After decades of knowing Life On Mars, and being familiar with My Way, I never put two and two together. Huh.
@DrUndies6 жыл бұрын
The chord progressions are only identical when LOM is transposed into the same key.
@morningstar92336 жыл бұрын
Also "Starman" is basically "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
@UkuleleVillain6 жыл бұрын
or Claude François
@julucthulhu6 жыл бұрын
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@morningstar92336 жыл бұрын
Hi Jiu, watched the link. Very funny. Goes to show there's nothing new under the Sun. Although in fairness to David Bowie (of whom i'm a fan) I've read there are but a few melodies in music and everything we hear can be traced back to these. To quote Oscar Wilde there are but two tragedies in life: getting what you want and not getting what you want. All the best for 2019. @@julucthulhu
@tonybates78706 жыл бұрын
Life On Mars is a masterpiece. It really is something else.
@franksinatra95795 жыл бұрын
Tony Bates true. But it doesn’t compare to My Way though
@thewildandtheweird7325 жыл бұрын
Frank Sinatra Frank, get back in your coffin. If people notice this, can you imagine the anarchy?
@battmann70895 жыл бұрын
Frank Sinatra Really?
@ibrahimyange15285 жыл бұрын
@@franksinatra9579 No old corpses in here.
@richnorris64495 жыл бұрын
Song would be shit if it wasn't for Mick Ronson.
@tylerphillips5035 жыл бұрын
Hearing Bowie completely trash his own writing is somehow so funny when you think how he's written some of the most influential music of the last 50 years
@ladedade23Blunticus4 жыл бұрын
david bowie slept with 13 year old female fans in his early 20's...fact
@jessiehermit95034 жыл бұрын
He knew when his lyrics we teach because he was good. Real good.
@BatMan-oe2gh4 жыл бұрын
@@ladedade23Blunticus Really? evidence please. As an old man who has followed Bowie through his whole career, have never heard that at all. So back it up with evidence or delete your comment.
@ballsdynamite4 жыл бұрын
You have to write a lot of garbage to know when you're not.
@bentilbrook43444 жыл бұрын
ladedade23 So, does that change anything?
@kcfreeman30215 жыл бұрын
Just David Bowie's speaking voice alone is amazing
@masonhmusic5 жыл бұрын
kc freeman I agree! He actually did the narration for Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf once
@cheesecakelasagna5 жыл бұрын
He could've just did spoken poetry on top of the music of that French dong.
@JohnDoe-vz7bn5 жыл бұрын
kc freeman that’s smoking for you
@pleaserunmeoverwithasubaru67614 жыл бұрын
It makes me want to cry every time I hear it :/
@scottbruckner46534 жыл бұрын
Why do you think he's a hit as an actor?
@arielyemini42216 жыл бұрын
There's actually a great lesson to learn from that! Bowie wrote a not-so-great song. One of his heroes at the time turned it down and he got really upset by it, believing that his song was good. So what did the man do? He turned it into the energy that fueled him in writing one of his greatest songs, lyrically and musically, a song that to this day is considered one of his most ambitious works and a song that massively boosted his popularity. It's not about turning lemons into lemonade-it's about replacing the rotten lemons you picked and were stolen from you with a freaking gourmet mango smoothie!!! That's just awesome
@Lundy.Fastnet.Irish_Sea6 жыл бұрын
He acknowledged that his lyrics for that song was bad though, so maybe it's more like redeeming himself than revenge.
@arielyemini42216 жыл бұрын
@@Lundy.Fastnet.Irish_Sea yeah, but back then he thought the lyrics were good. It can be both, though
@jetzenijeboer48546 жыл бұрын
I think it's more like he was mad at himself.
@ariel-41316 жыл бұрын
Cool name
@justinmolanick79896 жыл бұрын
That was nice
@fridgemagnet6 жыл бұрын
As a Bowie fan, let's be honest here, Paul Anka's lyrics were much better suited to the song than Bowies (by his own admittance) terrible effort.
@palpic93045 жыл бұрын
Bowie wrote an english adaptation. Anka's lyrics have nothing to do with the original french. Just another detail.
@SeanNicholsEh5 жыл бұрын
@@palpic9304 Bowie's lyrics have nothing to do with the original french either. They were both doing exactly the same thing: writing completely novel English lyrics to go along with the melody from the french song.
@Masaru_kun5 жыл бұрын
the song is shit so its hard for me to say
@allrequiredfields5 жыл бұрын
Who's not being honest?
@bwebb905 жыл бұрын
Bowie's lyrics are way better- fantastic imagery, amazing melody- great chorus, brilliant storytelling. Yes My Way is extremely powerful but it's a bit outdated and self involved (ooh look at me I did it my way, yeah mate no cares)
@pavelpavel72176 жыл бұрын
That is some 60s tea sis Edit: Lol it's so funny how people fighting over a 3 letter word. I wrote my comment out of boredom and English not even my first language. Edit no.2: Just got a notification 5 years after writing the original comment. Still find it funny how so many people were pressed at the comment I made as a 15 year old.
@eightytwo82826 жыл бұрын
pavel pavel people who use the word tea are the worst people
@pavelpavel72176 жыл бұрын
@@eightytwo8282 k lol
@ladcarolus49315 жыл бұрын
@@eightytwo8282 I drink tea every morning
@arniecalang45835 жыл бұрын
All tea all shade all pink lemonade
@floydhebert36845 жыл бұрын
People who say "tea" deserve the electric chair
@EspaALSC5 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to know too that David Bowie was a great fan of Frank Sinatra. When news of a movie based on Sinatra's life reached him, Bowie wanted to play the main role, but Frank said he didn't want someone queer (I'm using this term becaue I dont remember what he actually said, I only remember it being offensive) like Bowie to play him. David was devastated when he heard that.
@cheesecakelasagna5 жыл бұрын
Fuck Sinatra, man.
@fennec4285 жыл бұрын
@@rezalustig6773 he was a punk from a young age any one could see that. Thats not why people like him though
@AaronGr3ch5 жыл бұрын
Bowie was too good for that role anyway. Sinatra, four notes in his register, basically just talked with drawn out words as he "sang" and was really only popular in the 1940s because of his teen fanbase. Most overrated "singer" of all time
@michaelcondry14935 жыл бұрын
Reza Lustig he wasn’t a jerk, he just had standards. Something we need now.
@RubberyCat5 жыл бұрын
@@michaelcondry1493 "Standards" ... Yeah, and look at how he is seen now ... Oh, i guess that is why you said what you said: You have similar "standards". I almost feel sorry for you.
@Alsatiagent6 жыл бұрын
How ever highly you might think of Sinatra, he was not a songwriter.
@knockedoutloaded2796 жыл бұрын
That's pointless. It's like saying Kevin Keegan was bad at darts. Sinatra was a brilliant singer and performer...
@carrottoponcrak6 жыл бұрын
He was a singer what is so hard to understand about that
@ignaciocordovadonoso86626 жыл бұрын
Neither was Enrico Caruso
@treynevs48886 жыл бұрын
I adore Sinatra, but I'm not going to claim he was anything that he wasn't, and he was no songwriter lol.
@Symphonicrockfran6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's the point.
@gustavgnoettgen5 жыл бұрын
Isn't it rather revenge on Paul Anka then?
@vacska_mati5 жыл бұрын
I think it's a revenge on Sinatra because Sinatra was the one who didn't pick Bowie's lyrics but Anka's.
@Pheicou5 жыл бұрын
Nora Folk I’d like to know if Sinatra picked it or was it the record company who did.
@vacska_mati5 жыл бұрын
@@Pheicou Pretty sure both of the parties had a say in it. But the lyrics really fit Sinatra's style, something that he would like (I guess, haha)
@YogZab4 жыл бұрын
Revenge seems too strong a word anyway - rather a response !
@daviebaggins4 жыл бұрын
Right i came here to say that.
@rattyeely6 жыл бұрын
1:54 a singer called Paul Anka??? Everyone should know Paul Anka already, he's the guy who did "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"
@ricardosiahaan52876 жыл бұрын
Yes Paul Anka is a Legend too
@joaoaurelio15346 жыл бұрын
He sings god damn puppy love. It dont get much pop hit smash than that. He was a total babe, a pop sensation. Its amazing how this 3 Legends somehow come into the story of an amazing classic
@dabzvapelord6 жыл бұрын
Who’s Paul Anka?
@joaoaurelio15346 жыл бұрын
@@dabzvapelord One most popular acts of the 60s. Check on utube..
@daniellastuart31456 жыл бұрын
@@dabzvapelord Who’s Paul Anka? is probably wrote some of biggest hits for some of biggest singers of the 20th century
@jolana_6 жыл бұрын
As a big Bowie fan (and love Paul Anka) this was a super interesting video! Awesome to watch.
@n0denz5 жыл бұрын
"I hate these lyrics. They're so awful. I'm embarrassed I even wrote them. What? Sinatra's not singing my amazing lyrics!?"
@firmanchristiansianturi47944 жыл бұрын
Jon At the time, he thought it was good. He then realised by 2002 (the interview) that it was shit
@davidsault96984 жыл бұрын
@@firmanchristiansianturi4794 It was probably about money. He got no lyrics money from the Sinatra song I would guess. He must have known immediately that the Anka lyrics were far superior. He got over it when he starting making money from his own music.
@SynthApprentice4 жыл бұрын
They were rubbish, sure, but they were HIS rubbish.
@youtuber-rh1eg2 жыл бұрын
he probably thought it was good at the time maybe but now thinks it's bad ?
@slank40175 жыл бұрын
My dad wants "my way" played at his funeral, but the version by sid vicious of the sex pistols.
@thecosmonaut93225 жыл бұрын
Slank I do love that version. Apparently Sid has Bronchitis at the time and had to record the song 1 line at a time.
@lisamcdonald28775 жыл бұрын
Yes, the truly great version!
@HappyHauntsMaterialize5 жыл бұрын
Well then he had bad taste. I mean come on anyting by The sex pistols..... Really really bad taste.
@thecosmonaut93225 жыл бұрын
TheHauntedMansionFan12345 and everything you like is objectively really good and no one thinks it sucks?
@ThePlayaSheepUnionlemonparty5 жыл бұрын
the best version
@DrPITV Жыл бұрын
Bowie was a different level. The descending verse then the ascending bridge (literally lifting off to Mars) and chorus in a different key. As good as it gets.
@WilliamAndrea5 жыл бұрын
I wonder if "spit in the eyes of fools" from Life on Mars is a reference to When a Fool Learns to Love
@RudyAdrian4 жыл бұрын
Interesting that "clown" features in both of Bowie's versions too...
@abeldisla.54884 жыл бұрын
Could be, Good observation bro. 👍💯😎💗
@jackthesmoltangerine3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@CA-tz2sg4 жыл бұрын
Life on Mars is absolutely beautiful. I feel it in my soul. The Paris 1999 live version is truly everything!
@plunketgab81995 жыл бұрын
Worth watching all the way through just to see Tom Hanks stare in amazement at David
@DavidBennettPiano5 жыл бұрын
agreed!
@DavidDiMuzio6 жыл бұрын
Super interesting. Never new this.
@erich37845 жыл бұрын
I honestly don't think too many people know that My Way is actually a cover.
@maetzchenmusik5 жыл бұрын
It starts as an adaptation of "My Way" which later-on develops into another song. It's no cover at all. I like the idea of Bowie having a very own argument because his lyrics had been rejected. His approach is very typical for westerners: He was driven by his intention to surpass the contender's contribution. Successfully.
@erich37845 жыл бұрын
@@maetzchenmusik I wasn't talking about Life On Mars being a cover of My Way. I was talking about My Way being a cover of French song Comme d'Habitude by Claude François. My Way is such a classic in the repertoire that not many people know it's a cover and originally a French song.
@maetzchenmusik5 жыл бұрын
@@erich3784 I got it wrong, sorry.
@frogindeed5 жыл бұрын
@@erich3784 The words to Comme d'Habitude are full of despondency. They're all about a relationship that's gone stale, doing everything out of habit. The words to My Way on the other hand are utterly pompous. So I guess that makes a hat trick of terrible lyrics with Bowie's self-confessed lemon.
@KingoftheJuice185 жыл бұрын
That's because Frank sang it his way 😉
@celo7carvalho4 жыл бұрын
Another fun fact. When Paul Anka covered Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life”, which has the lyrics “like Frankie said I did it my way”, Anka sings “like Frankie said HE DID IT my way”. Like, ambiguously saying that Frankie dang my way AND that the song was Paul’s.
@michaelkeaton53944 жыл бұрын
Just so you know, Claud François the one that did "comme d'habitude" that inspired "my way" was a true rock star in France when, he wasn't an obscure musician nobody knew he was the french first Rockstar along Johnny Hallyday those two were the equivalent of the Elvis "the king" Presley in France
@aisforamerica21856 жыл бұрын
I love Frank Sinatra, and I like David Bowie. Both songs are great in their own way.
@tomstokoe56606 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the two ever met each other I'd like to think they'd get along and respect each other as artists. Even if Bowie was a total weirdo he was a very talented one. He's freaking out the angels now.
@wandajames1436 жыл бұрын
Great word play! In its own way! Hahah
@april1969simnel6 жыл бұрын
There is a rumor/story/what have you that they did meet each other once during his time in LA because they were both recording one day in adjoining studios. I could imagine that happening. I'm so glad Bowie didn't "go Hollywood".
@BadWebDiver5 жыл бұрын
There's video of Bowie singing a christmas carol with Bing Crosby...
@franksinatra95795 жыл бұрын
You are a man of culture
@DonVal865 жыл бұрын
This proves Bowie had an unreal gift for melody.
@mushyw12346 жыл бұрын
I've always loved the F to Fm change in the chorus of Life on Mars. Simple but brilliant. Similar to Sail Away by Enya (which is C to Cm I think).
@jan_Travis6 жыл бұрын
He did a similar thing on Space Oddity.
@CesarDainezi6 жыл бұрын
A IV to iv progression is always emotional.
@coenpelsrijcken85306 жыл бұрын
that's a very commonly used technique actually. It stems from the classical age. I think chopin was famous for it.
@pearsonwilt9916 жыл бұрын
mushyw1234 that’s my favorite combination of chords it’s used in a lot of great music queen especially beautiful but simple
@gabriellefagan10146 жыл бұрын
Its Orinoco flow, actually
@XxXxTwofirstnames69420xXxXx6 жыл бұрын
I'm glad both songs exist
@BigHeretic5 жыл бұрын
I'm not glad My Way exists; never liked the tune, don't like Sinatra's voice, reminds me of Claude François who wrote the original and who can't sing and who murdered some 70s classics... I like Life on Mars though, love Bowie.
@KaoruSF5 жыл бұрын
@@BigHeretic what's wrong with Sinatra's voice tho? Songs like "Something Stupid" and "The Girl From Ipanema" are so sweet to listen, I get it is your opinion and I respect it, I prefer My Way on Elvis Presley's Voice, and as I am starting to getting myself into music I would like to know other people's opinions
@BigHeretic5 жыл бұрын
@@KaoruSF It's just a question of taste - he sings in tune but I don't like _what_ he sings and the crooning style, that's all. I love Elvis but I don't like his 'My Way' anymore than Sinatra's. :-)
@KaoruSF5 жыл бұрын
@@BigHeretic thank you for the polite response, well i think I learned today that not everything in music depends on the paper hehe
@AaronGr3ch5 жыл бұрын
@@KaoruSF It's just mediocre. The problem is My Way is the corniest pop song in existence
@zackamania65346 жыл бұрын
Well, then, thank you Paul Anka!
@KristineMaitland5 жыл бұрын
Yes, but Paul did not write the music.
@jamesslick47905 жыл бұрын
@@KristineMaitland No one questioned that. It was the lyrics.
@emiliewoltering35956 жыл бұрын
you're absolutely amazing at explaining this. thank you!
@Gurci283 жыл бұрын
5:26
@sydhamelin12655 жыл бұрын
This channel finds the most interesting topics and presents them so well. Between the contextual and the explicit, what a great way to tell a fascinating story.
@tomokotomoko6 жыл бұрын
Wow!! Great video!! 👏😊 Thank you for making this!
@thatyoutubechannel99535 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I didn't even listen to Bowie much before his death, but any time I see him or hear him anymore I just get very sad. I only looked into his music when I heard that he had passed and started to fall in love with the pre-Ziggy era. Great music.
@elenaivanova25996 жыл бұрын
I’ve noticed it before, while covering both of the songs, but never knew the story behind it! You’re doing a great job here, you have a new subscriber 😁
@legotheon5 жыл бұрын
Bowie and Sinatra are my 2 most favorite musical artists. This is frickin' cool. I've played both these songs on the guitar, but never thought about the fact that the chord progression were so similar to one another!!!
@thebourg6 жыл бұрын
That's amazing I have never heard this story before. As a fan of both artists its incredible to know they are linked in such a way
@MrAdriaxe5 жыл бұрын
Go Bills!!
@embracethemystery6 жыл бұрын
fascinating, thanks for this!story and video. and I REALLY appreciate that you got right to the content, no bs intro or fat.
@Victorcolongarcia6 жыл бұрын
So interesting!! Thanks for your videos, I try to understand as much as I can because I have not studied music, but I find them so eye-opening and help me analyse songs.
@nomore20016 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this mate, well done.
@TheStuport6 жыл бұрын
Love reading up on the side stories of such songs and artists!! Very much appreciate the time to share this upload.....Cheers All
@nightwishlover89135 жыл бұрын
Finally! Credit to Claude Francois for writing Comme d'Habitude! Well done!
@lucdesmarais22035 жыл бұрын
NightwishLover He just wrote part of the lyrics. I’d say thanks Jacques Revaux for composing the melody.
@mickhoover80504 жыл бұрын
I've heard David Bowie say that he wrote My Way & then he goes "yeah, right" in his Bowie humor. Love love David. Thank you for this video! Missing my Starman ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
@pancakesandsyrup12336 жыл бұрын
Cool video, Very clever to put the clip where he literally says "It was my revenge on 'my way'" at the very end ;)
@WinterMadness5 жыл бұрын
It was actually revenge against the lyrical genius William Frederick Durst who wrote the masterpiece "My Way".
@odinvik78214 жыл бұрын
can we uh...keep talking about Fred Durst
@CritterWizard5 жыл бұрын
Explains why I love both songs so much.
@MrDizzyvonclutch3 жыл бұрын
Love this video! That last clip you showed is what got me into this today, yours is like the fifth video I’ve watched on it.
@PogieJoe6 жыл бұрын
How did I never know this? Amazing!
@42042O6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this. Really cool piece of history and I had no clue.
@Prince_Luci5 жыл бұрын
As someone with no musical experience in any way, you showing the sheet music demonstrated nothing to me lol. I was like “he says they’re the same but they don’t look the same.”
@clark54015 жыл бұрын
The chord progressions are the same. The melody is different
@Prince_Luci5 жыл бұрын
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@hightide95135 жыл бұрын
They don’t sound the same either. I think it’s a stretch.
@GiaTheSweetPotato4 жыл бұрын
The harmony is the same but the melody and lyrics are different. The reason the sheet music looks different is because it shows the two different melodies, but it's notated with identical chord symbols (so basically same harmony).
@StephenBrennanGuitar6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating I always wondered how Bowie came up with that chord progression after the standard major/minor thing at the begining ends - it's an odd but rather brilliant chord progression particularly when you factor in the melody. Complex harmony for pop! Half the mystery solved now. Thank you great video
@gilwood75306 жыл бұрын
There are some stories where you REALLY NEED TO LISTEN to hear the similarities .... I never heard this . Pretty cool video , thanks.
@Vitringur6 жыл бұрын
Bowie is now comparable with Sinatra? Sinatra is hardly comparable with Bowie. Bowie far exceeds Sinatra as an artist.
@Superphilipp6 жыл бұрын
In what way?
@mentalitydesignvideo6 жыл бұрын
@@Superphilipp breadth. willingness to experiment. impact across different genres. Better looking broads.
@dianekimball68126 жыл бұрын
@@mentalitydesignvideo I get what you're saying. Bowie wasn't just about music. He was in theater film art he could almost do it all.
@pascualguajardo10046 жыл бұрын
I think he met at that time. When Bowie was still an obscure song writer. He said a bad selling first album. Franky was a Big Band name.
@JamEngulfer6 жыл бұрын
@@Superphilipp In my way
@georgesikorski98912 жыл бұрын
In all honesty, I'm glad they didn't pick Bowie's lyrics. If they didn't, he never would have gotten that drive, giving us one of the best songs of all time
@amitkatz26245 жыл бұрын
M. Bennett, You are brilliant and eloquent. Job well done
@JameyOxley6 жыл бұрын
So fascinating. Never realised this. Thanks for the insight.
@AtomicLobotomy4 жыл бұрын
Paul Anka was actually a talented Canadian song writer -- Diana, Lonely Boy, You Are My Destiny -- all post-Elvis, pre-Beatles American style pop. He was also powerful vocalist in his own right.
@nikolademitri7316 жыл бұрын
This was really interesting, dude. I’m a huge Bowie fan and never knew any of this. I’ll definitely be checking out your other stuff. Subbed. ✌🏼
@raphaelrau17286 жыл бұрын
Good stuff! I love also how Bowie takes news stories from the English tabloids for the lyrics of Life on Mars.
@deanhumphries78215 жыл бұрын
You're an amazing talent. You're have a thorough knowledge of all the genres of Western music. You also are a great communicator - I predict big things for you!
@privaternutzer75952 жыл бұрын
Great insight! thanks a lot esp. for the small part when David sung his My Way lyrics
@Crisis.Knight6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling this story. I'm a fan of Bowie and I never heard this.
@isomeme4 ай бұрын
Fun fact: On the studio version of "Life On Mars", the keyboardist is Rick Wakeman, who later joined the prog-rock band Yes for their classic era. Wakeman also played piano on "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens. He has a very distinctive style that's easy to recognize.
@taab76 жыл бұрын
Bowie collaborated with Rick Wakeman for the piano chord progression for Life On Mars.
@MisterAppleEsq5 жыл бұрын
If I recall correctly, Bowie wrote the chords himself, and Rick just arranged the piano part, which is not the same as writing the chord progression.
@paulies54074 жыл бұрын
Love your channel mate. Keep on keeping on.
@thecageofinsanity.69685 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, Bowie singing gave me goes bumps
@nabinnyc6 жыл бұрын
Love this. Instant subscribe. Top notch!
@caitthecat5 жыл бұрын
I wish more people were aware of Paul Anka. He's a local hero here ❤️
@akbar415 жыл бұрын
Love KZbin channels that are truly seriously informative. Thank you!
@bluzshadez6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this vital information about that song. I am so happy to learn of this music fact. God bless you!
@catsofsherman13166 жыл бұрын
I was familiar with this story, but I had never noticed the frankie reference on hunky dory. Thanks for the video. Long live Bowie
@diegosatori57186 жыл бұрын
Nice video, keep posting the score or sheets, your channel will grow.
@tjwash25 жыл бұрын
That recording must be one of the rarest rock and roll collectibles in history.
@aymeric_g34436 жыл бұрын
I'm French and I know well Claude François so I appreciate that you spoke about him in this video.
@Sanglierification6 жыл бұрын
Is he a friend of yours?
@aymeric_g34436 жыл бұрын
@@Sanglierification No, but I know his life well and his music too (:
@lucdesmarais22035 жыл бұрын
He died 40 years ago electrocuted in his bath trying to straighten up a wall fixture. He was considered to be the favorite singer of the less than 10 years old !
@donamirtz5 жыл бұрын
Everytime i watch david bowie's interviews i feel an urge to cry
@babalon77785 жыл бұрын
Synchronicity of the day- this showed up in my feed at the exact same time my Mexican neighbor is playing the Spanish version!
@neecopalmer33365 жыл бұрын
Wow! I didn't know this! What a wonderful piece of Bowie history❤
@seachangeau5 жыл бұрын
I love how your eyes match your shirt. Oh yeah great info too thx
@Rockstars-Gig-Memorabilia4 жыл бұрын
I've heard this story a few times, and now I finally understand it.. Thanks!!
@Deliquescentinsight6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! Thanks for the insight.
@SamHarrisonMusic6 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Thanks for the knowledge!! Xxx
@richardbogartburke49786 жыл бұрын
"Look at that caveman go" is a quote from a Kim Fowley song called "Alley Oop" that was a hit when Bowie was young.
@johnslater89986 жыл бұрын
It should be noted that the original Comme d’Habitude by Claude François is a much better song than Pail Anka’s My Way, which lacks the poignancy and emotional vulnerability of the Frqnçois lyrics.
@carloscaparroslledo11306 жыл бұрын
Meh, it shouldn't as that's just your point of view
@jackmiller12096 жыл бұрын
John Slater Great comment, thanks for giving us the name and artist of the original song.
@johnslater89986 жыл бұрын
I should have said the François *lyrics* are better than Paul Anka’s. Otherwise, it’s the same song - melody and harmonies are the same. Comme d’Habitude is a complex and vulnerable confession of a man‘s love for the woman who no longer loves him. Yet they carry on keeping up appearances and going through the motions of married life. It’s raw and touching, while the Americanized rewrite is just mawkish sentimentality and boastfulness. And yes, obviously that’s my point of view. That goes without saying.
@xerxsesbreak84556 жыл бұрын
@@johnslater8998 I think that interpretation of "My Way" is a little shortsighted. It dismisses the complexity of the song completely, and in general your comments seem to carry the bias that the melody has to conform to one interpretation to be valid. My way is the acceptance of the successes and missteps along some one's personal journey. It's not meant to be vulnerable, because it's a song of conviction. I do think the lyrics flow a little better in french, but that's more a less to be expected. French in general tends to flow better in music due to not being a composite of 8 drastically different languages with different rules and pronunciations. In terms of actual emotional impact, I don't personally feel that it's any less strong. It's not the same song, so it naturally won't create the same feelings, but they're no less intense. It may be a boast, but it's a boast that carries the struggle of a long and difficult journey. In other words, rather than just sentimentality (which is a pretty vague descriptor that i could easily apply to anything that looks back on a previous state, such as the french lyrics) the song evokes self-affirmation and self actualization. TLDR: No shit it isn't the same song with the same emotions. Apples and oranges. Why are you using poignancy and vulnerability as the benchmark for the value of a song?
@johnslater89986 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t say those are benchmarks, just the reasons I find the Comme d’Habitude lyrics moving, and the My Way lyrics not so much. I think they tell a more compelling story, and are more poetic. But hey, that’s just my take. Thanks for sharing yours.
@MISFITaddict5 жыл бұрын
This is the content I come to KZbin for. I thank you♡
@xs10tl16 жыл бұрын
Beneath the vocal talent, megastar charisma and artistic style, Bowie was a songwriting genius.
@reimourrpower93574 жыл бұрын
Wow...that is a freaking amazing story I never heard. Thanks DBP!
@Spoon800854 жыл бұрын
Wait THE Paul Anka? Like the 50s singing star? Jesus
@lehliladevandria57125 жыл бұрын
This was truly amazing. You've perfectly presented such an amazingly detailed video.
@samsts76826 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@dianekimball68126 жыл бұрын
Great video very informative!👍 miss you David Bowie
@infiniteandroid6 жыл бұрын
Awesome info !!!! Thanx!!!!!!
@cmjcj2ktn5 жыл бұрын
I just e-mailed you, thanks for the response, so sweet! Your videos are great, you are clearly a passionate student of music, keep it up! Fascinating stuff!
@adamyourke6 жыл бұрын
You’re a wonderful teacher. Thanks for the video.
@sngscratcher5 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. I never knew that Anka didn't write the music for My Way, only the lyrics.
@ArtTube3336 жыл бұрын
When i talk about Bowie i just get lost in words. There are no words that i know that explain the moment i have listening to his songs
@synthvault6 жыл бұрын
You're doing God's work David. Great video!
@yeovil506 жыл бұрын
That is such an interesting video. Thanks for this. I never knew My Way was originally French and never knew the Bowie connection. Seriously interesting.. Thanks.
@alexandrelarrain59526 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate this is awesome
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@emilynelson47476 жыл бұрын
This is really neat!
@charlielock21846 жыл бұрын
love your videos and appreciate you displaying the scores
@MissesWitch5 жыл бұрын
That French song was really good.
@cakemartyr57944 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Another excellent informative video. Keep 'em coming!