Bill's Notes

And speaking of Bowie wannabes
There was this stage in the late 80s when new musicians were making great music. But it was ignored — but I'll say this — it was a heck of a lot easier to find good music then than it is today. Here's one from a Bowie-wannabe.



Speaking of Bowie wannabes (I always get fooled by the intro by some Smashing Pumpkins song):



Speaking of Space Hog, they took a shot at Cruel to be Kind, too. (yes, it's a different song.)



But we were talking about the late 80s. Got some play in the clubs:



And if Vanilla Ice hasn't ruined this song with his perfidious sampling, here's the actual David Bowie backed by a bunch of queens apparently:



And what was my favorite Bowie song, back when Checkpoint Charlie wasn't a museum, and somebody didn't pointlessly cover the song:



And the Heinz commercial almost wrecked this song, but it's another good song by a Bowie wannabe:



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