Dear James,
In case anyone needs further evidence of all the other songs on Pin-Ups being rubbish, here's the original for Friday on my Mind by the Easybeats and here's Bowie's version. While we're here, here's the original Sorrow by the Merseys. Better!
The Easybeats were Australia's answer to The Monkees. What's that? Hang on...
The Easybeats were Australia's answer to The Beatles. You will of course notice ACDC's big brother George Young (he of the ironic dancing) and blond guitar-playing Dutchman Harry Vanda, who went on to form Flash and the Pan. You may not notice the guitar line that System of a Down borrowed for Kill Rock n Roll, set here for reasons known to its auteur to a Gorillaz video. SOAD might have heard the song via axe-god Gary Moore, essaying his version here and coming across as a Spinal Tap tribute.
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