David Bowie | Berklee Commencement Address 1999
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- David Bowie delivers Berklee's 1999 commencement address.
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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 - 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ˈboʊ.i/),[1] was a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, painter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over four decades, and was considered by critics and other musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His androgynous appearance was an iconic element of his image, principally in the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1975, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans, which the singer characterised as "plastic soul". The sound constituted a radical shift in style that initially alienated many of his UK devotees. He then confounded the expectations of both his record label and his American audiences by recording the electronic-inflected album Low, the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno. Low (1977), "Heroes" (1977), and Lodger (1979)-the so-called "Berlin Trilogy" albums-all reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached a new commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, which yielded several successful singles. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including blue-eyed soul, industrial, adult contemporary, and jungle. Bowie also had a successful, but sporadic film career. His acting roles include the eponymous character in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Jareth, the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos.
Bowie stopped touring after his 2003-04 Reality Tour, and last performed live at a charity event in 2006. On 8 January 2016, the date of Bowie's 69th birthday, his final studio album Blackstar was released; he died two days later. David Buckley said of Bowie: "His influence has been unique in popular culture-he has permeated and altered more lives than any comparable figure."[2] In the BBC's 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, Bowie was placed at number 29. Throughout his career, he sold an estimated 140 million records worldwide. In the UK, he was awarded nine Platinum album certifications, eleven Gold and eight Silver, and in the US, five Platinum and seven Gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. - เพลง
Wow! This is my graduation. Glad to see it up on TH-cam. I have a picture of Bowie handing me my degree on that day. Very cool!
That "Rockers, Jazzers, Samplers" reference seems like it was a hilarious inside joke. I wish I was there.
David Bowie was simply just a beautiful man who was a gift sent to us with love.
+Christopher Woodring Truer words could not be spoken.....as Philip Glass said;...this is a terrible, terrible loss......
I would have fainted if Bowie had come to my school to speak... I've had dreams about such a thing happening... RIP David. Miss you so much...
When Sinatra died, I thought my parents would be devestated. But . . . nothing. Yet there has been such an outpouring of grief over Bowie's death. I find it very moving.
+James Howard So true. I was 18 when Hendrix died and Janis, 19 when we lost Jim Morrison, 28 when Lennon was killed and now I've lost David Bowie. For some reason Bowie's death has saddened me the most deeply. I was a HUGE fan for over 40 years. Bowie just had a way of stimulating a part of my life and brain like no other. There is a big hole in my heart that will always be there. I will miss him for the rest of my days.
+James Howard An interesting observation. Although both were entertainers, I think David somehow changed people's outlook on lives more. Sinatra may have been singing to the choir. David would sing to the uninitiated and draw them into a higher realm. He was both flash and deep philosopher, an amazing smash-up.
By way of explanation: Berklee has two factions: rockers and jazzers. At least that was the basic division when I was there in the 70s. They were constantly at war, like street gangs. By the 90s it seems that a third faction, “samplers”, had emerged, at least at the time of this speech.
"These are just a few moments from my life...." he said.
Ah, mate....how I wish now that we could've had even just a few moments more. Call me greedy, but...well, you know.... you're just that damned easy to miss.
This speech is as brilliant as his artwork. I'd give 10 years of my life to hear him live.
This speech is kind of mental. Bowie existed on his own plane, didn't he.
A plane we mere mortals will never completely comprehend...
"If it itches, play it"...RIP MAESTRO...What a BEAUTIFUL GENIUS...
+Shahyar Ghanbari Trully he is!! No one like him ever-------
Suzie Tschirsch YESSSSS. Maesrto David Jones Bowie is the GREATEST and underrated = Something or someone that deserves much more respect than people will allow.
i could have listened to David telling stories about his life for hours and hours....... what a life he had.
No matter how magnificent his multi-personas was the real David Jones was a man of fantastic humor, kibdness and loving character.
These students were standing in the presence of true greatness. I have no doubt that people will be talking about Bowie in a thousand years.
He was so nervous so sweet❤
I so want to know this "rockers, jazzers, samplers" joke now
Bowie & Lennon: Goofballs apart and goofballs together. I like their friendship.
Loved it! Loved the faces in the background even more!
WHY DIDN'T THEY LAUGH AT HIS JOKES THEY'RE HILARIOUS
charming speech. David and John, two of the best rockers Britain will ever produce.
I still look at his name in the record store and browse through his records like I did many years ago always anticipating
his next album thinking what will be his next musical style and fashion. Those days in the late 70s were the most surprising.
I remember first listening to Low and thinking this will never catch on but now it seems so avant garde even to this day.
Every album was a like a painting completely different than the one before. The music world seems so empty now since he
is no longer here.
How I love his sense of humour.
god! the lost of David felt like losing a father figure, yesterday i started hearing his music again since he passed away and i felt such an anguish, i'll always love you David.
The face of the two on the right behind 🤣❤️🙏 rip David
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing we can do. RIP
very down to earth individual, and had a lot of humor
Beautiful human being David was, and what a sense of humour. His Lennon impression is spot-on too. 👌
I absolutely adore this man and would be awe struck if he had come to my school...I can't believe all the straight faces behind him
so funny and I hope I never run out of Bowie surprises because I can't get over him being gone.
Man, this speech you can see how he tailored it to be as entertaining as possible. Masterful. The Lennon anecdotes & 70's stories were things that anyone with even an ear for music will understand & enjoy, laughing at the humor. I mean, it is so clear that he put such thought into this speech & delivered it so well. The man was truly a gift.
John and David such 2 beautiful people! RIP!
Genius, truly knew and studied music as a whole. Who knew that a rocker studied different forms of music, and able to combine them to create his sound.
Anybody who listened to his 25+ studio albums...?
This is so cool. Bowie has always been a class act.
Bowie inspires me, to this day, to break out of the box and do my own thing. Amazing personality.
I love how it's just grandpa Dave up there telling stories...
I am so thankful to have seeen his Glass Sipder tour and the Superdome in New Orleans, I think in the 1980's. Great show! RIP, David
Very few artist have have something to say or offer outside the wonderful music they give us but when David spoke he commanded your attention
Awe tears...he's a true gem.
David Bowie- "authentic human being"... David was honest. I am so incredibly sad...he was a truly good person. He was the person you would be lucky to meet. And now he's gone. Sad.
What a gem. Thanks very much rockers, jazzers, and finger at sides of head people! Bowie was so knowledgeable, insightful, funny and creative.
He might have been in the wrong business. So natural with the humor. Shine on, Starman!
He could have been in any business and shined the brightest.
The part on John Lennon popped up in my Facebook memories today. I am so happy to have found it and watch the whole thing. John Lennon has been my all time favorite since I was 10.... Bowie close behind, but earlier, since Labyrinth.
Bowie & Lennon speaking poltical / philosophical was like Beavis & Butthead on Crossfire… DWL
a true legend.
He was a really engaging, witty storyteller....and full of insight too. 💖
Wonderful speaker.
Thanks David! Always funny with his magical smile. What skin, what robe, what hat... but he is always charming and unique. This footage is a kind of theatrical piece and David is the “primadonna”. David forever! God bless us. Paola, Roma, Italia
I love this guy
Beautiful funny and touching speech - miss this man so much
What an amazingly brilliant and beautiful person
I have to say I think this moment is phenomenally underrated. I watch it whenever I’m lacking inspiration or confidence and I feel immediately comforted. Thank you David...for making it itch 💛
I’m all tears, he was a genius
Was a ver important part of my young life..David Bowie and Mick Ronson
Ah, so this is what Gary Oldman in his Brits Awards speech was making reference to when the time David talked about what music gave to him :).
That's where I heard it! Couldn't remember...
I'm watching this for Paul. Berklee, Boston, Paul's playing jazz with, omigod it was over fifty years ago, and it's gonna take a while for the name of their band to bob to the top in my beleaguered consciousness. I'm still only about halfway through my first year of being a widow, which was preceded by several years of steadily increasing demands on me as caregiver for my darling husband, who had Parkinson's disease, which in the last couple of years meant I never got more than at most an hour and a half of uninterrupted sleep, and that has taken its toll on my aging brain.
Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.
By the way, this address of Bowie's with his reminiscences of John, whom I love, is just wonderful!
Wonderfully articulate, perfectly unique, missed dearly.
RIP Beautiful man !
What a brilliant man!
"..if it itches, play it!!"
THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting THIS, I have wanted to see it for ages!!!!!!!!!!
Genius
Damn... How I miss this guy!
Best thing is David and Iman popped into Taco bell on the way home and stood in line with the other customers.
What a supremely delightful human being. How I wish I had been at that commencement myself! Thank God Almighty for David Bowie.
David Bowie, a man who endeavored the music life and spread his talent to everyone.Godbless RIP Bowie
I miss you.
So modest..... Dearly missed....
David used Tuba on his first album quite nicely!! Rubber Band, etc!
So pleased to find this today. I enjoyed reflecting on David Bowie recently.
DAVID. I mss you SO MUCH.
0:36 was that David's stomach???
The Man !
I thought I saw either Aretha kiss David or they kissed each other in the footage titled "David Bowie 1975 Grammy Awards" (where David begins with "Ladies and gentlemen..... and others"). But sure enough, she DIDN'T. She just turned her right cheek so that David could kiss her. So technically David is correct.
Everytime he said "Rockers" I found it fairly humourous for whatever reason.
Rockers!
oh god i love him so much
To be in that room
A one off, terribly missed....
MY GOOD MAN I'M NOT TAKING A PISS IN A SINK! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! ☺ THANK'S DAVID 4 THE MUSIC FILMS FASHION ART WISDOM LAUGH'S & BEING AN ALL ROUND TOP BANANA (TOP BLOKE 4 THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PHRASE) MISS YOU MAN 💖 X X
10:25
GREAT SPEECH
AWWWW the David and John stuff was so cute tho, I miss both of them so much
Ma quanto simpatico era . . .? Ci manchi David
Eric Schassberger + What are you talking about? I didn't catch it if it was in this Speech! Or is it just some random question?
Very good speech
such a jokester, love him!
He❤ the best!!
I was in my twenties and out of my head. Haha
They should have had Bowie play "The Most Interesting Man in the World" guy for Dos Equis....
This is sooo koool maaaan!!!!!
Can you be any cooler???
"If it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you"
This was a nice commencement....apparently the commencement weekend at Breklee had some form of a concert. anyone/any grads have any info?
I wish I had been there
Oh David, this world is definitely not the same without you :-(
Could someone tell me what is the last sentence he is saying in this speech? something like "if it …, play it"?
i can't understand it well, Thanks!
If it itches... Play it. A reference to his earlier chat about advice he always gives musicians, in the same speech
Great thanks!!;-)
Aww bless him, he looks really uncomfortable with public speaking!! Lovely guy!!
♥️
man when he recounted that moment with Aretha...that gotta hurt
I went to Berklee when Buddy Rich came.
Hero
🎶❤️🎶
So I should play my arse. Thank you for the invaluable advice David :)
You know, I just watched the clip from the Grammys where he presented, and Aretha did in fact kiss him... But it was the mid-seventies. I'm impressed he even remembers the event at all.
turn left at Iceland + Thanks for the information. I will try to find it.
+turnleftaticeland I was about to say...she did kiss him, lol...poor David was a bit out of it then.