Posts Tagged ‘David Bowie’

Shoegazer Sunday: Under Electric Light’s “Waiting For The Rain To Fall”

Sunday, January 17th, 2016

Under Electric Light‘s “Waiting For The Rain To Fall” starts off an awful lot like David Bowie’s “Heroes,” then goes off in its own direction.

Shatner Update: Shatner Sings Again!

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

You may have noticed that I’m a fan of William Shatner. I’m not so much of a fan of his music (or his direction; William Shatner still owes me $3.50 for Star Trek V); in fact, putting on a copy of The Transformed Man is a good way to clear out a room after a party. But Shatner being Shatner, that hasn’t stopped him, and he’s now putting out a new album.

A few notes:

He can’t sing, but Shatner has pretty good taste in music. Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and Peter Shilling’s “Major Tom,” “Iron Man,” tasty tracks one and all.

He also has lined up some pretty big names to help him out. Check out this list:

  • Peter Frampton
  • Steve Howe
  • Bootsy Collins
  • Alan Parsons
  • Johnny Winter
  • Patrick Moraz of Yes
  • Edgar Froese from Tangerine Dream
  • Dave Davies from The Kinks
  • Toots of Toots and the Maytals
  • John Wetton (of King Crimson, UK, and Asia)
  • Carmine Appice
  • Steve Hillage
  • Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourn’s guitarist)
  • Half of Deep Purple
  • That’s not a lineup of sidemen, that’s the roster of a major benefit concert.

    This is pretty much obligatory: