David Bowie Impersonates Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop In Unreleased Outtakes
Music podcast The Talkhouse offered up a special treat for listeners and fans of the late David Bowie this week: unreleased audio of the singer during down time, recorded by British producer Mark Saunders during the sessions for the 1985 Absolute Beginners soundtrack, doing vocal impersonations of such legendary rockers as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits and, at one point, Bowie’s own inspiration, Anthony Newley.
At the time, Saunders was a young engineer working for producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. Zach Staggers of the So So Glos and Saunders presented the audio clip on the Talkhouse, while Staggers noted the following:
Years ago, Mark Saunders — a record producer and a close friend of my family — shared with my dad an unreleased audio clip of David Bowie doing impersonations in the studio during a 1985 session for the Absolute Beginners soundtrack.
I remembered the recording again after Bowie’s passing, and my father, a lifelong Bowie fan (he even named our dog “Bowie,” may she rest in peace), recovered it from an old iPod…
Mark has graciously decided to share this lighthearted piece of David Bowie history with us today. I think it helps to listen and to laugh or to cry — or both. Rest in peace, one of the greatest of all time.
[Via EW]
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