A more muscular, 4 and 6 string driven rendition of this early 1980’s gem from Gary Numan:  “Cars”. Numan these days has ventured from his Bowie like posturing and has taken on more of a resemblance to actor Robert Carradine with a bit of Klaus Kinski thrown in.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (I have no shame), age will have its rage.  With us all.  Like this fresh take on the song, though.
Fantastic, other worldly, freaky music video, “Ashes to Ashes”, from the late, great, departed, David Bowie.  If you haven’t explored his music yet, do so now.  What a magnificent, innovative talent! He literally owned the 1970’s and continued in to the early 1980’s.  Bowie explored many personas and musical styles and penned some of the great classics of rock music.  I count this song as one of his strongest.  A bleak, melancholy reexamination of character Major Tom, the lonely, depressed astronaut stuck in his “tin can” in outer space wanting nothing more than to return to Earth, who was originally [More]