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Following its studio appearance on ''The Idiot'', a live version of "Funtime" was included on Pop's ''[[TV Eye Live 1977]]''.<ref name="allmusicTVEye">{{cite web |
Following its studio appearance on ''The Idiot'', a live version of "Funtime" was included on Pop's ''[[TV Eye Live 1977]]''.<ref name="allmusicTVEye">{{cite web |
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| accessdate = January 23, 2011 }}</ref> Pop also performed the song on ''[[The Dinah Shore Show]]'' in 1977 with Bowie accompanying on keyboards and backing vocal.<ref name="Dinah">{{cite book |
| accessdate = January 23, 2011 }}</ref> Pop also performed the song on ''[[The Dinah Shore Show]]'' in 1977 with Bowie accompanying on keyboards and backing vocal.<ref name="Dinah">{{cite book |
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"Funtime" is a song written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop, first released by Pop on his 1977 album The Idiot.[1] It has since been covered by multiple artists, including Blondie, Boy George, Bebe Buell, R.E.M. and The Cars.
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Following its studio appearance on The Idiot, a live version of "Funtime" was included on Pop's TV Eye Live 1977.[2] Pop also performed the song on The Dinah Shore Show in 1977 with Bowie accompanying on keyboards and backing vocal.[3]
During the sessions for 1981's Shake It Up, members of The Cars recorded a version of "Funtime" featuring bassist Benjamin Orr on vocals.[4] According to Brett Milano's liner notes for Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology, Pop was present at the recording session and complimented Orr's vocal impersonation of him, telling the bassist "You sound more like me than me."[4] The song was later stripped of Orr's vocals and re-sung by fashion model Bebe Buell, whom Cars singer Ric Ocasek had befriended.[4] The version with Buell's vocals was included on her 1981 EP Covers Girl;[5] the Cars version was released on 1995's Just What I Needed anthology.[6]
Former Bauhaus singer Peter Murphy included a cover of "Funtime" on his 1988 album Love Hysteria.[7] In 1989, R.E.M. released their own version as the B-side to the Green track "Get Up".[8] A live version of "Funtime" was also recorded by R.E.M. on November 19, 1992, and included on 1995's Strange Currencies EP.[9] A fifteen-minute live medley of T. Rex's "Bang a Gong" and "Funtime" was performed in 1980 by American band Blondie and released on the 1995 album Picture This Live, also released as Blondie Live - Philadelphia 1978/Dallas 1980; allmusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the medley as a highlight of the disc.[10]
English pop singer Boy George released a cover of "Funtime" as the lead track on his 1995 album Cheapness and Beauty; allmusic reviewer William Ruhlmann described George's cover as "a screaming guitar rock version."[11] Boy George created a music video to go along with the song[11] and released it as a single, which reached number 45 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1995.[12]
References
- ^ a b "Funtime". allmusic. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ^ "TV Eye (1977 Live) - Niggy Pop". allmusic. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ^ Pegg, Nicholas (2006). The Complete David Bowie. Reynolds & Hearn. p. 544. ISBN 1-905287-15-1.
- ^ a b c Milano, Brett (1995). Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology (Media notes). Rhino Records. pp. 16–17.
{{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter|albumlink=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|artist=ignored (|others=suggested) (help) - ^ Buell, Bebe; Bockris, Victor (July 19, 2002). Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 368. ISBN 0-312-30155-3.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "The Cars: Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology". allmusic. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Peter Murphy: Love Hysteria". allmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ^ Sullivan, Denise (August 22, 1998). R.E.M.: talk about the passion : an oral history. Da Capo Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-306-80857-9.
- ^ McDonald, Steven. "R.E.M.: Strange Currencies". allmusic. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Blondie: Live: Philadelphia 1978/Dallas 1980". allmusic. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Boy George: Cheapness & Beauty". allmusic. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ^ "Chart Stats: Boy George: Funtime". Retrieved January 23, 2011.