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BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Posted: Wed 14 Jan 2026, 11:25 am
by Nickname
BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ1RuV8NLcg
Also on Youtube's section.
Re: BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Posted: Thu 15 Jan 2026, 6:02 am
by lucienchardon
Thanks for sharing that. I really enjoyed listening to it.
Re: BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Posted: Thu 15 Jan 2026, 7:47 pm
by psbnyc
What a fantastic listen, Neil at his absolute best and most analytic. What he says in many ways echoes what David Bowie has meant to me (and still does) over the years, from discovering him with Life on Mars onwards.
Re: BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Posted: Thu 15 Jan 2026, 9:16 pm
by Disco.
That was indeed a very good listen. Neil was in top form.
Re: BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2026, 2:18 am
by Andie
That was amazing to listen to. I love listening to Neil, he’s so eloquent. I’m also a fan of David Bowie, I have his Blackstar album.
Neil summarised it perfectly.
Re: BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2026, 11:33 am
by dbaseboy
Can’t say I’m a big Bowie fan. I really like some songs, but guessing because it’s not my generation he didn’t resonate. However, how moving is this interview? Towards the end there’s a quiver in Neil’s voice which feels so poignant and emotional. Will definitely relisten.
Re: BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2026, 3:27 pm
by Disco.
And Neil was right, when saying that Graces Not not over yet, is a fantastic record , it really is !
Re: BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2026, 10:34 pm
by g_m
Disco. wrote: Fri 16 Jan 2026, 3:27 pm
And Neil was right, when saying that Graces Not not over yet, is a fantastic record , it really is !
Yes it's an absolute banger! A very interesting tidbit of information about how it inspired "Hallo Spaceboy"!
Re: BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2026, 11:14 pm
by Spittingcat
Here’s the full version of the programme:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002pxcl
Re: BBC6 David Bowie Forever - Neil Tennant
Posted: Sat 17 Jan 2026, 7:46 am
by petshopgrrl
Cheers, Nickname! (And petshopboysPL on YT.) The BBC website link doesn't work for me, I presume cos I'm not in the UK.
What a great interview! Honestly, I could listen to Neil talk for hours. A few choice nuggets in there, as well as some of his interview "greatest hits".
I do appreciate his consistency and honesty though. (Huw Stephens: "...FRIEND OF BOWIE!", Neil: "Well, um, no."
)
There's another snippet just posted on Instagram of Neil talking with Huw Stephens about "the song he wish he'd written", and he picked "Personality Crisis" by the New York Dolls. Was this actually part of the original interview, because it doesn't show up in this video, or was it from another show?
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTh2TyUjF_v