I remember this well as I was there for the whole first day of filming. As member no. 91 of the Bowie fan club I was invited to the event at the Marquee in Soho where we were all locked in for the day. I still have my invite letter, autographs and memories of the day.
I was in high school and stayed up to watch this I loved Bowie and was fascinated by Marianne I can remember everything about watching this that night. I use to wear satin pants and jackets and glitter on my eyes in high school Bowie was such a influence on me at the time. My mom made my outfits I would show her what I wanted and she would make it. Too bad you don’t know they are the good old days while your in them.
I remember seeing this on The Midnight Special when it first aired. I was still a kid in high school and remember thinking "This is so "wrong" on so many levels". But it was like slowing down to see what happened at a car accident. I couldn't look away. It was disturbing, hilarious, provocative, compelling--and introduced me (and got me hooked) to the music of David Bowie. :)
I was so STUNNED by what Bowie was doing AND he pulled it off on the Midnight Special (!!!) along with the Troggs AND Marieanne Faithfull in a Nun/Nurse outfit (practically in the nude!!) singing Sonny and Cher....it sealed the deal for me and the next night I hit the streets walking on the wild side....I never looked back. That's how big of a impact that show had on me.. ahem.
This is like a car wreck I can't look away from. Bowie sounds fantastic as always! My favorite part is his head tilt after "Flowers in the spring" line. Missing him so 💔
@@rvegas81 i am glad to be alive and whoever had the sense to film this... heroic...hypnotic as bowie says .thank you very much ( we can be heros) faithful undressed as a nun that has to be good Lol!
What a perfect description "a car wreck you can't look away from " mick Ronson great, I love Marianne Faithful one of my favorites. I miss Bowie's music so much.
Que hermosa anécdota debes tener para contar a tus hijxs y nietxs si los tenes . Y sino igualmente me gustó mucho que lo hayas contado. Saludos desde la tierra de Diego y Lionel.
For me Bowie will remain as the most beautiful and fascinating male in the world: so British, so cute, whatever he did was perfect and not at all disharmonious or disturbing. Faithfull's voice is so strong and peculiar ; she is also very amazing and the two of them together really works. I love them and thank them for what they have given to the world.
People are too sensitive and, ¨politically correct.¨ I met people at Bowie´s concerts and I wasn´t sure what gender some were and it didn´t matter. Bowie was an icon! I remember the audience being described as, ¨girls, boys and those who knew not what they were.¨ I think they knew. Somehow, Bowie was able to bring everyone together and it was wonderful! I was a teen back then.
Bowie at the time this was recorded had 5 albums in the top 40 at the same time, including 3 in the top 10, he also had 2 songs in the top 10. A month later he would debut "Pin Ups" at #1 and it would remain five weeks at the top, it was immense.
That is so bad and freaking awesome and better than today´s music. I can´t stop watching it! And I laughed through all the other comments haha hilarious!
erm... if by "high", you mean "Marianne was smacked off her dial" then ok... It's just than she had a LONG addiction to heroin, so saying "Wonderful" immediately afterwards seems a BIT off.... Agree that the performance is well worth a watch, though. Fascinating :-)
Wow. This is a great example of Marianne's voice transitioning from the delicate "As Tears Go By" of the 60's to the glass-gargling "Broken English" of the 80's. Drugs + smoking constantly + screaming insanely + not sleeping = Marianne's vocal changes.
Drugs & alcohol were factors in her ever changing vocals. She also suffered coupled-laryngitis which also changed her vocals. At 71, she just released a brilliant album “Negative Capability” which includes a few re-recordings of her previous work, As Tears Go By & Witches Song great record
My best friend and I gate crashed this private gig at The Marquee, sneeking in the back past the sound wagon. It was supposed to be invites to fan club members only, but we were fearless in those days and security was really lax. This was memorable mainly for Bowies outfit, but the best performances were Jean Genie (gold cobwebs and hands) and Space Oddity (the famous tight striped jumpsuit). Amazing days (my friend was so overawed she threw up after we left).
The beauty is watching two legends, whom, at the time, were tortured, just for being themselves. This was never meant for a worldwide audience or the judgement of people who will never understand what was going during those times or within their lives. I find this footage brilliant. Thank you for posting.
It always makes me laugh. The outfits are outrageous. It would be interesting to know how Americans reacted to this as they are so conservative.@@l.michelleindigenousred2757
I recall seeing this right around when Pinups came out (10/73). They were great together, Marianne in between her sixties/Mick/higher vocal register period and her powerful reinvention as the seventies came to a close. Great to see and hear Mick Ronson in his final weeks with Bowie
Big fan of Bowie for years. Never heard this rendition until a few weeks ago(thanks youtube!), but I have to say I was drawn to Marianne's Dietrichesque voice and personal charm enough to search out this video, only this time I got the risque version (wow, robe flash). I love how they so nonchalantly break social norms with such style. Great live song here.
I was 18 living in the boring south suburbs of Chicago when this came on. That show was a life changing moment for me. It was all the push I needed to make some ch-ch-changes I was going thru. The next night I hit the streets and started to explore the world beyond the dreaniness of early '70's suburbia of Chicago. I never looked back. I just turned 68 on Jan. 13. I'm still here and kicking it.
Michael Junayd he wasn't. He didn't start doing cocaine until 1974. Drunk? Probably. But he wasn't into drugs. You can even read that David said himself that he didn't start drugs until around the Diamond Dogs tour. And the reason being for him doing cocaine is because he was very unhappy during that period in his life. Marianne is totally stoned though.
I was only a young kid when I started seeing the The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, But,,,, David Bowie surprised me with a the different look at music I enjoyed all his songs truly a different change in costume and music. Rest in peace Mr. Bowie.
I figured if I live long enough I’d see many of David Bowie oddest videos I missed out on as a kid, this being one of them. There are lots of bands that I like from the 60’s and 70’s but Bowie stands head and shoulders above all in my book
No because doing whatever Harry Styles did at the Grammys is just as mainstream, as John Davidson was then. Winking that you're "queer" ,(vapid word now) or LGBTQIA allied is an empty gesture now, says nothing. This was original and disorientating!
@@theswissmiss69 I just mean that that performance was a really disorienting cut-up of ideas and imagery. I was 12 years old and the most radical thing Gender-wise I had seen was Alice Cooper ('Be my Lover'). Of course things would change and I was soon exposed to a lot more that was counter-cultural. But now big corporations want to be associated with Pride day, trans people on Bud Light, etc.
Used to work in Berwick Street, just around the corner from the Marquee club in the 70's. I I took for granted the acts that were on there every week, a lot of them now legends. Hindsight is a great thing!
This was never imagined in my life ... and yet here it is. What weird joy. Bowie’s outfit is wonderful and he looks gorgeous in the way that only he could.
I listened to Bowie all day while painting. It made me deeply sad, missing him terribly. But going to bed on this little ditty will help me sleep. Bowie was always fun too. ❤️
Idt we’ll ever get over his being gone huh?😢 it’s odd because out of the tons of people who I’ve lost over the years- I’d do anything to have Bowie back.☺️
Awesome. Beautiful. Delightful. Fun. Loved and adored this since I was 16 in 1984-5. (When I Got a Bootleg Of the video at school...man there was such a trade in amazing Bowie stuff at my school). Bowie forever xxxx
This is putting a big grin on my face for all the right reasons .. just so British .. sums up my culture (now I'm in my 50's it's all pretty set now) I love Bowie and I love Marrianne but never seen this gem before... Oh My
Basil Peterson b*******... Of course they were trying to make money doing this! Imo Bowie made a mistake having Marianne on there. She looks and sounds terrible. And this was 1973! It looks like he's trying to help her not f*** the words up.
Please: Elaborate on your perspective. Cite examples of positive impacts of saying "Fuck it!" (they are prevalent); and cite examples of negative impacts of same. Discuss...
Ha ha ha...excellent. Poor Mick Ronson, doesn't know where to look at the beginning when Marianne is sorting her outfit and seems to be wearing no underwear! A Modest man, he keeps his eyes at a decent level and thinks, "How did I get from Hull to here?"
I'm so so so happy I came across this clip... what fucking gem! Of course Bowie starts with the Cher part and Faithful with her glitter whimple... it's the fucking best thing ever! So funny
Bowie paid a lot of dues, worked amazingly hard and took a lot of wrong turns to become what he eventually became. I'm not a fan of all of his work - but I am a fan of the guts and perseverance he had. This video, this song, this pairing... lovely and awful all at the same time... which is shorthand for human... and a free pass for me, all these years later, to remember that it's OK to keep growing... not everything we do will be perfect... but if we keep trying... moving forward and just enjoy the living along the way... things can get better and probably will.
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I remember this well as I was there for the whole first day of filming. As member no. 91 of the Bowie fan club I was invited to the event at the Marquee in Soho where we were all locked in for the day. I still have my invite letter, autographs and memories of the day.
How is it possible? They recorded and played the song at least four times
You lucky one😊
Can you explain what David was wearing... on top?
Neither of them could really sing in tune, but who cares, they are both incredible performers ❤😂
I was in high school and stayed up to watch this I loved Bowie and was fascinated by Marianne I can remember everything about watching this that night. I use to wear satin pants and jackets and glitter on my eyes in high school Bowie was such a influence on me at the time. My mom made my outfits I would show her what I wanted and she would make it. Too bad you don’t know they are the good old days while your in them.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Yes, most of time :)
hot stuff with satin pants lol remember those days
Awesome story !
Marianne so beautiful, with no underwear !!!...😂❤
Riding in a sports car with the wind in her hair. Loved you forever, Marianne, and always will. God bless you xxxx
In a car, taking a back seat
Staring out the window
Thinking about danger
I was there. Had no idea they were filming. Used to live at the Marquee in the early to late 70s. Magic days.
Didn't they take multiple takes of each song?
I've been around forever but somehow never knew this happened until 5 minutes ago. Love it!!
Same here! Would have never guessed David Bowie would do this cover!!
Same. So cool
Me too
The story of this night is better than the song.
@@angelene85 I'm curious, what's the story?
Rest in peace, Marianne.
She was iconic...and so freakin' cool!
Friend: Let's go out tonight.
Me: Okay but only for 1 drink.
8 drinks later:
Only 8!
@@RipleyRattler some drinks and pills :-)
Brilliant comment!
Yeah I think they did a little more than drinking
Drinks,heroin,pills and cocaine😂
I remember seeing this on The Midnight Special when it first aired. I was still a kid in high school and remember thinking "This is so "wrong" on so many levels". But it was like slowing down to see what happened at a car accident. I couldn't look away. It was disturbing, hilarious, provocative, compelling--and introduced me (and got me hooked) to the music of David Bowie. :)
I was so STUNNED by what Bowie was doing AND he pulled it off on the Midnight Special (!!!) along with the Troggs AND Marieanne Faithfull in a Nun/Nurse outfit (practically in the nude!!) singing Sonny and Cher....it sealed the deal for me and the next night I hit the streets walking on the wild side....I never looked back. That's how big of a impact that show had on me.. ahem.
Exactly the same for me. I was a teenager when I saw this. Bowie and Lou Reed made me think it was ok to be different, thank you both.
I have to say that David is always full of surprises and could do anything, with a great sense of humour. Miss him.
the strangest duet I have ever seen.......SPEECHLESS!!
So nice, and thank you, Sonny and Cher.
This is like a car wreck I can't look away from. Bowie sounds fantastic as always! My favorite part is his head tilt after "Flowers in the spring" line. Missing him so 💔
Lol! I just loved it when music artists have fun on stage lol!
@@rvegas81 i am glad to be alive and whoever had the sense to film this... heroic...hypnotic as bowie says .thank you very much ( we can be heros) faithful undressed as a nun that has to be good Lol!
What a perfect description "a car wreck you can't look away from " mick Ronson great, I love Marianne Faithful one of my favorites. I miss Bowie's music so much.
Apps
Sounds like their imitating Dylan during his horrible nasal twang phase?
Must be a Performance Art Session?
This is the only version of this song that I have ever been able to listen to more than more than once. Its the height of Irony.
I had dinner with Marianne F a few years ago. She's a top lass, self-deprecating and great fun.
What happened to her voice?
Que hermosa anécdota debes tener para contar a tus hijxs y nietxs si los tenes . Y sino igualmente me gustó mucho que lo hayas contado. Saludos desde la tierra de Diego y Lionel.
@@dewarsbramangusI thought about the same 😮
And I'm sure you were in the audience during this gig as well.
When David Bowie smiles, my heart melts....
And when you look into his (mis-matched) eyes, it's truly magic.
For me Bowie will remain as the most beautiful and fascinating male in the world: so British, so cute, whatever he did was perfect and not at all disharmonious or disturbing. Faithfull's voice is so strong and peculiar ; she is also very amazing and the two of them together really works. I love them and thank them for what they have given to the world.
manager and friend who thought of this and kept the show.
you deaf
I couldn't agree more
7 years on and still can't accept he's gone
For me Marianne.
looking back to the 70´s I can´t understand why the world is the world is so boring today?
Money and technology make the world more boring...
Age.
People are too sensitive and, ¨politically correct.¨ I met people at Bowie´s concerts and I wasn´t sure what gender some were and it didn´t matter. Bowie was an icon! I remember the audience being described as, ¨girls, boys and those who knew not what they were.¨ I think they knew. Somehow, Bowie was able to bring everyone together and it was wonderful! I was a teen back then.
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very, very BORING 😢😅
the strangest living ( rent ) boy eh . ANN easy friend , if your that way inclined .
So camp, so bizarre, so daring, I loved it.
@Sponge Bob Nooo its crazy / bizzare / out to lunch / out of tune...and i LOVE it :)
Je suis un homme
Chanson
Chanson je suis un homme de
Plus de plus naturel qu un homme
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAVE JUST WATCHED, BUT IT WAS AWESOME SOMEHOW.
How can something be awful and brilliant at the same time.
U AREN'T VERY CLEVER ARE U
Bloody brilliant evocation of another time and place.
Truly one the highlights of western civilization
lol what hole did you crawl out from?
Bowie at the time this was recorded had 5 albums in the top 40 at the same time, including 3 in the top 10, he also had 2 songs in the top 10. A month later he would debut "Pin Ups" at #1 and it would remain five weeks at the top, it was immense.
That is so bad and freaking awesome and better than today´s music. I can´t stop watching it! And I laughed through all the other comments haha hilarious!
Two icons performing as if they were at a local karaoke night.
3...Mick Ronson is playing guitar too!
And equally shit! I love both, but fck me this is dreadful.
I switched off after 39 seconds, I want to spare my Ears the pain of hearing these two caterwauling.
Yeah... and it sounds like it too...
So funny🙌😂
I remember this being spoken of in the 80’s >Considered very rare in those days.Never thought I’d get to actually see it...
They sound so good 🎉🎉. David Bowie and MaryAnn Faithful are just having fun on stage singing together 🎉🎉
Bowie's voice is especially fantastic on this.
He got a Place in the Music Olymp for this Performance! 😘👍
They were so high!
Wonderful!
Thanks for the upload
erm... if by "high", you mean "Marianne was smacked off her dial" then ok...
It's just than she had a LONG addiction to heroin, so saying "Wonderful" immediately afterwards seems a BIT off....
Agree that the performance is well worth a watch, though. Fascinating :-)
I am sooo glad that this was preserved, and that I can watch it here. What a wonderful world!
RIP Babes. 😢
This is spectacularly bad. I love it.
Hahaha
Maureen Wagg Yes! Wonderfully terrible!
Acoustics yeah. But still love these two.
I love you for the comment
thats why its so freakin great hahaaa . I love it too :-D :)))
Wow. This is a great example of Marianne's voice transitioning from the delicate "As Tears Go By" of the 60's to the glass-gargling "Broken English" of the 80's. Drugs + smoking constantly + screaming insanely + not sleeping = Marianne's vocal changes.
Steve Winwood's Valerie was about Marianne Faithful
Stomach pumping when in the barbiturate coma in Australia may have also permanently damaged her vocal cords.
dumbass , she was trying to be Sonny Bono
@@kendylan1021 no did you ever hear any song af hers that was released after 65?
Drugs & alcohol were factors in her ever changing vocals. She also suffered coupled-laryngitis which also changed her vocals. At 71, she just released a brilliant album “Negative Capability” which includes a few re-recordings of her previous work, As Tears Go By & Witches Song great record
My best friend and I gate crashed this private gig at The Marquee, sneeking in the back past the sound wagon. It was supposed to be invites to fan club members only, but we were fearless in those days and security was really lax. This was memorable mainly for Bowies outfit, but the best performances were Jean Genie (gold cobwebs and hands) and Space Oddity (the famous tight striped jumpsuit). Amazing days (my friend was so overawed she threw up after we left).
WOW ! COOL STORY ! Those hands always have freaked me out . And the "BREAK AWAY" Clothes were fun
That is freaking awesome, i'm so jealous, and your friend throwing up just adds to the story!
Oooh did you see me there, my friend and I did the very same thing...hahahahaha
From that night th-cam.com/video/afVu6CvPBZI/w-d-xo.html
I would've thrown up too, this was highly disturbing.
I was there!
This is the most genius thing I have seen all year.
The beauty is watching two legends, whom, at the time, were tortured, just for being themselves. This was never meant for a worldwide audience or the judgement of people who will never understand what was going during those times or within their lives. I find this footage brilliant. Thank you for posting.
Christopher Chambers 💙
How they were tortured for being themselves? Please tell, I cant find the information, russian wiki is poor about this.
Why is she a legend? Yuk
@@wherethetreegrows They were open minded and Free and some people didnt like that
@@wherethetreegrows just google it
I remember seeing this on TV in the 70's. It was so androgynous. I thought, and I still do, that it was ground breaking.
This is so weird, I love it!
byndilaupsteen harry stilrd
I do too
It always makes me laugh. The outfits are outrageous. It would be interesting to know how Americans reacted to this as they are so conservative.@@l.michelleindigenousred2757
noel campbell It would probably be banned
This is so freaking cool! I love that you can see how shy he is- no matter the outfit- the drugs- the megastar. What a sweet man! The Prettiest Star
I recall seeing this right around when Pinups came out (10/73). They were great together, Marianne in between her sixties/Mick/higher vocal register period and her powerful reinvention as the seventies came to a close. Great to see and hear Mick Ronson in his final weeks with Bowie
Big fan of Bowie for years. Never heard this rendition until a few weeks ago(thanks youtube!), but I have to say I was drawn to Marianne's Dietrichesque voice and personal charm enough to search out this video, only this time I got the risque version (wow, robe flash). I love how they so nonchalantly break social norms with such style. Great live song here.
Exactly, Marianne reminds me of Marlene Dietrich! Great song wonderful singers!
Very surreal. My first viewing of this too.
This is FAR FAR FAR the strangest duet I have ever seen...
yup, beats even Bowie with Crosby
Bowie, Jagger?
I think it works perfectly...maybe Lulu instead?
Jürgen Schulze not the worst.
It's weird, and strange but I can't stop watching
Einfach nur geil. Ich frage mich, wo nur die schöne Zeit geblieben ist. Zum Glück gibt es ja YT, und somit kann ich in Erinnerungen schwelgen.
You beautiful bloody rebels, an era I just missed out, aw well, was the perfect age to enjoy grunge and metal 🤘♥️
Fabulous vid....love em both ..X
One of my favorite candid shot videos. It's a hoot. "Get a Room!" And his girlfriend Cherry is in the chorus.
I can't believe I didn't know of the existence of this until now
Magnifique version, belle complicité...merci pour le partage!
Cool version...and I love the outfits!
I remember when this episode of the Midnight Special aired. I was about 12 or 13 and it freaked me out.
I was 18 living in the boring south suburbs of Chicago when this came on. That show was a life changing moment for me. It was all the push I needed to make some ch-ch-changes I was going thru. The next night I hit the streets and started to explore the world beyond the dreaniness of early '70's suburbia of Chicago. I never looked back. I just turned 68 on Jan. 13. I'm still here and kicking it.
She was amazingly beautiful my God
Lo es aún .
They're both high as fuck...Loved it...
David actually wasn't on any drugs yet when this was recorded
Theyre both rotten and Mick Ronson looks fit to be tied. Its excruciating!!!!
Bwaa Hahaaaa,, good joke Latisha, pull the other one!
Michael Junayd he wasn't. He didn't start doing cocaine until 1974. Drunk? Probably. But he wasn't into drugs. You can even read that David said himself that he didn't start drugs until around the Diamond Dogs tour. And the reason being for him doing cocaine is because he was very unhappy during that period in his life. Marianne is totally stoned though.
ohhh, Latisha,, yer soooo naive!
Thanks for posting.
I was only a young kid when I started seeing the The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, But,,,, David Bowie surprised me with a the different look at music I enjoyed all his songs truly a different change in costume and music. Rest in peace Mr. Bowie.
two of the most influencal sorry{ cant spell} musicians in my life, im now 57 never seen this , love it thanks
Don't worry you spelt sorry right
People love this. I love it. Period. Why do some people have to put it down ?
I figured if I live long enough I’d see many of David Bowie oddest videos I missed out on as a kid, this being one of them. There are lots of bands that I like from the 60’s and 70’s but Bowie stands head and shoulders above all in my book
Nice Performance. I would book them again 👌
Ouah i did not know that ....amazing, a Queen and a king together!!!!!!!
I love this performance. It never gets old.
I like it! There is something raw and primordial in their performance. This could never be done today.
For sure. What supposedly passes for "talent" these days is playing to short attention spans. Bowie set the bar high.
No because doing whatever Harry Styles did at the Grammys is just as mainstream, as John Davidson was then. Winking that you're "queer" ,(vapid word now) or LGBTQIA allied is an empty gesture now, says nothing. This was original and disorientating!
@@johnryan3913what does your last sentence mean?
@@theswissmiss69 I just mean that that performance was a really disorienting cut-up of ideas and imagery. I was 12 years old and the most radical thing Gender-wise I had seen was Alice Cooper ('Be my Lover'). Of course things would change and I was soon exposed to a lot more that was counter-cultural. But now big corporations want to be associated with Pride day, trans people on Bud Light, etc.
Used to work in Berwick Street, just around the corner from the Marquee club in the 70's. I I took for granted the acts that were on there every week, a lot of them now legends. Hindsight is a great thing!
Bellissimo video...
What a great video. Such a flashback. Great post.
This was never imagined in my life ... and yet here it is. What weird joy. Bowie’s outfit is wonderful and he looks gorgeous in the way that only he could.
this is so perfect
This cracks me up. Two Great Brits. Makes me proud to be British.
This is so awesome!!!
The Band plays in C, he sings in E minor, she sings in A major7, and the other voices in phrygian scale. Nice sound!
At least nobody played or sung in Locrian and spoiled it all
@@andywright8803 ionian scale, they tried the ionian scale, but it doesn't work ...
Daniel Omni i wonder if they knew that’s what they were doing
Looks like a bunch of transvestite aliens landed on earth and said "let's start a band"!
@@petermorgan3744 they did the purple people eater gig.
I listened to Bowie all day while painting. It made me deeply sad, missing him terribly. But going to bed on this little ditty will help me sleep. Bowie was always fun too. ❤️
Idt we’ll ever get over his being gone huh?😢 it’s odd because out of the tons of people who I’ve lost over the years- I’d do anything to have Bowie back.☺️
what a beautiful trio of back up singers !!
Both now gone, sadly. RIP both.
Awesome. Beautiful. Delightful. Fun. Loved and adored this since I was 16 in 1984-5. (When I Got a Bootleg Of the video at school...man there was such a trade in amazing Bowie stuff at my school). Bowie forever xxxx
What a classic, thank you 😁
The utter WTFery of this video makes me happy every time I watch it. So awesome.
Tilda Swinton to play Bowie in biopic, it's gotta happen 🌞
She's too Tilda Swinton for me.
Absolutely
Nah
She'd have to sing wouldn't she?
david bowie has stated before that he doesn't want a movie about him
David Bowie looks incredible in this.I love Marianne Faithful's nun getup.
Marianne making sure we knew that she was naked under the nuns habit.
Those two days were worth it!Thanks David💖
Fantastic! imhfo. Two major talents for the encore. I am watching the The 1980 Floor Show NOW
thank you so very very much!
We would love to do an encore, but we are both off to rehab quite soon.
Her voice dropped about 10 octaves in 6 years. In 1968, RS's Rock n Roll Circus she's a soprano.
Original amusing, exciting, romantic. I love them both.
Frkn sweeET!! Big love from New Orleans Louisiana StephopalOpal aka Big Mama..thank you for sharing
this gotta be one of the most iconic performances of all time
This is putting a big grin on my face for all the right reasons .. just so British .. sums up my culture (now I'm in my 50's it's all pretty set now) I love Bowie and I love Marrianne but never seen this gem before... Oh My
I'm glad I grew up when people didn't give a shit about how much money something would make and just said fuck it
me too. I'm now 64 but in some ways I'm stuck in those times!
Basil Peterson b*******... Of course they were trying to make money doing this! Imo Bowie made a mistake having Marianne on there. She looks and sounds terrible. And this was 1973! It looks like he's trying to help her not f*** the words up.
What the fuck are you on about. That shits been going on forever
Of course you are. But I'm not too thrilled to be growing up when people have to pay for the mistakes of the "fuck it" generation.
Please: Elaborate on your perspective. Cite examples of positive impacts of saying "Fuck it!" (they are prevalent); and cite examples of negative impacts of same. Discuss...
welling up ... bloody marvelous
This is so bad taken to the most beautiful extreme...absolutely fantastic!
we got drugs, babe
Ha ha ha...excellent. Poor Mick Ronson, doesn't know where to look at the beginning when Marianne is sorting her outfit and seems to be wearing no underwear! A Modest man, he keeps his eyes at a decent level and thinks, "How did I get from Hull to here?"
WOW!!!😂😂😂
Anthony I came from a nun hospital, short stop on way home.
I think it was selfish of them to stop me here. When are s just gotten out of the 🏥. Needing r and r
Fucking Killin me 🤣😂😅
What a campy freak show -- and still delightful!
LOL a tad stoned? Luv it!
Yes! Incredible... and supercooool!
Amazing ❤
I'm so so so happy I came across this clip... what fucking gem! Of course Bowie starts with the Cher part and Faithful with her glitter whimple... it's the fucking best thing ever! So funny
Simply spectacular. Thank you. I want to see the whole show now!
You MUST! It is one draw dropping moment to the next. This was THE best Midnight Special ever!!!
Bowie paid a lot of dues, worked amazingly hard and took a lot of wrong turns to become what he eventually became. I'm not a fan of all of his work - but I am a fan of the guts and perseverance he had. This video, this song, this pairing... lovely and awful all at the same time... which is shorthand for human... and a free pass for me, all these years later, to remember that it's OK to keep growing... not everything we do will be perfect... but if we keep trying... moving forward and just enjoy the living along the way... things can get better and probably will.
Well said. This comment thread could do with more of this kind of compassion. I loved this video (except for Bowie's oddly rigid chestwear).
I hope you're right about things getting better. I'm afraid for my 21 year old son.
Never EVER give up,, even when it seems the darkest. In time, time will give you solace and some vindication. Bowie was Exhibit A.
That was a great show, "The 1980 Floor Show!"
This was the first time I ever saw or heard of Bowie I was 12 and this changed my perspective that music was more than songs on the radio