One of the few times David actually did something completely nostalgic (a "throwback") in terms of performance. Also the way he sang the 2nd "before you start professing..."??? It's so good
2nd song of the 2nd set....Just when you thought you couldn't get any more intense after Station to Station, THIS WAS THE ULTIMATE SHOW STOPPER IN MY 35 YEARS OF ATTENDING ROCK AND ROLL SHOWS.
at Diamond Dogs in Toronto,Canada we had our matinee show and the evening show...actually saw this song TWICE in one day ,started the best summer of my life...1974!!! Thanks beautiful TORONTO,CANADA!!!!
I am so glad I got to see him three times. That to see diamond dog tour got to see let’s dance tour and I got to see the glass spider tour. It was musical heaven
this concert was one of the first things i taped on my first vcr in like, 1984. i got it from either HBO or Cinemax. i was about 12, and i watched the hell out of it.
A parody of what? The guy's dressed up in full Hamlet regalia, so obviously it's an ironic presentation, but I can't hear anything weird or campy about his vocal performance. I love it. I think it's fucking killer, and it sounds just like Bowie to me on his A-game to me.
I first saw the image of him with the skull, sunglasses, megawatt Hollywood smile, and epic hair and thought it was supposed to go with the song Time, simply a lamentation on its passage. It was far more brutal: it was the description of what was seen in LA by a British folk singer after he skyrocketed to stardom (and drug addiction) with rock. The dizzying highs, the lows, and the sorry, pathetic state of the ones who used to be the entertainment elite using what little they have left to get by. Mere products - used up, tossed, and left to rot well before they die by an utterly indifferent culture.
Oh, me too. There was that simulcast (showtime) that was a big deal back then, and I didn't have a VCR so I just taped the audio portion of it. I listened to it constantly on band trips on my walkman. So cool to see that footage again. Earl Slick, Carlos Alomar, The Simms Brothers, Tony Thompson (RIP)....man, what a show. Unfortunately I was only around 13 at the time so I missed the concert too.
Of course this was the 1983m Serious concerts, we know that moron! The August show(s) Sat. nite and the incredible Sunday night concerts in Toronto... Love you CANADA...You are a beautiful woman ,as David called ya! Gemma n Da Girlz
Well the original is pretty dark, with screeching guitars and a very desperate impersonation of the character in the song by Bowie. Here he sings it like a 50s rocker and the backing music has cheesy synth effects on it that I just don't like because I associate it with the bad side of 80s music. It feels like i'm watching a musical.
@@gb3458 reading the lyrics, it seems to be about a hollywood star who's fame has faded away as he aged. He's trying to feel good about himself by hiring a prostitute.
Ah, now if you want a version of this that's more to your taste, go for the one the Spiders did for their last show. I think I know where you're coming from. The Aladdin Sane version of this song sounds much dirtier and more sordid.
Diamond Dogs ,June 1974, after school was out for the summer...Imagine? I was there 2 ,yes shows in ONE DAY kids...Lfe in Toronto...Not all bad...Huh you losers?
Original version is much better. Bowie would very often change his older songs when touring years after they got released. Sometimes it workes wonderfully (i.e. CHANGES during Station to Station tour 1976 - look it up here and check it out), but someties it just didn't work. I think Cracked Actor didn't work. Has anybody seen Andy Warhol in the Outside Tour? He made it all electronic. It's way too f*ed up in my opinion. xD
Horrible rendition of this incredible song….the only period of Bowies career I did not like…his pop star turn…..voice is incredible…the arrangement is just to 80s and steals all the power of the song away.
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One of the few times David actually did something completely nostalgic (a "throwback") in terms of performance. Also the way he sang the 2nd "before you start professing..."??? It's so good
I think the lyric is "before you start professing you're knocking me dead". the song's about an aging Hollywood star
Shut up 😂😂😂😂😂
The two side-kicks are a throwback to the Diamond Dogs revue. The suits aren't too stylistically different either..
All the live version of this song 1974 - 2000s this version is the best. His voice, the performance, the dynamic... ✨
David Bowie: cool as the other side of the pillow
Cooler
Deffo 👌
Quite literally the funniest and yet most apt comment I've ever heard or seen printed anywhere.... 🍷Cheers my man 😂👏🏻
What a great throwback to the Diamond Dogs tour!
No, it was on the '' Serious Moonlight tour ''
@@miti314 i think he was reffering to how this was a callback to bowie's performance of the song in 74
@@joey6761 Ok
@@miti314best to know your history before blurting out "no" so quickly.
The album Aladdin Sane, from which this song comes from, is one of David Bowies
absolute best albums!
True that. In some ways stronger than Ziggy.
Aladdin Sane is so amazing and I actually love it more than ziggy stardust.
My God he was simple incredible wasn't he. How can someone be so talented and so effortlessly cool, it is mind blowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2nd song of the 2nd set....Just when you thought you couldn't get any more intense after Station to Station, THIS WAS THE ULTIMATE SHOW STOPPER IN MY 35 YEARS OF ATTENDING ROCK AND ROLL SHOWS.
I saw this tour in Tacoma. Best arena show I have seen.
Seriously great bass player there!
Hi there, 240p. I didn't miss you.
My idol from way back in my teens! Still love him.
It must’ve been such a huge pleasure to sit in front of that band.
at Diamond Dogs in Toronto,Canada we had our matinee show and the evening show...actually saw this song TWICE in one day ,started the best summer of my life...1974!!! Thanks beautiful TORONTO,CANADA!!!!
Eu amo tanto o Bowie, eu nem consigo explicar. Ele sempre estará vivo, no meu coração! ❤
I am so glad I got to see him three times. That to see diamond dog tour got to see let’s dance tour and I got to see the glass spider tour. It was musical heaven
saw 10 concerts and Broadway ! 1974-2004)
I still cry, 2019, but at least my husband's with him now. 👍🏼🎵🔊
Amazing what some human beings are capable of.
Definatley prefer the music in the first version, but his voice in this version sounds fuller, more developed.
Yes his voice in this version is the best! ✨
this concert was one of the first things i taped on my first vcr in like, 1984. i got it from either HBO or Cinemax. i was about 12, and i watched the hell out of it.
Yorick's skull in Shakespear's play "Hamlet". A very ironic reference.
How is it ironic?
Genius
They even put blush on the skull. A subtle jab, I'd say.
About every Hollywood star who has lived in that time.
Pressure expectation and a personal life of chaos for some.
Amazing performer! It's all just so easy for him
Nothing's easy onstage, people make it look that way. Takes a few minutes to get into it
Very great vocal performance, better,stronger clearer voice than the original recording.
A parody of what? The guy's dressed up in full Hamlet regalia, so obviously it's an ironic presentation, but I can't hear anything weird or campy about his vocal performance. I love it. I think it's fucking killer, and it sounds just like Bowie to me on his A-game to me.
I first saw the image of him with the skull, sunglasses, megawatt Hollywood smile, and epic hair and thought it was supposed to go with the song Time, simply a lamentation on its passage.
It was far more brutal: it was the description of what was seen in LA by a British folk singer after he skyrocketed to stardom (and drug addiction) with rock. The dizzying highs, the lows, and the sorry, pathetic state of the ones who used to be the entertainment elite using what little they have left to get by. Mere products - used up, tossed, and left to rot well before they die by an utterly indifferent culture.
@@peggieschafer485it's also supposed to be about Rock Hudson
Ah, yes, that makes sense! I love the kind of over-the-topness of that tour but totally see why one would not.
Brilliant.
David Bowie❤🤩👏👏👏
Oh, me too. There was that simulcast (showtime) that was a big deal back then, and I didn't have a VCR so I just taped the audio portion of it. I listened to it constantly on band trips on my walkman. So cool to see that footage again. Earl Slick, Carlos Alomar, The Simms Brothers, Tony Thompson (RIP)....man, what a show. Unfortunately I was only around 13 at the time so I missed the concert too.
Best listening with headphones
Nope, best listening on good hifi from original CD
@@Watcher4111 yea sounds brilliant
Geez, this guy was so efing great!
what a lyrical monster.
Maior artista da história!
High caliber, among the highest, playing what can be played here.
2:51 ooh!
sublime du grand bowie!!!!
I love how this song kept evolving and this version barely sounds like the original studio version anymore haha
Nobody does Rock Theatre better than Bowie
oh i was there never will forget it, what is david doing now?? miss him !!
happy birthday david!!
At the time he was on hiatus from music. He did an album in 2013 and another in 2016 before passing
Che dire un genio
j ust love it xxxxxxxxxxx
Nice thanks for sharing:-)
Wow! Lucky bastard. How were the Tubes? Seems like it might have been a good time to see them as well.
David con gafas se ve re fachero
i dig it.
David i love u wherever u are
Alas poor David...I knew him not well RIP David Bowie xxxxxx
Crack BABY Crack
😁😁👍⚡⚡⚡smack 💙💙😚😚RIP.
plastic fantastic bowieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Imagine what this tour would have been with Stevie Ray Vaughn.
The only thing that could have made it better!
they even took his sunglasses! )'=
This Bowieilike
ist the best face of this song
Of course this was the 1983m Serious concerts, we know that moron!
The August show(s) Sat. nite and the incredible Sunday night concerts in Toronto...
Love you CANADA...You are a beautiful woman ,as David called ya!
Gemma n Da Girlz
Almost as coll as back in 74
The 74 version was a iconic moment 👏
You could turn this show into a DVD
he was a rock star not a pop singer
Mi piace
What's the skull about??
It's from Shakespeare's Hamlet - Yorick's skull symbolizes the inevitable decay of the human body. Bowie is singing about an ageing actor.
Rock Hudson was way better looking than Perez Hilton could ever hope to be.
WoodRatGirl True...but irrelevant.
ist nacht
Well the original is pretty dark, with screeching guitars and a very desperate impersonation of the character in the song by Bowie. Here he sings it like a 50s rocker and the backing music has cheesy synth effects on it that I just don't like because I associate it with the bad side of 80s music. It feels like i'm watching a musical.
First!
shakespeare reference.
No
wanneer
Hm... put a bit to much theatrics into a song that is initially supposed to be all about a guy telling a girl that he wants to have sex and not talk.
I think it's a mockery of famous Hollywood actors and how they're treated like royalty. It took me a couple viewings to figure it out.
@@gb3458 reading the lyrics, it seems to be about a hollywood star who's fame has faded away as he aged. He's trying to feel good about himself by hiring a prostitute.
Ah, now if you want a version of this that's more to your taste, go for the one the Spiders did for their last show.
I think I know where you're coming from. The Aladdin Sane version of this song sounds much dirtier and more sordid.
Diamond Dogs ,June 1974, after school was out for the summer...Imagine?
I was there 2 ,yes shows in ONE DAY kids...Lfe in Toronto...Not all bad...Huh you losers?
Original version is much better. Bowie would very often change his older songs when touring years after they got released. Sometimes it workes wonderfully (i.e. CHANGES during Station to Station tour 1976 - look it up here and check it out), but someties it just didn't work. I think Cracked Actor didn't work.
Has anybody seen Andy Warhol in the Outside Tour? He made it all electronic. It's way too f*ed up in my opinion. xD
ugh, why is he singing it like that? sounds like a parody.
Horrible rendition of this incredible song….the only period of Bowies career I did not like…his pop star turn…..voice is incredible…the arrangement is just to 80s and steals all the power of the song away.
he was a rock star not a pop singer
He was a popular rock star