Sunday, 8 January 2017

Bowie Week: Sunday

Today would have been David Bowie's 70th birthday. To many of us, he's still here with us. So to celebrate, this week is Bowie Week on Is This The Life?. Each day, I'll post one of the great man's songs that relates to the day of the week. So today it's:

Sunday [Tony Visconti remix]
The opening track of 2001's 'Heathen' is a slow-burner. No, not Slow Burn, that's a different track. 'Heathen' is a really, really good album, one that has grown on me over time. There are a few versions of Sunday, but I really like the Tony Visconti remix that showed up on the b-side of Everyone Says 'Hi'. I like how Visconti beefed the backing track up, adding bass and beats. Nowt wrong with the original - far from it - but I think this version works really well and might even have made for a decent single.


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6 comments:

  1. The Swede8 January 2017 at 09:11

    It's going to be a tough week. This is a nice way to start it.

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  2. C8 January 2017 at 11:28

    What a lovely way to pay tribute this week. So great to see 'The Last Five Years' on BBC2 last night too.

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  3. Swiss Adam8 January 2017 at 17:40

    I like this one a lot.

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  4. Charity Chic8 January 2017 at 18:00

    As C says a lovely way to pay tribute to the great man

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  5. Echorich8 January 2017 at 19:25

    Great decision Robster! One I am echoing of a sort over on mine. I have a lot of love for Heathen and all of Bowies 2000's work. What he did to update I Took A Ride On A Gemini Spaceship by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy is simply remarkable. And being the return of Tony Visconti to Bowie's world, Heathen is massively important.

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  6. Brian9 January 2017 at 18:48

    I took to Heathen and Reality immediately. Don't think I have ever heard this version of Sunday before. A really nice take. The week is looking up.

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