David Bowie Station To Station Raw Moon 1976 Pink Swastika

[val46duke]

I was at Victoria station with my wife that sunday to see David ,what great times the 70s were..

[k77jones]

what's up with all the swastikas n stuff?

was david a nazi or something?

[z5hmg]

@k77jones I dont know. You dont seem to be getting any response from anyone who does know. He lived in Berlin at the time. Swastikas would have been very taboo, I imagine the whole country would have been very repressed and suppressed after the 2nd WW. It still is IMO. Maybe he just had the guts to bring it all to the surface (in some coke influenced manner!) But I'm just speculating - I dont even know are these images all Bowie related? I'm curious too if anyone has any answers...

[eclipse1501]

@z5hmg Have a read up about the "Victoria Station" incident in London circa 1976. Its simply a video when all is said and done and just aimed at sparking debate amongst fans.

[mellobbello]

thanks -it creates the right vibe

[UeriahTheEndbringer]

At 2:59, where does that image of Bowies face superimposed with the Berlin defense map come from? That's awesome!

[eclipse1501]

kamikaziggy website is the source of all images

[bowiesyoungestfan]

coool

[JTerrible63]

Excellent video-art (and all the PC moralists can check out); however, why wouldn't the SUPERB soundboard recording from the 1976 tour at NY's Uniondale or other shows be used? This recording is so bad it pocks and mocks the video content, the sound disappears nearly entirely at a few junctions.../from station to

[dunny0578]

always loved this thanks for posting

[aladinsane10]

Ich habe Bowie seit 1976 unzählige Mal live gesehn, ich glaube in der Dekade hat er nur weil er in Berlin war, das deutsche so ein bischen auf die Schüppe genommen, und die Presse ist darauf natürlich aufgesprungen.

David ist ein ironischer Mensch, der gerne andere Menschen versucht zu veralbern.

Aber seine Musik und seine Shows sind auch heute noch unerreicht

[gymguynrw]

Yo, stimmt, leider auch zu Lasten Dritter. Dass wir uns nicht falsch verstehen: Bin Bowie-Fan der ersten Stunde. Er "rannte in Duesseldorf rum", vor '76, auf der Suche nach Inspiration. Da war der >Krautrock, der sich gerade aufspaltete, an Klaus Dinger kam da na klar keiner vorbei. "Heroes" wurde in Duesseldorf geboren. Kreativität da, Geld in Bowie's Tasche. Siehe "Neu! Heroes live 74" ...

[bartleby2007]

This song has one of the best guitar solos of all time....I think it's Carlos Alomar....

[minutegongcoughs]

No, It's Stacy Hayden on lead. Carlos duels on Rhythm Guitar.

[gennation]

This was exactly one month after I saw him on this tour, 2/21/76. Cool!

[racyweb]

Thanks so much. Fantastic video

[Droyd21]

Oh yes, of course the darkness in the music and the "Station to station" trainsounds (!) more or less contribute to a somewhat subconcious association with nazism as well, but it was not really meant to be there.

[Steveguyatrocket]

re Nazism/"satanism" association...please view "Bishop Williamson, gas-chambers" as fiction... Truth is what you get, once youve turned everything inside out, as Bowie did.

[Droyd21]

I think Boy George reaction to Bowie doing the Hitler greeting says it best:

"Mister Bowie was just trying to be superkewl!!"

Yes, Bowie really did the Hitler greeting at some point, because he was mainly putting himself inside out by heavy cocaine use...and yes, those are really the words of Boy George in some interview. :)

Face it, every Bowie fan knows that in 1976 David wasn't very connected with reality, and he wasn't really taking any valid standpoint regarding nazism.

[earvesicle]

occult music sure.. satanic music well??/.. bowies a gnostic sure but the Kabbalah is not satanism..

"dont look at the carpet i drew something awful on it"

[PlayaAvant]

occult music...

[act464]

i agree it is a satanic music

[PlayaAvant]

Briefly - who may be considered undisputed as genuine Satanist, is not in individual cases easy to constitute. When Okkultisten may be valid however all, which break open of experienced guides led in the realm of those shade, in which all in consciousness incompatible one is to be connected to mysterious unit.... ;)

[Lengsel7]

Really good vid.

[repelghosts]

First saw the New York Times ad in high school in Toronto,must have been March1976...then the school went wild for S 2 S...I bought 10 tickets back then,as there were no ticket constraints...#s I mean...what a night...we were all so much more sophisticated than the punk kids today...our lyrics,our clothing,the way we spoke,repsected eachother...

[smmeegal]

Love Bowie love station2station. A real artist.

[repelghosts]

Gemma it was a black n white extravaganza..Dave was flat broke by this time in the mid 70s...

[repelghosts]

Un chien was awesome, espec. when seeing it at the age of 15-16...unreal..what a night..

[smffeb58]

Un chien andalou - was the name of the freak picture, by Bunuel and Dali from 1928 - - they must have had some of the earliest forms of lysergicdimethiline 25 known - - it was a freak out - for a great concert

[smffeb58]

Saw the Station to Station tour, Boston Garden - 1976/1977 ?? - Carlos Alomar was absoooolutely on fire. The balconies were thumping with the opening beat of Station to Station, AND there was no front band, there was a movie played on a giant screen, black and white freak film by Dali or Picasso- great weed, great concert!

[stoker10]

Bunuel/Dali movie un chien andalou

[repelghosts]

nO...JEFFREBORNnOW...IN 1978 IT WAS THE HEROES TOUR...STATION WAS IN 1976, WITH THE WHITE BACK DROPS AND THIS SHOW HERE...WHAT AN EVENING WE HAD...

JEFF

TORONTO

[eclipse1501]

Yes your right Jeff, but as JeffRebornNow mentions Bowie did appear at Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto in '78 - but as you pointed out that was with "Heroes" & Co

[onewayinn]

., must there be mountains ?

[thor19b]

Very different interesting video.  I love 1976!

[repelghosts]

We attended S2S in Toronto, and Dave gave a an electric 2 1/2 hors, Kraftwerk,being the opener band, and the art noir film by the artist Salavador Dali,complete with eyeball slicing scene.

What a night in my city!

Luv ya always Dave!

J

[bowiemott]

this must have been an exception as the typical running time of the S2S tour was about 1hr15min. Now the Diamond Dogs tour was over two hours. Anyway they have the setlist to al S2s stops on the teenage wildlife Bowie site. and the the Toronto show isn't different from the setlist at other stops. so 2.5 hours is not right. Also Krafwerk NEVER opened for Bowie though they piped in Kraftwerk music before the show.

[Willbequeen]

I agree with LadyScreaming, and TTWD was absolutely beautiful <3

[ziggy95]

Ahh yes I remeber this show at Wembley, David in black trousers and black waistcoat with a white shirt and a packet of Gittaines (sp) in his waistcoat pocket.....fantastic.

[bowiemott]

The album S2S was released in late January 76 I had yet to become familiar with all the songs by the time I saw him in March 76 so this song was new to me though I had heard it a few times. It was an impressive sight and sound to be sure so I'm glad I was there. My only complaint about this tour was that it was a rather short set (maybe 1hr15mins). After the Diamond Dogs tour tow years earlier I was expecting about 2 hours. Still it was a good show and unique.

[RedAshHope]

I remember seeing an interview with Bowie who at the time of the S2S tour was of the opinion he HAD to tour in 1976 to make some money back after his huge management and financial problems - hence the possibility the tour was at least partly driven by economics.

[bowiemott]

Yes. There was some pressure to generate some income after Bowie parted ways with Defries and MainMan (a process that took nearly another decade and some say longer). Compared to Diamond Dogs tour, this was very stripped down and minimal in band size and presentation. It was still quite good of course and the white lights were very cool. Just wished that it had been a longer set. Also Golden Years was getting loads of airplay but he dropped it from the set very early on.

[JeffRebornNow]

bowiemott, I saw David in Toronto in 1978; it was in the Spring but I don't remember what month. He was still in his Thin White Duke character. He wore a white suit and behind him there was this huge wall of florescent lights. That was the only stage prop. You couldn't even see the band. Bowie was just standing on the stage by himself, singing. I remember every aspect of it distinctly.

[Steveguyatrocket]

only one symbol in world History more devastating than the Nazi Swastika...namely, the Star of David. Guess who owns the Federal Reseve, boys&girls... ? figure on it..

[DannHenderson]

Amazing. Well done mr bowie

[LadyScreaming]

One of the best songs ever!

[JoyceTivo]

Al principio tuve un cruzamiento de cables increible viendo tu clip ... Ya que es mi album preferido ... Pero justamente a esa época BOWIE se colocaba demasido "Carolina" en las narices ... Y unas de las cosas màs estùpidas que hizo fue el saludo nazi ... La mejor cosa que hizo despues es irse de la paranoia de los USA, e instalarse en Berlîn. Y hacer la magnîfica trilogîa post-punk con ENO.

[eclipse1501]

Gracias y cordial saludos de Malaga

[repelghosts]

from Gether to Malkau!

[abaltazar9]

kether to malkhut

[stoker10]

jewish cabbala...

[cheechcaballero]

I think it UNFAIR that AC and DB were

the only ones to throw darts in

lovers' eyes!

[repelghosts]

Yoy have the essence of this song...I was there in 1976 ,Toronto,Canada, david's fave city in ther wprld,along with Iman...and if you did not attend, or were not old enough,or even born yet,he wanted you to be on a train ,alone in early 1930s Germany.

You hit it,whoever you are.

[thinwhitegirl57]

The best song ever written. Love ya David.

[ronalda3132]

I agree. Bowie's BEST SONG EVER!!!

[lifeofpisquared]

love this love this love this xxx