Radiohead’s and David Bowie’s songs set for orchestral performance

Oct 10, 2009
Famous English musician and songwriter Peter Gabriel announced that he was working on a special covers album. Gabriel is going to record an orchestral versions of the songs by famous rock-musicians, such as Radiohead, Talking Heads, Arcade Fire, David Bowie, Neil Young and others.

«The songs are not simply covers. They are major reinterpretations of some famous stuff. It's quite radical», said Gabriel.

The album, titled Scratch My Back, is set to hit the stores in 2010. The supposed tracklisting for the record is:
Heroes (David Bowie)
Street Spirit (Radiohead)
The Book Of Love (Magnetic Fields)
Flume (Bon Iver)
My Body Is A Cage (Arcade Fire)
Listening Wind (Talking Heads)
I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Randy Newman)
Après Moi (Regina Spektor)
Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks)
The Boy In The Bubble (Paul Simon)
The Power Of The Heart (Lou Reed)
Philadelphia (Neil Young)
Mirrorball (Elbow)