Cover of David Bowie's Life On Mars from the 1971 album Hunky Dory.   Saw a Bowie tribute piece by Rick Wakeman, who played piano on the original recording, and decided to do a cover of Bowie's "My Way".   Started this one back in 2016...
 
Bacco (Phil) was kind enough to do vocals on this track and I think he did a fantastic job on both lead and backing vocals.  This is not an easy song to sing as it is a bit theatrical in parts and the singer can really go Broadway on those sections if not careful:)
 
I played guitars and bass, the rest is MIDI programming.  EW Hollywood Strings on this one.     
 
Comments welcome....
 
https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v3/player.cfm?type=single&songid=13636404&q=hi
 
 
Regards

Excellent cover.
 
One of my fav Bowie songs.

Sounds like a good cover here Mark and Phil, thanks for sharing.

Two words: 'nailed it' I mean just teriffic vocal work. Well done! Andy

Great job on this cover! Totally captured the vibe of the original.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

an excellent cover!
 
the only thing i could even hunt to suggest about,
is that the midi programming is a bit stiff, as far as meter,
the original had a nice flow that was out of time in places,
it'd be cool to hear that dialed in a bit more.
 
vox performance is stand out!
 

Mark, you and Phil nailed it!  I have to listen to this several more times just for the fun of it.  Keep up the good work.

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Never been a Bowie fan, and had you not said it was a cover, I wouldn't have know, as the work stands on it's own. A fine production.

Comment: WOW
 
On reflection, another comment: HOLY WOW
 
Top-notch on every level from tracking to orchestration to mixing to mastering.