From Bowie to Hayley Williams’s “Zissou”
Hayley Williams’s “Zissou” connects to David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?” through Wes Anderson’s film and Seu Jorge’s covers. Williams and Jorge perform them live in São Paulo.
Tracklist
- Life On Mars? — David Bowie
- Zissou — Hayley Williams
Transcript
Life On Mars? — David Bowie
David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?” reaches Hayley Williams’s “Zissou” by way of a film. Brazilian singer-songwriter Seu Jorge performed acoustic, Portuguese-language Bowie songs for Wes Anderson’s 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. His version of “Life on Mars?” was among them. Stereogum says Williams referenced that film in her song “Zissou.” Hear Life On Mars? by David Bowie.
Zissou — Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams brought Seu Jorge, the Brazilian singer-songwriter who’d performed Bowie songs for The Life Aquatic, onstage at a São Paulo show. Stereogum’s Peter Helman says they performed Williams’s “Zissou” together and also Jorge’s version of Bowie’s “Life on Mars?” You’ve heard Bowie’s recording; as “Zissou” plays, what connection, if any, do you hear? Hear Zissou by Hayley Williams.