Because we can't get enough.
Oh, vote for the better one.
Bowie vs Billy
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Bowie vs Billy
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
Billy Preston's "Get Back" smokes.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
I’m one of the more vocal Bowie fans on here, but I don’t really care for either his or the Beatles version of ATU.
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
Best Bowie cover?
I reckon Where Have All the Good Times Gone. It even trumps the Kinks version.
I reckon Where Have All the Good Times Gone. It even trumps the Kinks version.
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
I'd say "Hard to Be a Saint..." to annoy you-know-who, but my real answer is "I Can't Explain"
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
I’d say “Hard To Be a Saint...” completely sincerely. It’s fucking great.
I quite like his version of Friday On My Mind as well.
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
White Light, White Heat 
... tied with Can't Explain
... tied with Can't Explain
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
Surely no one is going to suggest Bowie's I Can't Explain or Friday On My Mind are better than the originals?
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
I don’t think his Can’t Explain is even close to the original. I prefer his Friday, but that’s a personal preference. I wouldn’t argue it with anyone because I think it’s 100% subjective to me.
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
1 vote for Billy Preston's version of "Get Back".
I much prefer Bowie's version of "It's Hard To A Saint In The City" over Springsteen's. Same goes for "Friday On My Mind', Bowie over Easybeats"
I much prefer Bowie's version of "It's Hard To A Saint In The City" over Springsteen's. Same goes for "Friday On My Mind', Bowie over Easybeats"
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Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
OK, I'll let you off this time.
Here, have a picture of the actual Wolston Manor...
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
Here Comes the Night is baddass too!
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
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Re: Bowie vs Billy
Amongst all this, let's not forget how great this was. Shame about Clapton being there but this is brilliant.
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