Friday On My Mind (The Easybeats, 1966).
Friday On My Mind (Bowie).
The closest Pin Ups comes to karaoke, “Friday On My Mind” features Bowie’s most bewildering vocal of the record, an acidic blend of his old Anthony Newley-isms and mock-Cockney efforts, mixed with a pupal-stage incarnation of his “soul” croon and a few other abuses. To make things worse, he has the backing vocals bluntly and artlessly say what the original, and infinitely superior, Easybeats track only suggested. Mick Ronson and Aynsley Dunbar color within the lines. The nadir of a weak album.
Recorded July-early August 1973.
Funnily enough this and Sorrow are the only tracks I really like on Pin Ups – maybe because I had never heard the originals before Bowie’s versions
Bought Pin-Ups. Promptly sold it.
Forgot about it. Not worthy of being reminded of.
Let’s move on ….
Perhaps it is a bit of my youth I am not ready to give up but I am flummoxed by the description of Pin Ups as weak. I bought both albums on release and it is hard to describe the excitement as each lp was likely to appeal to the same audience. If you followed Bowie you liked Roxy too. This though was my least favourite track as DB’s vocal contains too much condescension to the original.
When I say both albums I mean Ferry’s These Foolish Things as well as Pin ups. Sorry it that was not clear.