Archive for March, 2008
Transformations
Most of Bowie’s most popular songs, and some of his lesser known songs, don’t quite resemble the originals. Space Oddity has taken on several re-mixes and re-recordings. But, it stayed pretty close to the original. The song that always caught my attention when it came to do-overs is Moonage Daydream. Now, this is purely an audio experience because I’m not sure there is any video footage of Bowie performing as Arnold Corns. As such, in order to fully appreciate the scope of this transformation, you have to listen to the entire version of both to appreciate the conclusion I come to at the end of this post. Ready? For newbies, I’m quite certain you’re not expecting what you are about to hear. This is the original version of Moonage Daydream, as recorded by David Bowie performing as Arnold Corns:
Now, once you’ve finished that one in its entirety, here’s what it became as Ziggy Stardust:
Finished? Now, the conclusion you’ve been waiting for:
It’s amazing what Mick Ronson can do to a song, huh?
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Heroes for Obama
Unlike a lot of rockers over the last fifty years or so, Bowie just doesn’t seem to go away. In fact, having been a Bowie fan since the early 70’s, I really can’t remember him being as popular as he is now. His stuff just seems to get more and more popular as time goes by. When Heroes
Now, that’s my idea of a political rally!
H/T to Goodnight to the rock and roll era.
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