boo, bad cover

WtF ??!?! that was a fcking amazing cover. Where can i get the whole song ??

I liked what I heard, but it's probably just a fragment of a song. She did a fragment of Cat Stevens'

grrrrrrrrreat cover would love to own the entire song. wonder where i can find it?

I NEED this song.

This is one of the worst covers I've ever heard. Bowie will be rolling in his grave after he kills himself from this awful butchering of his music.

I don’t know if anyone has let people know about this but, the Bowie cover will not be available anytime in the near future but, there is an EP coming out in December.

The cover was excellent. A new take on an old classic. Fit's with lincolns new marketing campaign.
I thought it was a very good version, actually one that stands on it's own. Ziggy Stardust was great, but I always thought the original Major Tom was not all that.
As far as cover go... she's getting paid to sing. We aren't. More power too her.

i agree with peirgeorge. bowie made this song and it was amazing when he played it. if lincoln was smart, they would have used the original bowie version, not this peice of crap. now they're not going to sell as many cars. screw them

Anyone who likes this cover has obviously never heard the one by Natalie Merchant which is far superior.

Hard to tell from the clip, but this certainly doesn't seem to have the re-interpretive brilliance that some of her other (earlier) covers do.

Weak version. Just another anemic, lillith Fair wannabe who snorted some heroine and decided to butcher a classic. Guess Lincoln couldn't afford to pay Bowie for the rights to the original.

Awesome! I absolutely love it. I Just hate playing a 30 second clip over and over. PLEASE release the full song I'd buy it immediately.

@Feenz, and pretty much everyone else.

Um, Bowie wrote the song so he was getting a paycheck too....

Great cover! You guys are never gonna get to blow Bowie, so stop kissin' his ass. Go back to watchin' Dune. Make the whole song, Cat!

WOW. they did Exactly what they were after if half you People Understood Marketing you would get why they did it. its a love hate thing, you will either love it or hate it and either way it compels you.

i loved it, great cover. now just release the whole song and im sold on that too.. and nice car.

She obviously recorded the whole song and they picked that part to put in the commercial. Of course Bowie's will always be awesome, that's why they make this covers. And this cover sounds pretty good.

She did a cover for Cellular One / AT&T of Blondie's "hanging on the telephone", sadly that's not available either.

I don't think she's done the material previously for herself, rather, she is contracted to do the covers for the ad, thus as property of the manufacturer are unlikely to be released...sad.

I don't understand why some of you are so mean...just cover your ears and keep your opinions to yourself, it's not like your mean comments will stop Cat Power from singing it! Plus Bowie must have given consent for this and I'm sure he liked it...since it is now playing on a NATIONAL ad for a major brand! She's got a great voice no matter what she sings. So stop hating on her...hating on her is like hating on Bowie for letting her sing it...after all it is his song! Your not paying for the ad so why don't you guys just change the channel if you really hate it...

To all you people who seem to hate this cover: how do you know what Bowie wanted? maybe he likes this version more than his own. Maybe you shouldn't be so opinionated. You can just say "I don't really care for this" rather than "this is a piece of sh*t bowie would be rolling in his grave". Live a little, try listening to something post 1980.

I LOVE both versions. I would like to buy album. I'm a fan of both Cat Power and David Bowie. Different interpretations, both terrific!

I looked up the song and the car so obviously the marketing works. Unfortunately I'll never hear the whole cover because Lincoln won't release it, and the car will likely be dead in a year and the brand not long thereafter.

I'm going to buy a Lincoln

*** I don't understand why some of you are so mean.. ***

They're just constipated.

HAHA yeah some people just have a stick up their butt. Hence the constipation which leads to abnormal levels of animosity. :D

I'm going to reopen this thread because I have a very different kind of question.

Didn't David Bowie sell his song rights in 1997? Does that do anything in particular to situations like this one? Doesn't he NO LONGER have a choice who covers his songs? And isn't the trajectory of his music in the hands of WHICHEVER CORPORATION HAS ANY KIND OF VISION OR MOTIVATION TO LUNGE? Do you think this was a dumb move by him? I am curious for different reasons than most; i am not a fan.

When it comes to music, no two people have the same identical likes and dislikes. There is NO "good" or "bad" music. If it makes your ass move, then it's good to you. Sometimes I like clean, and instrumentally precise music. Sometimes the more discordant and soulfully chopped up, the better. There is more music that I dislike than there is that I love. I personally prefer to give praise to the musicians I like, rather than try to drag down an artist for creating something I don't consider a masterpiece. I believe that many people just love to hate. Most music libraries, I'm sure, contain both originals and covers. I prefer a world with both. I think many musicians perform covers as a tribute anyways, and most of the original artists experience a resurgence in sales because of new found interest in their older songs. I'm here because I like the cover and was looking for the full version. In the end, who really cares what I think.

I think that David Bowie's version works for some, and this cover brings his vision to a different group of people. If you don't like it, fine, but you have no reason to be insulting.

it's not like tried to rap it people. doing a song for a commercial is just that, a commercial. lincoln could of got some jingle singers to do it like a zoom zoom commercials - now imagine that, the zoom zoom guy singing space oddity! do you want that?

i love cat power myself and i specially love her covers because she transforms them completely. she has covered songs i absolutely hate and turned them into some of my favorites.

I Just did a google search for: "Space oddity cover sucks." Glad to see not everyone is a mindless consumer who thinks whatever is forced down your throat is good. This was GOD-AWFUL, her way of breathing heavily sounds so pretentious. I think I've heard this same voice on a Telus mobility christmas commercial, which also pissed me off and makes "Cat Power" seem like even more of a puppet for major corporations.
Some songs dont need to be covered and Space Oddity is one of them.
Whats next Cat?
A Bohemian Rhapsody cover?
You don't have the right to mess with good music and mass-distribute it.
Make a name for yourself, write your own material that is timeless and you wouldn't need to screw with other people's art.

Clemenza, HOW DARE YOU, What do you mean by "forced down your throat". I merely saw this commercial on TV and I found it quite lovely. It was not forced upon me in any way. David Bowie was the one who went to them for a lighter version of his masterpiece. Cat Power did not "mess with good music and mass-distribute it". Bowie hired them to improve his song.
WHY DON'T YOU GO SOMEWHERE AND SCREW YOURSELF IN THE ASS.

STUPID BRIT, GOD CURSE THE QUEEN.

David Bowie sold all his rights for a big sum a while back. Dusty Springfield did the same a few years before she died. It's a way some artists have of getting use of the money they rightful earned before they die.

As for the Cat Power cover, I think it's great and if it introduces a whole new generation to Bowie's songwriting, even better. Nothing wrong with covers.

And yes, if some people think the cover sucks, that's their opinion..and like a..holes, we all have them.

im a big bowie fan, and bowie is all about the music, he's not a selfish prick like the rest of you are.

he's done his fair share of cover songs, and im sure he'll embrace any cover versions of his songs.

of course bowie's verison is a million times better because its original duh.. of course there is no need for comparison.
but this cover is one of the best covers i have heard... if only she would do the whole song!!!

I loved the cover, had no idea it was a cover till I looked it up. I listened to David Bowie's "attempt" at the song, and was not impressed. Nor did I like Natalie Merchant's version, though it was much better than Bowie's. There's chick on YouTube who does it is pretty good. Anyway, wish I could get the whole song from Cat Power...

Um. Here's a random fun fact: It's not Space Oddity. It's Major Tom, by Peter Schilling, making it the 1983 sequel to Bowie's original song.

Either way, I flippin' want this.

here everyone this should clear everything up..

shiny toy guns Do the Ad..

there is the link for the ad and the information..

http://shinytoyguns.com/news/major-tom/

this is space oddity the other version is by shiny toy guns and is different (up for free dl on the lincoln site in the TV ads section btw) i love bowies original version yet I really like this version too. as "chatt" said i see it as a tribute to a masterpiece and not a rip-off or sell-out.
Anyway who cares people who post nasty stuff on things like this only do so because they have the anonymity of the internet to protect them. there the people who walk around everyday life staring at their feet and getting pushed around so then they vent on something like this and put up a tough air where they know they'll never really have to deal with the situation