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  • I love how he replaces the lyrics for "when people stared at david's eyes..." wonderful cover

  • I've added this cover to my FB group dedicated to covers. It's called "the Guilty Pleasure of the Cover Version" Feel free to join in.

  • morrisey is a fuckin hipocrat, no matter how good he is, he'll always disgust me cuz of his comments on bowie, motherfuckin asshole

  • morrissey is too good to cover ANYONE. he outshines everybody. He is ALL. i would say he is god... but he is sooo much more than that. X

  • I am a Bowie fan of 30 year and this is one of the best songs ever.I am also a smiths/ morrissey fan of 20+ years but this cover does nothing for me. I want to shout " BUDDY " that word should be sang with passion not flat like moz sings it

  • morrissey starts the song in earnest, then realises it,s not working, then throws the song away. maybe it,s his attempt at an apology to bowie, frankly I don,t think bowie gives morrissey a second thought. I find it unthinkable to compare them, artistically or otherwise.

  • At 2:38 in this song, doesn't he sing, "...You don't really like this song, do you? Do you?" I'm a Bowie devotee going back to the early 70's, and have loved Morrissey and The Smiths since the 80's. He sounded lackluster and bored. I think his effort fell short when considering how talented he is.

  • Lovely cover, in my opinion. Genuine affection for Bowie - and Mick Ronson. Ronson had terminal liver cancer when he produced "Your Arsenal" - the album that put Morrissey back on top!!!  Morrissey completely broken up when he was told Mick died.

  • Morrissey does a FANTASTIC cover here. Bowie wrote the song, Mick Ronson - that beautiful Spider from Mars - produced Morrissey's comeback, "Your Arsenal" and shatteringly, died soon after from liver cancer. RIP Mick.

  • Morrissey does the best covers <3

  • great

  • lasciatemelo dire..Moz e' un grande ammiratore di Bowie..e' quello che piu' di qualsiasi altro e' riusciuto ad ottenere ottimi risultati imitandolo..vedi RONSON VISCONTI LOS ANGELES ..se proprio possiamo parlare di un nuovo BOWIE e' MORRISSEY..troppe similitudini...e A ME VA BENE!! :)))

  • Love the end when a fan throws the clothing~ "Is this for me? do i deserve it? Thank you! " I love this guy, no one is like him. Viva Moz.

  • yeah morrissey...we love this song.....

  • the best cover ever......

  • the best song on youtube...

    

  • Thanks a lot for posting this. It's priceless!!

  • don't fuck with Bowie Morrissey...this is your best song ever...

  • they are both ok....

  • G"Day all,

    Fantasic cover! I was searching for Bowie doing this but discovered this treasure...it does justice to Bowie but still manages to sound like Morrisey/The Smiths...excellent.

    Mind you, it helps if you appreciate both artists...

  • A poor cover

  • There is a most excellent version of Morrissey singing Drive in Saturday live on the Sword's album, check it out, it's beautiful.

  • It's not a live version.

  • @thebostonbruiners yeah it is shithead

  • morrissey could sing the laughing gnome and it would sound perfect.

    morrissey = legend. just keep them coming morrissey you just seem to get better and better. thanks for posting video it`s made my night perfect.

  • Pompous twat.

  • it`s called entertainment assholes.

    the fans loved it anyway and so did i.

    both great performers get over it.

  • Im a bowie and moz fan - two of my favourites infact. This cover is lovely :)

  • Love it.

  • beautiful

  • I didn't know Morrissey liked Bowie!

  • bowie was inspiration for all post-punk artists like The Smiths and Joy Division

  • Of course, but Morrissey can be a bit funny about anyone who isn't The Dolls! I've heard him be sniffy about Bowie before, but the whole androgynous thing was obviously influenced by Bowie.

  • karaoke night xDxD

  • i don't really understand the negative comments......this is a great performance because you can see how much morrissey is enjoying himself and singing from his heart....it's beautiful

  • WTF! It's not a bad cover at all! It's Morrissey playing Bowie. It's great

  • You don't really like this song do you? do you? do you? so funny!

  • I love Bowie and Moz, and I think this is an alright cover, it's just the way Morrissey is, noone is EVER going to change him.

  • Terrible cover.

  • I love Bowie and Morrissey, but Morrissey missed the mark on this one.

  • Simply disgusting - listen to Bowie's original!!!

  • very bad

  • As are you.

  • Wack ass cover!!!!

  • This is a fucking insult!

  • I'll insult you in a minute!

  • jajajajaja

  • I too am a Bowie fan and not a fan of Morrisey, however this not a bad version at all!

  • Morrissey and Bowie = both legends.

  • great song massacred, some might say, by a great artist.....incidentally, did I spell massacred right. by the way, i thought I hated Morissey until he raised his profile recently.

  • dear eccentric: yes you spelt 'massacred' correctly, but - sadly - not 'Morrissey'. must be a crash-course for the ravers - or a date with a spell-check

  • Dire]

  • Truly horrible.

  • This is great - I don't understand all this apples V oranges stuff though. People who are obsessed with who's version is best are trainspotters - and the personal stuff, as if their work was good or bad depending on whether they were nice or not nice people. Anyway love to see Morrissey doing Bowie - sorry that sounds rude!

  • Yeah, I don't know a lot about Moz but from his interviews you can tell there are many issues with him. Depression is a horrible thing. I just don't get way he had to get his panties in a wad over Bowie's idea to come out at the end of Moz's set, play a couple of tune together and then fade Moz out into Bowie's band. I saw the NIN half of the tour and it was very cool. I don't remember Trent throwing a hissy over the idea. And he's a moody thing, too. It was a ego problem on Moz's part.

  • I am a Bowie fan-not a Morrissey fan but I think it's a good cover. Not better than Bowie but not bad and done with a nod and a wink. I just thought Morrissey showed truly bad form on the Outside Tour by bowing out and then bashing Bowie out in public. It was shameful and unbecoming. He threw insults saying Bowie hadn't done anything interesting since the '74-Then WHY in THE hell was he going on tour with him in the '90's?

  • From what I heard Moz was in a very bad way... I heard he was going through one of the worst depressive periods in his adult life... I think it was a Linder Sterling interview but I am not sure. Not trying to make excuses but it might help to know that.

  • @suparni I listen to them both but may be a little partial to Morrissey. I agree w/ you on the cover, he did a respectable job but bowie's is definitive.

    I don't really like when he gets like that either, but that's just his style - bowie wasn't the first or last target he's taken aim at. that said, morrissey has made some of the best music ever recorded and still seems like a kind, caring human being & his nastiness strikes me a a bit tongue-in-cheek anyway.

  • @suparni that was in regard to the original comment by 'sirensealight', woops

  • @sirensealight

    Nothing interesting since 74? Haha . I dont think so. Diamond Dogs-Lets Dance was a SICK ERA! Maybe even the MOST interesting...... Yea, he fell off for awhile but stuff from the late 90's, Heathen, and Reality arent bad at all either!

  • @JasnoGT I totally agree with you...Outside and Reality are two of my favorite Bowie albums!

  • I 've liked Morrissey for years,back to The Smiths.But on this one,Bowie & Ronson is THE Version..

  • hmmm..intresting how insecure you are about this , that you have to rise to a simple comment about how i prefer Moz over Bowie, with the words 'Fuck off' very clever off you. very intresting argument.

  • what's your argument then? You're such a hipster that's into morrissey so who's the one that's insecure?

    Just wait, in 2 years bowie is the hero and everyone is kissing his ass again.

    Oh and Bowie can hold a candle against mozzy

  • Again you baffle me, at what point is it about being hip, its about feeling, and about how a musician speaks to you.

    I was stating a preference and you jump, its quite funny. Maby you should grow up. And take music as you see it now how others do.

    Bowie on the whole does not speek to me, and will never mean anything to me, however i do like this song. But simply prefer Moz's rendition of it. To me Bowie nor anyone else will ever hold a candle to Morrissey.

  • Better than Bowie anyway, no one can hold a candle to moz

  • speight1989 - I like this version, but better than Bowie? - I don't think so. The writer of a song has a better understanding of all innuendos etc. of his/her work, & it's very difficult to get inside an early 1970's David Bowie head. Morrissey while delivering a good version of this song hasn't been able to do this at all. This is why The Smiths are also so good.

  • you are probably right friend, but to me Moz is everything, and i don't really get Bowie, i just carnt seem to enter his world. Its a good song, I just like the Moz version.

  • oh fuck off.

    I saw The Smiths 6 times, Bowie is a genius.

    Morrissey is a worthless old cunt.

  • Great cover.

  • I loved Morrissey in the Smiths, unfortunately never got to see them live. I did get to see him live solo, and was very disappointed. I thought his performance was quite a bit selfish. He didn't play very long at all. One of the worst concerts I've ever been to. Just a bad experience that totally changed my opinion of him. He might as well have called it quits when the Smiths broke up. If you are going to tour, give your fans a great show.

  • thankyou for you invalid poor opinionx

  • And who are you? Someone who would probably eat the corn out of Morrissey's crap just so you could own a piece of him, I imagine.

  • you imagin wrong...

  • His band are awful, he's a spent force get the fuck over it.

    Did you see the Smiths? Thought not!

    FUCK OFF.

  • well he did warn you

  • this kind of sucked. first he just sang it without really paying attention to the lyrics and what they were saying. second he was wandering all over the place (does he always do that?) he also changed the lyrics which is fine if they really fit well. he could do much to make the audience find the song interesting if he performed it more like an actor doing a piece. many of bowies best songs are more suited to that approach.

  • did you hear him at the beginning? he is making the mistakes on purpose...

    and Morrissey is a fucking legend, he can't do wrong.

  • this is murder.

  • is this available anywhere

  • Some covers suit Mozza's voice better than others. 'No One Can Hold A Candle' has to be one of his best in my humble opinion.

    His voice is like the proverbial fine wine.

    Viva El Mozzo!

  • moz 0 bowie 1

  • oh ho ho oh ho ho oh hoho from Seattle to Phoenix lot better than the patti smith cover on the greatest hits. Must try harder.

  • I love Morrissey and I love Bowie, they are totally different artists. I don't think that the delivery is flat, I think that it is Morrissey's style, plus the fact that it is the end of the gig and he was probably knackered. I do like it, but then I really love this song.

    Lulu covered The Man who sold the World - now that was a cover that was total torture!

  • I think it's a good version. I'm a big fan of Morrissey and Bowie. Check out Morrissey's c.d. 'Your Arsenal'. It's produced my Mick Ronson.

  • The delivery is a bit flat. If he really loves the song enough to do it, he should manifest a bit more enthusiasm for it!

  • morissey is not fit to shine david's platforms !

  • it's sweet how he changed jagger to david

  • anybody who covers a bowie is ok by me!

  • I have nothing against Morrisey, brilliant lyrics most of the time, but he shouldn't do Bowie.....he can't pull it off......especially after his jealous attacks against him

  • dont blame into morrissey fuckers

  • Morrissey sucks ass compared to Bowie. The line, "His name was always Buddy" is supposed to be like, "His name was always BUDDDY!", but Morrissey was a faggot and song it like any other line.

  • Cursing at the... internet :D

  • Didn't morrisey slag bowie off fairly recently?

  • Doap interpretation!

  • wtf dude??

  • he works the audience like easy soapdud lather

  • Morrisey solo sucks. Bowie is too much for this ex-Smith.

  • perhaps you feel that way - but i genuinely love his solo work and i might even choose to keep it over the smiths stuff if i had to choose... I wouldn't say Bowie is too much for Moz. No way.

  • All the post-punk, new wave and british pop bands, all of them were highly inspired by the Bowie's 70's work. That's why he is covering this incredible song. Just remember the glamour, ambiguity, esthetics, darkness, punk riffs and atittude of Ziggy & The Thin White Duke, all years before of bands such like Bauhaus, Smiths, The Damned, OMD, Devo... you must know all of them. And excuse me, but to me his solo work is boring, he couldn't go far than The Smiths, no without Johnny Marr.

  • yes i know them... to each his own though.  I enjoy both - :)

  • LOL, AS IF. Moz is God.

  • sounds so good with morrissey's voice =D

  • To answer Morrissey's question, I count ALOT of mistakes in the first few lines hehe.

    Apparently their fall out came after Bowie wanted to "intrude" on morrissey's set for a couple of duets at the end when he supported on the 1995 Outside tour.

    Morrissey saw this as an invasion on his goodbye time with the audience and left the tour so far as I understand.

  • As much as I love Morrissey he needs to not be so defensive. Bowie's very personable and would probably get shot out of a canon if he could, Moz is the exact opposite and that must be respected but even so... >_< they're both a piece of work, together is only inviting disaster! OMG!

  • i used to like mozza,,but to turn on bowie like he did is unforgivable...im sure if he is taking the piss here...bowie is a god....mozza is deluded has been

  • Hey, shut the f*** up, man, Morrissey is wonderful.

  • And this song is not as great as the original, but the best i've heard besides Bowie

  • Morrisey first praised Bowie, but then changed his mind.....strange........he's obviously influenced by him anyway

    Morrisey is great but he can't compare himself to Bowie, Bowie is the worlds most influantial artist ever according to his fellow artists

    Bowie has said that he don't compromise when it comes to his artistery, maybe Morrisey percieved that as narcissism

  • bowie has compromised... that was the 80s minus scary monsters. bowie's admitted it...

  • Morissey did this song as an oncore in Ann Arbor a month ago (followed by You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side).

  • that is the greatest thing ive ever seen

  • i thought morrissey hated bowie... hrm. *shrug* i love 'em both.

  • i, my understanding is that morrissey loves bowie- he loves his earlier work and even though he felt tension when they were working together (Bowie apparent came off a bit narcisistic) Mozza said something to the effect of "its easy to forgive him, all i have to do is listen to starman"

    thats not a direct quote.

  • lol, imagine having the audacity to say that you will 'forgive' bowie.

  • Yes you are right and I have heard Morrisey in a documentary about his life talking about that specific issue , he suggested that bowie was jelaous of his work because he was not a great anymore, he had been a great icon like 30 years ago, and that´s why he was all narcissistic.

  • weeeeeeeeeell, though I don't think bowie's ever been jealous (why would he be? especially when he's not into morrissey's indie-pop scene, instead more interested by bands like nine inch nails), for awhile what morrissey was doing was vastly better than what bowie was doing. .. at that time.

    so morrissey thinking bowie jealous was somewhat understandable.

  • weeeeeeeeeell, though I don't think bowie's ever been jealous (why would he be? especially when he's not into morrissey's indie-pop scene, instead more interested by bands like nine inch nails), for awhile what morrissey was doing was vastly better than what bowie was doing. .. at that time.

    so morrissey thinking bowie jealous was somewhat understandable.

  • I'm from Manchester, Morrisey is an icon, Bowie is an icon and an idol. Nice to see 1 honouring the other

  • Wow, coming from his lips Morrissey totally commandeered 'Drive in Saturday'. It sounds more like Morrissey than Bowie now, to me it IS Morrissey's. <3

  • i counted none.

  • Nice, after hearing so many times the audio of this song from this concert, to see the video after all this time. Nice!

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