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Davy Jones

In 1966 a band called The Monkees premiered on tv.  It immediately propelled the members to instant stardom:They were a clean cut bunch of basically non-musicians pretending to be rock stars.  With the guaranteed publicity of a tv show, their first … Continue reading

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David Bowie vs Sir Elton John

Someone stuck a poll on Sodahead.com.  Which do you like better, David Bowie or Elton John. QuestionsView Results Sir Elton NEVER did anything like this: I will give him credit for trying his best with Pinball Wizard, but it was … Continue reading

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The Onion does Bowie and NASA and the Shuttle

It doesn’t get much better than this: According to NASA administrator Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden, Jr., the highly experimental glam space program—dubbed Project Starman—has been in development for exactly five years. Though engineers initially feared the mission might blow … Continue reading

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White Stripes do Moonage Daydream

In 1996 Jack Gillis married Meg White. He then became Jack White, they became The White Stripes. Pretty much the first thing they did was a cover of Moonage Daydream: Eventually they would do another little ditty called Seven Nation … Continue reading

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Best cover of Moonage Daydream?

I stumbled on an article in Glide Magazine, “Cover Wars: Moonage Daydream Edition“. It listed some covers and then let readers choose the best.  Only problem I have is the list is quite limited and there seems to be no … Continue reading

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My top 20

My friends Jeni-Q and Cristin put together their Top 20 Bowie songs over at Jeni-Q’s place. That seemed rather simple enough. So, I thought I’d do it myself. First off, here’s theirs. For Jeni it was: Five Years Cygnet Committee … Continue reading

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Wii adds Moonage Daydream!

Harmonix and MTV have announced the newest songs to be added to Wii Rock Band: David Bowie – Moonage Daydream Drive By Truckers – 3 Dimes Down Garbage – Why Do You Love Me KISS – Calling Dr. Love Lucinda … Continue reading

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Greatest, gayest, album of all time?

A while back I did a post on “Bands that make you gay“.  It was a fairly all-reaching list that included pretty much anyone that ever recorded a song.  Bowie didn’t fair too well on that list.  However, once one … Continue reading

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Bowie in Space Chimps

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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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