Wild Boys Keep Swinging…
As promised a few days ago, (09.01.2010 NEWS: MANIMAL WAR CHILD BOWIE TRIBUTE FEATURED IN NME) we can now exclusively reveal the next limited edition 7″ 45 release from Manimal’s tribute to David Bowie: We Were So Turned On.
The single will feature Duran Duran‘s version of Boys Keep Swinging and Carla Bruni‘s rendition of Absolute Beginners. The record is due on October 15th.
Meanwhile, Duran’s Nick Rhodes has been talking about the band’s contribution to the Bowie tribute via a brief video snippet which you can view
As we told you in our previous story, We Were So Turned On is available physically and digitally worldwide from today, (September 6th) aside from in Europe where the double CD isn’t released until October 11th.
We’ll be giving away ten copies of the CD long before that European release date though, so stay tuned for that.
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While we’re on the subject of We Were So Turned On…Sophia Knapp of Lights (NYC) gave an
I’m sure you don’t need reminding that the song was originally recorded by Bowie for the 1986 Labyrinth soundtrack.
Here’s the relevant bit…
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I wanted to ask you a little about glam. I see you have a song (“World Falls Down”) on a David Bowie tribute album coming out. I thought it was interesting because you take a song from Labyrinth, and even though everyone likes Labyrinth, people tend to think it wasn?t the coolest part of Bowie?s career. But you were obviously really smitten with the music. What draws you to it?
Well, it?s my favorite movie from my childhood. I?m a huge Bowie fan, and seeing that movie was my first encounter with him. I think I was six years old when I saw it and it just made a huge impression on me. In a way it?s some of Bowie?s music that has the most meaning for me. The way it?s recorded is pretty cheesy, but there?s some really beautiful songs on that soundtrack, actually. The song we?re doing is a really classic love song. And David Bowie?s character in that film is just incredible. He?s just so good at being evil.
He really is.
And the hair, of course.
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Seems there are Labby fans everywhere.
While we’re on the subject of As The World Falls Down covers…Girl In A Coma finally release their superb version of the track
Released back in April as part of their
Now Girl In A Coma have collected together the seven songs released across the 45’s, added three new tracks and will release all ten tracks on CD on October 19th.
The tracks are also available to purchase as downloads, but, if you don’t like buying stuff you can listen to all seven original covers on the
Aside from the Bowie rendition, it’s really worth checking out their other covers too, not to mention their original compositions. They put me in mind of the likes of Throwing Muses, Belly and The Breeders…and all those other 4AD crazy ladies.