Five Years, Bowie cover by The Kite Boys

[Flash Harry]

This track started as a idea by Tim I think, or maybe James.

Tracks -

Tim: acoustic and electric guitars, Garageband Mellotron and backing vocals
James: Lead and backing vocals
Me: bass, piano, acoustic guitar, original two bars of drum.

Recorded on Mac, BR and PC, mixed and mastered in Reaper.

David Bowie, Five Years.

From the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.

Thank you Mr Jones.

Pushing through the market square,
So many mothers sighing
News had just come over,
We had five years left to cry in
News guy wept and told us,
Earth was really dying
Cried so much his face was wet,
Then I knew he was not lying
I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies
I saw boys, toys, electric irons and T.V.'s
My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare
I had to cram so many things to store everything in there
And all the fat-skinny people, and all the tall-short people
And all the nobody people, and all the somebody people
I never thought I'd need so many people
A girl my age went off her head,
Hit some tiny children
If the black hadn't a-pulled her off,
I think she would have killed them
A soldier with a broken arm,
Fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac
A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest,
And a queer threw up at the sight of that
I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlor,
Drinking milk shakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine,
Don't think you knew you were in this song
And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor
And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there
Your face, your race, the way that you talk
I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
Five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, what a surprise
Five years, stuck on my eyes
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
Five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, what a surprise
Five years, stuck on my eyes
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
Five years
Five years
Five years
Five years

[Ferryman_1957]

Wonderful! This is a great platform for Jim's fabulous vocals to shine through here, but the music underneath it is very nicely done. I love the effected guitar work which is subtle but fits so well and the rest of the backing is great. Mike and Tim are quite the multi-instrumentalists now...

A delightful cover and you know of course that due to my age that this album holds a place that is dear in my heart, so bravo for doing such a great cover.

[Jean Pierre]

Impressive, really.
Bravo to you three, remarkable work of mixing...it's all in the subtlety...

[kenny mac]

Nice one guys,to think Bowie wrote lyrics the way he did from bits of paper is amazing.
Instruments dound great on this .
Jim's vocal on the higher end sits well.
Bravo

[Mike_S]

Bloody great work guys. You compliment each other really well. This is a really well constructed cover, beautifully played. The vocals are superb. Enjoyed that a lot.

Mike

[ianjm]

Great cover off one of my all time favourite albums

Can I request rock n roll suicide??

[SE]

What an enjoyable listen, Kite, cool!!!