David⚡️Bowie - America (Simon & Garfunkel cover)

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  • Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024

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  • @gwynnielsen5081
    @gwynnielsen5081 10 месяцев назад +64

    I never knew Bowie covered this song. He brings something very different to it.

    • @belyndamorris2236
      @belyndamorris2236 3 месяца назад +6

      This was for the 9 11 tribute concert. 💔⚡

    • @gwynnielsen5081
      @gwynnielsen5081 3 месяца назад +2

      @@belyndamorris2236 Well, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for letting me know. I have been so busy writing, recording, and publicizing my own music that I frequently get too caught up in the business. Take care!

    • @LAM38Z
      @LAM38Z 2 месяца назад

      😅​@@gwynnielsen5081

    • @diverdave4056
      @diverdave4056 2 месяца назад +5

      ...mmm He brought pure Magic to this simple song with his wonderful voice and a tiny keyboard !

    • @gwynnielsen5081
      @gwynnielsen5081 2 месяца назад

      @@diverdave4056 Bowie does have a beautiful, original rock voice, like no other. Check out my voice and songs on RUclips. Thanks and take care!

  • @XvrAntoine
    @XvrAntoine 10 месяцев назад +101

    So perfect in his minimalist interpretation

  • @billinawe
    @billinawe 9 месяцев назад +20

    Just no words.

    • @Thadmotor1044
      @Thadmotor1044 День назад

      hands down . Best version by the chameleon

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty Год назад +171

    That lovely man was gloriously unafraid of art.

    • @slyasleep
      @slyasleep 10 месяцев назад +8

      That‘s beautifully put.

    • @Ryan-on5on
      @Ryan-on5on 8 месяцев назад +5

      Well stated. Bowie belongs to that rarefied class of popular talent unafraid of trying new paths and courses they feel might lead to aesthetic sublimity. Sure, not all these journeys turned up gold or even silver, but they made one appreciate their boldness and lack of fear of failing all the same. Us aesthetes gained so much from David's myriad explorations to the limits of artistic expression!

    • @evelynevantol4814
      @evelynevantol4814 8 месяцев назад +2

      Zo mooi hoe je dat zegt ❤❤❤

    • @evelynevantol4814
      @evelynevantol4814 8 месяцев назад

      Hij was niet bang voor usa om het zo maar te zeggen

    • @Nicksonian
      @Nicksonian 7 месяцев назад +4

      Indeed. Paul Simon and David Bowie were two of the greatest songwriters of their generation. So inspiring to watch this lovely, talented man honor his fellow musician.

  • @nobbygecko
    @nobbygecko 11 месяцев назад +142

    the man was a genius.. a beautiful rendition and what balls to play this song as the opener to a televised charity concert.. he has so many hidden treasures in both live performances and rare album tracks... bless him

    • @cgdombrow
      @cgdombrow 4 месяца назад

      I guess you never saw Kanye West rapping laying down? That was the most genius thing ever, I’m tearing up thinking about it

    • @TCgirl
      @TCgirl Месяц назад

      @@cgdombrow Kanye West did this song?

    • @cgdombrow
      @cgdombrow Месяц назад

      @ no

    • @jingle1161
      @jingle1161 23 дня назад +2

      “ and what balls to play this song as the opener to a televised charity concert”
      …on a small casio keyboard.

  • @johnnywires943
    @johnnywires943 10 месяцев назад +26

    Not only was he a most talented human being,up there with the best,he had so much style.

  • @TCgirl
    @TCgirl 9 месяцев назад +37

    I miss this beautiful man being on the earth. 💔

    • @eurodep
      @eurodep Месяц назад +1

      of the billions of years, we shared earth with him for a little while, so ... we got that.

    • @TCgirl
      @TCgirl Месяц назад

      @@eurodep that we do. ❤💔

    • @tiresiastl8099
      @tiresiastl8099 22 дня назад

      Me too

  • @allanking6833
    @allanking6833 4 года назад +246

    god i miss this man.

    • @1060michaelg
      @1060michaelg 4 года назад +13

      allan king My EXACT thought. The humanity in his voice...the expressions on his face, all show you the depth of what he's feeling.

    • @WolfKing-dv6xd
      @WolfKing-dv6xd 3 года назад +8

      We all do.

    • @fishwhisperer3495
      @fishwhisperer3495 3 года назад +6

      agreed

    • @muller_to_x5283
      @muller_to_x5283 3 года назад +8

      All of you are right greets from Bavaria

    • @WolfKing-dv6xd
      @WolfKing-dv6xd 3 года назад +3

      @@muller_to_x5283 hello!

  • @visotoo3129
    @visotoo3129 9 месяцев назад +39

    An outstanding version of what was already a great song

    • @belyndamorris2236
      @belyndamorris2236 3 месяца назад +3

      I never appreciated this song as much until then!

  • @BCD1964
    @BCD1964 9 месяцев назад +31

    One of the last of the great artists...rip.

  • @scottmckenzie3642
    @scottmckenzie3642 3 года назад +785

    In tears there is such beauty in the understated. Only David would flip the expected. And what does he do. This. An absolute gem. And I miss him my heart still aches

    • @chriscorman734
      @chriscorman734 3 года назад +15

      We sure miss his insight

    • @kellycampbell5618
      @kellycampbell5618 3 года назад +10

      Same

    • @halflanding1900
      @halflanding1900 3 года назад +21

      agree 100% Scott. couldn’t stop my tears. he wasn’t just a pop star / fashion icon otherwise he wouldn’t move us so deep

    • @lonewolf5238
      @lonewolf5238 2 года назад +22

      Absolutely. Didn't think it could hurt so much losing someone I never met and never knew.

    • @upthehill1
      @upthehill1 2 года назад +10

      Beautiful version

  • @mtnstpt
    @mtnstpt 10 месяцев назад +80

    Ret .NYPD, David Opened The Concert for New York with this magical ,chilling song. God Bless David Bowie.

  • @wengrrrl1
    @wengrrrl1 Год назад +156

    This just sent me spiraling into tears. I miss normal. I miss Bowie. I miss what America used to be. The way he does this pulled every heartstring this morning…
    My transcendent, lovely Prince Bowie… how the world misses your genius…😪🙏🏽🎶

    • @macanbhaird1966
      @macanbhaird1966 Год назад +4

      "the moon rose over an empty field" gets me every time. Pure genius...I think I am always expecting the "look for America" line and the detail is so beautiful. Testament to Simon & Garfunkel writing/music and Bowie's interpretation.

    • @goofe.washington953
      @goofe.washington953 Год назад +18

      “counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike, they’ve all come to look for America”. What a profound line.
      At 71, I too miss what America used to be. Maybe I should get in my car and look for it, but I’m scared it’s not there anymore - and even more scared it’s not coming back.

    • @jayatfreelance
      @jayatfreelance Год назад +3

      AMEN.

    • @31Alden
      @31Alden Год назад +4

      Amen … I share every one of your sentiments.

    • @lanabanana68
      @lanabanana68 Год назад +2

      I think I love you; what a perfect comment

  • @538frostrd
    @538frostrd 8 месяцев назад +59

    A great tribute to NYC's people and America at its worst of moments. Rest in Peace to the lost on 9/11 and you David Bowie.

    • @Nicksonian
      @Nicksonian 7 месяцев назад +6

      I still can’t believe that David is no longer with us.

    • @GrantTarredus
      @GrantTarredus 6 месяцев назад +3

      I never will. He’ll always live in my heart though, as he so clearly will in yours.

  • @kategleason6481
    @kategleason6481 2 года назад +181

    "I'm empty and aching and I don't know why"
    His phrasing and the simple keyboard made this version so emotionally charged.

    • @lanabanana68
      @lanabanana68 Год назад +5

      indeed.

    • @globule2
      @globule2 9 месяцев назад +5

      That’s the key phrase right there

    • @lavachevolante
      @lavachevolante 9 месяцев назад +3

      And the way he says it… 😮❤

    • @Nicksonian
      @Nicksonian 7 месяцев назад +4

      I so much agree. And David knew. He knew what it all meant.

  • @MrSteverossiter
    @MrSteverossiter Год назад +287

    I've been telling my kids about this for years. This is how the concert opened...how utterly profound. Bless you David!

    • @scm0717
      @scm0717 Год назад +16

      THEN he sang "Heroes". Beautifully understated "America" in Bowie style.

    • @Jeanetteinnes
      @Jeanetteinnes Год назад +5

      Beautiful 😢

    • @Dandyd47
      @Dandyd47 Год назад +3

      Where and when was this particular concert?

    • @MrSteverossiter
      @MrSteverossiter Год назад +14

      ​@Dandyd47 this was the concert for new york right after 9/11

    • @d4ves363
      @d4ves363 Год назад +2

      This was one of Bowies finest moments (there's been a few!) But I didn't know he actually opened the concert with this x

  • @Mikeecol
    @Mikeecol Год назад +21

    i keep coming back to this. Outstanding

  • @theoverunderthinker
    @theoverunderthinker 6 месяцев назад +13

    David makes you fall in love (with his voice) and breaks your heart (with his sincerity) at the same time.

    • @kimscioloro
      @kimscioloro 2 месяца назад +2

      This is such a beautiful, emotional version.

  • @jules-yi8rn
    @jules-yi8rn 4 года назад +84

    Happy birthday David...the whole world misses you💔.

  • @kathleenreynolds5380
    @kathleenreynolds5380 3 года назад +61

    His voice makes me cry. We all come to look for America. Priceless.

    • @ledeyabaklykova
      @ledeyabaklykova Год назад

      Now pls all of you return to where you all came from. Except me. Of course.

  • @Thadmotor1044
    @Thadmotor1044 Месяц назад +3

    This song now has more meaning than ever in these most troubling times . Never Give up looking for America , defending our Democracy , and honoring our fallen heroes and fighting for what they sacrificed and Died for . Not chumps and Losers

  • @wildheliotropes8453
    @wildheliotropes8453 3 года назад +515

    I love Bowie's rendition of this song. It's profoundly sad and describes that horrible feeling we all have had when you are trying to act like nothing is wrong but you are completely shattered inside.

    • @barbaralynch3015
      @barbaralynch3015 3 года назад +10

      Oh yes totally!

    • @jamessollazzo4860
      @jamessollazzo4860 3 года назад +9

      sounds like a circus tune!

    • @Tom-xx1om
      @Tom-xx1om 3 года назад +10

      @@jamessollazzo4860 you don't get it, do you?

    • @sexypoetry
      @sexypoetry 2 года назад +4

      ...yap...one can hear overtones of "this is not america"....

    • @TinyDancer250
      @TinyDancer250 2 года назад +3

      @@Tom-xx1om What did he mean by it? Serious question please. I understand the choice of song, but why that music accompaniment?

  • @Bassplyr2006
    @Bassplyr2006 2 года назад +16

    My dad died on November 4, 2022 unexpectedly. This song has been in my head since and I am now finally listening to it once again. I miss you dad where ever you are. I love you. And I like this version of the song by Bowie alot!

  • @JF-kv1gm
    @JF-kv1gm Год назад +142

    For some reason I have seen this for the first time only now. It really gave me goosebumps. So sorely missed.

    • @daveburns3886
      @daveburns3886 Год назад +8

      His unique creativity was a gift to us all.. his voice was always so emotive

    • @helenepineau4636
      @helenepineau4636 Год назад +5

      I usually do not remake, but this is so very special. Oh, I miss him 😔

    • @amberackerson5916
      @amberackerson5916 Год назад +2

      Me too 💔

    • @BlueBeeMCMLXI
      @BlueBeeMCMLXI Год назад

      You probably had not seen it until now, then.

    • @janepinard9835
      @janepinard9835 Год назад +2

      @@helenepineau4636 He is sorely missed. He was a gift to us all!

  • @DougWJ
    @DougWJ 3 года назад +215

    I will never forget that day - seeing the tower fall from a train - and i will never forget this opening song at the 911 concert at MSG. I was never a big Bowie fan, and he came out playing this crazy little contraption whatever it was - doing this Simon & Garfunkel song - and just set the whole tone that this was going to be a serious and very heavy night of music, pain and hope.

    • @morganfisherart
      @morganfisherart 3 года назад +32

      Well said. He's playing a Suzuki Omnichord, made in the 80s. They're lovely - I have three.

    • @Charleybones
      @Charleybones 2 года назад +5

      @@morganfisherart One isn't enough?

    • @morganfisherart
      @morganfisherart 2 года назад +22

      @@Charleybones I own three different models - OM27, OM84, OM200M - each with different sounds and functions. Pro musicians (and nutty obsessives) do this sort of thing! :-)

    • @jonathanhadden7157
      @jonathanhadden7157 2 года назад +14

      I was there also! When *THIS* was the opening song, performed this way, we *KNEW* that we were in for an amazingly special, emotional, and unique show.
      We were both lucky to be there!

    • @onemanmatt
      @onemanmatt 2 года назад +4

      JUST INCREDIBLE !!!!!!

  • @flashflame4952
    @flashflame4952 Год назад +18

    No one else but David could have done this. I miss this guy every day.

  • @QHarefield
    @QHarefield 2 года назад +136

    A song, written by an American, about America, sung by an Englishman, with a South London accent. I Love it! (I like his chord choices, too.)

    • @toddtrulock6809
      @toddtrulock6809 Год назад +10

      he's playing an omnichord, one of the coolest instruments that I want, if you look into them.

    • @RobinHartJones
      @RobinHartJones Год назад +21

      To be fair, it is not a total contrast. It was written by an American who was living in England and took his English girlfriend, Kathy, for a low budget tour of America and realised it was not the America he remembered.

    • @richardjames1946
      @richardjames1946 Год назад +1

      Bunch of hitchhiking hippies discovering themselves while lost in the wilderness (and at heart)

    • @niccymak8243
      @niccymak8243 Год назад +9

      Anthony Newley would be proud.

    • @SmaHuff-ms7mu
      @SmaHuff-ms7mu Год назад

      American means A miracle... everybodys looking for that.

  • @Anne-Crosby2020
    @Anne-Crosby2020 8 месяцев назад +36

    Raw…as only David Bowie could do. Gut wrenchingly beautiful😢😢😢

  • @tomohawkkid
    @tomohawkkid 9 месяцев назад +19

    What a genius he was

  • @patoconnir7261
    @patoconnir7261 9 месяцев назад +8

    Beautiful interpretation..brings a whole new depth and meaning to the tune, it's got that tinge of sadness to it , along with love. ..thank you David ❤️

  • @stevemale9936
    @stevemale9936 Год назад +24

    As a lifelong Bowie fan, I am disappointed that I have heard this for the first time in 2023. I recall a review of "Cat People" where the critic said David could sing a shopping list and make it a hit. This is simply sublime and made all the better for him singing in the London accent of his younger days. Beautiful.

    • @rorymacgowan4541
      @rorymacgowan4541 6 месяцев назад

      It was off RUclips for a couple years then back. It's extraordinary.

    • @stevemale9936
      @stevemale9936 6 месяцев назад

      @@rorymacgowan4541 Thanks, Rory. I am always happy to listen to David singing anything live. A true talent who never needed electronic augmentation for that fantastic voice.

  • @rotagorretni
    @rotagorretni Год назад +13

    Such a powerful, meaningful choice of song. Just when you have felt the evil of the world, breaking in, trying to weaken you, here comes Bowie, like the prophet, to remind how better souls from all over the world have long come to you in hope, in admiration, of your very strength

  • @brrryan2908
    @brrryan2908 7 месяцев назад +15

    You can see the emotions of the next lyrics on his face well before he says them. A brilliant artist and communicator.

  • @angeloiodice9304
    @angeloiodice9304 Год назад +22

    Bowie always gives you his soul.

    • @davidmack4495
      @davidmack4495 7 месяцев назад +1

      well put...yes, he does...I'm still sad I never saw him live...

  • @reillypw
    @reillypw Год назад +78

    Absolutely perfect. The tone , the phrasing , the physical and facial expression, the calliope like music.😢😮. I have never witnessed such a moving reincarnation of a song.
    That man was a genius.

  • @PeppermintPatties
    @PeppermintPatties 11 месяцев назад +7

    Breathtakingly, heartbreakingly beautiful. Only David could have made a legendary song his own. ❤️

  • @TVC15ohoh
    @TVC15ohoh 3 года назад +174

    Incredible. The emotion in that song alone - PLUS the emotion surrounding the context of the performance - is almost too much to bear. That man was a gift to the planet.

  • @skipmessier765
    @skipmessier765 Месяц назад +7

    David Bowie was such an immense talent. He could take a well known song done by another artist and immediately transform it into a singular Bowie performance with the end result always being magnificent !

  • @hoisin75
    @hoisin75 Год назад +20

    I'd never seen this until now, all these years later. I still mourn the towers, I still mourn Bowie. Both their demises marked a huge sea change in the world - and not for the better. This performance is overwhelming

  • @asafbeeri4037
    @asafbeeri4037 3 года назад +77

    Every word with the right nuance. This one is the definitive performance.

  • @MegaSickcat
    @MegaSickcat 3 года назад +70

    His voice makes my goosebumps have goosebumps. I miss him...

  • @WorldwideWyatt
    @WorldwideWyatt 3 года назад +47

    He was such a beautiful man. Rest In Peace Bowie, and Rest In Peace to all the victims of 9/11.

  • @Nicksonian
    @Nicksonian 5 месяцев назад +5

    I miss David so much. He was so…so great! He was such a part of my youth. Now he’s gone, and I am getting old. Such is life, and death. You were a genius Mr. Bowie. I hope that you will be remembered.

  • @chriscorman734
    @chriscorman734 3 года назад +19

    Where is this genius we have need of his wisdom. Our Country was so united after the 9/11 terrorist attack now some 19 years later I listen to this and cry. We can all do better some way some how

    • @snap403
      @snap403 25 дней назад

      How sad it is in 20-ish years the division and anger towards each other. It’s just sad.

  • @jimrebr
    @jimrebr Год назад +55

    My favorite Simon and Garfunkel song, covered by my favorite artist, what more can I hope for. I’m so glad to have been alive for all of Bowie’s amazing career. His many different styles, his paintings, his acting & his music, David Bowie, Forever our Black ⭐️

  • @hunterhilton709
    @hunterhilton709 3 года назад +20

    The world misses David Bowie
    Beautiful

  • @detruty
    @detruty 2 года назад +16

    David Bowie was a genius and proved it by opening The Concert for NY with this after 9/11.

  • @user-Simon1957
    @user-Simon1957 5 часов назад

    The best and emotional opening ever!
    Again, thank you David, you give us so much. Love you till eternity.

  • @FloatingInTheCosmos
    @FloatingInTheCosmos 14 дней назад +3

    The world is a less beautiful and interesting place since he passed. He was an amazzzing artist and beautiful human being. Still miss you, Mr. Bowie. 💔💔

  • @Ryan-on5on
    @Ryan-on5on 8 месяцев назад +7

    A truly haunting cover made all the more poignant by the backdrop of scenes/vistas from a city that, only weeks before, had witnessed a rain of death and destruction from the sky, as well as by Bowie's exquisite, emotion-laden phrasing. We lost a tremendous giant with his death!

  • @moc7302
    @moc7302 Год назад +36

    In all of his genres, and I'm old enough to have lived through them all, he is just mesmerizing and it's always, just him, indescribable. Talent, intelligence and those eyes.
    Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together. I love the romance between he and his Cathy. Picture a very young couple so in love, wanting to go on a lark to get away from it all to be alone with each other. Destination doesn't matter, the experience of it does.

    • @dkjazzz
      @dkjazzz Год назад

      Ya, from Ziggy to this ! Incredible! What a long strange trip it’s was ❤️

    • @queenslanddiva
      @queenslanddiva Год назад

      yep, there from the beginning. Wonderful iconic man

    • @suecorrado9865
      @suecorrado9865 Год назад

      perfectly stated

    • @moc7302
      @moc7302 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@dkjazzz Suffragatte City! Wish I had a Time Machine and we could all go back. Also his accent is so charming. I love how he says And the moon rose over an open field. I never appreciated this song so much until his rendition. Can't you just visualize better his way? I boarded a couple of Greyhounds back in the 70's and can relate to that whole experience. Darn, those were great times. Young and head full of dreams.

  • @trevorpugh6475
    @trevorpugh6475 Год назад +45

    Perfection….still hard to believe he’s gone…

  • @corymcdiarmid3494
    @corymcdiarmid3494 Год назад +42

    I’ve HEARD this song a hundred times before but hearing Bowies version just now is the first time I’ve FELT this song. Wow!

    • @ryanaball
      @ryanaball Год назад +2

      When it gets you, better than anything.

  • @alabhaois
    @alabhaois 3 года назад +145

    Such a beautiful rendition of the song. Rest in Peace, David.

  • @spmoran4703
    @spmoran4703 7 месяцев назад +6

    Paul Simons lyrics and music plus David Bowie . Perfection.

  • @crowmedicine4520
    @crowmedicine4520 6 месяцев назад +7

    America. Haunting to remember this time and events. To those that don’t know, this was so important for us. We are still losing those who served as first responders. Peace and respect.

  • @antoniopintoribeiro6347
    @antoniopintoribeiro6347 3 года назад +67

    Such intelligence. Such a unique voice, such a unique glance at the world. Love u David

  • @jansmith286
    @jansmith286 Месяц назад +4

    Never knew this existed. A mix of one of my favourite artists of all time and one of the greatest songwriters. I still remembered the words although it's been am awful long time...

  • @regretto
    @regretto 2 года назад +64

    One of his best and unique performances of all time.

  • @31Alden
    @31Alden 2 месяца назад +4

    Oh what the world lost when we lost David. Love his minimalist approach to my favorite Simon & Garfunkel song. Continue to soar, David, wherever you are, knowing how loved and appreciated you are.

  • @altarofkubrickfloyd
    @altarofkubrickfloyd 4 года назад +137

    Incredibly moving, especially given the events of this week. Bowie forever.

    • @TheKonga88
      @TheKonga88 Год назад +3

      Ha ha ha hee hee hee I'm the laughing knome and you can't catch me 🥳🥳🥳🥳💃🏼🎄🧎🏻☃️🚌🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♂️

  • @patrickhughes4914
    @patrickhughes4914 9 месяцев назад +12

    Pure genius.

  • @herbieshine1312
    @herbieshine1312 Год назад +17

    Its so strange that i miss David Bowie.
    I never met him, I never even saw him live.
    Lets dance was the first Bowie album i bought and from there i searched out each of the older one's.
    Its so strange to feel a loss for someone i didnt know.
    As far as i can remember i havent heard this before.
    Its an absolute gem.
    Thanks for unloading

  • @PortofinoArts
    @PortofinoArts 3 года назад +26

    "Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
    I've got some real estate here in my bag"
    So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
    And walked off to look for America
    "Kathy", I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
    "Michigan seems like a dream to me now"
    It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
    I've gone to look for America
    Laughing on the bus
    Playing games with the faces
    She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
    I said "Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera"
    "Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat"
    "We smoked the last one an hour ago"
    So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
    And the moon rose over an open field
    "Kathy, I'm lost", I said, though I knew she was sleeping
    I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
    Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
    They've all come to look for America
    All come to look for America
    All come to look for America
    Source: Musixmatch
    Songwriters: Paul Simon
    America lyrics © Paul Simon Music, Edition Falco Privatstiftung

  • @thx4dluv
    @thx4dluv Год назад +4

    ... and the moon rose over an open field. This line is so beautiful in context.

  • @adrianbray4025
    @adrianbray4025 2 года назад +10

    Well there you have it. A genius sings a geniuses song and hey presto - brilliance. Nothing more nothing less. Just pure brilliance.

  • @dannymachado1
    @dannymachado1 Год назад +7

    The world misses you David bowie, you were one of a kind .God speed.

  • @keithgoodrick-meech3921
    @keithgoodrick-meech3921 Год назад +52

    Sometimes when you hear a song, even when it's the original you just don't get it. ....and then, sometimes, someone makes it all so clear. !! Well done David 👏

  • @freddymacattack961
    @freddymacattack961 3 года назад +46

    I wept the night of the concert when he did this. So personal and simple, so beautiful!

    • @31Alden
      @31Alden Год назад +1

      Proving less is more as only David could with his inimitable style and grace.

  • @hArtyTruffle
    @hArtyTruffle Год назад +18

    I’ve loved this man’s music since I was a small child. I miss him and his sensitive creativity, as do so many millions. R.I.P. David ❤

  • @rogerfrith7551
    @rogerfrith7551 10 месяцев назад +5

    Superb, quite Superb.
    Sang for the Yanks in their time of need, but with his 'non superstar' London accent front of stage.

  • @jamestower4473
    @jamestower4473 25 дней назад +1

    Thanks for your great contribution to music Mr Jones! RIP.

  • @williamjueschke9960
    @williamjueschke9960 Год назад +101

    His voice, such a beautiful touching rendition, he’s well missed😢

  • @d4ves363
    @d4ves363 2 года назад +14

    Only Bowie could pull this off and at such an emotional event! Only Bowie!!

  • @scottbouchard2673
    @scottbouchard2673 Год назад +15

    One of the greatest ever. Can’t believe he’s gone.

  • @alanlamb7062
    @alanlamb7062 2 года назад +4

    The way that he flirts around the beat at the beginning, just beyond amazing, miss him every day

  • @randolfarriola
    @randolfarriola 3 года назад +127

    One of my all time favs! David Bowie’s incredibly understated artistic live performance of Simon & Garfunkel’s “America” This to me is classic Bowie performance art stripping away all musical props and zoning in stripping the veil of musical form and familiar expectations revealing through his unique intimate delivery the complex layered mixed emotions of worn hope and buried despair while trying to maintain visibly undefeated unaffected. We miss you David!

    • @martinpercival63
      @martinpercival63 2 года назад +4

      We really really do - he's still out there somewhere though.
      "There's a Starman......"

    • @peterchristopher2285
      @peterchristopher2285 Год назад +3

      America was gone by the time I got there from the UK .Now I’m lost ,like Cathy , I guess it’s part of the ageing process .
      Life is memories , the only reality is the present and that flies past so fast , you’ve not time to take it all in

  • @toomuchrose
    @toomuchrose Год назад +13

    There really are no words that can do justice to this performance. Pure beauty.

  • @paulwood5803
    @paulwood5803 Год назад +20

    The marriage of two musical genius', Paul Simon and David Bowie. As close to perfection as you'll ever get.

  • @bizfix11
    @bizfix11 Год назад +3

    4am, I'm seeing this for the first time.... absolutely blown away

  • @robertwatson1419
    @robertwatson1419 4 месяца назад +3

    Magical ! The man was a genius. Miss him being part of my life. Starman he is and always will be .......

  • @thejoyofthemusicinmylife7897
    @thejoyofthemusicinmylife7897 Год назад +16

    Bowie putting his own spin on this Simon and Garfunkel classic. Amazing

  • @KristinPedemonti
    @KristinPedemonti Год назад +17

    Tears streaming. Oh my heart, what a deeply moving, beautifully aching and haunting rendition of America in 2001 post 9/11. As only David Bowie could do.

  • @Scotlanz
    @Scotlanz Год назад +16

    I never saw this before…and I love it. It sounds remarkably like Bowie’s earliest Tony Newley style songs. Beautiful.

  • @sturmreiter8402
    @sturmreiter8402 3 года назад +26

    Could there have been a better way to adress the audience than with this song in just the way Bowie did it?
    I cant't think of any.

  • @danielboothe3394
    @danielboothe3394 2 месяца назад +5

    If there was any question to his genius look no further. Covering one of the great songs in the history of recorded music on a KMART Casio lol. Brilliant.

  • @WinstonOBoogie007
    @WinstonOBoogie007 3 года назад +27

    I remember seeing this live, it touched me deeply. I also remember The Who coming out and channeling the anger we all felt. I will never forget this concert.

  • @BunnyRyanOder
    @BunnyRyanOder 18 дней назад +2

    I am empty and aching and I DON’T KNOW WHYYYYY

  • @siberianbreaks979
    @siberianbreaks979 3 года назад +33

    America is one of my favorite songs of all time hear bowie's version of this song is really beautiful to me ❤

  • @artysqueezy184
    @artysqueezy184 Год назад +6

    He is still here with us, around us, behind us, before us…an ascended master. I miss him so much on our earthly plain, but he is here amongst us just in different form of pure energy

  • @Dlr7114
    @Dlr7114 2 года назад +4

    They cheer mindlessly every time lovely David sings America, but they, and we, missed the warning and the comfort. I look back and see this moment as prophetic. Tears. Many tears.

  • @aladdinsane848
    @aladdinsane848 Месяц назад +8

    Since tuesday night I listened to this a hundred times!!!!!!
    WHY AMERICA???? WHY???????😢

    • @davidgeorge8226
      @davidgeorge8226 Месяц назад +1

      This country will never be the same!😢

    • @BrianHassett-ih3jp
      @BrianHassett-ih3jp Месяц назад

      ​@@davidgeorge8226 Thank God for that!

    • @davidgeorge8226
      @davidgeorge8226 Месяц назад +1

      @@aladdinsane848 you have no clue!

    • @aladdinsane848
      @aladdinsane848 Месяц назад +1

      @@davidgeorge8226 Believe me, sometimes I wish I had no clue. But I have, and what I see is simply frightening!

    • @phen277
      @phen277 Месяц назад +1

      @@aladdinsane848 I just watched this today and felt the same feelings and thought the same thing: Why?!

  • @mulvavroop
    @mulvavroop 3 года назад +15

    Once in a lifetime performance.

  • @chrisdelisle3954
    @chrisdelisle3954 Год назад +13

    Never knew this existed. This is beautiful.

  • @danielcarlson5380
    @danielcarlson5380 7 месяцев назад +3

    The world a true gem…I don’t say “true gem” lightly! Many years of musical brilliance…what a nice turn for this tune!

  • @jeandantzler5863
    @jeandantzler5863 6 месяцев назад +3

    I miss him, his lovely voice and creativity ❤❤❤

  • @kenp3615
    @kenp3615 Месяц назад +3

    This was an amazing opening for possibly the most iconic and important concert ever

  • @bigcookprintables1968
    @bigcookprintables1968 4 месяца назад +2

    David really was a beautiful, beautiful man...heart of gold.

  • @ThatMichaelTGuy
    @ThatMichaelTGuy Год назад +10

    It floored me then and today it brings a tear and it brings thanks.
    Thank You David, it was an honor.

  • @DudeSilad
    @DudeSilad 3 года назад +14

    Gives me the chills.