Loving The Alien - Athens, Georgia Salutes David Bowie

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 2008)
• Original Release Date: October 26, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fireant Music
• ASIN: B00000JWFA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #698,110 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Knocked my socks off!, July 14, 2000

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This review is from: Loving The Alien - Athens, Georgia Salutes David Bowie (Audio CD)

These Athens, Georgia bands really did impress my socks off! Loving The Alien kicks off with "It's No Game, Part 3." I was expecting some Japanese women come on and sing off key. Boy, was I wrong! A very good German singer sings the first verse. All in all, all the singers are great and this song is still one of my favorites! "Big Brother" is by far my absolute favorite track off of Loving the Alien! It starts off kind of strange. A man shouts into a microphone that someone is "surrounded." The listener can hear helicopters and all the common sounds of a hostage situation. Then the song kicks in. The instrumentation is perfect along with the singing! I particularly love when they yell at the top of their lungs the lyric, "Please savior, saviour, show us." I find nothing wrong with the song "John, I'm Only Dancing" the reworking of it is clever, creative, and aggressive. The only problem is that you can barely hear the singer. The version of "I Can't Read" reminds me of David Bowie's own reworking of it in or around 1997. Another great cover that can be found on here is of "Andy Wahol." It was quite puzzling for me when I found out that the artist that performed "Andy Warhol" was really a gospel singer. My least favorite song on here is "Modern Love". Originally a pop tune on Bowie's "Let's Dance", a Nirvana-style version of the song just doesn't seem right. I advise you to avoid "Modern Love."

5.0 out of 5 stars This Album is a MUST for David Bowie Fans!, December 28, 1999

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This review is from: Loving The Alien - Athens, Georgia Salutes David Bowie (Audio CD)

Although the Athens, Georgia, music scene has become famous due to the mainstream success of groups like R.E.M., the Classic City is most noteworthy for the vitality and variety of its independent artists. A number of those musicians have come together on "Loving the Alien" to pay tribute to one of rock's great innovators, David Bowie. The album features covers of Bowie anthems from several phases of the Thin White Duke's multifaceted career; for that reason alone, it would be a collection well worth owning. Even more impressively, though, it showcases the creativity of numerous artists from one of the country's most inventive venues. Simultaneous Discs, to cite but a single instance, puts a new spin on the '80s hit "Modern Love." Through voluntarily immersion in the nuances of this unique collection, the listener is apt to acquire not only a deeper appreciation for the breathtaking breadth of a rock titan whose career has spanned the gap from Ziggy Stardust to Tin Machine, but also a greater awareness of how truly brash and bold the Athens music scene remains. Perhaps the listener will be moved to delve further into the work of the musicians featured on this compilation of covers, taking the time to enjoy the other albums of, say, Robert Lurie, whose band (The Robert Lurie Collective) offers its take on Bowie's "I Can't Read." The ancient Greeks, originators of both the Olympiad and the Socratic method, understood that mental, physical, and artistic exertions were all valuable because they trained the mind, ennobled the spirit, and informed the passions. Clarke County, Georgia, is home to the University of Georgia, which has long been able to boast of its excellence in both the academic (founded in 1785, it is the nation's oldest state-chartered university; the school is ranked among the country's best buys in education) and athletic (with one of the nation's top two programs, U.Ga. won national titles in four sports in 1998-'99; its football team is among the nation's most celebrated, with eleven conference championships and victories in all four major bowl games) arenas. "Loving the Alien" reminds us that, even a generation after R.E.M.'s initial rise, the Classic City still bristles with unbridled artistic expression, as well.