Glen Hansard | Ashes To Ashes | Live at Whelan's

Glen Hansard playing a cover of David Bowie's Ashes To Ashes during a tribute night to Bowie in Whelan's.
Filmed by Ciaran O'Brien and Nick Murphy
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[@amelie2292]

what a cover...My God...what a cover...what a beautiful cover...

[@OBSESSIONS]

He is some man, for one man! Glad you like it! :)

[@housedubs1]

I'm in love with both Bowie and Hansard.

[@myles.o.reilly]

Good work lads. Fine version that.

[@marianitabonsur]

No puedo parar de emocionarme cada vez que escucho esto. Gracias por compartirlo. Abrazos desde Argentina.

[@OBSESSIONS]

Glad you like it Marian! :)

[@picardbs]

The best version I've ever heard - except for David's. You can tell Glen loves this song and loved the man.

[@nickyleach]

Fantastic! I love this arrangement, and the Auden poem at the end is perfect.

[@elisashields2349]

Stunningly beautiful. Happy to have shared smiles with this man on Grafton Street.

[@MrDeekhill]

I've seen some good covers of Bowies music but for me this is easiest the best I've seen and now a pledged follower of your music Glen what a fantastic piece of music and capped with a perfect ending ... Very touching ... excellent !

[@themusicofthenight2285]

He can sing everything

[@riverwolf6374]

This is fantastic! It's very obvious Glen is talented from this! R.I.P. David.

[@anibalcontreras1823]

Best Bowie´s song cover I´ve ever heard !

[@johncleary6426]

Brilliant!!!!!!

[@macwoodlee2532]

what a man he even covered bowie's make-up

[@fredsienabrasil]

EXCELLENT..... SIMPLY EXCELLENT.....

[@shortallliam3142]

What a great cover version; Glen, you ROCK!!!

[@robmcleod6400]

Love it!

[@672egalaxie6]

what a beautiful job. And Funeral Blues as a coda, so fitting. I've just become a Glen Hansard fan. Glen, I hope you and the band come to NY this year, I'll be there. Thank you for such a proper and heartfelt send-up.

[@IndranilBiswas_]

Bowie has touched soooo many lives ❤

[@Dbschroeder]

Excellent

[@themoviejunky3918]

EXCELLENT version!

[@Avignon1996]

Love it! 👏❤️

[@sydbarret1973]

Absolutely incredible… I wish I was there………the most heart felt snd and soulful rendition of Bowie we will ever t have the privilege of hearing

[@balajisrikanthan116]

brilliant cover

[@noreengoodman7619]

Go on Glen, amazing

[@anilla02]

thank you so so much for sharing this! :)))

[@OBSESSIONS]

+Ana Fernandez Lamothe No problem glad you like it :)

[@grahamdocherty9203]

Respect for the source material and there own spin..thumbs up from me

[@johndejong8822]

Great cover, great tribute

[@oscarplotino]

excelente interpretación ¡¡¡

[@galgata]

LOVED THIS. Thank you very much, even though I know you're doing this not only for us, but also for youself

[@OBSESSIONS]

+María Paz Greene F Glad you like it Maria :)

[@herrderdinge93]

Great video, looking forward to more recordings from that night :-)

[@bossaddict]

+Patrick A. There's a few on my channel if you want to check them out

[@herrderdinge93]

already seen and liked most of them-don't know about the setlist, so I was hoping that there were other songs I hadn't seen, yet :)

[@bossaddict]

tnx, just added another clip from the gig

[@OBSESSIONS]

+bossaddict New video here of China Girl from the night kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpW7mHd3r56NnZI

[@Hroswitha_R___]

Damn 😳 Passion... What a man! I though noone could sing Bowie, but i was wrong. 😮

[@anthonysmith2834]

Beautiful job. Loved it.

[@leticiafigueroa4300]

Excelente me encanta

[@AG-tv5vm]

A great performer! pretty cool cover!!!! very cooooolllll

[@carlaarminda]

Simply awesome! Much love ♥️♥️

[@greg59520]

VERY NICE GUYSSSSSS !!!!

[@Kevin-kr5ok]

Great job right there my son !

[@jkirtleyheacting]

Superb x

[@scottlanin]

Excellent!

[@carlosguimaraes1170]

very good i from BRAZIL thanks !

[@RamSadeh]

Wonderful!!

[@bossaddict]

terrific thanks great to see a high quality clip, & terrific that you caught the whole piece! posted a couple of other clips, but I'm hoping you've more of this quality to come?

[@OBSESSIONS]

+bossaddict Thanks :) There is indeed more to come from the night! Be sure to check back over the next few days for more of the night :)

[@FunCamMUSIC]

Great work

[@loudloveen]

Obsessions is a great name! I watch this video every day! I've become a harder fan of G. Hansard since this cover. I wish there was more info on the girl who recites the poem. I've seen her in one of his videos. Is she an actress, model???

[@rhi868]

That's Maire Saaritsa. She's a poet.

[@rinnin]

Glen’s burd 😉

[@fredsienabrasil]

Such an inspirated interpretation of such a powerful song!!!!!!!!

[@user-pw4pz8yy7v]

Ufffff me gusta

[@mayam1141]

I love it 💕 even better than original 😍

[@elzbietakostrzewa3454]

Im Love

[@centralasianshepherd2689]

👏

[@paulocruz4105]

beautiful cover no debut

[@tronicdude6]

In most of the other covers I've seen people are just trying clever interpretations of it and straying far off, this one is so faithful and at the same time his own, it's fantastic.

[@kmin494]

2:20 Ned Stark

[@angelomartinelli8849]

E X C E L E N T !!!!!!!!!!!

[@woodsgift]

Tremendous performance - name of the girl please who recited the W. H. Auden poem ?? :-)

[@rhi868]

That's Maire Saaritsa.

[@budenhagen6815]

My mama said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom...

[@Alfa75V6]

Who is the girl with the short hair cut ?

[@TheAgatabb]

+Alfa75V6 she starrs in the "Wedding ring" video.

[@rhi868]

Her name is Maire Saaritsa.

[@averilwhite]

Pack up my moon, and dismantle my sun...

[@domeperruzza]

👍🏻

[@Alfa75V6]

Thanks , do you know her name by change ?

[@mdominguezvargas]

cover de covers

[@patrickdoyle3535]

Ah Noreen how the hell are ya, remember me , paddy Doyle 🤣

[@matthewvillage]

the woman who keeps leaning in on the right microphone means well but unfortunately her singing is flat and distracting, apart from that this is a wonderful cover and the addition of the poem at the end makes this

[@wayfarer691]

Is that glens girlfriend to his right.....he likes em very young doesn`t he!!!!!

[@sol0073]

She looks so young!! Is his girlfriend???

[@51tomtomtom]

as much as I love Glen, this ....no !

[@wayfarer691]

oh my god....hahahahahahahh! someone stop him! Please........

[@jizzajizza]

Truly a terrible cover. It loses all the feel that Bowie originally intended for the song as Major Tom drifts helplessly away into the abyss. Hansard's more acoustic cover is better.