011). The Complete David Bowie. London, England: Titan Books. ISBN 978-0-857-68290-1.
  4. ↑ Morley, Paul (2016). The Age of Bowie: How David Bowie Made a World of Difference. London/New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-4711-4811-8. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Dave. "David Bowie's best bootlegs". Goldmine: The Music Collector's Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
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