David Bowie - 1980 Tonight Show - Life On Mars Ashes To Ashes
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2009
- 1980 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Nbctv Live
Like the part audience cheered so loudly
when mr.carson mention bowie
And Carson said : "After all this, he'd better be good."
:)
Nothing cooler than vintage David Bowie.
+Mark Flanigan nothing cooler than david bowie dressed like james dean
bowie one of the few at least as cool as james dean-
Wowowowee !! Such a beautiful performance. The man never quit, and his music still keeps giving. Everytime he played live more nuance came out.
My best friend died around this time and when they found him he had two tickets for David Bowie with him. His mom said the tickets were for him and I. I will never forget that.
He sounds like he was one amazing friend. Kudos to him, Godspeed in his journey onwards
Really touching. Thanks for Sharing
But did you go to the show?
Should have went and took some bitch with you...
Your friend is with Starman
I was in the audience for this show. I was living in Los Angeles at the time. It was filmed at NBC in Burbank. I haven't read all the comments but the Richard he is talking to between songs is Richard Pryor who was making his first public appearance after his whole burning incident. Tickets to the show were free and you just had to show up early enough. I remember after the show I was waiting out front across the street. You couldn't get to the backstage area as it was on the lot. His limo pulled up at the light where I was at and it was red. Some fans came running over for autographs and I motioned for David to lower his window and made a signing motion with my hand. He did sign a couple and as the window went up I jumped up and down and screamed and he laughed. The car took off and he was gone into the night. I was 23 or 24 back then. I also saw him on Arsenio Hall but that was years later. I first saw him in 11th grade at Radio City Music hall Feb 15th, 1973. That was the second of 2 classic shows. Long time ago. My friend Fred who cut school with me to go to the show died in 1974. RIP my brother. He had been to both shows! He was always a little ahead of the curve.
*****
I have had many Bowie adventures over the years but I will list some top "gets" if that is the right word.
At the Radio City show in 1973 I got Angie (his wife at the time) to sign my ticket stub. She also signed a picture I had of her and David many years later when she did a show at some club in Los Angeles. I got Iggy Pops autograph when I picked him up in a cab. (I drove a cab in LA for many years) I got the Legendary Stardust Cowboys autograph when he played at a club in LA. You will have to Google him but supposedly David had seen him or heard his name and liked the "Stardust" portion, I don't remember all the details.I also had Mick Ronsons autograph seeing him at a club in NYC. He was there with David Cassidy and I think Mick played a little on stage but he and Cassidy were really there to see the show. ( Ronee Blakley I think) The greatest thing I had was when I went to college in U of Wisconsin and David played there, in Madison actually where the city is. It was 1974 Diamond Dogs tour but he had dropped the props and things and I waited outside his hotel on the day of the show and caught him leaving. He signed my Ziggy album, not the cover I had him sign the center of the album itself on side 2!!!!!!! All these artifacts lost to time mostly my being irresponsible, moving and not keep track of whats important etc. I try not to think about it too much, it hurts a little. I still have the memories! Hope that helps. I am now a big Lana Del Rey fan and if you click my name you can see some crazy vids I made. Thanks.
Fred Red
Fred Red Fred Red, Will you be my friend! : ) Thanks for the stories. I agree with you in regards to Lana, she is a pleasure to see and hear.
teamdicky91
Thanks for the response. I will see her at the Hollywood Bowl in LA in May!!
I absolutely mean this as compliment, I picture you as the Bowie fan in Almost Famous throwing glitter. Very cool story!
Can you imagine anybody getting 2 straight songs on the Tonight Show now? I'll never forget watching this in 1980.
+blazak Frank, Bette, David. shortest list ever
+mtb7001 Morrissey, let's not forget Morrissey who played 2 songs in 1991 on Carson, i'll never forget the day
+mtb7001 not taking anything from Bowie though who is a genius in his own right
True, but don't forget this was one of the last 90-minute episodes that Carson did.
+blazak Jerry Lee Lewis in '82
John Lennon said that if they ever need another name for rock and roll they can call it "Chuck Berry". If they ever need another name for magic, they can call it "David Bowie".
Joe Postove beautiful
No, the other name for magic is Earvin Johnson
Yesssssss
Magic indeed, and he inspired his musicians to deliver beautiful performances, as we witness here, so magic
"He'd better be good" says Johnny Carson, and he is better than 'good'. So few musicians could deliver a LIVE performance like he and his band did. RIP David Bowie, you will never be forgotten.
That's not David's band-it's the house band
@@pvtjohntowle4081 Carlos Alomar is right there
You never heard a Johnny Carson audience that rowdy! The power of Bowie.
David Bowie is immortal. He can never truly die.
+HindsightPOV David Jones is unfortunately dead. David Bowie lives on.
You are perfectly correct
The great music lives on but he's dead. He's not immortal. He was a great artist, nothing more.
His music is :)
+HindsightPOV Alas. All men die, but not all men truly live. By all accounts he lived and made some things that will continue to live beyond him, and we will remember him and miss him and thank him.
Bowie is timeless. Never, ever dated.
+eastlake93 Probably the only music performer that that could be said about!
you should listen to frankie boyle and Glenn wool freestyle podcast they do a realy funny chat about how he predicts the future because he always ahead of the curve it actually got me to download some of his tracks and he is amazing "a canary in a cage"
+Sean Paton OMG...so true. Listened to an interview in 1980...he predicted an "explosion of music" thanks to the internet..Pre- UA-cam.
I don't know about that 1980-1987 is very badly dated and 1984-1987 is also weak he made records for the sake of it but everything else was great.
SJB1717 not really, no.
I love the respect Carson gives him. Johnny, you were a class act.
Idk, sounded to me like he's just reading a script and didn't bother listening to Bowie beforehand or doing his research.
Do you really thing talk show host review every potential guest? Lol! They just book big stars and popular musicians and David was at his career peak at the time.
David Jones died ... David Bowie will always live on ... He did what he always does .... simply reinvented himself once again ...... Thank you for the song book of my teenage years Mr. Bowie . you are forever loved by millions
Love the James Dean homage..R.I.P. Bowie, you will be missed greatly!
I was there! Me and my friends stayed almost all night to get in and I can hear myself wooing at the beginning! Was amazing!
This performance is searing. Despite the less-than-stellar video/audio quality, both of these songs shine. And hearing Bowie belt out "MARS" so loud you can hear it echo around the room is a serious thrill by itself. :D
David Bowie's catalog makes a lot more sense if you imagine him like an alien that came to Earth and tried to play the part of a 50's crooner.
Perhaps like a man who fell to earth?
A word has yet to be invented to describe how great a singer Bowie is.
Steve Perry-esque?
There are two words though - David, and Bowie.
R.I.P. Starman and legend your music will live forever 11/01/16
No, Michael does actually mean 11/01/16. Many, if not most countries in the world write d/m/y rather than m/d/y. The d/m/y format is certainly the way it's done in Europe and here in Australia.
As for Bowie, there will never be another artist like him.
+tommy spears I'm writing it in the format David Bowie would've used.
+michael emonds I understand what you're doing but he lived in New York so probably had to use American style of dating things
+michael emonds it was actually 10/01/16
+michael emonds True that. He will live forever.
Was I expecting this performance to make me cry today? Nope.
Did it happen? Yup…
Bowie was so great.
The Master interviewer, Johnny & the Master rock performer, David.....neither will ever be replaced
In 7.5 billion years when the sun expands and consumes this Earth, David Bowie will still be ahead of his time.
whenever i come back to Bowie he always blows me away
yep..
Damn that boy could sing !
Damn, each time he hit "Mars" the goose bumps came.
David Bowie was, is, and will always be the epitome of COOL.
Anyone who says "Scary Monsters" was his last great album, hasn't heard his newest... Keep up bro. Bowie is one of the greatest song writers alive. A true artist. It is art, not science. He understands that. Eclectic Genius.
+POdPerson From Mars I enjoy Reality, The Next Day, and now Black Star. I remember in the 80s, early 90s, thinking, "Well, I guess Bowie is over" and thinking I'd never like another Bowie album. Thank Tony Visconti, for getting involved with Bowie again.
This version of Life on Mars is EFFIN MINDBLOWING, its making me cry! What an arrangement!!
'Life On Mars' what an amazing piece of art! The kind of song that puts one in the upper echelons of the songwriting world.
I cant get over his charisma .. Such a rock star
Goosebumps, tears, euphoria, giddyness, nostalgia, inspiration and all sorts of other stuff welling up while i watch this. He's a rare one indeed.
God yes Bowie brings up so many emotions in me, just like no one else, and isn't that what music is all about at the end of the day?
His voice was at its greatest peak at this time. When he sings the high notes on Life on Marks I thought the windows in the theater would break from the power. What a fabulous performer! Bowie and Carson, two of my favorites forever on one stage. The other thing I love about this video was how they used just two cameras to follow the performance in long takes not like today where each cut is two seconds and they don't actually sing. One of my favorite classic Bowie performances. Other one being Foot Stompin on the Dick Cavett show.
He oozes charisma and talent--get the chills watching him perform these two timeless songs!
Susan Mohler 🤗
His voice has deepened and he looks like a very cool dude here. He's filled out and looks healthy.
I know I am dating myself but here we go...a real band playing real music live! No lip syncing. Very nice!
don't worry. I date myself every night.
The U.S. late night shows were almost always totally live performances until the advent of autotune a few years ago.
Everywhere you can see bands playing live. What are you mumbling about?
r.i.p. the great David Bowie! the soundtrack of our lives! have a fantastic journey in the heavens!
I was lucky enough to see the broadway production of The Elephant Man! Had second row seats. David was fantastic in it. He received a standing ovation.
What a powerful voice!
He looks like a cross between Elvis and James Dean here.
+Mortimer yes he does now that u mention it
+Mortimer -they say on the Internet that Darkstar was influenced by Elvis (they shared the same birthday) who sang Darkstar which was death coming for him.
Bowie was a huge Elvis fan for a long time, it's no mistake if any Elvis influence should appear in his music.
RIP my dear friend. You will be missed.
"David was an innovator".....This was 1980! Legend........Honour I lived in your century
'He better be good after this'. He was fantastic!
Ashes to ashes.....R I P, Mr. David Bowie.
I have honestly never cried so hard or felt so bad about a rock musician passing then I do here and I have felt sad (for Harrison definitely) for some but Bowie was my fave - just so so special along with Marriott and Gallagher - now all out in the wild blue - I just can't wrap my head around it .. rip Mr Jones .. you were an unbelievable talent..
After all the years he has been a star he still looks quite tickled to be performing for Johnny Carson.
Always new!... Always adventurous!... Always innovative and powerful!...
A true genius of poular music of this century!
Have a wonderful trip, Starman!
We'll meet again soon! Love you...
Great comment, you got it bang on! Bowie lives on forever in our hearts and minds, and in the beautiful music that he created for all of us. We will always remember and are obviously unable to forget the iconic man!Xxx. 😊😆😐😎😎😎😸😹💑🙈🙉🙊🎅👄👣💖💟💗💝💘💞❤💙💚💛💜💓💔💕👍👌✊👐💙💚💜💓💔💚👅👄💋👹👾💇
RIP Bowie. there will never be anyone like you.
His light shines so brightly! Glowing, glowing, glowing...
Bowie's TALENT will live on forever!
RIP Sir.
He sounds AMAZING - and people that perform live on shows now mostly sound like crap.
+Jayne Cravens He had an amazing voice indeed. Very pure.
Well said, dude. Nobody knows to sing like that anymore
+Jayne Cravens The band too, wow - he always assembled great musicians around him...
+Jayne Cravens YUP- the Real thing. Stones, Elton, Zep, The Who, Bowie all real. unlike today's fakes, posers, and Lip synchers !!. RIP David Bowie.
+Jayne Cravens YUP- the Real thing. Stones, Elton, Zep, The Who, Bowie all real. unlike today's fakes, posers, and Lip synchers !!. RIP David Bowie.
my god
what a voice
thrilling, inspiring, hopeful...
David Bowie is timeless. In my opinion he never goes out of fashion. David Bowies music will always sound fresh to me. He was a very cool guy and his music will live on. I first discovered David Bowie when I was about 16 or 17 years old and since then I have always listened to his music and now I have a lot of his albums, that I tressure. :)
Bowie is certainly a great song-writer, changeling artist, and performer. But people forget about that great baritone. What an expressive, powerful and memorable voice. Epic.
Rest in peace, David...
he rocked that shit love it gonna miss him so much
Rest in Peace David Bowie. Thank you for all the great music you gave us.
Probably the most talented all-around rock performer.
@@Funktaro5 He played guitar & sax, he just usually preferred to be the singer and let someone else do the instruments.
where can you find another singer with an amazing vocal range like him nowadays? he was truly a legend RIP
One of tbe greatest singers, visual artists, fashion trendsetter, talented actor, songwriter, producer, multi instrumentalist will live on through his artistry. 7 grammys total wasn't enough....
What a voice and he was so gorgeous to boot!
We miss you our beloved Mother....You always loved the movies as a young girl...We love you forever....Gemma and all your loving family...Your ashes will be distributed on the body of water you wanted with your loving Sister Mary...Tears...Gemma Hard hugs...
so beautiful! that face, that voice, so other worldly. still can't accept you have left us.
Rebel Without a Cause outfit :) Such a amazing person. He will be missed.
no one will ever be as priceless as the thin white duke
mr. bowie is glowing glowing glowing glowing
the earth will miss you David
I was lucky enough to see David Bowie live twice. I will always have those memories. R.I.P. you will missed, and your music will live on.
Fuck, here I am 29 years old commuting home on my bus, crying. David you are and always will be my hero.
won't see talent like that ever again
Did anyone else get a lil laugh when Johnnie says 'he better be good after all that' ..we know he's gonna bring it...not just good..but fantastic! What a voice...missing him all over again today after watching this.
RIP to an icon.
I am having trouble reconciling a world without David Bowie.
I love the respect Carson gives him. Johnny, you were a class act.
Nothing cooler than vintage David Bowie.
David Bowie is immortal. He can never truly die.
I remember watching this, It was the first apperance of Richard Pryor after his massive flare up!
Musical genius like no other! Loved him from day one! He knew how to connect to his audience and create magic. It was incredible to witness! We will miss him terribly, especially the oddballs like me! :(
Great performance. All decency let late night with Carson. Pure class
Lovely introduction. Television really used to be something special. Miss you David.
He will forever be known as an innovator in Rock, but praise should also be given for his operatic singing voice! And the man can dance!
This is such a beautiful video of Bowie showing his artistic vocal and performing talents. I had never seen it before and so pleased to see it now...Thank you Starman for giving us such awesome, innovative, progressive art. You have left us starving for more and I'm sure you still have surprises for us! The Starman has ascended...RIP, David Robert Jones/David Bowie
Sad he no longer lives. Ashes to Ashes is a brilliant masterpiece. It sounds better and better as the years roll on.
One of the best performances!
Such a beautiful person... I don't often cry about stars passing, but Bowie is an exception.
I want this kind of music back. The mainstream ones these days are just crap!!!
i fully agree
Yes!Nye's! Yes!
Phuong Pham well considering you claim it's bad because it's mainstream is your problem. Look harder, and you'll find some good stuff. This post, honestly, is pretty damn ignorant.
Aaron W. at least, there are 7 people here who are ignorant
just because they don't like this hardly means they are ignorant. taste is subjective, and likes/dislikes on a website hardly means anything. I fail to see your point.
I love you and we will all miss you, David!
In "Ashes to Ashes", he flubbed the line, "Time and again I tell myself, I'll stay clean tonight".
It must have been incredible to have to remember the words to all the songs he'd written. There are hundreds of songs. So charismatic, the performer. I miss this brilliant artist so much!
Noticed this as well, but it could be bacuse of PC in the US. Just like the Doors at the time...Jim Morisson was asked to change "girl we could not get much higher", but didn't give a f##k..
my brain hurts a lot.....still
Five Years....that's all we've got.
one of the few really greats, was happy to c him in concert yrs ago. the only album I really wasn't into was lodger. r.i.p David jones...I love panic in Detroit....to many great songs to mention
my opinion I adored Lodger. I think I loved everything he ever did. Little Drummer Boy maybe less than loved. He was just so talented. There is never enough time but he is definitely gone too soon. Too much liver cancer in that crowd-Lou Reed, Ronson, Bowie- Hep C related most likely. Early 70s social drug scene. Cure came about 10 years too late for those guys. Love them still.❤️❤️❤️💫🤘🌙😭😍
"He better be good after this". Genius at work. No need to fret, Johnny.
When Network TV was still good.
Thank God that we have UA-cam to partake of the good material!
That's G.E. Smith on the right side Jammin guitar!
G.E. did a lot of touring with some Big time names.
I'M STUCK WITH A VALUABLE FRIEND - BRILLIANT
two pop icons gone but not forgotten:Johnny Carson & David Bowie
My God o miss this mans music so much
Before he capped his teeth I like original teeth
Me too! I thought I was the only one
I think Iman had something to do with that
What a great performance! Bowie is a creative musical genius and an amazing singer and performer. :)
David Bowie was a tremendous talent that will be missed by millions. This is my favorite Bowie song, man those synths sounded beautiful. R.I.P. Starman
Two good guys, David and Johnny.
What a fantastic performance of what would have then been an unknown song. As always, he sells it like a pro. Stunning.
He is so cool 😎
I love the James Dean look and the Elvis endings! Classic!
This was fantastic.