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“The Man Who Sold the World” by Nirvana
In 1993, Nirvana, while Lighthouse Group very electric grunge movement, records an “unplugged” session for MTV chain. Rather than be limited to a selection of its success, the group of Kurt Cobain also chooses to interpret some songs of the artists who have most marked such bluesman Leadbelly, the punk Vaselines and Meat Puppets, but also David Bowie, with The Man Who Sold the World is on this occasion entertain a whole new generation.
“Life on Mars” by Seu Jorge
Singer and Brazilian actor originally from Belford Roxo, a city on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Seu Jorge was able to exercise these functions in the film by Wes Anderson, The aquatic life, released in 2005. He sang five songs including David Bowie (fourteen appear in the album The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions ), which he adapted into Portuguese and interpreted so bossa nova, for the occasion. Bowie did not hesitate to say all the good he thought, during the film’s release.
“Let’s Dance” by M. Ward
Between his solo records and those published in duo with actress Zooey Deschanel under the name She & amp; Him, guitarist, singer and songwriter Matthew Stephen “Mr” Ward recorded this folk version of the biggest hit of David Bowie. The piece, beautiful skinning, appears on the third album of the American, Transfiguraton of Vincent (2003), and on the soundtrack of the New Zealand movie To each his own each ( Eagle vs Shark )
“Sound & amp. Vision “by Beck
Sponsored by now Lincoln Motor Company, American singer Beck recorded, February 5, 2013, in the theater of 20th Century Fox, in Los Angeles, this déboussolante live version of Sound & amp; Vision , surrounded by 157 singers and musicians playing traditional instruments as well as electric guitars, percussions as Chinese musical saw. A surprising contrast with the synthetic minimalism of the original version produced by Bowie, Brian Eno and Tony Visconti and published in 1977 in the album Low .
“A man disappeared in the sky” by Gerard Palaprat
The French version (au gratin) Space Oddity was registered in France 1971 by the singer Gerard Palaprat. Note that we owe the text Franco-British lyricist Boris Bergman, future accomplice Alain Bashung ( Gaby , Vertigo of love …). Other French version of a cult title of Bowie, Life in March , adaptation of Life on Mars , by the late Alain Kan.
“After All” by Tori Amos
This beautiful cover of a title from the album The Man Who Sold the Earth Figure B-side of the single Strange Little Girl (2001) of the American pianist Tori Amos, but not on his album of “covers” Strange Little Girls, published the same year.
“Drive In Saturday” by Morrissey
Huge fan of David Bowie since his teens, Steven Patrick Morrissey published in 2008, this live and lyrical version of Drive In Saturday , the B-side of the single All You Need Is Me . In 1993, Bowie had himself taken a title, I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday , the former lead singer of The Smiths.
“Ziggy Stardust” by Bauhaus
In 1982, the Bauhaus group, then star of the British gothic scene, aired this flamboyant version of Ziggy Stardust . The single then reached the 15 th of the charts in the UK. B-side featured a song by Brian Eno ( Third Uncle ).
“Where Are We Now” by Momus
With a small dimension, since the late 1980s, with fans precious songs, Englishman Nicholas Currie, aka Momus (author album The Poison Boyfriend , Tender Pervert …), has signed a pretty melancholic version of Where Are We Now?. A title that, January 8, 2013, almost three years to the day before his death marked the comeback of David Bowie discography, three months before the release of the album The Next Day, after a pause of several years.
“Rebel Rebel” by Ricky Lee Jones
Considered one hymns sharpest glam rock, Rebel Rebel from the album Diamond Dogs (1974), was the subject in 1993 of a delicately chic Version from the American singer Ricky Lee Jones, in his album Traffic From Paradise .
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