David Bowie has worked for all kinds of charities. Most of them not your run-of-the-mill stuff. One of them is something called Tibet House. They strive to preserve the culture of Tibet. Oddly enough, Bowie recreated one of my all-time favorite obscure songs from way back when, for this charity event. Which, by the way, is not held in Tibet. And, I guess not so oddly, the song is about Tibet. So, without further ado, the song about Tibet sung at an event for Tibet but not in Tibet, Silly Boy Blue:
While scarping this video from boobtube, I was filled in on the fact that Bowie did indeed remix Silly Boy Blue for a project album called “Toy”. “Toy” apparently never made the cut and Silly Boy Blue will remain very obscure. However, given Bowie’s updated re-mix, I’d just as soon stick with the original. I’ve got my ideas on how it should sound in the 21st century:
Here is the Music Player. You need to installl flash player to show this cool thing!