Un grande versionando a otros grandes: «I Can't Explain» cover de la canción de The Who versionada por David Bowie. Una versión inédita grabada el año '72.
🎧 A new #DavidBowie track today from ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR (June 14).
#TheWho cover, "I Can't Explain" was recorded at Trident Studios London in 1972, during ZIGGY STARDUST sessions. Bowie re-recorded a very different version for PIN-UPS the next year.
Bowie's album Diamond Dogs was my music of choice when I was gearing up to hit the city (Montreal) for a night of partying. I'll bet I could recite every word of it.
… hmm, I’m not just late on the topic, I am pretty old too, I think. Born in 1977, the year „Heroes“ was released.
David Bowie of course … one of the best. Rest in peace. #davidbowie
By the way, speaking of #Bowie I thought I'd share my recent shadow box that I made of my favourite #DavidBowie album. Admitedly hard to see the depth element in 2D. Planning an over ambitious 3 layer one of a Mr B video scene with internal lights too (way too ambitious?) . #ShadowBox#Music#AlbumCovers#Low
All right, y’all know the drill by now. Continuing our (kinda sorta) Prince-themed 6 Degrees series, connecting albums from The List and carrying on from where we left off last time. This is essentially a guest post as avi_miller provided the connections for the last four albums in this set, so a big thank you to them!
Robert Fripp – (971)
…this album by Robert Fripp, who was in…
King Crimson – (568)
…King Crimson. The line-up at the time of this album included Bill Bruford on drums/percussion, who had previously been the drummer for…
Yes – (527)
…Yes. This album was recorded at Advision Studios, where part of…
Kate Bush – (576)
…this album by Kate Bush was also recorded. This album features Jimmy Bain on bass guitar, who also played bass on…
Some fun connections between this group of artists and The Purple One. Let me know in the comments if you know of any others!
In 1990, Prince invited Kate Bush to meet him after a show, and they decided to collaborate. The two couldn’t again get in the same room, so “Why Should I Love You?” (released on Bush’s 1993 album The Red Shoes) took 2 years to create (or, rather, construct, then deconstruct, then reconstruct…) by sending tapes back and forth.
Kate Bush does backing vocals on Prince’s “My Computer“, from his 1996 album, Emancipation.
The soundtrack to the 1995 film Showgirls features two Prince songs (The Gold Experience‘s “319” and Crystal Ball‘s “Ripopgodezippa”) as well as David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans”, which was co-written by Brian Eno.
Both Prince’s Purple Rain and Brian Eno’s Another Green World have inspired custom perfumes made by dublab that are supposedly meant to, umm, smell like them (like the albums, not the musicians).
Both Prince and Ritchie Blackmore, guitarist and leader of the band Rainbow, are known as two of the greatest guitarists of all time, and both loved to break out lengthy but spectacular solos. On Rolling Stone‘s 2023 list of the top 250 guitarists, Prince ranked at number 14, and Blackmore at 75. (There are actually a ton of artists from The List on Rolling Stone‘s list, because we have great taste.)
Prince and Ronnie James Dio (the singer for Rainbow at the time of the Rainbow Rising album) both packed an enormous amount of talent in a smaller frame – the two were nearly the same height (with or without their fabulous high heels). (And speaking of fashion, some of Dio’s stage outfits wouldn’t look too out of place on Prince, and vice versa.)
Tune in on Friday for Part 6, to see how we get from Rainbow to Madhouse!
What do Muse, David Bowie and the Scorpions have in common? A song named "Blackout"
So these songs are my contribution to #TuneTuesday with the theme #SameTitleDifferentSong (not covers or remixes just songs that share a title), which was sent to us from the Isle Of Man (probably on a ferry) by @SimoRavens19
A recommendation if you have #MUBI: #TheLastYearOfDarkness, an interwoven slice-of-life documentary focused on five regulars at a fringe/alt nightclub in Chengdu, Sichaun, China. It's not groundbreaking as such but it is a good view of people who feel very much like familiar figures in a (to me in the US) different space -- and there's a remarkable use of the Fashion Rocks performance of "Life on Mars" by #ArcadeFire and #DavidBowie towards the end. https://mubi.com/en/us/films/the-last-year-of-darkness