Quentin Tarantino used this song in a very pivotal scene in the film, ‘Inglorious Basterds’. As others have mentioned in the comments, the song is featured in another movie called, ‘The Cat People’, an early 80’s horror/thriller.
@@L33Reactsit was in the opening credits of Cat People, as well as the final scene. The film (Cat People) was very moody, with two favorite actors of mine, Nastassia Kinski and Malcolm McDowell (of A Clockwork Orange, If, and O Lucky Man fame.) The film version of this song was perfect for the tone of the film. I’m just glad there are two versions, because they are so different. No SRV soaring licks on the soundtrack version, and it might come across much more powerfully after seeing the film than just on a cold listen, but either way, check it out.
This was written for the movie Cat People which is a remake from the origin movie from the 40's. The movie and this song from the soundtrack are extremely creepy.
This is a Nile Rodgers-produced version vs. the Giorgio Moroder more electronic version from the movie. Nile Rodgers always used Tony Thompson as a drummer. He was the drummer for Nile's original group "Chic".
@@whitneyjacobs7874 oh I didn't realize that. Last time I saw them live he actually was playing with them. Well I'll change my comment. Thanks for letting me know.
I like this one better than the original (from the Cat People film) for several reasons. First, SRV. And that it's got a lot more energy throughout the performance. But most importantly, they corrected what I thought was a bad decision on that first version: they removed the jarring major chord at "It's been so long". Seems like a little thing, but I think the change was important. But of course, adding SRV was brilliant, too!
I've never heard this version before. The original title of the song is "Putting out fires with gasoline". I've watched both movies when they came out, and every reactor has also reacted to the older version. I'd like to suggest reacting to the old version soon.
Giorgio Moroder worked on Donna Summer's early hits like "Love To Love You" and "I Feel Love" which were megahits. His sound is euro-disco with a heavy use of synthesizer which is different from the R&B based American disco. He has been very influential throughout the 70s 80s 90s and into the 2010s. His has won Academy Awards for music including Top Gun's megahit "Take My Breath Away". He has recently worked with Daft Punk, Kylie Minogue, Sia, and Lady Gaga among others. His work has been sampled over and over again. He's worth exploring. When I listen to today's electronic dance music, I can hear some of Moroder's influence in it.
I remember being at a Bowie concert with my very straight sister who has never taken drugs in her life ,she turns to me and says ,This must be the closest thing to taking drugs , without actually taking them..Thats how good Bowie and the accompanying musicians where.are .
When you saw SRV play with Albert King, Stevie was playing many Albert type licks he learned by listening to Albert growing up. This is more obvious on some of the other songs from that session. One trademark Albert technique is when you stretch 2 strings at once, and then partially release the bend for the next note, and then possibly re-stretch them. You might have noticed King pulling down on the strings to bend them. He played a right-handed guitar left-handed with light strings and a tuning which allowed these stretching techniques. Stevie used heavier strings, but had very strong hands. This album came out before Stevie's first release, so when they played some other cuts from Bowie's Let's Dance on the radio, I thought that Bowie must have somehow got Albert King to play the solos.
Love this song. Menacing and so seductive. The live performance on the Serious Moonlight tour in 1983 is phenomenal to watch ❤ I don’t know why this album is so often maligned. Definitely 80s, but so good to my ears. With Nile Rodgers adding slick funk touches. Fantastic ❤ Giorgio Moroder is a must-listen artist, too. Eventually 😊
Bought the album on release, loved it ever since, especially this tune. Loved it's use in ‘Inglorious Bastards’. I will not comment on it's other film use......
He redid it to avoid money floading in the direction of his pevious record compagny and perhaps to make it fit the Let’s Dance album. The movie version is haunting.
There's a live performance of this song that he did on his 1983 tour that's amazing & I honestly prefer it to the studio version! Stevie unfortunately didn't do the tour with him, but Earl Slick absolutely crushes it on this song! Definitely recommend you check it out!
I saw this tour in Austin. Great show, but no Stevie! He’d agreed to work for union wage, which was $200/ night, in exchange for him and Double Trouble opening shows (and playing clubs in the cities afterwards). Suddenly they were no longer opening the shows. Stevie’s manager demanded more money to cover the gap, and Bowie fired Stevie right before the bus left to start the tour. In Austin the story was that Stevie stood up to Bowie, and in truth the band recorded their first album with Jackson Browne’s help instead of the Bowie tour, which Stevie wasn’t really excited about anyway, and his legend had begun!
I was also at the Austin show. It was great, but SRV was definitely missed. The French guitarist, don’t remember his name, was okay, but as an Austin homey SRV fan, it paled in comparison to what it could have been. Bowie was fantastic, though.
I like both versions, which are significantly different. I am much more familar with the movie version, but I do like the vocal fry towards the end, and Stevie's guitar parts in this version.
I think Bowie could take the piss out of himself and be so authentic because he was SO successful. Maybe he was always like that, back when he was Davey Jones and trying to become a rock n roll star? Probably. People like that always have an inner conviction. But y'know, it helps to be magnanimous when you're an effin Rock God.
This album version has SRV. The Inglorious Basterds version does not....in fact, the guitar in it is not good. I do like Bowie's voice in the movie version but SRV and Bowie? Yes, every time!
Yeh, the alternative is a slower verison of the soundtrack from the 1982 film by Paul Schrader -- the song produced by German Giorgio Moroder (who produced Donna Summer's early hits)....you'll hear a similiarity in his production of the two artists. I like both, though the mood is a bit different. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_People_(1982_film)
Sunthing: vote for someone, who wants to try to do something against it! Like in the US, in europe we have the problem, that most of the people vote for assholes, who don't get the thing with the sun (and all around it).
Totally agree… this version is fine but way too upbeat. That’s a messed up movie but a great creature feature (kind of an unintentional sibling film to American Werewolf in London). Stevie is pretty great on this version though.
This was also in the movie "Inglourious Basterds". The climax. What a perfect song for the end of that movie.
Quentin Tarantino used this song in a very pivotal scene in the film, ‘Inglorious Basterds’.
As others have mentioned in the comments, the song is featured in another movie called, ‘The Cat People’, an early 80’s horror/thriller.
did he really? i didnt catch that. i love that movie. what scene was it??
@@L33Reactsit was in the opening credits of Cat People, as well as the final scene. The film (Cat People) was very moody, with two favorite actors of mine, Nastassia Kinski and Malcolm McDowell (of A Clockwork Orange, If, and O Lucky Man fame.) The film version of this song was perfect for the tone of the film. I’m just glad there are two versions, because they are so different. No SRV soaring licks on the soundtrack version, and it might come across much more powerfully after seeing the film than just on a cold listen, but either way, check it out.
@@L33Reacts In "Inglorious Basterds", it's the scene where Shoshanna is getting ready for the premiere.
U gotta react to moonage daydream live its superb
Got to check out the Cat People version, that's how so many of us were exposed to it. What a wonderful song either way.
My favourite version of this song is definitely the 'Let's Dance' version. But both are legendary. :)
My favorite song on this album is "Criminal World." It was also what my local rock station played when news of Stevie's death was announced.
This was written for the movie Cat People which is a remake from the origin movie from the 40's. The movie and this song from the soundtrack are extremely creepy.
Check out “This Is Not America”, Bowie with Pat Metheny, yet another Soundtrack collaboration from Falcon & The Snowman.
I like that one as much as Absolute Beginners from around the same era of his career. He has done better though.
A very underrated Bowie gem.
I love the way this song was used in Inglorius Bastards, so powerful
Never knew that SRV was on this. Probably my fave Bowie song
This is a Nile Rodgers-produced version vs. the Giorgio Moroder more electronic version from the movie. Nile Rodgers always used Tony Thompson as a drummer. He was the drummer for Nile's original group "Chic".
Tony Thompson died in 2003.
@@whitneyjacobs7874 oh I didn't realize that. Last time I saw them live he actually was playing with them. Well I'll change my comment. Thanks for letting me know.
I like this one better than the original (from the Cat People film) for several reasons. First, SRV. And that it's got a lot more energy throughout the performance. But most importantly, they corrected what I thought was a bad decision on that first version: they removed the jarring major chord at "It's been so long". Seems like a little thing, but I think the change was important. But of course, adding SRV was brilliant, too!
This version with SRV is smokin. David and Stevie at their best.
Bowie helped launch SRV’s career after seeing him at a concert in Switzerland. Totally worth it!
I've never heard this version before. The original title of the song is "Putting out fires with gasoline". I've watched both movies when they came out, and every reactor has also reacted to the older version. I'd like to suggest reacting to the old version soon.
Giorgio Moroder worked on Donna Summer's early hits like "Love To Love You" and "I Feel Love" which were megahits. His sound is euro-disco with a heavy use of synthesizer which is different from the R&B based American disco. He has been very influential throughout the 70s 80s 90s and into the 2010s. His has won Academy Awards for music including Top Gun's megahit "Take My Breath Away". He has recently worked with Daft Punk, Kylie Minogue, Sia, and Lady Gaga among others. His work has been sampled over and over again. He's worth exploring. When I listen to today's electronic dance music, I can hear some of Moroder's influence in it.
Great track .. Bowie and Stevie = Fire
Nile Rodgers from Chic plays the rhythm guitar and Stevie the lead licks. Two great and completely different guitarists.
My favorite song on this album is RICOCHET also featuring Stevie Ray Vaughn.
i'll add it to the list! i'm always hunting for more bowie to do.
totally underrated song! & his cover of Criminal World! 😍
Great version thanks
glad you enjoyed it! i had a blast!
I really like this version and Stevie's guitar but I love the version from the movie soundtrack. Thanks L33.
glad you enjoyed my friend. i'll have to check out the other one too.
I remember being at a Bowie concert with my very straight sister who has never taken drugs in her life ,she turns to me and says ,This must be the closest thing to taking drugs , without actually taking them..Thats how good Bowie and the accompanying musicians where.are .
ok movie, great song!
When you saw SRV play with Albert King, Stevie was playing many Albert type licks he learned by listening to Albert growing up. This is more obvious on some of the other songs from that session. One trademark Albert technique is when you stretch 2 strings at once, and then partially release the bend for the next note, and then possibly re-stretch them. You might have noticed King pulling down on the strings to bend them. He played a right-handed guitar left-handed with light strings and a tuning which allowed these stretching techniques. Stevie used heavier strings, but had very strong hands. This album came out before Stevie's first release, so when they played some other cuts from Bowie's Let's Dance on the radio, I thought that Bowie must have somehow got Albert King to play the solos.
Love this song. Menacing and so seductive. The live performance on the Serious Moonlight tour in 1983 is phenomenal to watch ❤
I don’t know why this album is so often maligned. Definitely 80s, but so good to my ears. With Nile Rodgers adding slick funk touches. Fantastic ❤
Giorgio Moroder is a must-listen artist, too. Eventually 😊
yeah it's definitely 80s as hell. but that makes it all the better lol bowie can do no wrong. just different feels.
Agreed. It's WAY better than what followed with Tin Machine - I think that was Bowie's low point.
@@Grizazzle I actually love Tin Machine and still listen to both albums now. The Glass Spider stuff left me cold, though
Bought the album on release, loved it ever since, especially this tune. Loved it's use in ‘Inglorious Bastards’. I will not comment on it's other film use......
I like both versions!
He redid it to avoid money floading in the direction of his pevious record compagny and perhaps to make it fit the Let’s Dance album. The movie version is haunting.
..haunting and silly:)
Brillioant. done for the soundtrack of the movie, the Cat People. good movie. Soundtrack version is very smooth. worth a listen,
There are three different versions of Putting Out Fire (With Gasoline) by David Bowie😮😊
There's a live performance of this song that he did on his 1983 tour that's amazing & I honestly prefer it to the studio version! Stevie unfortunately didn't do the tour with him, but Earl Slick absolutely crushes it on this song! Definitely recommend you check it out!
Oh shit that sounds awesome lol yeah I'll definitely look that up, thank you. 😊
@@L33Reacts I just rewatched it again after watching your reaction...yeahhhh it's just glorious! Bowie's live vocals are insanely good!
I've suppressed my memory of this version.
Full-length soundtrack original FTW.
I saw this tour in Austin. Great show, but no Stevie! He’d agreed to work for union wage, which was $200/ night, in exchange for him and Double Trouble opening shows (and playing clubs in the cities afterwards). Suddenly they were no longer opening the shows. Stevie’s manager demanded more money to cover the gap, and Bowie fired Stevie right before the bus left to start the tour. In Austin the story was that Stevie stood up to Bowie, and in truth the band recorded their first album with Jackson Browne’s help instead of the Bowie tour, which Stevie wasn’t really excited about anyway, and his legend had begun!
I was also at the Austin show. It was great, but SRV was definitely missed. The French guitarist, don’t remember his name, was okay, but as an Austin homey SRV fan, it paled in comparison to what it could have been. Bowie was fantastic, though.
Not to mention Carmine Rojas on the bass. The drums was recorded by Omar Hakim and Tony Thompson RIP
Oh, Cat People song! Much better song than movie lol!
Lol i've heard stories about it. maybe i should watch it lol
@@L33Reacts It's different, but really not a very good movie lol
This is the more popular version, but love Bowie
I like both versions, which are significantly different. I am much more familar with the movie version, but I do like the vocal fry towards the end, and Stevie's guitar parts in this version.
I think Bowie could take the piss out of himself and be so authentic because he was SO successful. Maybe he was always like that, back when he was Davey Jones and trying to become a rock n roll star? Probably. People like that always have an inner conviction. But y'know, it helps to be magnanimous when you're an effin Rock God.
The movie version has been scientifically proven to be 98.4% better than the Let's Dance album one.
No, you had the graph upside down. No soaring SRV on the movie version. THAT, is a crime. 😊 Seriously, both are good but this has SRV.
Unfortunately, that study has been proven false by later investigation. This version is now accepted by the scientific community as the better one.
@@patrickmcevoy5080 lol
God, you guys are funny!
Cat People is one crazy movie, check it out.
i've heard the stories... i'll have to give it a watch if i ever have time lol
Nastasia Kinsky, ‘nuff said.
This album version has SRV. The Inglorious Basterds version does not....in fact, the guitar in it is not good. I do like Bowie's voice in the movie version but SRV and Bowie? Yes, every time!
Yeh, the alternative is a slower verison of the soundtrack from the 1982 film by Paul Schrader -- the song produced by German Giorgio Moroder (who produced Donna Summer's early hits)....you'll hear a similiarity in his production of the two artists. I like both, though the mood is a bit different. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_People_(1982_film)
Listen to ronnie tutt with elvis on polk salad Annie
Giorgio Moroder is another GOD. I think it's pronounced More-oh-der, with emphasis on the first syllable.
Morodor was well known, and his last name is pronounced more-OH-der.
Yes, this is a good album, you should work through it. SRV does add a lot, Bowie liked a good guitarist..
Sunthing: vote for someone, who wants to try to do something against it! Like in the US, in europe we have the problem, that most of the people vote for assholes, who don't get the thing with the sun (and all around it).
The Movie version is much better - more haunting and suspenseful.
i'll have to check it out! thank you!
I also prefer the movie versions in Cat People and Inglorious Bastards. Especially the clock ticking and Bowie's voice.
Totally agree… this version is fine but way too upbeat. That’s a messed up movie but a great creature feature (kind of an unintentional sibling film to American Werewolf in London). Stevie is pretty great on this version though.
Absolutely agree. Miles better.
Completely agree!
The original version on the soundtrack is way better. More punch in it. you should listen to it too
Only know the movie version which is on his greatest hits double album! Much more intense and rocking! Both are good though!
ill have to check that one out too. thank you for watching!
Please listen to “Life on mars” if you haven’t already. It’s probably his most famous song and one of the greatest song of all time.
i actually haven't, i don't think. ill have to check it out ,thank you!
@@L33Reacts your welcome I wish I could here for the first time again. Great channel mate take care
One of my favourites. Sooo good
Do I'M AFRAID OF AMERICANS!
Not the best version. But hey, its Bowie. I suggest Modern Love from the same album. It always makes me happy.
The movie/single version by David Bowie and Giorgio Moroder is much better than this album track.
Im afraid this is the less good version.
Nowhere near as good as the other version.
the version from Cat People is much better, I think anyway
This version is awful and SRV adds nothing to it. The original version is fantastic.