David Bowie Explains Ziggy Stardust
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2016
- In this 1977 interview, David Bowie talks about Ziggy Stardust and his use of ever-changing characters in performance.
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So weird that you'd sit down with the world's most interesting musician and proceed to just talk over him.
My thoughts exactly.
Really Cool Tao fan I would imagine they were excited and just blurted out whatever came to them it is annoying
You nailed what I was thinking.
Ditto x
The are Flo & Eddie of the Turtles. They did the backing vocals on all of T. Rex's early hits. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flo_%26_Eddie
The one time David Bowie looks like the most normal guy in the room!
he looks awesome with that macgyver haircut
and sounds like the only normal guy in the room as well
@@freebee8221 macGyver - LoL
Lemme fix the title David Bowie _tries_ to explain Ziggy Stardust
I really wish the interviewers would let bowie talk.
+Cory Kamermans seriously. those guys are ridiculous
+Cory Kamermans Seriously! They need to shut the hell up
+Cory Kamermans Do you know who they are? Believe me, Bowie thought of them as equals.
They are annoying as %#!@!!! Let David speak
+AudioAtmos That's Flo and Eddie (Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman), formerly known as the Turtles.
Yeah the interrupting annoying but its refreshing to see interviewers not act like robots, they seem like genuine fans who are really excited to talk to him. And bowie is acting a lot more happy than he is in a lot of other interviews
They were already old friends with Bowie when this interview took place.
Everyone here realizes flo and eddie were rock and roll innovators who at this point had already had a solo career, the turtles(happy together..etc) and were in Zappa’s Mothers of invention and worked with clapton. They weren’t interviewers. They were equal musicians discussing in depth nuances of the artists process.
@A Subscriber---lol. Flo and Eddie are music icons in their own rights.
He looks so healthy and natural and beautiful here.
I agree. The guy with the glasses and big, poofy hair looked very healthy, natural and beautiful. You have excellent taste in men!
He's like a different person here compared to some 1975 interviews just 2 years earlier when he was coked out and thin
@@maulcs he was getting healthy.
There's no other entertainer who inpires such awe in me. He was simply the coolest man ever.
I agree.
And sexiest man ever.
He was a true artist
THE COOLEST.
@@marmottrash He was and still is Art
I love that he says he left everything behind for the experience of living doing everything for yourself... he was wise
Think of all the performers that probably would have lived a lot longer if they had done the same.
Extraordinary, given what he put himself through in his LA years, to see him looking this good in 1977.
Must have had the constitution of an ox.
RIP Spaceboy.
Much missed, never forgotten.
Excuse me while I travel back in time and smack these interviewers....
same where's my knife
I know what you mean
Are those the 2 guys who joined Zappa?
And ask him to give up the cigarettes please.
@grimble6261 so what if they are all artists. When I sit around with my friends I don’t proceed to talk over them all the time. It’s just annoying no matter who you are and who you’re with.
An absolute gentleman!!!
So unbelievably intelligent, friendly, with greats powers of observation... a true role model for myself.🙏🏼 RIP Mr. Bowie💙❤️
Wow, it's amazing how much David's looks changed from 72 - 77 in interviews. He looks so much better and rested in this interview. He got rid of the drugs and ziggy and he just looks awesome. He also seemed liked a real nice man :)R I P Goblin King.
Melissa Kelly he realized he couldn't keep riding the coattails of Alice Cooper with that "Ziggy" persona and Suffragette city sounding to close to the Cooper's hit Under my wheels, it would have been career suicide if he didn't change his "look" and sound.
Ziggy was his more electric twin brother who was higher pitched and had a more skull faced looked, different ear shaped too. This brother, more handsome and lower toned and jazzy took over after that although he did perform sometimes during the ziggy era. Thats why this brother became jazzy all the way, he lied talking about changing characters but he did not after his twin "ziggy" brother left or died because this is personality and you can't change so much.
It is hard to believe this was 1977, he looks so much as he did for many years after!!
WOW! DB talking with Flo and Eddie. This is priceless.
Yeah, they are a little over-involved perhaps, but this feels really comfortable - it's a natural chat rather than a starchy interview. I don't think he seems annoyed at any point - he's clearly in front of two people who admire him very much and are also artists.
Gotta say, don't mind the interviewers talking over him, this seems more like 3 buddies just chit chatting, instead of the normal Bowie interview where he's asked very generic questions which he answers very quickly because he doesn't like the questions or the interviewer. Being an interviewer is all about creating his kind of an atmosphere where the celebrity opens up, what a great interview
Thank you for seeing the clip for what it is. Lots of incredibly ignorant comments posted here about Bowie's friends...Flo & Eddie had known him for about seven years already and had been on the bill as one of the opening acts for the two San Francisco Ziggy Stardust shows in 1972. At that point in time, they had already known Bowie for a couple of years through Rodney Bingenheimer. So many people here have not done their Bowie homework, such as Ms. Thomas above; I laughed hysterically when I read her comment. Volman and Kaylan were friends with Bowie from the time of his first appearance on the Los Angeles music scene, when Rodney dragged him around in a dress to all of the local Hollywood parties...with Ultra Violet in tow, as well. So all of these people are missing the point and don't understand the nuances of the clip: Bowie was "Happy Together" with his buds, obviously having a blast. Btw, they knew which questions not to ask and avoided them brilliantly.
I am disgusted that so many people here have insulted Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan--Bowie was delighted to be chatting with them and having a great time, which is obvious to long-time fans. I doubt that any of the individuals here who posted potty-mouth comments knew the man personally, let alone well enough to accurately interpret his thoughts. In reality, they have projected their own ignorance of the interview onto this thread. Because haters will be haters...and intolerance abounds in the world of social media, where these same cowardly individuals sit in anonymity, constantly trying drag others down into their gutters with them; after all, misery loves company.
I really enjoyed this interview. I felt more like I was listening to a conversation between friends than a standard interview. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Everyone here realizes flo and eddie were rock and roll innovators who at this point had already had a solo career, the turtles(happy together..etc) and were in Zappa’s Mothers of invention and worked with clapton. They weren’t interviewers. They were equal musicians discussing in depth nuances of the artists process.
gunnarzpoptart, cry a river. If they were good journalists the viewer wouldn’t need to have years of personal context to enjoy the interview. That’s unrealistic and absurd. I’m not going to do “homework” for every 30- 40yr old clip I watch, you pedantic crybaby. Go smoke a dube.
The most elegant and stylish men of the past 50 yeras. I will always have you in my heart.Inspirational.
I'm still fascinated with David Bowie...what an interesting a genuine man he was from what I can glean.
Don’t see where Bowie is anywhere near annoyed. In fact he seems to be very comfortable to me laughing about in a manner that I had never seen before. He is a wonderful man to listen to.
He's probably stoned too!!!!
@@anselknight1866 seems engaged and present to me, but who knows.
I'm annoyed by the interrupting. They are asking questions but not listening to the answers.
The interviewers are Flo and Eddie, they are icons of the 60s and 70s and were both good friends with Bowie.
@@gozer33
That's how conversations with friends often go. You know each other well enough that you just flow.
What a clever and charming person.
What a genius! His ability to conceptualize and bring all these artistic viewpoints together! Simply brilliant! The world has lost a true artist, an icon.
he's such a precious angel i love him
I still miss him one year later; he was my favorite artist.
donna Star I was really hoping that he would appear in the Twin Peaks revival. He wanted to, but died before he could film the scenes.
Was ? Is !! He gave more then We can find.
Do you still miss him now 7 years later? I do 😢
Him talking about his son ☺️ awwwwww
''Buzz off? that's English .. how dare you'' xL
oh god i miss him :(
RIP David x
I laughed so hard at that partXD
These two guys sound stoned and incoherent while Bowie is so brilliant, intelligent and articulate. He had to explain himself repeatedly to these stoners! Lol. I am truly going to miss him, RIP, David.
breezy5610 Bowie was a stoner himself. Even the hard stuff was Bowie’s forte.
Everyone here realizes flo and eddie were rock and roll innovators who at this point had already had a solo career, the turtles(happy together..etc) and were in Zappa’s Mothers of invention and worked with clapton. They weren’t interviewers. They were equal musicians discussing in depth nuances of the artists process.
@@joesmusic7143 I don't like when they ask questions but don't listen to the answers. That would annoy me even if they were my friends.
I thought Flo and Eddie did rather well in the interview, were obviously familiar with Bowie's work and had intelligent things to say about it, being established artists themselves.
Flo and Eddie? Stoned? Nahhhh. Lol.
It's 2022 and I'm so pleased to watch and listen to this. I love David Bowie 💖
Blimey can a human being be more simultaneously gracious, talented and intelligent?.....I think not!! An unprecedented career trajectory, the last renaissance man of contemporary culture. Philip Glass said;" In the future we will only speak of Erik Satie and David Bowie" Damn his genius will be missed....
Erik who?
@@gruff5 Probably the guy who inspired P. Glass.
This is 1977.
Love you David.
Does anybody look at the comments before they give their opinions?
Talk about annoying.....
This isn't UA-cam, it's an old interview by his friends.
I never heard David Bowie say a bad word about anyone. Smooth & Sweet.
Exactly, thank you!!
Everyone here should realize flo and eddie were rock and roll innovators who at this point had already had a solo career, the turtles(happy together..etc) and were in Zappa’s Mothers of invention and worked with clapton. They weren’t interviewers. They were equal musicians discussing in depth nuances of the artists process.
Great conversation...the guys talking to Bowie are musicians Flo and Eddie
(Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman) who did the falsetto backing vocals on Electric Warrior by T Rex.
Flo and Eddie worked with a lot of people.
Bowie exudes intelligence and integrity
The Interviewers are Mark Volman and Eddie from "The Mothers of Invention". They are no journalists, but fellow musicians.
Also founding members of The Turtles.
@@bradleyj.anderson6398 So happy together
Thanks for adding names of interviewers and context. Although they did talk over Rock God often, He did not seem to mind. Usually you can tell if he is annoyed with an interviewer. So this is by far one of the most insightful peek into his pathos, into the ziggy and berliner years. Now that I found out about Kenya I also understand Iman. Wow. Thx CBC.
Exactly, thank you!!!
Everyone here realizes flo and eddie were rock and roll innovators who at this point had already had a solo career, the turtles(happy together..etc) and were in Zappa’s Mothers of invention and worked with clapton. They weren’t interviewers. They were equal musicians discussing in depth nuances of the artists process.
oh good...bc I assumed they were TM guru hippie burnouts
None of you seem to know the interviewers are Flo and Eddie
The unsung heroes of T.Rex
he had such lovely grace, this man. Very lovely to listen.
Strange no one has mentioned the interviewers are Howad Kaylan & Mark Volman from The Turtles and Zappa
Here I am watching this while having a panic attack cuz his voice makes me calm down :(
This is a different, interesting interview and I don’t know why everyone’s complaining about the interrupting since it’s formatted more as a conversation. David seems engaged in the questions, and you can’t really speak for him anyway 🤷♀️
Exactly, thank you
Why not mention that this is Flow and Eddie interviewing Bowie on Peter Gzowski? Duhn. CBC strikes out again.This is an amazing interview.
He comes across really well here. Love that comment at the end- "Buzz off, that's English ." Lol.
So true ... but the songs are so great ... inspired me to perform his songs on YT ... I'm so privileged.
David was such an elegant guy, love watching him talk
rest easy my goblin king❤ heaven just became a cool place
Flo & Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan) knew Bowie almost as long as Rodney Bingenheimer did, so I seriously doubt that Bowie felt the same way as some of the people who have posted negative comments about this interview. He was having fun with old friends. These guys opened for him on the Ziggy Stardust tour at Winterland in San Francisco on October 27-28, 1972. They were DJs on KROQ in 1973, a full three years before Rodney landed his gig, but only stayed a year and then moved on; Mark Volman and Howard Kayland were also part of the original (Rodney Bingenheimer's) English Disco in-crowd, and there wouldn't have been an English Disco crowd at all without Bowie. These two guys have more memories and stories of Southern California's 60s and 70s music scene than most, and had a longer friendship with Bowie than most...
Exactly, thank you
RIP David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust rock with Freddie Mercury again in the heaven
Everyone here realizes flo and eddie, “the interviewers”, were rock and roll innovators who at this point had already had a solo career, the turtles(happy together..etc) and were in Zappa’s Mothers of invention and worked with clapton. They weren’t interviewers. They were equal musicians discussing in depth nuances of the artists process.
Good insight on your comments! They were all friends sitting down for a shoot the breeze 😂 kind of thing. David had to talk over them too. Excellent interview!
the interviews are doing a bit known as comedy group, Flo and eddy, aka The Turtles and Zappa's Mothers of Invention.
BeatFilms thanks---I thought that was Flo and Eddie
Lol. The interviews are so stoner. I don't know why people are saying this is a bad interview. These guys were really interested into Bowie's music approach and let him talk. This is like a talk around a coffee. Anyway, I enjoyed it as well as Bowie seem to enjoyed it.
I also picked up they are interested. They also ask thought provoking questions. But when interviewee has to interrupt the interviewer to get his point across, that is bad!
elchachasinda I know but look at these guys. Is not just your regular interview. You have to take it at it is sometime. It was not as bad as many people think. Anyway, I thought they were just some funny lads having a good time with an artist they respect very much.
+Taila KHAM PO that is true.
I agree, the interviews are so stoned. I was shouting at these hippies to stop interrupting Bowie.
It hurts to know ill never see him live :(
if those are the m.o.i. thats cool. they were really awesome back ground musicians, with zappa an iconic front man. I lived through all that. I was born in '57 and my sister, 6 yrs older, had all the heaviest albums going on through the '60's, which was F.Z.& t.m.o.i.'s time of prominence, and yes they were definately part of the change. Its impossible for anyone to know what it was like to live through that time period without being there. First, technology was so archaic that much of what we have today was only in comic books, and in the idealism of our aspirations, mankind had just invented the ability to go to the moon, the b&w tv, and an old manual phone attached to a wire was the highest tech. The electric guitar and elec amplification had just been invented. Music was rapidly changing massivley every week. From Sinatra, american folk and country, deep south acoustic blues, motown, and elvis, to electric: beatnik, english invasion, go-go, and surf guitar. Enter the influence of drugs into the rapid change, every week. Huge changes were happening to music that had never been done before, in many ways, no one to copy, and most of these people were inventing all this talent and style while they were still in their late teens. Thousands of hugely talented bands starting up everywhere, every day, coming and going reforming into mega bands, all within several massive years of the world changing forever, never to go back, many of these bands were so radical that they couldnt be shown in public in the "leave it to beaver" lifestyle of the era. Possibly the most change packed years on earth were from 1958 to 1968. From malt shops, drive in theaters and Elvis, to: the beatles, stones, Blue Cheer, jefferson airplane, Burden, Hendrix, Cream, Doors, Led Zep, etc., all on acid, all massive shock power, world changers. Enter lou Reed, Iggy pop, and Bowie and the emergence of hard core punk and drug induced, demented perversion, street and club life, after acid and the hippy era. Which brings us to one of the most iconic legendary vocalist/actor/performers in the history of humanity, the inimitable David Bowie and his great stories in this interview. He was so shockingly radical for his time that the establishment banned him and swept him under the carpet, and early on he wasnt widely known about by the uninformed non punk youth, aside from a few of his hits. But nothing could or would stop Bowie from becoming one of the greatest gods of rock in every genre he chose.
Great Interview. Genuine and Unpretentious!
He seems so accessible and sincerely interested in what everyone has to say.
I love it when interviewers ask a question, the star gets the point and begins to speak, and the interviewer interrupts the artist to make his own point
Bowie is miles above most of us.Smart and brilliant musician/performer.
Legend
I like the interviewers and I think they brought the best out of Bowie
This is a good interview.
Ground Control to Major David ! We miss your music, your voice, your brilliance, your controversy and your wit and charm (you were a funny bloke in Live by Request). You were The Man Who "Changed" The World. Rest brother.
Bowie/Stardust had class I loved his individuality and his outfits he’s one of my biggest influences
Nope I recon he's really enjoying this, different questions different vibe... no judging and probing, great interview.
Wait a minute... Is that Flo & Eddie interviewing him?!
Yep.
rest easy my goblin king❤ heaven just became a cool place
He looks so healthy and natural and beautiful here.
What a beautiful guy. My pants are officially charmed off.
Bowie will always be genius pure and simple ...some people wrote chapters in books Bowie wrote characters in his mind then played them on stage without much of a script other than sheet music.
🙏🏼 David Robert Jones. Incredible Talent & Personal. AlwaYs Appreciated & Congratulated Publicly All his Band , Writers & Contributors in Performing & Recording his Albums. 👍👍
Great interview
A privilege to see this.
Love that he's interviewed by the Turtles
Good interview
Gorgeous SMILE , SOUL, VOICE, style,
people called tribes bless him
So cool that the interviewers are Flo and Eddie from The Turtles. I’ve been in bands for decades, this is what it sounds like when musicians talk. They jam and this is a jam.
Bowie telling the Florescent Leach & Eddie about being a different character every night, beautiful. I had the good fortune to see the Ziggy tour in Philly, top 5 concerts ever.
He's a class act
These two guys seem so enthusiastic about Bowie and what he's giving them. I wish thy'd let him talk, though. :D
The interviewers are musicians.They were in the band the Turtles.They had the hit “Happy Togther”.
David was a big influence on Peter Gabriel's stage act when he with Genesis.
So true ... but the songs are so great ... inspired me to perform his songs on YT ... I'm so privileged.
I was annoyed by the rudeness of the tag team interviewers but once again I was totally impressed with how calm and cool David
Bowie handled them
Why are people complaining about the interviewers? They are not journalists, they are musicians Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman aka Flo and Eddie!
Agreed. They were all friends! 😁
They were friends obviously, stop being so rude to the interviewers!
Three Legends who all helped shape Rock n Roll having a discussion. This is Great! Fuck off with the negitive comments. Do your homework and check ya head!
+Yoman83 gaga Yep, it's funny when people ;show themselves to be the epitome of their criticisms.
Rich AAA They are all awesome, but I wish they hadn't kept interrupting David.
No kidding...ignorant people posting ignorant comments about three old friends having a fun time together.
So well spoken not like you imagine a glam rocker to be
Maravilloso, siempre.
No wonder watching this is why David Bowie is the coolest dude in the world! may he RIP!
Doesn't he look beautiful? Those cheekbones and that smile 😍
This is one of the best interviews I've seen with Bowie. I think the interviewers are Flo & Eddie? From the Turtles
OMG he looks cute if he was my dad I would be looking,stareing at him non stop an talking to him every day and doing things with him.....but he's gone now and I miss him massively I really do I get flash backs of this interview everyday
Estos días estoy escuchando con atención sus álbumes por primera vez... estoy descubriendo a un genio, uno de los mayores del siglo XX, y por lo que observo, un hombre encantador simpático y brillante. Me arrepiento de no haberle prestado atención a su música mucho antes y me rompe el corazón pensar que ya no está entre nosotros
i have been on loads and loads of concerts ..but only one made me starstruck...back in 91 i think sound and vision tour :)
David Bowie creates art that allows him to experience life with more autonomy, thus enhancing his artful expression.
At first I was bummed when Ziggy was no longer cause I wanted more but in the end more is what I got.
These interviewers are so outclassed
Well spoken Man! He's cooool!
wow. everyone whining about the interviewers. to me they just seemed excited to meet and talk with Bowie that their thoughts were spilling out a little too fast at first. but they got it under control after a bit. and as to being prepared, they seemed to know a LOT about him and music in general. I've watched a few interviews and Bowie seemed pleased with this one overall. thanks for posting this lovely vid
I can't be the only one imagining the interviewers as young versions of Rick Rubin and Jonah Hill
Are these two interviewers high? Leave it to Bowie to be very down to earth and simple about his own work. They’re trying to make him something else and he keeps correcting them and they keep talking over him. YIKES! He must have left that thinking “who are they?”
Just gorgeous
Really bad interviewers. Really, really, really bad.
agreed.
they're not interviewers they're other singers having a conversation with him.
It's more an informal chat between fellow musicians than a Q & A.
Everyone here realizes flo and eddie were rock and roll innovators who at this point had already had a solo career, the turtles(happy together..etc) and were in Zappa’s Mothers of invention and worked with clapton. They weren’t interviewers. They were equal musicians discussing in depth nuances of the artists process.
Flo and Eddie, right? The Turtles. How cool.
These interviewers are the two lead singers from The Turtles.
I love, Love, LOVE his old teeth! Beautiful man.
WHAT? Are you both leaving so soon?
(David seems so happy when he realise that they both are leaving.)