Life on Mars

[chapperz66]

Another version of Life On Mars - an instrumental version since I can't sing!  This is a bit minimalist - just one stereo track of solo piano.  Shortly after Bowie died I saw a program where Rick Wakeman spoke about playing on the original recording of this song, and then played a beautiful piano version.

Clearly I'm not Rick Wakeman (as you will shortly discover, if you were in any doubt!) but I thought I'd give it my best shot.  The chord structure is so great, most of it is just chords.  

I played it on my Yamaha Motif XS7 and added a bit of compression, reverb and delay in Studio One.

I might do a bit more of an arrangement on it if I get time - but here is the stripped down version.

Paul

[ODH]

Fantastic, Paul. What a great version.

Pie-pod, defo.

 

[Bluesberry]

Yes, beautiful.....truly one of Bowies greatest songs.....sounds darn fine....classical even

[Oldrottenhead]

oh wow! great version paul,

had this on repeat and found myself singing along to this with the headphones on, unfortunately my kids couldn't hear your wonderful playing, only my unaccompanied caterwauls. 

[cuthbert]

Wonderful, just loved it! One of my favorite Bowie songs as well.

The piano itself sounds really fine - very present and crisp. And it's very well-played.

[Hook]

Dude...so very well played. What a good listen.
Rock on!

[kenny mac]

Brilliant,absolutely excellent playing,well done,a great performance.

[Tony H]

Beautifully played.

[Johnny Robbo]

This is stupendously good!!! You're right about the chord progression on this song... it's absolutely gorgeous the way it flows. Your playing here is stunning!

[Pete C]

Well played Chapperz - lovely cover.  I always regret never learning the piano - I applied for piano lessons at school but my musical ability was deemed too bad to get them.  I even failed an audition for the church choir which most of my friends were in !

Really good!

Pete