David Bowie - brilliant 9-min interview (1987)
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2023
- David Bowie turned 40 in 1987 and gave this insightful interview upon releasing his 17th album Never Let Me Down. Bowie has been accurately described as the last great talent to ever come out of Britain, his impact and lasting influence on popular music and culture never in doubt. This excellent interview finds a comfortable and relaxed Bowie taking stock of his brilliant career to date, with producer Tony Visconti and Rolling Stone journalist Kurt Loder adding their perspectives.
I know David Bowie did not invent Heavy Metal and I also know he doesn't think he invented it.
That intro? Jeeezz. Didn’t sound like he was talking about Bowie. Thankfully, Bowie was his intelligent, artistic self, and made the interview a real joy to watch.
Literally at that time Bowie was the most successful artist of the last 20 years in the UK: 23 top 10 singles (5 number 1, 4 number 2, 5 number 3) and 18 top 10 albums (6 number 1, 4 number 2 , 3 number 3)
Brilliant man.
Plonker
Finally. This interview! Now i understand why 16yr old me with my old jazz& R& B obsessions had Bowie posters on the walls of her room... He was a great, genuine, flawed, marvellous being....
RIP David Bowie 1947-2016
Love this brilliant genius interview from 1987, David Bowie is an actor, in his music and so extraordinarily talented in films. Adore his voice, it’s so heavenly and uniquely distinctive. Such a original yet such a grounded down to earth personality. A true artist, creator, inventor of pop culture and live music. Love his hair here and beautiful face. ❤️♥️😍😘🥰🤩🌟✨
I agree. I find him very handsome in this interview. RIP
RIP BOWIE you were a iconic a kind sweet and intelligent person. Done the Brits proud! Your unique sense of self / style was EVERYTHING!! THEN PLUS YOU, AS ALL ROCK STARS THAT HAVE LEFT US TONS OF YOUR WORK ON FILM AND SOUND
I ADORED YOU MY STARMAN!😊
This world was graced by a true genius. I miss him very much
I started this ride back in 72 13 years old and never got off the train
I miss David Bowie. I'm so happy that I lived in his lifetime and was young when he started out.
Love to see any footage of this iconic human 🇬🇧🇬🇧🙌❤️❤️
this IS an excellent example of what journalism can do when its done right. this should be a study guide on how to use 9 minutes to its maximum value.
Not when your intro contains statements that are false. For instance Bowie did not invent Heavy Metal. Doing proper research and verifying facts is the first rule of proper journalism.
He wasn’t the king of
Rock nor heavy metal but he is definitely a star child and now the starman, he doesn’t want to come back because he thinks it
Will blow our mind I’m 23 years old and I want to him to make me lose it then boogie… he is art incarnate and it hasn’t even been a week since I I learned about him I’m frustrated that music is so saturated now
He really would be the silver surfer in a perfect world
David has a way with words. Great interview.
bowie said this was the lowest point of his life and yeah there is definietly a saddness to him in this interview
He's a good faker, but it was quite clear that he was putting on an act.
❤bowie artwork performance and a awesome human being. Bowie R.I.P 🙏 forever in our hearts. 😢 I hope you have turned in to an angel and watching from above ❤❤❤❤
What the fuck they totally grilled him. Stuff like this probably is what made him rethink his sound
UR SPOT ON
The summary at the end was spot on x
Because of Dave's Accent, everybody presumes he's a Southerner, yet few know his Dad was From Yorkshire, & his Mum was from Lancashire, & Dave Himself was born up North in Yorkshire (Eh By Gum It's Grim Up North) & his accent is because he moved South at a very Young age, so he naturally chatters like a Southerner. "Rest In Peace Fellow Tyke, You Were A Genius!!"
Knew about his parents coming from the North, never knew David was born up north.
Where'd you hear that? He was born in Brixton. That's in the south.
Dad was deffo a Yorkshire man but Bowie was born in Brixton mate.
Nice try !
Bowie's a bloody Londoner!
Diamond Dogs, Young Americans & Station To Station were all US Top Ten albums before Let's Dance.
But,
sure,
he never sold that much in America......
Fame was a #1 hit btw
David Live & ChangesOneBowie too, Literally at that time Bowie was the most successful artist of the last 20 years in the UK: 23 top 10 singles (5 number 1, 4 number 2, 5 number 3) and 18 top 10 albums (6 number 1, 4 number 2 , 3 number 3)
Great cameleon, love him at any age.... R.I.P.
Years later Bowie admitted himself that he regretted some of the decisions he made during this time it's strange because at the time I loved everything Bowie did Let's Dance never let me down everything but now that I'm a lot older I find I go back to the classic bowie albums and not to these ones
There’s a Starman Waiting in the Sky…he’d like to come and meet us…but he thinks he’ll blow our minds. Sure did David. Thankyou Sir. 💙🦢💙
Bowie rejected the knighthood, and another honor
@@marcosruiz1709
Yes I know that’s one of the reasons I respect him…also John Lennon refused….I’m a Celt I call Great Men Sir bcs I’m the Queen of Ireland 🇮🇪 lol ☝️😅
Uncle Tony Visconti didn't produce Lets Dance because he had spoken publicly about Bowie's private life (David guarded his private life) and was cut off. Bowie didn't speak to him for years. Dana Gillespie got the same treatment as she remained friends with Angie after the split from David. For Visconti to say Let's Dance was a sell out is just green cheese. Look at all the shite 80's pop bands that Visconti produced for evidence of a real sell out.
He was from another world hidden in a human body.
What a Plonker he was
@@user-fd1yc3dd6n What is a plonker, English is not my first
language ?
@@Marcaribe863 A bell End
just WAY more human than everyone
@@Lisarihable who me Mamma?
Gus Dudgeon produced the 1969 song Space Oddity. Not Tony Visconti.
Interviewer is very trying. Bowie shouldn't be accused of shooting purely for commercial success. His drive was always undoubted, but his courage in making artistic choices and as a performer is also uncontested.
Sold out!??? Hell he's the man who sold the world. That guy sounds jealous of Bowie. Bowie was a multitalented individual always ahead of the curve.
I love this man
David: I didn’t want any success
Tony: success was the only thing he wanted
I think he wanted success, but on his own terms ❤
@@SarahSmith-nr2wjexactly - basically Tony confirmed what Bowie said
He did say only on David Bowie’s own terms also.
I love Bowie but he definitely didn’t invent heavy metal. Not even close lol
😂 I had a wait what moment there too …
Yeah, he didn't invent it, but he influenced a lot of heavy metal bands. And he was early with it. Listen to his 1970 song "She shook me cold"
@@marie-josesanders364 [the velvet underground and the stooges have entered the chat] oh ok one song in 1970… after becoming a fan of us then?
(also you forgot black country rock … technically that counts too if we’re reaching - though I’d be paying more attention to who his American producer was at the time for credit there… and Jimi Hendrix living in London)
@@KarmasAbutch Sigh, I started with "he didn't invent it" Bye
Er, I don't believe he ever wanted to!
He invented Heavy metal(no he didn't!) and New Wave (No, he didn't, you are 0 for 2!). He helped invent Glam Rock, which came at least four years after Heavy Metal, and was a revolution against Progressive (excessive!) Rock, and predated Punk Rock, the second revolution against Prog Rock, as well as Disco, by two or three years. New Wave was the watered-down, socially acceptable name for Punk. Bowie had been putting out records for ten years before it came along.
I remember heavy rock but heavy metal seemed to come later. What bands are you calling heavy metal that came before glam?
@@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc Roots of metal include: Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath. All were around before glam. None were strictly heavy metal, but certain songs be them can be seen as the first metal tracks.
Actually, I see new wave as something realistic... all, when I say all, it's ALL the new wave bands were influenced by Bowie, Bowie literally discovered Devo!
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The second question proves Bowie’s point, the US only recognises commercial success; money money money. The intro suggests that interviewer doesn’t really know Bowie at all; invented heavy metal?
America thinks in terms of $$$ for all values. Mostly because it’s easier, it’s a mentally lazy society. Other values require application, homework, and God Forbid! - actual knowledge-learning. $numbers are so much easier and less demanding. Consider how many times a news report comes up about some disaster, one of the very first things quoted is the $millions of damage. They’re programmed through US life to “know the price of everything but the value of - very little”
what is this shit? I stopped seeing at first, Bowie in 1973 had the best-selling album in England, which was Aladdin Sane, his album Pin Ups sold more than 1 million in the first week, debuting at number 1 above Elton John, and his Ziggy Stardust was the first studio album by a solo artist to reach 100 weeks on the chart, what are these people talking about? Also, he obviously didn't have 33 albums by then, not even 20, and all his albums since Ziggy Stardust were top 5! By 1987, Bowie was the artist from the 70s who had the most top 10 singles, with 23! and 5 of them number 1 (plus another 3 number 1 in Melody Maker or NME) and that adds up to worldwide success, in all countries, he was the first rock artist to play at Earls Court.
Only one of his 33 albums was a commercial success? Didn't know Bowie had released 33 albums by 1987--must have started releasing them in 1954
In fact, if you count the live albums and the compilations it actually comes to 33 albums.
Bowie at that time already had 6 number 1 albums in the UK, 4 number 2 and in total 18 top 10, in addition to 23 top 10 singles, the most successful artist of the last 20 years in the UK
He shows a lot of class fielding these stupid questions. He probably rarely got interviewed by real people, asking real questions, in a real conversation format.
Bowie did not ''invent'' Heavy Metal - he ''used'' it, which is different, in a time when it was crucial for him to make a musical and aesthetical statement (the ''The man who sold the world'' album, very, very Hard Rock with highly philosophical lyrics). I'm a long-running metalhead, but Bowie was out of this world as a gatherer/collector/ re-animator of inspiration, if i make myself (un)clear. Goes without saying - the fair target of this report, paradoxically, was definitely his ''worst'', a term seldom associated to his work.
He cashed in but wouldn't admit it. Come on, one of the 80's all time Pop songs "Let's Dance" ...... and brought to you by Pepsi Cola! Tony Visconti called it honestly.
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His 70s albums sold well in Europe and the Uk, America is not the centre of the universe.
Absolutely. The Ziggy album sold well in the UK, and Aladdin Sane topped the charts there.
Yes it is
Whaaaat?
On the singles front too, had loads of hits prior to 'Lets Dance', ;
Space oddity and Ashes to Ashes were big no 1 hits in the UK plus countless other top 10 singles.
@@wonderfullife3108 laughing gnome reached No 3 in New Zealand and No 6 in the UK
"The porridge?!" 😂
"He invented heavy metal..." Yeah, right. There's nothing like head banging to Space Oddity, Life on Mars, Changes...
@@Eurostc Pointing to Bowie as ”the inventor of heavy metal” is just silly. He may have been dabbling with heavy-ish guitars on The Man Who Sold the World in 1970, but only as a ”take”, or an interesting ingredient in otherwise typical pop settings. Hard rock began in earnest with Hendrix (1966-67), and became decidedly heavier with Led Zeppelin (1968). But as for sowing the actual seeds - or inventing, even - heavy metal, Black Sabbath’s first album (1969) is pretty much the finished product.
I’m a huge Bowie fan, but I don’t think he actually invented anything. He picked up on things he saw and heard, then put an interesting twist on them; Glamrock from the London scene at the time (T-Rex etc), ”plastic soul” from the American soul scene, Low and Heroes from the German krautrock scene, ambient film music from Brian Eno… He was an artist (i.e. a part of the artistic community) in the same way as Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan (his lyrics) and Roxy Music.
@@richardwillford2418 "I’m a huge Bowie fan, but I don’t think he actually invented anything." Finally!! I get slagged off so much for holding this opinion. I love his work. I remember hearing Low for the first time and thought 'this in unique!', then a friend lent me some Kraftwerk, Can, Neu, Eno, etc. and I realised that people had been experimenting with those sounds for a long time before Bowie recorded his alleged 'Berlin' trilogy. I thought the kind of music on Low was his invention, but alas, no. I have a theory that he simply wasn't very good at copying other people's music and it always came out stamped with his character. I consider this a strength rather than a weakness. I cringe when people refer to him as a 'genius'. Amazing? Yes! Genius? I have my doubts.
@@stephenowen5229 Totally. All the greatest innovators in pop music have nicked their MO from the art world. Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Dylan, The Beatles (1966-67), Radiohead, Velvet Underground, PJ Harvey, Talking Heads, Bowie...
Cut-up, loops, collage, the studio as instrument, honouring thy mistakes, stream of consciousness… It’s all very 1900’s art world stuff. I seem to remember Bowie himself saying he didn’t see himself as a musician, but an artist.
There’s a fascinating interview where Bowie is asked why he never collaborated with Kraftwerk. His answer shows an incredible awareness of himself and his artistic approach, concluding that Kraftwerk’s music is ”controlled, robotic, extremely measured (…) completely in charge of their environment, and that their compositions were well prepared and honed before entering the studio”, while Bowie himself ”tended to expressionist mood pieces, the protagonist (myself) abandoning himself to the 'zeitgeist', with little or no control over his life. The music was spontaneous for the most part and created in the studio.” Mostly he made up his lyrics on the spot, in front of the studio mic.
Yeah, I agree, there are no geniuses in pop music. The very best in pop music are extremely gifted people. But genius? - No. Geniuses are people like J.S. Bach, Shakespeare and Newton. Great quote from Pat Metheny: ”Compared to Bach we all suck.” Very true.
@@richardwillford2418 I think Bowie's greatest strength, during his more fruitful period, was choosing to collaborate with really good musicians/artists. Mick Ronson was a great guitarist and arranger. When he hooked up with Eno, that brought Fripp into his circle and Fripps work on the Heroes and Scary Monsters albums is a show stealer. Bowie wrote some truly memorable songs, even if the influence isn't so obscure (Starman/Somewhere Over The Rainbow) (Life On Mars/My Way) he still created something truly special. Talking about genius, I was temped to mention Miles Davis in my last post but shied away from it. I'll throw it in there now then. Pat Metheny has been pretty innovative in his approach to jazz also. Anyway, nice chatting! Have a good weekend!
@@stephenowen5229 Likewise. Have a good one!
3:30 He has the most amazing voice. I am surprised he didnt like his singing voice
@@LPW638 ya don't like the man? He piss in your cheerios?
This was just before the time he had his teeth done (veneers and implants) and it gave him a little bit more time to have a few goes at it
Bob Sirot before he became a David Letterman impersonator
he didn't have 33 albums in 1987.
he didn't invent heavy metal or new wave either. this intro is horrible.
I completely agree with Visconti. Bowie's 70s stuff alone is better than the 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s combined... Oh, and never start out a program with false information, "David Bowie invented HEAVY METAL"
David Robert Jones (Londres, 8 de enero de 1947-Nueva York, 10 de enero de 2016).
he's so
BOWIE
Perfect
stop why r they dragging him so much lmao 😭😭😭
What's the point of what that guy said at the beginning? Literally at that time Bowie was the most successful artist of the last 20 years in the UK: 23 top 10 singles (5 number 1, 4 number 2, 5 number 3) and 18 top 10 albums (6 number 1, 4 number 2 , 3 number 3)
87 was his most tepid period, but he totally regained his mojo…
3:04 moon walking °_° many year before M.Jackson!
moonwalk was invented by street dancers
The Moon Walk was invented in the 40’s according to Wikipedia (so it must be right)…
Some people will literally type anything. That's not moonwalking, it's walking in place.
Bill Bailey was the first person recorded doing what would later be called the "moonwalk", that was in 1943. Michael Jackson perfected it.
@@marsha-madness-super-badness
"Some people will literally type anything. That's not moonwalking, it's walking in place"
i know i know.. but it's surprising for me that Bowie did that
You get up and sleep
The wind blows on your check
The day laughs in your face
Guess you'll buy a gun
You'll buy it secondhand
You'll get up and sleep
David see it
1:00 artisticly important 2:41 calculations is rubbish 3:24 portray 4:48 interesting off center. 6:15 try to come out of that 6:49 one always has lapses 7:54 never found poverty meant purity
I love the idea that this guy sold out by cashing in on the ideas that he invented. This guy may have been the greatest of all time.
Easily top 5
Has any single man had this much impact on rock'n'roll? Maybe Eddie? Maybe Mick? But i'm not sure, it's astounding.
Not a terribly great piece, Visconti's comments are truly embarrassing. David is such a gift to art and music, so many try to discuss him and his work and so many totally miss the mark. He's brilliant and above so much of the chatter
Lucky enough to have seen him twice in the 80’s Grace …I loved him since the 70’s myUncle and my Dad loved him so I wasn’t old enough to go and see hime till the 80’s so we enjoyed him again win win lol.
My Mum has the same eyes …one Green one Blue or is it one brown I’m getting forgetful lol and he looks like my Mum and my Son really looks like him he is now 25 and a Musician in a band he does work different days though.
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David Bowie did invent Tin Machine and that's not exactly Bubble gum rock. He was a true legend the only one of his kind.
The host doesn't know what heavy metal music is.
a space oddity, drinking out of gold fish bowls like the rest of us. Until he got the following, then he just played and felt naughty about it. Once your followed, idolized, there isn't much you cannot do, to get oooh's and ahhhh's from the groupies. He had a cyclothymic mind, battered by a type AC/DC 60 hertz sweep but because of this and his pre-built influence he captured that powerful road & that surf board ran vicariously through the inner wave, smiling mostly with a drug fuel, proposed prepositions of the past, love, energy, adoration, addiction, quest. He seen more than most, I hope he seen God before he past away.
"He invented heavy metal." What rubbish. The inventors of heavy metal have names like Eric Clapton/Cream, Mountain, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, The James Gang, Alice Cooper, Etc. Etc. These bands were going long before Bowie showed up. Bowie's most "metal" album (thanks to guitarist Mick Ronson) was intended as an imitation of Cream. But, worthwhile interview and interesting. He comes off as a real person here. That always used to be pretty hard to find. It seems this interview catches him soon after he'd gotten through his worst states and was doing better, in human terms.
Bowie invented metal, golf and the alphabet. Hail Kim Jong Stardust.
lol. Bowie invented heavy metal?? Black sabbath had released two albums by the time Bowie released his first!
Black sabbath, kinks, Small faces maybe zeppelin invented heavy metal, not Mr Jones
Such a negative presentation of him! I guess ordinary people how live their life in the exact same way, day in and day out, who never dare to be themselves - assuming that they had those to begin with- just broil in envy of those who do.
Visconti doing an English accent, and saying Let's dance (produced by not Visconti) was a sell out.
Did this guy hate bowie?
Bowie was from wealth
Not accurate, he was rather middle class
Where has he invented heavy metal?🤣
on "the man who sold the world" maybe?
yeah it's a bit of a stretch to say the least lol
@@lotoreo No, The Kinks invented heavy Metal with You really got me.
@@irish66who effing cares
Well,obviously not you.
Heavy metal?????? Glam rock maybe but never Heavy Metal.
"He invented heavy metal" ummmmm did I hear that right???
" He ( Bowie) invented heavy metal."?? This guy and his team did NO RESEARCH for this interview. I love Bowie, his music, and what he did with his life in general,....but what is this guy talking about?
It's like the first guy just asked about Bowie from his colleague, or he read some press release thingie, made by another dumbo.
Did he fart? She’s holding her nose.
Bowie fan. Definitely not heavy metal
All of this guy’s intro is utterly wrong.
Who’s this clown? His research on Bowie was - imperfect?
Bowie invented #BREXIT
BREXIT was described as "fruitcake" absurdity.
Now it's a law: 🇬🇧#LAX Los Angeles
*A shame the 80s saw Bowie lose his magic and languish in the sallow world of demi, artificial celebrity of America ... He came through tarnished and a lesser force than his majestic 70s self. He was still very good, but ...*
He died In new yourk