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Shiny Toy Guns track Major Tom (Welcome Home)

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billy
on February 11, 2010
in david bowie, mp3, music, peter schilling, remix and shiny toy guns
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If you’ve watched TV in the states over the past year or so there’s a good to great chance that you’ve become familiar with this track on a Lincoln MKV commercial.  I personally don’t watch live TV (basically I don’t watch commercials anymore) so it took me longer than most to figure out that Lincoln had chosen to go with Shiny Toy Guns to propagate the idea that their flagship car is more of a spaceship and less of a boring old sedan.  I must give kudos to the ad wizards who came up with this one.  Not only is the song choice spot on but the commercial is actually rather effective.

mp3 : Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom (Welcome Home) (Shiny Toy Guns Remix)

For the curious three that are still reading after the music link has been posted I would like to point out that Major Tom is originally a track recorded by German artist Peter Schilling who was essentially retelling the story behind the track Space Oddity by David Bowie.  Yes folks, it’s true, everything has already been created, we’re simply rehashing history now.  (But honestly, who cares if a rehash sounds this good).

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Arcade Fire - Wake Up

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billy
on March 24, 2009
in acoustic, arcade fire, david bowie, indie, live, mp3 and music
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For some reason track seven from Arcade Fire’s first album, 2004’s Funeral (amazon) (itunes), has been stuck in my head for almost a month now.  From the repeated and chanted chorus of “ohhh” to the story Win Butler weaves throughout the song I just can’t seem to get it out of my thoughts.  So I thought I’d troll the interwebs and find a few various versions of this track to cheer everyone up in what has become a bit of a rough stretch for the world.

mp3 : Arcade Fire - Wake Up
mp3 : Arcade Fire - Wake Up (Live)
mp3 : Arcade Fire - Wake Up (Live Acoustic Sessions Version)
mp3 : Arcade Fire & David Bowie - Wake Up (Live at Fashion Rocks)

Although I really love the album version of Wake Up there’s something about the live energy of the song that really catches my attention.  I love how crowds hold onto the “ohhh” and give the track a bit of extra raw power.  And let us all be honest for a brief moment, the live version that they played with The David Bowie is absolutely priceless.  I mean that guy was in Labyrinth.

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Goodbye Ghana

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billy
on June 27, 2006
in cover, david bowie, ghana, mp3, music, seu jorge and world cup
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Brazil vs. Ghana

Ronaldo scored his record setting 15th World Cup goal in the early stages of the match against Ghana on a breakaway that for an instant made us all forget how overweight and terrible he looks on the field. From this point on Ghana clearly outplayed and outhustled the lethargic and defensive minded Brazilians. Brazil simply did not appear to have any of the football magic we’re all addicted to, instead they looked flat and boring, much akin to the stereotypical German teams of the last decade.

Ghana on the other hand looked simply brilliant. Even though they couldn’t seem to find the back the of the net, their passing was inventive and crisp, their runs were clean, and for the better part of the match the pro-Brazil crowd seemed to begin rooting for the underdogs to upset their all star cast. Honestly, who in the world wasn’t rooting for Ghana at some point during this game, they simply play great football.

But to Brazil went the victory, and to Brazil I turn for a slice of music.

mp3 : Seu Jorge - Starman (David Bowie Cover)

This song hails from The Life Aquatic soundtrack.
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Spain vs. France

I know the match has yet to begin. I also know that the Spainiards are heavily favored to win, but I just cannot find it in myself to rule out the plucky Frenchmen. Henry has lived up to they hype and mystique that surrounds his name and Zidane is looking at the last international appearance he’ll ever have. I’m predicting a high scoring, fast paced game for this evening’s match. Final score France 3, Spain 2.

We all know that what this World Cup still needs is a genuine upset. Ghana had their shot today, but so far all the favorites are still cruising; Brazil, Argentina, England, Germany, Italy. Honestly the only team that should still be in the tourney that isn’t is the Netherlands who were ousted largely due to horrible officiating.

In honor of their impending victory I salute you France

mp3 : M83 - Unrecorded

This song can be found on the album Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, which just might be the best thing to come out of France since the Statue of Liberty.
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