Imagine

Phil writes: A well-covered song - some might say done to death. But here's David Bowie on the 1983 Serious Moonlight Tour with a respectful approach that manages to breathe fresh life into a truly great song whilst reminding us that vintage Bowie is hard to beat.. (MickPuck - Mike Scott of the Waterboys - tweeted about it a couple of days ago.)

Lennon's 70th

Phil writes: An appropriate time to post this amazing song. There was a decent enough piece about it by Laura Barton in the Guardian recently but she is too young to have been around when his great solo album appeared and to have experienced the shock of this track. There may be echoes of the 'Love Letters' riff but this is a unique and flawless number (and the other tracks are pretty stunning too):