The keyboard player is Roger Powell of Todd Rundgren's band Utopia. The train sounds were a demo that he used to do when he was a demo player for ARP, showing off the ARP Odyssey. He's still a hell of a player, though he is equally in demand as a programmer. He's with Electronic Arts now, but he spent 10 years at Apple.
It sounds like he is saying "the European canon is here." Is it a reference to Commodore Perry's "black ships" and the European colonization of Asia? Hmmm.
I first saw David in 1978 at Bingley Hall Stafford England and station to station and ziggy stardust that he preformen at this Gig still stick in my mind as if it was yesterday,,,What a Gig cheers David,
i saw the great man in Glasgow on 2 consecutive nights in 1978 i remember seeing him at the side of the stage, waiting to come on as the band were playing the long intro to this song.There wasa guy fanning him and another holding a ciggarete for him it was as if he was some sort of God.
@kalliste23 i was also there i can remember from where i was you could see him at the side of the stage. Waiting to make his entrance smoking a ciggarete at the time i thought he was a God........seems silly now
Had the great pleasure of seeing him perform this track along with others newcastle 1978 best concert i have ever been to to date 33 years down the line
He opened with this in Glasgow at the old Apollo in 78.Fabulous concert.Still my alltime favourite..Great memories.I still remember the upper tier literally shaking and the whole place in a frenzy.
I had the greatist pleasure of seeing David perform this live at Bingle Hall Stafford England in 1978 and I have still got the tickets,,,,What a tune.........
Will always remeber the rolling thunder of the steam engines blasting through Maple Leaf Gardens ,live in beautiful TORONTO'CANADA and living this night at the real Station 2 Station concerts in black and white in 1976....What a night, God in heaven...bending sound, lost in my circle...cocaine madness....
Lun on ya!
Gemma for èver..Met David twice ,wonderful gentleman...so funny...he loves to just to laugh and laugh....
I also saw this tour. A Party bus from Pico Rivera trailed to San DIego "Cox Arena".
It was awesome. I was never the same....& "STAY" was such Funk/Rockadelic song since I saw it live. I'll never forget what a brilliant album & Bowie perhaps one his best tours. What fun it was indeed. !o )
this track i feel very close. i know it's absurd, but it can happen in somebody's life to get close to one of the many subjects of the song. even christiane f. found a reason in it. i think for everybody is different. but this is art.
Discovered the album a week ago, played it to death and love it now. Diamond dogs is my fave of his though. Going to get into heroes next week. It's been a great month of musical education for me.
Station to station is my fave song of his, so far..
@vorkutaman Good on ya man. I'd *suggest* that you might want to delve into the history of his collaborator Brian Eno to garner a more significant appreciation of Low/Heroes/Station to Station.
I envy you your newly discovered appreciation of these masterworks.
David Bowie has many masterpieces, like Low, Outside, Diamond Dogs, etc., but I think Station to Station is his greatest achievement, the song is one of the greatest ever written, it is an epic journey full of power and elegance.
this is really something to behold..who is on drums and is it the same guy that played on the record? doesnt really sound like him or maybe he's just on coke here
@WeenBanjo the drummer is dennis davis, same as on the album & no, he's not on coke, that's the way he plays naturally, he's my jr high school buddy from back in the days so i do know him, he's high on life, but i do know what u mean ,he plays this pretty quick !!
@tonyv47 thanks for letting me know man. i mentioned the coke thing because i heard that bowie was a bit of a fiend around this era. maybe a bit earlier than here though..anyway cheers man
@WeenBanjo thanks bro blessings & it is true, them days bowie was heavy on the snow, but chilled out after his doc told him it will kill him if he keeps doing the snow
I work with an Adrian Belew worshiper. I think he is a fantastic guitarist in a band setting but, unlike Bowie,t doesn't have the charisma to be a solo artist... plus his new stuff is very self indulgent.
How lucky can a man be. I mean, Adrian Belew played for David Bowie, Frank Zappa and 'his' King Crimson. That's my personal top 3 of greatest bands/artists of all time!
favourite album station to station; just love its whole style and swagger and its context and significance and the thin white duke concept and where it came, it may not be a low, heroes or hunky dory but its fucking brill
No Dee, in 1976 the steam train was incredibly,rolling thunder,ear breaking loud....then it cranked into the cocaine madenss ,the heart of David's 'Station to Station', concerts.
this song is such a successful creation. it's quite a dark train of thought to be warbling along to! evoking love, evil, mystic symbols ("from Kether to Malkuth" in the opening verse), and then there are the drug and power references. a scary cross section of ideas. it's very nearly a progressive rock song in terms of its scope. perhaps it's the bridge between prog and new wave. it is without category, of course....
Yes, Belew sucked, that's why he was recruited by Zappa, then Bowie, and on to King Crimson. Any idiot knows that is how you get into those bands. You idiot.
This song is a celebration of darkness, of those dark feelings dwelling every day in our hearts. Only an artist with such courage and talent such as Bowie could bring this strong performance to light.
'Wonder when
have you sought fortune evasive and shy?'
Powerfull lyrics of a gifted poet.
Bowie is a miracle, beatiful, photogenic, talented performer and song writter, and giffted poet.
Saw this live in 1976...Couldn't believe it....amazing...1998 met Jesus Christ... He is better though :) Bowie is still great. He need s salvation. I pray he comes to know the Lord.
Saw this live in 1976...Couldn't believe it....amazing...1998 met Jesus Christ... He is better though :) Bowie is still great. He need s salvation. I pray he comes to know the Lord.
Gemma its live at the NGK Center in Japan,a couple years after the actual Station shows...no comparison at all...Belew...dog shit compared to our Toronto boys who David hires 'exclusively'...email me ...Hugs...Dr.Jeff
One of the best evenings of my life at 17 yrs. old...I feel truly sorry for anyone who is a fan now and missed those wonderful nights when our entire hgh school, about 50 per cent out of 2,500 attending the shows...the rolling thunder of the steam train coming into Maple Leaf Gardens with 30 thousand fans screaming,dressed to the nines ,make-up,hot girls you name it,we had it...Our David!
I think he perfected his completely original rock flow on his later albums "Heroes" and Lodger, with songs like Beauty and the Beast, Blackout, Looking Back in Anger and DJ. Those songs are so elegant and funky (I have a hard time labelling them - there's some rock there, some new wave, some synth pop, some funk...quite unique!)
@butterwings77 never been in a train maybe?The wall of fluorescent lights aren't too effective on screen either.You must have been there,it was amaaaaaazing.Nothing like the amazing album when it came out.
I think I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video. This is one of my favorite Bowie performances of all-time. His voice is absolutely perfect in this.
What was the Bowie song from the Starman era when he was talking to an alien during the song? I remember hearing it growing up but it wasn't on the greatest hits or Sufragette City cd. It was some time before that
Yes it was. Thank you very much. I was around 12 when some Boston radio station played it, so everything at that age is a lot better then hearing it now as an adult. When Starman came out this 1 station was trying to ride the Bowie wave by playing different things. I never heard it on any other station and now I know why. Thanks very much for responding.
i must admit it took me ages to latch onto Bowie. however, once i woke up, i found the magic of Life On Mars?, Space Oddity, Rock N Roll Suicide, Speed Of Life, Heroes, and Station To Station. this song has become my favorite of late, and thank God it's really not too late to be grateful...
@argoninja2112 yup the same with me. I sadly enough grew up in the eighties, everything sounded terrible ( in comparison to the seventies ) especially Bowie, but what turned me on to him was the Outside album and from then on the rest came quite fast
and another point - I guess the Zappa connection show its roots ...I'll have to admit it because I've never been a great fan of FZ but... I guess it was the same when he picked Steve Vai. Every guitarist he chose to work with had something very special about them... genius.
belew is an extortionist - he extorts the most afterpunk sounds ever to come out of a progrock axeplayer..erm... axe - he's the guitar equivalent of Diamanda Galás's shamanic vocal brutality. Crimson was ahead of it all, Dave knew it all , and Belew was above it all. I'm glad my teenage years coincided with this bittersweet mis-en-scène.
I suppose Serious Moonlight presented a healthier Bowie--I'm guessing he was no longer coked up! It was a good show--with the Tubes and Peter Gabriel on the bill.
This is one of my all time favorite songs! I have to hear it at least once a week! This is great all time Bowie artistry! He did break the mold on music!!!! I love you David!
@naumnn This IS my all time favorite rock n' roll song. I can listen to it over and over (as I have since I discovered it in '88 when I was just 20 years old) and never tire if it.
Epic
fggfgfdhfhfghfdhsd 1 week ago
I SEEK POLE SHIFT SURVIVAL GROUP
sexypoetry 1 month ago
this tour looks like it was so much fun
jarvizcocker 2 months ago
GOD EXISTS!!!!!!
impulsor666 2 months ago
Incredible.
PorroFirst 2 months ago
Ive never been a rock fan, but wen I hear the awesome guitar rifts on this, I kinda understand it, awesome!! Bowie Legend
RaikenXion 2 months ago 2
I'll repeat what everyone said but I have to:
- Amazing song
- Amazing intro
- Amazing performance
But I still prefer the studio version. The guitars are wonderful in it.
wvnota 4 months ago 4
station2station best bowie album along with low and hunky but right now it's my absolute fave!
dlfunky1 4 months ago
Hard to go wrong with Adrian Belew... brilliant
ReverendEd330 5 months ago
The keyboard player is Roger Powell of Todd Rundgren's band Utopia. The train sounds were a demo that he used to do when he was a demo player for ARP, showing off the ARP Odyssey. He's still a hell of a player, though he is equally in demand as a programmer. He's with Electronic Arts now, but he spent 10 years at Apple.
midwestconcertvideo 5 months ago 4
Good God. It's not a myth, Belew really was holding back on the live album. Thanks for posting this. Amazing.
tomatoboyy 5 months ago 2
to dada78641 had this video for years and years!! Itll all be on here!!
surfyphil 6 months ago
It sounds like he is saying "the European canon is here." Is it a reference to Commodore Perry's "black ships" and the European colonization of Asia? Hmmm.
YatsuyamaKotengu 7 months ago
@YatsuyamaKotengu
It's the name of a train.
kuhnigget 6 months ago
...you´re more than one in 100 millions !!!
RealMayorTom 7 months ago
Anybody know where more of this concert can be found?
dada78641 7 months ago
I first saw David in 1978 at Bingley Hall Stafford England and station to station and ziggy stardust that he preformen at this Gig still stick in my mind as if it was yesterday,,,What a Gig cheers David,
Harrybowie1 8 months ago
I like this but I think I prefer the funkier '76 version that's somewhere on this site (rehearsal I think)...
martinismification 9 months ago
Bowie always has the best taste in guitarists!
Tropia 9 months ago 3
Meanwhile, his son is driving a time machine from station to station.
IoEstasCedonta 10 months ago
Belew!!! MAster of all things sonic...... What a find Bowie made. Then he goes on to team with Byrne.....does not get much better!
gtrrobster 10 months ago
i saw the great man in Glasgow on 2 consecutive nights in 1978 i remember seeing him at the side of the stage, waiting to come on as the band were playing the long intro to this song.There wasa guy fanning him and another holding a ciggarete for him it was as if he was some sort of God.
1933cowden 10 months ago
The kids now just dont have a fucking clue what they missed out on.
mcwolfus 10 months ago 4
@mcwolfus trust me, i do...
elzashan 10 months ago
we went on that tour amazin
stafford amazin gig
cully7778 10 months ago
we went on that tour amazin
cully7778 10 months ago
thought that was Roger Powell on synths...Simon House on violin?
Muddyrich 10 months ago
@Muddyrich
I think that is right? I get the names of this line confused. Who then is SEan MAyes? Or am I way off?
gtrrobster 10 months ago
i have a real ,so fuckin mind-blowing orgasm listening to this song
miyakosama666 11 months ago
THE BESTTTTTTTTTTTTTT "DAVID BOWIE"
rafitoloko 11 months ago
High drama!!
Auntkekebaby 11 months ago
FYI Brian Eno had nothing to do with this album. He worked with Bowie on Low/heroes/lodger..
shire2005 11 months ago
I saw this at the Glasgow Apollo in '78. Unadulterated, pure awesome.
kalliste23 11 months ago
@kalliste23 i was also there i can remember from where i was you could see him at the side of the stage. Waiting to make his entrance smoking a ciggarete at the time i thought he was a God........seems silly now
1933cowden 10 months ago
Gorgeous 3:30 min intro and the line "raise raise raise your glass, raise your glass hiiiiiiigh" delivered in the best possible way!
ThreeWishesFairy 11 months ago
Alladin Sane is his best work. All the tracks kick a**!!!
1116marko 1 year ago
Alladin Sane is his best work. All the tracks kick butt!!!
1116marko 1 year ago
5 dislikes????
bassmanjoe 1 year ago
@bassmanjoe who cares?
ih8tbush 1 year ago 2
ADRIAN BELEW
leatherteeth 1 year ago 55
@leatherteeth The one and only! Why that guy isn't considered one of the rock guitar legends, I'll never know.
dylan3vl 1 year ago
@leatherteeth adrian MOTHERFUCKIN belew!
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blows my mind, every time.
kaini 9 months ago 2
@leatherteeth The man is amazing. I'm off to listen to some King Crimson.
rherbert57 8 months ago 2
Had the great pleasure of seeing him perform this track along with others newcastle 1978 best concert i have ever been to to date 33 years down the line
johnarmstrong1 1 year ago
I saw this concert at Maple Leaf gardens, Toronto, April '78, somebody said he (Bowie) looks like Robert Redford.
rollingold1 1 year ago
The return of the thin white duke throwing darts in lover's eyes.
decunamus2 1 year ago 5
What an amazing performance! Excellent! DB is the greatest!
Afterduftkarl 1 year ago
He opened with this in Glasgow at the old Apollo in 78.Fabulous concert.Still my alltime favourite..Great memories.I still remember the upper tier literally shaking and the whole place in a frenzy.
MrPurplepiepete 1 year ago
I danced my first dance in 1978 to this song, and I still get goose bumps when I hear this song.
SuperSZN 1 year ago
I had the greatist pleasure of seeing David perform this live at Bingle Hall Stafford England in 1978 and I have still got the tickets,,,,What a tune.........
Harrybowie1 1 year ago
Will always remeber the rolling thunder of the steam engines blasting through Maple Leaf Gardens ,live in beautiful TORONTO'CANADA and living this night at the real Station 2 Station concerts in black and white in 1976....What a night, God in heaven...bending sound, lost in my circle...cocaine madness....
Lun on ya!
Gemma for èver..Met David twice ,wonderful gentleman...so funny...he loves to just to laugh and laugh....
repelghosts 1 year ago
Roger Powell is my favorite keyboardist/synthesizer performer and Adrian is one of my favorite guitarists.. Those two together is a perfect thing
AngeLsLuv 1 year ago
Anyone want to try tabbing out Adrian Belew's guitar part for this?
czgibson 1 year ago
Probably my fav Bowie lp. That and Hunky Dory. Both are worlds apart. But they are very great worlds
RubHerSoul1 1 year ago
adrian belew is great!
ragozhin 1 year ago
'It's not the side effects of cocaine!' David, hon, that is really hard to believe! Love David Bowie!
Kakrakaa 1 year ago
I also saw this tour. A Party bus from Pico Rivera trailed to San DIego "Cox Arena".
It was awesome. I was never the same....& "STAY" was such Funk/Rockadelic song since I saw it live. I'll never forget what a brilliant album & Bowie perhaps one his best tours. What fun it was indeed. !o )
I do like Ziggy & "LIVE" album.
OROSEY 1 year ago
this track i feel very close. i know it's absurd, but it can happen in somebody's life to get close to one of the many subjects of the song. even christiane f. found a reason in it. i think for everybody is different. but this is art.
mellobbello 1 year ago
Sharing lyrics we remember Janet and I on facebook.It's fun but difficult to do strictly from memory.
MrThinwhiteduke1 1 year ago
Perfect!!!!
annasayao1 1 year ago
Adrian Belew FTW :)
wdamian 1 year ago
Belew FTW :)
wdamian 1 year ago
Fan-fucking-tabulous
wdamian 1 year ago
" It's not the side affects of the Cocaine" :>)
CosmikDebrisFZ 1 year ago
Far out, man! Groovy!
;-)
Loved to have been there, wow...
Squeaky1423 1 year ago
who would imagine the results of an already pretty much fucked up british musician, combined with abnormeus amounts of drugs would be this awesome?
appelsinmannen 1 year ago 3
some serious double bass drum around 2:48 and beyond. some serious playing all around. thank you for this vampire
WeenBanjo 1 year ago 2
Discovered the album a week ago, played it to death and love it now. Diamond dogs is my fave of his though. Going to get into heroes next week. It's been a great month of musical education for me.
Station to station is my fave song of his, so far..
vorkutaman 1 year ago 52
@vorkutaman Heroes is great aint it?
darklordrandy 1 year ago
@vorkutaman Good on ya man. I'd *suggest* that you might want to delve into the history of his collaborator Brian Eno to garner a more significant appreciation of Low/Heroes/Station to Station.
I envy you your newly discovered appreciation of these masterworks.
Vulcanscienceacademy 11 months ago
@vorkutaman Don't forget to tune into... LOW, LODGER and SCARY MONSTERS,
Shakingman100 10 months ago 3
@vorkutaman Listen to "Low" and you'll understand what is a masterpiece
gildas2 6 months ago 2
Maybe one of the best Stations in Bowie´s journey through life..........
KHEROSENO 1 year ago
Maybe one of the best Stations on Bowie´s journey through his life...............
KHEROSENO 1 year ago
im sorry but is this the best tour,ever?my fave bowie era.
themachman19691 1 year ago
brilliant art rock
jureh1 1 year ago
Bowie - when he was a closet hetrosexual !!!
yogyog37 1 year ago
David Bowie has many masterpieces, like Low, Outside, Diamond Dogs, etc., but I think Station to Station is his greatest achievement, the song is one of the greatest ever written, it is an epic journey full of power and elegance.
lesassassins 1 year ago
this is really something to behold..who is on drums and is it the same guy that played on the record? doesnt really sound like him or maybe he's just on coke here
WeenBanjo 1 year ago
@WeenBanjo the drummer is dennis davis, same as on the album & no, he's not on coke, that's the way he plays naturally, he's my jr high school buddy from back in the days so i do know him, he's high on life, but i do know what u mean ,he plays this pretty quick !!
tonyv47 1 year ago
@tonyv47 thanks for letting me know man. i mentioned the coke thing because i heard that bowie was a bit of a fiend around this era. maybe a bit earlier than here though..anyway cheers man
WeenBanjo 1 year ago
@WeenBanjo thanks bro blessings & it is true, them days bowie was heavy on the snow, but chilled out after his doc told him it will kill him if he keeps doing the snow
tonyv47 1 year ago
I used to listen to this all the time in my teen years in my room on the "Stage" album while doing art work. It was great music for doing art work.
ziggy577 1 year ago
Epic and dramatic: the most complete artist ever
BRIGH58 1 year ago
Roger Powell (Utopia/Rundgren) on synths; Adrian Belew on guitar . . . great stuff!
THEMYSTERYBANDtm 1 year ago
Someone shoot that guitar player
Tmuk2 1 year ago
@Tmuk2 Are you fucking out of your mind!!!!
bassmanjoe 1 year ago
WHEW! ....Five stars-- Belew and Bowie. Beat this my you tube friends
ThyLiquor 1 year ago
ok. Could anybody tell me what 'the European canon is here" means?
bartbartje 1 year ago
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thethinwhiteduke1 1 year ago
@bartbartje The European Canon is basically drugs - cocaine etc
thethinwhiteduke1 1 year ago
I work with an Adrian Belew worshiper. I think he is a fantastic guitarist in a band setting but, unlike Bowie,t doesn't have the charisma to be a solo artist... plus his new stuff is very self indulgent.
musicdiedJan1980 1 year ago
so, good.
ghostsonatasong 1 year ago
This is my FAVOURITE song by BOWIE but I Love all his Tunes but this has to be my fave.
Peacharia1 1 year ago
FANTASTIC......TRIBUTE BOWIE....CIAO
RICKYYYYYYYYYYY1 1 year ago
fantastic.....TRIBUTE BOWIE.....CIAO
RICKYYYYYYYYYYY1 1 year ago
How lucky can a man be. I mean, Adrian Belew played for David Bowie, Frank Zappa and 'his' King Crimson. That's my personal top 3 of greatest bands/artists of all time!
vulvasonic 1 year ago
was this sog always the entrance to his shows in the seventies ?
txfantastic 1 year ago
nice shirts...
blandinejupette 1 year ago
It's too late to be late again
sensibilium 1 year ago
favourite album station to station; just love its whole style and swagger and its context and significance and the thin white duke concept and where it came, it may not be a low, heroes or hunky dory but its fucking brill
qoakzm2qoakzm 1 year ago
No Dee, in 1976 the steam train was incredibly,rolling thunder,ear breaking loud....then it cranked into the cocaine madenss ,the heart of David's 'Station to Station', concerts.
repelghosts 1 year ago
this song is such a successful creation. it's quite a dark train of thought to be warbling along to! evoking love, evil, mystic symbols ("from Kether to Malkuth" in the opening verse), and then there are the drug and power references. a scary cross section of ideas. it's very nearly a progressive rock song in terms of its scope. perhaps it's the bridge between prog and new wave. it is without category, of course....
argoninja2112 1 year ago
Right, I've nailed the guitar Tone itself, but how on earth does he hit some of those notes?! e.g. 01:25 Anybody have an idea?
Conorinit 1 year ago
the European cannon is here,it`s too late.classic
mijand 1 year ago
saw this tour at Sydney Showground, must have been '78, he was supported by The Angels. Great night. The cues to the dunny were frightening.
MrJMontrose 1 year ago
WOW
mdctubbs 1 year ago
"stage" is a perfect example of how a live album should be recorded.
EquisTox 1 year ago
Yes, Belew sucked, that's why he was recruited by Zappa, then Bowie, and on to King Crimson. Any idiot knows that is how you get into those bands. You idiot.
ibigdaddy 1 year ago
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argoninja2112 1 year ago
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argoninja2112 1 year ago
This song is a celebration of darkness, of those dark feelings dwelling every day in our hearts. Only an artist with such courage and talent such as Bowie could bring this strong performance to light.
'Wonder when
have you sought fortune evasive and shy?'
Powerfull lyrics of a gifted poet.
Bowie is a miracle, beatiful, photogenic, talented performer and song writter, and giffted poet.
I love this video!
moonlightdriver800 1 year ago 15
Saw this live in 1976...Couldn't believe it....amazing...1998 met Jesus Christ... He is better though :) Bowie is still great. He need s salvation. I pray he comes to know the Lord.
Saab1004 1 year ago
Saw this live in 1976...Couldn't believe it....amazing...1998 met Jesus Christ... He is better though :) Bowie is still great. He need s salvation. I pray he comes to know the Lord.
Saab1004 1 year ago
@Saab1004
lolwut
skateboarding118 1 year ago
Gemma its live at the NGK Center in Japan,a couple years after the actual Station shows...no comparison at all...Belew...dog shit compared to our Toronto boys who David hires 'exclusively'...email me ...Hugs...Dr.Jeff
repelghosts 1 year ago
One of the best evenings of my life at 17 yrs. old...I feel truly sorry for anyone who is a fan now and missed those wonderful nights when our entire hgh school, about 50 per cent out of 2,500 attending the shows...the rolling thunder of the steam train coming into Maple Leaf Gardens with 30 thousand fans screaming,dressed to the nines ,make-up,hot girls you name it,we had it...Our David!
repelghosts 1 year ago 2
that guys guitar ruin's the beginning. no need for that freak out crap.
SYR81 1 year ago
so right , Slick he ain't.
dougvel 1 year ago
@SYR81 so um... you know better than the man (Bowie) himself? There's a reason Belew was in his band for 2 years.
talkingwall 1 year ago
@SYR81 Get out of here you joker.
SteadyHaze 1 year ago
@SteadyHaze wow your still on that? i said that shit ages ago... its just an opinion.
SYR81 1 year ago
Adrian Belew on the guitar....great footage!
boojiray 1 year ago
I think he perfected his completely original rock flow on his later albums "Heroes" and Lodger, with songs like Beauty and the Beast, Blackout, Looking Back in Anger and DJ. Those songs are so elegant and funky (I have a hard time labelling them - there's some rock there, some new wave, some synth pop, some funk...quite unique!)
butterwings77 1 year ago 2
fuck the guitar gets under the skin, amazing gig^^
Castanedaria 1 year ago
Not crazy about this live performance. When the pace picks up, it does rock, though. The slow and clunky beginning doesn't do it for me, though.
butterwings77 1 year ago
@butterwings77 never been in a train maybe?The wall of fluorescent lights aren't too effective on screen either.You must have been there,it was amaaaaaazing.Nothing like the amazing album when it came out.
ssballs 1 year ago
"(...)Here are we
One magical movement from Kether to Malkut(...)"
this lyrics keep capturing me by it's high quality.
This particular perfomance is epic.
moonlightdriver800 1 year ago
Wow! Adrian Belew at the guitar! Yessss!
claudebasel 1 year ago 3
Muuito foda!!!
Essa música me deixa em transe
tmsgessinger 1 year ago
Wow! The 'Sound and Vision' are superb!
themadmad 1 year ago
Thanks for posting.
I was there.
0ckj 1 year ago
Perfect.
I love the Thin White Duke.
"it's not the side effects of the cocain/ I'm thinking that it must be love"
that's awesome lyrics!
moonlightdriver800 1 year ago 4
I think I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video. This is one of my favorite Bowie performances of all-time. His voice is absolutely perfect in this.
PockyBebop 1 year ago
Adrian Belew on Guitar ~~~~ great!
1zappacadabra 1 year ago 6
YES. GREAT!
radioanydaynow 1 year ago
What was the Bowie song from the Starman era when he was talking to an alien during the song? I remember hearing it growing up but it wasn't on the greatest hits or Sufragette City cd. It was some time before that
soccerrun 2 years ago
was it the laughing gnome. that was the worst song he ever made. the gnome was not an alien though.christ knows why he ever made that song.
nazareth4372 2 years ago
Yes it was. Thank you very much. I was around 12 when some Boston radio station played it, so everything at that age is a lot better then hearing it now as an adult. When Starman came out this 1 station was trying to ride the Bowie wave by playing different things. I never heard it on any other station and now I know why. Thanks very much for responding.
soccerrun 2 years ago
@soccerrun
I think you're talking about 'starman' off the Ziggy Stardust album?
HattyWalthrop 1 year ago
i LOVE THE DRUMS ON THIS SO MUCH I POSTED A DRUM COVER, ENJOY!!!!!!!
skydrumz 2 years ago
No Nazareth was right. It was the Talking Gnome. Not surprisingly Youtube has it.
soccerrun 1 year ago
"It's not the side-effects of the cocaine!" Good to know, David, as this is an awesome song.
prospectus91 2 years ago 17
@prospectus91 "throwing darts in lovers eye's"
lukenukem1976 1 year ago
yeah, but what makes that line killer is the end ...
"I'm thinking that this must be love."
epweissengruber 1 year ago
@prospectus91 one of his best lyrics!
eyepatchplease 1 year ago
@prospectus91 ....of course it is...and it's not only the side effect it is the ....
dockaiser 1 year ago
i must admit it took me ages to latch onto Bowie. however, once i woke up, i found the magic of Life On Mars?, Space Oddity, Rock N Roll Suicide, Speed Of Life, Heroes, and Station To Station. this song has become my favorite of late, and thank God it's really not too late to be grateful...
argoninja2112 2 years ago 30
@argoninja2112 Absolutely! Those are the same songs that got me to "wake up" and realize what great music was.
zeromousX 1 year ago
@argoninja2112 yup the same with me. I sadly enough grew up in the eighties, everything sounded terrible ( in comparison to the seventies ) especially Bowie, but what turned me on to him was the Outside album and from then on the rest came quite fast
dockaiser 1 year ago
Adrian Belew is a train wreck! (In a good way...)
Love the intro to this song, what a great version beginning to end!
brewbird14850 2 years ago
and another point - I guess the Zappa connection show its roots ...I'll have to admit it because I've never been a great fan of FZ but... I guess it was the same when he picked Steve Vai. Every guitarist he chose to work with had something very special about them... genius.
jocksilver7 2 years ago
belew is an extortionist - he extorts the most afterpunk sounds ever to come out of a progrock axeplayer..erm... axe - he's the guitar equivalent of Diamanda Galás's shamanic vocal brutality. Crimson was ahead of it all, Dave knew it all , and Belew was above it all. I'm glad my teenage years coincided with this bittersweet mis-en-scène.
jocksilver7 2 years ago 2
Already that long ago... his best period in my opinion. Progressive Rock copyright DB. Love it.
juulbrie 2 years ago 3
Bowie's best song (in my opinion) performed brilliantly! Doesn't get much better!!!
TotzthePlaid 2 years ago 5
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sexypoetry 2 years ago
i saw him in 1978 omg ill never forget many moons ago lol
loveybells77 2 years ago 5
Lucky you! Saw the Serious Moonlight tour, which was pretty good, but I suspect he was better in the 70s.
bartonim 2 years ago
83 was actually better than 78 (I saw both).
ih8tbush 2 years ago
I suppose Serious Moonlight presented a healthier Bowie--I'm guessing he was no longer coked up! It was a good show--with the Tubes and Peter Gabriel on the bill.
bartonim 2 years ago
They were both good for different reasons. 78 was during the Berlin period. 83 was touring top 40 hits + Earl Slick!!!
ih8tbush 2 years ago
Lucky you! Saw the Serious Moonlight tour, which was pretty good, but I suspect he was better in the 70s.
bartonim 2 years ago
Adrian belew is crazy, but boundless...great version.
gigistrato 2 years ago 2
lyrics are so true.....
asura501 2 years ago
roger powell from Utopia on keyboards, earl slick and Adrian belew!!!
mistersmeeg 2 years ago
this mr adrian has loads of energy and guts.
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sexypoetry 2 years ago
Earl Slick in 78? Not AB and Carlos Alomar?
ih8tbush 2 years ago
@ih8tbush You are correct - Adrian & Carlos!
JasonBNYC 2 years ago
Total fckn legend
Ordsall66 2 years ago 5
Christiane F.Wir KInder vom Bahnhof Zoo....
bahrsalic 2 years ago 2
I wonder how SRV played this opening part, if he ever played this with Bowie
dockaiser 2 years ago
He was on the Serious Moonlight Tour I think, which I saw in Edmonton, Canada. I think Earl Slick handled this bit--more his style than SRV's.
bartonim 2 years ago
One magical moment ... and his voice ... thanks !
theladystardust 2 years ago 5
Belew is amazing - great vid, thanks for posting!
mikey71 2 years ago 2
is "throwing darts in lover's eyes" a Crowley reference?
browcr 2 years ago 2
more like a reference to the scene from the last part of "the man who fell to the earth"
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sexypoetry 2 years ago
This is one of my all time favorite songs! I have to hear it at least once a week! This is great all time Bowie artistry! He did break the mold on music!!!! I love you David!
naumnn 2 years ago 14
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There is something epic about it ... Katubah, The Ocean, and the original Earl Slick solo
ih8tbush 1 year ago 2
@naumnn This IS my all time favorite rock n' roll song. I can listen to it over and over (as I have since I discovered it in '88 when I was just 20 years old) and never tire if it.
aryke1 1 year ago
This is a brilliant video. Thanks for posting. I love this old, very experimental Bowie...
myauralfixation 2 years ago