David Bowie - The Jean Genie (Official Video)

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  • The official music video for David Bowie -The Jean Genie.
    Taken from Bowie's 'Aladdin Sane' album released in 1973, which featured the singles The Jean Genie, Drive-In Saturday, Time and Let's Spend The Night Together.
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    Lyrics
    A small Jean Genie snuck off to the city
    Strung out on lasers and slash-back blazers
    Ate all your razors while pulling the waiters
    Talking 'bout Monroe and walking on Snow White
    New York's a go-go, and everything tastes right
    Poor little Greenie, ooh-ooh
    Keep her comin'
    The Jean Genie lives on his back
    The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks
    He's outrageous, he screams and he bawls (Jean Genie)
    Jean Genie, let yourself go, whoah
    Sits like a man but he smiles like a reptile
    She love him, she love him but just for a short while
    She'll scratch in the sand, won't let go his hand
    He says he's a beautician and sells you nutrition
    And keeps all your dead hair for making up underwear
    Poor little Greenie, ooh-ooh
    The Jean Genie lives on his back
    The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks
    He's outrageous, he screams and he bawls (Jean Genie)
    Jean Genie, let yourself go, whoah
    He's so simple-minded, he can't drive his module
    He bites on the neon and sleeps in a capsule
    Loves to be loved, loves to be loved
    Oh, Jean Genie lives on his back
    The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks
    He's outrageous, he screams and he bawls (Jean Genie)
    Jean Genie, let yourself go, whoah
    Go!
    Go!
    The Jean Genie lives on his back
    The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks
    He's outrageous, he screams and he bawls (Jean Genie)
    Jean Genie, let yourself go, whoah
    Go, go go!
    About David Bowie:
    David Bowie redefined musical genres and the potential of live performance for generations of music lovers. Creating and discarding a variety of personae and restlessly challenging musical boundaries, Bowie released timeless albums including Space Oddity, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust…, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, "Heroes,” Let's Dance, Heathen, The Next Day and many more. Blackstar, Bowie’s 28th and final studio album, was released on his 69th birthday, January 8, 2016. David Bowie died on January 10, 2016, two days after the release of Blackstar. His body of work, his influence on the worlds of music, art, fashion, film, theatre and beyond, and his legacy of innovation and reinvention will live forever. 2022 kicks off with Bowie at 75, a celebration of his 75th birthday with the Brilliant Adventure box set, the previously unreleased Toy, the 50th anniversary of Ziggy Stardust and a series of special events.
    #DavidBowie #TheJeanGenie #AladdinSane #Bowie

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  • @amyl1479
    @amyl1479 5 років тому +1920

    Mick Ronson, the genius behind this music. Never got the credit he so deserved. Rip Mr. Ronson.

    • @rickb4806
      @rickb4806 5 років тому +38

      Oh yeah...Mick ronson!

    • @tourbillon13
      @tourbillon13 5 років тому +54

      I'll second that. Same with Roxy Music Guitarist Phil Manzanera, though thank heavens he is most definitely alive and well!
      Both David and Bryan Ferry always liked to work with different musicians to create different ambience and dynamics within their various stages of writing.
      Mmm 🤔.
      Sometimes the grass ain't always greener, eh?
      R. I. P Mick Ronson. Jamming up there in heaven with the most awesome band ever!!!
      Much love and
      R E.S.P E.C.T to all you guys and gals, I hear Duke Ellington is playing rock'n'roll these days... 😊

    • @dman030
      @dman030 5 років тому +18

      exactly right....when i see it on video i can see what a great guitarist he was and he did deserve more. but at the time there was a lot of competition when it came to electric guitar.

    • @robertkubicki2937
      @robertkubicki2937 5 років тому +4

      I know thats messed up

    • @ricjones5749
      @ricjones5749 5 років тому +59

      Deserve more? He was great and everyone knows it, Bowie was the star and that's how it was.MR didn't have a bad career but just couldn't put his head above the parapet and so wasn't as famous.Guy worked with Dylan, Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter, Morrissey. Pretty good to be fair

  • @tbirdsteve1
    @tbirdsteve1 Рік тому +446

    Back when this came out it was one of the greatest songs I'd ever heard. It still kicks ass to this day.

    • @ndhan72
      @ndhan72 Рік тому +8

      It is certainly David Bowie's best tune. Classic rock that rocks.

    • @paulinebower9213
      @paulinebower9213 Рік тому +1

      They worked together am sorry loads of songs before this prettiest star for one absolutely brilliant 👏

    • @sexobscura
      @sexobscura Рік тому +1

      Even if it is just a rehashed John Lee Hooker riff

    • @justinhaller7361
      @justinhaller7361 Рік тому +7

      This song will kick ass in 4063

    • @rogerthijs7256
      @rogerthijs7256 Рік тому +11

      The Jean Genie IS Bowie for me .

  • @kmustacal
    @kmustacal 3 роки тому +1467

    And let’s not forget Mick Ronson providing the famous guitar tones.
    Can I get an upvote for the Ronno!

  • @lostinmusic5431
    @lostinmusic5431 10 місяців тому +156

    1972....I'm 11 years old and seen this in TV. I'm so grateful to have been young during such a great musical time. New timeless songs in the charts every week.

  • @Awaitingonyouall
    @Awaitingonyouall 4 роки тому +2197

    I’m just having a David Bowie binge during quarantine

  • @samanthalewin4397
    @samanthalewin4397 5 років тому +680

    I think I need to stop watching Bowie videos before I start to cry. I cannot beleive he is gone.

    • @carollopez1520
      @carollopez1520 5 років тому +2

      😢

    • @minepro1206
      @minepro1206 5 років тому +17

      He visited us and is now where he belongs.

    • @joyboquila3490
      @joyboquila3490 5 років тому +12

      So am i... still cant believe that Starman ia already gone. Cant help my tears from falling everytime i watch Annie Lenno's speech about the sudden passing away of our beloved David Bowie.

    • @jarrodschroeder5297
      @jarrodschroeder5297 4 роки тому +11

      It still hurts that he is gone, and Mick Ronson too, David and Mick are making Great Rock n Roll in Heaven!

    • @shelleylyme6402
      @shelleylyme6402 4 роки тому +5

      Yeah it's really comforting and self-indulgent to cry for someone from a distance and whom you did not even know 😭

  • @GlenDoer-gq1rs
    @GlenDoer-gq1rs 6 місяців тому +64

    Just one of the joys of growing up in the 70's

    • @Rosie-tv3ki
      @Rosie-tv3ki 2 місяці тому +3

      I was 20, and always dancing to this then and still going 🤗

    • @keithparker1346
      @keithparker1346 Місяць тому

      I think largely depends on how old you were. This was a little bit before my time I'm 59 so it's not like a 50s song as it was slightly on my radar. I suspect I only heard old songs like this a bit later through radio shows like Pick Of The Pops.

  • @travis1771
    @travis1771 Рік тому +210

    Always timeless.
    And Mick Ronson was genius too

    • @coam3708
      @coam3708 Рік тому +4

      saw mick and ian in 1971 at east ham granada cinema we bunked in i was 11!

    • @Mr.Steve-O
      @Mr.Steve-O 11 місяців тому +6

      Mick was the engine

    • @geneclark3600
      @geneclark3600 9 місяців тому +3

      most ppl forget about Ronson, he was amazing.

    • @clarehennessey3653
      @clarehennessey3653 8 місяців тому +2

      Damn right!

    • @cindyspupparo4389
      @cindyspupparo4389 5 місяців тому

      Bowie Bowie!

  • @carlnilssonyoung8961
    @carlnilssonyoung8961 4 роки тому +824

    This is still sounds timeless in 2020, 48 years after.....

    • @emmanuelemmanuel8821
      @emmanuelemmanuel8821 4 роки тому +12

      The Jean genie let yourseeeelf gooooooo, 🎶🎶🎶

    • @johnforbes3364
      @johnforbes3364 4 роки тому +11

      It was a wonderful time to be alive wasn't it? Like a fine wine the songs of our youth get better with age. Perfectly delicious.

    • @marswaters9560
      @marswaters9560 4 роки тому +8

      @@johnforbes3364 His music has infusion to heavy metal just ask Metallica.

    • @obody-sl9np
      @obody-sl9np 4 роки тому +4

      Especially when coronavirus

    • @MrOhjok
      @MrOhjok 4 роки тому +6

      Ya, thanks to Mick Ronson 👍

  • @TheTilde
    @TheTilde 9 років тому +1369

    This is 1972! He is such a visionnary! He is not enough credited as one of the main inspiration for punk-rock.

    • @Kelly_C
      @Kelly_C 5 років тому +109

      ehhh pretty sure literally everyone agrees that he's one of the single most influential people in the history music

    • @izzy_6283
      @izzy_6283 5 років тому +34

      I know my idol "Billy Idol" was definitely influenced by Bowie! Fine by me, bc i love them both

    • @waltm8011
      @waltm8011 5 років тому +5

      He copied by the New York Dolls. Just a copycat.he liked a lot Johnny Thunders that he named “The raven”

    • @izzy_6283
      @izzy_6283 5 років тому +44

      @@waltm8011 How did he copy New York Dolls when he had songs in 1964,65 & 66 in the UK (plus the hit single Space Oddity in 1969) and they didn't even form a band til 1971 in New York?

    • @waltm8011
      @waltm8011 5 років тому +8

      Izzy _ the stile of Jean Genie and especially Rebel Rebbel not the entire carreer. Remember what M .Jagger saw about Bowie.

  • @sanjnandh
    @sanjnandh Рік тому +118

    The guitar riff alone is Legendary. If I had to pick just one of Bowie’s classics - it would have to be this masterpiece. R.I.P 🙏😘❤️

    • @andrewmarcellis2007
      @andrewmarcellis2007 Рік тому

      This music is so classic. You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

    • @matsfrommusic
      @matsfrommusic Рік тому +1

      Blockbuster

    • @kingbolo4579
      @kingbolo4579 Рік тому +1

      @@matsfrommusic Yes, it's Blockbuster.

    • @mikeace5831
      @mikeace5831 Рік тому +1

      At the same time the sweet did Blockbuster who knows the Legends live on

    • @darrenshepherd2843
      @darrenshepherd2843 Рік тому +6

      Mick Ronson said in a interview that he got the idea for the riff from a Muddy Waters song, always steal from the best!

  • @tommcgeethree
    @tommcgeethree Рік тому +82

    50 years later and still kicks ass. Oh yeah. 👍

  • @bizophone
    @bizophone 4 роки тому +296

    Bowie has outlasted so many artists, his music still sounds fresh fifty years later.

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 4 роки тому +12

      Yes. In two years' time Ziggy Stardust is 50 years old.

    • @mal5379
      @mal5379 Рік тому

      @@davidcopson5800wow

    • @LordMonstrux
      @LordMonstrux 7 місяців тому +3

      @@davidcopson5800 51 and still kicks ass

  • @SuperTinman2009
    @SuperTinman2009 4 роки тому +318

    Consider myself fortunate,having seen the Spiders from Mars,Diamond Dogs and Alladin Sane tours live. Can leave this mortal world satisfied. Bowie rules!!!

    • @anthonywandowicz8084
      @anthonywandowicz8084 4 роки тому +8

      Indeed u are. From the start of rock until 1995 there were so many historical shows by amazing bands people had the opportunity to see. Since then i cant really think of anybody at such a level. Rock n roll died in 95. I was aware enough to see and feel it fade out and followed up by the worsed years in music history. Endless number of boy bands and girl pop groups inserted their superficial synthetic filth over everything for so many dark cold years. Those years were so hard to get through alot of people didnt make it as their very being and will to live was just callously drained crushing their spirit and hope things one day things might go back to normal. Its been almost 20 yrs since it ended and we are still dealing with the aftermath and bodies. So many lost

    • @etholland3166
      @etholland3166 3 роки тому +2

      @@anthonywandowicz8084 me n me know

    • @petersmith3953
      @petersmith3953 3 роки тому +4

      Wow , i only managed the Glass Spider one , but it was unforgettable.

    • @goddamnpavuk9521
      @goddamnpavuk9521 3 роки тому +2

      I wish I had an opportunity to see him in flesh

    • @spkanava
      @spkanava 2 роки тому +1

      1972

  • @roadkingryder6685
    @roadkingryder6685 Рік тому +75

    51 years later this song is still killin it. RIP David & Mick.

    • @andrewmarcellis2007
      @andrewmarcellis2007 Рік тому +2

      This music is so classic. You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

    • @geralddutcher3662
      @geralddutcher3662 10 місяців тому

      Timeless!

    • @lmcb8447
      @lmcb8447 3 місяці тому +2

      I'm not so sure they'd find nice that right-half on pfp...

  • @Deedee-ee1sg
    @Deedee-ee1sg 2 роки тому +232

    What a great track! Loved Bowie then, when I was just 12 year old, and half a century later, this song is just as exhilarating, thrilling and brilliant as back in the day!! There will never be another David Bowie. He was extraordinary, unique and original, so talented. I MISS YOU, SPACEBOY!! Also, it's so sad we lost MICK ROCK R.I.P. The most brilliant photographer.
    Lastly, MICK RONSON, WOW, what an incredible guitarist. R.I.P

    • @murellevendramin1150
      @murellevendramin1150 2 роки тому

      Mais personne.aime, je met et remet sans succès.... Bof 👎☎️👓

    • @jonsantos74
      @jonsantos74 2 роки тому +6

      The Spiders had to be from Mars cause they certainly weren't from this planet Earth !

    • @alanfarkas8975
      @alanfarkas8975 Рік тому +5

      Ye. I was 13. I need a Bowie fix daily ever since

    • @johnnygardner288
      @johnnygardner288 Рік тому +2

      Wow!!! Your old... Like myself. Oh well, was fun while it lasted I suppose.As was saying, I too had my mind " polluted" by Mr. Bowie and his ilk and should think I'm the better for it now. As I was the youngest of the litter of six children I found myself exposed to many flavors music, of which I am eternally grateful for. By and by they've crafted a beautifully unique tapestry of sublime colors interwoven with Rich memories and curious textures. Truly a thing exquisitely rare but I don't keep it hidden, then again seems a waste that I should display it to those who lack vision and understanding. But alas the Lord has indeed blessed me with two young men, whom find great delight in the aforementioned article of beauty. The symbiotic cycle is nearing an end and then I shall rest. Tip of the hat to you Mr. Bowie and you as well. 😮

    • @glennbeadshaw727
      @glennbeadshaw727 Рік тому +1

      Yep that's a whole bunch of good old boys I can't wait to get to heaven and hook up to their next concert

  • @Dakjams
    @Dakjams 8 років тому +467

    R.I.P To The Thin White Duke. Mr. Bowie you were loved and revered for your great music and being a true rock and roll pioneer, you will be sorely missed.

    • @plasmaxander912
      @plasmaxander912 5 років тому +10

      but this is aladdin sane.

    • @scott-o3345
      @scott-o3345 5 років тому +4

      I hope he enjoys retirement with his new identity.

    • @Killuminati1blood
      @Killuminati1blood 5 років тому +3

      @@scott-o3345 you honestly think he faked his death??

    • @Killuminati1blood
      @Killuminati1blood 5 років тому +1

      I bought his last double vinyl album right before he passed away. This song is on the vinyl :P

    • @Kelly_C
      @Kelly_C 5 років тому +5

      the thin white duke was murdered by iggy pop and brian eno in 1977 mate

  • @tammieparrishmiller3669
    @tammieparrishmiller3669 Рік тому +78

    R.I.P. David Bowie. You were one of a kind and I will enjoy what you left us for the rest of my life!

  • @halldd
    @halldd Рік тому +20

    Sat in garden large red wine in right hand. 51 year old absolutely loving bowie he's the only thing bringing a smile to my face in this shit time.

    • @Lin-bt4pk
      @Lin-bt4pk 2 місяці тому

      Yep.😊😢😊😊❤

  • @spaceloser3016
    @spaceloser3016 3 роки тому +58

    And the chemistry between David and Mick gets me every time I watch them together-

    • @dandare6865
      @dandare6865 3 роки тому +7

      Mick was the power behind Bowie, shame the audio is wrong for the time of release. The audio here is from Aladdin Sane which was 1973, i have the single from 1972 and it is different.

    • @ktiitfa2491
      @ktiitfa2491 2 роки тому

      omg these quiffs

    • @suraya1224
      @suraya1224 2 роки тому

      According to Bowie's ex wife, Angie, she walked in on them, sleeping, naked & hung over in her bed. Bowie has admitted to being bisexual.

    • @annwhite2346
      @annwhite2346 2 роки тому

      That was Mick Jagger, not Mick Ronson.

  • @ndhan72
    @ndhan72 Рік тому +53

    One of the best of all rock tunes.....Bowie at his best.

    • @angelaallen340
      @angelaallen340 Рік тому +1

      Yessssssss

    • @chriswalford9228
      @chriswalford9228 Рік тому +2

      And the rock and roll best side burns ever Courtesy Mr Trevor Bolder

    • @MassiveFish-hp4pm
      @MassiveFish-hp4pm Рік тому +1

      If you like listening to David Bowie you might like a band called The Doublejumps

  • @pamelawhitelaw1458
    @pamelawhitelaw1458 2 роки тому +97

    He was an amazing talent, and he has left an incredible legacy

    • @waynenorthspacebuoy3529
      @waynenorthspacebuoy3529 2 роки тому

      Immense ... I play Bowie covers on YT and hope the band smile from far far away.

    • @markventura4253
      @markventura4253 2 роки тому +2

      Wow, now that is what I call a musical genius!!! R.I.P David

    • @waynenorthspacebuoy3529
      @waynenorthspacebuoy3529 2 роки тому +1

      @@markventura4253 Welcome onboard Bowie fan ... I'm doing covers on YT and have been recording heroes today ... many parts to play .. but fun.

  • @robertshaefer7760
    @robertshaefer7760 2 роки тому +84

    To me this was ALWAYS his best band. He had lots of good ones but this was the BEST!!!

    • @waynenorthspacebuoy3529
      @waynenorthspacebuoy3529 2 роки тому

      Immense ... I play Bowie covers on YT and hope the band smile from far far away.

    • @murellevendramin1150
      @murellevendramin1150 2 роки тому

      Alors.pourquoi personne.aime?.Ou met?..
      Amitiés biz Murielle 🥰❤️ respect 😁💐

  • @deborahrobertson8606
    @deborahrobertson8606 3 роки тому +29

    Believe me, it was so exciting at the time. The world was alive with such music. I fell in love with Bowie in '72, when I was 11 and I grew through all those phases of his music throughout that decade. So lucky.

    • @callumnye2562
      @callumnye2562 2 роки тому

      Hello Deborah, how are you doing?

    • @andymatthews7617
      @andymatthews7617 Рік тому

      The world since bowie passed is total trash.

    • @ndhan72
      @ndhan72 7 місяців тому

      Deborah....are you from Hamilton NZ?.

  • @whitneygibson3431
    @whitneygibson3431 4 роки тому +159

    This features Cyrinda Fox ( girl with short platinum hair), a girl who happened to be just hanging out at same hotel Bowie was at, in LA, I believe. This was the start of her modeling career, Bowie liked her look & featured her in what was a prelude to stylized & highly produced music videos that launched MTV into existence. 1972/1973 was the infancy of this sort of media. Cyrinda instantly became famous among the rock 'n roll community, going on to a modeling career, minor acting career. What she's really known for is her personal life. After the Bowie cameo, she arrived in NYC to continue modeling & began dating, then marrying David Johansson, lead singer of glam rock band, The New York Dolls (he always reminded me of what the son of Mick Jagger & Steven Tyler would look like), speaking of Aerosmith, Cyrinda had a notoriously wild affair with Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith, who apparently was a friend of Johansson. Cyrinda left her New York Doll for Steven Tyler, as soon as divorce was granted, she & Steven Tyler walked this way into the wedding chapel & were married. They had one child, daughter, Mia Tyler..

    • @autumnalburn
      @autumnalburn 3 роки тому +18

      She made me realize that I'm bisexual.

    • @kmustacal
      @kmustacal 3 роки тому +11

      Great history thanks

    • @shombie2737
      @shombie2737 3 роки тому +3

      Spawn ofJagger/Tyler!! ;))

    • @stevedorefromtyneside9993
      @stevedorefromtyneside9993 3 роки тому +9

      David Jo wrote a beautiful song about her leaving him for Tyler. It's called Flamingo Road.

    • @junnaredd9912
      @junnaredd9912 2 роки тому +3

      @@roberthampton3791 Are you high? Tyler paid Cyrinda Foxe's room for her rehabilitation.Bowie's guitar could be sold for more than 10k in early 2000s.

  • @nostaticatall
    @nostaticatall 5 років тому +88

    Love Mick Ronson's guitar playing!

  • @JohnJoannou-xq5rq
    @JohnJoannou-xq5rq 9 місяців тому +8

    To say this classic is over 50 years old, it still is so good now!

  • @xiropigado
    @xiropigado 2 роки тому +6

    Honesty, you could take any year between 1965 and 1975 and just stay there forever. The music was that great and will never be bettered.

  • @rickb4806
    @rickb4806 5 років тому +219

    What great rock music should sound and feel like.

    • @loum6568
      @loum6568 5 років тому +1

      Absolutely 👍

    • @danielgolus4600
      @danielgolus4600 4 роки тому +5

      And hip-hop NEVER can!

    • @pagapollo5601
      @pagapollo5601 4 роки тому +3

      David Bowie loved hip hop

    • @aestheticaltwat
      @aestheticaltwat 4 роки тому +2

      Hip-Hop was great.

    • @mck7646
      @mck7646 2 роки тому +2

      There's great and bad music in every genre. This is an objectively great rock song. One of the best of all time.

  • @jontourville9482
    @jontourville9482 5 років тому +87

    An absolute genius, he didn't bend to fit the music. He bent the music into whatever suited his mood and or persona.

    • @garyblanchard1084
      @garyblanchard1084 2 роки тому +2

      The fans changed for him and not him changing for some fad that would last two years at most.

  • @Shyann1
    @Shyann1 3 роки тому +58

    Very few musicians will I say their a Genius..but there it is..Bowie was Genius no doubt. He is missed

    • @waynenorthspacebuoy3529
      @waynenorthspacebuoy3529 2 роки тому +2

      Immense ... I play Bowie covers on YT and hope the band smile from far far away.

  • @craigcoleman8324
    @craigcoleman8324 3 роки тому +24

    David Bowie and mick Ronson together.. Brilliant song's!

  • @llyrjones7308
    @llyrjones7308 4 роки тому +126

    From watching Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes got me listening to his songs!

  • @davidabbotts3733
    @davidabbotts3733 2 роки тому +21

    Bowie created some unforgetable classics,Mick Ronson gave us first class guitar playing.

    • @waynenorthspacebuoy3529
      @waynenorthspacebuoy3529 2 роки тому

      Immense ... I play Bowie covers on YT and hope the band smile from far far away.

  • @redwave3520
    @redwave3520 2 роки тому +6

    I walked into the NAVEX in Naples, Italy in the summer of 1977. My ship, the USS Nimitz was anchored in Naples Bay. Someone put this song on a turntable and cranked the sound through some Bose 901 speakers. I just froze in my tracks, purchased the speakers and dragged them around for 2 days (could not get back to the ship - rough waters). I still have those speakers to this day, and David Bowie's "Jean Genie" as well!!!

  • @johnshields6852
    @johnshields6852 2 роки тому +23

    I was 13 years old when this came out, I was blown away , what a song, it kicksass .

  • @gabbygossett7812
    @gabbygossett7812 4 роки тому +16

    David Bowie and Mick Ronson: two amazing men. Miss you both

    • @waynenorthspacebuoy3529
      @waynenorthspacebuoy3529 2 роки тому

      Immense ... I play Bowie covers on YT and hope the band smile from far far away.

  • @tonymcgrath8292
    @tonymcgrath8292 5 років тому +39

    David Bowie’s tunes from the 70s were the best. R.I.P to a legend

  • @jennieoh8543
    @jennieoh8543 Рік тому +7

    Great song!!! I wish he was still here!!! RIP Bowie

  • @occidentadvocate.9759
    @occidentadvocate.9759 Рік тому +21

    I was 12 when this hit the charts in 1972. I was a Bowie fan. This was absolutely brilliant. Bowies had that many great records, but this is my all time favorite track. Thanks for the music David. Not forgetting his great band, the Spiders. 👍

    • @andymatthews7617
      @andymatthews7617 Рік тому +1

      Could not have said it any better.

    • @andrewmarcellis2007
      @andrewmarcellis2007 Рік тому +1

      This music is so classic. You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

    • @andymatthews7617
      @andymatthews7617 Рік тому

      @@andrewmarcellis2007 thanks mate will have a listen, cheers.

  • @Allmuco
    @Allmuco 8 років тому +147

    RIP David Bowie, RIP Mick Ronson...

    • @robertkubicki2937
      @robertkubicki2937 5 років тому +4

      @wildcatter63 I know cancer took Mick and I think Trevor also

    • @YooTuba
      @YooTuba 4 роки тому +3

      RIP Cyrinda Foxe who plays the "Marilyn" in the video as well

    • @lysanderofsparta3708
      @lysanderofsparta3708 Рік тому

      @@robertkubicki2937 Mick "Woody" Woodmansey the drummer is still alive.

  • @rebeccawagner4167
    @rebeccawagner4167 Місяць тому +6

    David Bowie is always pushing boundaries and making something new 🎉🎉. He has a unique style and class that is not like anyone else 🎉🎉. He's in a class all by himself. RIP,David you will be truly missed 😢 😔

  • @andymcquill4334
    @andymcquill4334 Рік тому +6

    1972...still fresh
    What a kick arse tune..bowie is king

    • @karlmorris-xz6iq
      @karlmorris-xz6iq Рік тому

      if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is stu morris

    • @andymatthews7617
      @andymatthews7617 11 місяців тому

      SO SAD HE PASSED.

  • @Duffy8368
    @Duffy8368 2 роки тому +31

    after his death I had a night of only Bowie music with a friend. We had Jean Gin Tonic Genie and Diamond Hot Dogs. Now he has a dog called Bowie. How a good friend he is.

    • @ezekielbrockmann114
      @ezekielbrockmann114 Рік тому +1

      My wife and I mourned Bowie for a week. Crazy.
      The only other that hit me like that was Jerry Garcia.

    • @Duffy8368
      @Duffy8368 Рік тому

      @@ezekielbrockmann114 thank you for this comment.
      The moment I heard David passed away I began to hear David's music for days. Never had that experience before. Crazy what music does.

  • @scottishlisa3463
    @scottishlisa3463 6 років тому +72

    The great Ronno putting his mark on the song - brilliant !

    • @luvmycorso
      @luvmycorso 5 років тому +6

      Ronson is why I started playing guitar, when I heard this shit as a little kid I said "That's me"

    • @tonynesbit9673
      @tonynesbit9673 5 років тому +4

      He was the best out there.

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 11 місяців тому +4

    [ Loves To Be Loved ], don’t we all? Bowie sure had a way with words.

  • @chrispemberton9321
    @chrispemberton9321 2 роки тому +10

    Let's not forget about Trevor bolder greatest bass player his bass line put this song on the map.

    • @Lin-bt4pk
      @Lin-bt4pk 2 місяці тому

      Hearing it.❤

  • @philiphughes4117
    @philiphughes4117 Рік тому +5

    Whoever is posting these classics, keep 'em up . Loved it at 15 years old, and still do!

    • @karlmorris-xz6iq
      @karlmorris-xz6iq Рік тому

      if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is stu morris

  • @danapopshernandez8530
    @danapopshernandez8530 8 років тому +114

    RIP, David Bowie... 10 January 2016.

    • @Killuminati1blood
      @Killuminati1blood 5 років тому +4

      RIP to him, he will be missed by us all

    • @robinking6201
      @robinking6201 5 років тому +2

      Yes still can’t believe he’s gone gen

  • @svagrod
    @svagrod 4 роки тому +48

    What an awesome song. What a talent Mick and David !

  • @stevensabasino5021
    @stevensabasino5021 3 роки тому +43

    Mick Ronson, so into the beats! MAD RESPECT

  • @elenasweeney6884
    @elenasweeney6884 8 років тому +147

    Sleep peacefully sweet prince.

    • @rickb4806
      @rickb4806 5 років тому +4

      Sweet comment sweet girl

    • @b.b.7643
      @b.b.7643 5 років тому +3

      Ours prince, Bowie. 🌹

    • @rei9202
      @rei9202 4 роки тому

      Rick B creepy.

  • @Harlee172
    @Harlee172 5 років тому +47

    Glam Rock at its peak! In all its glory by Bowie!

    • @aliadidondiaa8024
      @aliadidondiaa8024 4 роки тому +1

      why are you styled like how we grew up ?

    • @Harlee172
      @Harlee172 4 роки тому

      @@aliadidondiaa8024 Yep

    • @waynenorthspacebuoy3529
      @waynenorthspacebuoy3529 2 роки тому +1

      Totally Immense ... I play Bowie covers on YT and hope the band smile from far far away.

    • @Harlee172
      @Harlee172 2 роки тому

      @@aliadidondiaa8024 cause I'm old and pic of me when I was 29...I'm 61 today

  • @paulmacdonald4844
    @paulmacdonald4844 19 днів тому +2

    What a talent thank you England for another super star.

  • @mikehagman8187
    @mikehagman8187 Рік тому +5

    Bowie came like a thunder at this Time!!

  • @victormirabelli5895
    @victormirabelli5895 4 роки тому +11

    The Jean Genie, 1973, will always be my favourite David Bowie song, The guitar work of Mick Ronson, is legendary.
    1970-1975 is the BEST five years of music by Mr David Robert Jones!

  • @liammoore5915
    @liammoore5915 3 роки тому +25

    Without doubt, one of the all time greats

  • @ronnastrang1557
    @ronnastrang1557 3 роки тому +3

    I loved him from birth... 52 years old with a hippie mom that has since passed. She left her great taste in music to me

  • @LionTheHeart
    @LionTheHeart 3 роки тому +2

    Motor bikes, whereing leather jackets, beer down the local, dancing in the town halls, apprenticeship and a blonde who loved David Bowie!

  • @paulanuszkiewicz7704
    @paulanuszkiewicz7704 4 роки тому +221

    Wish that these so-called classic rock FM radio stations would play more songs like this instead of the so very tired worn out crappola they do play way too much. Classic rock song from Bowie!

    • @SkeligMichael
      @SkeligMichael 4 роки тому +3

      If you have an Internet Radio, listen to Classic Rock Florida. They play even Iron Maiden classic songs.

    • @decadantdog4444
      @decadantdog4444 4 роки тому +8

      Yes, way too much Led Zeppelin!

    • @denabergman5847
      @denabergman5847 3 роки тому +4

      One more time...please play, We Are The Champions, cuz the humans living in Sector A-3 haven’t heard it yet.

    • @kimberlyhaines107
      @kimberlyhaines107 3 роки тому

      Here in Fresno, CA we used to have an “oldies but goodies” station that played everything from the 60s - 80s - and then suddenly it was changed to like like mariachi music. It was about the only good station of classic rock. And we haven’t been driving much so much anymore but when we did, we’d put it on Bowie, or Hamilton”, and even Broadway.

    • @paulph12002
      @paulph12002 3 роки тому +6

      With Stairway To Heaven being the worst offender...

  • @debby631
    @debby631 Рік тому +6

    Fifty years later and he still loves to be loved🎶🎶🎶

    • @MassiveFish-hp4pm
      @MassiveFish-hp4pm Рік тому +1

      If you like listening to David Bowie you might like a band called The Doublejumps

    • @debby631
      @debby631 Рік тому

      @@MassiveFish-hp4pm thanks 🎶🎶🎶🙋🏼‍♀️😊

    • @andymatthews7617
      @andymatthews7617 Рік тому +1

      Absolutely UNIQUE.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Рік тому +2

      And we totally love Bowie😍😍🔥

    • @andymatthews7617
      @andymatthews7617 Рік тому +1

      @@KittyGrizGriz absolutely, a really nice bloke aswell as a fantastic singer, thanks for reply.

  • @benji6871
    @benji6871 Рік тому +12

    He still hits so good after all these years

  • @ladygrinningsoul992
    @ladygrinningsoul992 Рік тому +5

    Mick and David perfect duo rip you two absolute heroes ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️and thank you for making the future

  • @derblae52
    @derblae52 6 років тому +22

    Where you do begin with this. A masterpiece of rock. Bowie's writing and delivery are iconic.The guitar of Mick Ronson is an anthem to rock freaks.R&B driven it is true soul. I miss so much Mr.B.

  • @janascoville204
    @janascoville204 4 роки тому +24

    Watching this video once was simply not enough. Had to watch it three times just to appreciate the extreme "coolness" that is David Bowie and Mick Ronson!!

    • @waynenorthspacebuoy3529
      @waynenorthspacebuoy3529 2 роки тому +1

      Immense ... I play Bowie covers on YT and hope the band smile from far far away.

  • @oldmanwillyboy2786
    @oldmanwillyboy2786 Рік тому +3

    I was 9yo in '72, but I heard this every day for years, thanks to an older sister and her friends!...............Thank you Jill, Linn, Susan, Tricia, the two Louises and the beautifully dusky and exotic Fleur.............

  • @darrenshepherd2843
    @darrenshepherd2843 2 роки тому +12

    One of the best songs, from a great album, My favorite Bowie track

  • @DavidRagan3134
    @DavidRagan3134 5 років тому +50

    This and "Suffragette City" are the best Bowie songs hands down. I love the heavy Blues style of this era.

    • @garyowens4269
      @garyowens4269 5 років тому +3

      I like queen bitch. He was brilliant. No one like him today.

    • @dynjarren7523
      @dynjarren7523 5 років тому +2

      Good observation about the Blues. They “borrowed” the Blues riff. That da da da da riff is Black Blues music. They really should pay at least symbolically a tithe 10 percent of the royalties from this song to a Blues foundation or organization that helps Blues musicians because that Riff is as old as time and is in many Blues songs!

    • @josephobenauer3093
      @josephobenauer3093 4 роки тому +1

      @@dynjarren7523 Bowie stole the bass from Captain Beefheart/Diddly Wah Diddly and the Captain stole it from Bo Diddly. Everybody steals.

    • @George-fe5mf
      @George-fe5mf 4 роки тому +1

      suffragette city is one of my top 5 easily

    • @drdre4397
      @drdre4397 4 роки тому +1

      The spiders were my favourite iteration of the bowie band. So great, round and round another classic.

  • @ottomatic3123
    @ottomatic3123 Рік тому +3

    Ahhhh, the beautiful Cyrinda Foxe. What a Fox! RIP to you all.

  • @andrewchisam3732
    @andrewchisam3732 2 роки тому +2

    This is what started my it for me. My Bowie obsession. Picture the scene, a 13 /14 year old middle class laddie, first disco, local village hall, scrubbed up to the nine and a halves in new clothes, bought just for the occasion. Place packed, DJ plays The Jean Genie. Everyone to a man and woman up on the dance floor, singing and stamping their feet to the riff. Never seen or heard anything like it, thought the wooden floor was going to crash. Instead it was Bowie crash landing into my world and I never looked back. That sense of community, the energy and power of youth has always stayed with me. Thank you Mr David Bowie, you changed my life.

  • @alexcarratu5554
    @alexcarratu5554 Рік тому +12

    Nearly 50 years old this song and still such a great one. Bowie was one cool dude, a true original. Well done, Mr Bowie. You really made the grade. Your music still rocks.

  • @rjnuzzi1648
    @rjnuzzi1648 5 років тому +25

    Super classic glam! One word: BOWIE

  • @paulcartledge4440
    @paulcartledge4440 3 роки тому +4

    with out doubt this is the pinacle of bowie and ronson together RIP both of you both genius musicians

  • @gregory2971
    @gregory2971 Рік тому +4

    Life changing music since the 70's. Thank you Ziggy. please RIP.
    Your amazing work is done here. See you again.
    Thanks to the Spiders too, RIP Mick Ronson & Trevor Bolder.

  • @dunnmax1
    @dunnmax1 3 роки тому +9

    I always like how at 3:02 and for much of the rest of the video, David Bowie sings directly to Mick Ronson. It seems to suggest that he knows he has a good guitarist, who is greatly responsible for the success of his act

  • @gino6394
    @gino6394 5 років тому +13

    Even in concerts,Sounds like albums..FUCKING AWESOME. LOVE U BOWIE,,R.I.P.

  • @tessaboubion2470
    @tessaboubion2470 4 роки тому +13

    He was so handsome he just loved to have fun in his videos and concerts, he was such an idol. I love him so much.

  • @catherinebaran4082
    @catherinebaran4082 2 роки тому +2

    To my brother Gordon who passed away who sang Bowie just like Bowie thankyou for all the gigs over the years love and miss you ❤️❤️ X

  • @miles8437
    @miles8437 3 роки тому +5

    I’m lucky enough to live down the road from where Bowie grew up, I get to walk past the bar where it all started so many years ago👍

  • @alessandromarchesini9039
    @alessandromarchesini9039 4 роки тому +7

    The best ticket in the story of rock'n'roll Bowie + Ronson.

  • @jackjohnson7396
    @jackjohnson7396 4 роки тому +11

    Great song, remember it well blasting in the car. 72 was such a great year, music too.

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 4 роки тому +1

      One of the great years for music indeed.

    • @garyblanchard1084
      @garyblanchard1084 2 роки тому

      I needed a guide for the FM subculture that year being so young and I had none. Took years and years to catch up firsthand. And our blue 1967 Biscayne wagon we bought that year had factory yet non Multiplex F M radio!!!

  • @jamesbarton8487
    @jamesbarton8487 2 роки тому +2

    This is the truly greatest ... Period

  • @WilliamCarmichael-bh1es
    @WilliamCarmichael-bh1es 5 місяців тому +2

    Bowies a ledgend n always will be musical genius. Its a fact his works timeless❤❤❤

  • @robertozadik7499
    @robertozadik7499 5 років тому +32

    Intense, mysterious and powerful. The genius of David Bowie at his top in 1972 with a masterpiece as Ziggy stardust and this wild track...wow..

  • @kass4121
    @kass4121 5 років тому +33

    BOWIE+MIKE RONSON = their best!

  • @CH1LDOFTHEMOON
    @CH1LDOFTHEMOON Рік тому +5

    Still listening 50 years after it first came out!

  • @mrmecca1248
    @mrmecca1248 Рік тому +3

    Love that little riff that Mick Ronson plays in the song at a couple of places- Genius

  • @sebastianfibes2126
    @sebastianfibes2126 4 роки тому +7

    It just doesn't get any better. R.I.P. great rock & roll.

  • @dougcouron1664
    @dougcouron1664 8 років тому +250

    RIP Ziggy, say hello to Major Tom for us!

    • @garreth321
      @garreth321 5 років тому +7

      Doug Couron this is so sad though I read this most of the time from different people. We all miss our Starman :((

    • @user-xh6tb3dj7l
      @user-xh6tb3dj7l 4 роки тому +1

      Tom didn't die

    • @paganwolf5951
      @paganwolf5951 3 роки тому +1

      And dont 4get The Thin White Duke!

    • @anakin2002
      @anakin2002 3 роки тому +1

      @@user-xh6tb3dj7l watch the music video for blackstar also david bowie is major tom

    •  3 роки тому +1

      David Bowie The Jean Genie 1972

  • @patilott6863
    @patilott6863 Рік тому +4

    One of my favourite Bowie's songs

    • @andrewmarcellis2007
      @andrewmarcellis2007 Рік тому

      This music is so classic. You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

    • @patilott6863
      @patilott6863 Рік тому

      @@andrewmarcellis2007 ok, I shall have a look at The Doublejumps - cheers

  • @nataliehewitt731
    @nataliehewitt731 4 місяці тому +4

    One of my most treasured memories was to see Bowie in concert in Sydney. We took our beautiful son, who we lost a few years later, but this memory of us together watching the genuis of Bowie together will live in forever ❤

  • @OliviaDI
    @OliviaDI 4 роки тому +9

    I have loved his hair in every performance! That voice of his will go forever!!

    • @garyblanchard1084
      @garyblanchard1084 2 роки тому

      Gritty grinding beautiful performance from start to finish!

  • @jackt5617
    @jackt5617 Рік тому +4

    Saw Bowie in 1976 on the Station to Station tour, he played this and it still ranks as one of the best concerts I ever saw. Just amazing. All I can say.

    • @chrispolo840
      @chrispolo840 Рік тому

      You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like Bowie

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Рік тому +1

      So very lucky!! I’m very jelly.

    • @jackt5617
      @jackt5617 11 місяців тому

      @evie0oo61 I was so good, that there really is no way to really express it. I was right up in front of the stage.

  • @garyblanchard1084
    @garyblanchard1084 2 роки тому +3

    Both Ronson and Bowie now belong to the ages. This great song ROCKS. CRANK IT UP!!! As David sings here from both the heart and gut!

  • @badekhunt3053
    @badekhunt3053 Рік тому +1

    I’m having a 50 year Bowie binge, and counting.

  • @DSpeir-pi6tm
    @DSpeir-pi6tm 4 роки тому +27

    Dear comment thread . David wants you to stop crying over him and enjoy the music he gave you in peace with happiness and joy in your heart and mind 🙂

  • @rafaelsantiago6047
    @rafaelsantiago6047 10 місяців тому +16

    Bowie should be mandatory listening and reading for all the kiddies.

    • @PatrickMorris-sm8dv
      @PatrickMorris-sm8dv 10 місяців тому

      if you like this you might like my brother’s music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Daisy' is a good song by him......

    • @avacherry3618
      @avacherry3618 2 місяці тому

      I brainwashed all my kids with Bowie , ha ha

  • @midnightblue3226
    @midnightblue3226 10 місяців тому +1

    Remember the school dance...me and my mates all dancing in a line to this....hearing it again takes me right back there....still feel the same excitement today and I'm nearly 65 now....Bowie was my hero then and is to this day....there'll never be anyone like him.....

    • @PatrickMorris-sm8dv
      @PatrickMorris-sm8dv 10 місяців тому

      if you like this you might like my brother’s music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Daisy' is a good song by him......

  • @brooklynbabe7896
    @brooklynbabe7896 2 роки тому +1

    Forever iconic rest in peace David Bowie and Cyrinda Foxe If you look at David early during the Ziggy stardust era it foreshadows a little bit of another one of my favorite other British rockers and that's my good friend John Waite

  • @eduardorogeliorodriguez7012
    @eduardorogeliorodriguez7012 Рік тому +23

    El rock es eterno como David Bowie