David Bowie • News Conference • Sebel Town House Hotel • Sydney, Australia • November 1978
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- David Bowie • News Conference • Sebel Town House Hotel • Sydney, Australia • November 1978
An approximately seven-minute interview with David Bowie, in Sydney 1978, by members of the Australian press.
Bowie was in Sydney to play two shows at the Sydney Showgrounds, November 24th and 25th, 1978. The shows were part of the Australia and New Zealand leg of his Isolar II World Tour.
The interview was held at the Sebel Town House Hotel. The Sebel was in its day, Australia’s most recognized celebrity hotel, and Bowie and the band would reside there for the duration of their Sydney stay, November 24th to 29th.
The Bowie Downunder page has some great info about the Australian / New Zealand '78 tour:
bowiedownunder.com/lowheroes/1.html
After the interview, I’ve added a short bit of footage of Bowie performing live from the first Sydney show, November 24th. It is the only known live footage from the Australia tour. The footage originates from Peter Green, who shot it himself at the show: • David Bowie-Sydney Sho...
From the comments on Peter’s upload:
78Bowman: Peter, what’s the back-story to the footage?
Peter Green: found an old movie camera at my parents, didn't know if it worked. Went with my best friend Mark, we really wanted front row so pretended to be part of the Pony show at the 2nd showgrounds next to the one where Bowie played, walked around with the horses for 30 mins and sneaked over a metal fence, pretended we were meant to be at the show, and basically hid in the toilets for 2 hrs till a minute before gates opened and ran to the front row.
Nacho: The obvious question, Peter - is there any more?
Peter Green: Sadly no, I was very young and we didn't even know if the camera worked, the first roll of film was used to cover Bowie, Cheap Trick, The Angels, Skyhooks and some mates... and the cartridge only ran for 3 minutes.
Peter’s footage contained no original sound. So I identified what Bowie was singing in the footage, and here I have synced it to an audience recording of that show.
Hope you dig it!
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David Bowie • News Conference • Sebel Town House Hotel • Sydney, Australia • November 1978 • from the ABC TV Rage Bowie Special, 2016.
David Bowie “Heroes” • Live at Sydney Showgrounds • November 24th 1978 • Footage • Super 8 shot by Peter Green • Audio • David Bowie “Forever Yours" vinyl Bootleg • DB 6894
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David Bowie is the only person in this clip who doesn't look outdated. 40 years later.
so true. even what he's wearing and his hair could be now
Absolutely!!
Yyeah because now is an absolute fuckin rehash
Well you can’t go wrong wearing that can you
So true. He was timeless.
I love how he said “the new band i saw, what was its name.. Dire Straits” 😂
He defined punk as "A new wave" BEFORE new wave actually broke through. What a lovely chap.
excactly !
f**k you're right I didn't notice that. this man was genius.
The word ”New wave” was only a buzzword for record companies and promoters to simplify and capitalize on the music that was made during this era.
@@Elias-no9fy It wasn't merely a marketing ploy. I think there was an art school experimental and intellectual bent, inspired by the likes of Brian Eno and the work he did with Roxy Music and Bowie. A desire to make something new without the baggage of rock or the grandiosity of prog.
@@Elias-no9fy He is genius. He was probably one the first to apply that term to music. New Wave was a common term for film movements in the 60’s into the 80’s which I’m sure Bowie was well aquatinted, given his prolific study of everything. To connect the two is pretty smart. Basically every New Wave was a rejection of convention in favor of experimentation. You had French New Wave, Italian Neorealism, New Hollywood or American New Wave... a lot of countries went through their own new waves.
It's been said but I need to say it again, David Bowie's such an intelligent and interesting man, down to earth. What a personality! Amazing human being ❤
"I'm going to be a Beatle Mum." Love you David!
Rzeczywiście sympatyczny, skromny, wrazliwy człowiek z Dawida. Miał wspaniały tenorowy głos. Mam w pamieci jego Peace on earth. Pozdrawiam
YES he's a Capricorn (like me ) so it's understandable he's amazing.
"I'm not a pop singer". LOL - stated by one of the greatest pop/rock singers in history! Bowie always gave the interviewers the answers they might comprehend. Sadly often the interviewers asked less than insightful questions. David was such an intelligent man.
Can't help beaming. That boyish smile kills me really
What a great voice when he talks too ...
How well he handled this interrogation...err...interview. The Aussie version of the FBI 😬
I thought the same thing at the beginning of the interview it was a bit like an interrogation
Bowie is magic here. Timeless. Brilliant. Bright. Wonderful.
I had a poster of him in that white shirt and the "waders" up on my wall in high school, what happiness!! And, as usual, his musical taste is impeccable. The Talking Heads' debut album came out in November of 1977, and the first Dire Straits album was released in February 1978. It was a good time in music, and it is great to hear him discuss it. He stayed so curious and open. Remarkable man.
TH has another connection: Eno.
I guess the reason as to why Brian & David's relationship (as friends for a time, not at all professionally) petered out immediately after '"Heroes"' was finished was because he was fulfilling commitments first for Ultravox's debut. And for 'Fear of Music' and a then embryonic 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts' all while putting up with the comparatively tedious 'Lodger' sessions.
Not a slam against it, but it was clear Eno's head would be increasingly in producer mode since executive duties would usually be split between him, Visconti, and Bowie. Also, I think it was time for him to make his impression on some new blood. Who loved/appreciated him for whatever he'll be doing. There was no doubt people in Bowie's camp who still held him up to the work he'd done with Roxy Music. Most likely expecting something artsy, posh, & gay-coded when they were presented with 'Low'. Bowie's the same way. He never wanted to be known for what he pioneered that eventually became fashionable 4 years on.
Keep them coming Nacho! ....Your hard work preserving Bowieistory is greatly appreciated by all Bowie fans and Myself!
100% agree!
beautiful man inside and out
Watching Bowie interviews makes me smile all the time 😁
David, thanks for your life as an artist and above all; beeing that wonderful person 😀
I love David's late 70's interviews. It's so interesting hearing what he had to say about punk or new wave at that particular moment, just when it was breaking out
"Dire Straits. No?"
That clip is a gem. A wonderful little snippet of history.
Just a SWEETHEART with an AMAZING VOICE!.❤
My heart would burst if I didn't put my hand over it., so very beautiful Nacho! His body language is it's own performance. Down right mesmerizing. So many seminal beats in the Bowie timeline- I wonder if '78 was as gratifying to him as it is still to many of us today?
Kelly Breazile. He was healthy, making money. He was on the road with perhaps his greatest band playing amazing shows. Everyone hugely respected him for putting out amazing new music in the prior year. I think of 78 as a celebration year for him, a turning point in his life.
@@NachoVideo So agree with your summation Nacho. Will always admire his courage to scratch all his creative itches. Great role model.
“scratch all his creative itches”...love this!! I admire that in him too.
David Bowie is still missed. I love him still to this day. RIP my starman!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
He is adorable!!!
Such a great guy at any point in his life. A real inspiration. A good example.
Nacho -- you the MAN!
The Mainman
There's a new band i saw the other day... Dire Straits.
Total silence...
BRILLIANT
I love how he says he's not playing a character, but he kinda still is. He says "music doesn't play an important part in my life" and claims he doesn't have a big record collection, but he would later write a piece called "Confessions Of A Vinyl Junkie" about his very large record collection. I think this character was a tortured artist trying to find an escape from his reality. So I suppose in that sense, it was David Bowie being David Bowie. I don't know how close it was to his real personality though. I don't think he ever stopped playing characters, they just became more subtle and less obvious. The Serious Moonlight era character was a globe trotting pop megastar. I'd say it was the same character until Tin Machine where that character was sort of killed off in favour of "the singer from Tin Machine".
We have to remember he's working here. He's promoting his product in the way he feels is best.
Bowie is a rock 'n' Roll legend. Nacho is a fan making great video legend! Respect always to both!
Thank you, Nacho. I love this.
We have always known the talent of this artist, his immense intelligence! the man went forward meltly, innovative, he had always foreseen the future fashion! the future of world, future of music! ... Thanks again for another special video, Nacho..... ★ ★ ★
Il était dynamique et c'est ce qui faisait sa force!! Super Davidxx
Omg! He looks soo handsome.💖
he's so smart and beautiful.. i really miss him
A lot of these journalists would sadly be no longer with us. How time flies!
Thank you, Nacho! We can see again David's wonderful personality. He gave intelligent and authentic answeres to low level, mean questions.
Beautiful. Watching feels like being in that moment. A welcomed escape.
He was so funny once he stopped using drugs, and he looks amazingly good and healthy. Good job Nacho! Xx
patricia Hargraves
Are you sure?
He was next to Iggy very often.
And no coke was In their mind?
@@christianhohbach4304 This was mostly(?) after that.
Well, I think he looks better in 1974 - 76
@@christianhohbach4304 Berlin should be "integrated" in the far east of Siberia, where it is even fuckin cold in the summer.
Happy to be among those who are giving a new look and listen to Bowie, in college twenty years ago he was a favorite and at age nine or ten, fourth or fifth grade, over thirty years ago, I took a magazine article about him to show and tell (how was that interpreted by Mrs. Winesette, or was it Mrs. Martin?) and all through the eighties I heard his radio hits but nothing else, intrigued by the characters, wishing I were someone else with different friends etc.... And then a little later a friend turned me on to the first Tin Machine record which I thought interesting, I was written up one night in the college dorm for blasting Bowie, well, actually the door was rapped on during Careful With That Axe, Eugen by Pink Floyd but my set list began with Bowie and a stolen bottle of vodka, now as I listen to his final few I am awakening to his great humanism and sophistication over and above the mere surface dazzle of his poppishness; he is a commenter of commenters, an eye on the world of pop even as Warhol was but in Bowie I find a depth lacking in Warhol's work apart from the man who may not be known - that Cale/Reed album Songs for Drella is wonderful though. I read a bio of Warhol and I found his life heartbreakingly sad, despite his success, but thank the Lord of the Catholic church that he did succeed in his way for he'd have been a sad statistic had he not; not so of Bowie, a tougher act altogether
Thanx Nacho This is so great. I love everything you do for the world by making your videos. Never stop spread the legacy of a true genius. 🌺
Thank you Nacho for keeping our beloved hero alive, we love you too.
Brilliant find Nacho. Thank you so much..
I've no idea who nacho is, but go nacho go!
"I'm gonna be a Beatle, mom!"
David Bowie, November 1978 😂😂 What a legend! RIP
Great video thanks for posting the most intense artist interview ever. Wow they were so wanting to peg him on something. All the while he gives the answers and smiles.?they don’t even smile back. How can you not smile at his adorableness????
Love how he discribes his audience, he was too pick up many more along the way!! I was only 3 then but fell in love with him later on.
David loved all types of music he admits he stole ideas along with Robert plant he is one of the hardest working writters he has written for other groups and singers.
I love it when Bowie had an "ordinary" look. One of my favorite photos of him was by Lord Snowdon, where he's standing with one foot on a pedestal, the other foot against his other leg, and he's just got on a striped T-shirt and linen trousers. Bare feet. Hair is just a short back and sides, like he has here. He had *presence* in that photo, like he does here.
You mean his photoshoot in 1987?🤔😅
I have seen this picture, but I didn’t know that it was by Amstrong-Jones. I love it too.
@@kaori_kanzaki 1978
done it again! this is beautiful , and WE love you Nacho!
Many thanks, so fantastic to see this.
Bowie Downunder wish there was more!
Not a train of thought I was expecting: Punk Rock -> New Bands -> Dire Straits!
interesting, very frank
Delightful moment ⚡️Thanks once again, Nacho!
6:38 I'M GONNA BE A BEATLE MUM
Thank you Nacho ❤
4:44 what a big mic.
Very big:)))
Love you, Nacho! That wading gear comment was so spot on! I often wondered what he saw in those plastic pants, but he wore them well.
Mickiwalk Love you too x
So down to earth and honest. They cant handle his natural humility.
Thank you for this clip Nacho, this was an incredible deal to have Bowie come all the way to Australia. The Friday night concert was my first time seeing Bowie and it, and he, is imbedded in my memory with as much clarity as your stunning video work.
Most of these reporter's would have only found out a few hours before that they were to go interview David Bowie, hence no preparation time to create interesting questions, but as true Aussie' s at the time came up with some dopey questions off the top of their heads, keeping in mind no way to research him in depth back then like we do now. It was good to see David take it all in his stride and laugh along with it. Once again thank you Nacho for all your hard work on the Bowie vids, this one has made my day 💖
That was amazing to watch! Thank you!
Great footage⚡️thanks Nacho!
Thanks a lot for you channel Nacho. I am spending hours watching it. Gracias. ,
Carlos Tomé Sousa Gracias Carlos
Thank you for the videos Nacho :)
Bowie singing praises of Dire Straits. Had no idea.
"there's a new band... Uhm.. Dire Straits?. We all take for granted they've always been there...
★★★★★ Love U too Nacho X
Wow never seen this before how tolerant he is of such lame questions asking about his hair etc he proves to be so much more intelligent than the interviewers and so handsome humble and eternally cool
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Qué buena, gracias Nacho !!
Another Nacho gem. Gracias!
Wonderful creauture
Love you Nacho!! Thanks
Brilliant man !!!! Spleen Overseas- Unknown Band
Miss you 💝💝
David Bowie 💐💐💐💐💐
Nice one !
love it that he mentions Dire straits
So amazingly gorgeous truly dynamic
bowie, always the shrewd observer. Notice he says new wave. smart move on his part, b/c that term was just starting to germinate in '78 & of course he would not only later be associated w/ it, but be seen as one of its vanguard leaders w/ low & later scary monsters.... bowie had a keen eye for market shifts. He also knew how to get himself placed w/in a genre. the only sustained rival I can think of in music in those same regards wouldve been jim morrison who also was a genius in understanding public perception & info dissemination.
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One of many artists who introduced the listener to the metaverse before it was created.
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David Bowie was a hero just for one day...
He was mine EVERYDAY!!
"you don't look like a popsinger. They're usually flamboyant..." Hmmmm... Correct me if I'm wrong but I get the feeling that the interviewer missed bowies earlier years
interviewer does not have a clue. Him and Freddie were the most flamboyant !
@@PeterLoweSMI yea😅he could have done 5 min research. Opened a magazine or go to a rec store
It's interesting to hear him talk about his hatred of flying. There is a german chat show interview from the 90's where he talks about spending 5 days on the QE2 travelling between Europe and the US so he must really have hated flying.
Dire Straits. The archetypal Punk band.
Bowie gave up his characters to the dismay of the press who still wanted him to be ziggy. Still quite the happy go lucky intellectual
what a god
Such patience and impeccable manners, despite talking to absolute idiots!
That famous punk band Dire Straits
he liked Dire Straits :)
stacy youst well yes, but to put that in context... at the time of that interview Dire Straits were an unknown band. Their first single Sultans of Swing wouldn’t become a hit until the following year. Check them out in 1978, they are a bit like Television th-cam.com/video/Z4Hzjca9rkk/w-d-xo.html
david bowie makes no sense whatsoever but i absolutely adore him.
Sebel, Sebel....
Does it make me a vampire for wanting his neck.....???? Lol
Ok interview.
Was Bowie portraying a character on the Young Americans album? 🤔
I'm gonna be a Beatle, mum!
Dire Straits?
In the beginning Dire Straits had been put into the New Wave and Punk category. It's true
It is kind of sad, I got the feeling the journalists are trying to catch him off guard...they are really disappointed to be facing a man and not some kind of novelty.
He looks a bit like Steve McQueen here.
about to aay something nice about dire straits...well,fancy
"Im gona be a beetle mum."
He could sneak into any decade with that look.
Maybe he is…
He had to be a true friend he took Iggy Pop to Berlin to get him off drugs and put his career on hold.
Anyone who saw this Bowie for the first time would never believe he found fame by being a flamboyant bi-sexual glam rock god! He seems so normal. I guess it's all an act of some sort for him and he gathers people around him to make it work.
his eyes were different since at age 15 friend punched him while they were both drunk about a girl. it left his left eye permanently dilated
Nobody in the room seem to have gotten the word play of the albums having character but no characters