80s on 70s Bowie, or Swimming with Dolphins is Cool

These are all sort of odd. I'll leave it at that.

Mp3 Culture Club / Starman (David Bowie Cover)

Mp3 Duran Duran / Fame (Bowie Cover)

Mp3 Blondie / Heroes (Bowie Cover)

There's a lot more where that came from...

If I Have A Cold and Long Milkshake and You Have A Cold and Long Milkshake

Am I cheating by posting a cover from a new album composed exclusively of covers? Probably... nonetheless, here's The Postmarks' version of 'Five Years' from By the Numbers... Hangovers inspire the apocalyptic...

Mp3 The Postmarks / Five Years (David Bowie Cover)

And, as a bonus, my baby and soul are crushed for your listening pleasure.

Mp3 The Postmarks / 7-11 (Ramones Cover)

Midnite Vultures, Osama Remix Edition

MP3 Beck / Diamond Dogs (David Bowie cover, 2001)

Exquisite sleaze-funk—plays in the X-rated version of E.T. as he's bumpingrindin' his sexy wrinkled way out of that yellow tent. The elevator's broke. So? He slides down a rope...

Please Apply Additional Pressure

At some point during (or perhaps prior to) the recording process of the otherwise decent Women As Lovers, Jamie Stewart decided to invite Michael Gira over for this rather unfortunate cover of Under Pressure. Complete with gross sounding saxophone (see here on why the sax should often be avoided) the song raises a rather simple question: why?

Mp3 Xiu Xiu featuring Michael Gira / Under Pressure (Queen and David Bowie cover)

And to compensate for that rather unfortunate infliction, see King David himself on how to cover songs well.

Mp3 David Bowie / Let's Spend the Night Together (Rolling Stones Cover)

Patient Pre-Room Buffer Area

MP3 Seam / Heroes (David Bowie cover, 1999)

Seam's take on "Heroes" is very eldritch, which the dictionary claims is a real word.

The beeps sound like an EKG. That's a noise you can download for a small fee. Gimme "Hospital Transit-Lounge Beeps" at $4.95, thanks.