I find Leigh to be someone living his dream. Seems he lived his life on his own terms. Very creative, prolific, fearless, talented. Very inspiring, indeed.
Leigh even tries to steer him early on with a subtly veiled barb 'I think I'll leave the explanations up to you' Glitter is just drooling, maybe he's a better interviewer normally but he's too excited here.
True story: I am the person that told Gary Glitter to his face that his name was rhyming slang for shitter. He said he had no idea and wasn't too upset. He was arrested months later. Haha, Love Leigh though - why do the best die young?
I love the expression that each morning he sees himself as a fresh canvas. I feel that way a lot of the time however, in terms of how Leigh put it, the status quoe'rs wont get it. This is 2012 and the world seems less colorful than it should be. We need more of the Leigh Bowerys, Boy Georges and Steve Stranges.
@@mikeyweaselwhipper3074 omfg I did literally exactly this; heard the line, gasped, paused the video, and scrolled down to see if there was a comment about this WHICH THERE HAD TO BE I am floored.
"When too many people jump on the band wagon, I get a little bit fed up and move on to something else". To me, that is an excellent quote for people are legitimately creative. Band-wagon thinking is extremely tiresome for really creative people. I think that is one reason I like Leigh so. He was absurd and surreal, and made wonderful fun of the concept of fashion.
one of my favorite looks of his the lightbulbs are super inventive but my favorite part is the way the belt on his face changes his face's silhouette to look almost like an elephant or an animal with a snout
Hi all.....for everyone who wasn't aware, he was on cocaine or speed in this video. That's why he is so jittery and makes the odd jerking movement. You can almost hear how dry his mouth is.
The sad part about this clip is that one person's infamy and crimes overshadow the other more talented individual's legacy on display. Leigh brought colour to UK TV whenever he would appear on it. Fearless and brilliant.
What channel did this come out on? It must have been 1980s satellite TV, back when Sky was still called "The Sky Channel" and you needed a 1.5 metre motorised dish to receive delights such as this....
gorgous leigh Bowery so facinating and appealing . pushing at the boundaries and enjoying it. ive always thought i have my own challenging behavour thank heavens. i wont mention the other chap nuff said.
this is a horrible interview but leigh is so amazing and has such a natural classiness that it still comes thru. He kept almost getting to his point and that idiot would interrupt him. He earns my respect if for nothing else, but that he didn't smack that fool upside the head.
THE BOY COMMENT : Gary Glitter was convicted of pediphelia of young GIRLS but pediphelia nonetheless / anyway LEIGH BOWERY was WORTH the time spent watching ...
Gary Glitter is unanimously condemned for where he ended up but I will always be a fan of his music, its just like Michael Jackson, you just have to seperate the heyday from the horror...
It's funny isn't it? Yes I understand that G is a despicable character now, and this is evidence of how shit he was on a chat show, but the 1970s music scene wouldn't have happened without him, so it seems ridiculous that he has now been all but erased from music history. Shame. When he was a pop star only (not a sex criminal), he was fantastic.
I don't like Garry Glitter, for obvious reasons and he is a crap interviewer but had to watch this as big Leigh Bowery fan and not seen this as always looking for new/rare footage of Leigh....sure loads exists out there.....
I'm glad this video exists because I think performance artists are creative and brave. People are just saying angry things about Gary because of something that happened more than a decade later. They are hardly focused on what's actually happening in the video. I agree Gary is an awful interviewer lol
They were contemporaries... Leigh came to London because of the scene Boy was a part of.All those kids took inspiration from each, but would never dare copy each other completely. BG wore some of of Leigh's looks after Leigh had died, but these were in homage.
You must be so proud of charlie now, huh? "King Charles", ruler of Englandistan, Scottishtan and the Emirate of Al-Wales. Rule Pedofannia...!!! Keep burning, Jimmy!
You do realise that half of boy George's clothes were designed & made by Leigh? He made Lana pellay entire wardrobe as well Including the pink velvet gown & blue suit she wore in the pistol in my pocket video
ROCK N ROOOOOOOL---HEY, ROCK N ROLL! Still a genius track. The parents sold those kids to gary in Vietnam, maybe he should have gone to Spain where they aren't as messed up about the body and sex like the british are. Age of consent is 13 there so it would have been legal.
Leigh Bowery was seen as the "freak", but now we know who the real danger to society was.
I find Leigh to be someone living his dream. Seems he lived his life on his own terms. Very creative, prolific, fearless, talented. Very inspiring, indeed.
He beat his female partner senselessly (yes, he had a female partner- guess he was still too afraid to be outwardly gay)
If true, that would be unforgivable.
Lovequeen I've never heard this!! He was married to a female but was very outwardly gay and as far as I've heard all his sexual partners were men.
Eoin M dp e
I he didn’t beat her he was more abusive mentally according to his wife in an interview she did but she said he didn’t do it often
Boy George mentions this interview in his new book, "Karma"
That's what brought me here out of curiosity!
Gary Glitter is super irritating. Is he coming off a speed run or what? All he does is interrupt while stuttering. Meanwhile, Leigh is fantastic.
Leigh even tries to steer him early on with a subtly veiled barb 'I think I'll leave the explanations up to you' Glitter is just drooling, maybe he's a better interviewer normally but he's too excited here.
Leigh know hows to be stylish But would have slapped Gary hands on leighs out fit !!
He looks like he shot an 8 ball and zinged his way onstage
He was one the biggest stars in the 70s and 80s get over it
Wow, Gary Glitter sure likes the sound of his own voice.
Yes and having sex with kids
You took the words right out of my thumbs@@psynthetiksound5800
Who the hell gave a chat show to Gary Glitter? He's awful!
GARY: “I just know how to make a young boy happy!”
2021: “Well that’s awkward.”
He didnt abuse boys only girls
@@janeslater8004oh, well that’s okay then. At least he was a heterosexual pedophile
He was only into girls.
@@janeslater8004 I thought that, but he did abuse children, so the 'young' part is still a bit jarring.
Jesus, let the guy speak. He keeps asking questions then interrupting.
Love thy neighbour Jesus?
True story: I am the person that told Gary Glitter to his face that his name was rhyming slang for shitter. He said he had no idea and wasn't too upset. He was arrested months later. Haha, Love Leigh though - why do the best die young?
Glitter is fundamentally outclassed here, thank heavens, Leigh in Aspect, Leigh in Aspect
I love the expression that each morning he sees himself as a fresh canvas. I feel that way a lot of the time however, in terms of how Leigh put it, the status quoe'rs wont get it. This is 2012 and the world seems less colorful than it should be. We need more of the Leigh Bowerys, Boy Georges and Steve Stranges.
Lol
Easy loving lover
Amazing young man. I had never heard of him in America back in the 80's. I wish I seen more of his talent. RIP Leigh Bowery 🙏🙏😇😇
Love Leigh! R.I.P.🌻🌸🌺
Was he a Christian?
Yes he was.
Gary Glitter "I just know how to make a young boy happy" Enough said.....
yeah. terrifying
that line floored me. the video's on pause while i try to absorb that he really said that.
Gliiter was convicted of sexual offences with girls. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Glitter
What a vile thing to say :-(
@@mikeyweaselwhipper3074 omfg I did literally exactly this; heard the line, gasped, paused the video, and scrolled down to see if there was a comment about this WHICH THERE HAD TO BE
I am floored.
Leigh Bowery; to Gary Glitter; “Perhaps we should leave the explanations to you”.
Thanks for the tipoff George.
"When too many people jump on the band wagon, I get a little bit fed up and move on to something else".
To me, that is an excellent quote for people are legitimately creative. Band-wagon thinking is extremely tiresome for really creative people. I think that is one reason I like Leigh so. He was absurd and surreal, and made wonderful fun of the concept of fashion.
Oh God I loved Leigh so much. He is sorely missed. A terrible loss.
Is Zeus you're love personal God belief
One lovely freak and one vile one ❤
Both freaks
one of my favorite looks of his the lightbulbs are super inventive but my favorite part is the way the belt on his face changes his face's silhouette to look almost like an elephant or an animal with a snout
Leigh did the lightbulbs in his ears over 30 years ago.
god i remember leigh bowery & trojan strutting in grace on east houston nyc 1983/84... so great
Jeez, I wish he'd let Leigh speak instead of interrupting him constantly!
Why does it sounds like there's crickets in the background?
😂😂😂
And frogs😂
Modern day context makes Glitter's comments and behaviour even more creepy.
Does Gary Glitter ever stop asking questions? Let Leigh speak!
Narcist.
@@tartgreenapple I think you meant "narcissist." 🙂
@@DCFunBud Yes! Apologies.
Hi all.....for everyone who wasn't aware, he was on cocaine or speed in this video. That's why he is so jittery and makes the odd jerking movement. You can almost hear how dry his mouth is.
Is Gary Glitter high on speed or something Jesus
The sad part about this clip is that one person's infamy and crimes overshadow the other more talented individual's legacy on display. Leigh brought colour to UK TV whenever he would appear on it. Fearless and brilliant.
4:52 says it all this should be renamed one freak interviews another freak
I couldn't get through it. I'm out
Gary was high in this interview
What channel did this come out on? It must have been 1980s satellite TV, back when Sky was still called "The Sky Channel" and you needed a 1.5 metre motorised dish to receive delights such as this....
Would have been broadcast on ITV during the night. Late 80's
gorgous leigh Bowery so facinating and appealing . pushing at the boundaries and enjoying it. ive always thought i have my own challenging behavour thank heavens. i wont mention the other chap nuff said.
01:13 starts the interview
@4:52 - Did he really just say that?
Shiiit, the signs were all there folks..
Any idea of the year?
josh26809 - 1987.
cheers!
Leigh Bowery was so great sadly there are no unique people like him today
PC World proved to be his downfall, his Stalingrad
I buy my laptops from Argos now, PC World is the pits...
I was BORN in Sunshine!
this is a horrible interview but leigh is so amazing and has such a natural classiness that it still comes thru. He kept almost getting to his point and that idiot would interrupt him. He earns my respect if for nothing else, but that he didn't smack that fool upside the head.
Gary glitter is the scary one
wasnt dr white a brand of thick jam rags. he won the comp
high as a kite
Whatever happened to Gary Glitter?
_"No more heroes any more..."_
Gaga got alot of her inspiration from Leigh Bowery except he did it better
Made me laugh when Leigh mentioned shaving Glitter's hair off. Surprised he didn't notice it was a wig.
He was throwing shade.
THE BOY COMMENT :
Gary Glitter was convicted of pediphelia of young GIRLS
but pediphelia nonetheless /
anyway
LEIGH BOWERY was WORTH the time spent watching ...
4:52 .
willpower
The Curious Incident of Gary Glitter and the visit to PC World
Glitter is absolutely useless in this interview Lee of course is a legend!
LET LEIGH TALK OMFG
Great Can't we all do this not just on halloween!
Gary Glitter is unanimously condemned for where he ended up but I will always be a fan of his music, its just like Michael Jackson, you just have to seperate the heyday from the horror...
Humans do this rationalizing daily. Do need to apologize.
Michael Jackson was found not guilty.
Not a single shred of evidence of any kind of wrongdoing after decades of FBI investigations.
Yes, he was something fabulous!! Fantastick!
Leigh would have been 60 today.
It's funny isn't it? Yes I understand that G is a despicable character now, and this is evidence of how shit he was on a chat show, but the 1970s music scene wouldn't have happened without him, so it seems ridiculous that he has now been all but erased from music history. Shame. When he was a pop star only (not a sex criminal), he was fantastic.
TERRIBLE INTERVIEWER
Great at child sodomy though.
I don't like Garry Glitter, for obvious reasons and he is a crap interviewer but had to watch this as big Leigh Bowery fan and not seen this as always looking for new/rare footage of Leigh....sure loads exists out there.....
wow
Right up the Gary Glitter!
This is sick.
IF i was Leigh i would have slapped Gary for grabbing Leigh's out fit
Gary doesn't know where to go with this.
I'm glad this video exists because I think performance artists are creative and brave. People are just saying angry things about Gary because of something that happened more than a decade later. They are hardly focused on what's actually happening in the video. I agree Gary is an awful interviewer lol
Abusing children didn't just happen decades later... he got caught decades later
Leigh looks like Hannibal Hayes in Silence of the Lambs...lol
love that guy! he's more than gaga :>
He ran so lady Gaga could crawl
awkward interviewing
I still love his music.
You love anything really easy we noticed time and time again
off with the barnett hahaha.. need to melt the glue first.
ooohh my God!! i love this.
4:50 lol
Some of the looks that this guy cooked up makes me wonder if Boy George ever ripped him off.
They were contemporaries... Leigh came to London because of the scene Boy was a part of.All those kids took inspiration from each, but would never dare copy each other completely. BG wore some of of Leigh's looks after Leigh had died, but these were in homage.
They literally talk about this in the interview
The most infuriating interviewer ever…
damn
God bless my brother. He is a Prince among men.
You must be so proud of charlie now, huh?
"King Charles", ruler of Englandistan, Scottishtan and the Emirate of Al-Wales.
Rule Pedofannia...!!!
Keep burning, Jimmy!
strange pair of fellows??
I'm irked by how he pronounced Melbourne.
Gadd should have died, not Leigh.
'I know how to make a young boy happy'. Eww. The wrong person here died too soon.
I love how fleshy Bowery is, he is so engaging. xx
What a terrible interviewer.
This doesn't age well
Yuk, they both turn my stomach but Glitter is the worst!
Walking Art Form !!!!!???😫😫😫Darling of the fashion world !!!!!???
He is so scary!!!!!😨😨😨
But Boy George 's dressing is good!!!
You do realise that half of boy George's clothes were designed & made by Leigh? He made Lana pellay entire wardrobe as well Including the pink velvet gown & blue suit she wore in the pistol in my pocket video
I don't agree, Gaga has pushed to boundaries and has done a great job too. i'm not a fan of her but she's still inspiring.
What a freak. Leigh Bowery is great, though.
4:53 - "I know how to make a young boy happy!" Ha. Ha. Ha! :)
Could Leigh at least once dress like a normal guy?
jesus christ
But love thy neighbour Jesus?
Disrespectful, no wonder Gary Glitter Fizzled
ROCK N ROOOOOOOL---HEY, ROCK N ROLL!
Still a genius track.
The parents sold those kids to gary in Vietnam, maybe he should have gone to Spain where they aren't as messed up about the body and sex like the british are. Age of consent is 13 there so it would have been legal.
Nonce case
Gary doesn't know where to go with this.
Gary doesn't know where to go with this.
Gary doesn't know where to go with this.