When Bowie and Morrissey joined “Cosmic Dancer” forces

It is a story that, like a sea wind, when it blows, refreshes. David Bowie and Morrissey, not everyone remembers him, made a cover of Marc Bolan’s song “Cosmic Dancer”, one of the symbolic pieces of the album “Electric Warrior” of 1971. A song that has returned in vogue thanks to the TV series “Sex education”. This collaboration, which was made official with the exit of A live version of 1991it is an example of how these two artists have had a profound musical influence on each other.

“Cosmic Dancer”, written by Marc Bolan, is a manifest song of British glam rock and the shock that brought to the music scene of that time. It is no coincidence that even another high -sounding name like Nick Cave He wanted to pay homage to him, making it a cover. The song was performed by the English artist who passed away on January 10, 2016 and by the already frontman of the Smiths during a concert held in 1991 At the Los Angeles forum, California. Five years ago it was published A digital and physical version: the front and rear cover of the vinyl present photographs of the two artists and were taken in New York City by Linder Sterling.

Among them, however, they were not only roses and flowers. In fact, Morrissey and Bowie have had an always very electric artistic and personal relationship. The friction between the two date back to the joint tour of 1995. In 2013 Bowie refused to grant the former Smiths the use of a photograph that portrayed them together for a cover of a new live project. Morrissey replaced him with Rick Astley. In 2014, always Morrissey, open -heartedly, speaking of the rivalry with Bowie, but he said: “I know I have criticized David in the past, But it was all my fault. I think he knows it. “