AURORA - Life on Mars (David Bowie Cover) | Reaction

[@TheDogfall]

I'm pretty sure that any song she covers, the writing artist unknowingly wrote it for her.

[@ashlenamusic]

Haha I love that

[@Himchankwan]

can you please check out Eivør"falling free" she is also an scandinavian artist you will love :)

[@troedelgerry]

Yesssssss... I suggested that one to Ashlena as well ! Let's hope she takes our request, since I'm sure she will LOVE it.

[@jeremyEasley-kc6wz]

One of these days you'll do teardrop from ... like a version.

[@jeremyEasley-kc6wz]

Thank you, Ashleena, you've made listening to music especially (Aurora) great again. You alone have made Tuesdays worth waking up for!!!!

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

I never really understood this song until I first heard this, her first reinterpretation, of "Life on Mars". I know exactly what you mean by her effect. In conversation she was life changing. She showed me how to look at things.

[@hakanandersson1276]

Hello. The nuance, pausing, pitching, softness and the atmosphere in her singing here is beyond magic. Thank you for your kind reaction to my Queen.❤❤

[@sab4336]

You want to know why she's not winning tons of awards? Its easy she's not American or Canadian or Brits. Outside of that niche you rarely have a chance of getting awards in what is supposed to be the REAL AWARDS like the Grammys . Its sad, but she doesn't need tons of awards because she is loved all over the world and you know why.

[@RunarNyrud]

I was at the Kongsberg consert, and I stood 2-3 meters from Aurora's sister Miranda, and their parents. I SO wanted to go and shake their hand and thank them for supporting/helping Aurora, but I am embarrest to say I did not manage to do it.... I am not a "crying person", but when it comes to Aurora I get very emotional, so I don't think I would have managed it. How "stupid" would I, a 53 yo man, feel to brake down because of an artist in front of her family (and my wife and son and his girlfreind) 🙂.... Actually, the guy standing beside me was more brave than me, it was his 10 (or something) concert, and he had "talked" to the mother before on instagram, so he talked to them, got a hug from her mother also 🙂.

[@tx0h]

next time.

[@HamidH6479]

A Potion For Love live vevo will win your poll 🙂😂

[@Tarkus_]

Even if it goes up against Exhale Inhale live Vevo? 🤔

[@HamidH6479]

​@@Tarkus_it is a new song for ashlena so probably it will win 😇

[@Tarkus_]

@@HamidH6479 Good point, but she's not voting. I would be happy with either one. Both are fantastic. Or even a certain acapella performance I've been bugging her about...

[@walterF205]

But does this poll mean that non-winning songs will never get a reaction?

[@Tarkus_]

@@walterF205 Of course not.

[@nobodi817]

I absolutely love Aurora. I have been watching her evolve since 2016 and from the start I knew she was one in a billion talent. She keeps proving that fact every song.

[@celinel9750]

Why she is not winning all the award? Cuz she is not comercial. She did win few one in Norway, but nowere else that i'm awair of. I think she realy don't care about it, she rather like stay herself, and that god for that.

[@markstuartwakeley]

Vevo potion for ❤️ 😍

[@tx0h]

hey, hey! it's tuesday again?! i wished, bowie wrote more verses, just to let this cover last longer. why isn't she more popular? maybe she isn't system conform? even if my chances are so low: i would suggest and vote for "wisdom cries". just a few people like it.

[@RSharpe]

I look forward to every Tuesday for these reactions. I would like to nominate Aurora x Pomme - Live on RHYTHM BY MODZIK for a future reaction.

[@naaspam1185]

For "Little Boy in the Grass", there's also the video with just her and her old guitarist in a paddle boat from the Mahogany Sessions. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5zMh2pmabOXlas

[@timgrodesky4694]

This performance still makes me tear up. It is like opening the lid of a wind-up music box and this magical performance begins. So glad you got to hear this one!!

[@gliebzeit]

Same with me, Tim. Heh! Your music box imagery is terrific!

[@nickthepeasant]

How do you take a classic rock ballad and give it an other-worldly new lease of life? Aurora - 'Hold my goblet of elvish wine'

[@ashlenamusic]

hahahahaha truth

[@walterF205]

8:13 great mistery, my same thought.

[@Josian-ps7fb]

Ah, marvelous. No need to comment further on this performance of "Life on Mars", the one I like the most, as I guess you've already read enough comments which are rightly rave about it. Instead, I will recommend that you privately check this out, if you wish: Aurora Covers David Bowie’s 'Life on Mars?' for Gigwise: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3rTqJRqnqude7M Around the 2nd March 2016, Aurora sang this song for Gigwise. Here's a part of their article (link in the description of the video of the cover given above): "I just really understand 'the girl with the mousey hair'," Aurora tells Gigwise of her love of the track. "she gets quite disappointed over the world and she hears about this greater, more beautiful life that might be out there somewhere. She asks herself these questions - is there life on Mars? Is there a purer life that I don't have access to?" She continues: "It's just a really beautiful song, and I loved it from the first time I heard it. David Bowie himself is a hero, he just made us all feel so special - he was a genius. The way he behaved, the way he answered all of his interviews, the way he was, it was just so inspirational." Aurora adds: "It's very bold to embrace your inner quirkiness, and he helped me not to be ashamed of who I am." Anyway, great reaction to Aurora, this true wonder of our modern world.🙂👍

[@panchiolarranaga1616]

Aurora is a Healer!!!!!!!

[@mattgwinn]

FYI, she just posted that she has new music coming.

[@ashlenamusic]

I saw!! So exciting!!!

[@resipsaloquitur13]

Makes your heart hurt.

[@ispbrotherwolf]

Hi, I´m a Internet jumper, but since I´m a Aurora lover, I could help giving you some love and hello from Sweden 👋

[@ashlenamusic]

Wow, thank you 🥰🥰

[@Tarkus_]

I was never a Bowie fan, but I respected him. I think he would really appreciate this. 🤟

[@rebeccaburnell9319]

Wow. Thank you to your Patreons. ❤

[@lucasfdcarvalho]

8:13 - 8:50 this is exactly what i think since I started listening and falling in love with Aurora and her magical gifts she gave us (her songs)

[@devynbarat7777]

Aurora's voice is balm for my soul. Also, I love the performance where she forgets the lyrics and asks the audience. So endearing.

[@celinel9750]

Bowie and Cohen were 2 of her favorit artiste, Bowie for his imaginary world and Cohen for his poetry, but both for their story telling. I'm not resdy to say that she past the master, but she is so close. Her redition as so authentic, it feel that she make it her own. Lovely reaction. Thank you. Pssst new music coming from her...

[@williamkiely9523]

Aurora is precious and brilliant. I love her music and her incredible vocal range.

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

I love David Bowie, but not this song, until Aurora. Great reaction, per usual 😍.. Exhale Inhale live on Vevo.. performance art at its finesse...

[@Tarkus_]

Agreed on that Exhale Inhale performance. One of the best things she's ever done.

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

@@Tarkus_ Right, I agree, it is quite riveting and one of the best, truly performance art. 😍

[@gliebzeit]

On listening to 'Exhale Inhale' with me for the first time, my son said "It sounds like a school music project." I shut him down very quickly! Performance art it truly is, Judy.

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

@@gliebzeit It is a breathtaking performance, no argument from me Greg... lol

[@davidjames3080]

It's just a cover, sang in the same style but with her natural higher voice. She hasn't really done a lot to change the song or mix it up, other than to lengthen a couple of notes. Not sure how you can not like the original but like this, but hey, you like what you like, and it seems to be a common theme on Aurora's reactions. It's decent, but I'm sure even Aurora would say that the original is unsurpassed.

[@Bebop-Nic]

Hi Ashlena. I discovered Aurora three years ago, thanks to my daughter (she's 6 now) and her ovbcession with Frozen 2. After watching the movie about 5 times, I noticed an unusual voice. a hypnotic melody, I had to look for it and there I met Aurora. I have not heard anyone who generates the images that this singer generates in me. She has the ability to tell you a story, even the smallest, and to place you there. He also describes and narrates what he sings that transports you to that place with his magical voice. greetings from Argentina.

[@ashlenamusic]

Beautifully said

[@davidplanet3919]

There is no door leading out of this Queendom. After her tour Aurora is working in the studio again. ❤❤

[@avedic]

Glad you picked this version! She also performed this on the Howard Stern show and it was stunning, but she was only singing, no piano. And she closes the Nidarosdomen concert with it, which is very nice...but not as good as this performance imo. Also...do you see the things sitting on her electric piano? Those are half a dozen cockroaches. She mentioned in an interview (the one with Stern) that she put them there to make her feel less anxious...cuz of how much she loves bugs. It's just funny...until I heard her say that, I'd never noticed it before. But now I can't unsee it lol...

[@ashlenamusic]

I DID NOT SEE THAT, and now I can't un-see it.

[@hiroakiureshino5938]

I think this cover is one of the her best songs.

[@Geralt26]

I was also not a fan of original song but I love this cover (sorry Bowie fans, but I respect Bowie :) ). Great voice tone/pitch and beautiful singing. The lyrics are more noticeable and emotions she bring to the song make it much better. Piano fits very well. Also she does not rush music, in this cover she shows importance of silence between sounds/notes (yes I know, it sounds strange but it is what I realized listening to this cover ;) ) . Thx for another cool Aurora reaction! :)

[@matt8097]

Thanks!

[@matt8097]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXjKhWmirNd5l68si=i0rVNDcAOcLtXtoa Request. Small town titans hallelujah cover. The singers voice is INSANE.

[@ashlenamusic]

aww thanks Matt!

[@ashlenamusic]

I take requests through Patreon, but I will keep this in mind!

[@matt8097]

@@ashlenamusic is it any tier that you take requests on

[@ashlenamusic]

unfortunately just my Devotee tier, but I take suggestions all the time!

[@MrBjonte]

This is so extreme level good that I can’t really comprehend it. Only the expectations give me goosebumps before she even started!

[@shelfwarrior42]

9:36 Truer words have never been spoken, thank you so much for giving us every tuesday for Aurora❤️ If you’re looking for more lives to react to, I would recommend Black Water Lillies and Under the Water Live at the Honda Stage. I also cant wait until you react to her unreleased songs! They are just as beautiful as her released ones. Have a good day💗

[@Tarkus_]

Great recommendation. Those two songs at the Honda Stage are absolutely amazing! Entire concert would be even better, though. 😉

[@gliebzeit]

Super recommendations! She is lovingly 'fierce' in her performances of these two.

[@avedic]

Yes! Those 2 songs from that show are particularly excellent. 😁 As for the unreleased songs... Wake Up might honestly be my favorite song she's ever made. It's SO good...the only downside is that it's quite short. Being a demo, it feels like it needs a bridge. I hope she eventually gets back to that song and releases it. It's too brilliant to be hidden away..

[@JohanHovda]

And "I went too far" from the same concert!

[@Tarkus_]

@@JohanHovda Yeah it's kinda sad, but it's not so sad.

[@Rackelhane]

She is absolutly incredible....Magic...Wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[@nerve60]

Thanks for this reaction. I had heard this song 100's of times and never really understood every word until I heard Aurora's version. Crystal clear vocals!

[@GhostlyEcheveria]

I love David Bowie so much, so Aurora covering David Bowie is really special. I do see that poll you took, and I'm BEGGING you, please watch the Somewhere Else Fest version of "A Different Kind of Human" before you watch any other live version. It's such a magical performance. The Radiofest version is great in terms of the whole band performing, but the Somewhere Else Fest is just Aurora being the most magical being on the planet. The Somewhere Else Fest was a concert that Aurora recorded while everyone was in lock down. She wanted to do something to give her fans hope when they might be feeling lonely and isolated. I don't know much about Tove Lo, but I do know that Dorian Electra did a remix of "I Like u" and I enjoyed it. I wonder if you have ventured into Dorian Electra's work?

[@johnnyshih498]

I agree, she makes all covers own and make it sound like something she would have written. I’d recommend the 3 song set a Christines Radiofestival 2020, hopefully it’ll win this time!

[@Retro_Painter]

I was never a great fan of David Bowie’s original “Life on Mars” but Aurora’s version is one of my absolute favorite covers that she’s done. She makes the lyrics tell a cohesive story and the emotions she brings are revelatory. There are other equally beautiful live performances of her singing this (on Howard Stern and the slightly later version at Nidarosdomen which closed the concert, that you reacted to previously), but I think this is my favorite because of her piano playing and the intimacy of it. Something rarely noticed in this performance has to do with her love of dead insects: when the camera pans close near the beginning of the song, look at the top of the Fender Rhodes piano she’s playing, just to her right. You will see eight dead roaches (or crickets- it’s hard to tell) lined up neatly in a row that she brought with her for the performance. Someone else who noticed them called them “emotional support insects” which makes perfect sense to me. Thanks for a wonderful reaction, as usual.

[@staffankarlsson1428]

I've watched the video many many times but I've never noticed the insects! Quite peculiar but SO Aurora!

[@americanninny4918]

Shes very ok

[@StickyCatStudios]

So glad you got to this; it’s pure genius;)

[@StickyCatStudios]

On another Tuesday, someday, treat yourself to the album version of A different kind of human (from album of same name), and immediately follow it (without pause) with Mothership … you won’t regret it; if not here, then. just for yourself on your own time.

[@ashlenamusic]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqWcgY2EbMecrZYsi=Ret1X8M9fHUMzkqr Will do

[@StickyCatStudios]

Ashlena, related to … if you’d like to have a better sense of who she is, and what her music means, and her intentions … this is pure delight from start to finish … when you have some minutes to spend alone with Aurora; enjoy kzbin.infoK2zLEGJLEFw?si=1LqY-Bn-a5jhPzuL

[@gigatoob]

Thank you. This is one of her favorite songs. She has sung this song her whole life.

[@gustavobrito3655]

Souless creatures live by Aurora is the call

[@garygreen1782]

Such a beautiful performance.

[@justjulie37]

❤❤❤

[@terrypmusic]

00:27 Very good!

[@randymarple9830]

Mayday in the Making.......oh wait, that's not an Aurora video. I had seen other reactors posting reactions of Aurora, but had not listened to any of them until I found your channel because of TW. I'm becoming a fan. So, thank you.

[@ashlenamusic]

omg that makes my heart happy

[@guilhermedonato6884]

One of my favs!!!

[@jefferyedoherty]

You could describe it as "Soul Magic" because all of her songs touch your soul in some way.

[@ashlenamusic]

100%

[@staffankarlsson1428]

Aurora isn't a mainstream commercial artist. Somewhat quirky. And she is not from USA or UK. That's the reasons she isn't up there and winning awards.

[@mortenBP]

You be right. Commercial main streem music is pushed forward by forces within the industry basically deciding what people like. Auroras music doesn't "fit in". She has been presented on norwegian tv programs but i never hear her music on the commercial radio channels. Maybe it is also a bit too advanced for many. As Aurora has said herself: "My music is abit hard to perform. Thats why i might forget lyrics." Lol.

[@davidplanet3919]

I doubt Aurora would want any awards though. She seems happy to make her music.

[@lillm6874]

@@davidplanet3919She has won several awards though 👍

[@RommerskirchenFrank]

Love it 💚👽💚👽💚👽💚👽

[@Khukhri682]

Good morning ❤ the reaction, as always your comments are so on point, she is phenomenal and why she isn’t bigger is beyond me. Any way I ❤ her and can’t wait for the new music to drop. Let’s see what next Tuesday brings, I can’t wait❤

[@X_ch4ng3]

😊👍

[@ggoflove7253]

🧚 O -

[@troedelgerry]

Hi there, again... can't say it often enough... what a beautiful reaction... and your final thoughts, words and opinion on Aurora is just so heartwarming and wonderful... just wanted to mention that, since I forgot that in my comments on patreon. Best wishes : Gerry

[@Tarkus_]

Yeah, I agree with her that Aurora is the most fascinating person in the world. I like watching her interviews almost as much as as watching her perform. I can't take my eyes off her, whether she is on stage or off. 🤷‍♂️

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

@@Tarkus_ Yes, me too, she is a strange and wonderful combination of great multi talents and high intelligence, best of both worlds.

[@ashlenamusic]

Well said!

[@paulkossak7761]

Who would even think to cover this song?

[@ashlenamusic]

Aurora?

[@gliebzeit]

Auroras arrangement choices, her incredible vocal control, her raw emotion and especially her giving the lyrical lines room to 'breath' is brilliant. Yes, her innate ability to use the exact pacing that each phrase seems to require is magical. Through the years she has had Askjell preform her accompaniment which allows her more expression with her body. All of her gifts to us from this remarkable Bowie song are welcome. Thanks, Ashlena. More Aurora reactions, please.

[@ashlenamusic]

every tuesday!

[@lillm6874]

You’re the best🥰🥰❤️❤️

[@lolpalolo]

Aurora and The Warning are two of my favorite artists (Muse and Paramore are the other 2) I just finished ALL your Aurora and The Warning videos in order from the oldest until today, they are amazing, Aurora is special and so unique I love her so much ❤

[@ashlenamusic]

Nice favorite artists list right there!

[@Striderspawn]

(smile) Loved the reaction. But don't forget us lowly "Super Thankers". I don't do Patreon. Still waiting on A Different Kind of Human Somewhere Else Festival 2020. But, do or don't I'm still a fan of your channel.

[@ashlenamusic]

I definitely won’t forget about you super thinkers I’ll start saying that more in my videos for sure!

[@jon-arneystenes9442]

Life on Mars isn't my favorite either, but Aurora is always able to make her own cover song, stunning🥰 My suggestion for reacting by you is "The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Concert". all three songs are masterpieces by Aurora. I will very much appreciate your reaction on this concert❤

[@MBella123]

This cover is special 💜

[@juggletom]

I`m so happy you did this! It`s one of my favorites.Thank you!

[@ashlenamusic]

You're so welcome!

[@fhjelmis]

🤗❤❤👍😉

[@CarlD70]

Thank you Ash for the beautiful Tuesday with Aurora and this stunning rendition of this Bowie song. She just melts you. Cheers 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@ashlenamusic]

Thank you so much!

[@TheAkal]

Ummm. I agree.

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Not for me.

[@ashlenamusic]

thats ok!

[@Josian-ps7fb]

So, what about this version? AURORA - Life On Mars (February 2014): kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIPRgmWDZq9msNU The description of this video says: "Probably one of the first recorded live versions of AURORA doing Life On Mars by David Bowie. This is with fellow students at her High School back in February 2014." Obviously, she was not yet a professional artist (and neither were her fellow students), and was just starting to sing in public, I think. See this as a curiosity...🙂

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

@@Josian-ps7fb Ah, that was a wonderful peek into the beginning of her stage presence, she was so very very shy that she didn't pour a lot of her "Aurora" into it. That was fun, thanks!

[@Josian-ps7fb]

@@Oldperson-wt3ui I read in a comment from Einyen that her professional band, with Magnus, Odd Martin, Silja and Alf was created in January 2014, and it's in February here... I like how she smiles happily at the end, and applaudes too. I love how she clearly didn't seem to think of herself as a star or anything like that at all, just a musician making music with some bandmates. Hence her more "banal" way of doing a cover than usual, I guess.🙂

[@Oldperson-wt3ui]

@@Josian-ps7fb yes, I loved that end too, she was clapping for their performance, so honest and adorable..