David Bowie - Rare "Heroes" 1977 Bing Crosby Special

[terleeher]

I like this song. Especially by whoever sang it at the ending of the movie The Replacements! This version is ok too

[kmars21]

i can see 65 year old Crosby fans goin "WTF" !!

[johnsnip187]

you will be missed .......RIP BOWIE 

[Sakuya727]

@johnsnip187 He didn't die!!! OMG IT'S A HORRIBLE RUMOR HE'S ALIVE THANK GOD JESUS CHRIST ALLAH BUDDHA HOWECER U ROLL!!!

[Alkun60]

Wonderful voice & performance!

[elvispresley718]

didn't he make enough money to get the best set of teeth there are?

[pbrick6301]

Crosby was actually very hip. He was huge fan of Bowie and he also liked Ramones...in fact as he died on the golf course his last words were "tell the lads like Bowie and Ramone and CW McCall to keep up the great work". Then he was gone.

[Johnnywhamo]

@pbrick6301 LMAO! too much

[pokerisometrics]

We can be mimes, just for one video

[MJP474]

David thank uR@d@!U2RadioheadBush:)>>>>>):­:

[IronSheik00]

RIP Bowie

[JDoub14]

@IronSheik00 He's not dead! D: Why do people think he's dead?

[ICanWatchVideosfor18]

@IronSheik00 holy shit hes not dead

[MissInformed1967]

I can remember seeing the German film Christine with this running at the end. Always stayed with me this song. Not seen this one before either, thanks for sharing  ; )

[bromixsr]

I love the duet the two did together, Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy. I heard that when he first met him, Crosby knew little of Bowie but by the time it was over they were friends; though not for too long if this was '77.

[duppykitoon]

Oh my.

[dcadaw]

he didn't have to change his teeth.

[jojolovejoy]

i can only imagine what bing thought of bowie in his genderless slacks doing mime, i hope that eno was somewhere in the recording session, running around in one of his old roxy music outfits and french kissing bowie in front of bing, give that old straight-laced wasp a heart attack and a secret thrill at the same time

[ilexgp64]

@jojolovejoy If this was actually broadcast on the Bing Crosby Xmas special I'll eat a bug.

[LadyMutare]

@ilexgp64 It was.

[pacskye]

@ilexgp64 yeah it was, and Bowie and Crosby sang Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth on the same show. 

[JeanCocteau777]

@jojolovejoy

Bing was no WASP.  He was an Irishman who smoked marijuana and who was considered by Artie Shaw to be "the first hip white man in America".

[NancyDrewe]

@jojolovejoy ROFLMAQ

[tallperson605]

My two favorite B's

Bing and Bowie <3

[TheAnthony236]

Nice little bit of mime by Bowie in this

[JM13121]

One of my favorite Bowie songs...

[tomeeeee1]

20th cent

[MsLazyplay]

Oh Yeah... a young David Bowie... : )

[DSTAUBIN1]

This sucks!

[larryrickmangmailcom]

He's only telling the truth

[northvilletunnels]

Bing Crosby used to beat his kids with a bag of oranges,.

[jamesjonesrocket]

@northvilletunnels I'm sure you're not serious are you?! I had a good laugh at that

[fbates96]

I always thought it was good that Crosby had him on right at the high/low point of Anita Briant BS.

[northvilletunnels]

@fbates96 Especially the orange connection Anita Bryant and Bing used oranges in their own ways.

[rdapaul]

hes such a beautiful creation of god. i dont have any more words to describe him.

[jwny72]

What an incredible talent. And as a straight guy I'm comfortable saying he is a gorgeous man. He can mime too, apparently. Lollerskates on the Katherine Hepburn similarity. I totally see it. It's the high cheekbones and patrician bearing.

[MenkeriosAndemicael]

he looks — and sometimes sounds — just like Katherine Hepburn.

[gittahfiend]

Homos....Just for one day.

[rudeboy225]

@gittahfiend That is so funny and well put I cant stop laughing, YES We can be Homos just for 1 day

[lailannecarla]

uma das inspiraçoes da lady gaga

[code2high]

Bing Crosby thought Bowie was a great talent and stated that Bowie reminded him of another great talent of earlier years; Danny Kay!.........In a twisted sort of way Bowie and Kay ressembled each other................

[MLFive]

He was beautiful and scary at the same time.

[LicoriceLain]

@MLFive How so?

[hottunasandwich]

@MLFive very true

[Topesio66]

It's amazing how Bowie mastered Lindsay Kemps's lessons. Watch at 1.56. AMAZING. What a great  artist, such a genius.

[ziggy577]

I love the song "Heroes"

[bluebird3042]

@ritter89 Yes ! well said !!!!!!!!

[bluebird3042]

Great filmclip, thanks for sharing :)

[howltothemoon101]

HE...IS.....SO........SEXY!!!!­

[BowieFan64]

Bowie is one of the best performers I have ever seen. 

[MrDeano3330]

@BowieFan64 I think the same, i saw him in Paris and it was a fantastic concert.

[MrDeano3330]

@BowieFan64 I think the same, i saw him in Paris and it was a fantastic concert.

[PeggySue927]

He's a perfectionist, totally professional in doing pantomimes<3

Love this song, he wrote it in Berlin inspired by a kissing couple, standed on the wall.

When I listened to the german version of Heroes for the first time, I really was suprised about Mister Bowies good pronunciation, but now I know this must be of his 3 years in Berlin and the fact, he's a hopeless perfectionist in everything he does!

[EddieAlda]

I wonder how Bowie felt when the record company butchered his original version of this song. A musician must hate that ....

[TheSsalty]

WE CAN BEAT THEM (them as in pop music (gaga perry))

[howltothemoon101]

@TheSsalty YES! we need to fight for true music again. time to start a freaking rebellion. I'M WITH YA

[vorkutaman]

Bowie looked at his best on the Heroes album imho

[hermanaA]

I loved his crooked teeth :)

[6591paul]

I can hear lots of Velvet Underground - it's a gooda one

[riverlioness]

Some of you idiots need to get a life and leave homosexuals alone. What kind of affect would your bigoted comments have on a homosexual that views this video. Have some empathy for a diverse group that gets treated terrible.

[bigcuyo23]

este canijo rifaaaaaa

[icecoldisaac86]

RAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH

Bowie makes me do this.

[Fernil01]

Love the way the gold cross spakles on his skin

[MIKEDINSMORE2]

David Bowie was writing a song for elvis in 1975....

[daverolo87]

@MIKEDINSMORE2 i thought that was Brian Eno who came with the music for this song !!! bowie wrote the lyrics and the melody!

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[s3nt3n3l]

:it's the way you say it" ....

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i think frank carson said that as well .. I'll never learn

[jsilence418]

Lou Reed is the best !

[maxinedal]

this is bullshit he never did this on bing it was a christmas special an he sang little drummer boy with bing duo hell heroes didnt come out till 1980!

[puggti306]

@maxinedal

Agree with you, beats me where they pull some of this bullshit

[ivankaramasov]

@maxinedal "Heroes" came out in 1977 and this is from the Christmas special. Why don't you check your facts before posting.

[rjinblack1970]

@maxinedal Heroes came out in 1977 - same year as Low!



[shaft4783]

bowie is so under appreciated its criminal.

[sclapione]

@shaft4783 He's not under appreaciated at all, he is an icon ?

[FollettoK22]

W BOWIE. un etero. la musica non c'entra un cazzo con i gusti sessuali di ognuno di noi

[MsIthinkthereforeIam]

@FollettoK22 esatto. well said.

[chiachhu]

what is the movie called in the beginnig of this video?

[63gstone]

@chiachhu It was a Bing Crosby special. He and Bowie did a few of them together.

[chiachhu]

@63gstone thank youuu!!!

[martinismification]

Is this an early appearance for the new teeth?

[AngelGhostchild]

@martinismification I don't know. Honestly teeth change naturally on their own, but smoking doesn't do them any good. He actually had perfectly fine teeth when he was a kid and younger than this.

[martinismification]

@AngelGhostchild You're right, his teeth were OK early on. Sometime between '74(ish) - '77 they seemed to have deteriorated quite badly, then all shiny and new by late '77 (ish)!! I wonder whether it was anything to do with gargantuan cocaine use that covered this period!?!

Shiny teeth or not shiny teeth, he's still on another level to everyone else for me :)

[AngelGhostchild]

@AngelGhostchild Agreed. Besides, a guy like him? Why would you be worried or give his teeth much attention? He's got his own personal charm that defies everything.

[MrsBlueLove]

@AngelGhostchild DUUDE! His teeth are sooo sexy.. I love them. I'm so sad he got them 'pritty-fied' ) :

[sookiestackhouse2u]

@psychicvampired ... i think you just did.

[Primogose]

Good god, mime again! Run, run for your life xD

[AngelGhostchild]

@Primogose I love when he mimes! He's so wicked cool! XD

[romber58]

@psychicvampired

I also heared that he has a big cock lol

[SuperJpoh]

Lindo, lindo!!! :)

[KittyyyTammyaj793]

hèy_i_fÊÉl_sõ_lÔÑÉlY_tODåY

[flaviodemoraes1]

A primeira vez que eu ouvi esta musica, eu senti tanta energia que eu queria voar literalmente

[90038jhon]

it's not only possible, it's true.

[luigi7630]

DAVID BOWIE HEROES

[smidon]

Amazing ... what a flashback. I saw this then, on the TV at my parents house ... I was so taken by this I remember going out the next day and buying the LP ... the shop had only their play copy and I insisted on buying it. Wow. There's a very good later live version here BTW.

[juberra]

Why do you insist on this shit of bowie and jagger in bed? It was strategic marketing that worked 25 years ago but makes no sense nowadays. Bowie himself dropped that old fashioned ambiguous or androgynous look.

[coftroy]

this is awsome!

[Echosofthemind]

That man always looks good but he looks extra edible in this video...weird. Didn't think he could get more attractive.

[greenpilgrim50]

@Echosofthemind he looks like Jamie Lee Curtis in this video

[Echosofthemind]

@greenpilgrim50 Does that mean I am attracted to Jamie Lee Curtis? *shudder* But you do have a point.

[jenwha]

@Echosofthemind You are so right, extra edible...delicious. The man is not conventionally good looking but a young David just drips sex. Yum Yum eat 'em up.

[hitwall]

pretty amazing connection he has

[abergaz]

I think that this video isn't rare anymore ;)

[m10lla]

what a song

[FreneticKey]

GOD GOD

[BaSeBgIrL84]

This song gives my goosebumps, goosebumps!!

[BaSeBgIrL84]

This song give my goosebumps, goosebumps. As always Bravo Bowie!!!

[zerberry1447]

@DavidSanfordE woop.. my bad.. sorry..

[dullath]

@HotKisses4739 omg. are u serious? tell your drama to your mama! but.. i'll answer your question

a- he has grown weary of your relationship

b- he's smitten about someone else...1.- sexually 2-emotionally 3-mentaly

c- he/she is stimulating to your bf  which wakes up groggy neurons and this is EXCITING

d- he lacks the moral integrity, respect for you and maturity to have a healthy relationship.

that being said, go ahead, have your pity party and move on. he'll do it again

[zerberry1447]

@DavidSanfordE the sexiest thing who walks on this planet...



[farine5]

@psychicvampired he's not gay ! yeahhhhh

[hamslice151]

@farine5 He's not gay, he's English.

[FIXIErider]

His first wife divorced him after finding him in bed with Mick Jagger.

Helluva a talent though.

[EmilyBStarr]

@FIXIErider

Actually, his first wife was a bit of a player too. They both slept with different people people while they were married but Bowie divorced her because he was fed up with it all.

[jamesoblivion]

@FIXIErider Actually, after finding him in bed with Mick Jagger, she went downstairs and made coffee. As she said herself, what else could she do?

Especially since she fucked Jagger, too.

[XcustomerX]

@farine5 Huh? No one said that he's gay.

[MrAbyude]

Duas lendas juntas, um encontro de gigantes.

[the26thhour]

when I think elf, I think Bowie

[queenpossom]

David Bowie is to music what Chuck Norris is to bad-assery.

[peachyjudy]

Living Legend

[mikernov]

fucking adverts

[ciance]

..."and I feel quickened when I hear him..." What a luminous statement! Perfectly describes the sentiment. Bowie eternal, resides in the rare air of the profound but keeps his feet firmly on the ground.

[jacobruno1]

I agree completely with you!

[riodv]

INDESCRIBABLY GORGEOUS; INARGUABLY BEAUTIFUL; ETERNALLY BOWIE.

[whsonic]

"rare" is maybe not quite the right word to describe this. It's not a live performance, only the video with a short introduction by Bing & David.

[Mr4suns]

@psychicvampired I think you just considered becomiong gay. You could have just said he's a good looking guy, and been secure in your own sexuality doing so....

[Mr4suns]

@psychicvampired ....uhhh, have you seen his wife?? She's fricking hot. Gay has absolutely zero to do with talent by the way...

[tomwmloppe]

even the full sized teeth, with the proportionately accomodating mouth are the same.(nice smile)

[tomwmloppe]

Wanna know some thing really wierd?

Jamie Lee is a hermaphrodite, so the vid really could be her...

[ritter89]

@psychicvampired Ah, yes, another youtube trend: hetero males posting semi-humorous sexual innuendo about their favorite androgynous male performers. News flash. All hetero men are capable of recognizing beauty in other men. Doesn't mean they're "gay". Most famous androgynous males are from Europe, where gender roles are less rigidly enforced. In the sexually oppressed US, hetero males still feel the need to use humorous qualifiers like "no homo" if they dare comment on another man's appearance

[prostakuk]

@ritter89 buddy you sound pretty damn gay to me

[DrLeavingsoon]

@prostakuk he was experimenting with it at the time, yes.

[allaboutdatGDA]

@ritter89 nah,, really? NEWS FLASH: Bears shit in the woods.

[drlinux350]

@ritter89 Dont you think you forgot something there?

[leogpir]

@psychicvampired

I think you just did dude...

[dave62x]

i remember watching this show back then. looking back now what a coup for bowie.

[cryptsub]

Bing must have really liked Bowie to let him do TWO songs on his special. What a trip.

[KISSarmyist]

I make im Fish bal soup... FISH BALL!

[yuukikanameflipflap]

I LOVE Bowie. (and music) Luckily I'm not a man, because I would turn gay.

[wotererio]

@yuukikanameflipflap Haha that's such a funny thing to say xD

Thumbs up xD

[nanakruppa]

**sighs**

[gritzman]

I was watching this that night. Bowie is one of the best ever.

[SatansComment]

This is my favorite Bowie song. Amazing voice and amazing song. Cant find music like this in this shitty era anymore.

[tomwmloppe]

Looks like

Jaime Lee Curtis

anybody with me?

[KatherinaW]

@tomwmloppe LOL!! when i first read that i kind of made a shit-feasting face, paused, considered, replayed video and grinned after concluding that you are moderately correct. i believe it's the height of the brows ( & width apart ) from the bride of the nose, the shape of the eyes and the thin lips. somewhat the hair texture, as well.

so creepy. = ( haha.

[motszahrz]

el peor error de mi vida fue confesarme bisexual siendo que estaba experimentando como cualquier joven!!! (DAVID BOWIE). David Bowie es heterosexual,esta casado hace 19 años con una super modelo, icono de la moda que al igual que el, no se le nota el paso de los años, tiene 2 hijos y es una persona muy normal a pesar de su brillante carrera!!! es un heroe, saludos desde chile!!

[LadyMelunaMoon]

David oh David, marry me you beautiful singing mime <3

[SERobers]

Ohh he's so much prettier than me~

Love you David!!

[barksoo]

amazing

[bbstepho]

i love this song, i have a awesome cover on my channel

[rogerroach91]

@amin1950 agreed

[bferris19]

Bowie's awesome, but wow he really does look like Jamie Lee Curtis.

[singenie]

@bferris19

I never thought of that but hell yeah they do. And they both are awesome.

[kayak0055]

what does this vid have to do with bing crosby?

[TheJohngledable]

BEST

[mikado54mark]

Nah, you not gay, it's Jamie lee Curtis before the boob job

[whyimarko]

@mikado54mark

the lookie-likee made me laugh, but jamie lee curtis has always had those wonders. check out the movie 'trading places'.

bowie rocks. best thing to come out of south london. ever.

oh, and chaplin.

[cspace1234nz]

61 "dislikes" ????

What kind of Hannah Montana loving critters would vote against the ultimate artiste ?

Maybe the fucking Christians !

[lisalucian]

he is awesome1 I NEVER TIRE OF LISTENING TO HIM

[becca123321]

Buy Bowie's version of Heroes to keep x factor out the chart!

And the whole "it's for charity" how about you just give the money rather than using x factor ruining this song as an excuse.

Show support for Bowie!

[SumireHio19]

Lol; just heard it on the Xfactor and thought it was an amazing song- despite the fact that the contestants murdered it..... :P

[Arai64]

@psychicvampired - try impaling yourself on a decent size dildo before going the whole hog...

[katerinablack]

THOUGH NOTHING CAN EXPLAIN OR DESCRIBE THE GREATNESS AND INFINITY OF THIS

[SonicPoon]

@katerinablack get a life

[CanOfMinus]

I had dream I was marrying a girl, and on her side of the isle Bowie was sitting there. The bride turned to me and said "Oh, he's my Uncle." I never felt more horrible waking up :(

[ozzfan1979]

@psychicvampired lol

[magilojoh]

Maybe it's just me and maybe this is silly, but in this video especially, his nose and cheekbones and general face shape remind me of Michelle Pfeiffer, especially when she was young.

[kjgoya777]

@magilojoh i agree with you....

[SonicPoon]

@magilojoh fuck you

[magilojoh]

@SonicPoon Wow it doesn't take much to offend you- It was just an observation-take it or leave it. LOSER