After recently seeing/hearing Mr. Bowie's performance of this song on a
Fashion Rocks Youtube video, I was inspired to attempt a simple, yet,
hopefully, elegant version of the tune. Life On Mars has been described
as Broadway meets Salvador Dali, due to its well stated musical
structure blended with a jumble of lyrical images. This version
features piano by Los Angeles musician Peter Adams. I am mostly
satisfied with the vocal tracks... Upon playback I merely struggle with
the fact that, yes, it's not Bowie singing the song (For those who my
not get it - My use of the word "Merely" is intended as a sarcastic
underplay of how immense Mr. Bowie's talent truly was). Regardless, it
is my homage to the guy who presented me with my first real vocal/music
lesson in life. And, I would add, he was a dear friend, though, I never
personally met him. I dedicate this song to Tracey and Karen for all
those times we called Detroit radio stations requesting Bowie from the
end of street on Barilane Drive.
All video used was pulled from
the Internet Archive and was indicated to be in the Public Domain. I
make no claim to the publishing rights to this song, nor do I claim any
rights of the video clips presented within - some of which are presented
for satirical purpose. Also, I have no intention to commercially
profit by presenting Mr. Bowie's music in this manner, I simply did it
because I thought I would enjoy the process. It was such a splendid
delight.
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