David Bowie recently announced details of a new single Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) which will be part of a career-spanning box set retrospective titled Nothing Has Changed due to be released sometime in November.
The new song was recorded earlier this year and was produced by long term collaborator Tony Visconti, who has also been busy organising a show where Bowie’s album The Man Who Sold the World will be played in its entirety with Visconti being joined on stage for the first time since 1971 by drummer Woody Woodmansey, the last remaining Spider from Mars. Also taking part are singer Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17, Spandau Ballet’s Steve Norman as well as Visconti’s singer/songwriter son Morgan and backing vocalists Holy Holy.
Tomorrow night the show’s on at the O2 ABC Glasgow and after swithering for a while over whether the gig was actually a good idea or not, I eventually decided to head along.
Would Fat White Family, who are playing up the hill at the Art School, be a better night out?
Who knows? Not me.
But I guess I’ll get many more chances in the future to take in that band live in Glasgow.
Anyway, here’s Bowie performing the title track of the album:
Compare and contrast time, folks.
Bowie himself is quoted as saying he was blown away when he found out that Kurt Cobain liked his work and described the Nirvana version as ‘heartfelt’. It takes a wee while to get started properly but from November 1993, this is Nirvana live on MTV’s Unplugged:
Nirvana’s finest cover? Possibly, although I’m very partial to Molly’s Lips myself too, a song of course written by The Vaselines, a band that I’ll be covering on here in the very near future.
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Sep 22, 2014 @ 12:42:20
Glad you enjoyed the show. ANy particular highlights?
Sep 22, 2014 @ 12:52:49
Although it’s not anywhere near my favourite Bowie album, the whole of The Man Who Sold the World was really one long highlight, a load of time and effort was obviously put in by all the musicians to recreate it. And then from the second half of the set probably Time which Glen Gregory absolutely nailed and Jean Genie.
Sep 20, 2014 @ 13:17:56
Becase the Bowie original is so strong a song, and that live version is not bad either, the Nirvana version for me is a pale imitation, and I’m not sure Cobain’s hoarse delivery is terribly good.
Sep 22, 2014 @ 12:32:11
Got to go with the original myself. Just remembered there that you had actually posted something very similar with the Bowie and Lulu.versions.
Remember imitation is the sincerest form of flattery : )
Very enjoyable show incidentally. Finally got to see Tony Visconti live on stage. And Woody Woodmansey who’s still a top class drummer and who seemed to enjoy every minute of the concert.