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Rick Wakeman — Life On Mars?
Album: The Other Side of Rick Wakeman
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Released: 2007
Length: 2:59
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This isn’t the worst, but couldn’t we just up the frequency on the original and call it done?
Posted 5 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
Ah, no.  
Posted 5 years ago by kimschoice    [ Reply ]
I gave him a lift home in my car once, when I was the breakfast show presenter on the local commercial radio station in Guildford (in the early 80s) and he had come in to do an interview. Lovely bloke - gave me a cup of tea and showed me his ginormous TV. A memorable day :)
Posted 5 years ago by SomersetBob    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
speaking of covers, that album cover is just... yikes!
 
Well, actually Rick played on the Bowie original, but here is a bad Rick cover:

 
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Bloody awesome...
Posted 5 years ago by Bert7    [ Reply ]
Sounds a little muzaky to me.
Posted 5 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
speaking of covers, that album cover is just... yikes!
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Awesomely sweet piano playing. Thanks!
Posted 11 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Although the original was great, this sounds like a poor cover by a lounge lizard at the holiday inn.
He is a great musician when playing with others but left to his own devices something is lacking.
Too many notes?
Sorry Rick.
Posted 11 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:
Uh. for you youngin's, Rick played the fantastic piano on the original recording as well.
 
As well as Cat Stevens' "Morning Has Broken", while we're on the topic.
Posted 11 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Suddenly my eyes close and the music transports me... to an elevator. Where I am stuck between floors. {#Eh}
Posted 11 years ago by Catalytic    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:
Liberace Lives!
 
The thought crossed my mind...but Liberace was a little more florid in his stylings. Not sure that Rick adds anything more to the tune than a piano bar professional would. 

Oh look: Matt Damon and Michael Douglas are doing a Liberace biopic for HBO. How can I make sure  to miss that one...  

Lemmoth: really? Rick played on the original? I only knew him from Yes albums, surrounded by stacks of keyboards and OTT gothy clothes. Will have to listen to Bowie and this version again. 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:
Uh. for you youngin's, Rick played the fantastic piano on the original recording as well.
 
Thanks for that trivia!  Fun cover tune!
Posted 12 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Uh. for you youngin's, Rick played the fantastic piano on the original recording as well.
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 Lyle8888 wrote:
A likeable cover - better than elevator music.
 
In what way?
 
2  Well I started out giving it a 2 but then I got a look at the album art. 1.
Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
A master playing a song of another master, excellent !!!
Posted 12 years ago by RodolfoCarboni    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:
I actually like this a lot more than the original.  
 
Me too!  but we shouldn't go there
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep}A likeable cover - better than elevator music.
Posted 12 years ago by Lyle8888    [ Reply ]
I actually like this a lot more than the original.  
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
Bill, you *are* a cover junkie. I fully expect the next track in your playlist to be a Bowie tune. I know your ways. h/t :-)

Posted 12 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
Liberace Lives!
Posted 12 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]

it's the freakiest show...

c'mon...you're singin' it in your head right now ...

aren't you?


Posted 12 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]