“Uncle Arthur,” (1966)
I am in the process of writing the companion piece to the blog entry of a few days ago, “Bowie knew how to end an album,” which, of course is going to be, “Bowie knew how to start an album.”…
Gail Ann Dorsey and Matthieu Chedid cover “Space Oddity”
Gail Ann Dorsey was a conspicuous and much-welcomed presence in Bowie’s live shows for the last several years he performed and was a regular member of his band, playing bass and singing, from 1995 until his death. Of course she…
Bowie’s version of “In the Heat of the Morning” (1967)
After posting the Last Shadow Puppets’ version of this song it occurred to me that I have never posted a stand alone version of Bowie singing it. I have never been drawn to this song so I haven’t devoted too…
The Last Shadow Puppets’ version of “In the Heat of the Morning”
I posted a cover of “Moonage Daydream” by this band as the cover of the week yesterday. In the course of reading about the band, I saw that their first single was a 2008 cover of this obscure Bowie song…
Bowie cover of the week: The Last Shadow Puppets perform “Moonage Daydream”
The Last Shadow Puppets are very much a “real” band, and I’ll link to both their Wikipedia page and their own web page at the end of this post. I had never heard of them before finding this recently posted…
“Hammerhead,” vocal version (1992)
My new favorite Tin Machine song. I never heard this before today. In writing yesterday’s post, I came across a reference to a vocal version of the unlisted piece of music that ends Tin Machine II called “Hammerhead.” To make…
Bowie cover of the week: Jimmy Flemion sings “Seven”
At first glance, this is a “guy in his basement” video, which, at the end of the day it essentially is. But the guy is Jimmy Flemion, late of the Frogs. The Frogs had a fairly large cult following that…
DJ De-DeCastelli Remix of “Tonight”
The much anticipated and long awaited announcement of this week’s cover of the week will be postponed for a day and instead I’m posting this remix of “Tonight” that brings Tina Turner’s singing to the forefront. The mix makes the…
On the passing of a friend and “Everyone Says Hi”
It will be a while before I process the passing of my dear friend, Letizia Tagliafierro. I write this post on the day of her funeral. The wake and funeral were among the hardest things I have ever experienced. I…
RIP Tina Turner (Tina and Bowie perform “Let’s Dance”)
Those of you who know me know that I lost a dear personal friend on Tuesday, May 23rd. Within 24 hours we got word that Tina Turner had also passed away. Tina Turner and Bowie collaborated in the 1980s, including…