The Easybeats sing “Friday on My Mind”
I’m most familiar with Bowie’s version of this song from “Pin Ups.” But the whole idea of that album was Bowie showing appreciation for songs he liked from the 60s, so he wasn’t really trying to pass it off as…
Indigo Morgan sings “Thursday’s Child”
Bowie has songs with the words Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in their titles. I thought going into the weekend, I’d feature covers of each of these songs. Actually, it was Bowie who covered “Friday on My Mind,” but here…
“Jean Genie/Love Me Do” Medley
This video popped up in my feed and I assume its from the Moonage Daydream soundtrack, which still has not arrived at my house yet. The “Jean Genie/Love Me Do” medley is new to me and sounds great.
Bowie sings Rocket Man?
Sadly, no, this isn’t actually David Bowie singing Elton John’s “Rocket Man.” It is comedian Stevie Riks (who might have also been the voice behind the recording of “Bowie” singing “My Way” that appears elsewhere in this blog). The parody…
I Never Dreamed (1963)
I came across an article that had a link to this very short clip of what is apparently the first recording of David Bowie, then known as David Jones, singing with his band, the Konrads. Bowie was 16 at the…
Site Maintenance: Golden Years
“Site Maintenance” is my series of videos found while fixing links to earlier videos of the same song. “Golden Years” has come up a few times recently— I posted the strange James Murphy cover a few days ago, and several…
Which will be the 100th album?
You might have noticed that, “The Best of Bowie” was the 98th Bowie related album to appear in this blog. Included in the 98 are studio albums, live albums, soundtracks and compilations by Bowie, as well as albums on which…
Possibly the strangest Bowie cover you will ever hear…
“Golden Years” James Murphy, 2014 I had never heard of James Murphy before coming across this instrumental version of “Golden Years” performed on a glockenspiel. Murphy is identified as an “electronic musician” and turns out to have a few Bowie…
Album 98 | Best of Bowie (2002)
I finally got around to listening to this greatest hits compilation, and…its a greatest hits compilation (with a somewhat interesting history). There’s much to like, but the reason I never purchased it or listened to the whole thing is that…
Not that Bowie Documentary, Pt. 2
I came across a reference to, “Stardust,” a 2020 movie about Bowie’s initial attempt to tour in the United States and transformation into Ziggy Stardust on a list of the 10 worst biopics of all time. A relatively new movie,…