David Bowie

Top 12 Bowie by Bowie

nobody@vox.com(Kotog) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:58:58 -0700

David Bowie semi-recently (been busy :P) posted his top 12 Bowie songs. I'm not actually too familiar with most of the list, which makes sense I suppose since he must get pretty sick of the bigger hits after playing them so many times. I'm glad to see that Life on Mars made the cut though.

The List:

Life on Mars
Sweet Things/Candidate/Sweet Thing
The Bewlay Brothers
Lady Grinning Soul
Win
Some Are
Teenage Wildlife
Repetition
Fantastic Voyage
Loving The Alien
Time Will Crawl
Hang On To Yourself (live)

For descriptions/explanations go here.

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'Yes we got...Long Hair...Bell Bottoms, Fat Riffs, Soulful Vocals, Backbeat Drums....

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"Life on Mars" covered by a ukulele orchestra

nobody@vox.com(Kotog) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:38:24 -0700

This video is awesome, featuring a ukulele orchestra playing "Life on Mars." On the second verse they start getting creative and overlaying the song with verses from other songs with similar chord structures.

Since I'm a nerd I looked up the songs:

Frank Sinatra - My Way (which makes sense given the history of the song)
Garth Brooks - For Once in My Life
Andy Williams - Born Free
The Who - Substitute
Randy Crawford - Someday I'll Fly Away (better known from Moulin Rouge)

They have a lot of other videos on youtube worth checking out.

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Life Beyond Mars: Electronica Bowie Covers

nobody@vox.com(Kotog) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:42:28 -0700

Life_beyond_mars

A new, electro-focused 12-track Bowie tribute Life Beyond Mars has been released, including Kelley Polar covering "Magic Dance" (in Italian), Au Revoir Simone on "Oh! You Pretty Things," Matthew Dear, on "Sound & Vision," and Joakim & The Disco on "A New Career In A New Town," and Richard Walters & Faultline's "Be My Wife." You can hear them all here.

The full release is out in July on Rapster.

via stereogum

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Art Exhibition: "Life on Mars"

nobody@vox.com(Kotog) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:33:46 -0700

Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh is currently showing their biennial show, the Carnegie International. The show is titled for the first time, after the Bowie song, Life on Mars.

From Curator Douglas Fogle:

In David Bowie's song, "Life on Mars," he sings about a world spinning out of control. Bowie poses the question of whether Mars is a place to escape to, or whether we're on Mars already, because this world we live in has become so strange and unfamiliar to us.
Although every exhibition has an organizing principle, for the first time in its history, this installment of the Carnegie International has a title -- "Life on Mars." The title -- appropriated from the Bowie song -- doesn't apply only to artists dealing with aliens or even themes of alienation, but rather functions as a way of organizing the show and addressing the experience of living in the world today. "Life on Mars" poses a poetic question of longing, and of trying to connect. It relates not only to a literal search for extra-terrestrial life, but also to sending out signals in the dark, and hoping to get a response. (Source)

For more information check out the exhibition's website.

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En direct 2

nobody@vox.com(skullring) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:09:55 -0700

Un bonjour en direct des coulisses de Baltard où il fait (trop) chaud. Le pavillon m'a manqué, je n'étais pas là la semaine dernière pour cause de concert alsacien d'Etienne Daho. J'en profite pour dire qu'Etienne est sans doute le plus merveilleux chanteur français voire chanteur tout court, et qu'il peut venir manger à la maison quand il veut. Avant d'écouter son remix d'Obsession que l'on peut entendre à la fin de ses concerts, je voulais dire que là on est avec Sacha et qu'on écoute l'album de Scarlett Johansson, et que la chanson Fannin Street avec les choeurs de Bowie me fait un bien fou, parce qu'enfin j'entends Bowie dans un nouveau morceau, et que sa voix est toujours intense. Voilà quoi. Benjamin est au make up, Julien Doré a répété sa chanson, qui ressemble un peu au Livre de la Jungle mais il y a quelques secondes de fulgurance qui font que j'aime bien, Amandine est morte de rire, Cédric est un peu tendu, Jules est en visite. Belle ambiance pour l'avant dernière de la Nouvelle Star. Je me demande ce que je vais faire quand ce sera fini. Bref, voici le remix d'Obsession. Bonne soirée devant M6, je compte sur vous.

Obsession (remix)

Etienne Daho

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Mad Scientist or Goblin King

nobody@vox.com(Moonage Daydreamer) — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:14:37 -0700

Bowie's in The Prestige!? Well now I feel like quite the inadequate Bowie fan :\ Although I do have the excuse of being secluded to the middle-of-nowhere Japan past two years...
He's makes a brilliant Nikola Tesla btw.

Bowie as Tesla

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Ziggy Stardog

nobody@vox.com(Kotog) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:42:42 -0700

Threadless

Technically Aladdin Sane, but w/e

Go buy at Threadless

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Bowie Fiver

nobody@vox.com(Kotog) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:03:37 -0700

BowieLincoln

from here.

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check out my new song: Camden (My treading ground)

nobody@vox.com(Erik) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:29:09 -0800

Camden (My treading ground)

this song is about where I grew up and spent most of my childhood hanging a round and about missing the area, the people I knew and the atmosphere, the song has a melancholic and atmospheric feel to it, hope you like it.

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