David Bowie-Port of Amsterdam - Jansson Cover

[saoirseterri]

Brel was as much an actor/director as he was siner/songwriter in facr one of his movies "Le far west" is considered a masterpiece [overused term] but I'm sure the pleasure of seeing/hearing his own work being picked up by the next "young turks" was a source of great pride to him.

That being said I still much prefer Jack L's version of Port of Amsterdam which unfortunately Brell never heard as he passed on in the late 70's but a good song is a good song and God rest him

[desantisjohn]

Brel sings in Belgian if I am not mistaken

[missliv65]

Très belle reprise de la chanson de Brel. I love so much, maybe much more that Bowie interpretation.

[petterhny]

De Dijk's version is my favorite next to the original.

[gligoris7]

Very nice.Here The song from Vassilis papakostantinou "sto limani tou amsterdam"

[Kitbit82]

Nydelig! Du er flink, altså! ;-)

Heia Kai!

[NL32]

Nice one !

[EnoSwinnen]

Well 1st of all, it would be a Brel cover. Second, Brel's version is the best, he's such a great singer with so much emotion. The best cover is Scott Walkers, because to be honest, Bowie's version is pretty bad (in Bowie terms that is, on it's own it's still a great song.).

[hoyer71]

It's the best one i see until now

i play this but angrier.

I want a bit of your voice

[sTaN778]

maybe neil tennant not david bowie

[krabby10]

listen to

w w w . my space . com / samstringsandmore

[fab0025]

il ne comprend meme pas ce qu'il chante on lui a donner un texte traduit et c bon on ce fais de l'argent ca resemble a rien seul brel chante brel

[emericpollet]

"seul brel chante brel"

Pas d'accord...Moi j'aime beaucoup la version de Bowie.

Sinon Arno a chanté "voir un ami pleurer", et bien je t'assure qu'elle donne des frissons.

Je suis moi même un fan de brel, mais il faut reconnaitre le talent là où il est.

[litletortilaboy]

Bra cover kai :) joachim her xD

[THEBOOTLEGDAVIDBOWIE]

Of course nobody can better Brel at this, and while you have a better voice than Bowie he correctly did it with great passion, which I think is the key to this song, but well done anyway it's the best version I've heard outside Bowie and Brel.

[muntzie64]

If you think he has a better voice than Bowie you better get your ears checked. Brel gets kudos for writing it and his interpretation is ok, but Bowie's is off the charts. Astounding range, control, vibrato and little atonal nuances that neither this guy or Brel could dream of carrying out. Listen to Bowie's again. It can't be improved on.

[kennethAkero]

Kai ælska å synge!! :D

Nice kai ;)

[lavasset]

HAN ÆLSKA D!!!

haha xD

[qSMITHp]

Always nice to do it your way. I also do a cover version of this song on acoustic.

[poelestat]

incredible version of the song, better than bowie and denver. great job!

[MrsRachelJONES]

you are really good!!!!!!

[MrsRachelJONES]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[lukeskywalker91]

Look up the Dresden Dolls version.  All the passion you can handle =)

[markam63]

I agree this is a much too happy rendition. It needs passion and a sense of tragedy. Having said that, it is not an easy song to sing correctly.

[nbatweek]

Not bad actually, he didn't rape the song like david bowie did. Nevertheless this song should be performed raw with more passion. But you gave your own style to the song, i'll give you that.

[Kaiza79]

I am me, not Bowie by any means. My name is Kai and I`m from Norway. That should settle all the missunderstanding:)

[kulomusta]

Who is he? Not Bowie

[regie1963]

jaquel bruel

[Rooztr]

this is not Bowie

[195DUB]

not need to compare Brel&Bowie just enjoy

Tx ARTISTS

[mikem1549]

the BRELsongs are much better sung by Brel this is a pathetic version sung without passion or conviction

[papitomarocyt]

you are my hoby

[ismaelvanwijk]

It is nice, but i miss the feeling of the singer singing the song, a bit to flat in my humble opinion. This version is song to happily and to sober. Give me a raw voice of a drinker and smoker with a lot of passion.

[xqdrgt]

BREL, BREL, BREL a genus interpretation he is the best. bowie? sorry don't like, I think he has to learn many things from jacques brel.

[carlotta8]

merveilleux...

[gianco64rita]

Hai una voce molto dolce ...non è male ;)

[flossy100]

no no no no ahahhahaha he's got a lovely voice this man BUT .....this has to be sang by the  the gorgeous cockney babe himself! Its got be sort of ...decadent not american pie.... NO NO

[ghodium]

burp

[flossy100]

I saw I had a reply and was curious to see what is what... but yes 'burp' mmmm v typical of a thick British yob!

[ghodium]

i know, i feel terrible now

[bradsha123]

This is not Bowie... read the description of the post by the author, but the original cover was done by Bowie (at the Beeb)

[maytjeh]

this track is a cover by bowie that's on a cd called bowie at the beeb which includes all kind of accoutis recording of him, done for the bbc,look it up sometimes,it's quite good.

[jm5star]

This isn't David Bowie...Who is it? IT is quite good but it ain't Bowie...

[colonelmatterson]

Jacques Brel

[richybyrne]

What are you guys all on about?? This isn't even Bowie!! This is one of my favourite songs ever and has been for a good while.. and by far the best and most passionate very I've heard (yes.. including the French Brel original....!) is on the Best of Bowie album... an absolute gem. Dunno who this guys singin is, but he ain't a patch on Bowie...

[Chilloutbrothers]

this is the absolutely best song i have ever heard

so much emotion in it

[merbu87]

mannnnn datz fckin marvellus im impressedd itz really affect me in deed hell yeee

[ngaudiche]

The debate of "Bowie ripping Brel's song" is just ridiculous. Brel's version is amazing. Bowie's version is amazing as well Two genious.

[Kaiza79]

I totally agree:)

[frenchtaxi]

its just the english version of the jacques brel song...

he just ripped it off!!!

the original by brel is amazing!!!

[Kaiza79]

Sorry man but I can`t sing french:)

[frenchtaxi]

i was just stating that he ripped it off!!!

you could try to learn the original, if you really liked it!!! :)

[Kaiza79]

hehe, ok I will note that:)

[DarKarlisKarl]

You're right, the original song is in french, by Jacques Brel, but Bowie didn't "ripped it off", he gave full credits to Brel.

[TheLovelyCreature]

oh i love this song!!

[christannea]

Wow! Wonderful:-) :-)