Abba’s Frida recorded a Swedish language version of David Bowie’s Life On Mars on her second solo album Ensam (Alone) released in 1975. The album was recorded whilst a member of Abba between Waterloo (1974) and Abba (1975) and also includes a Swedish language version of Fernando that stayed at No.1 on the Swedish charts for […]
For all the effort that went into this ten minute visual, after seeing it once, I felt like I didn’t ever need to see it again – not because it was bad, or too long but because I just want to listen to the music. I feel like I can’t hear the music properly with all […]
A 1972 session for the Old Grey Whistle Test by David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Woody Woodmansey. It wasn’t broadcast till 1982, probably due to a time issue, Queen Bitch and Five Years being two songs that were broadcast. Oh! You Pretty Things is a song from the pre Ziggy album Hunky Dory released in 1971. Although Bowie […]
On the brink of breaking up, this classic David Bowie song, written specifically for this struggling band, rescued Mott The Hoople’s career and set them on the Glam train to stardom. The song reached No.3 in the UK charts and No.37 in the USA. This led to four UK Top 20 singles from the following two albums […]
Wild Is The Wind was the title song from the 1957 film of the same name starring Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnini and Anthony Franciosa. It was written by composer Dimitri Tomkin and lyricist Ned Washington. Washington wrote the words for Jazz Vocal classics such as Stella By Starlight, I’m Getting Sentimental Over You, The Nearness […]
After a late night in the studio I wondered what I could post quickly that would simply speak for itself, but of course everything has a story! Lady Grinning Soul appeared on Bowie’s Aladdin Sane album released in 1973 and featured Mike Garson on piano as well as the regular Spiders, Mick Ronson on guitar, Trevor […]