Re: David Bowie - Thin White Duke - 1976- Suffragette city

[annacramful]

Ah the drugs...(torn in my room?) bad karaoke night,,,I love Bowie he;s always been the most professional but the drugs got the best of his performance here..it s too late to be late...yes in deed- yet what at a performer he is...

first song here is station to station...

[pinssimies]

My ex-boyfriend looks like thin white duke... WHY GOD WHY?

[lollipopfop]

@psvwoodshoven That "cocaine, peppers and milk" quote was likely just something he said for the media. Who knows if he told a fact or a lie.

[JaemzStar]

@lollipopfop yu know that milk though.... very addictive.

[SwedeProof]

@psvwoodshoven Ha! Ha! Brilliant remark!

[Nedzorz1]

@psvwoodshoven and red peppers!

[maciek77winiarski]

this is one of my personal top 3 Bowie songs

[JohhnyStingray1]

@psvwoodshoven great comment...and probably true. Great performance though.

[JohhnyStingray1]

Obviously Carlos Alomar on rhythm guitar but is that Earl Slick with big hair on lead?

[RockyG1978]

@JohhnyStingray1 No, no...Stacey Heydon

[powerkor]

it WAS the side effects of the cocaine

[juina]

@powerkor damn, i meant to give this a million thumbs up and i accidentally gave it a thumbs down. it must be the side effects of the cocaine..

[garthspencer]

David is allmost in control of this performance. The band sounds like session players. If only he was in charicter with a band.

[JohhnyStingray1]

@garthspencer he is in total control. This is a rehearsal.  The band are frigging awesome and so are Bowie's vocals...are you deaf? Check your spelling as well as your hearing-aid batteries before you post next time :¬)

[dvszl]

So stoned. The laughing is 'cuz he can't remember the words. Leaning on the backing vocalist. LOL

[pirahc]

This is classic stuff, Bowie's guitar player rocks the house he is my new inspiration.

[mawhinney2]

Bowie laughing at the backing vocals is hilarious here.

Check out the Fm radio broadcast -The Thin White Duke Live at the Nassau Coliseum 1976-tremendous live recording superb quality.

[SonataFanatica]

Love the part where he starts to laugh (1:08)! :D :)

[GoldenWeeks1981]

Yea. Its also funny cos whenever I sing the song I always f up that line too. Great minds think alike eh

[SiggiLyrica]

Oh you wish! ;-)

[bagolut]

original versions are far better

[TampaDrLove]

I have this concert from a live radio show. It's awesome. (The concert..not the warm-up). Thanks! This is rare.

[gaymark999]

wish i'd been supplying the ching !!!!

[Antichrist2000]

love how he laughed through a bit of his song

[RefereeDahmer]

I don't feel so bad now when I forget my own lyrics! Well, it is a rehearsal after all! Station to Station is awesome. Not his best version of Suffragette City (uh oh - here come the nay-sayers) but still a real rare gem to watch!

[Onlydreamin1959]

The beginning of a new personna for David Bowie. The germ of an idea for Annie Lennox. This was such a turning point for Bowie. This is just a rehearsal, so unfortunately a more polished video isn't available. I'll keep searching, though.

[LGyama]

it's a rehearsal.. and more impressive for that.. he used to videotape the last rehearsal of every tour.

[DBCrowns]

help, stuck in someones apt

[MandyKazooBowie]

Omigosh he is so hot I love how he looks as the Thin White Duke! (and every other persona as well of course) David is the best. Thanks 4 puttin this up!

[Smeagoltje90]

Probably mentioned before, but do they refer to The Velvet Underground's "White Light/White Heat" when they sing "Watch that side, watch that side..."?

[BillyWarhol]

That was an Awesome Tour!! WoW*********** ;))

[5winston]

The other way you can tell it's a rehearsal is there's no vertical white lighting rig behind him (same one used on the cover of the 1978 live album "Stage". That and there's no screaming.

[GlssSpders]

hey buddy "Stage" was two years after this

[5winston]

I know. He kept the same rig for both tours.

[5winston]

I bought a bootleg of this tape about a million years ago entitled "Bowie '76 Tour Rehearsals". This isn't the show (notice how late the spotlight was before he sings, but a facinating document of how he was at this time. Video quality is about what I remember, not great, but for rarity it's fantastic. Thanks for posting. Hope you put the rest on. I remember their version of "Stay" be rather devastating.

[jonnivvvvvvvvvvvv]

i like when he jokes with carlos alomar..i think he wasn't very cold in that tour..he's so COOL!!!

[bowiemott]

What happened to Stacey's solo ? But still I'm glad to have access to this footage. S2S was the opening number for the tour, which I remember quite well. Not many knew that Earl Slick wasn't making this tour until it happened. But Stacey did a great job.

[boktor59]

Marry me!

[pagey29]

The Thin White Duke gives me nipples like bullets.

[BeatleMania1963]

AHAHAHA!!

omfg!

[Vinca66]

Ô ! I don't dare to imagine the end of Bowie's tongue on the end of your nipples !

[pagey29]

no,no no!! It's not his tongue that does that! It's just looking at him that gives me nipples like bullets! :)

[freakineye]

I thought the song is called Station to Station?

[pagey29]

Yes it is, i think they forgot to put that on-station to station then suffragette city. : D I have to go now before I collapse!

[pagey29]

I had to come back!! I want him I want him I want him so much when see this slender black dressed duke with the combed back hair... dark and seductively singing so low.

[DBCrowns]

OH, I love how him and Carlos struggle with the song at 1:07. It's so funny.

[babacool81]

Yeah, Bowie cant even sing anymore cause hes laughing... So funny!! I think it was a rehearsing.

[pagey29]

p.s The Thin White Duke is my ultimate fantasy... i've had 5,890 orgasms.

[Vinca66]

5,890 ! Only ? Ô then, I make much better than you !

[pagey29]

I lied it was actually 5,891!! hahahaha! : D

[BlueMoonz55]

@pagey29 Pshaw! That's it? I've had several million, in fact, my vagina tires of having untimely orgasms when thinking of this Bowie Persona.

[vegaswoman27]

@pagey29 ooh, what's that sound, what's that sound?.....I must admit, didn't even realize it, but by the end of this vid, I was literally drooling....and my panties were wetttttt!!!! lol:) The Thin White Duke=S.E.X....

[pagey29]

OMG I wish i could have a copy of this. I want this more than any other Bowie performance.... If told I could own only one piece of Bowie material I'd pick this! I can't find it anywhere to own... I adore the thin white duke and this particular song OMG

[Casthoreb]

I think this is also from the 1976 rehearsals in vancouver (2/2/76). On bootleg transition this number is namely also included. Great sessions!

[caroljbowie]

Beautiful! Wonderful! Fanstastic! Geanius! Excellent You Are The Best! ¡Mijito Rico!

[mayorbill11]

lol that fuckup is hilarious

[12Gasoline21]

Extremly simple and sooo wonderfull!

[JasonBNYC]

Suffragette City this is NOT! But Station to Station is my favorite (or 2nd fave) Bowie song! This is awesome - thank you!!

[RightOnQ]

Also peppers.

[khajinl]

Front Row Center in 76 at this Concert at the Boston Garden! Those were the days.

[izabelabar]

It's foreign body in it

[Driverman2008]

Man, Bowie really doesn't know the lyrics to his own song (Suffragette City) in this video. The order of verses is out of order.

[izabelabar]

surely, (but for fan I think it's fine)if you will read some about this part you will be know more;)

[izabelabar]

You're wrong unfortunately

[Blackbowie]

why am I wrong, sweetie?

[izabelabar]

I'm singer of type Florence Foster Jenkins-David likes her.

[Blackbowie]

Do you want to sing for me, baby?

[izabelabar]

ooooo00oooo,lalalalalaaalaaaaA­AaauuuuAih!!!

Yes, when I sing David is very amused.

Oh it's to late, to be lead again, it's to late..

[Blackbowie]

Ohhh, wham bam thank you maam!

[izabelabar]

It was this one magical moment, from station to station.

lalalalalalalalalalalalalalal;­)))))

[Blackbowie]

you can sing very well, sweetie ;)