I worked event security at a concert in LA when David Bowie was touring with Klaus Nomi. Before the show there were a lot of people standing around talking and wanting to get to David Bowie. But, in all the frenzy, I watched Klaus step back, look around and began to talk to the staff that was working there. The caterers, the stage hands, and even me. I found him to be one of the most engaging interesting people to talk to. He was a warm, humble and openly friendly person. He was a very approachable and nice person and I have always remembered him and his friendliness to me and my co-workers with great fondness.
I was a 12 year old odd ball of a tomboy and me and my sis snuck (sp!) down to the basement to watch SNL on this airing. My life changed even before David Bowie finished his performance! I had finally found where I fit in! I'm 53 years old and I have been a hard-wired , die-hard, obsessed in all things Bowie fan since. It took till the internet to find this rare footage. And I learned that was Klaus Nomi,and so I started listening to him and remember the articles of when David Bowie approached him to do this. That was his style Bowie liked with the suit. Klaus has an almost ethereal voice that was of no other. Oh! If I was to have one wish and that would to go back in time of the early 70's and be apart of that whole New York City scene would be just electric! By the time I had learned about Klaus Nomi was too late. Sadly one of the first performers to die of AIDS and even more tragic not giving enough exposure for more to enjoy. So I am like the rest of these good folks saying "Tell me more" WootTootZoot!!!!! Cant leave us hanging!!!
I love love love David Bowie but I am especially happy that Klaus Nomi is being acknowledged here in the comments! He led kind of a sad life and was so talented.
Soooo true. Just an over-the-top talent, just a thing of wonderment. And: he was a very accomplished chef, to boot! Thanks for your insightful comment.
@Theonlyonestanding It was worse than Ebola. Ebola was scary but virtually no one ever caught it. AIDS was in every neighborhood and people were terrified of it.
The Nomi Song will stay with you forever while You don't own me will rock your heart away. Just a few pointers whilst taking that Journey. I'm also in said hole. 😆
@@dougstanton9816 il avait un style et une voix propices aux années 80, tellement avides de nouveautés. C'est pourquoi, il y a eu tellement de musiques nouvelles. Bien sûr, il y avait à prendre ou à laisser.......... Et c'est ça, que j'ai adoré vivre........ L'explosion de créativité......... Par contre, vraiment, il avait une extraordinaire...... C'est sûr......
@@thomasturner8064 FYI David Bowie hired both of them, gave them a few thousand dollars for outfits for this song. He said he was going to be dressed up 'Bauhaus'. They went to Henri Bendel and found the red and/or black Thierry Mugler outfits with leggings for $100 each.
But the entire thing was his vision. And his arrangement. He always knew what he wanted. He loved getting input, but ultimately it was all his. They were fabulous.
Wish more people would give recognition to Joey Arias, the amazingly talented singer in red, that was best friends with Klaus Nomi. The 2 met Bowie at a dinner event and found out he was a big fan of the both of them as well. This ended up being their only collaboration although they wanted to do more. Joey Arias is still alive and does great shows to this day. He’s such a talent.
Singing back up is not only the fabulous Klaus Nomi (mentioned in the comments) but also the incomparable Joey Arias (in orange suit). Another amazing performer that has an incredible falsetto voice and sings torch songs. Incredibly talented people!!😊
.....i photographed him and interviewed him....he was truly amazing...we did a red carpet event for VH1....at the legendary gay bar...THE STUD....i was on the red carpet with him...he looked AMAZING...he suspended reality....he also sang to me over the phone...a Billie Holliday song....while he was actually staying in the legendary room she was busted in here in San Francisco....she beat the case....he was very kind and told me about this performance on SNL....the story is Klaus was actually a substitute for....TONI BASIL....who was busy working with BETTE MIDLER at the time.....genius.....
At 0:39, when the background vocals first kick in, the harmony and general sound immediately reminded me of Blackstar. Then I realized that they were singing, "I thought you died alone." Dying alone is, of course, is the theme of Blackstar. I think it likely that Bowie was remembering this SNL performance when he wrote Blackstar.
Blackstar has a lot of mysteries regarding if bowie himself was trying to pay some type of tribute to his past Like when bowie performed with marc bolan and then at the end there is a short cartoon-styled animation of the audience applauding and one of people sitting there is wearing a white shirt with the blackstar symbol to it And also at the end of the lazarus video bowie wears some black and white striped clothes which are the same clothes he wore in a photo session for the man who fell to earth which is eve n more scarier if you notice that blackstar released in 2016 and the movie is from 1976 The song "blackstar" itself seems for me very similar to station to station and both are 10 minutes long
Klaus Nomi was one of the most gifted and talented vocalist. I feel his background vocals here actually eclipsed alot of what Bowie was serving in that moment.
Joey Arias has done it all. Singer, comedienne, actor, Cirque du Soleil performer, Drag Queen and a fantastic jazz singer and LGBT pioneer! From hanging around Madonna Like A Virgin era - to this iconic moment! He has seen them all come and go! We need a Joey Arias documentary asap
Klaus and Joey certainly add a bunch to this version, but I also want to point out how the lack of distortion on Bowie's voice in this version really adds something as well. Rest in Peace, Klaus and David.
I always come back to this version whenever I want to hear this song. Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias's harmonies are like having my brain sensually massaged.
Given all the reasons the Internet sucks, it is redeemed when you stumble onto something like this. Not only is this a terrific performance of a Bowie classic, but it also introduced me to Joey and Klaus. I’ve just spent an hour deep-diving on them and now I have a warm glow about humanity.
Very well said. I find it simply transporting and otherworldly; Nomi sends it into a whole new dimension. David is in immaculate form. Really just kinda perfection here on earth. Thank you for your comment.
Makes you wonder at the beautiful pebbles on the beach that we will never view or be able to enjoy. Life is definitely far too short for experiencing all that can or should be. I recall seeing this when it was live - but I was far too young in my 20’s to understand what I was experiencing.
I am à great one for the German ignored Nomi who went to the US with no notions of music, within 4 years he died of AIDS but composed révolutionary albums I still listen to in tears... Bowie was right to help him get through, my English is bad but genuine, no translàtor
Been looking for this video for ages now, finally found it, definitely the best version I've heard .Klaus's vocals add an other worldly edge to it. RIP Klaus and David
Yeah, spot-on with regard to KN. Update: was able to find and predate upon an mp4 file of straight performance. I put it here for now: vimeo.com/338752805 But will put it on YT soon.
This version is so great because of how much Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias added to it. Near the end Klaus belts out vocals so powerful they could’ve overtaken Bowie if he wanted to but he did just enough to elevate the song. And Bowie does his best to keep up with both of them and it makes his performance all the more better for it. It’s probably my favorite version of the song.
A perfect example of how they serve the song. Even with such skill and proficiency, these 3 artists, along with the backing band, keep their parts of the performance in check, to ensure each element of the song is present.
What a great opportunity for them all to work together. I agree that this version is the best I have never seen it.. thanks for this..... Klaus is under rated and you appreciated him after he died and bowie was as eccentric as him but more excepted... in main stream
My wife recorded very many SNL episodes when they were rerun. And this episode is one of them. This is definitely a keeper. Miss him very much. RIP DAVID. 💔
Imagine being 13 years old...hearing SNL is funny. Sneaking out to turn on the TV after everyone has gone to sleep and seeing this performance......mind BLOWN...!!!!
Amazing to see Klaus Nomi, Joey Arias and David Bowie together, such amazing voices and sadly the world is a poorer place without them. May their music live on, I feel so lucky to be around during their time.
When I was growing up in Uk in 70s 80s 90s we couldn’t get to see Tv appearances like this which were originally on USA TV . Thank God for UA-cam , we can now get to see what we missed .
i wanted to thank you for putting this up. Having been a fan since about 1972, i remember seeing this on SNL when it aired, and my wife and i were about in tears in the perfection of this performance. i didn't know anything about Klaus Nomi then, and years later my kids told me some stories. i am heartbroken still at Mr. Jones' passing. Heartbroken still. That doesn't seem to be going away.
I was thinking today how much better music was in the 80s because of USSR 'The Wall' , Reagan w -MoralMajority- and the influence of Mutual Assured Destruction on art, in general.
I found this video on Joe Dallesandro's page a long time ago. After that, I read everything I could about Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias. Klaus Nomi's videos are haunting. His voice is unusual and operatic. His outfits are out of this world. He was truly one of a kind and there has been none like him since. It was a great adventure learning about both of them. This video, above, started it all for me. Their only time with Bowie. I had hoped there would be more. But this was it.
like other folks commenting, I remember watching this on SNL, I was 16 and I remember sitting there with my mouth hanging open, in awe, first heard Bowie in '76 - the David Live album, but this performance was different, dont even have the words to this day, but I remember how it struck me
Been searching for even bits and pieces of this great performance of Bowie and Nomi..pretty much non existent...thank you for this...if I die tonight I will die happy.. ❤
My favorite performance of this song by our beloved friend David, soulful Arias, Bowie & Nomi. I feel the electricity every time I listen. May this echo forever and ever!!! ❤️🤍🖤
This is my all-time favorite song from him, and I am strangely attracted to this particular version almost every time I wish to hear it...it's got an extra haunting quality to it, and I love the rawness of the live performance...when the measure of your artistry was still how well you can carry your album to the stage without lipsync or autotune.
I remember my mom let me stay up late to watch this live performance on SNL when I was a kid, and being just mesmerized and blown away. Same effect today, which is a testament to the enduring quality of true art. Thanks for posting here.
Nice memory. I was 12 years old and sleeping over at my best friend’s house. His parents were out and had hired a babysitter. We stayed up late and watched SNL with the babysitter and we were mesmerized, too. All three songs he did that night were spectacular. To this day I don’t think anyone has given a more memorable performance on SNL.
This is some brilliant editing. I remember watching this performance on SNL, back when it hosted avant guarde artists. Thank you for acknowledging Joey Arias & Klaus Nomi too! I remember I was very young and it was totally fascinating to me and it really left a great impression on me! Well done! David Bowie will forever inspire me creatively and spiritually. I really loved his philosophy on life. I hope to meet him in another universe someday. "I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me." David Bowie
For what it's worth, for a long time NBC kept having the full performance video removed from UA-cam, so maybe the editing kept this one up. Personally, I'd love to see the full performance again.
I don't know if you remember the original performance, but the TV director kept doing loving close ups of the one-night-stand session guitarist in his dockers and smug I-fuck-all-the-chicks look on his face. Every guitar break totally took me out of the artistry of the performance. Thankfully, that was largely what the poster edited out with the stock footage.
David Bowie is a rabbit hole of the best but unfortunately underrated musical gems I've ever met, Midge Ure, Klaus Nomi, SpizzEnergi, his guitarist from Spiders From Mars Era, etc.
Wow Klaus Nomi the 1st time i heard him was in the late 70's when my next door nieghbour said i looked like Klaus...next day rushed in to town in York uk to check if i did...and i bought the album ...thanks Malcolm , can't remember the album..."Lesley Gore" i dont own you was on the album...brilliant :)
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I worked event security at a concert in LA when David Bowie was touring with Klaus Nomi. Before the show there were a lot of people standing around talking and wanting to get to David Bowie. But, in all the frenzy, I watched Klaus step back, look around and began to talk to the staff that was working there. The caterers, the stage hands, and even me. I found him to be one of the most engaging interesting people to talk to. He was a warm, humble and openly friendly person. He was a very approachable and nice person and I have always remembered him and his friendliness to me and my co-workers with great fondness.
WootTootZoot Oh man, that sounds incredible. Is here anything else you recall from that era?
WootTootZoot Oh man, that sounds incredible. Is here anything else you recall from that era?
I’ve heard very little about Klaus... but it’s always this. He’s a secret treasure.
I was a 12 year old odd ball of a tomboy and me and my sis snuck (sp!) down to the basement to watch SNL on this airing. My life changed even before David Bowie finished his performance! I had finally found where I fit in! I'm 53 years old and I have been a hard-wired , die-hard, obsessed in all things Bowie fan since. It took till the internet to find this rare footage. And I learned that was Klaus Nomi,and so I started listening to him and remember the articles of when David Bowie approached him to do this. That was his style Bowie liked with the suit. Klaus has an almost ethereal voice that was of no other. Oh! If I was to have one wish and that would to go back in time of the early 70's and be apart of that whole New York City scene would be just electric! By the time I had learned about Klaus Nomi was too late. Sadly one of the first performers to die of AIDS and even more tragic not giving enough exposure for more to enjoy. So I am like the rest of these good folks saying "Tell me more" WootTootZoot!!!!! Cant leave us hanging!!!
@Ossarian "I'm random asshole with nothing better to do, wishing you a shitty night" -tv fades off-
I love love love David Bowie but I am especially happy that Klaus Nomi is being acknowledged here in the comments! He led kind of a sad life and was so talented.
Soooo true. Just an over-the-top talent, just a thing of wonderment. And: he was a very accomplished chef, to boot! Thanks for your insightful comment.
This is a charisma overload right here.
@Theonlyonestanding It was worse than Ebola. Ebola was scary but virtually no one ever caught it. AIDS was in every neighborhood and people were terrified of it.
@Theonlyonestanding Are you stupid or do you just want to admit you don't know what the word virtually means
who?
And today, I learned who Klaus Nomi is. Down this rabbit hole I go.
I hope you watched a few of his operatic videos. That was one very strange and unique German boy 🤭😀🤭
Damn right ! Total eclipse.
Klaus Nomi était un ancien chanteur d'un Opéra de l'Allemagne de l'est. D'où sa voix si particulière et que j'aimais tant........
The Nomi Song will stay with you forever while You don't own me will rock your heart away. Just a few pointers whilst taking that Journey. I'm also in said hole. 😆
@@dougstanton9816 il avait un style et une voix propices aux années 80, tellement avides de nouveautés. C'est pourquoi, il y a eu tellement de musiques nouvelles. Bien sûr, il y avait à prendre ou à laisser.......... Et c'est ça, que j'ai adoré vivre........ L'explosion de créativité......... Par contre, vraiment, il avait une extraordinaire...... C'est sûr......
Joey Arias & Klaus Nomi were exactly WHAT SOLD this Man Who Sold the Word performance.
Wonder if Kurt Cobain saw and was inspired by this performance?
@@thomasturner8064 FYI David Bowie hired both of them, gave them a few thousand dollars for outfits for this song. He said he was going to be dressed up 'Bauhaus'. They went to Henri Bendel and found the red and/or black Thierry Mugler outfits with leggings for $100 each.
@@lowe-quay-shush They did a great job on this and TVC15 from the same show. I heard that Bowie had only very recently met them in NYC.
But the entire thing was his vision. And his arrangement. He always knew what he wanted. He loved getting input, but ultimately it was all his. They were fabulous.
Saw this as a child. Will never forget it. RIP gentlemen.
Wish more people would give recognition to Joey Arias, the amazingly talented singer in red, that was best friends with Klaus Nomi. The 2 met Bowie at a dinner event and found out he was a big fan of the both of them as well. This ended up being their only collaboration although they wanted to do more. Joey Arias is still alive and does great shows to this day. He’s such a talent.
That is great to know. I will check his videos. On Vimeo someone said. Thanks.
Fuk, ain't that something... Thier ONLY time together?
Joey Arias was in The Groundlings where he knew Cassandra Peterson. He shows up in the Elvira movie as a creepy hitchhiker.
Yes, totally agree. His solo stage act is compelling.
David Bowie et Klaus Nomi : ça leur ressemble tellement, sans oublier l'époque et la chute du mur de Berlin !!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh. My. God. I saw this live in 79. My mind was blown then, still is.
macleggett same here!
Same here. Frankfurt Germany and I was 16. This experience has had a lasting effect on my life.
If your mind has been blown twice man you're on borrowed time LOL
SAME. It's how I found out about all those "Do you Nomi?" posters in NY.
It was a compelling moment for many - my parents were put off but we kids were OMG this is incredible.
This blew me away when I saw it as a kid. I was hooked.
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I remember being a 10 year old kid and watching this live on SNL. It blew me away and made me fall in love with Bowie and Klaus instantly.💖
Same for me.
@@willkay7206 and I.
Yup
Singing back up is not only the fabulous Klaus Nomi (mentioned in the comments) but also the incomparable Joey Arias (in orange suit). Another amazing performer that has an incredible falsetto voice and sings torch songs. Incredibly talented people!!😊
.....i photographed him and interviewed him....he was truly amazing...we did a red carpet event for VH1....at the legendary gay bar...THE STUD....i was on the red carpet with him...he looked AMAZING...he suspended reality....he also sang to me over the phone...a Billie Holliday song....while he was actually staying in the legendary room she was busted in here in San Francisco....she beat the case....he was very kind and told me about this performance on SNL....the story is Klaus was actually a substitute for....TONI BASIL....who was busy working with BETTE MIDLER at the time.....genius.....
2 fgz
@@NiggletFarm Your parents?
I love David Bowie, but Klaus Nomi is why I watched this
Me too.
Me too.
Man, Klaus' counter tenor range really adds that extra sparkle to this song.
And Joey Arias too!
👏👏👏Iconic! With Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias!
At 0:39, when the background vocals first kick in, the harmony and general sound immediately reminded me of Blackstar. Then I realized that they were singing, "I thought you died alone." Dying alone is, of course, is the theme of Blackstar. I think it likely that Bowie was remembering this SNL performance when he wrote Blackstar.
Blackstar has a lot of mysteries regarding if bowie himself was trying to pay some type of tribute to his past
Like when bowie performed with marc bolan and then at the end there is a short cartoon-styled animation of the audience applauding and one of people sitting there is wearing a white shirt with the blackstar symbol to it
And also at the end of the lazarus video bowie wears some black and white striped clothes which are the same clothes he wore in a photo session for the man who fell to earth which is eve n more scarier if you notice that blackstar released in 2016 and the movie is from 1976
The song "blackstar" itself seems for me very similar to station to station and both are 10 minutes long
Best version of this song ever. Darker and more seething. And Bowie never sounded better doing it.
Cobain hits it out of the park live at mtv
Klaus needs to have more recognition. A box set would be nice.
Just 2 albums and some songs, and they are hard to find and very expensive
You know what else would be nice? If some *sshole hadn't come along and hacked up this performance with a pile of unnecessary clips.
👏👏👏👏👏👏🥇👍🤗Thanks, Thanks, Thanks 😊 You Are Rigth 1000%.
Klaus Nomi was one of the most gifted and talented vocalist. I feel his background vocals here actually eclipsed alot of what Bowie was serving in that moment.
I don’t think there’s enough material for a boxset. But I get what you mean. He’s amazing.
Joey Arias has done it all.
Singer, comedienne, actor, Cirque du Soleil performer, Drag Queen and a fantastic jazz singer and LGBT pioneer!
From hanging around Madonna Like A Virgin era - to this iconic moment!
He has seen them all come and go!
We need a Joey Arias documentary asap
I read this in Stefan’s (SNL) voice…
not to mention our early 80s band STRANGE PARTY feat. Joey which shall rise again, watch for UK album release by summer '24! look up song IMITATORS
Klaus and Joey certainly add a bunch to this version, but I also want to point out how the lack of distortion on Bowie's voice in this version really adds something as well. Rest in Peace, Klaus and David.
This Version is like if the song was written for "Heroes" or "Lodger".. I love it
I always come back to this version whenever I want to hear this song.
Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias's harmonies are like having my brain sensually massaged.
Merci pour Klaus Nomi
Merci pour lui
Given all the reasons the Internet sucks, it is redeemed when you stumble onto something like this. Not only is this a terrific performance of a Bowie classic, but it also introduced me to Joey and Klaus. I’ve just spent an hour deep-diving on them and now I have a warm glow about humanity.
Seeing Klaus Nomi appears suddenly, is such a classy shocker always
This was impossible to get on UA-cam for ages
I know! I am so happy it is back! The back up vocals are what make it so great in my opinion.
@@aiai-j7i yeah klaus nomi makes any song great with his unique voice
Dragonheart agree! i remember seeing this when it was first televised and just being so mesmerized with nomi
It wasn't easy! But I used subterfuge and determination. What an iconic performance.
Update. Happened upon treasure. I hoovered up (mp4-wise) a pure clip of this. I posted it here: vimeo.com/338752805 Will put it up here on YT soon.
Mysterious and haunting. My favorite version of the song, by far. Nomi makes it even better, he should have collaborated more with Bowie
Very well said. I find it simply transporting and otherworldly; Nomi sends it into a whole new dimension. David is in immaculate form. Really just kinda perfection here on earth. Thank you for your comment.
Ashur Darkstarr could you imagine a song with Klaus and Freddie Mercury?
Itbmurr1 They play weekends in Asgaard, Valhalla and Nebuchadnezar’s Palace on the beach in Santorini
@@cfrandre8319 Occasionally Tuesdays, after lunch, in Absorto, Chari-Baguirmi, Chad, let us not forget.
And, Bowie promised to be I"in touch" with Nomi for future projects/tours. Bowie never did. A shame for all of us.
At 50 yo I just learned about Klaus Nomi.
Better late than never.
Makes you wonder at the beautiful pebbles on the beach that we will never view or be able to enjoy. Life is definitely far too short for experiencing all that can or should be. I recall seeing this when it was live - but I was far too young in my 20’s to understand what I was experiencing.
At age 61, here.
This was one of the greatest live performances on SNL hands down!
This and the Rolling Stones "Beast of Burden" and " Shattered ". Plus Devo and the B-52s.
RIP David Bowie and Klaus Nomi
Yes. Both great. Both special. 🙏
Klaus Nomi was amazing. So sad he passed way too early. I can’t imagine what his influence on music would have been in the last 20 years.
I am à great one for the German ignored Nomi who went to the US with no notions of music, within 4 years he died of AIDS but composed révolutionary albums I still listen to in tears... Bowie was right to help him get through, my English is bad but genuine, no translàtor
Bowie and Nomi together....nothing else comes close....wonderful simply wonderful. 💜
2 perfect aliens found each other
Superior ... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away ... superfans unite.
This never gets old. This is art. take note kids. 🥀
I learned who Klaus Nomi was today . Such a beautiful unique individual
Klaus takes this song to another level with that insane soprano [edit: apparently it’s countertenor for men]
Not soprano (women singers), but countertenor.
Fernando Graça ooo thank you for the correction! Always down to learn something new
All these years I thought it was falsetto
Klaus nomi is mezze soprano
@ he's mezze suprano
I saw this as a lad live in 79.
Love Bowie, of course, but I've never forgotten Nomi, and I think that's important, too.
Stunning. I saw this when it was on SNL. It was scary and spectacular at the same time.
Brave, at the same time..
Arias and Nomi's backup vocals are great! 🤩
This Bowie performance changed us all forever.
It’s changed your, your didn’t provide any evidence that it changed the vast majority of the rest of the world.
Been looking for this video for ages now, finally found it, definitely the best version I've heard .Klaus's vocals add an other worldly edge to it. RIP Klaus and David
Yeah, spot-on with regard to KN. Update: was able to find and predate upon an mp4 file of straight performance. I put it here for now: vimeo.com/338752805 But will put it on YT soon.
Here is the unadulterated performance here on YT: ua-cam.com/video/B0T3ZMCciNo/v-deo.html
YT link I sent will not lift the spirits, I suspect. Vid immediately banished.
But Vimeo link still good!!!!!!! (for the moment...)
why would someone do this to the original video?
This version is so great because of how much Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias added to it. Near the end Klaus belts out vocals so powerful they could’ve overtaken Bowie if he wanted to but he did just enough to elevate the song. And Bowie does his best to keep up with both of them and it makes his performance all the more better for it. It’s probably my favorite version of the song.
A perfectly restrained performance.
A perfect example of how they serve the song. Even with such skill and proficiency, these 3 artists, along with the backing band, keep their parts of the performance in check, to ensure each element of the song is present.
I like your comment, but David didn’t didn’t have to try and keep up with anyone, ever... he had a gorgeous voice✨
What a great opportunity for them all to work together. I agree that this version is the best I have never seen it.. thanks for this..... Klaus is under rated and you appreciated him after he died and bowie was as eccentric as him but more excepted... in main stream
Bowie isn't attempting to keep up with anybody. He is simply performing the song as Bowie does.
Klaus Nomi KILLING THE HIGH NOTES
I love this video for like 40 years. Klaus
Fashion, creativeness and the brilliance of Mr.David Bowie
The world misses you david
And Klaus.
My wife recorded very many SNL episodes when they were rerun. And this episode is one of them. This is definitely a keeper. Miss him very much. RIP DAVID. 💔
There will never be a better version of this song...EVER.
Klaus puts it into a different stratosphere.
@Fresia Freska
Hello?!?
MTV EMA 1995 is the best
Guess u never heard Kurt slam this song outta the park.
Nirvana's is on the same level
@@andrecabrera254 I agree.
Merci pour la mise en scène :Merci. ....
Imagine being 13 years old...hearing SNL is funny. Sneaking out to turn on the TV after everyone has gone to sleep and seeing this performance......mind BLOWN...!!!!
Amazing to see Klaus Nomi, Joey Arias and David Bowie together, such amazing voices and sadly the world is a poorer place without them. May their music live on, I feel so lucky to be around during their time.
Klaus Nomi's voice is great!
I remember seeing this on Saturday night live back in the seventies as a child. What an impression it made! Klaus Nomi is an artist in his own right
So much talent in this video ❤
Bravo je connaissais Claus
Klaus nomi je connaissais David Bowie mais je ne les avais jamais vu ensemble merci pour cette belle information
2:47 those synths in 1979 is absolutely crazy.
Jimmy Destri from Blondie!! 💗
AWESOME!
BEAUTIFUL!
DAVID BOWIE A LIVING LEGEND.
WITH KLAUS NOMI THE COOLEST!!!
What kind of dream SNL was this?! 😮
When I was growing up in Uk in 70s 80s 90s we couldn’t get to see Tv appearances like this which were originally on USA TV . Thank God for UA-cam , we can now get to see what we missed .
First time I've heard this version. It's fricking brilliant.
i wanted to thank you for putting this up. Having been a fan since about 1972, i remember seeing this on SNL when it aired, and my wife and i were about in tears in the perfection of this performance. i didn't know anything about Klaus Nomi then, and years later my kids told me some stories. i am heartbroken still at Mr. Jones' passing. Heartbroken still. That doesn't seem to be going away.
You're very welcome. And yeah; still hurts.
Superior ... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away ... superfans unite.
I’m addicted. Klaus is like a drug. Discovered him today and I’m completely mesmerized by him. This is incredible.
We are 2
I was thinking today how much better music was in the 80s because of USSR 'The Wall' , Reagan w -MoralMajority- and the influence of Mutual Assured Destruction on art, in general.
THIS IS W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L, DAVID BOWIE AND KLAUS NOMI PERFORMING TOGETHER ! ! ! AN A-W-E-S-O-M-E COMBINATION ! ! !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Just discovering Klaus Nomi. Amazing. Was checking out the "Urgh. A Music War" movie.
I found this video on Joe Dallesandro's page a long time ago. After that, I read everything I could about Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias. Klaus Nomi's videos are haunting. His voice is unusual and operatic. His outfits are out of this world. He was truly one of a kind and there has been none like him since. It was a great adventure learning about both of them. This video, above, started it all for me. Their only time with Bowie. I had hoped there would be more. But this was it.
like other folks commenting, I remember watching this on SNL, I was 16 and I remember sitting there with my mouth hanging open, in awe, first heard Bowie in '76 - the David Live album, but this performance was different, dont even have the words to this day, but I remember how it struck me
Your lucky Klaus wasn’t walking about your living room with his penis hanging out of his trousers …time to shut your mouth..
Bowie + Klaus Nomi!!! Wonderful version, great performance! Thanks for sharing this!!!
full version finally! i remember watching this live...and being mesmerized and transfixed. still am to this day
Hard to believe this was only 3 years ago. Rip David Bowie
Klause died in 1983! OMG, that is 40 years ago .... wow! I love this rendition, love it and these talented men. RIP David and Klaus
Just superb. Two maestros for the price of one: Bowie & Nomi.
Been searching for even bits and pieces of this great performance of Bowie and Nomi..pretty much non existent...thank you for this...if I die tonight I will die happy.. ❤
It *is* that powerful, I completely agree. But I'd advise skipping the dying part. You seem nice.
@@TheWilliambrew I plan on not dying for a very long time ....just saying if it did happen I can say I saw this lol...and thanks :)
Yeah, kidding...I hope you do indeed live a long, fulfilling life. Cheers. Heck. I could die happy right this very moment, for that matter......
Superior ... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away ... superfans unite.
Klaus Nomi is so deliciously avant-garde.
The various clips of Bowie are just haunting. What a bright and expressive life.
unbelievable...both together???you lucky Americans!!!
Thank you for upload this great video, Bowie and Nomi together are fabulous, greetings from Mexico!!
You are sooo welcome!
To see this now is like to listen to Mozart . R.i.p David ,Klaus. Always
I saw this when it was first on. He was an innovator I miss Bowie alot.This was for The Lodger release he did Boys keep swinging too.
I miss him so much. His continued evolution in a world of clones, AI, and covers gave us a lot to look forward to with each release.
An AI bot speaking of AI. The new meta.
What a masterwork this video is.
And Joey Arias!
日本ではクラウスノミがお笑い芸人の影響で一気に注目されましたw
改めてボウイの先見性は不変だなと認識する次第です！
Superior ... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away ... superfans unite.
I’ve never seen this before - thank you so much!
I can't believe Davie bowie beat up Klaus and stole his suit.
I recommend you to watch the documentary "The Nomi Song". It's very interesting how Klaus Nomi got the tuxido. ua-cam.com/video/NySeTvdNtEw/v-deo.html
Thé man who steal and wear Nominé clothes 🤔
beat his a$$
@@dietmarhoerner9076 Thanks man!
Lol!
My favorite performance of this song by our beloved friend David, soulful Arias, Bowie & Nomi. I feel the electricity every time I listen. May this echo forever and ever!!!
❤️🤍🖤
I was watching Saturday Night Live the night this was broadcast. The world is a lot poorer without Bowie and Nomi.
This is one of the best Bowie video montage I’ve ever seen RIP David and Klaus ❤️
It's beautiful to imagine David Bowie and Klaus Nomi singing right now up high in the stars...
Wow I didn’t thought this song could be more beautiful but then I see this ❤️🙏🏻
What a wonderful artists
This is my all-time favorite song from him, and I am strangely attracted to this particular version almost every time I wish to hear it...it's got an extra haunting quality to it, and I love the rawness of the live performance...when the measure of your artistry was still how well you can carry your album to the stage without lipsync or autotune.
FAVOLOSO!!!°...grazie per il bellissimo video....love Bowie forever
Joey, Klaus and Bowie. I'd love to hear some more from that trio.
I remember my mom let me stay up late to watch this live performance on SNL when I was a kid, and being just mesmerized and blown away. Same effect today, which is a testament to the enduring quality of true art. Thanks for posting here.
Nice memory. I was 12 years old and sleeping over at my best friend’s house. His parents were out and had hired a babysitter. We stayed up late and watched SNL with the babysitter and we were mesmerized, too. All three songs he did that night were spectacular. To this day I don’t think anyone has given a more memorable performance on SNL.
These are the greatest moments on TV, extraordinaire !!!!
wow! What? awesome combo
Epic! Bowie with Klaus Nomi
Not only was he a genius with lyrics that kept you guessing sometimes but the visuals were Beyond anybody else is thinking
I remember watching this when it aired ❤️ Bowie was brilliant and he's timeless. Thank you for posting this ♥️
Superior ... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away ... superfans unite.
This is some brilliant editing. I remember watching this performance on SNL, back when it hosted avant guarde artists. Thank you for acknowledging Joey Arias & Klaus Nomi too! I remember I was very young and it was totally fascinating to me and it really left a great impression on me! Well done! David Bowie will forever inspire me creatively and spiritually. I really loved his philosophy on life. I hope to meet him in another universe someday. "I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me." David Bowie
"Brilliant editing"? They ruined the performance with all that unnecessary stock footage! Does everything need to be a TV ad?
Superior ... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away ... superfans unite.
For what it's worth, for a long time NBC kept having the full performance video removed from UA-cam, so maybe the editing kept this one up. Personally, I'd love to see the full performance again.
I don't know if you remember the original performance, but the TV director kept doing loving close ups of the one-night-stand session guitarist in his dockers and smug I-fuck-all-the-chicks look on his face. Every guitar break totally took me out of the artistry of the performance. Thankfully, that was largely what the poster edited out with the stock footage.
I remember when they had a new Band called "Devo" and it broke my little suburban mind.
The design, performance and attitude is everything. It looks so fresh...even after 4 decades
David Bowie is a rabbit hole of the best but unfortunately underrated musical gems I've ever met, Midge Ure, Klaus Nomi, SpizzEnergi, his guitarist from Spiders From Mars Era, etc.
So sad we losed such a beautiful icon such as David Bowie
And Prince and Michael Jackson and Linda Ronstadt can’t sing anymore...
no one can stop it , you know....
Wow Klaus Nomi the 1st time i heard him was in the late 70's when my next door nieghbour said i looked like Klaus...next day rushed in to town in York uk to check if i did...and i bought the album ...thanks Malcolm , can't remember the album..."Lesley Gore" i dont own you was on the album...brilliant :)
Total Eclipse
One and only... Bowie. Such an Artist. Miss you :(
@really dude ;)
What a wonderful experience! Thank you for sharing such a heart warming story. I would have loved to have met him.
Ever wanna feel old
Watch this and remember watching it live.
Man I’m glad I’m OLD