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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. )

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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 

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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
 

 

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Samina Malik won’t be going to prison for writing terrorist poetry.  I really could care less.  Here’s some of his “poetry”

It’s not as messy or as hard as some may think.
It’s all about the flow of the wrist.
Sharpen the knife to its maximum.
And before you begin to cut the flesh.
Tilt the fool’s head to its left.
Saw the knife back and forth.
No doubt that the punk will twitch and scream.
But ignore the donkey’s ass.
And continue to slice back and forth.
You’ll feel the knife hit the wind and food pipe.
But Don’t Stop.
Continue with all your might.
About now you should feel the knife vibrate.
You can feel the warm heat being given off.
But this is due to the friction being caused.

Terrorist or not, it’s just very, very, bad.  You want proper terrorist poetry?  Try this:

I count the corpses on my left, I find Im not so tidy
So I better get away, better make it today
Ive cut twenty-three down since friday
But I cant control it, my face is drawn
My instinct still emotes it

I slash them cold, I kill them dead
I broke the gooks, I cracked their heads
Ill bomb them out from under the beds
But now Ive got the running gun blues

It seems the peacefuls stopped the war
Left generals squashed and stifled
But Ill slip out again tonight
Cause they havent taken back my rifle
For I promote oblivion
And Ill plug a few civilians

Ill slash them cold, Ill kill them dead
Ill break them gooks, Ill crack their heads
Ill slice them till theyre running red
But now Ive got the running gun blues

Ill slash them cold, Ill kill them dead
Ill break them gooks, Ill crack their heads
Ill slice them till theyre running red
But now Ive got the running gun blues

Now, I’ve heard different interpretations.  I think the most obvious is the soldier returning to peaceful life and not adjusting too well.  Maybe that’s what Samina is thinking when he writes his tripe.  Or, could just be going for the shock value.  Either way, it’s not new, it’s not creative.  And, it’s certainly not as good as Bowie did it before Samina was even born.  The downside of all this is even though I do think Samina needs to be kept very closely watched, in order to support sending him to jail for his garbage, I would have to had made the same argument about Bowie 38 years ago.  As it was, Bowie moved on to other issues.  Somehow, I don’t think Samina’s that smart.

Here’s the original, in all it’s glory, from one of the best Bowie albums he ever made:

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One of the main reasons I decided to blog on Bowie was not so much just Bowie himself, but the rather curious world he created around him.  From pretty much the beginning, he just tended to, whether he meant to or not, attract the oddities.  Some became rather famous, some remained rather obscure.  This guy never became famous that I’m aware of.  In fact, I doubt he ever left the mental hospital:

Kinda makes me wonder why this guy and I have one thing in common?  I gotta admit tho, he recites Aladdin Sane better than I can.

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Now, it’s obvious who my favorite musician of all time is. However, one of my top five favoritest actors has always been Christopher Walken. So, imagine my shock to find Walken had done Bowie’s Fashion a while back. Well, don’t be as shocked as I was. He didn’t. Someone else did Walken doing Bowie. It’s just dang good!

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Been too long since I’ve done something here.  So, here’s what I stumbled on today:

I’ve always felt Under Pressure would be a blast to play in concert for just about anyone of any style.  These guys seem to feel the same way.  Fun version.  I like it.

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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 was released in 1977, it didn’t do all that much in the charts.  The album was panned as an inferior imitation of Low, which it really was.  The song barely broke the top 100 and quickly faded.  Thirty years later, it just seems to pop up everywhere.   Today’s case in point, if you attended the Barack Obama rally featuring Arcade Fire, you would have been treated to this:

Now, that’s my idea of a political rally!

H/T to Goodnight to the rock and roll era.

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This is absolutely freakin amazing!  Watch the whole thing, it’s not long:

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I LOVED Iron Maiden in the 80’s.  Metal wise, they were very good, but normal.  What set them apart was Bruce Dickinson’s vocals.  The dude could belt it out with true authority.  That honestly is something most metal bands lack.  Growling and snarling is just a way to fake the fact you can’t sing.  Bruce never did that, he’s full balls to the wall wailing at maximum possible vocal output.  That’s hard core.  That’s metal.  There was only one thing that ever topped wailing loudly with Bruce, and that was wailing even louder with Bon.

So, imagine my shock and pleasure when I heard in 1990 Bruce doing a Bowie cover, it was from his first solo album, Tattooed Millionaire.  Now folks, that’s an awesome album regardless of how old it is or your preference in which metal is best.  All The Young Dudes on that album is almost a toss-aside compared to the rest of the album.  However, it’s still LOADS of fun, which is what this song should be.  Here’s the video of Bruce doing the original:

I had completely forgotten this version existed until I saw a post today from Rockvu ofa recently recorded live version Bruce does. It’s good, but I like the original better.

The one chuckle I do like is by 1990, All The Young Dudes was showing it’s age. No longer does “my brother” dig the Beatles and the Stones, it’s “my father”! Come on Bruce, you’re nearly FIFTY! I dug the Beatles and Stones and I’m younger than you are.

Other than that, it’s a great version on an even greater album!

Here’s an idea of some of what Bruce has done over the years:

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