[kj] ot. new bauhaus C.D, ;( what a let down!

[Brendan Quinn]

I’m pretty sure Bowie creamed himself when Cobain covered The Man Who Sold
the World…

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Bette Dillinger
Sent: Thursday, 17 April 2008 12:17 p.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] ot. new bauhaus C.D, ;( what a let down!

 

You didn't mention Murphy's cover of "Purple Rain" (yes, the Prince
song)....
 
Bowie HATES people to cover his songs (I know this through a friend's
dealing with Isolar), except exactly as he performed them...........and
Bauhaus thought it would be a scream to do "Ziggy Stardust" because they
were always accused of being rip-offs of The Thin White Duke.....


> From: Partyslammer at socal.rr.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:54:18 -0700

> Subject: Re: [kj] ot. new bauhaus C.D, ;( what a let down!

> 

> "sade1" wrote:

> 

> 

> >> i just always thought that -bauhaus wripping them off was unessary

> >

> > It says on Youtube that Bowie himself has said Murphy's singing of

> > Ziggy Stardust was the way it should be sung (or was it Space Oddity?).

> > But if someone knows of any dirty detail of Bauhaus taking anything, do 

> > share. :)

> 

> It was Ziggy Stardust.

> 

> BTW, as far as I know, here's a fairly complete list of songs Bauhaus has 

> covered and officially released:

> 

> Ziggy Stardust - Bowie

> Telegram Sam - T Rex

> Rosegarden Funeral of Sores - John Cale

> Third Uncle - Brian Eno

> Waiting For The Man (live on cd only) - Velvet Underground

> The Passenger (live on dvd only) - Iggy Pop

> Severence - Dead Can Dance

> 

> > I think it is a fine and dotted, swervy, loopy line between 

> > manifesting art

> > inevitably via your influences and inspirations, and straight-out

ripping 

> > them

> > off *cough-cough*NirvanaofKillingJoke*cough-cough-fart* and i feel, IMO,

> > that Bauhaus didn't violate that distinction.

> > If anyone knows of any, I would love to read an interview with both 

> > Bowie and

> > anyone from Bauhaus addressing that mini-issue.

> 

> Bowie really liked Bauhaus. Enough to insist Bauhaus be featured at the 

> beginning of the otherwise dull early 80's vampire movie "The Hunger."

> 

> T.B. 

> 

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