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PrintableRaze said: ooooh, good one. best one i've seen mentioned yet, either way.
I think he could really make it work with a "Wild is the Wind" or "Bring Me The Disco King" kinda arrangement and some world-weary vocals. | |
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ufoclub said: Dolphin's music sounds like a Bowie song.
Yeah...I could see Bowie pulling that one off!!!  [Edited 7/1/07 20:53pm] | |
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Anxiety said: NorthernLad said: i dunno, Prince and Bowie are kinda from different planets. I'm not sure that merging them would work
i mean, can u imagine Bowie doing a Prince song? "Kiss", for instance, 
One Bowie song that Prince could actually redeem is "Never Let Me Down." Imagine him singing that as a breezy, mid-tempo, in his falsetto.... would be nice. i think it would be easier for prince to cover bowie than vice versa. it's difficult for anyone to cover prince, because his prince-bonics sound so silly coming out of anyone else's mouth unless they're part of the high heeled purple boot camp. MAYBE bowie could do justice to "nothing compares 2 u"? but i doubt it... i can hear bowie doing moonbeam levels. i can hear prince doing suffragette city | |
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blackguitaristz said: Prince would wear the shit out of Fame.
yeah, like he did that Santana medley  "Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you." - Kahlil Gibran | |
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happyhappy said: Moonage Daydream is soooo good. I think he could do Lady Grinning Soul justice too.
I can clearly imagine Prince singing that song! 
But I can also imagine his messed up arrangements would ruin the original... 
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I think we might hear Prince cover the "top 40 pop" bowie live.... Modern Love... Let's Dance... China girl.... My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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Prince and David Bowie are really different; i like the music of Bowie but i don't think Prince could make a convincing attempt playing a Bowie song; plus a lot of Bowie songs are from a really different universe, more drugs oriented (i don't think Prince ever has been a drug addict), the Bowie songs like 'Space Oddity' 'Ashes to ashes' 'Sound and Vision' and whatever else reflect a drug influence that doesn't appear in the Prince's songs. | |
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Anxiety said: wlcm2thdwn said: I'd love to see Prince cover Bowie, since I think he got a lot of his androgyny from him! I think I spelled that wrong.
i was gonna say that i see more of little richard's androgyny in prince, but then i remembered that david bowie is a HUGE little richard fan, so i guess they got their liquid eyeliner from the same well of inspiration.  Ha-ha, that's hilarious! | |
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blackguitaristz said: Prince would wear the shit out of Fame.
 Indeed. Just like a pair of old socks. | |
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remember my Prince/David Bowie song exchange programme?
that was fun. | |
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BlueLantern said: Prince and David Bowie are really different; i like the music of Bowie but i don't think Prince could make a convincing attempt playing a Bowie song; plus a lot of Bowie songs are from a really different universe, more drugs oriented (i don't think Prince ever has been a drug addict), the Bowie songs like 'Space Oddity' 'Ashes to ashes' 'Sound and Vision' and whatever else reflect a drug influence that doesn't appear in the Prince's songs.
to the average unknowing outsider, Bob George, superfunkycalifragisexy, Eye No, Joy in Repetition, Splash, All My Dreams, Rebirth of the Flesh, speak volumes of drug use. I remember playing Bob George for a "white" rocker friend of mine who likes nine inch nails, and he looked spooked and said "that" was a result of major drugs. It's true to my ears as well, Prince's use of sound at times (3121 the song is a recent example) sound more surreal and remarkable than many other artists. It's one of the reasons I am drawn to listen to his shit. Was just listening to The Line and Cookie Jar... One of my all time faves is The Ball. That is like spying on an LSD trip from bouncy funk planet Jupiter. My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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how about "John I'm Only Dancing (Again)"? | |
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GangstaFam said: I could see Bowie doing some of Prince's more dramatic songs. Imagine something like...
I would love him to re-imagine Solo. | |
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Or Prince doing Let's Dance in a blues version and then really rip out them words 'put on your red shoes and daaaaance the blues' | |
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HamsterHuey said: Or Prince doing Let's Dance in a blues version and then really rip out them words 'put on your red shoes and daaaaance the blues'
nice. | |
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ufoclub said: BlueLantern said: Prince and David Bowie are really different; i like the music of Bowie but i don't think Prince could make a convincing attempt playing a Bowie song; plus a lot of Bowie songs are from a really different universe, more drugs oriented (i don't think Prince ever has been a drug addict), the Bowie songs like 'Space Oddity' 'Ashes to ashes' 'Sound and Vision' and whatever else reflect a drug influence that doesn't appear in the Prince's songs.
to the average unknowing outsider, Bob George, superfunkycalifragisexy, Eye No, Joy in Repetition, Splash, All My Dreams, Rebirth of the Flesh, speak volumes of drug use. I remember playing Bob George for a "white" rocker friend of mine who likes nine inch nails, and he looked spooked and said "that" was a result of major drugs. It's true to my ears as well, Prince's use of sound at times (3121 the song is a recent example) sound more surreal and remarkable than many other artists. It's one of the reasons I am drawn to listen to his shit. Was just listening to The Line and Cookie Jar... One of my all time faves is The Ball. That is like spying on an LSD trip from bouncy funk planet Jupiter. I feel ya on ALL that. | |
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Savage said: I know he has covered The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Joan Osbourne, Sheryl Crow etc.....but never heard him cover a Bowie song?
Why should he? | |
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dseann said: Savage said: I know he has covered The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Joan Osbourne, Sheryl Crow etc.....but never heard him cover a Bowie song?
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I can definitly imagine Prince doing "Fashion".
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Savage said: dseann said: Why should he? I asked has he. Nothing about why! Simple question. I know what you asked.....I'm just asking why should he cover Bowie? I think he has better things to do thats all. | |
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dseann said: Savage said: I asked has he. Nothing about why! Simple question. I know what you asked.....I'm just asking why should he cover Bowie? I think he has better things to do thats all. Now, now... Why not? And WHAT better things could he be doing? I would loooove to hear your obviously enlightened take on that... | |
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I can perfectly understand the question as I too find both Bowie and Prince similar in many ways in terms of their originality, quirkiness, amazing lyrics etc.
My choice for P to cover would be "Rock N Roll Suicide" - i can really picture him doing this live a-la-Lets Go Crazy ..."Give me your hands! Coz youre not alone"... Would be amazing i'm sure... "Playing hard to get is getting hard to play". | |
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dseann said: Savage said: I asked has he. Nothing about why! Simple question. I know what you asked.....I'm just asking why should he cover Bowie? I think he has better things to do thats all. what an odd statement. the man has been playing covers for his entire career. hell, half his setlist for the last year has been covers, hasn't it? "Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you." - Kahlil Gibran | |
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MikeMatronik said: I'd love to see Prince doing "Be My Wife" or "The Width of a Circle"
Prince doing "The Width of a Circle" I'd be all kinds of happy if he did that. Mark me down for John, I'm Only Dancing while we're at it. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Anxiety said: wlcm2thdwn said: I'd love to see Prince cover Bowie, since I think he got a lot of his androgyny from him! I think I spelled that wrong.
i was gonna say that i see more of little richard's androgyny in prince, but then i remembered that david bowie is a HUGE little richard fan, so i guess they got their liquid eyeliner from the same well of inspiration. Prince owes a lot image-wise to the boys of Glam Rock, and they in turn owe a lot to Little Richard and theatre. It would've been a lot harder to convince the general public to (sort of) accept a man in lace and false lashes if Bowie et al. hadn't done it first. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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