David was always a very 'giving' musician...sharing the stage with the very talented musicians he always surrounded himself with. Gail Ann Dorsey is beyond awesome on every level...they were great together and so funny too
Good on em for having the balls to do a live version of this song cos it can't have been easy. I like the fact that it's not a carbon copy it keeps the original special but it's good to see Bowie's still prepared to try something different too. Having said that I don't think anyone will ever really improve on the original piece which is truly beautiful.
I saw this played by Bowie at Shepherds Bush Empire but never knew what song it was until this week! I cant believe it took all these years for me to realise the song is a cover! Great performance mind, loved that tour!
David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey performing one of my faves. Gail you were with David's last band for so long. I know you miss him so very much as we all do.
+dolcegful fyi---Gail and other members of Bowie's band played as part of the Bowie tribute at last month's BRIT AWARDS. Annie Lennox and actor Gary Oldham introduced them...they did super-edits for @2-3 minutes of various Bowie hits, and then did LIFE ON MARS with Lorde.
I'm in NYC...went to the David Bowie tribute (2nd night) at Radio City Music Hall. For me, and many others it was particularly healing..and the performances of BLACK STAR and LAZARUS were: WOW. I saw Bowie once in '83 and all 4 of his NY area shows of GLASS SPIDER TOUR..used to see David @10-12x through the 80s and early 90s...especially at record stores and book stores in lower midtown and the West Village. It was only after he died that I knew that David/Iman had been living on Lafayette Street in Soho/East Village since they got married. A friend confirmed that until they married, that David had lived on W 21st Street. Usually saw David in later PM hours...I often worked until 7pm/special ed. teacher...and hit record stores/book stores on my way home. He was always interested in NEW literature...art...music. I never spoke with him directly...didn't want to take away his anonymity....but often "gave a nod"..as if to say without words "I'm a fan. All the best."
+Glenn Leahey What a nice story and I know the tribute was wonderful and as you said healing. I have never felt such sadness when a celebrity died in the past. But, David Bowie's death has hit me really hard . Thanks for sharing, it helps.
WOW! how have I never heard this until now? Stunned. Heavied in the best of ways. Bassed and beat, riveted yet winging toward what apocalyptic dawn sodden with its own weighted beauty.
Mind blowing. I usually say Bowie is my favorite artist. Other times I say it's Laurie. I absolutely love both - and they've been with me, part of me, throughout my life. I know.. I know.. it's Gail Ann here - not Bowie, but I came to know her through his work and she's amazing... When this startedI thought "Oh no... she's ruining it...." but after a short while I was hooked. Amazing.. Just amazing. Too many superlatives? Please excuse me for this. It's just that I have no mind now - it was blown away.
David Bowie was probably one of just a few rock stars who intuitively understood Laurie Anderson. Around the time of this video, he was convinced she could read minds. A very appropriate friendship between the two of them, certainly.
This is great, and by far not boring. It is built up very well. To me the nine and a half minutes seem like ony three. Gail Ann and David are doing a great job with this cover.
Do you not realize that they are not trying to redefine? Artistic integrity and bringing something into new light is worth more than leaving something and perhaps not introducing it to a group of people who would otherwise not have ever known or cared about it. Gail Ann is a musician, not just a bass player, and it would be shameful if she were to limit herself. I hate it when people say that something should never be covered.
Great revisionist period for Bowie... all his songs went thru this electro-filter... the Anderson cover goes beautifully with his new 'Man Who Sold The World'... these concerts need an official release now!!!!
WOW! What a great cover of one of my all time favorite works by Laurie Anderson. I'm sure she would be pleased. David and Gail Ann Dorsey did a great interpretation.
Does nobody else realize that this performance is Laurie AND David? I dunno why it was posted without her name in the title even. I stand with others. The original piece is a piece of art that cannot be copied without losing it's original sheen and elegance. Never the less, it is HER art, and she will do as she will. She performed with David and did the song it's best justice that could be done in Live Arena. The beat doesn't bother me and I do not hear it as a dance beat even. TY for the post!
I remember when this song hit the UK charts. Obviously a conceptual piece that would test an audiences senses and emotions. I prefer the original but this is still an excellent presentation of extra sensory magnetic pull in..
I don't understand all the negative comments...it's a beautiful interp. of the song...I'm sure Laurie is fine with it...Bowie was a big friend of her and her husband Lou Reed.
Thanks so much for posting this beautiful and compelling video, as always, David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey make magic together. (and the part where he throws the paper airplanes, so cute, I love it ) There is a Super Man and his name is David Robert Jones. : )
Very nice interpretation. I am glad to have stumbled across this. Among the many reasons that I like David Bowie is that he appreciates and give homage to other musicians.
It is also a different style of experimental music. I am not sure when you were born, but I am a child of the 80's, so for me it does sound very different compared to today's experimental music.
All things considered, the sound is exceptional. More ja love to the person who recorded this video (This announcement approved by your Dept. of Redundancy Dept.)
The original O Superman by Laurie Anderson is a New Wave/Avant-garde Performance Art icon and masterpiece. If you don’t like the original, you probably don’t even know what Performance Art is, who Laurie is, and you probably don't know that it was part of Laurie’s monumental 2-3 day performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1983. If you weren’t there when O Superman came out in 1981 and can’t appreciate the unmitigated GENIUS that it STILL IS, more’s the pity, and your loss.
There's a LA live version of Superman, with 2 black guys giving an amazing icy-soul version of the piece. Absolute Masterpiece!!!... Does anybody know where I can find it???
I believe the woman singing is Bowie's very talented bass player and general back-up and harmonizing singer, Gayle Ann Dorsey. She's been in his band for many years now.
"Here come the planes. They're American planes, made in America . . ." Thinking of these lines in connection with Laurie Anderson's closeness to NYC. Sometimes her music seems prescient.
The original is one of the most compelling things I've ever heard, but this cover is good. A great repackaging of a pretty darn difficult song. Gail sings it very well.
A bit quick with the tempo, but the Bass Guitar and Baritone Saxophone soli won me over in the end. An homage from one of my favorite artists to another.
You know you're way out there when Bowie covers your song, and his version is considered more normal and commercial sounding than your original.
It's just when Bowie covers you... You have hit the ultimate mark.
Except for Nina Simone
A true genius there will never be anyone like David Bowie ever again , rejoice in the wonderment of his music . R.I.P.
David was always a very 'giving' musician...sharing the stage with the very talented musicians he always surrounded himself with. Gail Ann Dorsey is beyond awesome on every level...they were great together and so funny too
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I never knew David Bowie covered this amazing song. Excellent job, as always.
R.I.P. Mr. Bowie. 🙏
I love "O Superman" since I was a kid, never though I would cry with a version of it... wonderful!
Already know😌
Wow ... David Bowie covering Laurie Anderson? Very very cool.
+Crimson Kng But I'm seriously unable to decide which one is better!
+Jad Beshara I don't think the original can be topped, but this is a very good cover.
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Klik Date Peter Baum it's true Laurie has her own originality I totally agree...
She's Gail Ann Dorsey... played bass guitar and chorus with Bowie for many time... She's a amazing musician!!... Good cover!!!
Gail Ann was completely committed. In the words of Julia Child, she had the courage of her convictions. Loved it! ❤️❤️
Good on em for having the balls to do a live version of this song cos it can't have been easy. I like the fact that it's not a carbon copy it keeps the original special but it's good to see Bowie's still prepared to try something different too. Having said that I don't think anyone will ever really improve on the original piece which is truly beautiful.
Laurie and her band, SexMob did the song justice in London last night.
A fantastically intricate, mind blowing version of Laurie's original.
I saw this played by Bowie at Shepherds Bush Empire but never knew what song it was until this week! I cant believe it took all these years for me to realise the song is a cover! Great performance mind, loved that tour!
Beautiful. David and Gail Ann Dorsey blowing ALL our minds.
i can't click the thumbs up button hard enough for this cut!
David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey performing one of my faves. Gail you were with David's last band for so long. I know you miss him so very much as we all do.
+dolcegful fyi---Gail and other members of Bowie's band played as part of the Bowie tribute at last month's BRIT AWARDS. Annie Lennox and actor Gary Oldham introduced them...they did super-edits for @2-3 minutes of various Bowie hits, and then did LIFE ON MARS with Lorde.
+Glenn Leahey Thank You, I saw the live stream and have watched the clip on YT several times.
I'm in NYC...went to the David Bowie tribute (2nd night) at Radio City Music Hall. For me, and many others it was particularly healing..and the performances of BLACK STAR and LAZARUS were: WOW. I saw Bowie once in '83 and all 4 of his NY area shows of GLASS SPIDER TOUR..used to see David @10-12x through the 80s and early 90s...especially at record stores and book stores in lower midtown and the West Village. It was only after he died that I knew that David/Iman had been living on Lafayette Street in Soho/East Village since they got married. A friend confirmed that until they married, that David had lived on W 21st Street. Usually saw David in later PM hours...I often worked until 7pm/special ed. teacher...and hit record stores/book stores on my way home. He was always interested in NEW literature...art...music. I never spoke with him directly...didn't want to take away his anonymity....but often "gave a nod"..as if to say without words "I'm a fan. All the best."
+Glenn Leahey What a nice story and I know the tribute was wonderful and as you said healing. I have never felt such sadness when a celebrity died in the past. But, David Bowie's death has hit me really hard . Thanks for sharing, it helps.
+Glenn Leahey thats a really sweet lovely story glenn, all the best my friend
WOW! how have I never heard this until now? Stunned. Heavied in the best of ways. Bassed and beat, riveted yet winging toward what apocalyptic dawn sodden with its own weighted beauty.
A brilliant tune made that just more brilliant.
Mind blowing.
I usually say Bowie is my favorite artist. Other times I say it's Laurie. I absolutely love both - and they've been with me, part of me, throughout my life.
I know.. I know.. it's Gail Ann here - not Bowie, but I came to know her through his work and she's amazing...
When this startedI thought "Oh no... she's ruining it...." but after a short while I was hooked. Amazing.. Just amazing.
Too many superlatives? Please excuse me for this. It's just that I have no mind now - it was blown away.
I think this version is terrible
This is amazing, I had no idea that Bowie covered this song. Two brilliant musicians/composers/creators. So hot.
It is great to discover wonderful things that I had not known of previously.
I miss him.
Goosebumps over and over!
David Bowie was probably one of just a few rock stars who intuitively understood Laurie Anderson. Around the time of this video, he was convinced she could read minds. A very appropriate friendship between the two of them, certainly.
Yes, and she's a fantastic singer too!!
I miss his unique voice...
RIP David.. 💔
on 97 tour, "outside" .. when singing this song was like seeing two angels....................★★.............................
Wow! Just found this....never knew he did this cover of Laurie Anderson's one big hit. Excellent.
I don't want this to end
When one of your favorite songs coverd by your favorite artist
brilliant. great cover of a beautiful song.
This without a doubt would be an awesome concert I'd love to have been able to see!!
WOW! Bowie doing a Laurie Anderson song.... it's like the stuff of dreams!!!!!
At first I though how unusual for David to cover Laurie but then I remembered how he admired and loved Lou Reed
This is great, and by far not boring. It is built up very well. To me the nine and a half minutes seem like ony three. Gail Ann and David are doing a great job with this cover.
David Bowie for ever ...
Showing my age but I saw him do it live in Atlanta Ga circa 1993, awesome !
Do you not realize that they are not trying to redefine? Artistic integrity and bringing something into new light is worth more than leaving something and perhaps not introducing it to a group of people who would otherwise not have ever known or cared about it. Gail Ann is a musician, not just a bass player, and it would be shameful if she were to limit herself. I hate it when people say that something should never be covered.
WOW!!!!!!....absolutely gorgeous.
Great revisionist period for Bowie... all his songs went thru this electro-filter... the Anderson cover goes beautifully with his new 'Man Who Sold The World'... these concerts need an official release now!!!!
Magique ...des frissons ...
WOW! What a great cover of one of my all time favorite works by Laurie Anderson. I'm sure she would be pleased. David and Gail Ann Dorsey did a great interpretation.
I wish there's a studio version of this somewhere.
This is so great! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼
Does nobody else realize that this performance is Laurie AND David? I dunno why it was posted without her name in the title even. I stand with others. The original piece is a piece of art that cannot be copied without losing it's original sheen and elegance. Never the less, it is HER art, and she will do as she will. She performed with David and did the song it's best justice that could be done in Live Arena. The beat doesn't bother me and I do not hear it as a dance beat even. TY for the post!
Isn't it Gail Ann Dorsey? David and Laurie would have been a historic occasion!
I remember when this song hit the UK charts. Obviously a conceptual piece that would test an audiences senses and emotions. I prefer the original but this is still an excellent presentation of extra sensory magnetic pull in..
I saw this number in L.A. Universal Amphetheater, been in hundreds shows, this also ranks for me top 10 easy. Great tour "Earthling"
This is absolutely fantastic.
What an interesting cover!!!!
Can you "cover" your own song? Would it not just be an alternative version?
The original was done by Laurie Anderson.
i saw this in VIENNA; 20 years ago
Wth? When? Omg yes only Bowie could do this!!!!!
Yes! The groove is basically DnB in 2009! Bowie always 😎 and ahead in the future. 🔥🎶
thank you my dearest Gail Ann Dorsey & David Bowie :D sounds fantastic ~
desconhecia totalmente esta versão do bowie. awesome!
Unlike a lot of Poeple , I loved the Original , to hear Bowie do it Takes it to a new Level ,,,,
Not thta I was ever a David Bowie fan, but he does a pretty neat rendition of this Laurie Anderson classic
Meraviglioso Gail and BOWIE
I would give my first-born to have been there. Incredible performance.
I don't understand all the negative comments...it's a beautiful interp. of the song...I'm sure Laurie is fine with it...Bowie was a big friend of her and her husband Lou Reed.
Thanks so much for posting this beautiful and compelling video, as always, David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey make magic together. (and the part where he throws the paper airplanes, so cute, I love it ) There is a Super Man and his name is David Robert Jones. : )
omg this cover anderson's song sooo good
HA! Way to go, David Bowie! Love it! I must admit that it doesn't give me goosebumps like the original, but it's still pretty damn cool!
Just found this in 2020 I never new he did this lovely song
Here come the planes, love Bowie just tossing them back, nice.
I wish there was a studio version of this song omg
YT has been around for over 14 yrs... Take that in old folks.
Very nice interpretation. I am glad to have stumbled across this. Among the many reasons that I like David Bowie is that he appreciates and give homage to other musicians.
The best ending of Bandersnatch
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Bowie sure had a taste for the avant gard
i bet the audience loved him for this
YES!!! thanks!!!
Nice
I love this, love it love it loooooooovvveeee iiiiiiiiiiitttttttttt !!!!!!!!!
This jawn 🔥 🔥
My god that was good!
It is also a different style of experimental music. I am not sure when you were born, but I am a child of the 80's, so for me it does sound very different compared to today's experimental music.
Wow just wow at this cover of Laurie Anderson's work!
After hearing this..I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight.
Thanks for posting this superb cover. He even pays homage to the long white shirts from her video Home of the Brave.
Thanks for posting- awesome stuff
All things considered, the sound is exceptional. More ja love to the person who recorded this video (This announcement approved by your Dept. of Redundancy Dept.)
wow...thanks for posting this i love david bowie and laurie anderson.
The original O Superman by Laurie Anderson is a New Wave/Avant-garde Performance Art icon and masterpiece. If you don’t like the original, you probably don’t even know what Performance Art is, who Laurie is, and you probably don't know that it was part of Laurie’s monumental 2-3 day performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1983. If you weren’t there when O Superman came out in 1981 and can’t appreciate the unmitigated GENIUS that it STILL IS, more’s the pity, and your loss.
Good cover version and cannot be compared with the original. Both have merits, but without dear Laurie it would not have been made possible.
1st time seeing this. Amazing.
Bravo David Bowie! Beautiful
experiment!
OMG! 😍😍😍
Carlos Araujo ñ
There's a LA live version of Superman, with 2 black guys giving an amazing icy-soul version of the piece. Absolute Masterpiece!!!... Does anybody know where I can find it???
I believe the woman singing is Bowie's very talented bass player and general back-up and harmonizing singer, Gayle Ann Dorsey. She's been in his band for many years now.
"Here come the planes. They're American planes, made in America . . ." Thinking of these lines in connection with Laurie Anderson's closeness to NYC. Sometimes her music seems prescient.
Wow..... this is amazing.
It wasn't at all what I was expecting, which is exactly what I knew would happen.
The original is one of the most compelling things I've ever heard, but this cover is good. A great repackaging of a pretty darn difficult song. Gail sings it very well.
I wish there was a better recording of the song itself. I would listen to it on repeat
I don't usually like drum & bass rhythms but this is nice.
:-)
(fascinating, huh?)
What a gem
BELLISSIMOOOO..thanks
Miss him..............................
A bit quick with the tempo, but the Bass Guitar and Baritone Saxophone soli won me over in the end. An homage from one of my favorite artists to another.
David Bowie is (here) only the second voice, the singer is Gail Ann Dorsey, she's his bassist.
YOURE KIDDING!! I heard this a few days ago and thought hmm, I think David Bowie might like this… 😂
LPotL led me here. I blame you in the best way, Marcus
Same here aha! I'm super excited to see them tonight in Birmingham!
I'm the same when he was a child I dreamed of being a superman ...