{"id":1681,"date":"2010-07-30T09:59:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T08:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2010-07-30T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T08:59:14","slug":"freaked-out-by-bowie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/07\/30\/freaked-out-by-bowie\/","title":{"rendered":"Freaked out by Bowie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m going through a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidbowie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Bowie<\/a> phase in my car at the moment \u2013 in-car listening is a terrific way of exploring music \u2013 and am working through <em>Changes,<\/em> <em>Black Tie, White Noise<\/em> and<em> Reality,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>All was going well until three tracks into <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Tie_White_Noise\" target=\"_blank\">Black Tie,White Noise<\/a><\/em> when Bowie started singing his cover version of Cream\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Feel_Free\" target=\"_blank\">I Feel Free<\/a>.<\/em> I\u2019ve not heard it before \u2013 and it was terrifying.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cream_(band)\" target=\"_blank\">60\u2019s super-group<\/a> comprising guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker, Cream\u2019s original version of <em>I Feel Free<\/em> has a manic, slightly trippy euphoria about it, a recklessly exuberant feel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BTmNf_a6xAM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Bowie\u2019s, however, has none of that: instead, there\u2019s a brooding menace about his version: he sings in a very low register, the rhythmic feel is halved, such that it is much slower, there\u2019s none of the jolly hand-clapping of the Cream original. All in all, it adds up to a very creepy rendition: I think it works, but I\u2019m still not wholly sure, being slightly freaked out at hearing a song I\u2019ve loved for years delivered in such a brooding and ominous fashion (once you get past the opening twenty seconds, that is&#8230;).<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/79F8vCBlO98?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Combined with a slightly deranged guitar improvised chorus, it\u2019s quite disturbing: shades of Buffalo Bill or the Jigsaw Man\u2019s soundtrack inside their head as they stalk the pavements for their next victim.<\/p>\n<p>Compare them for yourself, and let me know what you think. 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