just listen and you will "sway thru thr crowd to an empty space..." - This man is such a living legend that I'm so awfully sad for all this late born kids who may have never get the chance to see him play live, feel this fascinating charisma that's floating around him and be a witness of the fact that this man's not only one of the greatest musicians of our time but maybe the last real Icon... I'm so sad that this is all over...Happy, happy times you gave me, David! Thank you so much....
I decided to get to know Bowie's music better because I thought he was a pop artist and there hadn't really been a great male popper in decades. As you can see my expectations were pitifully low.
What do you think I found? Something better than I could have ever imagined.
My dream guy since 1970, and through every phase of his music he has been the thin white duke, Ziggy, and David all rolled into one FABULOUS MAN!!!! Iman is one lucky woman.
The most infectious smile in the entire Showbiz -- seeing him perform or sitting down to an interview -- he brightens my mood in an instand.
Love the man - envy his wife for the 20+ years they have already spend together and the prospect of spending the rest of ones days with such an charismatic person....
The variation on the beginning of this song is really great!
There is also a live acoustic version of Let's Dance from Bridge School Benefit Concert 1996(?), that one is interesting, too. He is a real artist. He even can turn this more than well known piece of music into something new and amazing ! By the way, though it has been played to death, it really is a great song !
i have to buy this dvd - i cannot find it anywhere, it's nowhere to be seen when it comes to uk. Found a couple of american sites but look and could be dodgey, one has awefull reviews - does anyone know where i can purchase this dvd!?!??
There is an interview with Nile Rodgers who laughs as he recalls the first time Bowie showed him that song saying that it sounded like some kind of country song or something and he thought Bowie was joking.
I wonder if the way Bowie plays the intro here is the original way he envisioned it when he showed it to Nile Rodgers who then changed it because he said you can't have a song called "lets dance" and it not be danceable. lol
@staygo1d id think that by now though, he's learned to play through songs he dislikes. It's like part of the life a a performer you don't always love playing but you do it anyway cause you believe in it.
Notice where he says ...... and????" waiting for her to name another tune, and where he sarcastically (IMO) says, "Absolutely no problem at all. We'd be delighted to play it for you."
Hello! I'm still writing to the radio for ask more Bowie songs, 'cause i think that too much young people don't know who his him, and we need some nice rock! someone can help me and do the same please? thanks, have a nice day.
Well Jackson had more songs that were well know i guess. But Bowie's song, sorry MJ fans, are more structured, more thought about and really say something instead of going on the dancefloor. Both great in their own ways. But Bowie will be remembered as a mythological, inventive rocklegend, not a popgod.
very well said. I like MJ too but if i had to like catch a bullet for the two i'd jump in for bowie's music. Inspirational and very deep, his songs'd get you thinking and he has a sense of artistry and poetry in every single one! amazing that guy is! i love bowie and mjtoo!!
love Bowie, but does anyone really believe that the artist doesnt know what song is about to be requested? I saw the hall and oates one and daryl already was practicing the opening chords or the song that " impromptu " request that was coming through! before they took they call!
I do not believe that they know, but they can predict. Let's Dance, Starman, Changes, Heroes and China Girl are songs that are so popular that they almost must be requested. Pitty, i'd like to see Space Oddity, golden years, TVC 15 or Little Wonder. these are songs that yo don't see much live.
This was during Live By Request, 2002, and the name of the female bassist is Gail ann Dorsey. She's a very good musician, but an even more taltned singer. Search Unde rPressure, Gail ann, and click on it. It's even better than the original.
I'm trying to think of all the different elements of David that make him so SEXY. Is it his quiet confidence? His comfortability with self? His humor? His voice? His engaging charisma and charm?
Great song..so much better than Lady Gaga´s "Just dance"...although many young people surely like the newest songs, not because are better, but cause they are "in"..
This guy is so unassuming, it's almost like your best mate has got up and sang your best song ever for you!rare talent, without equal in this day of pop/christmas no 1, superstar/dancestar/strictly on ice,pop trivial shite
Me and my mates always dance on this song at parties! someone will say something like MAKE SOME COFEE.. and then you have to dance like you're making cofee (the cofee dance or something like that).. and then someone screams something else.. and so on
Learn from this all you people who think that you have to be a "THUG" to be "cool". Bowie is living proof that you can be Elegant, educated and Smart and still be a cool dude. How unfortunate that we don't see more guys like bowie and Robert Palmer. Cheers!!
この時期のスパニッシュ風イントロから let's danceは、たまりません。
Evagelion4 3 weeks ago
I Absolutely adore the slow intro.
verrru 1 month ago
Bowie is so ellegant, a REAL singer!
sergioramiz 3 months ago 2
just listen and you will "sway thru thr crowd to an empty space..." - This man is such a living legend that I'm so awfully sad for all this late born kids who may have never get the chance to see him play live, feel this fascinating charisma that's floating around him and be a witness of the fact that this man's not only one of the greatest musicians of our time but maybe the last real Icon... I'm so sad that this is all over...Happy, happy times you gave me, David! Thank you so much....
katjasunflower270971 3 months ago
I LOVE HIM......
lacicci72 3 months ago
I decided to get to know Bowie's music better because I thought he was a pop artist and there hadn't really been a great male popper in decades. As you can see my expectations were pitifully low.
What do you think I found? Something better than I could have ever imagined.
Subsistancer 4 months ago 2
He´s the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Motzen07 4 months ago
smokin...better I love how this guy trends his music to suit new & not so new
shelleybobelly1 5 months ago
Fricking hot for an old dude for an old broad like me! Love it!
GATAMONAE 5 months ago
David Bowie is so fucking cool.
thewaste510 5 months ago
wow.. hot.. not gay but.. hot
RyanLies 5 months ago
I love that man!!!!!!
janis85ify 5 months ago
I love this song. the original guitar by SRV still gives me shivers. But this version is really great.
TheLittleE2000 6 months ago
wow,beegeesstyle,hy,lacht,zich,rot,toch,romantic way voor jou a different coat,tyd zat tot ik kapot ben lithium nemen
mollysangelique 6 months ago
wow,beegeesstyle,hy,lacht,zich,rot,toch,romantic way voor jou a different coat
mollysangelique 6 months ago
wow,beegeesstyle,hy,lacht,zich,rot,toch
mollysangelique 6 months ago
I love this version so much! It kinda sucks though that there's a skip at 5:00. Throws me off a little.
FatSlappyHappyPappy 6 months ago
what a fabulous version of this song!
momominnosh 7 months ago
The chick requesting the song is from my city! :D
liquidcontrol 7 months ago
He is so darn attractive.
KFlorenceMargaretB 7 months ago
super.super legend...the timeless david bowie..
bandypaul 7 months ago
Sexiest man alive, I'd say...
AfroPoli 7 months ago
god
FreneticKey 7 months ago
I love his voice its so damn charming and seducing :3!! *faints*
akatsuki202 7 months ago
My dream guy since 1970, and through every phase of his music he has been the thin white duke, Ziggy, and David all rolled into one FABULOUS MAN!!!! Iman is one lucky woman.
Songbirdlma1 7 months ago 2
love it
nicktoe 7 months ago
u dont have to be gay to think that david bowie is fuckin hot!
markieinger1 8 months ago
I like the top comment alot :)
TheEXpothead 8 months ago
God his band was so TIGHT!
Redenzyme 8 months ago
Sexiest man alive.
AfroPoli 9 months ago
The most infectious smile in the entire Showbiz -- seeing him perform or sitting down to an interview -- he brightens my mood in an instand.
Love the man - envy his wife for the 20+ years they have already spend together and the prospect of spending the rest of ones days with such an charismatic person....
XoXo
JimJarmuschCollector 9 months ago 3
Bowie - God of Music
FreneticKey 9 months ago
When was this?
Coolessia 9 months ago
The variation on the beginning of this song is really great!
There is also a live acoustic version of Let's Dance from Bridge School Benefit Concert 1996(?), that one is interesting, too. He is a real artist. He even can turn this more than well known piece of music into something new and amazing ! By the way, though it has been played to death, it really is a great song !
ezaube1030 10 months ago
god
FreneticKey 10 months ago
i love him
smbribri1223 10 months ago
that music...oh its like an eargasm! =D the amazingggggg instuments and David's voice... <3 <3
VendettaKissXx 11 months ago
I love Bowie
FreneticKey 11 months ago
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I still get David Bowie & Billy Idol confused...d'oh!
ANGELINAMACIAS 11 months ago
Smoking band. Nice.
RickCogley 11 months ago
One of the greatest artist of all time. I think he could such an amazing job doing Documentaries also. What a great voice, speaking and singing.
skipper8257 11 months ago
Love this version !!!
isa77410 11 months ago
The Gentleman is SMOKIN' here! Bowie rules! All hail the Thin White Emperor!
Sparkina 1 year ago
@Sparkina Thin Wite Duke
davejohnslade 1 year ago
@Sparkina thin white duke
davejohnslade 1 year ago
@davejohnslade Nope. He's higher than a duke. Higher even than a king. He's the Emperor. :-)
Sparkina 1 year ago 2
He's so funny too, I love hearing Bowie just talking to people.
Errickfoxy 1 year ago
Bowie is veeeery sexy
:P
mrsCiccone100 1 year ago
@mrsCiccone100 Know it!
Sparkina 1 year ago
Happy birthday, dear David! Be always healthy and happy! You the best for ever!
angela1sintez 1 year ago
This is good. But I kinda hate it when they stray so far from their original studio version.
bluestucco 1 year ago
@bluestucco Bowie is Bowie and his music is always enchanting
Sparkina 1 year ago
This maybe should have the version on the album. I really like this.
TheLittleE2000 1 year ago
put on your red shoes and play the blues. .........
ahhhhhhhhhh
crayzeeenj 1 year ago
izabelabar, where did you get this i tried to find it but failed
And David Bowie is a GOD!!! and he's gorgeouse!!! love him
krazykidabc123 1 year ago
7 people forgot to put on the red shoes to dance the blues.
gmasoldier 1 year ago
NOOOOOOOOOOOO....!!!!!! MA PERCHE' CAVOLO NN SN NATA IN GRAN BRETAGNA....NN E' GIUSTO VEDERE RIDERE IL DUCA E NN CAPIRE UN'ACCA DEL MOTIVO... :(
MrSinbad67 1 year ago
25 briggade
mickwillie1 1 year ago
this has to be the best live version of let's dance i've ever heard, bowie is genius
philly20067 1 year ago
Love
FreneticKey 1 year ago
YOUR VOICE IS VERY SEXY!!!!!!!!!!
xxSTARROXERxx 1 year ago 2
i wanna make love with him. seriously.
lovelyharajuku 1 year ago 28
@lovelyharajuku Me too! ♥
Ladystarify 1 year ago
Bowie is Bowie, he is unique.
AmberPoint19 1 year ago 2
I prefer the older Bowie, like the 1970: es
BagheeraBirk 1 year ago
nice voice
elton14jp 1 year ago
Excellent performance of one of Bowie's best dance song Because my love for you would " still " break my heart in two...
Comparing David to Milli...pfffffffffffffffffffffffffff
:)*
Aureliano661 1 year ago
i love that lady playin the bongos too.....she looks like she is having so much fun
jakep42zer0 1 year ago 2
you will be hard pressed to find a man with this much swagger......i think i have a man crush on bowie....and this song is fantastic
jakep42zer0 1 year ago 17
@jakep42zer0 Mick Jagger or maybe Angus Young would be the only others worthy of being compared.
thewaste510 5 months ago
Waoo he still Young for his Age Nice Hair Cut too LOL
ElChupisSalsero 1 year ago
I wana phone him!
neilam6 1 year ago
i have to buy this dvd - i cannot find it anywhere, it's nowhere to be seen when it comes to uk. Found a couple of american sites but look and could be dodgey, one has awefull reviews - does anyone know where i can purchase this dvd!?!??
sexpistol1979 1 year ago
fucking amazing
sexpistol1979 1 year ago
He looks beautiful, great song,
This is for Evelia.
bennybenny5 1 year ago
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The inmortal David Bowie, forever young and talented.
Cribocop 1 year ago
3:54 <3 if u say run...ill run with u...
moeismyfriend 1 year ago
He sings this so smoothly! Sing it Bowie!
catgirl1234 1 year ago
There is only one true goblin king and that's david bowie.
pixargod 1 year ago 4
David Bowie is SUPER SEXY! >.<
toboea13 1 year ago 3
Nice.
37Satellite 1 year ago
Alguien me puede decir cual fue la cancion exitosa de david bowie en 1991, en donde, salia en un video como gran ejecutivo
menxxx100 1 year ago
@menxxx100 Tente el album "Tin Machine II" . In Google -David Bowie discography
Suerte ! Alo de Brasil !
TheSolangeSV 1 year ago
Mon Dieu qu'il est beau!!!
mojoband07 1 year ago
You have no soul if you are that unexcited to talk to THE DAVID BOWIE
patrickcarroll123 1 year ago 2
me gusta esta versión,
Gracias xsubirla
sobrinatiti 1 year ago
He is sooo fuckin' hot!! Pardon my french but he IS!!! I could orgasm just watching him!!
PJfansrock 1 year ago 2
ole! bailemos...
maitegarciavega 1 year ago
WOW!!!! New version of Let's Dance... COOOLLLL!!!!!!
miroslava1983 1 year ago
I live close to Puallup, Washington. Trust me, it's beautiful. The Puallup fair is there. A great place to have fun.
Mageoftheair 1 year ago
Only David Bowie can achieve such a high level of sexiness. ♥
mynameistofu4 1 year ago
AAAAHHHH THE BEST ! ! ! !
maxboye1122 1 year ago
Oh hell, he's so fantastic and really he's looking better and better with ages. Oh and I love his smile =).
AhojBrausemaennchen 1 year ago 2
Cheers me up!
ledgerdeathshit 1 year ago
Omigod he's so funny and awesome! <3
BlueJeanBaby012 1 year ago 3
coolest guy in rock
hkl89713 1 year ago 3
Love him!!! Lets Dance!
msstevie1951 1 year ago
That's a pretty interesting version.
There is an interview with Nile Rodgers who laughs as he recalls the first time Bowie showed him that song saying that it sounded like some kind of country song or something and he thought Bowie was joking.
I wonder if the way Bowie plays the intro here is the original way he envisioned it when he showed it to Nile Rodgers who then changed it because he said you can't have a song called "lets dance" and it not be danceable. lol
friskyrabbit 1 year ago 2
I love this video...His warmth as a person also comes across....thankyou so much for this upload....wonderful.
LadyMyrddin 2 years ago 4
let's dance! :D
katicha989 2 years ago 3
The definitive version, IMO
Rooktoven 2 years ago
Great video i love it!
And David Bowie is the best!
TrampenderSupertramp 2 years ago 5
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TrampenderSupertramp 2 years ago
He was not happy when she asked for this.
staygo1d 2 years ago
not? why do you think this?
DavidBowieloving 2 years ago
I'm fairly certain he can't stand this song.
staygo1d 2 years ago 2
@staygo1d id think that by now though, he's learned to play through songs he dislikes. It's like part of the life a a performer you don't always love playing but you do it anyway cause you believe in it.
prepostme 1 year ago
Notice where he says ...... and????" waiting for her to name another tune, and where he sarcastically (IMO) says, "Absolutely no problem at all. We'd be delighted to play it for you."
staygo1d 2 years ago
hm...yes....can be.
DavidBowieloving 2 years ago
He's probably sang every song he ever wrote at least 200 times by now... It anyone has a right to be sick of them, it's him.
Stingrea51 1 year ago
David Bowie always a surprise!
nmcniemann 2 years ago
awesome:D and i dont even like it that much for a bowie song:D love modern love better:)
cheVCFjoydivision 2 years ago
The bass player tears it up
siillystring 2 years ago
1:21 and? ... Completely lovely man.
cristianmassagana 2 years ago 5
Love this!! Makes me happy :-)
Elvisbutiken 2 years ago 18
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Hello! I'm still writing to the radio for ask more Bowie songs, 'cause i think that too much young people don't know who his him, and we need some nice rock! someone can help me and do the same please? thanks, have a nice day.
antheaize 2 years ago 2
David is the best there ever was and ever will be!
Annezaba 2 years ago 49
I love you David.
tpjl25 2 years ago 4
a really great interpretation of this song :)
does anybody know when this "life by request" concert took place?
DOSkywalkR 2 years ago 9
It was in the Summer of 2002. Not very sure about summer, but it was in 2002
ledgerdeathshit 2 years ago
No - he must not die!!!
pildskadden 2 years ago 5
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cristianmassagana 2 years ago
Well Jackson had more songs that were well know i guess. But Bowie's song, sorry MJ fans, are more structured, more thought about and really say something instead of going on the dancefloor. Both great in their own ways. But Bowie will be remembered as a mythological, inventive rocklegend, not a popgod.
ledgerdeathshit 2 years ago 9
very well said. I like MJ too but if i had to like catch a bullet for the two i'd jump in for bowie's music. Inspirational and very deep, his songs'd get you thinking and he has a sense of artistry and poetry in every single one! amazing that guy is! i love bowie and mjtoo!!
redmustang13 2 years ago 3
DAVID, gracias por tu obra, siempre me encantaste y cada vez que te escucho me gustás más! Sí, SOS UN GRANDE, DE SIEMPRE Y PARA SIEMPRE!!!!!!!
Ladystarify 2 years ago 4
ciaoo questo ě moltisimo qualcusoo tutoooooo
lubikbbb 2 years ago
Awesome song. Check out my acoustic fingerstyle arrangment of this, and many other, classic songs. Feel free to comment :)
davidheroX5 2 years ago
Bowie sos un grande!!!
tobysigler 2 years ago 2
I love this version of "Let's Dance"!!
Notzi1981 2 years ago
love Bowie, but does anyone really believe that the artist doesnt know what song is about to be requested? I saw the hall and oates one and daryl already was practicing the opening chords or the song that " impromptu " request that was coming through! before they took they call!
theBadloves 2 years ago
I do not believe that they know, but they can predict. Let's Dance, Starman, Changes, Heroes and China Girl are songs that are so popular that they almost must be requested. Pitty, i'd like to see Space Oddity, golden years, TVC 15 or Little Wonder. these are songs that yo don't see much live.
ledgerdeathshit 2 years ago 4
sexy!!
axxys666 2 years ago 5
What year was this? And the name of the female bassist?
4rainbowed 2 years ago
This was during Live By Request, 2002, and the name of the female bassist is Gail ann Dorsey. She's a very good musician, but an even more taltned singer. Search Unde rPressure, Gail ann, and click on it. It's even better than the original.
ledgerdeathshit 2 years ago 3
I loveeeee the beginning to this live version!
Does anyone know if it was recorded..and if so, where i can get it ?
Cheers! :)
ShawtyTilley 2 years ago
Bowie is the most beautiful man on Earth. Ever, probably.
drsigh 2 years ago 78
@drsigh BOWIECOULDSELLOUTASTADIUM IN A SEC
thoostorm4 1 year ago
@thoostorm4 indeed
angelikakravitz 1 year ago
@drsigh Definitely
patrickcarroll123 1 year ago
THIS IS JUST ABOUT FUCKING FABULOUS!
taahinetapuala 2 years ago
Adorable! love him.
barbarac102 2 years ago
AIN'T HE JUST THE BEST!
taahinetapuala 2 years ago 2
The best-I was 14 years old 1972
good times
LoveMusic1958 2 years ago
His eyes. Are so haunting man. SO haunting.
aluisha 2 years ago
Fantastic! Great arrangement.
emcauno 2 years ago 3
WOW!!!! AWESOME!!!
domkippy 2 years ago
o cara é fera é um otimo cantor adoro let´s dance de 1983!!!
novafm919 2 years ago
O Kara é muito elegante! Parabéns David Bowie.
hollywoodaker 2 years ago
Love how the song was re-arranged!!! But I doubt he wanted to do any of his 80's period songs.
Lucas311Revival 2 years ago
nossaa meu apavoro......ke break animal
novafm919 2 years ago
He is Dynamite!
DirectorLarkin 2 years ago 2
What kind of guitar is the guy on the right playing? Some sort of slide?
healeybj867 2 years ago
This version made me love the song.
PompadourSamurai 2 years ago
He has a very sexy voice...
anntuv 3 years ago 6
not just voice lol
BardleyCfan 3 years ago 7
Every freaking thing about this performance is just in the sexiest, and most awesome way possible, sublime!
JohnnyDeppian 3 years ago 2
Yeah! 100% agree! It is such a great version of the song, isn't it?
LadyScreaming 3 years ago
Yeah it is! Everything is so good! I can't get over it! Lol!
I'm so getting this dvd....
JohnnyDeppian 3 years ago
I love this version!
Seems like David hade a lovely time doing Live by request !
I wish I could have been there!
Whoester 3 years ago 3
David, I'm falling in love with you. Can't help it ♥_♥
madlener07 3 years ago
AH! I live in YB! How cool is that?
Aw, David Bowie, how I wish I had been old enough to call you then...
*Swoon*
SorceressZila 3 years ago
Instant favourite, baby!
Any more versions of this out there?
docktor978 3 years ago
dam! nice vesion!
GABRIEL1977P 3 years ago 2
Love the mellow start of this version, really builds the track up :)
BSEmadcow 3 years ago 4
damn they are JAMMIN hard!!!! kill it DB and the band!!!!
RBlovesKOP 3 years ago
I'm trying to think of all the different elements of David that make him so SEXY. Is it his quiet confidence? His comfortability with self? His humor? His voice? His engaging charisma and charm?
Why can't all men be like him. Damn.
RBlovesKOP 3 years ago 3
Gorgeous.
AfroPoli 3 years ago
Great song..so much better than Lady Gaga´s "Just dance"...although many young people surely like the newest songs, not because are better, but cause they are "in"..
DevonnyfromOusack 3 years ago
wow he looks great for his age!!!!
keither89 3 years ago 4
hes so gorgeous, and such a down to earth, funny sweet guy, looove him. This is his best look, the style, the hair, everything.
itsMelissaHayes 3 years ago 4
this is like...one of the best versions of Lets Dance for me =)
JohnnyDeppian 3 years ago 3
he's too sexy
rowley555 3 years ago 3
He's just so nice, not at all arrogant or "superstarrish" and a great performer
markf9572 3 years ago 5
This guy is so unassuming, it's almost like your best mate has got up and sang your best song ever for you!rare talent, without equal in this day of pop/christmas no 1, superstar/dancestar/strictly on ice,pop trivial shite
lujas10 3 years ago 2
Brixton all the way
chimesoffreedomflash 3 years ago
Is this u-tube at it's very best?
lujas10 3 years ago 3
why yes, I believe so
JohnnyDeppian 3 years ago 5
Me and my mates always dance on this song at parties! someone will say something like MAKE SOME COFEE.. and then you have to dance like you're making cofee (the cofee dance or something like that).. and then someone screams something else.. and so on
JelteTuinstra 3 years ago
This man is a genious. If you looked in the dictionary under the word cool, there would be a picture of David Bowie. Rock on!
SunDragon93 3 years ago 5
bless him.fantastic guy,i just love him !
jones47star66 3 years ago
Learn from this all you people who think that you have to be a "THUG" to be "cool". Bowie is living proof that you can be Elegant, educated and Smart and still be a cool dude. How unfortunate that we don't see more guys like bowie and Robert Palmer. Cheers!!
riquelmerock 3 years ago