Excellent acting on the vulnerability of the five-year-old child, Arnia. I watched it at the right time. It makes me think about how we treat one another.
What is it about David Bowie that will forever freeze him into his very own category of sublime excellence that will never be repeated? He is to date the only person of fame whose death I have cried over.
Danielle Marin I cried my eyes out and I only admired his talent from tv, movies and music. It still doesn’t seem real that David Bowie is gone hopefully, we will all get to see him someday in heaven singing for us all 🖤🤟🏻🎶
@@maxinemalfoy424 I was the same! You go your own way girl! Have you heard the "Diamond Dogs" album yet? That was the first album I bought in the 80's 💖 aged 14. My friends said ugh, you're weird 🤣 Haven't you got any Duran Duran or Kajagoogoo?!! I love all kinds of music and I hope your musical journey shall be as awe-inspiring as mine 😊 Enjoy! Peace and Light 🌟
Maxine Malfoy I was like you but I was a lucky teen who grew up listening to excellent music NOT MADE BY AUTO-TUNING and Not the junk of computer fakes that make a lot of crap these days. You have taste! Pink Floyd, King Crimson and “The Court of the Crimson King” and the Magical music of the 60’s and 70’s... You should check out people who loved Bowie’s music, it inspired so many people! From the 80’s, The Cure, The Smiths, A Flock of Seagulls, R.E.M., who has made music since the 80’s early albums like Reckoning, and so much more- the “new wave” scene has a lot of cool music, and the amazing music of the 90’s- Alice In Chains, Nirvana- Kurt Cobain loved Bowie and did a fantastic version of Bowie’s “The Man who Sold the World” on Nirvana Unplugged-a song Bowie did which you must hear if you haven’t heard it yet (Warning-it WILL be stuck in your head, in a good way)! SOUNDGARDEN- SuperUnknown is a mind-blowing Album! Chris Cornell literally broke microphones 🎤 with his magical voice! The 90’s were the last peak in music, IMO, they had MTV Unplugged when people had to be talented to sing chilling out with acoustic guitars and their vocals were real, unlike the music that is Computer generated, and Radiohead, who has been amazing since the early 90’s with songs like “Creep,” and their early computer experimentation which went through the year you were born and continued. Kid A was amazing...as far as experimental music goes...You have so much to discover and a computer to help you, which my generation didn’t have (A 💿 CD Walkman was cool after the original Sony Walkman which played tapes). Happy Hunting! Be yourself and screw your friends taste, your taste is all that matters! ✌️🦋😉😎
Just realised this song is sung by a dying child! How sad. Always wondered what this song was actually about but those last few lines just break your heart. He was brilliant even way back then x
Oh my god! You’re right. That’s why his dad’s crying and he gets headaches every morning! Asking Jesus if could just make it to five. Aaaaaaaaagh!!!😭😭 🥺
I don't think it's necessarily sung by a dying child, he's out and about on his tricycle and playing with Raymond who kicks his shin, his mummy mentioned going to school in August, his father may be crying because of experiences in World War 2, Bowie sometimes alluded to this war as he born within its influences. Young children always wish to be older and his childs prayer is to the 'photograph' of Jesus to make him five.
Yeah, it makes sense if you look at the lyrics. I *might get to go to school if I'm good. If I'm well. Wants to be able to eat butterflies without being sick. Fell and everyone "soppied" him. Because he is a sickly child that people are worried about. It's a sad song when you look at it that way but also amazing that Bowie managed to create a haunting double meaning in an otherwise fairly camp, sentimental song when he was only 20
Nothing is certain in life except when your this age. Whenever that is exactly. He may be 4 but he's certain things gonna change when he's 5. Is it not about both ?
I am absolutely in tears. I have been in love with Mr. Bowie since I was a little girl. I am 14, born in 2004. I have always loved Bowie and his amazing characters! His works of art, his music. And he did a wonderfully, magnificent job in Labyrinth. I miss him so much. Oddly enough, the day before he passed away, I was talking about him to my English teacher and the very next day I had received the news that he had passed away. I cried in the middle of class for I don't know how long. I would sing Magic Dance all of the time. I was not aware of this song until tonight and I believe it is beautiful. I think my brother likes it too, it but him to sleep! Haha. Bowie is precious in this. I love it. I think he is a marvel. I cherish this video.
At 17 I hope you are still listening to the artists ( and they really were artists ) of the past. I don't see us having anyone like David Bowie ever again (or Kate Bush for that matter) I was lucky enough to see him live and even though it poured down when the other groups were on , the sun came out when he came on stage. It can't have been a coincidence,
Yeeeessssss!!! Does it make it seem he's still alive to you all too? When his official channel releases new videos, I mean. It happened to me also with the recently released Freddie Mercury song... :'( I wish I could see them in real life, not just in my head... Oh, and indeed - #BowieForever
@@Skiptracer1981 Not true, the groupie who told that story (Lori Maddox) also said that she lost her virginity to Jimmy Page, who she was actually with and there are pictures of the two together. How could she have lost her virginity to both David Bowie and Jimmy Page? There are also no pictures of her and David together, only with Jimmy. Her timelines don't even add up. She says that she was 13 in some interviews and 15 in others. However she was with Jimmy when she was 14. How could she have lost her virginity to Bowie at 15 if she was with Page at 14? She says that she continued to see David for 10 years after their encounter but again, there are no pictures or others corroborating any of her story.
Can something be simultaneously be adorable AND depressing. Upon closer look at the lyrics, it seems like it's REALLY about a terminally ill four year old who doesn't understand why his daddy is crying and is hoping Jesus would let him live to be five.
Yo estuve enamorada del Sr.Bowie desde Que era una niña infantil. Esto es hermoso ...😅y ahora tenGo 29 años y lo ame en toda mi vida...🎉creo que cupido flecho mi corazon cuando murio David bowie llore mucho bajo la lluvia....😅nunca lo olvidare....😅🎉
Twee, heartbreaking, defiantly innocent--DB gets me every time. What personal courage to get up and deliver a song like that, skirting the edges of both camp and sentimentality. He was visionary, weird (in the best possible way), and bottomlessly interesting. So blessed to have him in our musical firmament. Thanks so much for posting!
The progression in David's music from a life of innocence to the opposite is both poignant and somewhat tragic at the same time. Listening to his later music and interviews it's almost like he'd comd full circle.
I love this song, the way it portrays how a small child imagines what it's like to be older and how days and years are long for them. And the way they talk in long sentences when they're excited or have a lot of things on their mind.
This isn't the only time he's mentioned butterflies in a song. "I'm so much in love like a little soldier catching butterflies" *In The Heat Of The Morning*
I want to be sick I want to feel the hot piquant nuggets I want it to find passage through my cold figure I want to make a mess I want the odour I want the spectacle And I want it again I want it all And I would like to die A noble death Or a coward's death A hero's death Or a lonely death To die in the arms of a lover Or the arms of an alien
I remember the first time I heard this, it was on some TV show where it was introduced in a sort of derogatory way as something silly and cringey that Bowie did in his early years and was better left forgotten. But I unironically loved it, it's as eloquent an evocation of childhood as I've ever seen, up there with Hayao Miyazaki's animation in something like My Neighbour Totoro. I honestly think it's a sign of a truly mature adult if they never forget what it was like to be a child.
I saw this ONCE in some obscure way I absolutely do not remember. What I have always remembered is that I absolutely fell in love with it, never to see it again until tonight, and I am so elated. Have searched for it previously and was always directed to "Five Years". So glad some miracle happened to enlighten Google/YT they are two different songs and "When I'm Five" really exists.
I love this type of music from the 60's and 70's. The strange childlike singing and point of view of a small kiddie viewing the world in a way we each remember. Incredible String Band had another great one on the same theme -
bruh david has such a unique talent of putting himself in the shoes of the characters he’s personifying. the lyrics are all something a five year old would say. thank you so much, musical chamaeleon, for continuing to amazing and impress us
Damn I found the “ill marry my mom and my dad can do the washing up” lyrics hilariously and brutally honest in a very admirable way considering when I was VERY young I wanted to marry my mom and I wanted my dad to die. The fact he wrote that in there for the whole world to hear takes some balls. Never thought I’d ever hear that from anyone else let alone in a public piece of art.
@@pennyc7064 reading back over my comment it does seem quite obvious that’s the case, I know it’s a well known topic discussed by Frued but from experiencing it personally as a wee lad and then hearing it in this song struck me different. It’s one thing hearing it from a psychology standpoint in a sort of dissociative sense, but hearing it in this song took me by surprise and was more relatable for the first time I’ve ever heard it mentioned.
I sure wish someone would provide more information concerning it and why no one has known anything about it. Both the song and this "short promotional film"....
So apparently it was a song recorded for the BBC with the intention of being a follow up to his first studio l.p. that was self titled. This short promotional film was made at the time but I don't think was seen until it was released on the, "music home video", entitled, "Love You Till Tuesday", in 1984...
Even then with this song you could tell He was a genius and you could tell He was heading for stardom from a early age! ....And He achieved it in every aspect of His musical and artistic talented life! ....And IMHO only there is no other musical artist that can or ever got close to what He did and contributed to the musical world! ....And I feel blessed that I lived in the same era to hear and see what He shared with us all!
He had such a sweet spirit and was able to go back to that place in his spirit. Wow. What creativity. Really to be that creative, you have to embrace that sensitive, childlike, playful side of yourself.
Oh god, i was dreaming about why this video had only 1.166 views, then i saw it was uploaded today, it's good to see all these early Bowie videos. Im happy, thank you.
How adorable was that. Can see his acting talents straight away, even saw The Elephant Man in some moves lol. God bless you David wherever you may be. This is an awesome video. Thank you 🙏
Seeing this, I am reminded of the BBC recording of his performance of "Oh you pretty things" in 1972 for the Old Grey Whistle Test. It's all so peerfectly formed, so meticulously developed and here, even before his career had begun. He's such a prodigy. Even scary. Thank you for posting. It's a revelation.
For some reason I find this song makes me very sad - to the point of tears. I first heard D.B. when I was 16. From the time I first saw that Aladdin Sane photo, I was smitten. From then on I lived, ate and breathed his music, lyrics and persona, and they kept me out from under the wheels of a subway train many times. This is a brilliant song.
One of his best songs. As an eyepatch wearer I can confirm that it is perfectly true that the people on that side can't see me, which allows for all sorts of naughtiness in public places.
Lyrics: When I'm five I will wash my face me hands all by myself When I'm five I will chew and spit tobacco like my grandfather Jones 'Cause I'm only four and five is far away When I'm five I will read the magazines in mummy's drawer When I'm five I will walk behind the soldiers in the May Day parade 'Cause I'm only four and grown-ups walk too fast Yesterday was horrid day, 'cause Raymond kicked my shin And mummy says if I am good, she'll let me go to school in August Daddy shouted loud at mummy and I dropped my toast at breakfast And I laughed when Bonzo licked my face, because it tickled I wonder why my daddy cries and how I wish that I was nearly five When I'm five I will catch a butterfly and eat it and I won't be sick When I'm five I will jump in puddles, laugh in church and marry my mum And I'll let my daddy do the washing-up If I close one eye, the people on that side can't see me I get headaches in the morning and I rode on Freddie's tricycle And everywhere was funny, when I ran down to the sweetshop Then I fell and bleeded-up my knee and everybody soppied me I saw a photograph of Jesus and I asked him if he'd make me five I saw a photograph of Jesus and I asked him if he'd make me five When I'm five When I'm five When I'm... (yawn)
So talented. He performed and wrote that from the perspective of a four year old. I remember one of my granddaughters talking and waiting for months to turn three years old. She just beamed on that day and it shows in the Birthday pictures. Seems like yesterday and now she's nine going on ten. Childhood goes by way to fast. I have an even more favorite by David Bowie in this same vein titled, "There is a Happy Land".
David sure was irreversible in everything he did. Turn him inside out and right side in and he was a true talent. Miss him . This album is one of my favs
So funny you say that, I heard that song today at the pool and was singing it quietly. He was my hero. I was in 6th grade when he passed. Unfortunate..
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This kid really could be a legend in the future, i can feel it
Same! He has so much potential, doesn't he?
I hope he doesn't do cocaine
TheCheesybeef I’m from the future and don’t worry he doesn’t do cocaine or any drugs
@@the.44magnumisamonster not even in the 70s?
@@TheCheesybeef How can a legend be a legend without some Legend Fuel?
He was a real actor, I really can see a child trough his facial expressions and he did it without any effort
Charliegüemes you have no idea how much work it was
I understand what you meant.
@@cm-wm7fs Me too
even through his singing of this song
This may be the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life; you just wanna pat his head don't you? I love me some baby Bowie. So pure.
He’s my gay uncle
Cutest thing ever.
@@cornflakegirl1718 I agree absolutely adorable
Shut up
@@douchbagelmcmuffinheimer256 Never
I’m crying so hard that’s the softest thing I’ve ever seen he looks so innocent and sweet god it hurts
Arnia I know the pain is still there isn’t it. It’s deep and won’t go away 😢
Excellent acting on the vulnerability of the five-year-old child, Arnia. I watched it at the right time. It makes me think about how we treat one another.
What is it about David Bowie that will forever freeze him into his very own category of sublime excellence that will never be repeated? He is to date the only person of fame whose death I have cried over.
@@Dani92670, It may be one of those things that can't be put into words.
Danielle Marin I cried my eyes out and I only admired his talent from tv, movies and music. It still doesn’t seem real that David Bowie is gone hopefully, we will all get to see him someday in heaven singing for us all 🖤🤟🏻🎶
These early clips are amazing. I've never heard this song before 😱
Your username! 🤣
lol that usernam XD
Hell yeah David bowie
Names are relative.
It's te same with me
I really need to listen to old Bowie, I've been missing out
I enjoy listening to him at all it's unusual for me because I was born in 2005 and everyone makes fun of me because I like listening to his voice.
@@maxinemalfoy424 I was the same! You go your own way girl! Have you heard the "Diamond Dogs" album yet?
That was the first album I bought in the 80's 💖
aged 14. My friends said ugh, you're weird 🤣
Haven't you got any Duran Duran or Kajagoogoo?!!
I love all kinds of music
and I hope your musical journey shall be as awe-inspiring as mine 😊
Enjoy!
Peace and Light 🌟
@Liam Cahill you mean young Bowie 😂
Riff G. Heh same difference😂
Maxine Malfoy I was like you but I was a lucky teen who grew up listening to excellent music NOT MADE BY AUTO-TUNING and Not the junk of computer fakes that make a lot of crap these days. You have taste! Pink Floyd, King Crimson and “The Court of the Crimson King” and the Magical music of the 60’s and 70’s... You should check out people who loved Bowie’s music, it inspired so many people! From the 80’s, The Cure, The Smiths, A Flock of Seagulls, R.E.M., who has made music since the 80’s early albums like Reckoning, and so much more- the “new wave” scene has a lot of cool music, and the amazing music of the 90’s- Alice In Chains, Nirvana- Kurt Cobain loved Bowie and did a fantastic version of Bowie’s “The Man who Sold the World” on Nirvana Unplugged-a song Bowie did which you must hear if you haven’t heard it yet (Warning-it WILL be stuck in your head, in a good way)! SOUNDGARDEN- SuperUnknown is a mind-blowing Album! Chris Cornell literally broke microphones 🎤 with his magical voice! The 90’s were the last peak in music, IMO, they had MTV Unplugged when people had to be talented to sing chilling out with acoustic guitars and their vocals were real, unlike the music that is Computer generated, and Radiohead, who has been amazing since the early 90’s with songs like “Creep,” and their early computer experimentation which went through the year you were born and continued. Kid A was amazing...as far as experimental music goes...You have so much to discover and a computer to help you, which my generation didn’t have (A 💿 CD Walkman was cool after the original Sony Walkman which played tapes). Happy Hunting! Be yourself and screw your friends taste, your taste is all that matters! ✌️🦋😉😎
Just realised this song is sung by a dying child! How sad. Always wondered what this song was actually about but those last few lines just break your heart. He was brilliant even way back then x
Oh my god! You’re right. That’s why his dad’s crying and he gets headaches every morning! Asking Jesus if could just make it to five.
Aaaaaaaaagh!!!😭😭
🥺
Oh no 💔
No! Oh gosh, I’m crying now!
I don't think it's necessarily sung by a dying child, he's out and about on his tricycle and playing with Raymond who kicks his shin, his mummy mentioned going to school in August, his father may be crying because of experiences in World War 2, Bowie sometimes alluded to this war as he born within its influences. Young children always wish to be older and his childs prayer is to the 'photograph' of Jesus to make him five.
Yeah, it makes sense if you look at the lyrics. I *might get to go to school if I'm good. If I'm well. Wants to be able to eat butterflies without being sick. Fell and everyone "soppied" him. Because he is a sickly child that people are worried about. It's a sad song when you look at it that way but also amazing that Bowie managed to create a haunting double meaning in an otherwise fairly camp, sentimental song when he was only 20
Bowie's the only dude ever who could make imitating a 4 yr old look cool.
*5 year old*
@@elonjoes5097 The song is about a four year old who is excited to run five. I didn't think I would have to explain that.
u didn’t have to someone else would have but ok. lol
@@elonjoes5097 *almost 5 year old**
Nothing is certain in life except when your this age.
Whenever that is exactly.
He may be 4 but he's certain things gonna change when he's 5.
Is it not about both ?
me when i was five: playing with abc blocks
david bowie when he was five: chewing and spitting tobacco
Pop let me grab a chaw out of the Levi Garrett when I was five.
@@tourbillon13 ....it was M&M's. 🤐We were tricking my cousin, but I had no idea what was in the pouch, if anything. I miss him so, so much.
kingkeefage what happened???
He died of cancer back in 2004.
@@kingkeefage If only he had rso or cannabis oil
I am absolutely in tears. I have been in love with Mr. Bowie since I was a little girl. I am 14, born in 2004. I have always loved Bowie and his amazing characters! His works of art, his music. And he did a wonderfully, magnificent job in Labyrinth. I miss him so much. Oddly enough, the day before he passed away, I was talking about him to my English teacher and the very next day I had received the news that he had passed away. I cried in the middle of class for I don't know how long. I would sing Magic Dance all of the time. I was not aware of this song until tonight and I believe it is beautiful. I think my brother likes it too, it but him to sleep! Haha. Bowie is precious in this. I love it. I think he is a marvel. I cherish this video.
Okay. Keep your inputs respectful. I get that. Not too bad a video. Bit of weird
At 17 I hope you are still listening to the artists ( and they really were artists ) of the past. I don't see us having anyone like David Bowie ever again (or Kate Bush for that matter)
I was lucky enough to see him live and even though it poured down when the other groups were on , the sun came out when he came on stage.
It can't have been a coincidence,
Getting a notification about a new Bowie video makes my day every single time. #BowieForever
Indeed 😎
Yeeeessssss!!! Does it make it seem he's still alive to you all too? When his official channel releases new videos, I mean. It happened to me also with the recently released Freddie Mercury song... :'(
I wish I could see them in real life, not just in my head...
Oh, and indeed - #BowieForever
@@isabellawall3241 indeed. 😎
It doesn’t bother you that he slept with underage girls that were delivered to him back in the 70s???
@@Skiptracer1981 Not true, the groupie who told that story (Lori Maddox) also said that she lost her virginity to Jimmy Page, who she was actually with and there are pictures of the two together. How could she have lost her virginity to both David Bowie and Jimmy Page? There are also no pictures of her and David together, only with Jimmy. Her timelines don't even add up. She says that she was 13 in some interviews and 15 in others. However she was with Jimmy when she was 14. How could she have lost her virginity to Bowie at 15 if she was with Page at 14? She says that she continued to see David for 10 years after their encounter but again, there are no pictures or others corroborating any of her story.
It's like working with the "Inner Child", and David has direct access to it. He doesn't act it, he is five. Absolutely brilliant.
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Very interesting to witness all of these 60’s bowie videos
Mmhh JoJo
Who the fuck are you?
windows mizutaaa a guy on RUclips, what do you mean?
@@windowsmizu416 lmao
No one know what you are talking about.
he was so young omg😭
We all were at one time...
He was 4
Can something be simultaneously be adorable AND depressing. Upon closer look at the lyrics, it seems like it's REALLY about a terminally ill four year old who doesn't understand why his daddy is crying and is hoping Jesus would let him live to be five.
He was so so so soft
David in this video is my favorite child ever.
His acting, his voice, the dream atmosphere, it's perfect!
Listening to this song makes me cry!
I love you David Bowie forever and ever ❤
Yo estuve enamorada del Sr.Bowie desde Que era una niña infantil. Esto es hermoso ...😅y ahora tenGo 29 años y lo ame en toda mi vida...🎉creo que cupido flecho mi corazon cuando murio David bowie llore mucho bajo la lluvia....😅nunca lo olvidare....😅🎉
Twee, heartbreaking, defiantly innocent--DB gets me every time. What personal courage to get up and deliver a song like that, skirting the edges of both camp and sentimentality. He was visionary, weird (in the best possible way), and bottomlessly interesting. So blessed to have him in our musical firmament. Thanks so much for posting!
He's just perfect with every hairstyle
Not the mulletttttttt! 🤣
@@tourbillon13 I still think perfect, expect the mohican in 97
Thank he god never went bald
What a baby omg 🥺 he is adorable
The progression in David's music from a life of innocence to the opposite is both poignant and somewhat tragic at the same time. Listening to his later music and interviews it's almost like he'd comd full circle.
I love this song, the way it portrays how a small child imagines what it's like to be older and how days and years are long for them. And the way they talk in long sentences when they're excited or have a lot of things on their mind.
A very underrated gem, this one.
nobody:
David Bowie: I will catch a butterfly and eat it.
and i wont be sick.
See in my channel there's a video about butterfly :')
My cat is only 3 and he does it already.
This isn't the only time he's mentioned butterflies in a song.
"I'm so much in love like a little soldier catching butterflies"
*In The Heat Of The Morning*
I want to be sick
I want to feel the hot piquant nuggets
I want it to find passage through my cold figure
I want to make a mess
I want the odour
I want the spectacle
And I want it again
I want it all
And I would like to die
A noble death
Or a coward's death
A hero's death
Or a lonely death
To die in the arms of a lover
Or the arms of an alien
@@keatosanders3559 EDGY
Always loved Bowie's music from 60 ties, it reminds me of a cold snowy christmas day
Such an authentic young Bowie. He’s always had that glimmer of wonder in his eyes, so he’s absolutely amazing in this song.
I remember the first time I heard this, it was on some TV show where it was introduced in a sort of derogatory way as something silly and cringey that Bowie did in his early years and was better left forgotten. But I unironically loved it, it's as eloquent an evocation of childhood as I've ever seen, up there with Hayao Miyazaki's animation in something like My Neighbour Totoro.
I honestly think it's a sign of a truly mature adult if they never forget what it was like to be a child.
I saw this ONCE in some obscure way I absolutely do not remember. What I have always remembered is that I absolutely fell in love with it, never to see it again until tonight, and I am so elated. Have searched for it previously and was always directed to "Five Years". So glad some miracle happened to enlighten Google/YT they are two different songs and "When I'm Five" really exists.
Okay, that was the cutest video I've ever seen
I don't know exactly if I've already heard this song. But it almost made me cry. Bowie, eternally wonderfull.
David Bowie: When I'm 5
Paul McCartney: When I'm 64
_(::psst, George Harrison::)_
“5 years” is a reoccurring them in Bowie’s Lyrics;
*“I’m already five year’s older, I’m already in my grave”*
and a few other examples.
I love this type of music from the 60's and 70's. The strange childlike singing and point of view of a small kiddie viewing the world in a way we each remember. Incredible String Band had another great one on the same theme -
I always liked ISB, true artists, every song on every album, very cellular song is greatest along with all Syd Barrett solo works....
bruh david has such a unique talent of putting himself in the shoes of the characters he’s personifying. the lyrics are all something a five year old would say. thank you so much, musical chamaeleon, for continuing to amazing and impress us
Ever so the showman. Great facial expression and posture. I am so grateful for this post. Been searching a long time for this obscure rarity .
Baby David Bowie....My heart! It exploded with the cuteness and majestic talent!
Just love seeing Bowie pre-Ziggy. He was so adorable!
OMG me too
Damn I found the “ill marry my mom and my dad can do the washing up” lyrics hilariously and brutally honest in a very admirable way considering when I was VERY young I wanted to marry my mom and I wanted my dad to die. The fact he wrote that in there for the whole world to hear takes some balls. Never thought I’d ever hear that from anyone else let alone in a public piece of art.
It's the "Oedipus complex" written by Frued.
@@pennyc7064 reading back over my comment it does seem quite obvious that’s the case, I know it’s a well known topic discussed by Frued but from experiencing it personally as a wee lad and then hearing it in this song struck me different. It’s one thing hearing it from a psychology standpoint in a sort of dissociative sense, but hearing it in this song took me by surprise and was more relatable for the first time I’ve ever heard it mentioned.
David Bowie was so cute when he was young 😍😍❤️❤️
He's so young. I hope he knew what greatness awaited him. Gotta love Bowie
This kid could be a legend some day .
I love getting notifications from David Bowie saying that there is a new song out
He never stopped singing about childhood.
That and death.
David so childish and charming. The sexy version of The Little Prince tale!! Bowie forever Bowie per persempre.
This came out of nowhere, a Bowie fan since the early 1970s. Precious!
I sure wish someone would provide more information concerning it and why no one has known anything about it. Both the song and this "short promotional film"....
When I was five I could not even tye my own shoe lases When I'm five
So apparently it was a song recorded for the BBC with the intention of being a follow up to his first studio l.p. that was self titled. This short promotional film was made at the time but I don't think was seen until it was released on the, "music home video", entitled, "Love You Till Tuesday", in 1984...
Even then with this song you could tell He was a genius and you could tell He was heading for stardom from a early age! ....And He achieved it in every aspect of His musical and artistic talented life! ....And IMHO only there is no other musical artist that can or ever got close to what He did and contributed to the musical world! ....And I feel blessed that I lived in the same era to hear and see what He shared with us all!
He had such a sweet spirit and was able to go back to that place in his spirit. Wow. What creativity.
Really to be that creative, you have to embrace that sensitive, childlike, playful side of yourself.
So young man and such a great actor, it's incredible!
When I’m five is the sweetest tune ☺️❤️
Dark song , apparently about a child dying
I miss you so much, i’ll keep following you until my end. Love you David, I know you’re doing well where ever you are.
He seems so a child...❤️🐞
I had never heard it but
Absolutely loved it.
grew up listening to his music all my life.....truly miss this amazing legend.
Oh god, i was dreaming about why this video had only 1.166 views, then i saw it was uploaded today, it's good to see all these early Bowie videos. Im happy, thank you.
I just woke up at 2am with a burning desire to watch this
Love the song
How adorable was that. Can see his acting talents straight away, even saw The Elephant Man in some moves lol. God bless you David wherever you may be. This is an awesome video. Thank you 🙏
Great song
Bloody hell! Those last few lines hit me like a truck.
Omg such a wonderful song
This man was made to be on this Earth and instill awe in all of us.
One of the reasons that David is fantastically fabulous ❤️✌️
Seeing this, I am reminded of the BBC recording of his performance of "Oh you pretty things" in 1972 for the Old Grey Whistle Test. It's all so peerfectly formed, so meticulously developed and here, even before his career had begun. He's such a prodigy. Even scary. Thank you for posting. It's a revelation.
For some reason I find this song makes me very sad - to the point of tears. I first heard D.B. when I was 16. From the time I first saw that Aladdin Sane photo, I was smitten. From then on I lived, ate and breathed his music, lyrics and persona, and they kept me out from under the wheels of a subway train many times. This is a brilliant song.
I love this video, something about its simplicity is so endearing. David was such a wonderful actor
David Bowie pure genius I love his work.
One of my very favourite David moments, it's so lovely x
Genius...happy my mind was open to appreciate his talent and artistry
His childlike mannerisms are perfection here.
This is just marvelous,RIP David you are in our hearts for ever.
This is amazing..... no more comment, just enjoying. Thanks for sharing
So pure and adorable.
Just too much cuteness to handle 🥰
One of his best songs. As an eyepatch wearer I can confirm that it is perfectly true that the people on that side can't see me, which allows for all sorts of naughtiness in public places.
You must get David Bowie's first album
We love you David
What a privilege to see these old gems. I always discover more proof of the genius that is Bowie.
Haven't watched this clip for ages. He was asking for MANY hugs .......
Lyrics:
When I'm five
I will wash my face me hands all by myself
When I'm five
I will chew and spit tobacco like my grandfather Jones
'Cause I'm only four and five is far away
When I'm five
I will read the magazines in mummy's drawer
When I'm five
I will walk behind the soldiers in the May Day parade
'Cause I'm only four and grown-ups walk too fast
Yesterday was horrid day, 'cause Raymond kicked my shin
And mummy says if I am good, she'll let me go to school in August
Daddy shouted loud at mummy and I dropped my toast at breakfast
And I laughed when Bonzo licked my face, because it tickled
I wonder why my daddy cries and how I wish that I was nearly five
When I'm five
I will catch a butterfly and eat it and I won't be sick
When I'm five
I will jump in puddles, laugh in church and marry my mum
And I'll let my daddy do the washing-up
If I close one eye, the people on that side can't see me
I get headaches in the morning and I rode on Freddie's tricycle
And everywhere was funny, when I ran down to the sweetshop
Then I fell and bleeded-up my knee and everybody soppied me
I saw a photograph of Jesus and I asked him if he'd make me five
I saw a photograph of Jesus and I asked him if he'd make me five
When I'm five
When I'm five
When I'm... (yawn)
oerskmi p This Freddie could’ve been Freddie Mercury lol
True XD
Draven Wang This song is from a 1969 album. David didn’t meet FM tlll the 80’s.
oerskmi p No, this is from a 1969 album. They hadn’t met.
Louise Voraujan I know tho I’m just joking
So talented. He performed and wrote that from the perspective of a four year old. I remember one of my granddaughters talking and waiting for months to turn three years old. She just beamed on that day and it shows in the Birthday pictures. Seems like yesterday and now she's nine going on ten. Childhood goes by way to fast. I have an even more favorite by David Bowie in this same vein titled, "There is a Happy Land".
I don't know why everyone says he didn't REALLY become David Bowie until Ziggy. Everything leading up to that was fascinating in its own way.
It has been 2 years at least since I’ve seen this. Thank you truly for sharing this video, it has always been very special to me. ❤️🥀
he was such a good actor!! his transformation in this video is incredible
I wish this guy continued to make music when he grew up
If your ever down watch the innocence of a young guy who one day would be one of the greatest ever.love this.
seeing that it says David Bowie posts make me so happy
So nice and soft.
Didn’t know I needed this song ♥️thank you for uploading it my life is now significantly improved ♥️♥️
There is a lack of appreciation of his early work. Some real gems, like "let me sleep beside you, Little boy blue". etc
Great Performance, Song and Video, you can see the depths of his talent.
HE SSO ADORABLE as his inner child! :'(
Never heard this played before, I gotta find me a candle like that for my living room lol
So lovely to see and hear songs from the Kenneth Pitt film
I’m a HUGE Bowie fan, but this is my first time hearing this song
I fell and bleeded up my knee... just brilliant. Already! Never be another being like Bowie.
AAAAWWWWWWWWEEEEE!!!! He’s so young and adorable I love David Bowie❤️❤️ I miss him so bad
I turn 55 this week I have never ever heard this song, its so damn poignant it cuts like a knife. Thanks David
I don’t remember this episode of Suite Life of Zack and Cody
He’s so in touch with his child side in this.
Simply brilliant. Very emotive lyrics.
David sure was irreversible in everything he did. Turn him inside out and right side in and he was a true talent. Miss him . This album is one of my favs
He would be alive as long as we love him!
I regard him as "Heroes".
So funny you say that, I heard that song today at the pool and was singing it quietly. He was my hero. I was in 6th grade when he passed. Unfortunate..