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Let us celebrate our modern p(r)o(ph)ets 70th birthday with the songs of two of his admirers, David Bowie and Syd Barrett. Though Syd Barret might have pulled a Dylan on Dylan. You gave your heart to every bedsit room At least a picture on my wall And you sat behind a million pair of eyes And told them how they saw Then we lost your train of thought The paintings are all your own While troubles are rising We'd rather be scared Together than alone I'm a poet, Don't you know it? And the wind you can blow it. Cause I am Mr. Dylan, the King, And I am free as a bird on the wing.

My female vocal Cat Power has covered David Bowie's Space Oddity for a commercial. So far we only got the 30 second clip of the commercial, I'm very keen on listening the full song.

So apparently David Bowie and Moby are neighbors. Here is a video of Moby calling Bowie during a concert to request my favorite Vorglühen song these days, Sound and Vision: and here is the lovely song:

David Bowie's It's No Game Part 1 from his 1980 album, Scary Monsters (Super Freaks): Shirueto ya kage ga kakumei o miteiru Mo tengoku no giu no kaidan wa nai Ore genjitsu kara shime dasare Nani ga okkote iru ka wakara nai Doko ni kyokun wa aruka Hitobito wa yabi oorareteiru Konna dokusaishani igashima rareru nowa kanashi Nammino kiroku eiga Hioteki o se ni shita koibi to tach Michi ni ishi o nage reba Konago na mi kudake Kino ni hutao sureba Kyohu wa masu Ore no atama ni tama o buchi kome ba Shinbun wa kaki tateru

David Bowie lived in Schöneberg with Iggy Pop in the late 70s. This is from the last of his Berlin Trilogy, Low-1977, Heroes-1977, Lodger-1979. He was reading the writings on the Wall, when he came across the merry word Yasasin! -Long live!-, which is used in political slogans like "Long Live Our Struggle For The Brotherhood of the Workers!" popular back then. He says he rang up the Turkish Embassy and learned what it meant. And wrote this great song: Modeselektor is an electronic music band from Berlin. They recently came to fame, after Thom Yorke started promoting them, after listening to them and liking the stuff. Here is a song dedicated to the biggest Döner chain in berlin, the Hasir :

I guess it is the ultimate sign of recognition for an artist when a fellow artist makes a song about you. Dylan got two of such dedications. One from Syd Barret, one from David Bowie! This is a quite interesting topic, and here are the songs that I know which are dedicated to an artist. Let me know if you know others too! Song to Woody - From Bob Dylan to Woody Guthrie R.A.M.O.N.E.S - From Mötorhead to Ramones Song For Bob Dylan - From David Bowie to Dylan Bob Dylan Blues - From Syd Barret to Bob Dylan Buddy Holly - From Weezer to Buddy Holly Song to Bobby - From Cat Power to Bob Dylan (Thanks to Thuan for this one)