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June 30th, 2009 by admin | Filed under Covered in Gravy.Delve into Bowie’s private collection, and decide which muse produced the best original song that Bowie later covered. Pick your favourite ORIGINAL song, not your preferred Bowie version:
1. Sorrow - The Merseys - Covered on Pin Ups
2. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys - Covered on Tonight
3. Where Have all the Good Times Gone? - Kinks - Covered on Pin Ups
4. Let’s Spend the Night Together - The Rolling Stones - Covered on Aladdin Sane
5. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere - The Who - Covered on Pin Ups
6. Across the Universe - The Beatles - Covered on Young Americans
7. I Know it’s Gonna Happen Someday - Morrissey - Covered on Black Tie/White noise
8. See Emily Play - Pink Floyd - Covered on Pin Ups
9. Here Comes the Night - Them - Covered on Pin Ups
Cast Your Vote:
Loading ...Eponymous “Heroes”
There is a select band of real people who can boast their name in a David Bowie title. Perhaps Blue Jean, Aladdin Sane, Nathan Adler, Baby Grace, and Joe the Lion are based on non-fictional persons, but let’s concentrate on the certainties. So which is the most listenable of the following?
Loading ...Tags: Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Bowie-Muse, Letter to Hermione, Mime Artist, Pablo Picasso, Starving for me gravy, The Beatles and the Stones, The Merseys
I hate to say it but bowies covers are usually shit.
I was always disappointed that Bowie never chose to cover the only musician greater than himself: Cliff Richard. Cliff spanned 5 decades, has proven beyond doubt that he can write a tune and even had a dance ‘hit’ under a pseudonym. If only David had covered ‘Living Doll’… Or even ‘Mistletoe and Wine’. It would be better than ‘Little drummer boy’ anyway… Failing that I’d settle for a cover from that Bredon duo ‘Mother of a thief’. Not sure which one would best suit david’s vocal style though. Any ideas?
p.s. Stewart, I don’t have a copy of ‘I pray, Ole’ anymore. Can you sort me out? Missing this little number.