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The original footage of this recording had parts of the audio and video missing…I added the slow motion parts towards the end to replace some annoying black screen, but more importantly to complete the audio for this great rare performance! A handful of people have moaned about the edit, but good to see that the vast majority of you are enjoying the video, and appreciating my efforts. Thank You!
Unbelievably beautiful song that I think gets overlooked because Bowie's catalogue of great songs is so vast. This is definitely one of my favourites. Miss him.
I was so very lucky to see him play this at a small venue concert in Leeds … he walked on stage playing the opening chords on a 12 string … standing only yards from me performed a full acoustic version… left me in tears
This song is pure gem, one of his best songs from his huge catalog, too bad he didn't play it live more, brilliant live version with his band, miss you so much.
From The Bowie Bible (just to know...) The closing track on David Bowie’s fourth album Hunky Dory, ‘The Bewlay Brothers’ remains one of his most intriguing and lyrically opaque songs. "He was always willing to jump on things. There’s a track on Hunky Dory called ‘The Bewlay Brothers’ - it was the last song we recorded for the album and I remember David coming in and saying, ‘I’ve just written this new song, we’ve got to record it but don’t listen to the lyrics.’ I said, ‘Why?’ He said, ‘Because they don’t mean anything. I wrote it specifically for the American market to read things into it.’ I must’ve heard 10 or 15 different stories as to what ‘The Bewlay Brothers’ was supposed to be about, and I know that David would have agreed with every single one. He took what was given to him and ran with it, quite often." Ken Scott David Bowie: Ultimate Record Collection (Uncut) - - - - - - - - - - - - "The Bewlay Brothers" And so the story goes, they wore the clothes They said the things to make it seem improbable The whale of a lie like the hope it was And the good men tomorrow Had their feet in the wallow And their heads of brawn were nicely shorn And how they bought their positions with saccharin and trust And the world was asleep to our latent fuss Sighing they swirl through the streets like the crust of the sun The Bewlay Brothers In our wings that bark Flashing teeth of brass Standing tall in the dark Oh, and we were gone Hanging out with your dwarf men We were so turned on By your lack of conclusions I was stone and he was wax So he could scream and still relax Unbelievable And we frightened the small children away And our talk was old and dust would flow Through our veins and lo! It was midnight back at the kitchen door Like the grim face on the cathedral floor And the solid book we wrote cannot be found today And it was stalking time for the moon boys The Bewlay Brothers With our backs on the arch And the Devil may be here But he can't sing about that Oh, and we were gone Real cool traders We were so turned on You thought we were fakers Now the dress is hung, the ticket pawned The factor max that proved the fact is melted down And woven on the edging of my pillow And my brother lays upon the rocks He could be dead, he could be not, he could be you He's chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature Shooting up pie-in-the-sky The Bewlay Brothers In the feeble and the bad The Bewlay Brothers In the blessed and cold In the crutch-hungry dark Was where we flayed our mark Oh, and we were gone Kings of oblivion We were so turned on In the mind-warp pavilion Lay me place and bake me pie I'm starving for me gravy Leave my shoes, and door unlocked I might just slip away, hey Just for the day, hey Please come away, hey Just for the day, hey Please come away, hey
Thanks for the info paolacelletti...I'm glad to hear Ken Scott say that the lyrics were purposely written to "mean nothing", because I never ever got any meaning from them...but it's still a magical musical journey. I was in the crowd that night and was knocked out when he said he was going to play it! 🤩
@@joebowieaddick You really are a lucky person. I've heard David twice here in Roma: once on 15 June, 1987 with the Glass Spider Tour - the concert was disrupted by clashes and scuffles between the audience and the police, which were quite frequent at the time - and the other time on 9 October, 1991 with Tin Machine. 👩🎤
@@paolacelletti2056 yes, we had scuffles at Wembley for the Glass Spider tour as well. Not my favourite tour, but I think it worked and looked better on the DVD release.
@@joebowieaddick Bewlay is a make of tobacco pipe favoured by the aristocracy, the Bewlay brothers are the aristocracy who own our country and rule us, make of the lyrics what you will be but that's my take on it. His best song in my opinion, deliberately obscure metaphors otherwise the special branch would be raiding his home and planting drugs and such to demonise him like they did to the Stones in the 60's. Someone once said, 'The more I study the aristocracy the more I understand the guillotine'.
I've always thought that this was a very important song for him. The way the words flow almost without meaning anything, Hunky Dory's themes of madness, religion, and aimlessness - I've always thought that the sing is about Bowie's own half-brother, in a certain way.
It is….in a certain way partly about his half brother Terry, or more about understanding the relationship he had with him. The word “Bewlay” apparently came from a tobacconist shop chain that was around at the time called “House of Bewlay”
DB’s explanation of the creation of this song is amazing. He suggested the song just tumbled out of him and he had to rush into the studio and record it.
Just to say to the Bowie-loving community.... and I still think that Hunky Dory is the best album ever made by anybody, played that plus TMWSTW, Ziggy and Aladdin constantly in east Surrey in the early/mid 70s.... now I live in Beckenham, on the same side as Haddon Hall was.... and last Fri, I went to the opening of the Bowie Bandstand ('69 festival) in the Croydon Rd Rec Grd.... it's been restored beautifully. We also have The Flash in 'bus lane tarmac' on the pavement outside Zizzi, which was the Three Tuns/Arts Lab back in the day. Sent on behalf of the Beckenham Tourist Office!
That would be difficult…This is an audience recording, with parts of the audio and video missing. That’s why I added the slow motion parts towards the end, so that I could insert the missing audio. As far as I know, no other footage exists.
@@joebowieaddick i know;( xx ty for doing all that.. a lot can be done though.. mixing with the original.? just a thought.. this is so much better than on record.
The song was performed live for the first time on BBC Radio 2 in 2002. Introducing the song, Bowie told the crowd, "I don't want to do it unless everyone knows this thing. It was from a long time ago. We've never done it on the stage, in a theatre. It's called 'The Bewlay Brothers'." [The crowd applauds.] "You are a bunch of obscurists, aren't you?" Bowie repeats, "We've only ever, ever, ever done this once on a radio show; we've never done this on stage."[8- ua-cam.com/video/rn4cG_XaGFA/v-deo.html ]. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bewlay_Brothers#
‘Something happened on the day he died’.. 1 of trillion things that happened since that day is that I can not listen to his brilliant pieces anymore without profound grief. I’m failing to understand why he had leave so soon . Love on Ya
@@joebowieaddick Similar. Got to see DB at many concerts, including sleeping on the street for 48 hours to get tickets, in the days before the internet!!
I think Bowie was aware that he had attracted a mainstream audience after the Let’s Dance period…and that lots of the new fans wouldn’t have delved into his earlier work.
Besides David I can catch a glimpse of Gail Ann Dorsey and Katherine Russell. Can you get a glimpse of any other band members? This is a really rare viddy!
I don't think many can be seen in this video, but the band was... Earl Slick - guitar. Gerry Leonard - guitar, backing vocals. Gail Ann Dorsey - bass guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Under Pressure" Sterling Campbell - drums. Mike Garson - keyboards, piano.... Bowie loved the band, and sang their praises in many interviews.:)
there are 2 guitarists performing, he's one of the 2 which may lead you to believe that he isn't playing it, but that's not the case if you look closely.
The original footage of this recording had parts of the audio and video missing…I added the slow motion parts towards the end to replace some annoying black screen, but more importantly to complete the audio for this great rare performance!
A handful of people have moaned about the edit, but good to see that the vast majority of you are enjoying the video, and appreciating my efforts. Thank You!
The one song I’d always wanted him to perform live whenever I saw him. Truly a masterpiece. Hauntingly beautiful.
OMG! One of my favourites ever.... love the man, loved the song for more than 50 yrs..... vote it up!
It’s such a beautiful song
Possibly the best song that was never a single - although there are other serious contenders...
The takeaway here is that Bowie is God-tier artist.
Unbelievably beautiful song that I think gets overlooked because Bowie's catalogue of great songs is so vast. This is definitely one of my favourites. Miss him.
He will always live on this song is definitely one of his most poignant and bares one's soul
Thank you for your efforts to bring this to us. Poor Terry was alone for a while, but now he and David are together.
This song is amazing and David Bowie gave it all in the way he sang it.
I was so very lucky to see him play this at a small venue concert in Leeds … he walked on stage playing the opening chords on a 12 string … standing only yards from me performed a full acoustic version… left me in tears
That was Quicksand. Though my memory of that night is hazy, that was what he was doing at the time (and I double checked).
Beautiful
I was there💖
I’m sure you had a great night…This was such wonderful surprise.
...I would give my left arm for watching that song live.
1976 in foster care! A life line, god rest sir!!
Aabsolutely brilliant take me back 50 years
This song is pure gem, one of his best songs from his huge catalog, too bad he didn't play it live more, brilliant live version with his band, miss you so much.
The genius David was and sadly he died much ,much to soon.
This is a daydream for me and for all Bowie nuts.
Thanks for uploading and sharing this wonderful viddy. Congrats for the editing ⚡
My pleasure paolacelletti...Thanks for appreciating the edit. ;)
@@joebowieaddick Well, yes, it's indeed intriguing and artistic. Cheers from Rome, Italy
From The Bowie Bible (just to know...)
The closing track on David Bowie’s fourth album Hunky Dory, ‘The Bewlay Brothers’ remains one of his most intriguing and lyrically opaque songs.
"He was always willing to jump on things. There’s a track on Hunky Dory called ‘The Bewlay Brothers’ - it was the last song we recorded for the album and I remember David coming in and saying, ‘I’ve just written this new song, we’ve got to record it but don’t listen to the lyrics.’ I said, ‘Why?’ He said, ‘Because they don’t mean anything. I wrote it specifically for the American market to read things into it.’ I must’ve heard 10 or 15 different stories as to what ‘The Bewlay Brothers’ was supposed to be about, and I know that David would have agreed with every single one. He took what was given to him and ran with it, quite often."
Ken Scott
David Bowie: Ultimate Record Collection (Uncut)
- - - - - - - - - - - -
"The Bewlay Brothers"
And so the story goes, they wore the clothes
They said the things to make it seem improbable
The whale of a lie like the hope it was
And the good men tomorrow
Had their feet in the wallow
And their heads of brawn were nicely shorn
And how they bought their positions with saccharin and trust
And the world was asleep to our latent fuss
Sighing they swirl through the streets like the crust of the sun
The Bewlay Brothers
In our wings that bark
Flashing teeth of brass
Standing tall in the dark
Oh, and we were gone
Hanging out with your dwarf men
We were so turned on
By your lack of conclusions
I was stone and he was wax
So he could scream and still relax
Unbelievable
And we frightened the small children away
And our talk was old and dust would flow
Through our veins and lo! It was midnight back at the kitchen door
Like the grim face on the cathedral floor
And the solid book we wrote cannot be found today
And it was stalking time for the moon boys
The Bewlay Brothers
With our backs on the arch
And the Devil may be here
But he can't sing about that
Oh, and we were gone
Real cool traders
We were so turned on
You thought we were fakers
Now the dress is hung, the ticket pawned
The factor max that proved the fact is melted down
And woven on the edging of my pillow
And my brother lays upon the rocks
He could be dead, he could be not, he could be you
He's chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature
Shooting up pie-in-the-sky
The Bewlay Brothers
In the feeble and the bad
The Bewlay Brothers
In the blessed and cold
In the crutch-hungry dark
Was where we flayed our mark
Oh, and we were gone
Kings of oblivion
We were so turned on
In the mind-warp pavilion
Lay me place and bake me pie
I'm starving for me gravy
Leave my shoes, and door unlocked
I might just slip away, hey
Just for the day, hey
Please come away, hey
Just for the day, hey
Please come away, hey
Thanks for the info paolacelletti...I'm glad to hear Ken Scott say that the lyrics were purposely written to "mean nothing", because I never ever got any meaning from them...but it's still a magical musical journey.
I was in the crowd that night and was knocked out when he said he was going to play it! 🤩
@@joebowieaddick You really are a lucky person. I've heard David twice here in Roma: once on 15 June, 1987 with the Glass Spider Tour - the concert was disrupted by clashes and scuffles between the audience and the police, which were quite frequent at the time - and the other time on 9 October, 1991 with Tin Machine. 👩🎤
@@paolacelletti2056 yes, we had scuffles at Wembley for the Glass Spider tour as well.
Not my favourite tour, but I think it worked and looked better on the DVD release.
@@joebowieaddick I agree.
@@joebowieaddick Bewlay is a make of tobacco pipe favoured by the aristocracy, the Bewlay brothers are the aristocracy who own our country and rule us, make of the lyrics what you will be but that's my take on it. His best song in my opinion, deliberately obscure metaphors otherwise the special branch would be raiding his home and planting drugs and such to demonise him like they did to the Stones in the 60's.
Someone once said, 'The more I study the aristocracy the more I understand the guillotine'.
Love it, love it!!
My favourite Bowie song
It is amazing 👌
Mine too, this is tied with Life on Mars for me
Couldn't name mine it's like picking your favourite child you just can't do it 😂
And mine
I love him so much
This is how to put a song across. Amazing and he makes it look so easy. Fantastic.
I've always thought that this was a very important song for him. The way the words flow almost without meaning anything, Hunky Dory's themes of madness, religion, and aimlessness - I've always thought that the sing is about Bowie's own half-brother, in a certain way.
It is….in a certain way partly about his half brother Terry, or more about understanding the relationship he had with him.
The word “Bewlay” apparently came from a tobacconist shop chain that was around at the time called “House of Bewlay”
DB’s explanation of the creation of this song is amazing. He suggested the song just tumbled out of him and he had to rush into the studio and record it.
Who the f**** were the Bewlay Bros .... ??? Nice to see so many likes for this rarity. During my younger years, Bowie was 'the man' ! )))
Just come across this gem was amazing when he performed it. Total surprise worth queuing up for tickets that cold morning at 5am!
A masterpiece, I love the Hunky album.
Agree…I played nonstop when it came out…and it’s still my most played Bowie album.
Off one of the best albums I've ever heard.
Absolutely!
Just to say to the Bowie-loving community.... and I still think that Hunky Dory is the best album ever made by anybody, played that plus TMWSTW, Ziggy and Aladdin constantly in east Surrey in the early/mid 70s.... now I live in Beckenham, on the same side as Haddon Hall was.... and last Fri, I went to the opening of the Bowie Bandstand ('69 festival) in the Croydon Rd Rec Grd.... it's been restored beautifully. We also have The Flash in 'bus lane tarmac' on the pavement outside Zizzi, which was the Three Tuns/Arts Lab back in the day. Sent on behalf of the Beckenham Tourist Office!
One of my favourite Bowie songs (even though, to be honest, I have absolutely no idea what he is on about). Thank you for posting.
I agree. Who knows.?
Bowie’s comments about it were very vague.
i wish someone in his Team would clean up this recording and release... ❤
That would be difficult…This is an audience recording, with parts of the audio and video missing. That’s why I added the slow motion parts towards the end, so that I could insert the missing audio.
As far as I know, no other footage exists.
@@joebowieaddick i know;( xx ty for doing all that.. a lot can be done though.. mixing with the original.? just a thought.. this is so much better than on record.
The song was performed live for the first time on BBC Radio 2 in 2002. Introducing the song, Bowie told the crowd, "I don't want to do it unless everyone knows this thing. It was from a long time ago. We've never done it on the stage, in a theatre. It's called 'The Bewlay Brothers'." [The crowd applauds.] "You are a bunch of obscurists, aren't you?" Bowie repeats, "We've only ever, ever, ever done this once on a radio show; we've never done this on stage."[8- ua-cam.com/video/rn4cG_XaGFA/v-deo.html ].
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bewlay_Brothers#
Pure genius!
Rip David,you are truly missed,this might be my favorite bowie song..but that could change tomorrow if I listen to Five Years.
What a beautiful video, did not have an idea this was played live. Miss you a lot David.
Bravo. RIP Mr. Jones
Possibly one of the only times I’m delighted someone took a phone and filmed it. Thanks
‘Something happened on the day he died’.. 1 of trillion things that happened since that day is that I can not listen to his brilliant pieces anymore without profound grief. I’m failing to understand why he had leave so soon . Love on Ya
The greatest song by Music's Master creator.
Amazing !
Mr Addick, this is wonderful. Thank you.
Thank you, Robert!
He's truly an artist in every way, a performer and his alter egos outlive him, yet this proves his simplicity too.
Thank you, any song off Hunky Dory is a treat.
Your all ways here with us. The man the music lives on in my children and grandchildren
Tears, chills, and so greatful❤⚡️❤️
Like the grim face on the cathedral floor - for some reason I find that bit really beautiful. Would love to hear 8 Line Poem live too.
Did he ever play that one live.? Would’ve been nice!
Beautiful!!
This is the gem!
😍c’est mon rêve aussi de l’entendre en live 😃👏👏🕺⭐️🥲⚡️💫
Ma la bellezza di questo pezzo !!!
Thanks Joe, what a gem to find. Will always be one of my Bowie favourites.
Agree Kevin…I was overjoyed when he said he was going to play it. It was a surprise. :)
Pure gold david did good
He was my music god on this earth miss him
I fkn love this track , that was awesome , and I got thru the lyrics with him woohoo , RARARA
Blessed one
so great!😍🎼🎤❤
One of my favourites off Hunky Dory 😁
This is the proof that we humans & the world are not lost & evil!
110% on that!
I'm not crying you're crying
Yes it sticks with me like glue
Beautiful. Thank you. 💝
Glad you enjoyed It.
Thank you Joe💯⚡️💛🎼🫶🏻
We were gone
Elke dag mis ik hem.
Excellent
Nice one
I was at this concert. A truly fantastic performance.
Agree John…This was a fantastic surprise…Seen Bowie live so many times since ‘73...I so miss going to his gigs.
@@joebowieaddick Similar. Got to see DB at many concerts, including sleeping on the street for 48 hours to get tickets, in the days before the internet!!
I remember doing similar for Brixton….They brought out hot drinks for us there ☕️…It was all just par for the course for us Bowie nuts. Great days!
🖤🖤🖤
Miss you, David.
❤
How could anyone not know The Bewlay Brothers?
I think Bowie was aware that he had attracted a mainstream audience after the Let’s Dance period…and that lots of the new fans wouldn’t have delved into his earlier work.
Im here, just for the day
OOH WOW.❤❤❤❤❤😊
probably his greatest lyrics
Legendary
Besides David I can catch a glimpse of Gail Ann Dorsey and Katherine Russell. Can you get a glimpse of any other band members?
This is a really rare viddy!
I don't think many can be seen in this video, but the band was...
Earl Slick - guitar.
Gerry Leonard - guitar, backing vocals.
Gail Ann Dorsey - bass guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Under Pressure"
Sterling Campbell - drums.
Mike Garson - keyboards, piano....
Bowie loved the band, and sang their praises in many interviews.:)
@@joebowieaddick Thank you for the lineup.
Coolsville Daddio David!!!
I called my company Real Cool Traders
So effortless , great songs just poured from him...and that outro though , very strange
This was about him and his half-brother if I'm remembering correctly.
LOL he is not even playing the guitar
there are 2 guitarists performing, he's one of the 2 which may lead you to believe that he isn't playing it, but that's not the case if you look closely.
My favorite track on Hunky Dory for sure, such brilliant lyrics!
FOLKENS ..... DERE TRENGER IKKE Å SKRIVE SÅ MYE. VI SOM HAR LEVD LENGE VET MYE MER ENN DERE SKRIVER
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