Awesome David Bowie Songs That Are Not Actually David Bowie Songs

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Destroyer - "The Sublimation Hour"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1MyCcxrtWc

Scott Walker - "Nite Flights"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9uIHjbt8zw

 

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Though all of Walker's contributions to Nite Flights could fit here.

EDIT: Maybe not "The Electrician" so much, but you could argue otherwise!

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7kOLHzMd_g

You would be forgiven if you think that's Bowie singing the title. And this song doesn't sound particularly Bowie-ish, but I'm posting it here because 1) it's killer, and 2) I doubt this thread is gonna see much action.

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Does this include songs he wrote but didn't sing?

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Don't feel like waiting for an answer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfwVfEXJhQQ

 

[Incandenza]

Might as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3OaMZojJRg

 

[Mickey Massuco]

I doubt this thread is gonna see much action.

don't get discouraged, the songs you posted were p. good.

I thought this was off an 80s Bowie b-side the first time I heard it:

http://youtu.be/lYXZQ19KNkc

 

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I didn't do this in the original post, but, given the wide range of sounds Bowie has explored, it might be interesting/fun to link the songs to which period Bowie it reminds me of. "The Sublimation Hour" is Hunky Dory Bowie; "Nite Flights" is Station to Station Bowie. "Empire of the Senseless" isn't any Bowie, but whoever's singing the backing vocal is doing a credible Bowie imitation.

Scott Walker's contributions to the Walker Brothers album Nite Flights—which, helpfully, are the first four songs—are the only worthwhile things on it. Makes me wish he had recorded a full-length around this time.