The Man Who Sold The World

This is one of my most favorite David Bowie songs and this cover by Nirvana is among one of the best covers I´ve heard (I like Cobains voice)

A friend of mine once asked what it is about this song that I like so much. With some songs you can point at the lyrics, voice of the singer, a specific riff, drums etc. I can honestly not point out one specific thing, its the whole song. Being a Bowie songs the lyrics, at first glance is incoherent and weird but as with many of his lyrics there´s depth and meaning in it. You just have to take the time to really listen to it.

Anyway this song is one of my obsessions and I´m gathering all the covers I can of it. It´s kind of fun compairing them, especially since Bowie himself made a couple of different live versions of it