As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I saw the 1986 movie Something Wild again recently and was struck by how good The Feelies were as the high school reunion band - especially their cover of David Bowie's Fame. In addition to sending me on a Feelies listening binge, I also started listening to more Bowie, and, of course, more Bowie covers. The pickings were a little slim - especially given how many Bowie tribute albums there are - but I consider that a testament to Bowie rather than an indictment of his songwriting. There's some interesting interpretations (starting with M. Ward's version of Let's Dance) as well as some nice straightforward covers (Culture Club's take on Starman). Disc Two comes next week.
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| Let's Dance |
M. Ward |
| After All |
Ventilator |
| The Gospel According to Tony Day |
Edwyn Collins |
| John, I'm Only Dancing |
Vivian Girls |
| Suffragette City |
The Get Up Kids |
| Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) |
Ex-Voto |
| Fame |
Dennis Coffey |
| The Sun Machine (Memory Of A Free
Festival) |
Mercury Rev |
| Fall in Love With Me |
Guy Chadwick |
| Drive in Saturday |
Teacher and the Pets |
| The Bewley Brothers |
Sister Crayon |
| Heroes |
TV On The Radio |
2 comments:
Glad to hear you're a Feelies fan. Glen Mercer is my brother.
@rogue46,
Very cool. Are they planning on a doing another album at some point?
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