November 14, 2006
Coverville 263: The David Bowie Cover Story
I just couldn't wait any longer. No birthdays, no anniversaries, it just had to happen. Are there covers on Mars? Here's what's on the show tonight:
| Title (with link to iTunes, if available) | Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available) | Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available) | Original Artist |
| Fashion | Berlin | 4Play | David Bowie |
| Let's Dance | The Futureheads | Q Covered: The Eighties | David Bowie |
| The Man Who Sold The World | Lulu | Inspired-Worlds Greatest Covers | David Bowie |
| Changes | Seu Jorge | The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions | David Bowie |
| Heroes | Icehouse | The Berlin Tapes | David Bowie |
| Ashes To Ashes | Happy Rhodes | Rhodesongs | David Bowie |
| Golden Years | Essra Mohawk | Spiders from Venus: Women Cover David Bowie | David Bowie |
| Waterloo Sunset | David Bowie | Reality | Kinks |
| All The Young Dudes | Gene Loves Jezebel featuring Michael Aston | Goth Oddity: A Tribute To David Bowie | David Bowie/Mott The Hoople |
| Life On Mars | Neil Hannon & Yann Tiersen | Q's Ultimate Songwriters | David Bowie |
Posted by bibbott at November 14, 2006 7:50 PM
Thanks Brian - great show, even without Nirvana! Has me itching for Bowie 2, 3 etc!
Lulu has been around here for decades and has kind of re-invented herself of late, including singing with Take That and Ronan Keating (a cover of"we've got tonight").
But she'll always be famous here for "shout", particularly the opening.
Posted by: Wayne from the UK at November 15, 2006 6:37 AMLoved the Bowie show! Check out Dar Williams cover of "Starman"
Posted by: Jimbo at November 15, 2006 7:50 AMGood show, but the lulu cover is definitely closer to the bowie original than the nirvana cover is, not that that's a bad thing. I would love hear to more trivia about david robert jones on the sequels, but regardless it was really good. Also, the record label was skipping disks, I don't remember you mentioning that later, and I don't think there are covers on mars, but there are covers in suffragette city.
Posted by: ian at November 15, 2006 11:55 AMI'm surprised how much I like this show. I'm not a Bowie fan (or thought I wasn't), but this show makes it clear how durable and catchy his stuff is. And great variety, too. Didn't miss the Nirvana one bit!
Posted by: Dave J. at November 16, 2006 10:44 AMI must say I'm disapointed that there wasn't a cover of "China Girl" or "Ziggy Stardust" Good show overall!
Posted by: Brad at November 16, 2006 9:24 PMSUPERB! Oh man, I could listen to this edition on repeat I liked so many of the songs. I absolutely loved Bowie's cover of "Waterloo Sunset" and the Seu Jorge version of "Changes". I had a crappy commute this morning (W train wasn't running into Manhattan) but I didn't mind at all...I had Bowie and Ibbott! Thanks! I did eventually get to work and still haven't heard the last one "Life on Mars" but I had to comment right away. This is great!
Posted by: Sean T at November 17, 2006 8:16 AMGlad you featured the Happy Rhodes bit - that Rhodesongs compilation has a lot of great stuff on it.
Posted by: Michael at November 17, 2006 12:56 PMGetting ready to listen to the show but what, no Cactus by the Pixies?? Maybe in Volume 2. Thanks for putting the show together in the first place. Maybe you are still working on a Pixies Cover Story? Maybe?
Keep up the great work as always.
Posted by: imelda at November 17, 2006 3:20 PMDid you know Essra Mohawk was one of the regular singers for Schoolhouse Rock? She's most apparent on "Sufferin' Til Suffrage" and "Interjections!" but she also has bits on other songs.
Posted by: T/Lloyd at December 11, 2006 1:25 PMAwesome show from start to finish. I'm not a huge fan of David Bowie, it's one of those cases where I like his music more when other people sing it, so Thank YOU! And bring on part 2!
Posted by: Julie at December 17, 2006 8:28 AM