Somebody plays my song in tune…
As we told you last week, (07.09.2008 NEWS: BOWIE SONGBOOK FEATURED ON CANADIAN IDOL NEXT WEEK) the latest episode of
We’ve managed to get exclusive quotations from each of the ten performers regarding David Bowie and his music. (Thanx to Allie Page at Canadian Idol for making this possible)
Here they all are in order of appearance, kicking off with Drew Wright who not only sang Five Years but drummed on it too…all while wearing two different coloured contact lenses!
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?For me, the best thing about Bowie week is the freedom it gives you to be creative. His catalogue is so vast and he really covers as wide spectrum of music. This gives everyone equal opportunity by allowing them to find a song that best suits their musical style.? – Drew Wright performed Five Years
?When you actually dig into Bowie?s catalogue, it?s astounding to see the effect he?s had on pop music and also pop culture in general. And it?s a true honour for us to showcase his career.? – Adam Castelli performed Rebel Rebel
?For me, it was a little bit difficult since my style isn?t relatable to his music. But after looking through his catalogue, I realized his music really does transcend musical barriers; so in that I was comfortable and am really enjoying myself.? – Mark Day performed Dancing In The Street
?It?s groundbreaking for Idol. Bowie?s legit.? – Mookie Morris performed The Man Who Sold The World
?It?s a great opportunity to be pushed out of our comfort zone. His creativity is inspirational and it?s fun to have the opportunity to do something different.? – Amberly Thiessen performed Space Oddity
?David Bowie is a real inspiration to all of us and it?s an honour to perform his work.? – Sebastian Pigott performed Let’s Spend The Night Together
?It?s pretty cool. He?s a really great character and you can?t go wrong with his music.? – Earl Stevenson performed Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide
?He?s a great and creative artist and it?s pushing us to be more creative performers.? – Katherine St-Laurent performed Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
?I was really excited but I was also really nervous. Bowie?s someone that you can?t really try to emulate so I chose the song I did because I could really relate to it and I also found a lot of parallels with experiences I?ve had.? – Theo Tams performed Silly Boy Blue
?I?m really looking forward to tonight because I?m going to rock out which is something I?ve never really had the opportunity to do before.? – Mitch MacDonald performed Moonage Daydream
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Apparently the show began with a fitting tribute item to David, and, according to comments on the MBs from our resident Canadian members, (Hi avogadro and juliedawn) Theo Tams’ version of Silly Boy Blue was the stand out favourite.
I’m sure all of the performances will surface somewhere, somehow, in the not too distant future.