John Cale - BBC Proms David Bowie Tribute

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  • Опубликовано: 19 авг 2017
  • David Bowie Prom - BBC News
    By Mark Savage
    29 July 2016
    Cale is performing Valentine's Day, Sorrow and Space Oddity. In tribute to his friend, he is treating the work with zero reverence. "Space Oddity - I push it in a different direction", he says. "I put in a trance beat. I've added a really great street gospel choir and we share the vocals". Cale credits the Stargaze orchestra with giving him complete artistic freedom. "I asked them to play out of tune, they played out of tune."
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  • @hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat
    @hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat Год назад +21

    Cale is one of our TRUE originals, and doesn't get the credit he deserves.

  • @sealevelbear
    @sealevelbear Год назад +27

    One of my all time favorite musical artists covering another of my all time favorite musical artists. Inspiring and moving ❤️

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 10 месяцев назад +5

    One genius interpreting the work of another musical genius. Astonishing. And astonishingly wonderful. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⭐️🎶🙏

  • @biegebythesea6775
    @biegebythesea6775 Год назад +15

    God his voice is so strong and beautiful

  • @jocksilver7
    @jocksilver7 3 года назад +20

    Cale is ...For Real. With him, Music lives. Best of Bowie tributes.

  • @karlbrowne6150
    @karlbrowne6150 Год назад +4

    Absolutely brilliant. Brave and audacious.

  •  4 месяца назад +3

    Magic

  • @freaks-of-fashion
    @freaks-of-fashion Год назад +5

    So touching.

  • @nbvw3
    @nbvw3 Месяц назад +1

    My word, Sorrow, that came out of nowhere, SO fabulous!!

  • @biegebythesea6775
    @biegebythesea6775 Год назад +9

    Cale is the best of them all. I love him.

  • @m-l7127
    @m-l7127 2 года назад +12

    He tells the story of each song perfectly. This is what singing is. Telling the words

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 10 месяцев назад +4

    Pure artistry ❤

  • @edvinlaine
    @edvinlaine 3 года назад +38

    John Cale is a wonderful musician. Classically trained never tamed sounds and visions of his own. Great gig in Helsinki around ten years ago.

    • @madman2028
      @madman2028 2 года назад +5

      He's up there with the great Classic musicians of all time.

  • @luisp8999
    @luisp8999 3 года назад +16

    Bowie, Lou, John & Andy So much to thank Karma and Universe for...

  • @fenwayify
    @fenwayify Год назад +6

    This is a profound and deeply moving tribute to Bowie. Cale is such an innovative plate-breaker, always bucking the conventional orientation. The utter joy displayed by the participants, including Cale is wonderful. I loved the lead female vocals/slide guitar work on Sorrow and the choir on Space Oddity. The song selection and arrangements reflect a diverse knowledge of Bowie's music, as well as appreciation and love for the man. I disagree with the poster of this video, that Cale shows zero reverence to Bowie. The opposite is true and everybody is fully on board. Cale gives the songs the full treatment, creating reimagined versions for each one. It is truly glorious and Bowie would have loved it!

    • @markverrillo4211
      @markverrillo4211 Год назад

      Who was that woman?

    • @fenwayify
      @fenwayify Год назад +3

      @@markverrillo4211 English born, singer/guitarist, Anna Calvi. She's the perfect accompanist to Cale and his avant- guard sensibility. Bowie would have been thrilled to hear such an imaginative rendering of his music...pure love!

    • @James-hd6ez
      @James-hd6ez 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@fenwayifyAnd not to forget that John Cale and David Bowie were good buddies back in the day.

    • @WilliamTamblyn-eg6be
      @WilliamTamblyn-eg6be 8 дней назад

      Mr John Davies Cale Godfather OG 35% THC delta 9 and I do believe the journey did her well
      It's high time the world said Hello to John Cale

  • @troygaspard6732
    @troygaspard6732 3 года назад +21

    A master honors a master.

  • @rosemarymills1671
    @rosemarymills1671 4 года назад +29

    I love this song, esp. Cale's voice...very powerful! God I love music!!!

  • @user-pk1yh1wf2p
    @user-pk1yh1wf2p 3 года назад +19

    i think David was very happy seeing his friend's tribute from up there

    • @fem953
      @fem953 2 года назад +1

      what do you mean from up there? bowie wasn't on stage

  • @punkrxhxc2914
    @punkrxhxc2914 2 года назад +14

    00:55 Valentínes day
    06:35 sorrow
    12:36 Space oddity

  • @ambiencemedia
    @ambiencemedia 3 года назад +6

    excellent

  • @jamesvanderheyden4620
    @jamesvanderheyden4620 4 года назад +20

    Damn, even Rowland S Howard would have clicked with the sound of Sorrow - well done JC et al.

  • @mrmojo2
    @mrmojo2 4 года назад +60

    It’s the best tribute I’ve ever seen

  • @rosemarymills1671
    @rosemarymills1671 4 года назад +8

    Heaven must be awesome; hearing this beautiful music sounds so ethereal and I think spiritual. When I feel music making me tear up and get chills, I feel it's speaking to my soul

  • @Tmonkjazz
    @Tmonkjazz Год назад +2

    F’n brilliant. Cale is forever relevant.

  • @mindcontrolcentral3712
    @mindcontrolcentral3712 6 лет назад +17

    Phenomenal performance.. this would have been so phenomenal to have you and Bowie especially on Major Tom. Wow this would have been so phenomenal! I'm sure he's heard you in the etheric...and there's nothing we can do.... but listen to your beautiful rendition of Space Oddity oh my God it's beautiful. David Bowie is just floating on his tin can right now... And loving you for reaching out ...it's so beautiful... I love this version.

  • @Kwinquark1
    @Kwinquark1 5 лет назад +16

    The bottom line with JC is he doesn't share those initials without reason; if he calls for dissonance and timefade, just do it - he knoweth many things.

  • @simonbeck7108
    @simonbeck7108 4 года назад +18

    WOW! I bet Bowie would have LOVED these arrangements! Those two should have worked together! Pheew - it got that Velvet underground flavour but in CINEMAXX size! Could somebody PLEASE talk to Laurie Anderson about giving the Lou Reed "Lulu" session - Lous vocals only - and just let Cale do his magic! Now THAT would be triumphant ending to Lous recording career!

    • @jalijali8448
      @jalijali8448 3 года назад +2

      They did jam but nothing substantial came of it: ruclips.net/video/pMciPLPlijk/видео.html

    • @j.c7719
      @j.c7719 2 года назад

      Very good idea

    • @chuckhurlocker2180
      @chuckhurlocker2180 2 года назад

      Haven’t listened to Lulu yet, how long will it be? Didn’t listen to ecstasy till the day after Lou died. Cale and Reed were very different kinds of artists. Thank you John And Lou for staying true to your vision.

  • @sayaka8587
    @sayaka8587 Год назад +2

    Liked Sorrow best even if Anna Calvi made a mistake.
    But this is John Cale doing what he does best. Interesting arrangements.
    A true great

  • @kohlemainen
    @kohlemainen 2 года назад +4

    This is beautiful.

  • @slumdogjay
    @slumdogjay 3 года назад +3

    Fantastic.

  • @myautobiographyafanfic1413
    @myautobiographyafanfic1413 3 года назад +4

    Sorrows coming off like Motown and minimalism at the same time.

  • @muppetmike69
    @muppetmike69 Год назад +1

    Certainly very different and as David would experiment with music I think he would of loved that 😊

  • @fabienh3943
    @fabienh3943 3 года назад +5

    Wow!! I never was very enthusiastic about Valentine's day, but what he makes of it is fascinating !! Great musician lifting another genius. It doesn't get any better.

  • @ptrdonkers7033
    @ptrdonkers7033 3 года назад +2

    wow. and still alive and creative. Cale TANX

  • @geoffreyjones2872
    @geoffreyjones2872 2 года назад +3

    Beautiful artistic tribute.👌

  • @gedrooney9305
    @gedrooney9305 Год назад +1

    Cheers for the upload

  • @robertogalvez2423
    @robertogalvez2423 2 года назад +1

    Fascinating!

  • @frederiqueleduc184
    @frederiqueleduc184 6 лет назад +5

    Son "Space Odity est magistral ! Une vraie re-création.

  • @bradmagic1
    @bradmagic1 5 лет назад +8

    Genius.

  • @gnatscrotchet249
    @gnatscrotchet249 6 лет назад +2

    thank you.

  • @Gammadian
    @Gammadian 3 года назад +6

    A major talent. Ive loved his work since he was with Terry Riley. A great tribute.

    • @davidherz9968
      @davidherz9968 2 года назад +5

      and before that, something called the Velvet Underground, and LaMonte Young

  • @rosemarymills1671
    @rosemarymills1671 4 года назад +9

    Uniquely beautifully performed. JC has such a powerful voice. DB I'm sure loved this tribute.

  • @eziostancich3088
    @eziostancich3088 3 года назад +1

    l'arte innata in certe persone mi fa venire la pelle d'oca......ENORMI

  • @CCornellE
    @CCornellE 6 лет назад +4

    Wow!

  • @Rayquesto
    @Rayquesto Год назад +1

    15:50 much better than I expected before hearing. I like the choir all singing at once for the emphasized parts.

  • @PB.JACKSON
    @PB.JACKSON 2 года назад +1

    Excellent interpretation of three Bowie classics..even though he didn't write Sorrow it is still, to many synonymous with him.

  • @YuTuboTuTubas
    @YuTuboTuTubas 3 года назад +3

    John's rendition of Heartbreak hotel is so cool, so despairingly awesome...his deep

    • @gostrum1
      @gostrum1 Год назад

      I love his cover of Memphis Tennessee

  • @ahsyiam
    @ahsyiam 3 года назад +2

    素晴らしい!

  • @Dachtewitz
    @Dachtewitz 3 года назад +3

    if you want listen to the early years of J.C., go inside the dream syndicate...

  • @myautobiographyafanfic1413
    @myautobiographyafanfic1413 3 года назад +1

    Oh, that misdirection. "Just for one night, we can be... space oddities"

  • @TheUnamusic
    @TheUnamusic 3 года назад +1

    💖

  • @maryingolfsrud937
    @maryingolfsrud937 Год назад +1

    I am here too.xo

  • @professormause
    @professormause 4 года назад +20

    Can you all knock off the Bowie Covers unless they are up to this level ?

  • @James-hd6ez
    @James-hd6ez Год назад +6

    Sorrow sounds like a coming together of Velvet Underground and Arcade fire 🔥 we'll done the Welsh wizard John cale.

  • @giacomonazzaro3950
    @giacomonazzaro3950 2 года назад +4

    Bowie would have appreciated.

  • @paulsouth2604
    @paulsouth2604 5 лет назад +1

    That first song is GORGEOUS! I imagine the Bowie version could be any better, but I'll be checking it out, that's for sure.

    • @ForARide
      @ForARide 5 лет назад +4

      I think Cale's version of Valentines Day is superior to Bowies original, it has more depth to it.

    • @professormause
      @professormause Год назад +1

      @@ForARide now that is silly

    • @ForARide
      @ForARide Год назад

      @@professormause so what is silly of having an opinion on something? Or does it bother you that I prefer Cale's version to Bowie's?

    • @James-hd6ez
      @James-hd6ez Год назад +2

      Bowie will always do his own work justice but John Cales version of Valentines day was absolutely beautiful and other worldly.

  • @biegebythesea6775
    @biegebythesea6775 Год назад +1

    who is that on guitar? the girl? i didn't hear what they said. edit - okay anna calvi. she's great.

  • @Avasive
    @Avasive 6 лет назад

    The problem with seeing your gods is that they are always to fucking awesome

  • @fremsleysballoon
    @fremsleysballoon 4 года назад +6

    Really interesting to hear that 6-note xylophone figure at various points in "Space Oddity" - for instance, echoing the words 'sitting in a tin can'. I can't detect it at all in David Bowie's original, so I wonder whether John Cale was inspired by the Langley Schools Music Project version, where it was prominent?

  • @ronyanai4627
    @ronyanai4627 3 месяца назад +2

    Oh, Bowie would've been be the first to appreciate this.

    • @MaureenDenham-l4g
      @MaureenDenham-l4g 4 дня назад

      I'm not certain,fairly sure it was a final, written request by the man himself 😢😊

    • @MaureenDenham-l4g
      @MaureenDenham-l4g 4 дня назад +1

      The love for one another...

    • @ronyanai4627
      @ronyanai4627 4 дня назад

      @@MaureenDenham-l4g Thanx. Never knew that!

  • @lewisjones2825
    @lewisjones2825 2 года назад

    Now I want Vic Reeves to do Space Oddity

  • @mikeboeck2667
    @mikeboeck2667 4 года назад +7

    Anna Calvi!

    • @oldhector4952
      @oldhector4952 3 года назад

      Thanks for crediting the guitarist/backing singer! I was wondering who she was.

  • @pitchforkcustom
    @pitchforkcustom Год назад

    old hands playing the piano is scary

  • @karloarsch1579
    @karloarsch1579 3 года назад

    Everything you 46 comments said, but for me: too clean!

  • @nhl041976
    @nhl041976 Год назад +1

    Is that Anna Calvi on the Tele?

  • @TheFairenoughclough
    @TheFairenoughclough 4 года назад +6

    Sorrow is not a Bowie cover, originally by the McCoys, covered by the Merseys and then covered by Bowie.

    • @jameslaugtug8937
      @jameslaugtug8937 3 года назад +3

      Very true....it's Cover Version of a Bowie Cover. But well done!!!
      !

    • @edvinlaine
      @edvinlaine 3 года назад +2

      So is whole Pin Ups album, Bowies versions of his sixties favourites. Go and listen.

    • @myautobiographyafanfic1413
      @myautobiographyafanfic1413 3 года назад

      I was thinking that. I'd hardly think the cover to be ironically "Bowie" either.
      Fun song nonetheless.

    • @olafbigandglad
      @olafbigandglad 2 года назад

      Huh. I thought it was The Pretty Things, for some reason. Still and all, it's a great song.

    • @professormause
      @professormause Год назад

      @@jameslaugtug8937 the professional view is they are all rubbish compared to the originals
      which sorta totally missed the point
      but that's rock critics for you

  • @MaureenDenham-l4g
    @MaureenDenham-l4g 4 дня назад

    'zero reference to Bowie'?!? wtf - 😂 someone's advances went ignored 😅 got to Google that poster's origin- w8, nah.. doubtful recognition of IT - brother from another's all ❤

  • @andrecamecelha
    @andrecamecelha 5 лет назад +6

    Where did the melody to Space Oddity go?

    • @thunder_heads
      @thunder_heads 5 лет назад +2

      Bowie was spinning like a rotisserie chicken

    • @robertogalvez2423
      @robertogalvez2423 2 года назад +1

      Bowie would LOVE it!

    • @James-hd6ez
      @James-hd6ez 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@robertogalvez2423Agree Bowie would love his mates interpretation of his classic song.

  • @TheInnacity
    @TheInnacity 3 года назад

    cale a great and long lasting musician i admire , only wish he had chosen another vocalist

    • @j.c7719
      @j.c7719 2 года назад +3

      Another vocalist for what?

  • @biegebythesea6775
    @biegebythesea6775 Год назад +1

    is he limping in a skirt?

  • @davidwatson9755
    @davidwatson9755 Год назад

    Can't help feeling that if he wasn't wearing the scarf, it would sound exactly the same........ go figure.

  • @nobody85323
    @nobody85323 2 года назад

    I have seen a number of performances from ex Bowie band
    members, and, well all do offer another dimension.
    Not certain why they do it, normally musicians in a band
    find their own level at the back generally, not being disrespectful
    I have seen Earl Slick try to come to the front of the band,
    lead the band, in recent late gigs, but it don’t match
    Still not certain, is it to keep Bowie alive, money, the
    fact they want to put their own mark on the things they helped create? Maybe Bowie suppressed things!?
    The jury still out on this one.....

    • @benjaminvanvliet1368
      @benjaminvanvliet1368 2 года назад +4

      You are aware that there is not a single ex Bowie band member in this video, right? So why this rant here?

    • @professormause
      @professormause Год назад

      @@benjaminvanvliet1368 lord knows
      they are all excellent reworks

  • @kerstinzillner2767
    @kerstinzillner2767 2 года назад

    So.... J.C. is part of the cabale?!

  • @geraldinogamarra7566
    @geraldinogamarra7566 2 года назад +2

    JJ CALE WRITER SONG COCAINE?

  • @rosemarymills1671
    @rosemarymills1671 4 года назад +2

    This isn't easy to listen to, it hurts my ears

    • @cuebj
      @cuebj 3 года назад +8

      It's meant to. You don't go to John Cale for pretty pretty ditties

    • @YuTuboTuTubas
      @YuTuboTuTubas 3 года назад +5

      I could listen to this for hours...in fact..

    • @j.c7719
      @j.c7719 2 года назад +3

      It’s a pleasure to me

    • @brianstockwell4069
      @brianstockwell4069 Год назад

      Turn it off or cut your ears off

    • @James-hd6ez
      @James-hd6ez 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@j.c7719And me love Cale and Bowie both legends.

  • @stevenmoscrop5786
    @stevenmoscrop5786 Год назад

    Was enjoying this untill Space Oddity. Was all a bit ShoeGazzey but did not enjoy Space Oddity at all The backing singers are not coming together at all and really let the song down. Not enough Practice Time possibly. They Literally kill the song.

  • @muthatrucka6265
    @muthatrucka6265 4 года назад +2

    That chick ruined Sorrow.

    • @mikeboeck2667
      @mikeboeck2667 4 года назад +2

      That chick is Anna Calvi. Eno likes her anyway.

    • @malcolmlewis5860
      @malcolmlewis5860 3 года назад +10

      I disagree but you are welcome to your opinion. She is a musician not a chick incidentally.

    • @muthatrucka6265
      @muthatrucka6265 3 года назад

      @@malcolmlewis5860 thanks for the lesson in gender.

    • @myautobiographyafanfic1413
      @myautobiographyafanfic1413 3 года назад

      @@malcolmlewis5860 looks female to me.

  • @jameshofbauer1089
    @jameshofbauer1089 3 года назад

    I think it is inappropriate, selfish, and attention seeking to wait for the hush in a quiet show, taking advantage of the moment, only to holler something out. You would never do that at a classical music performance. It's narcissism trying to be clever. On a positive note, Sorrow stood out for me on Pin-Ups. It was always a Bowie song in my mind, though I knew it was a cover. I use to love to sing along to Bowie's rendition, pouring my heart out, cleansing my heart-broken insecure soul.

  • @fernandopeneda1638
    @fernandopeneda1638 2 года назад

    Never ever sing David again...like this...please...

  • @nikolausgerszewski2086
    @nikolausgerszewski2086 2 года назад +1

    this is dreadful, particularly major tom. he absolutely ruined it.

    • @stephensmith1343
      @stephensmith1343 2 года назад +5

      Brilliant interpretation from the masterful Mr Cale

    • @James-hd6ez
      @James-hd6ez Год назад +1

      Behave yourself this is fantastic interpretations of Bowie classics 😆

  • @jeffn1384
    @jeffn1384 3 года назад

    Respect to Bowie and Cale but these song versions are pure rubbish.

  • @ceuguarda1
    @ceuguarda1 2 года назад +1

    Wow!