David Bowie - The Alabama Song

[SUPthBreaker]

I'm love of this version.

[melenacyan]

i like his teeth before he messed them up with ordinary trait teeth

[maitilupas]

ahah impressive !!!

[FreddyFredstar]

On this song - and I love David - Jim Morrison was thousand times better.

[KyleACrider]

@FreddyFredstar I agree.

[PockyBebop]

I love the chorus. :)

[ninhaprezioza]

la forma de sus dientes me encantan, siempre me han gustado demasiado, le dan una personalidad extremadamente chida T__T..  ke buena rolaaaaa!!..

[averilleX]

Is it Carlos Alomar on guitar?

[CamilleBowie1970]

@averilleX yeah that's him, he's worked with bowie since 1974

[PhantomQueeny1]

OMG he is soooo cool lol and he looks great!

[raffymercury]

ohhhhhh dave <3<3<3<3<3

[MrMatitage]

great version... bowie rules...

[trizio]

The nº1!

[belzondium]

it's incomparable, the way he sings the chorus...

[dicksigma]

Unlike his other version of this song (2002), w/c i totally find awful, this one is pretty good indeed...

[afalcone10]

Better than the Doors!!

[dmcfan111]

While it's true that we in Alabama are mostly a lot of drunks, unemployed, and child molesters, most folks here would take exception. I, however, find this song strangely compelling, and have made it one of my favorites. Great job David, both 1978 and 2002 versions are great!

Marty - B'hm AL

[betokkikke]

I like this beautiful version of Mr BOWIE's band very much too! By the way, Alabama was also a theme of a nice ballad of Neil Young in Heart of Gold album, I imagine you have good music there too!!!

[billyduk]

@dmcfan111 its not supposed to be critical of Alabama itself. It was a socialist critique of Capitalism by German Marxist composer Kurt Weill in the 20's. I wouldn't take it literally as being about Alabama or take any offence! :) Thought the Doors cover is the best version myself!

[SHBlacky]

@dmcfan111

this is song is a direct translation. Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht, The Drei grosschen Oper, while still in Germany in the 1920's. When they had moved to the USA they translated/reformed the Drei Grosschen Oper to Mahogany. Don't know why they named this song The Alabama song. So don't feel to bad of Alabama being named like a whisky bar. ^_*



[betokkikke]

Very good version!

[fanamire1]

This is such a strange, haunting song. I think this shows how he was feeling at the time, scattered and searching for something...I love how he smokes during this too! Great clip!! ;)

[boundandfallen]

so much better than mansons!! lol

[avapepper]

Hot damn. A beautifully ugly song. Bowie is. Thanks for posting!

[BillyIsATwat23]

Wow, don't you just love YouTube? Thanks to the original poster for, erm, posting this vid :-)

I remember buying a junk shop copy of the old (1979?) 7" of this packaged in that foldout poster sleeve back in 1991 (god I feel old LOL) and thinking how weird it sounded.

Of course I now know differant, but it's still a great rendition.

[ArtisticEasel99]

LOL, He's so cute =D

"I've had a jolly nice time here" Aw =D

[Feldklingel]

Manque seulement chancelier Helmut Schmidt avec son cigarette au piano! Shame on David´s dentist! ,-)

[meoma1966]

That is cool - i have this (exactly _this_) recording on tape - no, not a video tape but an old music casette (recorded via microphone from television). i remember vague, that was a gig of not more than 60 minutes on 'Musikladen Extra'.

[Swagger666666]

oh mine, i've just thought that i'm bored watching bowie videos on youtube, but this one is more than impressive. thanks ziggiestarlet

[iLoveJerryHsu]

this isnt that great

I love bowie but he sort of ruined this

[TaraTownsend]

Wonderful! Nothing like Bertoldt Brecht and Kurt Weill especially when interpreted by Bowie.

[marietiger]

wow with the cigarette ...I'm so cool....lol

it was an okay version

[ohrenrabe33]

I like his original teeth.

[ArtisticEasel99]

So do I.

[laceup1967]

@ohrenrabe33 He has the same teeth as Patricia Arquette. Hmmmm. Her character's name in True Romance was Alabama. Anyone else have weird connections?

[mjakubi]

this is AWESOME!!! so when are we going to see him on Broadway or the West End in Cabaret?

[livingdeadgirl2012]

He actually had a brief stint on Broadway before he became a musical artist, I do believe. His original dream was to be an actor, actually.

[afiendishglee]

Haha, a little slurry, isn't he?

I love this performance!

[MalquiLans]

Abso brill! A pleasure to watch!!! So many thanx, as I've hardly seen anything from this period apart from the trousers. I know he's great but it's always good to be reminded/taken aback sometimes...

Thanx