TIN MACHINE ~ THE LIVE PREMIERE ~ HEAVENS IN HERE 89

The footage that changed My life... A superb rendition of Heavens in Here Tin Machines first public performance at The New York State Armory, New York, NY, USA 31st May 1989 during The Elvis Awards - The 1989 International Rock Awards The first track that the band completed, rehearsed and cut in a single day in Montreux, was the bluesy “Heaven’s In Here.” It opens promisingly: a taste of studio ambiance, a hint of feedback, then a snarling riff (either Bowie or Kevin Armstrong, the ringer brought in to play the rhythm guitar parts that Bowie said he couldn’t do well enough) that’s overshadowed four bars later by the Sales’ bludgeoning entrance, while Gabrels plays a singing lead. Bowie’s first appearance is confident and poised, a sly, mid-register insinuation that’s escorted by Gabrels’ slide playing. Bowie often keeps to the third notes of the chord (so singing a G note (“dream,” “blade,” “stumble”) when the song’s in E), while the chorus finds him channeling Morrison (especially on “rock-et TO Mars“). He