David⚡️Bowie - America (Simon & Garfunkel cover)

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  • @gwynnielsen5081
    @gwynnielsen5081 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    I never knew Bowie covered this song. He brings something very different to it.

    • @belyndamorris2236
      @belyndamorris2236 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This was for the 9 11 tribute concert. 💔⚡

    • @gwynnielsen5081
      @gwynnielsen5081 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@belyndamorris2236 Well, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for letting me know. I have been so busy writing, recording, and publicizing my own music that I frequently get too caught up in the business. Take care!

    • @LAM38Z
      @LAM38Z 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😅​@@gwynnielsen5081

    • @diverdave4056
      @diverdave4056 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ...mmm He brought pure Magic to this simple song with his wonderful voice and a tiny keyboard !

    • @gwynnielsen5081
      @gwynnielsen5081 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@diverdave4056 Bowie does have a beautiful, original rock voice, like no other. Check out my voice and songs on TH-cam. Thanks and take care!

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty ปีที่แล้ว +166

    That lovely man was gloriously unafraid of art.

    • @slyasleep
      @slyasleep 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That‘s beautifully put.

    • @Ryan-on5on
      @Ryan-on5on 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Well stated. Bowie belongs to that rarefied class of popular talent unafraid of trying new paths and courses they feel might lead to aesthetic sublimity. Sure, not all these journeys turned up gold or even silver, but they made one appreciate their boldness and lack of fear of failing all the same. Us aesthetes gained so much from David's myriad explorations to the limits of artistic expression!

    • @evelynevantol4814
      @evelynevantol4814 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Zo mooi hoe je dat zegt ❤❤❤

    • @evelynevantol4814
      @evelynevantol4814 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hij was niet bang voor usa om het zo maar te zeggen

    • @Nicksonian
      @Nicksonian 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Indeed. Paul Simon and David Bowie were two of the greatest songwriters of their generation. So inspiring to watch this lovely, talented man honor his fellow musician.

  • @XvrAntoine
    @XvrAntoine 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

    So perfect in his minimalist interpretation

  • @nobbygecko
    @nobbygecko 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +135

    the man was a genius.. a beautiful rendition and what balls to play this song as the opener to a televised charity concert.. he has so many hidden treasures in both live performances and rare album tracks... bless him

    • @cgdombrow
      @cgdombrow 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I guess you never saw Kanye West rapping laying down? That was the most genius thing ever, I’m tearing up thinking about it

    • @TCgirl
      @TCgirl 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@cgdombrow Kanye West did this song?

    • @cgdombrow
      @cgdombrow 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ no

    • @jingle1161
      @jingle1161 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      “ and what balls to play this song as the opener to a televised charity concert”
      …on a small casio keyboard.

  • @billinawe
    @billinawe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Just no words.

  • @johnnywires943
    @johnnywires943 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Not only was he a most talented human being,up there with the best,he had so much style.

  • @allanking6833
    @allanking6833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    god i miss this man.

    • @1060michaelg
      @1060michaelg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      allan king My EXACT thought. The humanity in his voice...the expressions on his face, all show you the depth of what he's feeling.

    • @WolfKing-dv6xd
      @WolfKing-dv6xd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      We all do.

    • @fishwhisperer3495
      @fishwhisperer3495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      agreed

    • @muller_to_x5283
      @muller_to_x5283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All of you are right greets from Bavaria

    • @WolfKing-dv6xd
      @WolfKing-dv6xd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@muller_to_x5283 hello!

  • @mtnstpt
    @mtnstpt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    Ret .NYPD, David Opened The Concert for New York with this magical ,chilling song. God Bless David Bowie.

  • @scottmckenzie3642
    @scottmckenzie3642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +782

    In tears there is such beauty in the understated. Only David would flip the expected. And what does he do. This. An absolute gem. And I miss him my heart still aches

    • @chriscorman734
      @chriscorman734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      We sure miss his insight

    • @kellycampbell5618
      @kellycampbell5618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Same

    • @halflanding1900
      @halflanding1900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      agree 100% Scott. couldn’t stop my tears. he wasn’t just a pop star / fashion icon otherwise he wouldn’t move us so deep

    • @lonewolf5238
      @lonewolf5238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Absolutely. Didn't think it could hurt so much losing someone I never met and never knew.

    • @upthehill1
      @upthehill1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Beautiful version

  • @wengrrrl1
    @wengrrrl1 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    This just sent me spiraling into tears. I miss normal. I miss Bowie. I miss what America used to be. The way he does this pulled every heartstring this morning…
    My transcendent, lovely Prince Bowie… how the world misses your genius…😪🙏🏽🎶

    • @macanbhaird1966
      @macanbhaird1966 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "the moon rose over an empty field" gets me every time. Pure genius...I think I am always expecting the "look for America" line and the detail is so beautiful. Testament to Simon & Garfunkel writing/music and Bowie's interpretation.

    • @goofe.washington953
      @goofe.washington953 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      “counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike, they’ve all come to look for America”. What a profound line.
      At 71, I too miss what America used to be. Maybe I should get in my car and look for it, but I’m scared it’s not there anymore - and even more scared it’s not coming back.

    • @jayatfreelance
      @jayatfreelance ปีที่แล้ว +3

      AMEN.

    • @31Alden
      @31Alden ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amen … I share every one of your sentiments.

    • @lanabanana68
      @lanabanana68 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think I love you; what a perfect comment

  • @TCgirl
    @TCgirl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I miss this beautiful man being on the earth. 💔

    • @eurodep
      @eurodep 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      of the billions of years, we shared earth with him for a little while, so ... we got that.

    • @TCgirl
      @TCgirl 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@eurodep that we do. ❤💔

    • @tiresiastl8099
      @tiresiastl8099 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Me too

  • @Truetoo102
    @Truetoo102 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    A great tribute to NYC's people and America at its worst of moments. Rest in Peace to the lost on 9/11 and you David Bowie.

    • @Nicksonian
      @Nicksonian 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I still can’t believe that David is no longer with us.

    • @GrantTarredus
      @GrantTarredus 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I never will. He’ll always live in my heart though, as he so clearly will in yours.

  • @FloatingInTheCosmos
    @FloatingInTheCosmos 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The world is a less beautiful and interesting place since he passed. He was an amazzzing artist and beautiful human being. Still miss you, Mr. Bowie. 💔💔

  • @BCD1964
    @BCD1964 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    One of the last of the great artists...rip.

  • @MrSteverossiter
    @MrSteverossiter ปีที่แล้ว +286

    I've been telling my kids about this for years. This is how the concert opened...how utterly profound. Bless you David!

    • @scm0717
      @scm0717 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      THEN he sang "Heroes". Beautifully understated "America" in Bowie style.

    • @Jeanetteinnes
      @Jeanetteinnes ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Beautiful 😢

    • @Dandyd47
      @Dandyd47 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Where and when was this particular concert?

    • @MrSteverossiter
      @MrSteverossiter ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@Dandyd47 this was the concert for new york right after 9/11

    • @d4ves363
      @d4ves363 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This was one of Bowies finest moments (there's been a few!) But I didn't know he actually opened the concert with this x

  • @visotoo3129
    @visotoo3129 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    An outstanding version of what was already a great song

    • @belyndamorris2236
      @belyndamorris2236 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I never appreciated this song as much until then!

  • @kategleason6481
    @kategleason6481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    "I'm empty and aching and I don't know why"
    His phrasing and the simple keyboard made this version so emotionally charged.

    • @lanabanana68
      @lanabanana68 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      indeed.

    • @globule2
      @globule2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That’s the key phrase right there

    • @lavachevolante
      @lavachevolante 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And the way he says it… 😮❤

    • @Nicksonian
      @Nicksonian 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I so much agree. And David knew. He knew what it all meant.

  • @Mikeecol
    @Mikeecol 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    i keep coming back to this. Outstanding

  • @theoverunderthinker
    @theoverunderthinker 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    David makes you fall in love (with his voice) and breaks your heart (with his sincerity) at the same time.

    • @kimscioloro
      @kimscioloro หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This is such a beautiful, emotional version.

  • @stevemale9936
    @stevemale9936 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    As a lifelong Bowie fan, I am disappointed that I have heard this for the first time in 2023. I recall a review of "Cat People" where the critic said David could sing a shopping list and make it a hit. This is simply sublime and made all the better for him singing in the London accent of his younger days. Beautiful.

    • @rorymacgowan4541
      @rorymacgowan4541 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was off TH-cam for a couple years then back. It's extraordinary.

    • @stevemale9936
      @stevemale9936 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rorymacgowan4541 Thanks, Rory. I am always happy to listen to David singing anything live. A true talent who never needed electronic augmentation for that fantastic voice.

  • @Bassplyr2006
    @Bassplyr2006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My dad died on November 4, 2022 unexpectedly. This song has been in my head since and I am now finally listening to it once again. I miss you dad where ever you are. I love you. And I like this version of the song by Bowie alot!

  • @jansmith286
    @jansmith286 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Never knew this existed. A mix of one of my favourite artists of all time and one of the greatest songwriters. I still remembered the words although it's been am awful long time...

  • @wildheliotropes8453
    @wildheliotropes8453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    I love Bowie's rendition of this song. It's profoundly sad and describes that horrible feeling we all have had when you are trying to act like nothing is wrong but you are completely shattered inside.

    • @barbaralynch3015
      @barbaralynch3015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oh yes totally!

    • @jamessollazzo4860
      @jamessollazzo4860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      sounds like a circus tune!

    • @Tom-xx1om
      @Tom-xx1om 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jamessollazzo4860 you don't get it, do you?

    • @sexypoetry
      @sexypoetry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ...yap...one can hear overtones of "this is not america"....

    • @TinyDancer250
      @TinyDancer250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Tom-xx1om What did he mean by it? Serious question please. I understand the choice of song, but why that music accompaniment?

  • @skipmessier765
    @skipmessier765 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    David Bowie was such an immense talent. He could take a well known song done by another artist and immediately transform it into a singular Bowie performance with the end result always being magnificent !

  • @crowmedicine4520
    @crowmedicine4520 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    America. Haunting to remember this time and events. To those that don’t know, this was so important for us. We are still losing those who served as first responders. Peace and respect.

  • @jules-yi8rn
    @jules-yi8rn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Happy birthday David...the whole world misses you💔.

  • @jamestower4473
    @jamestower4473 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for your great contribution to music Mr Jones! RIP.

  • @kathleenreynolds5380
    @kathleenreynolds5380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    His voice makes me cry. We all come to look for America. Priceless.

    • @ledeyabaklykova
      @ledeyabaklykova ปีที่แล้ว

      Now pls all of you return to where you all came from. Except me. Of course.

  • @flashflame4952
    @flashflame4952 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    No one else but David could have done this. I miss this guy every day.

  • @DougWJ
    @DougWJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    I will never forget that day - seeing the tower fall from a train - and i will never forget this opening song at the 911 concert at MSG. I was never a big Bowie fan, and he came out playing this crazy little contraption whatever it was - doing this Simon & Garfunkel song - and just set the whole tone that this was going to be a serious and very heavy night of music, pain and hope.

    • @morganfisherart
      @morganfisherart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Well said. He's playing a Suzuki Omnichord, made in the 80s. They're lovely - I have three.

    • @Charleybones
      @Charleybones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@morganfisherart One isn't enough?

    • @morganfisherart
      @morganfisherart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Charleybones I own three different models - OM27, OM84, OM200M - each with different sounds and functions. Pro musicians (and nutty obsessives) do this sort of thing! :-)

    • @jonathanhadden7157
      @jonathanhadden7157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I was there also! When *THIS* was the opening song, performed this way, we *KNEW* that we were in for an amazingly special, emotional, and unique show.
      We were both lucky to be there!

    • @onemanmatt
      @onemanmatt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      JUST INCREDIBLE !!!!!!

  • @Anne-Crosby2020
    @Anne-Crosby2020 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Raw…as only David Bowie could do. Gut wrenchingly beautiful😢😢😢

  • @reillypw
    @reillypw ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Absolutely perfect. The tone , the phrasing , the physical and facial expression, the calliope like music.😢😮. I have never witnessed such a moving reincarnation of a song.
    That man was a genius.

  • @hoisin75
    @hoisin75 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I'd never seen this until now, all these years later. I still mourn the towers, I still mourn Bowie. Both their demises marked a huge sea change in the world - and not for the better. This performance is overwhelming

  • @JF-kv1gm
    @JF-kv1gm ปีที่แล้ว +142

    For some reason I have seen this for the first time only now. It really gave me goosebumps. So sorely missed.

    • @daveburns3886
      @daveburns3886 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      His unique creativity was a gift to us all.. his voice was always so emotive

    • @helenepineau4636
      @helenepineau4636 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I usually do not remake, but this is so very special. Oh, I miss him 😔

    • @amberackerson5916
      @amberackerson5916 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too 💔

    • @BlueBeeMCMLXI
      @BlueBeeMCMLXI ปีที่แล้ว

      You probably had not seen it until now, then.

    • @janepinard9835
      @janepinard9835 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@helenepineau4636 He is sorely missed. He was a gift to us all!

  • @brrryan2908
    @brrryan2908 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    You can see the emotions of the next lyrics on his face well before he says them. A brilliant artist and communicator.

  • @31Alden
    @31Alden หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Oh what the world lost when we lost David. Love his minimalist approach to my favorite Simon & Garfunkel song. Continue to soar, David, wherever you are, knowing how loved and appreciated you are.

  • @patoconnir7261
    @patoconnir7261 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Beautiful interpretation..brings a whole new depth and meaning to the tune, it's got that tinge of sadness to it , along with love. ..thank you David ❤️

  • @christianmartinek2843
    @christianmartinek2843 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What a powerful beautiful cover ❤
    Thank you David...❤❤❤

  • @TVC15ohoh
    @TVC15ohoh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    Incredible. The emotion in that song alone - PLUS the emotion surrounding the context of the performance - is almost too much to bear. That man was a gift to the planet.

  • @thx4dluv
    @thx4dluv ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ... and the moon rose over an open field. This line is so beautiful in context.

  • @Nicksonian
    @Nicksonian 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I miss David so much. He was so…so great! He was such a part of my youth. Now he’s gone, and I am getting old. Such is life, and death. You were a genius Mr. Bowie. I hope that you will be remembered.

  • @rotagorretni
    @rotagorretni ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Such a powerful, meaningful choice of song. Just when you have felt the evil of the world, breaking in, trying to weaken you, here comes Bowie, like the prophet, to remind how better souls from all over the world have long come to you in hope, in admiration, of your very strength

  • @kenp3615
    @kenp3615 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This was an amazing opening for possibly the most iconic and important concert ever

  • @PeppermintPatties
    @PeppermintPatties 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Breathtakingly, heartbreakingly beautiful. Only David could have made a legendary song his own. ❤️

  • @bizfix11
    @bizfix11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4am, I'm seeing this for the first time.... absolutely blown away

  • @Ryan-on5on
    @Ryan-on5on 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    A truly haunting cover made all the more poignant by the backdrop of scenes/vistas from a city that, only weeks before, had witnessed a rain of death and destruction from the sky, as well as by Bowie's exquisite, emotion-laden phrasing. We lost a tremendous giant with his death!

  • @alabhaois
    @alabhaois 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Such a beautiful rendition of the song. Rest in Peace, David.

  • @QHarefield
    @QHarefield 2 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    A song, written by an American, about America, sung by an Englishman, with a South London accent. I Love it! (I like his chord choices, too.)

    • @toddtrulock6809
      @toddtrulock6809 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      he's playing an omnichord, one of the coolest instruments that I want, if you look into them.

    • @RobinHartJones
      @RobinHartJones ปีที่แล้ว +21

      To be fair, it is not a total contrast. It was written by an American who was living in England and took his English girlfriend, Kathy, for a low budget tour of America and realised it was not the America he remembered.

    • @richardjames1946
      @richardjames1946 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bunch of hitchhiking hippies discovering themselves while lost in the wilderness (and at heart)

    • @niccymak8243
      @niccymak8243 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Anthony Newley would be proud.

    • @SmaHuff-ms7mu
      @SmaHuff-ms7mu ปีที่แล้ว

      American means A miracle... everybodys looking for that.

  • @hArtyTruffle
    @hArtyTruffle ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I’ve loved this man’s music since I was a small child. I miss him and his sensitive creativity, as do so many millions. R.I.P. David ❤

  • @spmoran4703
    @spmoran4703 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Paul Simons lyrics and music plus David Bowie . Perfection.

  • @MegaSickcat
    @MegaSickcat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    His voice makes my goosebumps have goosebumps. I miss him...

  • @trevorpugh6475
    @trevorpugh6475 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Perfection….still hard to believe he’s gone…

  • @asafbeeri4037
    @asafbeeri4037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Every word with the right nuance. This one is the definitive performance.

  • @herbieshine1312
    @herbieshine1312 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Its so strange that i miss David Bowie.
    I never met him, I never even saw him live.
    Lets dance was the first Bowie album i bought and from there i searched out each of the older one's.
    Its so strange to feel a loss for someone i didnt know.
    As far as i can remember i havent heard this before.
    Its an absolute gem.
    Thanks for unloading

  • @littleitalyblogspot
    @littleitalyblogspot 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Once seen never forgotten

  • @detruty
    @detruty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    David Bowie was a genius and proved it by opening The Concert for NY with this after 9/11.

  • @jimrebr
    @jimrebr ปีที่แล้ว +55

    My favorite Simon and Garfunkel song, covered by my favorite artist, what more can I hope for. I’m so glad to have been alive for all of Bowie’s amazing career. His many different styles, his paintings, his acting & his music, David Bowie, Forever our Black ⭐️

  • @crystaljapan
    @crystaljapan วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Outstanding. 10/10.

  • @brianandkarenmitchell4269
    @brianandkarenmitchell4269 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I'm crying..so good

  • @adrianbray4025
    @adrianbray4025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Well there you have it. A genius sings a geniuses song and hey presto - brilliance. Nothing more nothing less. Just pure brilliance.

  • @corymcdiarmid3494
    @corymcdiarmid3494 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I’ve HEARD this song a hundred times before but hearing Bowies version just now is the first time I’ve FELT this song. Wow!

    • @ryanaball
      @ryanaball ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When it gets you, better than anything.

  • @regretto
    @regretto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    One of his best and unique performances of all time.

  • @altarofkubrickfloyd
    @altarofkubrickfloyd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Incredibly moving, especially given the events of this week. Bowie forever.

    • @TheKonga88
      @TheKonga88 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ha ha ha hee hee hee I'm the laughing knome and you can't catch me 🥳🥳🥳🥳💃🏼🎄🧎🏻☃️🚌🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♂️

  • @robertwatson1419
    @robertwatson1419 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Magical ! The man was a genius. Miss him being part of my life. Starman he is and always will be .......

  • @randolfarriola
    @randolfarriola 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    One of my all time favs! David Bowie’s incredibly understated artistic live performance of Simon & Garfunkel’s “America” This to me is classic Bowie performance art stripping away all musical props and zoning in stripping the veil of musical form and familiar expectations revealing through his unique intimate delivery the complex layered mixed emotions of worn hope and buried despair while trying to maintain visibly undefeated unaffected. We miss you David!

    • @martinpercival63
      @martinpercival63 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We really really do - he's still out there somewhere though.
      "There's a Starman......"

    • @peterchristopher2285
      @peterchristopher2285 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      America was gone by the time I got there from the UK .Now I’m lost ,like Cathy , I guess it’s part of the ageing process .
      Life is memories , the only reality is the present and that flies past so fast , you’ve not time to take it all in

  • @alanlamb7062
    @alanlamb7062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The way that he flirts around the beat at the beginning, just beyond amazing, miss him every day

  • @hunterhilton709
    @hunterhilton709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The world misses David Bowie
    Beautiful

  • @angeloiodice9304
    @angeloiodice9304 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Bowie always gives you his soul.

    • @davidmack4495
      @davidmack4495 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      well put...yes, he does...I'm still sad I never saw him live...

  • @toomuchrose
    @toomuchrose ปีที่แล้ว +13

    There really are no words that can do justice to this performance. Pure beauty.

  • @keithgoodrick-meech3921
    @keithgoodrick-meech3921 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Sometimes when you hear a song, even when it's the original you just don't get it. ....and then, sometimes, someone makes it all so clear. !! Well done David 👏

  • @JonathanRo
    @JonathanRo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bowie was and remains a beacon of creativity, re-invention and one not following the norms - What a splendid example of what humanity can be!

  • @WorldwideWyatt
    @WorldwideWyatt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    He was such a beautiful man. Rest In Peace Bowie, and Rest In Peace to all the victims of 9/11.

  • @d4ves363
    @d4ves363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Only Bowie could pull this off and at such an emotional event! Only Bowie!!

  • @chriscorman734
    @chriscorman734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Where is this genius we have need of his wisdom. Our Country was so united after the 9/11 terrorist attack now some 19 years later I listen to this and cry. We can all do better some way some how

    • @snap403
      @snap403 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How sad it is in 20-ish years the division and anger towards each other. It’s just sad.

  • @williamjueschke9960
    @williamjueschke9960 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    His voice, such a beautiful touching rendition, he’s well missed😢

  • @antoniopintoribeiro6347
    @antoniopintoribeiro6347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Such intelligence. Such a unique voice, such a unique glance at the world. Love u David

  • @paulwood5803
    @paulwood5803 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The marriage of two musical genius', Paul Simon and David Bowie. As close to perfection as you'll ever get.

  • @KristinPedemonti
    @KristinPedemonti ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Tears streaming. Oh my heart, what a deeply moving, beautifully aching and haunting rendition of America in 2001 post 9/11. As only David Bowie could do.

  • @scottbouchard2673
    @scottbouchard2673 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    One of the greatest ever. Can’t believe he’s gone.

  • @jeandantzler5863
    @jeandantzler5863 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I miss him, his lovely voice and creativity ❤❤❤

  • @danielboothe3394
    @danielboothe3394 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    If there was any question to his genius look no further. Covering one of the great songs in the history of recorded music on a KMART Casio lol. Brilliant.

  • @danielcarlson5380
    @danielcarlson5380 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The world a true gem…I don’t say “true gem” lightly! Many years of musical brilliance…what a nice turn for this tune!

  • @iancoley
    @iancoley 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a voice - saw him with my son at Birmingham NEC - every song was awesome - great to have been alive with him on planet - and to have seen him live was a pleasure- RIP David - a true gent and talent

  • @Dlr7114
    @Dlr7114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They cheer mindlessly every time lovely David sings America, but they, and we, missed the warning and the comfort. I look back and see this moment as prophetic. Tears. Many tears.

  • @artysqueezy184
    @artysqueezy184 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He is still here with us, around us, behind us, before us…an ascended master. I miss him so much on our earthly plain, but he is here amongst us just in different form of pure energy

  • @freddymacattack961
    @freddymacattack961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I wept the night of the concert when he did this. So personal and simple, so beautiful!

    • @31Alden
      @31Alden ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Proving less is more as only David could with his inimitable style and grace.

  • @waltermameli2026
    @waltermameli2026 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Bowie was truly a spokesman for Humanity from the Worlds greatest Venue....That performance that night from MSG in NYC doing that song is forever frozen in space and time of all our lives.....amazing.....

  • @dannymachado1
    @dannymachado1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The world misses you David bowie, you were one of a kind .God speed.

  • @detruty
    @detruty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bowie’s creative genius & Paul Simon’s words create a sad, magical moment.

  • @craigwalker7415
    @craigwalker7415 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    WOW !! THis gave me shivers ! ~

  • @Scotlanz
    @Scotlanz ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I never saw this before…and I love it. It sounds remarkably like Bowie’s earliest Tony Newley style songs. Beautiful.

  • @wolframharms5114
    @wolframharms5114 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A nice edit, thank you for this video. Bowie's voice was carrying this beautiful song beyond any limits.

  • @allyarmstrong9516
    @allyarmstrong9516 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Quite beautiful...... Miss him so much....

  • @thejoyofthemusicinmylife7897
    @thejoyofthemusicinmylife7897 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Bowie putting his own spin on this Simon and Garfunkel classic. Amazing

  • @moc7302
    @moc7302 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    In all of his genres, and I'm old enough to have lived through them all, he is just mesmerizing and it's always, just him, indescribable. Talent, intelligence and those eyes.
    Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together. I love the romance between he and his Cathy. Picture a very young couple so in love, wanting to go on a lark to get away from it all to be alone with each other. Destination doesn't matter, the experience of it does.

    • @dkjazzz
      @dkjazzz ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya, from Ziggy to this ! Incredible! What a long strange trip it’s was ❤️

    • @queenslanddiva
      @queenslanddiva ปีที่แล้ว

      yep, there from the beginning. Wonderful iconic man

    • @suecorrado9865
      @suecorrado9865 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      perfectly stated

    • @moc7302
      @moc7302 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@dkjazzz Suffragatte City! Wish I had a Time Machine and we could all go back. Also his accent is so charming. I love how he says And the moon rose over an open field. I never appreciated this song so much until his rendition. Can't you just visualize better his way? I boarded a couple of Greyhounds back in the 70's and can relate to that whole experience. Darn, those were great times. Young and head full of dreams.

  • @ThatMichaelTGuy
    @ThatMichaelTGuy ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It floored me then and today it brings a tear and it brings thanks.
    Thank You David, it was an honor.

  • @PortofinoArts
    @PortofinoArts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    "Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
    I've got some real estate here in my bag"
    So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
    And walked off to look for America
    "Kathy", I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
    "Michigan seems like a dream to me now"
    It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
    I've gone to look for America
    Laughing on the bus
    Playing games with the faces
    She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
    I said "Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera"
    "Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat"
    "We smoked the last one an hour ago"
    So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
    And the moon rose over an open field
    "Kathy, I'm lost", I said, though I knew she was sleeping
    I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
    Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
    They've all come to look for America
    All come to look for America
    All come to look for America
    Source: Musixmatch
    Songwriters: Paul Simon
    America lyrics © Paul Simon Music, Edition Falco Privatstiftung

  • @stevemanning7414
    @stevemanning7414 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I miss this icon more than I thought was possible.
    People go on about Mercury, but he needed a band. Bowie just needed a microphone to show what a rock God he really is.
    Check out the acoustic cover of Wild is the Wind by Nina Simone. He made that song his own. He's a total genius, a one-off.
    Thanks, David, for just being you 🙏

  • @bigcookprintables1968
    @bigcookprintables1968 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    David really was a beautiful, beautiful man...heart of gold.

  • @DudeSilad
    @DudeSilad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Gives me the chills.