Child of 70s.. my lord.. I miss him. He brought me so much fortitude.. no father in the house.. it was my music Now I am married 30yrs.. 5 kids.. love my life.. It was him on my record player that expanded me. Ty DB
Me too exactly!!! I thought he got me and I got him. I listened in the basement for years alone. SO wanting to talk to him!!! Tell him how important he was to me growing up. THEN going to his play I'm crossing the street and his limo dies and he hops out and we are going to meet up!!!!!! I turn behind and say to the Wife at the time that is him. She says NO that is an impersonator??? So I turn to walk even crossing the street and say mr. jones please just listen while we walk. 2 blocks!!!!!!!!!! She YELLS DAVID BOWIE. Causing him to run the 2 blocks leaving me wanting to hurt her badly. LIFE DREAM!!!!!!!! Theyre both dead. God rest their souls.
@@lunahetfield oh idk what that is but yeah that fanfic is really amazing. its on AO3 and its called "All the Young Dudes" bye MsKingBean89. i think you should read it :)
Nothing else to add. Bowie was THE dude from start to finish. Constantly reinventing himself and his music. Always ahead of the curve. Always super cool. From my childhood to now my favourite.
*He was always the same person from start to finish, just because he 'presented' different 'characters' didn't mean HE changed one iota. Stop believing the media stuff that he helped to create*
I spent TWO WHOLE DAYS searching for this song, I have no idea why it took me so long to find it, but I am so incredibly happy I finally did. I'll miss you, Starman.
I forgotten this song heard it on Atlanta fm 97.1then never heard it again at work.fond it by typing a ll the young dudes.youtube found it instantly so with Spotify kinda
I'm watching his documentary on HBO rt now Moonage Daydream, he's singing it in a concert, I couldn't make out the words though but I remember the song from when I was growing up... I typed in "carry the news " and got lucky 😅
words cannot express my sadness. to say that he will be missed is something of an understatement. possibly the greatest singer songwriter of all time. rest in peace David Bowie
The Mott the Hoople version was the one I heard first as a child, a few years after it was a hit, so of course I didn't know then that Bowie had written this. I'd try to get the other kids on the school bus to sing the chorus with me (what did I know, I was 7) and would just sing it by myself when they gave me side-eye instead. This man's music and film work infused so much of my life, and it wasn't until he died that all the instances of it started coming back to me. In that sense, he was like electricity. I think nothing of the power I use on any given day, but let there be a power outage; I can cope, but it's not like actually having electricity! At least the power comes back on... I am shocked by how much I miss him.
Good on you - I ahd the same trouble with my mates and T.REX - not quite so cool tho - despite the mention. It is a strange one that this song will always be remembered as Mott and hardly ever Bowie apart from by a few
I mistakenly believed Bowie was the lead singer for T Rex before going solo. And yeah, I was a child among hippies too. Bowie was alot of my living soundtrack
The THIN WHITE DUKE !!!!!THE MAN OF POP !!!!SIR PAUL McCartney SAID EVEERYONE KNEW HE WAS AHEAD OF THE GAME !!!!😮✌👏Starman WE KNOW YOU ARE OUT THERE FAR OUT !!!!✌g
I saw him interviewed later in life(one of many many interviews, he was very accessible) the interviewer asked "so how does it feel to be retired?" .. He just smiled that beeeeming smile and said "Ohh..Ive been retired since my teens.. Ive had a wonderful life.." He worked hard..but it was pure love that you hear - You cant do what he did and see it as "Work" "job" or "career".. it has to be YOU.. it was "HIM" ..its what he did, like a bird flies or a planet orbits.. it was innate, inherent to his person. Work is fine to pay the bills..but it cant create living breathing art - only love can do that... and you cant GET Love..you have to become it. OMMMMMMMMMM lol! %^) ROK N ROLLL!!!!
It's clearly the sound of Mick Ronson, the guitarist and friend of Bowie who produced his best albums. Ronson was a genius in his own. He wrote most of riffs on Bowie's albums from 1970 until 1973.
I had this song popping up in my head, I just typed "all the young dudes" because I didn't know who wrote it. When I saw "David Bowie" I exactly told myself "how many great songs does this guy have"? XD
he has great r&b and blues music for those who appeal to that genre. However, Bowie is a real good song writer and after his initial Ziggy Stardust persona got old real quicks-like....David knew that he needed to go through some Ch Ch ch ch changes as the times were changing. By the time the 80s rolled around Blue Jeans and kneeling while reciting the Lord's Prayer at the Freddy Mercury tribute concert. David, who was an atheist....apparently went through spiritual Ch ch ch ch changes as well. ........ By the time Bowie passed...he had established quite an impressive music catalog most of which music and songs.....he wrote. ...... Talent good enough to grace the bed sheets of Cher.
This is going to sound weird, but I was never a huge Bowie fan until this week. Now, I can't stop listening to his stuff and I'm realizing how much he affected all of our lives. It's as if I can sense the world is grieving and I have to grieve along with everyone. Then, again, I am captured by his art entirely, too. RIP, David.
Duckin fabulous tune from a guy who was light years ahead of the game , genuine talent , pure genius David Bowie…..can you even imagine what it was like standing on stage, being in the band , with DAVID BOWIE, at his most creative best ? only the SPIDERS FROM MARS know the answer to this !
Maybe about a year ago I heard a Bowie song on the radio and remember how awesome his stuff was. I went home and bought a gross of Bowie iTunes to listen to. It struck me that no one sounded like Bowie back in the day and no one sounds like him now. His phrasing, melodies and arrangements were so unusual but they all worked. I can see the musical legacy that McCartney followed, but Bowie's stuff just seemed to have dropped out of the sky.
i remember first time i heard Bowie i was 14 yrs old 1969..changed my life... ty so much for the lessons of life and for your creativity it is unmatched
+Papito Swanson They were about to break up, and Bowie really liked them a lot so he offered them Suffragette City, but they preferred All the Young Dudes, so he produced their album that pushed them to greater success.
People who are truly gifted like Bowie, Lennon, McCartney, Freddie Mercury and others must simply have brains that work a little differently than normal people.
+jimmy page As far as I am concerned he is the greatest of them all with a back catalogue of incredible songs unequalled in popular music...but then I am biased of course as I have idolised the guy for the last 35 years.
noun: elegy; plural noun: elegies 1. a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. synonyms: lament, requiem, threnody, dirge; Thanks for taking the time to respond Clive. In this case I think either word fits.
+epistte Sure as heck does. As much folks are sad hat hes passed on, the man had an incredible life and was such a huge influence on the music scene for 30-some years, he's never be forgotten because he made such a huge impact, and a hell of a lot of memorable songs/albums/cds. A True music innovator in his own right, that's why his work is still so compelling to listen to, even today---and he kept right on making music up until the day he passed---everybody should go out like that, doing something they love, and being with the people they love while doing it.
+steven hanson Nah, he's dead mate. He's shrugged off his mortal coil, he's joined the bleedin' Choir Eternal. He's pushin' up the daisies! He's deid! But I've still got all my albums! As my neighbours have been finding out for the last month!!
When I was a kiddy and strumming guitars, 25 was old, man, really old. Just like Billy, I didn't want to get old. But now I am in my 60's and still strummin All the Young Dudes and singing along with Mr. Bowie..'dont want to stay alive when you reach 25'. Life is good!
This has the sound of 80s recording singing devices and david bowies voice ANYWAYS GREETINGS FROM SCOTLAND LOVE TO ANYONE LISTENING TO THIS SONG TODAY X
I wish this version would get an official, pristine release. (There is a Bowie/Mott mix that combines this version with the finished track - Bowie doing the verses, Mott/Ian Hunter doing the choruses - but I just wish we could get the entire guide vocal version heard here).
I don't usually post comments on youtube but I am compelled to write about Bowie. I was a young man and lived in England in the early 70's. Bowie came onto the scene and man, what a blast of air. I didn't know what to think of him. The BBC were playing "Starman". My classmates and I thought that it was a good tune but kind of poppy. I listened to the 'Spiders from Mars" album and it changed the whole Bowie experience. It was like 'Starman" was the the sugary frosting on this meaty cake of 'Spiders from Mars'. I hate the word 'fan', since it is short for fanatic. I will say that in my way I am a fan of David Bowie. He allowed me to accept my own 'self'. I am forever in debt to the person that is David Bowie.
What a gent ! giving this amazing song to his mates The Mott's , their big breakthrough ! Love Bowie doing it of course , the lyrics are pure talent ! It makes me feel about 10 yrs old !!
See, here's the thing. Even if this anthem was the only thing that David Bowie had ever written or sang, he'd still rightly be called a legend. And yet, it's been an entire week since his death, and this one scarcely even gets a mention from among the many tributes and memorials selected out of the rest of his prodigiously influential catalog. That should tell you something about just how great he was.
Yep bowie will always be an absolute legend although I love all the new rap (I'm young lol) I always jam out to classics RIP bowie the day he died was one of the saddest of all of the celebrity deaths I've been alive for I definitely miss him
Yes, we all were blessed to be alive in the same time and place as David Bowie. They'll be listening to his music 200 years from now and still loving it.
was so sad and shocked to hear of Dave Bowie's passing. loved by us old rockers and the young too. you were a great rock star and will be missed by us all. Rest in peace. sadly missed but Never forgotten.x
I find it funny sometimes the songs that get me misty eyed. When I was a toddler and learning about music from my dad I loved trying to sing along to this song. Being so young though it just came out as me alternating between yelling off key and soulful mumbling. My dad jammed out every time though. I'm so glad this song came up as a suggestion.
I have a friend who came to watch a match at Sheffield Wednesday and he spent much of the match listening to Bowie on his earphones! As we were studenting in those days he had a sleeping bag in his hold-all and when a policeman saw this he quipped"Expecting a humdinger of a match are we?" David Bowie RIP.
I saw Mott The Hoople Live in Concert in 1974 at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. It was a great concert, and my friends and I had a lot of fun. They played All The Young Dudes, and the lead singer was wearing knee high red platform boots that night !! We all went out and had a nice dinner after the concert. ❤🎉😊😊
I have this double "a" side single, now "Roll away the Stone," David is now coming to the Party with Lou Reed, Marc Bolan, Freddie and so Many more Greats!
Fuck me ! What a tune David B ‘s on fire. here whenever he wrote this , absolutely genius , he totally un selfishly , ( historically correct fact ) GAVE away this monster of s tune , to save his friends band (IAN HUNTER , MOTT THE HOOPLE ) from dying imminently , If he never did anything else after that : he’d still be a HERO of mine after that , to this day in 2023 ‘ I reckon UK POP/ Rock, has never equalled this genius’s artistic output!
+EuphoniaPooch Does seem to make more sense that way, but I do believe the line is 'Man I need a TV when I got T-Rex'. I've performed this a few times and its tempting to change it, but the Bowienazis would be in uproar. And just for the record, in my opinion David Bowie was one of the greats for the things he did in the late 60's and particularly the 70's, but frankly it was all a bit MOR from the early 80'.s. All this talk of a career that never stopped breaking new ground etc etc. A bit rich. China Doll, Blue Jean anyone?
+EuphoniaPooch...... Ok,,,_"when you've got T-ReX"_......till 1974 (stretching it) that is...... ........after that we had other things than bloody overweight caricature coke victim "T-Rex"....
Gosh, but we're so lucky to still have you. Get back under your bridge, Paul. I'll be by later to toss you a dead rat. In the meantime listen to these great records he made from 74 on. Light of Love (1974) Bolan's Zip Gun (1975) Futuristic Dragon (1976) Get It On (1976) Dandy in the Underworld (1977)
Best but was , he was ready to record it, heard a mate was in dire straits , finished musically , then selflessly gave away this: pure genius musical masterpiece, come to think of it , who else do you know in field of popular music could’ve / would’ve , done this ? Only LENNON/ MacCartney come close , probably the only two people on the planet who could’ve got near David’s genius songwriting ability !
In 1 year we said goodbye to Some of... All the young dudes...Cocker...Squire....Weiland...Bowie....Frey....and some I've probably left out...5 great artists/musicians...gone but certainly never forgotten.
I had the privilege of interviewing him in 1995, it was awesome and he was the cosummate gentleman. There's never been such a theatrical musical talent as Bowie, not Queen, not the Who, not Zeppelin, as much as I love those bands they never held a "candle" to Bowie on stage.
+Radio Ucnobi ...I come from Denmark. We were lucky pumpkins...we had the best of all decades....what in the heck happened? money? power? greed?...Yep! and I was a happy girl....I never read the news....today, you just can't escape it.....darkness all over.... for sensible hearts ...there's not much left....we should start a union on our own......
RIP Philip Overland Watts, the bassist from Mott the Hoople who let Bowie know the band was breaking up. Bowie offered them Suffragette City to keep them together, but they refused. He wrote this and they accepted it.
If you want to understand Dave a bit more, especially his last album which is his musical mausoleum read about the 17th century English poet Keats, very tragic story, big influence on Dave's lyrical style, Black Star is a take on Keats poem Bright Star, Dave was very careful and selective about his influences, Bless you All.
Black Star has nothing to do with Keat's poem... not a damn thing, except that Bowie and Keats both used the word "star" lol. Black Star itself is meaningless, insular horseshit (the video lends it an Illuminati-esque vibe and that's about it). B.S. was a sorry, inscrutable 'send-off' from the Thin White Duke whose own artistic star had burned out long before he left
Child of 70s.. my lord.. I miss him. He brought me so much fortitude.. no father in the house.. it was my music
Now I am married 30yrs.. 5 kids.. love my life..
It was him on my record player that expanded me.
Ty DB
Me too exactly!!! I thought he got me and I got him. I listened in the basement for years alone. SO wanting to talk to him!!! Tell him how important he was to me growing up. THEN going to his play I'm crossing the street and his limo dies and he hops out and we are going to meet up!!!!!! I turn behind and say to the Wife at the time that is him. She says NO that is an impersonator??? So I turn to walk even crossing the street and say mr. jones please just listen while we walk. 2 blocks!!!!!!!!!! She YELLS DAVID BOWIE. Causing him to run the 2 blocks leaving me wanting to hurt her badly. LIFE DREAM!!!!!!!! Theyre both dead. God rest their souls.
am I the only one here from the fanfiction all the young dudes about the marauders? that fic was a masterpiece and so is this song. I love David Bowie
same here
yep
Wot? I came from bruce dickinson's version, didn't even know theres a fanfic of it....
@@lunahetfield oh idk what that is but yeah that fanfic is really amazing. its on AO3 and its called "All the Young Dudes" bye MsKingBean89. i think you should read it :)
Me
Nothing else to add. Bowie was THE dude from start to finish. Constantly reinventing himself and his music. Always ahead of the curve. Always super cool. From my childhood to now my favourite.
No , Jeff Lebowski was The Dude .
David was a rough Diamond.
*He was always the same person from start to finish, just because he 'presented' different 'characters' didn't mean HE changed one iota. Stop believing the media stuff that he helped to create*
I spent TWO WHOLE DAYS searching for this song, I have no idea why it took me so long to find it, but I am so incredibly happy I finally did. I'll miss you, Starman.
I forgotten this song heard it on Atlanta fm 97.1then never heard it again at work.fond it by typing a
ll the young dudes.youtube found it instantly so with Spotify kinda
It wasn't a waste of time.
I'm watching his documentary on HBO rt now Moonage Daydream, he's singing it in a concert, I couldn't make out the words though but I remember the song from when I was growing up... I typed in "carry the news " and got lucky 😅
Heard this song at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. All i remember is that beautiful melody and some words.
words cannot express my sadness. to say that he will be missed is something of an understatement. possibly the greatest singer songwriter of all time. rest in peace David Bowie
*Nice sentiment, but he wasn't 'the best' at all. Lennon/McCartney, Morrissey/Marr, Lennon/Ono are a few that were better in my opinion*
idk man bowie just makes me feel. if i need a good cry, his music will always do it. there is something so profoundly sad and lovely about his music
Sitting here in tears. I have to be careful where and when I listen to him these days.
The Mott the Hoople version was the one I heard first as a child, a few years after it was a hit, so of course I didn't know then that Bowie had written this. I'd try to get the other kids on the school bus to sing the chorus with me (what did I know, I was 7) and would just sing it by myself when they gave me side-eye instead.
This man's music and film work infused so much of my life, and it wasn't until he died that all the instances of it started coming back to me. In that sense, he was like electricity. I think nothing of the power I use on any given day, but let there be a power outage; I can cope, but it's not like actually having electricity! At least the power comes back on...
I am shocked by how much I miss him.
Good on you - I ahd the same trouble with my mates and T.REX - not quite so cool tho - despite the mention. It is a strange one that this song will always be remembered as Mott and hardly ever Bowie apart from by a few
I mistakenly believed Bowie was the lead singer for T Rex before going solo. And yeah, I was a child among hippies too. Bowie was alot of my living soundtrack
I remember this song live videoMott the Hoople early MTV ....new years concert....old video...on regular rotation.
The THIN WHITE DUKE !!!!!THE MAN OF POP !!!!SIR PAUL McCartney SAID EVEERYONE KNEW HE WAS AHEAD OF THE GAME !!!!😮✌👏Starman WE KNOW YOU ARE OUT THERE FAR OUT !!!!✌g
Muriel, reading your comment literally choked me up dearest. I'm older than you, but your sentiments are true for me too. Love to you. Erin
I won't say Rest in peace, I'll say Rest in whatever you like mate, you've earned it.
+salvadormarley
" I won't say rest in peace ", haha you just did!
well said. man worked hard so we'd have something here.
He loved everyone.
I saw him interviewed later in life(one of many many interviews, he was very accessible) the interviewer asked "so how does it feel to be retired?" .. He just smiled that beeeeming smile and said "Ohh..Ive been retired since my teens.. Ive had a wonderful life.." He worked hard..but it was pure love that you hear - You cant do what he did and see it as "Work" "job" or "career".. it has to be YOU.. it was "HIM" ..its what he did, like a bird flies or a planet orbits.. it was innate, inherent to his person. Work is fine to pay the bills..but it cant create living breathing art - only love can do that... and you cant GET Love..you have to become it. OMMMMMMMMMM lol! %^) ROK N ROLLL!!!!
dont dream it, be it
Bowie’s phrasing and utter coolness gives this version so much sweetness
Man that opening riff at the beginning.... One of the most beautiful guitar riffs ive heard. ever
It's clearly the sound of Mick Ronson, the guitarist and friend of Bowie who produced his best albums. Ronson was a genius in his own. He wrote most of riffs on Bowie's albums from 1970 until 1973.
It was Mick Ralphs, Mott's guitarist, who came up with the riff.
@@danieldirand4702 probably one the best litte riffs / starts in all R&R
*You've gotta listen more broadly if you believe that's true*
Bowie is singing to my son in heaven ❤️ RIP Mikel and David you are the best
😢😢💞💞
❤
maybe they are singing together.
So so many many loves to you.
God Bless them both!
How many great songs can one dude create?
I had this song popping up in my head, I just typed "all the young dudes" because I didn't know who wrote it. When I saw "David Bowie" I exactly told myself "how many great songs does this guy have"? XD
Yes!
Yes
@@IronLordFitness Just enough to be included in a small handful of the absolute greats of all time.
he has great r&b and blues music for those who appeal to that genre.
However, Bowie is a real good song writer and after his initial Ziggy Stardust persona got old real quicks-like....David knew that he needed to go through some Ch Ch ch ch changes as the times were changing. By the time the 80s rolled around Blue Jeans and kneeling while reciting the Lord's Prayer at the Freddy Mercury tribute concert. David, who was an atheist....apparently went through spiritual Ch ch ch ch changes as well.
........
By the time Bowie passed...he had established quite an impressive music catalog most of which music and songs.....he wrote.
......
Talent good enough to grace the bed sheets of Cher.
This is going to sound weird, but I was never a huge Bowie fan until this week. Now, I can't stop listening to his stuff and I'm realizing how much he affected all of our lives. It's as if I can sense the world is grieving and I have to grieve along with everyone. Then, again, I am captured by his art entirely, too. RIP, David.
Really weird 😕
Duckin fabulous tune from a guy who was light years ahead of the game , genuine talent , pure genius David Bowie…..can you even imagine what it was like standing on stage, being in the band , with DAVID BOWIE, at his most creative best ?
only the SPIDERS FROM MARS know the answer to this !
Maybe about a year ago I heard a Bowie song on the radio and remember how awesome his stuff was. I went home and bought a gross of Bowie iTunes to listen to. It struck me that no one sounded like Bowie back in the day and no one sounds like him now. His phrasing, melodies and arrangements were so unusual but they all worked. I can see the musical legacy that McCartney followed, but Bowie's stuff just seemed to have dropped out of the sky.
Like a starman. 🙂
i remember first time i heard Bowie i was 14 yrs old 1969..changed my life... ty so much for the lessons of life and for your creativity it is unmatched
Whar a lovely vocal. Stunningly genuine and personal. It's almost like he's speaking.
Bowie might be my favorite musical artist of all time. I’ve never gotten tired of his songs.
How the fuck did I never know David Bowie wrote and produced this for Mott The Hoople?! Probably why I always loved this song. I am not worthy.
+Papito Swanson Kinda blew my mind too...
+Papito Swanson
Greatest 'Guy' song... EVER!!
+Papito Swanson They were about to break up, and Bowie really liked them a lot so he offered them Suffragette City, but they preferred All the Young Dudes, so he produced their album that pushed them to greater success.
+Papito Swanson you were not the only one.....sigh...and the tears don't stop
+Papito Swanson .....hey man.......I am 60 and I just found this out today!! Rock on.......still learning news things each day we are here.......:)
People who are truly gifted like Bowie, Lennon, McCartney, Freddie Mercury and others must simply have brains that work a little differently than normal people.
+zyxwut321 true
+zyxwut321 It was called X-factory. But because many X-factor shows, it is called XYZ-factor nowadays. :))
+zyxwut321 I would also include Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Neil Young and Leonard Cohen in your list of truly gifted music artists
+johnnyM809 I dont know about Bruce
+jimmy page As far as I am concerned he is the greatest of them all with a back catalogue of incredible songs unequalled in popular music...but then I am biased of course as I have idolised the guy for the last 35 years.
After reading the comments, there is nothing I can add. You all have written a beautiful elegy.
+beantownratt Thank You.
+beantownratt " eulogy "...Peace.
noun: elegy; plural noun: elegies
1.
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
synonyms:
lament, requiem, threnody, dirge;
Thanks for taking the time to respond Clive. In this case I think either word fits.
he's not dead, he's just changed direction and found a new audience in heaven.
+steven hanson The band in heaven must sound amazing tonight.
+steven hanson thank you man...i thought he was dead there for a minute...
+steven hanson THAT'S REALLY TRUE
+epistte
Sure as heck does. As much folks are sad hat hes passed on, the man had an incredible life and was such a huge influence on the music scene for 30-some years, he's never be forgotten because he made such a huge impact, and a hell of a lot of memorable songs/albums/cds. A True music innovator in his own right, that's why his work is still so compelling to listen to, even today---and he kept right on making music up until the day he passed---everybody should go out like that, doing something they love, and being with the people they love while doing it.
+steven hanson Nah, he's dead mate. He's shrugged off his mortal coil, he's joined the bleedin' Choir Eternal. He's pushin' up the daisies! He's deid! But I've still got all my albums! As my neighbours have been finding out for the last month!!
I really wish they remastered this version.
great song by bowie, wish i was a young dude again .
You are as young as you feel bro! Go have fun
We all do, dude. 😉
*Youth is wasted on the young*
its such a shame. i love this man so much. never again why this earth is still spinning will we see another artist like bowie
*Nothing more shameful, indeed*
Oh my god, as soon as Bowie started singing I had goosebumps...this song has gotten me through some pretty sad times in my life. RIP and thank you
When I was a kiddy and strumming guitars, 25 was old, man, really old. Just like Billy, I didn't want to get old. But now I am in my 60's and still strummin All the Young Dudes and singing along with Mr. Bowie..'dont want to stay alive when you reach 25'. Life is good!
I love this version. It has a kind of drifting, melancholy, slightly strung out vibe to it. Me likey
The emotions he brought to his art was uniquely brilliant.
I can’t believe it’s been 5 years since his passing Wtaf 😢 time flies so quick
This has the sound of 80s recording singing devices and david bowies voice
ANYWAYS GREETINGS FROM SCOTLAND LOVE TO ANYONE LISTENING TO THIS SONG TODAY X
Don'd be a dick.
I wish this version would get an official, pristine release. (There is a Bowie/Mott mix that combines this version with the finished track - Bowie doing the verses, Mott/Ian Hunter doing the choruses - but I just wish we could get the entire guide vocal version heard here).
I kinda love this version for its imperfection, like it’s so fucking kick ass
With Mick Ronson, Ian Hunter and the beautiful voice of David....Timeless
The greatness of this person was that it is impossible to pick a favourite song
😆
Pure genius in this raw form is David’s evident extraordinary talent , manifesting itself in a song , way too powerful for most folk to differentiate!
Are we the first generation to weep and mourn these heroes of our childhood? I am so heart broken. They made my life so much easier.
Nothing lasts forever. The giants of our past fall and new heroes ascend in their place.
Bowie is timeless, and most people with an ear for talent will love his music. I'm a young dude, and I'm mad for Bowie!
oh my god. i've never listened to this song and seven seconds in i already know its one of my new favorites. i'm deceased.
Love it. Are you David Bowie?
how nice to be able to hear it for the first time. cheers!
There's something about Bowie. His voice is mesmerising, when I hear his songs, I can't help but listen.
I don't usually post comments on youtube but I am compelled to write about Bowie. I was a young man and lived in England in the early 70's. Bowie came onto the scene and man, what a blast of air. I didn't know what to think of him. The BBC were playing "Starman". My classmates and I thought that it was a good tune but kind of poppy. I listened to the 'Spiders from Mars" album and it changed the whole Bowie experience. It was like 'Starman" was the the sugary frosting on this meaty cake of 'Spiders from Mars'. I hate the word 'fan', since it is short for fanatic. I will say that in my way I am a fan of David Bowie. He allowed me to accept my own 'self'. I am forever in debt to the person that is David Bowie.
This is my favourite version!
''Light years ahead of any being on earth '' Love that Interstellar Man !
What a gent ! giving this amazing song to his mates The Mott's , their big breakthrough !
Love Bowie doing it of course , the lyrics are pure talent ! It makes me feel about 10 yrs old !!
I swear about half of these views are form me watching this over and over again.
David Bowie is unique. No one compares to him.
See, here's the thing. Even if this anthem was the only thing that David Bowie had ever written or sang, he'd still rightly be called a legend. And yet, it's been an entire week since his death, and this one scarcely even gets a mention from among the many tributes and memorials selected out of the rest of his prodigiously influential catalog. That should tell you something about just how great he was.
Yep bowie will always be an absolute legend although I love all the new rap (I'm young lol) I always jam out to classics RIP bowie the day he died was one of the saddest of all of the celebrity deaths I've been alive for
I definitely miss him
This is a cover
@@TwinkieHeart not really
David bowie wrote it
Yes, we all were blessed to be alive in the same time and place as David Bowie. They'll be listening to his music 200 years from now and still loving it.
RIP Dale "Buffin" Griffin. 1/17/16. Thanks for the great music!
was so sad and shocked to hear of Dave Bowie's passing. loved by us old rockers and the young too. you were a great rock star and will be missed by us all. Rest in peace. sadly missed but Never forgotten.x
I find it funny sometimes the songs that get me misty eyed. When I was a toddler and learning about music from my dad I loved trying to sing along to this song. Being so young though it just came out as me alternating between yelling off key and soulful mumbling. My dad jammed out every time though. I'm so glad this song came up as a suggestion.
Oh this brings it all back, thanks David. Mott the Hoople's version rocks it well, but it's pure DB. Thanks heaps.
One of his cleverest numbers. The lyrics are confident, but the tune is melancholy, brilliantly illustrating the transience of youth.
He creates such a harmonizing Atmosphere, that you can lose yourself in his beautiful music!
I have a friend who came to watch a match at Sheffield Wednesday and he spent much of the match listening to Bowie on his earphones! As we were studenting in those days he had a sleeping bag in his hold-all and when a policeman saw this he quipped"Expecting a humdinger of a match are we?" David Bowie RIP.
Wow! I love his version just as much as Mott's. It's a little more pared down but just as powerful. Thanks for all the great songs.
RIP David, thanks for the fabulous music and great memories.
I miss David Bowie.. He is the Star man.. He is the stars
I Grew Up on Bowie!!! TRUE GENIUS... Open The Door To The Theatrical Artwork That Lives On Still Today For Many Bands... AWESOMENESS. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Yes!!❤💫
Goosebumps, goosebumps everywhere! Love Bowie so much
I saw Mott The Hoople Live in Concert in 1974 at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. It was a great concert, and my friends and I had a lot of fun. They played All The Young Dudes, and the lead singer was wearing knee high red platform boots that night !! We all went out and had a nice dinner after the concert. ❤🎉😊😊
Bowie is Eternal....
Sempeternal sweetheart. Papa Gouster loves you xxx
Love of my life, He helpt me survive my Youth.
Well said.
Just Jeanne I can't believe he's gone. Why him?
Love you David....Miss you so much.😭😢👨🎤
You know you're in the form of your life when you're knocking out songs like this in about 20 minutes for other bands!
I have this double "a" side single, now "Roll away the Stone," David is now coming to the Party with Lou Reed, Marc Bolan, Freddie and so Many more Greats!
Fuck me ! What a tune
David B ‘s on fire. here whenever he wrote this , absolutely genius , he totally un selfishly , ( historically correct fact ) GAVE away this monster of s tune , to save his friends band (IAN HUNTER , MOTT THE HOOPLE ) from dying imminently ,
If he never did anything else after that : he’d still be a HERO of mine after that ,
to this day in 2023 ‘
I reckon UK POP/ Rock,
has never equalled this genius’s artistic output!
There will NEVER be another man like this fella in the world.....EVER.... he did carry the news xxxxxx
love this. what an extraordinay man david bowie was, is.
I never knew this was a Bowie song. I am devastated again.
I'm 16 and in love with Bowie
I'm 60 and in love with Bowie...
Welcome to the club Prudence :)
I'm a fetus and I'm gonna love Bowie when I come out.
Not hard to do so....
Bowie loves you.
Great to finally hear the Bowie original at last. I love you Thin white Duke 🖤🎸🤩
Who needs a TV when you've got T-Rex. That is so cool
+EuphoniaPooch Does seem to make more sense that way, but I do believe the line is 'Man I need a TV when I got T-Rex'. I've performed this a few times and its tempting to change it, but the Bowienazis would be in uproar. And just for the record, in my opinion David Bowie was one of the greats for the things he did in the late 60's and particularly the 70's, but frankly it was all a bit MOR from the early 80'.s. All this talk of a career that never stopped breaking new ground etc etc. A bit rich. China Doll, Blue Jean anyone?
+Mark Howard I agree, although I think "It's No Game" from his Scary Monsters album circa 1981 is pretty good.
+Mark Howard Heathen is quite good...and Tin machine was pretty cool
+EuphoniaPooch...... Ok,,,_"when you've got T-ReX"_......till 1974 (stretching it) that is......
........after that we had other things than bloody overweight caricature coke victim "T-Rex"....
Gosh, but we're so lucky to still have you. Get back under your bridge, Paul. I'll be by later to toss you a dead rat. In the meantime listen to these great records he made from 74 on.
Light of Love (1974)
Bolan's Zip Gun (1975)
Futuristic Dragon (1976)
Get It On (1976)
Dandy in the Underworld (1977)
THERES ONLY 1 BOWIE
YOUR WITH THE BEST, YOU INSTALLED US ALL WITH YOUR MUSIC YOU SHARED WITH US ALL AROUND THE WORLD ,GOD BLESS X
My god this version is SO much better than the one that got released!
I disagree; this is so rough around the edges. Besides it was a gift to friends who needed it.
@@briangray00 this version is better and I like the roughness surrounding it
Best version of this song out there, out of all Bowies versions too!
I love David and I'm so sad he's gone.
Wow, never heard this version before and I'm old enough to remember seeing him do Starman on TOTP.
You know someone's good when they can write and give away a track like this to another band who could do with a hit
Best but was , he was ready to record it, heard a mate was in dire straits , finished musically , then selflessly gave away this: pure genius musical masterpiece, come to think of it , who else do you know in field of popular music could’ve / would’ve , done this ? Only LENNON/ MacCartney come close , probably the only two people on the planet who could’ve got near David’s genius songwriting ability !
In 1 year we said goodbye to Some of... All the young dudes...Cocker...Squire....Weiland...Bowie....Frey....and some I've probably left out...5 great artists/musicians...gone but certainly never forgotten.
My dad loved david bowie. he passed away in december 2020. this song rekindles all my memories of him. thank you david bowie.
Always loved this song from the first time I heard it decades ago... it makes me cry lately.
Nothing beats the guitar riff in this song omg
It is now the fourteenth of May. I am still sad about David Bowie leaving us.He was something else; something we will never find again.
I had the privilege of interviewing him in 1995, it was awesome and he was the cosummate gentleman. There's never been such a theatrical musical talent as Bowie, not Queen, not the Who, not Zeppelin, as much as I love those bands they never held a "candle" to Bowie on stage.
I cried silent shocked angry tears that day. I couldn't believe he left this planet.....
Best version by far
The very 1st time I'd ever heard the voice of Bowie....listening to Pirate Radio Stations late at night.....oh woww....life was good.....
+Beth Dupont Where do you come from?
+Radio Ucnobi ...I come from Denmark. We were lucky pumpkins...we had the best of all decades....what in the heck happened? money? power? greed?...Yep! and I was a happy girl....I never read the news....today, you just can't escape it.....darkness all over.... for sensible hearts ...there's not much left....we should start a union on our own......
+Beth Dupont ...some are lucky, though...they got away...in time........♥♥♥
God Bless (if he's ever there?)
Beth Dupont what a cool experience. I don’t think I can place my first memory of hearing Bowie. I know it was a good one though haha!
What a line up, Bowie, Mott The Hoople, Lou Reed and The Spiders From Mars ……. Awesome!
simply genius. where did this guy come from, another planet?>
I love this incredibly fantastic tune from Bowie and the spiders from Mars too!
David Bowie's Music will live on forever & ever!!!!!
He burnt out but did not fade away, my favourite song by him, RIP David x
RIP Philip Overland Watts, the bassist from Mott the Hoople who let Bowie know the band was breaking up. Bowie offered them Suffragette City to keep them together, but they refused. He wrote this and they accepted it.
thanks David for getting Mot the Hoople on the deal!
The *"Four chords"* of that chorus are the sound of my teenage years here in the *UK!*
Better late than never but I didn't fall in love with Bowie until after he died.... but God do I really love him now.
What a great song.
Bow sings þhis beautiful, thank goodness he came to earth, peace and loveto you all. Out. There
If you want to understand Dave a bit more, especially his last album which is his musical mausoleum read about the 17th century English poet Keats, very tragic story, big influence on Dave's lyrical style, Black Star is a take on Keats poem Bright Star, Dave was very careful and selective about his influences, Bless you All.
19th century.
Black Star has nothing to do with Keat's poem... not a damn thing, except that Bowie and Keats both used the word "star" lol.
Black Star itself is meaningless, insular horseshit (the video lends it an Illuminati-esque vibe and that's about it).
B.S. was a sorry, inscrutable 'send-off' from the Thin White Duke whose own artistic star had burned out long before he left
@@bellinghammond Matter of opinion but still, gtfo.
@@kingkasper2725
I happen to agree with the King here. GTFO
P. S. Worship Bowie, hate Keats, but I'm curious enough to revisit Keats' bio and poem.
It's David,not Dave...
im a yound dude at 25 but have always loved the music of this legendary artist
God, he was so hot
You’re hot
Tony R steady tony
@BlackSH0veldeath I don't agree with you, I think David Bowie was very pretty.
@BlackSH0veldeath not like she ever would ask you
@BlackSH0veldeath just say you want to fuck Bowie and move on
David Bowie music is like going in a Dreamboat !🗯💥💫