Flight of the Conchords
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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
Tags: conchords, concord, david bowie, Interpretations, life, space-oddity
Changes by the Presidential Candidates
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This is absolutely freakin amazing! Watch the whole thing, it’s not long:
Tags: barack obama, changes, david bowie, hillary-clinton, Interpretations, john-mccain, mike-huckabee, mitt-romney
All the Young Dudes by Bruce Dickinson
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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
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:
Tags: all-the-young-dudes, bruce-dickinson, david bowie, Interpretations, iron-maiden
Apparently the Chinese love Bowie too
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Saw this pic today:
I’ve actually been following it for a week or two I guess. Nothing terribly exciting about it other than it’s the Chinese circling the Moon. That’s kinda new. Now, this to me is where it gets kinda weird. Wanna guess the name of their ship? Chang’e One.
Now, for the newer Bowie fans, that’s probably meaningless. However, for the OLD Bowie fans like me, their first exposure to Bowie was very possibly his first greatest hits album. That album was called Changesonebowie
Coincedence? Maybe. Maybe not.
Tags: change-one, changesonebowie, china, david bowie, Interpretations, moon
Lulu Who Sold The World
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For today’s consumption, and an easy one at that, is Lulu doing The Man Who Sold The World. There are several versions of her performing the song, but this one is my favorite. Lulu originally remade this in 1974.
Tags: david bowie, Interpretations, lulu, the-man-who-sold-the-world
Paul, is only dancing
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Been a while since I’ve done anything here. Shame too, it’s the most fun blogging I do probably. So, let’s get back in the swing again. Here’s Paul Westerberg doing a Bowie classic:
Tags: david bowie, Interpretations, john-im-only-dancing, paul-westerberg, the-mats, the-replacements
Kashmir’s Memory of a Free Festival
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Was obviously looking for something completely different, but stumbled on this in the process. This is a band called Kashmir or something to that effect doing Memory of a Free Festival
Tags: david bowie, Interpretations, kashmir, memory-of-a-free-festival, space-oddity
Vanishing into the vast ether…..
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Love this video made by my occasional bud sparkalot. Watch it closely, it has a lot of embedded meaning. We’ll discuss those myriad of interpretations in the comments if you choose. Until then, let’s watch:
Yeah, it’s short.
Tags: david bowie, Interpretations, sparkalot
Youtube brings out the Bowie in all of us apparently.
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I like Youtube. I like it for several reasons. One of the main reasons is the format allows otherwise unknown people to broadcast their talent to the world. No longer do we have to rely on RCA or Sony to present the talent they want to market. It’s all out there. I’ve featured several amateurs here doing Bowie stuff and probably enjoy their work as much or moreso in some cases than the marketed acts. Here’s another one. I only know him as Stevie Riks. He sent me a note on Youtube just wanting me to subscribe to his videos. I checked out the one he sent and went right ahead and subscribed real quick. Here’s why:
and:
Check out all his other stuff, he’s NUTS! ( In a most definitely good way. )
Tags: david bowie, Interpretations, lady-stardust, stevie-riks, wild-is-the-wind
David Bowie M&M’s
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The author of the Blog of Eternal Stench had a thought…..
What would Bowie look like as an M&M?
Well, not being content to simply ponder the idea. SHE made it happen! ( My apologies! )
Perfect.
Quickie update: I was very curious as to how someone could to Bowie albums and totally skip the most important Bowie album he ever did. Well, Cristin informed me she didn’t skip it, it just wasn’t one of her favorites. So, follow this link to see it ( and all of them less one ).
Tags: david bowie, Interpretations, M&M
