Weller Revisits Bowie 1972 For Latest Tour Advert

Wo, the hokey cokey, wo, the hokey cokey, wo, the hokey cokey, I’m bent, you’re bent, rah rah rah!

Weller, if my love is your love, We’re certain to succeed…

We’ve been running with this one since May last year, (05.14.2008 NEWS: WELLER IS BORN AGAIN BOWIE FREAK & 05.22.2008 NEWS: BOWIE ASKS WELLER FOR HIS HAIRCUT BACK VIA E-MAIL & 06.05.2008 NEWS: WELLER WEARS BOWIE BUTTON FOR TV RECORDING & 08.17.2008 NEWS: WELLER WANTS TO WORK WITH BOWIE & 09.09.2008 NEWS: NOW WELLER POSES AS ALADDIN SANE) and this may be considered the most tenuous of the lot so far. However, why let that get in the way of a good story.

Above left is a 2009 shot of Paul Weller taken from his current Forest Tour advert. And on the right is a Brian Ward photograph of David Bowie from 1972…the same session that was used for the RCA version of The Man Who Sold The World.

I think you’ll agree there are distinct similarities. Weller’s hair seems to be really very Ziggy in this shot and the pose is certainly evocative of many Bowie shots.

Though, it has to be said that Weller’s angle of leg elevation isn’t so impressive…still, he is fifty now and DB was half that in 1972.