{"id":12664,"date":"2021-01-11T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T15:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/?p=12664"},"modified":"2021-01-11T10:54:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T15:54:33","slug":"rockers-cover-david-bowie-in-honour-of-his-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/blogs\/middays\/2021\/01\/rockers-cover-david-bowie-in-honour-of-his-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockers Cover David Bowie In Honour Of His Birthday&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It would have been David Bowie&#8217;s 74th Birthday on Friday. To honour him and to celebrate his life, a few rockers paid tribute to him, with his music.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What a night, the evening was organized and hosted by Bowie\u2019s longtime piano player, Mike Garson. It all began with Duran Duran covering &#8220;Five years,&#8221; with the band &#8216;s frontman Simon Le Bon saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>&#8220;I can&#8217;t begin to explain how honored I feel for Duran Duran to be given the opportunity to perform this icon and to place our name alongside Bowie&#8217;s for this commemoration of his music.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said that Bowie was the reason he started writing songs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ozB8aMc5SsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails actually did two Bowie tracks, \u201cFantastic Voyage\u201d and &#8220;Fashion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FlBDGXjfvD4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, who by the way is now going by the name, William Patrick Corgan, covered \u201cSpace Oddity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sI27SBebbEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cs1pkOlEfPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Adam Lambert sounded great covering &#8220;Starman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6loiGq8pptI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It would have been David Bowie&#8217;s 74th Birthday on Friday. 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