More interesting history - sorry for the "digress"...  The song strongly resembles Frank Sinatraâ??s â??My Wayâ?? â?? it has identical chords â?? and with good reason. Back in 1968 Bowie had written English lyrics for a French song called â??Comme, Dâ??Habitudeâ??, calling his version â??Even A Fool Learns To Loveâ??. It was never released, but soon afterwards Canadian songwriter Paul Anka heard the original version, bought the rights and rewrote it as â??My Wayâ??. Bowie recorded â??Life On Mars?â?? as a Sinatra parody in anger at having missed out on a fortune, although the Hunky Dory liner notes state that the song was merely â??inspired by Frankieâ??. Otherwise it couldnâ??t be much more different from â??My Wayâ??. A slew of surreal images â?? â??Mickey Mouse has grown up a cowâ?? etc â?? are combined with Bowieâ??s operatic delivery, string arrangements by Mick Ronson and piano thrills from Rick Wakeman to ensure this is one of the oddest hit singles ever From: THOMAS KJAERSGAARD <canadatomk@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 5:53:06 PM Subject: Re: klaatumail Digest V4 #63 Just a little something (musically) that reminded me of a Klaatoon... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v--IqqusnNQ :-) Happy days...I got to spend a few hours/days at the studio (ESP) in Buttonville...back then, some of the most treausred memories of that time....circa 1980, or 1981.  From: FreeLists Mailing List Manager <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: klaatumail digest users <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 1:16:02 AM Subject: klaatumail Digest V4 #63 klaatumail Digest   Wed, 05 Sep 2012   Volume: 04 Issue: 063 In This Issue:       [klaatumail] Re: Remastered Hope... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 22:08:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Ron Balliet <lunarsurface@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [klaatumail] Re: Remastered Hope... I am HOPEing to order this soon....has Madman been edited out...:^)  ________________________________ From: Waymon Witherspoon <waymonwitherspoon@xxxxxxxxx> To: "klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:42 PM Subject: [klaatumail] Re: Remastered Hope... I ordered mine right after I got the email from Dave (Thanks Dave). Terry send it out the next morning. I got it Friday in the mail. All I can say is WOW!! It sounds so wonderful. There are notes that I have never heard in my CD copy I have on my computer. I am totally blown away with the quality. My kids are also blown away, I have to fight them to get the CD back. The posters (I ordered 2) came in perfect condition. I am trying to find a set of frames to put them in. Thanks Dave (for the announcement) and especially Klaatu (Terry, John and Dee) for making this possible. I am waiting with $$$ in hand to get the next re-master. Mark ________________________________ ------------------------------ End of klaatumail Digest V4 #63 *******************************