David Bowie Interview 1977

[oneshotcomment]

The interviewers are Flo & Eddie of the 60's pop band The Turtles ("Happy Together", "Elinore", etc.). They were also members of Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention in the early 1970s. I think Bowie seems really healthy here both mentally and physically. He finally kicked his coke habit and divorced himself from Iggy Pop after producing the 'Lust For Life' album. Check out his Dick Cavett (1974) and Dinah Shore (1975) interviews to compare how much more focused he seems here in '77.

[icecatseventyseven]

the interviewers, for what it's worth, are very famous musicians in their own right. look up flo and eddie.

[DrWhoManiac666]

He's so patiently polite, but you can tell he started getting annoyed at being constantly interrupted...

[L3XINGTON]

these FUCKS keep interrupting David Bowie.

[melissacorsair]

stoners

[lydianflatseven]

i love bowie but...these interviewers are fuckin retarted and this interview blows

[watcher18893]

what a laugh at 5.52?

[McHarriStannon]

I would define those two as the beard and the weird. Jerks.

[inspiredbymj]

buzz offff

[blasketboy]

whats with the fuckn beard on that fag interviwer??

[naumnn]

Intellectually and graciously, David is so far above his interviewers. I don't like the way they are interviewing him. What a classy guy.

[stretchmorgan]

@naumnn Hey that's Flo & Eddie interviewing. They're top musicians in their own right. Check out the Turtles & their work with Frank Zappa. So there!

[naumnn]

@stretchmorgan They're very rude as reporters. 

[stretchmorgan]

@naumnn I guess they see each other as equals in a way. They started in the same business around the same time & are the same age. You can't expect everyone to be super obsequious in the presence of David Bowie. He's a great artist but let's not get carried away.

[naumnn]

@stretchmorgan I'm not suggesting that they fawn over him, but just that they should have held this interview of him in a bit more of a professional manner, with a bit more respect (perhaps even as fellow musicians, if that's what they really were). They seemed to ride over him at times (a bit of jealousy perhaps? Hmmm). Perhaps you could watch a few of the better interviews and get an idea of what I'm taling about.

[magicdress]

@redhotchilipepperite:  they're not great interviewers, are they?? how obnoxious

[naumnn]

@magicdress Ya, if they're such great musicians, why don't they stick to what they're good at? Why are they acting as reporters?

[SaraSnowings]

Oh god his laught 5:51 ASJDKLASDJSAKLDJSALKDJASLKD LOVE YOU BOWIE.

[udohood]

tHIS IS LAUGHABLE...HES SO DEFENSIVE...ITS fLO AND eddie!....

[fanboy2015]

Those are the dudes from The Turtles.

[fanboy2015]

Mark "Flo" Volman from The Turtles.

[nash1189]

these guys suck, they keep fucking interrupting David



[rigos1028]

Anyone else get the feeling Bowie never went to Kenya?

[beatlesfan1193]

The 2 guys were moronsn it's amazing tht Bowie could understand their questions

[Chroniclesz7]

"Tell us about Kenya," "Whataya wanna know about Kenya?" "oasijddsfhsefkglsjfvfgmdkjhtn­gjklm" Bowie: "...ok well uhh"

[Billcruxley]

I wish these guys wouldn't interrupt him constantly.

[SnotRockets55]

Not that I know a whole lot about Bowie in the first place - I don't listen to his music - but I think I prefer post-Ziggy Bowie. I'm gonna be honest, I have a hard time even taking Stardust-era Bowie seriously.

[dlfunky1]

@SnotRockets55 yeah 75 onwards is the best but your missing out on hunky dory an amazing album brilliant songs but i get you station2station onwards -genius!

[postmasterw00t]

why do people always say "omg these guys are stoned"

they are not stoned at all they would have red eyes and be less confident

[hojoojoh]

wow CBC...

[EV1DEN5E]

i wish these two fools wouldve shut the fuck up and let david speak

[Gurumze]

The reason why the 70's were a shity decade was that guys with hair like that passed as normal...

[exexalien]

Would love to see more CBC interviewers like these guys nowadays.

[goldengirls666]

flo + eddie rule, they sang backup vocals for t rex

[Nannedu4O]

He is so beatiful..........

[jojobug45]

So much better looking after all that makeup gone away.

[MexicanKola]

what a couple of stoned dull fat yank bastards. bowie owns em.

[babypiano666]

@MexicanKola Oh gosh. I suppose I have to agree even though I am a "yank."

[IdaSputum]

David's SO charming, interesting & gracious -

despite those 2 being dull presumptious pigs, "WE will do it again" I'd have said "Oh yeah? I won't"

[rjgilligan]

great laugh...

[redhotchilipepperite]

Stop fucking interrupting him

[akatsuki202]

why would they compare bowie to alice cooper O:<!?!?!?!

[mloaks]

he was amongst peers... those guys are Flo n Eddie (Zappa), aka the Turtles!

[gorillabelly1]

I hear these interviewers formed a company and wrote a computer programming language called SIMPLE which Gates stole and - voila! - BASIC was born!

[mooneymanl337]

Why is Kim Thayil from Soundgarden interviewing Bowie?

[cristohr]

5:49 = highness



[JacobYellow]

Is it just me, or are all three of them STONED...?

[TheBackOfTheBoat]

@JacobYellow what's weird is that the interviewers seem more stoned than Bowie. Or maybe David Bowie's just so intelligent that he's capable of reigning in his high whereas those two aren't nearly as functional.

I know that if I knew I was going to be talking to David Bowie I would want to get as baked as possible first.

[PeasGraveny]

@JacobYellow Totally baked!

[SJBGify]

@JacobYellow it's just you that's stoned-;

[NoDestinyLive4Now]

@JacobYellow You know, I'm really not sure, but for someone who was usually on coke back then David sure is a relatively calm guy in all of the interviews I have seen (with minor moments of exciteability).

[OnlyPrettier1011]

@JacobYellow The bearded fellow is without a down under the influence of marijuana.

[paigetncat]

@JacobYellow Yup!

[Stillatwoodstock1]

@JacobYellow not bowie hes just amazing!!!!!

[pdorn777]

Bowie seems to be babysitting for these guys.

[veverzay]

hole are way cooler than david bowie

[pbmax]

Good Canadian show ! Use to watch it all the time!! NOw  I'm an American...it sux. These assholes get into too many dumbass wars...I never should have left Canada.

[superturtlesxx]

hes soo down to earth........ Its soo cool - i luv him <3 xxxxx

[jeniqu]

he's such a babe

[scottkeene88]

Does anyone else think that he looks like a skinny Ricky Gervais?

[TastyGirl1000]

I love his face and voice : D

[kitchenmachine]

haha look at all the comments insulting americans over this interview, and yet this was on CBC.

[ymfarhi]

dumb americans...

[bugmusk6]

@ymfarhi LMFAO!!! Those two guys are Canadian you fucking moron!!! You have to love the irony!!!

[ymfarhi]

@bugmusk6 yeah but it's still the american style

[bugmusk6]

@ymfarhi LOL!!! Just like German, English and Irish people are all the same you ignorant fuck!!!

[ymfarhi]

@bugmusk6 first of all now your being racist because theres a difference between germans and nazis.

and second of al im just saying that back then they looked like trying to catch up with the american rock fad.

[SuperBingo96]

interviewers are control freaks fucking idiots; shut up and listen to a man only second to lennon

[kevinindublin]

Those two interviewers look hideously dated for 1977 (is their appearance 'ironic'?), like fat, bloated relics of 1969. While Bowie looks right up-to-date & modern ... actually he already looks eighties in '77.

[Nopedontgiveadamn]

Yes, let the man speak!!

[friendlier]

The interviewers are Flo and Eddie. If you like glam, you might know them as the back-up vocalists on T. Rex's Electric Warrior.

[newhome123sac]

wow. he's hot in this interview.

[ElectricEchoGirlie01]

Wish the rude yanks interviewing DB would just STFU!!!

[MrBowie62]

ce sera toujours un des plus grands

[smedley]

Yeah, the interviewers shouldn't have a had a nose-up before the interview.

[icelandsigurros]

somebody should do a parody of these interviewers

[Vittumikajatka]

Alice Cooper was indeed the first glam rock band. Cooper influenced Bowie in the early 70's.

[whangie1]

Bad interviews talking over him all the time. Idiots.

[aquariushearts]

i hate that the intervieweres keep cutting him off and interrupting him! just shutup and let him finish his sentences!

[moneyquickeasy]

5:50 Gotta love that laugh :)

[zerberry1447]

He looks annoyed throughout this interview.

stupid people, I guess I would be too.

[bwilson27]

You people are morons. The interviewers are legends themselves.

Ever hear of Zappa? Why do you think Bowie even agreed to this?

[reptilicus]

@bwilson27 These aren't members of Zappa's band, but the two members of The Turtles.

[zappagasm]

@reptilicus actually zappa recruited them after the turtles, and they appear on a number of his albums. And they are legends too, so bowie should shut up :P

[topbluffa1]

7:10 ROFL.

"thats english...... how dare you!"

[Nigelxman]

You're a rock and roller David. Nothing more, nothing less. :-) Silly boy.

[TheWookieWelder]

Morons act like they have never done an interview.

[Alejandrakoxxx]

two dumbasses in the seventies trying to prove that being stoned is "cool"... stupid fucks

[mrpcun12]

Cannot believe the difference in appearance from the '74 Dick Cavett Show to this '77 interview...really took control of his health I guess....

[ramboram03]

those 2 fat fucks should shut the fuck up and let Bowie speak

[JoeDuveen]

Incredible how polite he is , not telling those two incredibly ignorant transatlantic twats to eff off.

[RocioFloreno]

"People in tribes..." -- was he being sarcastic about being unaware that there were communities of peoples living in Kenya or was he really oblivious? If he was being sarcastic, alright. If he wasn't, well, I appreciate his honesty.

[elliedrama46]

I love his voice <3 <3 <3

[JooJooEyeballBeatle]

Fat fucks.. Their interviewing Bowie. Not the blasted idiots..

[AliceElizabeth2]

Dude! You fat jerks won't just let David TALK!!

[Edgarwinter]

I saw an interview on CNN with Bowie and he said after the collombia space shuttle disaster he threw all of his ziggy videos and tapes out of the window and even burned down his recording studio. All of this was his fear of outer space and dying on a space ship like in the album ziggy stardust.

[TheBookWorm1718]

@Edgarwinter Sounds like the infamous Ziggy paranoia.

[julesoz1]

i LOVE David Bowie..

[helenajesstarzak]

shut up and let the man talk already!!!

I mean you cant do that to David Bowie!!!

[marycigarettes]

lovely lovely feelgood interview....flo and eddie are great.....you can see david really liked and trusted them

[colmanstephenson]

guys all three are completely stoned. the reasons the interviewers cut him off is because he never finishes his sentences.

[AnotherGagaSlave]

Its amazing how much Gaga took from this man hahaha. Hail Bowie!

[MixiAiko]

@AnotherGagaSlave I don't believe he ever made himself out to be a nympho or some such :l

[niggabooful]

That's English,how dare you?

[macwhites]

fat twonk city man.give em a truckload o burgers they can masticate instead of twat talking.dig it u canadian flumps in 77.

[dundee12]

the interviewers are actually Canadian.

[joe2goo]

God, he was very serious at this point wasn't he?

[Stube437]

@joe2goo not really. straightforward...sober!!! ha ha

[FabienneParis]

Is he at home ?

[annasumner]

OMG he's completely attractive!

[ekiroto]

@annasumner yeah well juxtaposed with that interviewer....not saying David is ugly but just sayin...;)

[MrGraphis]

Did these two fat fucks actually get up that morning and think 'hey, I look really cool for this TV interview?'

[Mozartiana13]

Oh my! I love him!!! And that's so true, he has the sexiest accent ever!

[FreeArtCelebration]

Bowie so sweet to these two

and completely right about Berlin

[greatunknowableevil]

david bowie has the sexiest accent ever

[stuckinthestation]

are they the TURTLES??

[randomthoughtpattern]

They should have put a bowl of twinkies between those fat mouthpieces so he could speak...

[silvermaid462]

at 5:33 he's like

Oh GOD let me talk!!!

[ste43]

would the two of thwm shut the fuck up and just let him answer

[emberglance]

It's pretty mind-blowing to think Low, Heroes, The Idiot and Lust for Life were ALL released this year. This period was his high-point for me - still youngish and full of fascination with things but no longer talking complete s**t in interviews. Nice hair too.

[bubediscuss]

good to know Hurley is no longer lost.

[78JayBird78]

How the fuck does Miley Cyrus's name get on a David Bowie interview, nobody gives a shit about that kid!

[LeamingtonSteve]

has he kicked coke by this time? seems more together than a year or 2 before

[TheArbiter74]

Flo and Eddie are apparently pretty stoned. They certainly would not be allowed on stage with Frank Zappa in the condition that they are in on this interview. For those who do not know, Zappa employed Flo and Eddie, formerly of The Turtles, in 1970 and 1971. Bowie and Zappa are some of the best EVER!!!!

[TheArbiter74]

@TheArbiter74 Some things never change, in regards to Flo and Eddie!

[shuddupeyaface]

How old he seems here, like a guy been at it for 40 years.

Those comments about "old hippies" - shame on you!

Maybe that's why Bowie feels so cool and secure to be open and free.

[ILikeCalliopes]

Flo and Eddie sound great on records but they are lousy interviewers.

Also, why were they dissing Alice Cooper?

[binkerbutter]

this may be the clearest I've ever heard David speak about Ziggy.

[StubbyFingers]

one of these men looks like an upside down,stoned,broken fridge. the other looks and sounds like a spasmoidal excretion of some sort of sewer, defrosted and solidified to become a sharting mesh brain. Bowie is a gilded stork,who could trample these erk mouths with one furious nab of his ivory beak.

[Bumptiously]

@StubbyFingers hilarious, imaginative characterization. you, dear sir or madam, are very funny !

[sgrroiii]

The interviewers are Mark Volmann & What's His Name . Flo & Eddie from the Turtles Who had a big hit in the 60's with Happy Together . The also toured & recorded a few times with Frank Zappa . Sounds like I made it all up right ?

[digitalbeat]

this is a rare review but the reviewers are odd hippies

[01geTnM]

@digitalbeat Then go and watch a Miley cyrus video

[digitalbeat]

@01geTnM

Never heard. Who is Miley cyrus?

[ste43]

@digitalbeat she's jail bait is what she is

[digitalbeat]

this is a rare review

[DudemanSwede]

All three of them were born in 1947! :-)

[cirquedude123]

Love David, Hate The Interview people... fat bastards

[CamiiHavok]

Hes so proper <3

[couldbecowboy]

love to see how calculated the ziggy years were. 

[micusdecimus]

Those are the shittest, dumbest interviewers in the world ever!

[tp4ever1950s]

how rude those beard people!

bowie sounds so deep, and sexy i love it

thnks :P

[pacovl46]

i hate how they never let him finish what he wants to say by interjecting, rude fucks.

[jenniferjuniper97]

Loved Flo and Eddie's "Blind DAte" Radio show! David you are beautiful!

[exussupremebeing]

thumbs up if the interviewer looks like shaycarl's long lost uncle! XD

[d2theVO]

Manners!

[maumedina292003]

The same here... I wish I had at least 1 of his answers given until the end. Now: he wasn´t a legend in 1977 in the same way he is today... gotta understand that. He was more a different beginner, but a rock star anyway.

And then it´s a CANADIAN TV show... the CBC World... I lived in Canada for a long time and nearly got into the CBC... so nice to see that work here.

[voordekoningin]

Bowie: Kenya, what do you want to know about Kenya?

Annoying people: Aasdhsfd?? (Incoherent speach because these morons are talking at the same time.)

Bowie: Okey, well ehmmmm... IDK lol.

Wow these people are annoying.

[TheTeamcrue]

bowie has got to be one of the most intelligent people on earth. Putting 3 different views into the album...Genius.

[sharingwithyou]

Agree!

Interviewers are idiots!

Shut up and let the legend speak!!!

[sharingwithyou]

I hate the interviews talking over him all the time.

Very annoying!

Let the legend speak!!!

[dustinerney]

@sharingwithyou Yeah, Bowie's frustration with that is subtle but obvious.

[SaintBurrito]

FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU

I would love it if you could allow Bowie to actually form a full response to your inane questions. Ta.

[BPCpresents]

these are the rudest interviewers ever! Really talking over him and cutting him over. wow he's saying so much and they're are just not interested in letting him finish.

[johnkimble2007]

Flo and eddie are so annoying i just wanna slap both of them really hard

[TheMagmagoblin]

Who are these charming, brilliant chaps interviewing him?

[Richardkenworthy]

Bla bla

[FallOutBoy3192]

My Bowie...... He's still handsome in his own right.

[zenpaganwarrior]

A true artist.

[mimesis6mime]

Brian Eno what does he know

he's brian eno brian eno brian eno

[CrocodileBurgers]

Buzz off, that's English, how dare you!

haha, just the way he said it was so cute and cracked me up for some reason.

[chrisoposnow]

I'm surprised how pleasant Bowie stays during this interview.

[knutfheifer]

@chrisoposnow it's ok, he was so dopped up that he didn't even know what he was saying himself, all music people at this time needed help to speak along the way, they paid interviewers extra cash to but in so they could remember what they were talking about in the first place, in this year bowie almost equaled renato in save your love my darling save your love, which was not bad for an unknown drummer in the first place

[well0so0they0say]

I love it when he says he was "totally anonymous in Berlin, they couldn't care less about..." his face is so serious and just grabs your attention and emotion, the man is human perfection.

[thezaylady]

@foxyroxy2005

My feelings exactly, but I think Bowie gracefully carried himself like a gentleman in spite of the rudeness.

[cookieman38111]

My favorite Bowie interview!!!

[kcasperpdx]

Personally, I think the interuptions are awkward but it's an interesting interview that covers a lot of ground-- they seem to really understand each other. It's a good interview.

[TryItAgain123]

Not to be rude, but I got kind of shocked at 0:52

That's one serious beard man!

[gr8guitar69]

The interviewers are David`s friends Flo & Eddie, formerly of The Turtles and later with Frank Zappa`s Mothers as Floresent Leach And Eddie, great song writers and performers, "So Happy Together"........

[Snotra]

Mmm..okay...uh, remeber when you was in the Beatles????

[tippyray]

Bowie as usual fiddles and acts nervous and unsettled. The interviewer looks stoned.

[TheBillfer]

BOLANS BACKING SINGERS

[imgoing2hellcom]

these 2 fat fucking retards wont let bowie just fucking talk .....this is so fucking annoying!!!