Absolute Beginners - Live
Posted by Moonage | Filed under Interpretations
For some reason this song has been running through my mind all day and tonight. So, here it is just to clear my brain:
( I think it’s the best recorded version he ever did of Absolute Beginners. )
Tags: absolute beginners, david bowie, live
Bowie in Space Chimps
Posted by Moonage | Filed under Interpretations
The family commentary on Space Chimps is on my main blog. But, I had to comment on how much I emjoyed the concept of monkey-birds discussing David Bowie in a kid’s cartoon movie. People couldn’t understand them of course, it just sounded like squawking 
Tags: david bowie, monkey-bird, moonage daydream, space chimps, squawk
Flight of the Conchords
Posted by Moonage | Filed under Interpretations
Sometimes life throws curves at you that you don’t really see coming. Sometimes those curves change your life in deep, profound ways. This is not one of those.
My son has been fascinated with Concords. The airplane that doesn’t fly anymore. He particularly LOVES the crash video. He buys toy Concords just to re-enact the crash, over and over. As such, I have been pretty much burnt out completely on Concords.
And of course, Bowie has been a running theme throughout a majority of my life. After thirty years of keeping up with Bowie and the strangeness that has been his world, I never bore of it. Although Bowie himself is slowing down, those influenced by him just keep cranking the weirdness out.
So, this is where these two elements of my life come crashing together. A bunch who call themselves Flight of the Conchords have redone a few Bowie tunes in a rather creative, if not odd to awful, way.
Here is their interpretation of Space Oddity:
Now, if you follow the leads on their Youtube video, they do all kinds of weird skits where Bowie appears to Bret in various costumes speaking words of wisdom. None of which really make any sense at all.
Now, the Concord/Bowie connection is a rather odd life meld. The other one is the actual interpretation the Conchords have of Bowie. That’s sort of been my connection to Bowie as well. Whenever things get me down, or life throws one of those complicated, depressing situations at me, I just crank up some old Bowie such as The Bewley Brothers or Moonage Daydream and seek all the guidance I need in the words of meaninglessness. Sometimes it’s best to just clear your mind completely. No one is better at that than Bowie.
H/T: Your civil Disobedience Servant
Tags: conchords, concord, david bowie, Interpretations, life, space-oddity
