Marianne Faithfull, David Bowie - I Got You Babe
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2016
- The duet was recorded for American television on October 19, 1973 at the Marquee Club in London. The producer Burt Sugarman had approached Bowie about appearing on his late-night NBC program The Midnight Special. According to the Ziggy Stardust Companion, Bowie agreed to appear on the show after being granted complete artistic control for a one-hour special. He put together a cabaret-style show featuring himself and a couple of acts from the 1960s, performing on a futuristic set. Bowie called it “The 1980 Floor Show,” as a pun on the title of his song “1984,” which was played during the opening title sequence. Filming took place over two days. The audiences were composed of Bowie fan club members and other special guests. Due to the cramped quarters in the nightclub, the camera crew wasn’t able to cover more than two angles at any moment, so Bowie and the others had to play the same songs over and over.
On the day “I Got You Babe” was filmed, the musicians and crew worked for ten straight hours.
Faithfull was invited to appear on the show as one of the back-up acts, along with The Troggs and the “flamenco rock” group Carmen. At the very end of the evening, Bowie and Faithfull appeared onstage together-he in a red PVC outfit with black ostrich plumes (he called it his “Angel of Death” costume) and she in a nun’s habit that was, by more than one account, open in the back. “This isn’t anything serious,” Bowie reportedly told the audience. “It’s just a bit of fun. We’ve hardly even rehearsed it.”
Friend: Let's go out tonight.
Me: Okay but only for 1 drink.
8 drinks later:
Only 8!
@@RipleyRattler some drinks and pills :-)
Brilliant comment!
Yeah I think they did a little more than drinking
Drinks,heroin,pills and cocaine😂
I was in high school and stayed up to watch this I loved Bowie and was fascinated by Marianne I can remember everything about watching this that night. I use to wear satin pants and jackets and glitter on my eyes in high school Bowie was such a influence on me at the time. My mom made my outfits I would show her what I wanted and she would make it. Too bad you don’t know they are the good old days while your in them.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
I was there. Had no idea they were filming. Used to live at the Marquee in the early to late 70s. Magic days.
Didn't they take multiple takes of each song?
This is like a car wreck I can't look away from. Bowie sounds fantastic as always! My favorite part is his head tilt after "Flowers in the spring" line. Missing him so 💔
Lol! I just loved it when music artists have fun on stage lol!
@@rvegas81 i am glad to be alive and whoever had the sense to film this... heroic...hypnotic as bowie says .thank you very much ( we can be heros) faithful undressed as a nun that has to be good Lol!
What a perfect description "a car wreck you can't look away from " mick Ronson great, I love Marianne Faithful one of my favorites. I miss Bowie's music so much.
Apps
Sounds like their imitating Dylan during his horrible nasal twang phase?
Must be a Performance Art Session?
For me Bowie will remain as the most beautiful and fascinating male in the world: so British, so cute, whatever he did was perfect and not at all disharmonious or disturbing. Faithfull's voice is so strong and peculiar ; she is also very amazing and the two of them together really works. I love them and thank them for what they have given to the world.
manager and friend who thought of this and kept the show.
you deaf
I couldn't agree more
7 years on and still can't accept he's gone
For me Marianne.
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAVE JUST WATCHED, BUT IT WAS AWESOME SOMEHOW.
How can something be awful and brilliant at the same time.
What a campy freak show -- and still delightful!
I remember this well as I was there for the whole first day of filming. As member no. 91 of the Bowie fan club I was invited to the event at the Marquee in Soho where we were all locked in for the day. I still have my invite letter, autographs and memories of the day.
How is it possible? They recorded and played the song at least four times
When David Bowie smiles, my heart melts....
They sound so good 🎉🎉. David Bowie and MaryAnn Faithful are just having fun on stage singing together 🎉🎉
Two icons performing as if they were at a local karaoke night.
3...Mick Ronson is playing guitar too!
And equally shit! I love both, but fck me this is dreadful.
I switched off after 39 seconds, I want to spare my Ears the pain of hearing these two caterwauling.
Yeah... and it sounds like it too...
So funny🙌😂
I've been around forever but somehow never knew this happened until 5 minutes ago. Love it!!
Same here! Would have never guessed David Bowie would do this cover!!
Same. So cool
Me too
The story of this night is better than the song.
@@angelene85 I'm curious, what's the story?
I had dinner with Marianne F a few years ago. She's a top lass, self-deprecating and great fun.
What happened to her voice?
Que hermosa anécdota debes tener para contar a tus hijxs y nietxs si los tenes . Y sino igualmente me gustó mucho que lo hayas contado. Saludos desde la tierra de Diego y Lionel.
I have to say that David is always full of surprises and could do anything, with a great sense of humour. Miss him.
the strangest duet I have ever seen.......SPEECHLESS!!
She was amazingly beautiful my God
Lo es aún .
looking back to the 70´s I can´t understand why the world is the world is so boring today?
Money and technology make the world more boring...
Age.
People are too sensitive and, ¨politically correct.¨ I met people at Bowie´s concerts and I wasn´t sure what gender some were and it didn´t matter. Bowie was an icon! I remember the audience being described as, ¨girls, boys and those who knew not what they were.¨ I think they knew. Somehow, Bowie was able to bring everyone together and it was wonderful! I was a teen back then.
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very, very BORING 😢😅
the strangest living ( rent ) boy eh . ANN easy friend , if your that way inclined .
Bowie's voice is especially fantastic on this.
He got a Place in the Music Olymp for this Performance! 😘👍
This is the only version of this song that I have ever been able to listen to more than more than once. Its the height of Irony.
Truly one the highlights of western civilization
So camp, so bizarre, so daring, I loved it.
@Sponge Bob Nooo its crazy / bizzare / out to lunch / out of tune...and i LOVE it :)
Je suis un homme
Chanson
Chanson je suis un homme de
Plus de plus naturel qu un homme
This is spectacularly bad. I love it.
Hahaha
Maureen Wagg Yes! Wonderfully terrible!
Acoustics yeah. But still love these two.
I love you for the comment
thats why its so freakin great hahaaa . I love it too :-D :)))
I remember seeing this on The Midnight Special when it first aired. I was still a kid in high school and remember thinking "This is so "wrong" on so many levels". But it was like slowing down to see what happened at a car accident. I couldn't look away. It was disturbing, hilarious, provocative, compelling--and introduced me (and got me hooked) to the music of David Bowie. :)
I was so STUNNED by what Bowie was doing AND he pulled it off on the Midnight Special (!!!) along with the Troggs AND Marieanne Faithfull in a Nun/Nurse outfit (practically in the nude!!) singing Sonny and Cher....it sealed the deal for me and the next night I hit the streets walking on the wild side....I never looked back. That's how big of a impact that show had on me.. ahem.
Exactly the same for me. I was a teenager when I saw this. Bowie and Lou Reed made me think it was ok to be different, thank you both.
David Bowie looks incredible in this.I love Marianne Faithful's nun getup.
Marianne making sure we knew that she was naked under the nuns habit.
This is FAR FAR FAR the strangest duet I have ever seen...
yup, beats even Bowie with Crosby
Bowie, Jagger?
I think it works perfectly...maybe Lulu instead?
Jürgen Schulze not the worst.
It's weird, and strange but I can't stop watching
I remember seeing this on TV in the 70's. It was so androgynous. I thought, and I still do, that it was ground breaking.
This cracks me up. Two Great Brits. Makes me proud to be British.
You beautiful bloody rebels, an era I just missed out, aw well, was the perfect age to enjoy grunge and metal 🤘♥️
Wow. This is a great example of Marianne's voice transitioning from the delicate "As Tears Go By" of the 60's to the glass-gargling "Broken English" of the 80's. Drugs + smoking constantly + screaming insanely + not sleeping = Marianne's vocal changes.
Steve Winwood's Valerie was about Marianne Faithful
Stomach pumping when in the barbiturate coma in Australia may have also permanently damaged her vocal cords.
dumbass , she was trying to be Sonny Bono
@@kendylan1021 no did you ever hear any song af hers that was released after 65?
Drugs & alcohol were factors in her ever changing vocals. She also suffered coupled-laryngitis which also changed her vocals. At 71, she just released a brilliant album “Negative Capability” which includes a few re-recordings of her previous work, As Tears Go By & Witches Song great record
This is so weird, I love it!
byndilaupsteen harry stilrd
I do too
It always makes me laugh. The outfits are outrageous. It would be interesting to know how Americans reacted to this as they are so conservative.@@l.michelleindigenousred2757
noel campbell It would probably be banned
I am sooo glad that this was preserved, and that I can watch it here. What a wonderful world!
That is so bad and freaking awesome and better than today´s music. I can´t stop watching it! And I laughed through all the other comments haha hilarious!
what a beautiful trio of back up singers !!
The beauty is watching two legends, whom, at the time, were tortured, just for being themselves. This was never meant for a worldwide audience or the judgement of people who will never understand what was going during those times or within their lives. I find this footage brilliant. Thank you for posting.
Christopher Chambers 💙
How they were tortured for being themselves? Please tell, I cant find the information, russian wiki is poor about this.
Why is she a legend? Yuk
@@wherethetreegrows They were open minded and Free and some people didnt like that
@@wherethetreegrows just google it
This is the most genius thing I have seen all year.
So nice, and thank you, Sonny and Cher.
we got drugs, babe
Ha ha ha...excellent. Poor Mick Ronson, doesn't know where to look at the beginning when Marianne is sorting her outfit and seems to be wearing no underwear! A Modest man, he keeps his eyes at a decent level and thinks, "How did I get from Hull to here?"
WOW!!!😂😂😂
Anthony I came from a nun hospital, short stop on way home.
I think it was selfish of them to stop me here. When are s just gotten out of the 🏥. Needing r and r
Fucking Killin me 🤣😂😅
They're both high as fuck...Loved it...
David actually wasn't on any drugs yet when this was recorded
Theyre both rotten and Mick Ronson looks fit to be tied. Its excruciating!!!!
Bwaa Hahaaaa,, good joke Latisha, pull the other one!
Michael Junayd he wasn't. He didn't start doing cocaine until 1974. Drunk? Probably. But he wasn't into drugs. You can even read that David said himself that he didn't start drugs until around the Diamond Dogs tour. And the reason being for him doing cocaine is because he was very unhappy during that period in his life. Marianne is totally stoned though.
ohhh, Latisha,, yer soooo naive!
I recall seeing this right around when Pinups came out (10/73). They were great together, Marianne in between her sixties/Mick/higher vocal register period and her powerful reinvention as the seventies came to a close. Great to see and hear Mick Ronson in his final weeks with Bowie
I figured if I live long enough I’d see many of David Bowie oddest videos I missed out on as a kid, this being one of them. There are lots of bands that I like from the 60’s and 70’s but Bowie stands head and shoulders above all in my book
My best friend and I gate crashed this private gig at The Marquee, sneeking in the back past the sound wagon. It was supposed to be invites to fan club members only, but we were fearless in those days and security was really lax. This was memorable mainly for Bowies outfit, but the best performances were Jean Genie (gold cobwebs and hands) and Space Oddity (the famous tight striped jumpsuit). Amazing days (my friend was so overawed she threw up after we left).
WOW ! COOL STORY ! Those hands always have freaked me out . And the "BREAK AWAY" Clothes were fun
That is freaking awesome, i'm so jealous, and your friend throwing up just adds to the story!
Oooh did you see me there, my friend and I did the very same thing...hahahahaha
From that night ua-cam.com/video/afVu6CvPBZI/v-deo.html
I would've thrown up too, this was highly disturbing.
This is so freaking cool! I love that you can see how shy he is- no matter the outfit- the drugs- the megastar. What a sweet man! The Prettiest Star
I can't believe I didn't know of the existence of this until now
I like it! There is something raw and primordial in their performance. This could never be done today.
For sure. What supposedly passes for "talent" these days is playing to short attention spans. Bowie set the bar high.
No because doing whatever Harry Styles did at the Grammys is just as mainstream, as John Davidson was then. Winking that you're "queer" ,(vapid word now) or LGBTQIA allied is an empty gesture now, says nothing. This was original and disorientating!
@@johnryan3913what does your last sentence mean?
@@theswissmiss69 I just mean that that performance was a really disorienting cut-up of ideas and imagery. I was 12 years old and the most radical thing Gender-wise I had seen was Alice Cooper ('Be my Lover'). Of course things would change and I was soon exposed to a lot more that was counter-cultural. But now big corporations want to be associated with Pride day, trans people on Bud Light, etc.
this gotta be one of the most iconic performances of all time
I listened to Bowie all day while painting. It made me deeply sad, missing him terribly. But going to bed on this little ditty will help me sleep. Bowie was always fun too. ❤️
Idt we’ll ever get over his being gone huh?😢 it’s odd because out of the tons of people who I’ve lost over the years- I’d do anything to have Bowie back.☺️
I was only a young kid when I started seeing the The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, But,,,, David Bowie surprised me with a the different look at music I enjoyed all his songs truly a different change in costume and music. Rest in peace Mr. Bowie.
Her voice is so unique
Unique. That's one way of putting it.
Broken nail on black board...
I need mental floss to get this out of my head!!! 😣
This was never imagined in my life ... and yet here it is. What weird joy. Bowie’s outfit is wonderful and he looks gorgeous in the way that only he could.
Big fan of Bowie for years. Never heard this rendition until a few weeks ago(thanks youtube!), but I have to say I was drawn to Marianne's Dietrichesque voice and personal charm enough to search out this video, only this time I got the risque version (wow, robe flash). I love how they so nonchalantly break social norms with such style. Great live song here.
Exactly, Marianne reminds me of Marlene Dietrich! Great song wonderful singers!
Tilda Swinton to play Bowie in biopic, it's gotta happen 🌞
She's too Tilda Swinton for me.
Absolutely
Nah
She'd have to sing wouldn't she?
david bowie has stated before that he doesn't want a movie about him
I love this performance. It never gets old.
I'm glad I grew up when people didn't give a shit about how much money something would make and just said fuck it
me too. I'm now 64 but in some ways I'm stuck in those times!
Basil Peterson b*******... Of course they were trying to make money doing this! Imo Bowie made a mistake having Marianne on there. She looks and sounds terrible. And this was 1973! It looks like he's trying to help her not f*** the words up.
What the fuck are you on about. That shits been going on forever
Of course you are. But I'm not too thrilled to be growing up when people have to pay for the mistakes of the "fuck it" generation.
Please: Elaborate on your perspective. Cite examples of positive impacts of saying "Fuck it!" (they are prevalent); and cite examples of negative impacts of same. Discuss...
They were so high!
Wonderful!
Thanks for the upload
erm... if by "high", you mean "Marianne was smacked off her dial" then ok...
It's just than she had a LONG addiction to heroin, so saying "Wonderful" immediately afterwards seems a BIT off....
Agree that the performance is well worth a watch, though. Fascinating :-)
I like the way she never let a little thing like not being able to sing hold her back
heroin addiction permanently damaged her voice in the 70's
I love her but this is hilarious
Yah think. Being Micks ex girlfriend, a muse for the Stones, and a Capricorn at that... had a lot to do with it. Ambition and just pure moxie with very little talent ( singing) can sometimes get you from here to there (in this case on the Midnight Special). Madonna comes to mind. Marianne is a survivor . You got to hand it to her to not let her growing addiction and no panties stop her from singing with Bowie AND out camping him.. in leather and feathers!!!
Bloody brilliant evocation of another time and place.
Got to love David's sense of comedic - always & how we miss you!
Those skin tight leather pants and that feather top floored me. I wanted that outfit!
I was there!
Those two days were worth it!Thanks David💖
I remember this being spoken of in the 80’s >Considered very rare in those days.Never thought I’d get to actually see it...
One of my favorite candid shot videos. It's a hoot. "Get a Room!" And his girlfriend Cherry is in the chorus.
Never realized you can identify someones drug of choice by their singing.
Haha
faithful rhyms scared clown around wrong what a voice and bowie not too shaby
@@grahamchapple3552 Wow. Turns out you can also identify someone's drug of choice by their UA-cam comment.
@@dixonpinfold2582How so?
😂❤🎉
David Bowie and Marianne Faithful! Wow, I've got to see this. Omg, this is too funny yet Bowie still manages to be adorable
idk but they look like my last two braincells at 2am
Hahaha mine look more like lit match stix standing
Fuckin A
I laughed so hard thanks
yea boi 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Oh God I hear ya! 💕👍🏻💕
So much support for this comment bahaha, exceeds relevance honestly
Very surreal. My first viewing of this too.
Used to work in Berwick Street, just around the corner from the Marquee club in the 70's. I I took for granted the acts that were on there every week, a lot of them now legends. Hindsight is a great thing!
I remember when this episode of the Midnight Special aired. I was about 12 or 13 and it freaked me out.
I was 18 living in the boring south suburbs of Chicago when this came on. That show was a life changing moment for me. It was all the push I needed to make some ch-ch-changes I was going thru. The next night I hit the streets and started to explore the world beyond the dreaniness of early '70's suburbia of Chicago. I never looked back. I just turned 68 on Jan. 13. I'm still here and kicking it.
Awesome. Beautiful. Delightful. Fun. Loved and adored this since I was 16 in 1984-5. (When I Got a Bootleg Of the video at school...man there was such a trade in amazing Bowie stuff at my school). Bowie forever xxxx
two of the most influencal sorry{ cant spell} musicians in my life, im now 57 never seen this , love it thanks
Don't worry you spelt sorry right
The Band plays in C, he sings in E minor, she sings in A major7, and the other voices in phrygian scale. Nice sound!
At least nobody played or sung in Locrian and spoiled it all
@@andywright8803 ionian scale, they tried the ionian scale, but it doesn't work ...
Daniel Omni i wonder if they knew that’s what they were doing
Looks like a bunch of transvestite aliens landed on earth and said "let's start a band"!
@@petermorgan3744 they did the purple people eater gig.
fabulous was listening to Marianne 2 days ago jammin' then David Bowie yesterday. the Heaven LP 2 day got this Fab clip thumbs up😎
This is just brilliant. Thanks for finding and posting!!
Im so glad i found this its so crazy i love it 😍
This is putting a big grin on my face for all the right reasons .. just so British .. sums up my culture (now I'm in my 50's it's all pretty set now) I love Bowie and I love Marrianne but never seen this gem before... Oh My
This is so bad taken to the most beautiful extreme...absolutely fantastic!
Her voice dropped about 10 octaves in 6 years. In 1968, RS's Rock n Roll Circus she's a soprano.
this is so perfect
Legendary drunk kareoke.
This was the first time I ever saw or heard of Bowie I was 12 and this changed my perspective that music was more than songs on the radio
People love this. I love it. Period. Why do some people have to put it down ?
Marianne looks so beautiful in this. I can only aspire to her level of beauty. 🖤
Fabulous vid....love em both ..X
Original amusing, exciting, romantic. I love them both.
David war ein sehr attraktiver Mann. Und seine Stimme? Grandios!
The utter WTFery of this video makes me happy every time I watch it. So awesome.
thank you so very very much!
Einfach nur geil. Ich frage mich, wo nur die schöne Zeit geblieben ist. Zum Glück gibt es ja YT, und somit kann ich in Erinnerungen schwelgen.
Magnifique version, belle complicité...merci pour le partage!
This is so awesome!!!
I actually prefeer this to the original Sonny and Cher version
Ladies & gentleman, here's the 22th century new cabaret!
As per David is absolutely amazing, unique fabulous unique awesome one and only.
Two of my favourite artists prove that even the greatest of us can have a really off night. Sooo off.
I'm so so so happy I came across this clip... what fucking gem! Of course Bowie starts with the Cher part and Faithful with her glitter whimple... it's the fucking best thing ever! So funny
Thanks for making me smile & laugh😍😂😁💙
Yes! Incredible... and supercooool!
David looks so otherwordly here! he is stunning!
No eyebrows maybe
I'd just gotten Marianne Faithfull's first album and that very Sat. night this was on TV. I loved her pure vocals but I really came to love this, too.
Cool version...and I love the outfits!
Great artists David Rest in Peace ...
MARIAN STILL GOING STRONG...🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🎵🎶🎵🎶🌹🎵🌹🎶🌹🎵🌹