@crowhillian58 I think the US has produced many brilliant musicians and song writers too. Dylan, Paul Simon, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Tom Petty to mention just a very few. But I agree with you....................Bowie is right up there with the best.
Trying to figure out what is my favorite all time Bowie Song. It may be this one ... but I'm not sure yet. Love the Bewley Brothers, Rock'nRoll Suicide, Alladin Sane, Sweet Thing, Word on a Wing, Man Who Sold the World... Happy Birthday Handsome Bowie.
@MsThebeMoon I think you have hit the best of the best. You must be a big Bowie fan to pick those nuggets. Width of a Circle (David Live version) is the only one I would add to your list.
This song was very important and meaningful to me. It is about the struggle of being gay. It is amazing how he was able to express this. It is not hopefull around the time I thought we had 5 years left. Huge influence.
The relief of knowing that a queer like me can actually defend breeding and a metaphysical house holding of any sort, is entirely due to the influence of David Bowie on myself. And he's not even gay. See what he did there? Fucking otherworldly levels of inspiration in an otherwise ordinary man. Awesomeness wearing two shoes, people. Mr. David Bowie.
I've never admired an artist as much as I admire David. In my eyes, and the eyes of many others, I'm sure, this song is perfection.
No matter how much my friends mock me about me taste in music, and no matter how often they remind me that this great man is fifty-two years older than me, I'll always love you to pieces, sweet David.
@Pe0pleAreStrange1 Mozart is a couple of hundred years older than all of us and I'd say he's pretty damn good. Time nor age effects the quality of music, brilliance is brilliance regardless of when it was written.
bowie lives forever!!, hes alive and well, and when he passes you will know!! it will be worldwide, that i can promise, hes the thin white duke, a master, a genius, and we love and follow him. till death x
It is plain to see by anyone who is observant that the USA and the entire world has very big problems. For humanity to arrive at effective solutions, it is going to require that we the people become increasingly open minded, and open to new ideas and different perspectives.
Vote for Ron Paul in 2012, Jesse Ventura in 2016, Peter Joseph in 2020, and John Hagelin in 2024.
Let's become the change we want to see in the world. Let's become the transition. Let's become the revolution !!!
@Cammie1999 the political party oppressing things. It's ironic that Bowie couldn't make what would have been a brilliant musical out of book with it's key themes being censorship.
It really angers me didn't get to make a 1984 musical, surely Orwell would have approved it but his family censored it just like the party from the novel
Total and complete corruption of the soul brought on through social structure, moral bankruptcy... Reminds me of the riots in UK at the moment, how the "haves" can't wrap their minds around mayhem & nihilism. "Caress yourself my juicy, dress yourself my urchin one... because of all you've seen, because of all you've said, we are the dead." These are confessions of one near power who sees the bigger picture.
I think it's a mix of things. But what sticks with me is something about the artist getting chewed up by the commercial world, the music industry; chained to a system that turns him into a commodity. "be elusive and don't go far" means don't experiment so much we can't sell you; "raking in the new boys" means you are replaceable by the new hot thing, so shut up and produce... lots of other references, reminds me of The Wall actually.
All that aside, this may be my favorite bowie tune.
One of the finest songs from Diamond Dogs that went virtually unnoticed. I was drawn to it from the very start...as fresh today as in 1974. Thanks for posting...its time it be reckoned with as the intriguing hopelessly desperate masterpiece it is. Always wondered what we would have seen had Bowie secured the right's to perform Orwell's '1984'. Pity that greedy goons thwarted what might have been, but still, Diamonds Dog tour was spectacular, regardless.
@unwell333 Definately dosen't make you a pussy because, if any musician is worthy of moving you to tears, it's Bowie. David Bowie is one of my absolutely favorite singers, actors, and in my opinion, one of the most interesting people who have ever lived. He's so beautiful that even straight men find themselves attracted to him, me included. He's one of the most unique and interesting musicians ever and his voice is so absolutely, hauntingly beautiful, that once you hear it, you never forget it.
@labotamysausagedog Couldn't of put it better myself.....i have convinced myself he isn't human at all ....i have never come across a artist whith such a amazing back catalog and some of his performances are hypnotising !!!!!!
grew up with this lp. its soo strange and brilliant a classic in its time, and still i get goosebumps everytime i hear it,one of my favoratetunes of all time. bowies voice is so dramatic and theateristic makes youre hairs stand up. what a ledgened im proud to say hes one of my heroes love him to bits x
was drivin to cali in 74 diamond dogs came on the radio.stopped in like indiana bought the cassette for the ride.i listened to it the whole summer.PHUCKIN BRILLIANT---SOUNDS BETTER TODAY--PHUCK IM 52--WHERED IT GO......WEVE DEFINITLY ENTERED GENOCIDE--GOD HELP US ALL.......
@johnpaulgeorgerings I know right! Shame Orwell's wife wouldnt allow it, thanks to some awful movie somone made she didnt want it to be butchered again
to love someone who I knew would betray me with a kiss. to give my creatures organs meant to express love only to use them to doom them to hell. who can I tell my pain? when the blind say there is no hell only to lead the blinded to hell. They are the dead. Leave the dead to bury their dead and follow me.
Ohhow I could go on and on ;boutthis 'album'. Yep,they were called 'albums' backwhen I first heard "Diamond Dogs"! On an 8 trackno less..I gotta say it: this record surely changed my life! I was like obsessed 4 awhile, ,no suh- just 'enthralled'. U knowIgot allmy friends,and even those who 'disliked' Bowie to hear " ..Dogs", and they werehooked. In high schooll, I 'turned on',so many to BOWIE while we 'inhaled'. Even gotto the 3rd row center to see him, he sang,' "STAY",direct 2 me n my gal!
Played this a lot when reading 1984. Love the electric piano with slap-back echo. Great words too, (but not as good as "see his pug-nosed face, pug,pug.") ☺☺☺
an absolute classic of music, better than beethoven or brahms, just a classic that will last throughout the ages. I am glad I am such a good Mom and my kids listen to Bowie and Beatles and not the total crap spewing out of the mainstream
What is this song about? I'm afraid to ask! Some of Bowie's greatest lyrics ever, though. I think George Orwell would be mystified by this, though flattered. More great work from the Master.
I consider Diamond Dogs as Bowie's most underrated, dark, and sophisticated album. This song along with "Sweet Thing" and "Candidate" just proves my point.
@Telescreen5 Candidate is quite possibly the greatest track I've ever heard, how it builds to the climax with those militaristic drums then segues into the reprise... We'll buy some drugs and watch a band! Then jump in the river holding hands. ...That image will stay with me forever. Fantastic lyricist, singer and a musical icon as far as that term can stretch. I hope I get to see him live again before he pops his clogs *touchwood*
Whoever clicked on this song obviously "gets" Bowie and his vision of the 1984 imagery. You are all to be congratulated for finding one of the most artistic songs that Bowie has. Brilliant vocals, the lyrics are awesome. To understand this song is to be a true Bowie fan.
im sort of shocked that not only amazon, amg, and wikipedia declare this album, in so many words, as crap but also rolling stones. this is art it doesnt need to be catchy as bowie proved to be, to be a great album.
@spurtfather And you were thinking about something else instead...like a Sandwich or a Chinese video or some shit. I hate it when I do that. Being lame is like paying taxes, it only comes once a year or you don't notice it.
wow as a 15 year old I got to see Bowie during Ziggy period at memorial coliseum in Portland. Back then it was still festival seating and we as wirey kids easily found our way into the front 10 rows semi-center stage...it ranks along with the Who P.Moon era green strobe and ozzfest 2001 Gorge ampitheater BSabbath reunion slipknot marilyn manson and Scorpions front row center Blackout tour as my favorite live concerts i have ever been to.
Bowie wrote this, sang it, played sax, guitar and piano on it. This fits in so well with the entire theme of the album. They just do not write songs like this with the instruments matching the theme of the words. Bowie is a master.
bowie did sing this song to the backing track in late 74 , on a certain usa chat show / music show .. not cavett ok .. but he was so stoned that it took him over 8 mins to finnish the song .. I will pay greatly for a copy .. get me here LOW1711
Can't believe Bowie never had this one as part of his set lists, even though it's truly one of his most breathtaking songs ever. "It's a 24 hour service, guarenteed to make you tell..." Unbelievably captivating!!!
"deceive your next of kin" -- what great writing. What pop singer constructs a concept album out of a piece of literature today, This is the best Bowie album.
I love the intro, the refrain and especially the lyrics. I think a lesser songwriter would have included more famous texts from the (brilliant) novel, but Bowie invents his own, beautiful, almost poetic lyrics. The other 2 1984 songs on Diamond Dogs are great aswell, imagine if he actually made that 1984 musical! It would have been phenomenal!
One person needs a good seeing to from the Thought Police.
crowhillian58 3 days ago
Diamond Dogs is a great masterpiece from him! I love his 1970´s so much!
EIGHTIEESALWAYS 5 days ago
what a fukin brilliant song, it sticks in youre throat! and chokes you, love you bowie xx
freshborn66 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
A great song emanating mystique breaths. As is the whole album.
aqajahua 3 weeks ago
How can a country as small as England produce so many musical genius's??
crowhillian58 1 month ago 5
@crowhillian58 Because we are (I'm a Brit) so bloody repressed and uptight we have to counteract it somehow..............................
Poltergeist40 3 days ago
@crowhillian58 I think the US has produced many brilliant musicians and song writers too. Dylan, Paul Simon, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Tom Petty to mention just a very few. But I agree with you....................Bowie is right up there with the best.
Poltergeist40 3 days ago
I really would have loved to see the musical that this was supposedly made for.
HCTones 1 month ago 2
@HCTones We can only guess at what might have been.. I'm pretty certain that Bowie would have also written a masterpiece for the final torture scene.
I think the orwell estate didn't know what to think of this alien rock star.
There would have been more chances of the musical being done if orwell himself was alive at the time, he might have agreed to it.
psirou 3 weeks ago
im dead?
freshborn66 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
fukin love bowie. id love to lay with him just for 5 min x
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freshborn66 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
One of the best tracks on the album ...........
jtlampsu2 1 month ago
ive loved u for 35 years, youre my hero xxxxxxx
freshborn66 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
bowie i love u xx sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo muchx
freshborn66 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
this is my song right now!! we are fighting with the eyes of the blind!! and i am taking it hard!!!! im sorry, but im feeling like this?
freshborn66 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Trying to figure out what is my favorite all time Bowie Song. It may be this one ... but I'm not sure yet. Love the Bewley Brothers, Rock'nRoll Suicide, Alladin Sane, Sweet Thing, Word on a Wing, Man Who Sold the World... Happy Birthday Handsome Bowie.
MsThebeMoon 1 month ago
@MsThebeMoon I think you have hit the best of the best. You must be a big Bowie fan to pick those nuggets. Width of a Circle (David Live version) is the only one I would add to your list.
wpollock1 1 month ago
Honk if your horny for bowie
MissMichSan 2 months ago 15
@MissMichSan *HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK*
ARunnerNamedClay 1 month ago
This song was very important and meaningful to me. It is about the struggle of being gay. It is amazing how he was able to express this. It is not hopefull around the time I thought we had 5 years left. Huge influence.
robocam11 2 months ago
well i think that he has a very charming personality but i dont fell myself atracted to him.
kjsh987 3 months ago
been listing to him from a real early age. and i love him sooo much, love the songs he sings and noone could do it better than him! bowie is a god xx
freshborn66 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
one of bowies best, it hit me today!!
freshborn66 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
The relief of knowing that a queer like me can actually defend breeding and a metaphysical house holding of any sort, is entirely due to the influence of David Bowie on myself. And he's not even gay. See what he did there? Fucking otherworldly levels of inspiration in an otherwise ordinary man. Awesomeness wearing two shoes, people. Mr. David Bowie.
kern0099 3 months ago
@kern0099 No, Bowie isnt gay but, he is bisexual.
labotamysausagedog 1 month ago
@labotamysausagedog More to the point he isn't straight and he's male, so he isn't all bunged up in the cunt area.
kern0099 1 month ago
It's very hard to pick a favorite Bowie song but if i had to this would be it. Breathtakingly Beautiful, a definite classic.
cocoaqueen16 3 months ago 2
my favorite bowie song off my favorite bowie album, just beautiful
jhoch5 3 months ago
I HAVE BEEN THEE DIE HARD FAN SINCE 69. THROUGH ALL THE CHANGES
MsMotalover 3 months ago 3
MY BOY BOWIE AT HIS BEST
MsMotalover 3 months ago 2
Dude; bowie isn't dead...idiots :P
famegirl45 4 months ago 3
I've never admired an artist as much as I admire David. In my eyes, and the eyes of many others, I'm sure, this song is perfection.
No matter how much my friends mock me about me taste in music, and no matter how often they remind me that this great man is fifty-two years older than me, I'll always love you to pieces, sweet David.
Pe0pleAreStrange1 4 months ago 4
@Pe0pleAreStrange1 Mozart is a couple of hundred years older than all of us and I'd say he's pretty damn good. Time nor age effects the quality of music, brilliance is brilliance regardless of when it was written.
Johnnywhamo 3 months ago 5
Happy Day of the Dead
lloyger 4 months ago
happy halloween to the thin white duke!! have a brill weekend, this song grips you and shakes you into the all souls day, perfect!! love u bowie
freshborn66 4 months ago in playlist freshborn66's favourites
Bowie est immortel.
BERTRAMCAT 4 months ago
bowie lives forever!!, hes alive and well, and when he passes you will know!! it will be worldwide, that i can promise, hes the thin white duke, a master, a genius, and we love and follow him. till death x
freshborn66 4 months ago in playlist freshborn66's favourites
can i just say.. DAVID BOWIE IS NOT DEAD, IT WOULD BE ALL OVER THE NEWS AND TRUST ME, ID BE THE FIRST TO KNOW ABOUT IT!
mrblueskyaccount 4 months ago
@mrblueskyaccount I guess that Bowie would actually be the first to know it
239677nico 4 months ago
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"We are the dead."
"We are the dead."
"You are the dead."
KiroTheYoyo 5 months ago
Bourght this album for 85pence in the second hand section of Andys records Haverhill in 1978, what a bargain!!
tanpiltanpil 5 months ago
REST IN PEACE BOWIE!!
MrDuFont 5 months ago
RIP
kourosh89 5 months ago
REST IN PEACE DAVID
occasionalrampage 5 months ago
I was looking for the song under the same title cept by "Does It Offend You, Yeah"
In any case, I still found good music.
Thanks for the upload sir.
RawGreenTheAnimator 6 months ago 2
Has such a haunting quality
sarabower1 6 months ago
I love this song
sarabower1 6 months ago
Brilliant song
experienceadvertisin 6 months ago
something kinda hit me today!!! this song hits you right between the eyes, love it
freshborn66 6 months ago
this song has always reminded me of a hymn type melody,outstanding
TheThinduke01 6 months ago
An great piece of music and even more impressive set of lyrics.
Truthasvictim 6 months ago
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It is plain to see by anyone who is observant that the USA and the entire world has very big problems. For humanity to arrive at effective solutions, it is going to require that we the people become increasingly open minded, and open to new ideas and different perspectives.
Vote for Ron Paul in 2012, Jesse Ventura in 2016, Peter Joseph in 2020, and John Hagelin in 2024.
Let's become the change we want to see in the world. Let's become the transition. Let's become the revolution !!!
styleszappa 6 months ago
The impressive thing to me is that Bowie wrote this, sang it and played piano and sax on the album. The man oozes creativity.
wpollock1 6 months ago
@wpollock1 he also played the lead guitar on this album, except for the song 1984
dejahthoris 6 months ago
@dejahthoris
That's the myth - apparently it was really a session guitarist.
UliJones 5 months ago
@Cammie1999 the political party oppressing things. It's ironic that Bowie couldn't make what would have been a brilliant musical out of book with it's key themes being censorship.
Randyhart 6 months ago
Hmm, I wonder if this is relevant to 1984 where Winston says ''We are the dead"? I say that only because of the songs 1984 and Big Brother.
I do love how he pays homage to 1984.. a combination of two of my favourite things--Bowie and Orwell!!
Cammie1999 6 months ago
Genius! <3
daviniaosgood 6 months ago
god xxxxxx
freshborn66 6 months ago
It really angers me didn't get to make a 1984 musical, surely Orwell would have approved it but his family censored it just like the party from the novel
Randyhart 6 months ago
@Randyhart party from the novel? O.o
Cammie1999 6 months ago
Anyone can tell me, what this song is about? Defacating exctacy? o.0
CoIdHeat 7 months ago
@CoIdHeat It was inspired by Orwell's 1984 but I believe the symbolism goes far and wide.
RobArt2011 7 months ago
Total and complete corruption of the soul brought on through social structure, moral bankruptcy... Reminds me of the riots in UK at the moment, how the "haves" can't wrap their minds around mayhem & nihilism. "Caress yourself my juicy, dress yourself my urchin one... because of all you've seen, because of all you've said, we are the dead." These are confessions of one near power who sees the bigger picture.
quietearthtube 7 months ago
@CoIdHeat
I think it's a mix of things. But what sticks with me is something about the artist getting chewed up by the commercial world, the music industry; chained to a system that turns him into a commodity. "be elusive and don't go far" means don't experiment so much we can't sell you; "raking in the new boys" means you are replaceable by the new hot thing, so shut up and produce... lots of other references, reminds me of The Wall actually.
All that aside, this may be my favorite bowie tune.
MenkeriosAndemicael 7 months ago
@MenkeriosAndemicael I think he sings: "Breaking in the new boys."
EdwinHofstra 6 months ago
we are the dead . in this lifetime, bowie is a real genius,
freshborn66 7 months ago
thanks for this tune! didn't realise how much i missed it these past 34 years or so!
craigsimnett 7 months ago
One of the finest songs from Diamond Dogs that went virtually unnoticed. I was drawn to it from the very start...as fresh today as in 1974. Thanks for posting...its time it be reckoned with as the intriguing hopelessly desperate masterpiece it is. Always wondered what we would have seen had Bowie secured the right's to perform Orwell's '1984'. Pity that greedy goons thwarted what might have been, but still, Diamonds Dog tour was spectacular, regardless.
leonakita 7 months ago
But I KNOW this song!!
I've heard this song some time in the past few weeks, HOW could I not recognize it as David Bowie? I'm so ashamed!
Pe0pleAreStrange1 7 months ago
Bowie has to be the most versatile artist of all time.
miami360x 7 months ago 2
More relevant today than when it was made.
dosie451 7 months ago
oh kill me now. This is so amazing it just makes me cry like a total pussy.
:(
unwell333 8 months ago
@unwell333 Definately dosen't make you a pussy because, if any musician is worthy of moving you to tears, it's Bowie. David Bowie is one of my absolutely favorite singers, actors, and in my opinion, one of the most interesting people who have ever lived. He's so beautiful that even straight men find themselves attracted to him, me included. He's one of the most unique and interesting musicians ever and his voice is so absolutely, hauntingly beautiful, that once you hear it, you never forget it.
labotamysausagedog 7 months ago 42
@labotamysausagedog Couldn't of put it better myself.....i have convinced myself he isn't human at all ....i have never come across a artist whith such a amazing back catalog and some of his performances are hypnotising !!!!!!
iamzexy 1 month ago
I fucking love this song!
I love having it on my phone <3
The album is just brilliant, I also love the songs
'Rock n' Roll with me' and '1984'!
helenajesstarzak 9 months ago
Christian Death who?
BrannonMcConkey 9 months ago
He's amazing.
And 1984 is amazing!
pnkrk1039 10 months ago
Wore this album and Lou Reed's Berlin out on the phono when they first came out, both of them brilliant in their own way.
texadillo53 10 months ago
Alright, who's the dumb fuck who dislikes this song?!
BassistOf92 11 months ago 4
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I combined this trax with the audio from the movie 1984.
You can check it out here - mixcloud (dot) com/NTT/1984for-the-love-of-julia-part-i/
WOWdrops 11 months ago
They sure as hell don't write them like this anymore.
Thisistherealshit100 11 months ago 14
grew up with this lp. its soo strange and brilliant a classic in its time, and still i get goosebumps everytime i hear it,one of my favoratetunes of all time. bowies voice is so dramatic and theateristic makes youre hairs stand up. what a ledgened im proud to say hes one of my heroes love him to bits x
freshborn66 1 year ago
was drivin to cali in 74 diamond dogs came on the radio.stopped in like indiana bought the cassette for the ride.i listened to it the whole summer.PHUCKIN BRILLIANT---SOUNDS BETTER TODAY--PHUCK IM 52--WHERED IT GO......WEVE DEFINITLY ENTERED GENOCIDE--GOD HELP US ALL.......
kju1019 1 year ago
Very interesting to hear this again, and excellent as ever.
ezaube1030 1 year ago
it reminds me of a music shop in Barcelona 2 years ago...
CannaS88 1 year ago
I wish his 1984 musical thing had worked out, I would have loved it!
johnpaulgeorgerings 1 year ago
@johnpaulgeorgerings I know right! Shame Orwell's wife wouldnt allow it, thanks to some awful movie somone made she didnt want it to be butchered again
NeonAngel1997 11 months ago
@NeonAngel1997 Yeah I know right. Stupid movie... But then she allowed another movie to be made... in 1984...
johnpaulgeorgerings 11 months ago
to love someone who I knew would betray me with a kiss. to give my creatures organs meant to express love only to use them to doom them to hell. who can I tell my pain? when the blind say there is no hell only to lead the blinded to hell. They are the dead. Leave the dead to bury their dead and follow me.
rolandrog 1 year ago
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You are the dead
gilgameshdk 1 year ago
"This isn't Rock 'n Roll! This is Genocide!"
thehijinksarehere 1 year ago
Ohhow I could go on and on ;boutthis 'album'. Yep,they were called 'albums' backwhen I first heard "Diamond Dogs"! On an 8 trackno less..I gotta say it: this record surely changed my life! I was like obsessed 4 awhile, ,no suh- just 'enthralled'. U knowIgot allmy friends,and even those who 'disliked' Bowie to hear " ..Dogs", and they werehooked. In high schooll, I 'turned on',so many to BOWIE while we 'inhaled'. Even gotto the 3rd row center to see him, he sang,' "STAY",direct 2 me n my gal!
rudenudedude9 1 year ago
From the much maligned "Diamond Dogs" album. Sheer genius that the critics (ie, "fools") put down. Glad to see that it is finally getting its due.
wpollock1 1 year ago
I found this album and Lou Reed's Berlin to be two of the best albums of that year.
texadillo53 1 year ago
@collfc76 i hear ya bowie changed my outlook on life
EbolaReston12 1 year ago
solala
fdp767 1 year ago
Played this a lot when reading 1984. Love the electric piano with slap-back echo. Great words too, (but not as good as "see his pug-nosed face, pug,pug.") ☺☺☺
popitinpete 1 year ago 5
an absolute classic of music, better than beethoven or brahms, just a classic that will last throughout the ages. I am glad I am such a good Mom and my kids listen to Bowie and Beatles and not the total crap spewing out of the mainstream
dejahthoris 1 year ago 6
@dejahthoris
right on!
yeh, screw mainstream.
jdmhondapower0831 1 year ago
What is this song about? I'm afraid to ask! Some of Bowie's greatest lyrics ever, though. I think George Orwell would be mystified by this, though flattered. More great work from the Master.
54markl 1 year ago
I consider Diamond Dogs as Bowie's most underrated, dark, and sophisticated album. This song along with "Sweet Thing" and "Candidate" just proves my point.
Telescreen5 1 year ago 6
@Telescreen5 Candidate is quite possibly the greatest track I've ever heard, how it builds to the climax with those militaristic drums then segues into the reprise... We'll buy some drugs and watch a band! Then jump in the river holding hands. ...That image will stay with me forever. Fantastic lyricist, singer and a musical icon as far as that term can stretch. I hope I get to see him live again before he pops his clogs *touchwood*
daddyfatsaxohten 1 year ago
@daddyfatsaxohten agree,sweet thing/candidate is some piece of work...a masterpiece no less!
springycfc1 1 year ago
it doesn't get any better than this. thank you, bowie, for consistently writing the most unique and beautiful music...
111troubadour 1 year ago
Does anybody know what Hip-Hop artist has sampled this???
alliance85 1 year ago
Does anybody know what hip-hop artist has sampled this???
alliance85 1 year ago
Whoever clicked on this song obviously "gets" Bowie and his vision of the 1984 imagery. You are all to be congratulated for finding one of the most artistic songs that Bowie has. Brilliant vocals, the lyrics are awesome. To understand this song is to be a true Bowie fan.
wpollock1 1 year ago 6
heat me today
BERTRAMCAT 1 year ago
im sort of shocked that not only amazon, amg, and wikipedia declare this album, in so many words, as crap but also rolling stones. this is art it doesnt need to be catchy as bowie proved to be, to be a great album.
talkdm1 1 year ago 4
@talkdm1 I sang Big Brother at karaoke, and they didn't think it was crap. They loved it!
54markl 1 year ago
Wow, I didn't know all that stuff about the title and such... that's so interesting!
CanadianMusicChick 1 year ago
This Is n't 1984.... It's Now .....*
nicknorthable 1 year ago
saw this on vinyl in oxfam the other day, and didn't buy it!!! Twat.
spurtfather 1 year ago 16
@spurtfather lol shame on you!
Alexm799 1 year ago 18
@Alexm799 Excellent video Alexm799, I wore this album out. Your research is well done. Thanks for the upload.
ronnelson82 10 months ago
@spurtfather lol u idiot!
ElvisLivesUpstairs 1 year ago
@spurtfather And you were thinking about something else instead...like a Sandwich or a Chinese video or some shit. I hate it when I do that. Being lame is like paying taxes, it only comes once a year or you don't notice it.
kern0099 1 year ago
@kern0099 Yep, it was the Chinese video man, you take your eye off the ball for a second...
spurtfather 1 year ago
Not heard this forever and it is even better than I remember and that is saying something as I remember it as being brilliant.
Thanks
Mucky1little2me3 1 year ago
@spurtfather boo
grimmmm1 1 year ago
@spurtfather what is oxfam?..i'm a record collector and dont even know that! lol
MrHooLee 6 months ago
One thing kind of touched me today...
David Bowie and his groundbreaking music.
Yet there wasn't anything "kind of" about it .
Some songs are catchy and get stuck in your head.
David Bowie songs echo in your mind.
psuravens37 1 year ago 2
OMFG years since i heard this... what pleasure to rediscover. So beautiful, David, so exquisite...
And those years I wore that exact hairstyle... the memories return...
averilleX 1 year ago 2
good stuff
norcicoso 1 year ago
@norcicoso indeed it is
Alexm799 1 year ago 3
wow as a 15 year old I got to see Bowie during Ziggy period at memorial coliseum in Portland. Back then it was still festival seating and we as wirey kids easily found our way into the front 10 rows semi-center stage...it ranks along with the Who P.Moon era green strobe and ozzfest 2001 Gorge ampitheater BSabbath reunion slipknot marilyn manson and Scorpions front row center Blackout tour as my favorite live concerts i have ever been to.
MrHooLee 1 year ago
Because of all we've seen
Because of all we've said
We are the dead...
I hope my sweet brother is aware of this...
MyScarletFall 1 year ago
I take back every David Bowie joke I ever made,
this is brilliant.
itsMissMassMurderess 1 year ago 31
@itsMissMassMurderess You are forgiven then ;D
Alexm799 1 year ago
@itsMissMassMurderess nice username btw
Alexm799 1 year ago 11
@itsMissMassMurderess
You made Bowie jokes?
Shame on you!
mrfudgeyhead 1 year ago
Bowie wrote this, sang it, played sax, guitar and piano on it. This fits in so well with the entire theme of the album. They just do not write songs like this with the instruments matching the theme of the words. Bowie is a master.
wpollock1 1 year ago
WOWOWOOWOWOWOWOW !!
Kamper66 1 year ago
david bowie was stoned out of his gourd when he made this album thats why its so good.
doctorw2 1 year ago
Who is the woman singing backing vocals, btw?
WoodRatGirl 1 year ago
bowie did sing this song to the backing track in late 74 , on a certain usa chat show / music show .. not cavett ok .. but he was so stoned that it took him over 8 mins to finnish the song .. I will pay greatly for a copy .. get me here LOW1711
LOW1711 1 year ago
Ah so cool i found it,thanks alexm799 you rock!
bud4207 1 year ago
One of the many jewels within Diamond Dogs. My god this is a chill-thrill of a song.
DrusillaDarko 1 year ago
@DrusillaDarko Chill thrill what a great description
metalmickey07 1 year ago
diamond dogs is such an exquisite album
kjsh987 2 years ago 39
@kjsh987 His best! But I have to give Ziggy Stardust many kudos
ronnelson82 10 months ago
This is'nt 1984...It's NOW...*
nicknorthable 2 years ago 7
Can't believe Bowie never had this one as part of his set lists, even though it's truly one of his most breathtaking songs ever. "It's a 24 hour service, guarenteed to make you tell..." Unbelievably captivating!!!
siebentau 2 years ago 6
@siebentau man, you are so right!
glynamus 2 years ago
totally love this bowie classic
experienceads 2 years ago 4
What a beautiful song. Really one of his best.
QueenFelicityIV 2 years ago 7
Thanks for the liner notes. I hate it when someone says. Bowie song...I love the extra info...reading is a fading art.
DAVWAVE 2 years ago
It surprises me this only has like 4300 veiws. i love this song.
jessecho1 2 years ago
well now it has nearly 8000! :D but thats still not nearly enough for audio of this calibre! :D
Alexm799 2 years ago
@Alexm799 Yay! now it has 18,202 hits, its getting there
101guineapigs 1 year ago
@101guineapigs it is indeedy :P
Alexm799 1 year ago
one of my fave bowie songs
Lodger72 2 years ago 4
wow you have watched an insane amount of videos!..thanks for the comment btw :D
Alexm799 2 years ago
"deceive your next of kin" -- what great writing. What pop singer constructs a concept album out of a piece of literature today, This is the best Bowie album.
wpollock1 2 years ago 6
The best album for me of Bowie, the only one I bought. Old boy on guitar was a great asset.
DAVWAVE 2 years ago
god what a songwriter!
doctorw2 2 years ago 3
This is SO good. SO good.
I love the intro, the refrain and especially the lyrics. I think a lesser songwriter would have included more famous texts from the (brilliant) novel, but Bowie invents his own, beautiful, almost poetic lyrics. The other 2 1984 songs on Diamond Dogs are great aswell, imagine if he actually made that 1984 musical! It would have been phenomenal!
rijstevlaai 2 years ago 6
I heard Bowie is going to be singing this song at the 2010 SuperBowl. That should be great.
blabblab1212 3 years ago 5
i love this song.
suzzixnobody 3 years ago 2
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Batwing3 1 year ago
@suzzixnobody is beautiful, everbody(:
Like this song(:
arielanarchyy 1 year ago
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love love love x
Batwing3 1 year ago
Aint heard this in ages. Brilliant!
GIJOE221294 3 years ago