The people who performed The Man Who Sold The World

Possibly the Bowie song that seems to get the best remakes is “The Man Who Sold The World”. Most recently Jordis Unga did a very good job performing it. In fact, here it ls

Although he didn’t perform the song per se, Klaus Nomi gained the closest thing to fame he’d ever know performing it with Bowie on Saturday Night Live. In my own personal opinion, upstaging Bowie with his voice alone:

And, of course, Nirvana’s version I think shocked anyone listening that night. It was incredible. Dueling the lead solo with e cello was an amazing work of genius on behalf of Cobain that gained the most respect for the guy I would ever know. Nirvana’s video of this performance is so popular Bowie finds have to announce Bowie performances as “not the Nirvana version”.

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