David Bowie. Whoa.

People may wonder why I haven’t yet done a Bowie tribute.  Well, the biggest reason is that, for the most part, David Bowie is not a psychedelic artist.  I might go so far as to say he was anti-psychedelia.  He was experimental, keen on constraint and form, and exploratory over the trajectory of his 40+ year career.  With that said, today’s show is a collection of works from 1965 to 1977 that I think highlight the experimental, what some have called “art rock”, of David Bowie.

These selections will be followed by psychedelic covers of Bowie songs by some contemporary bands, notably The Flaming Lips!

An hour of Bowie originals, and then some covers/tributes.

Turn on. Tune in.

The following songs are all by David Bowie except where noted.

Join the Gang • Images 1966-1967 • London Records • 1973

The Beatstalkers • Silver Tree Top School For Boys • Real Life Permanent Dreams Volume 3 . Castle Music • 2008

song written by David Bowie

Davy Jones and the Lower Third • You’ve Got a Habit of Leaving • Nuggets II • Rhino Records • 2001

Gospel According to Tony Day • Images 1966-1967 • London Records • 1973

Memory of a Free Festival • David Bowie • RCA • 1969

The Width of a Circle • The Man Who Sold the World • Mercury • 1970

The Bewlay Brothers • Hunky Dory •  RCA • 1971

Eight Line Poem • Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of BBC Sessions ’68-’72 (originally released on Hunky Dory) • EMI BBC Virgin • 2000

Starman • The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars • RCA Victor • 1972

Drive-In Saturday • Aladdin Sane • RCA Victor • 1973

See Emily Play • Pin Ups • RCA Victor • 1973

Future Legend & Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family • Diamond Dogs • RCA Victor • 1974

Station to Station • Station to Station • RCA • 1976

Breaking Glass & Subterraneans • Low • RCA Victor • 1977

Iggy Pop (w/ David Bowie) • Nightclubbing • The Idiot • RCA Victor • 1977

Sons of the Silent Age • “Heroes” • RCA Victor • 1977

Yassassin • Lodger • RCA Victor • 1979

•Covers & Tributes•

The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian • S/T • Is David Bowie Dying? • 2011

The Brian Jones Town Massacre • David Bowie I love You) Since I Was Six • Take It from the Man • BOMP!; Tangible Records; Tee Pee • 1996

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros • Memor(ies) of a Free Festival • We Were so Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie • Manimal Vinyl • 2010

Ty Segall • Moonage Daydream • bootleg live Bowery Ballroom 8/30/2013

The Flaming Lips • The Day Andy Gibb Died • Life on Mars? • no label unofficial release • 1996

The Flaming Lips Tribute Set to David Bowie, February 12 2016:

Space Oddity

Life on Mars?

Five Years

Ziggy Stardust

Fame

The Man Who Sold The World

Golden Years

Ashes to Ashes