Thursday music corner: Brett Morgen's 2022 David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream includes an inventive and intriguing soundtrack of obscure alternative versions plus modern remixes handled in a sensitive and creative fashion, as befitting the stature of Bowie's work.
To commemorate what would've been Bowie's 76th birthday this Sunday, here's the ludicrously incendiary Hammersmith Odeon 3 July 1973 live medley of The Jean Genie from Aladdin Sane married with the Beatles' Love Me Do, supported by the prodigious guitar talent of Jeff Beck (as if Mick Ronson wasn't quite enough!). This was the famous final show of the Aladdin Sane tour, which concluded with Bowie's shocking denouement, 'Of all the shows on this tour, this particular show will remain with us the longest, because not only is it the last show of the tour, but it's the last show that we'll ever do', as he 'killed off' his Ziggy Stardust persona and entered the next phase of his music career.
David Bowie - The Jean Genie / Love Me Do (live medley feat. Jeff Beck, 1973)
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