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Freaky cover versions of David Bowie originals

Music journalist Marcus O'Dair joins Stuart to explore some freaky cover versions of David Bowie songs, going beyond the make-up and costumes to look at Bowie as a songwriter.

Music journalist Marcus O'Dair joins Stuart to look beyond the makeup and the costumes to Bowie as a songwriter with a selection of suitably freaky cover versions of Bowie originals. From William Shatner's bonkers version of Space Oddity to Leo Minor's complete re-interpretation of Ashes To Ashes, Bowie's classic hits are the gift that keeps on giving.

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Sat 30 Mar 201300:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Groundhogs

    Sad Go Round

    • Solid.
    • WWA Records.

  • Broadcast

    Until Then

    • The Noise Made By People.
    • Warp Records.

  • Hauschka

    Watercolour Milk

    • Room To Expand.
    • 130701.

  • Leo Minor

    Ashes To Ashes

    • Life Beyond Mars - Bowie Covered.
    • Rapster Records.

  • Fritz von Runte

    Changed (Instrumental Mix)

    • Bowie2001 - A Space Oddity - The Instrumentals.
    • Marshall Records.

  • David Bowie

    Golden Years (Jeremy Sole Kcrw Remix)

    Remix Artist: Jeremy Sole.
    • EMI.

  • The Dresden Dolls

    Life On Mars

    • .2 Contamination - A Tribute To David Bowie.
    • Failure To Communicate Records.

  • William Shatner

    Space Oddity

    • Seeking Major Tom.
    • Cleopatra Records.

  • Techno Cowboy

    Five Years

    • The Ziggy Stardust Omnichord Album.
    • Arena.

  • Pentangle

    Sovay

    • The Time Has Come 1967-1973.
    • Castle Music.

  • Il Epoca del Hombre

    Me Bato Contra Dios

    • Tensiòn (Spanish Experimental Underground 1980-1985).
    • Munster Records.

  • Boards of Canada

    Seven Forty Seven

    • Warp.

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Mar 201300:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music