One of the major highlights of Wes Anderson’s latest film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou for me was Seu Jorge’s fantastic solo acoustic Portuguese versions of David Bowie’s ’70s catalog. “Starman,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Rock And Roll Suicide,” and especially “Five Years” made me smile wide and proud. It worked as a fairly bizarre inside joke for those who knew the tunes, enjoyable interlude music for those who didn’t, and made me personally want to plunk down my money for a soundtrack CD for the first time in years right then and there. If they had sold it in the lobby next to the popcorn, they would have had my greenbacks right then and there. I can’t wait until the inevitable Director’s Commentary on the DVD comes out and hopefully I can hear the story behind how this concept came to make its way into the film.

Anyway, this morning it got me to thinking — any other artists whose back catlog might benefit so strongly from such a radical reinvention, and in a foreign language? I’m picturing those awful “classical” versions of Pink Floyd and the Beatles and thinking that it isn’t just any classic rock artist who might work that way. Post your ideas below and perhaps Wes will read this and put it in his next project.