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My entry for the Bowie Summer Challenge

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posted by kaboomer (8 comments total)

Damn. I really like this.
posted by COBRA! at 8:05 AM on August 29, 2013

This is great! Didn't want to listen 'til I posted my version...good thing I didn't or I totally would have scrapped mine! Really good vocals.
posted by Slothomatic at 9:41 PM on August 29, 2013

Wow awesome groove. Really relaxed, this has such a nice laid-back feel.
posted by greenish at 5:46 AM on August 30, 2013

Oh, man, this is really great. Love the breakdown chorus and the hand claps especially.
posted by cortex at 8:43 AM on August 30, 2013

Hey people, just thought to check this page now - thanks so much for the comments and the props! This was a really, really fun project to work on. I have a Moonage Daydream cover posted as well, and am thinking about adding a Lady Stardust version and calling it an EP. Ziggy Stardust was a pretty great record, eh?
posted by kaboomer at 9:42 PM on September 1, 2013

Love this - it has a really 70s sound, like you and your band just made this after hearing Bowie's version for the radio on the first time. The vocals on the chorus kind of make me think of Pink Floyd.
posted by capricorn at 9:25 AM on September 2, 2013

This is awesome. It's like a hippy doing Bowie. That's the vibe anyway. No idea if you are a hippy or not, but that's what I was thinking. Love this.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:25 PM on September 2, 2013

Echoing the love for the vocals, although I'm not really getting "laid-back" from them so much as intensity and ...relish? if that makes sense. The musical accompaniment is great too, but it's the singing that makes this version distinctive. Spun this one a few times!
posted by comealongpole at 7:17 AM on September 10, 2013