David Bowie - Jean Genie - 1976 Rehearsal

[polodemarseille]

THIS SONG WAS NOT WRITTEN BY DAVID BOWIE BUT BY FRENCH SINGERS JACQUES DUTROC AND JACQUES LANZMANM IN 1966

[onyxescence]

Love the video...I was at the Vancouver concert; it seems really weird to see this rehearsal video so many years later. That was such a good time.

[sirensealight]

I love Mr. White!! Thank you~you made my day with this post...too cool!

[StardustZiggy95]

That is hot.

[kimrileymusic]

ivan007: I was there too at the Boston show, I was 15 years old and remember every single detail..I'll never forget it!! I've seen him 7 times and this was the most unforgettable tour!

[thea2u]

Thanks so much for posting this video. I remember seeing Bowie in San Diego when they showed the French film prior to his show. His show was only 65 minutes and I was very disappointed at the shortness of the concert but it was still BOWIE!!

[ivan007]

If you remember, if you were there ... Bowie had been away, 'retired' for a while ... this was the return ... for the start of the gig, the stage is totally black. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, a single spotlight and in it, Bowie himself, with the line ... 'The return of the Thing White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes ...' Anyone who was there, the world changed at that moment. I was fourteen, it still sends a shiver down my spine to recall it.

[JRCrowley]

I'm sure you meant 'The return of the Thin White Duke' ;) typo

[AvirtualSwitzerland]

Saw him in Los Angeles on the same tour...your comment is so right on the money.I was 15 and I got the same shivers go down my spine as it was only my seconed concert ever.I went with my old babysitter and her partier friends.we sat in the back of a pickup with a camper shell on the way down there and smoked some Maui Wowie and I was seeing stars by the time we peeled ourselves outta the Chevy!! my first concert?freaking Elton John with my parents.did not wanna be there

[DBCrowns]

@ivan007 I remember Ivan! I was 15.. He toured in 74 didn't tour in 75,. Came back in 76 March 17th I recall with this staging and persona. Different but exciting as always!

Can't bring these days back.

[onyxescence]

@ivan007 I was there and won't forget it - sitting in the dark waiting - then like magic in that light beam was this elegant taaaalll Bowie and the only white things were his shirt and him. Wow, some striking entrance and I was just thinking I wouldn't have missed him or the '70's for anything. Just an incredibly exciting decade that will never be replicated.

[fanamire1]

This is great! I had so much fun watching this, and you could tell David was having a good time. You don't see too much from this period, thanks heaps for posting!

[LassinSayne]

Why couldn't my Preschool teacher have taught me the days of the week this way? The way he holds the ciggie, the inflections, the hand on the hip . . . guh, I love you David. <3

[tamara0909]

very good gitarist!

[leonoel42]

Lets not fool the kids, Cocaine can be fun!

[kirjava3]

Such a shame that no video live exist from this Thin White Duke Shows.. Watching these, which are just rehearsal, I will humbly say that he was at his best, ever. Too bad when he came to isng as TWD in the "Paris concert", I was only nine... Maybe one day, someone will bring the full coverage of this show ? Ok, "someone", somebody, please. ; ))

[popeye100]

I was only 10......but I went....changed my life! Empire Pool 76!

[ivan007]

you forgot to mention your big brother who so kindly took you along with him ...

[BowieOutsideAudio]

wow thats cool your brother in law played with Bowie on stage. My firends dad played with Klaus Nom and i thought that was very interesting.

[pingey93]

OMG, he is the coolest person IN THE WORLD. I mean, who else can make me squeal after hearing the weekdays being recited? Come on.

Oh, I love him.

[ninaisthekoolest]

ah! its lovely!

[TVC17]

had a big line of blow waiting for him thats why he runs off the stage....

[Bemywife1]

You're funny

[DBCrowns]

He did keep running off to the side of the stage during this concert.  I remember, I was there front row in Boston. It was a good show. It was the musicians show though. Very loud. No props to be seen :)

[badboypoet]

Love when he runs off stage to do another line, cuz he knows his part is done!

[MandyKazooBowie]

I love how David can add just a little bit of sarcasticness in his songs. like the part where he sings: "Tuesday Wednsday Thursday Friday Saturday Monday" and in between saying Friday and Saturday he shakes his head kinda. He is so cute I love him he is the hottest person on the planet I want 2 marry him.

[badboypoet]

I love the FIVE YEARS video when he goes.....smiling and waving, and LOOKING so fine! (he looks psychotic when he says that.....it's great!)

[visionofjohana]

Love the days of the week recitation with the fag in hand, who else could make that sound cool? haha.

[JasonBNYC]

This is great, thanks!  I wish someone would (re)-post Calling Sister Midnight from this set. That is TRULY awesome.

[kloverlindelona]

It gets better and better towards the end

[12Gasoline21]

6:55!!

Love it! lol

[DBCrowns]

Do you see where he almost drops the mic at 1:01. Why do I care I ask myself? Maybe because I'm obsessed with this gorgous man....?! :)

[demonsbutterfly]

Aah yes i have a vinyl bootleg of this tour-what a band-sweet

[Bemywife1]

Do you know where I can get a bootleg copy of the tour?

[demonsbutterfly]

Not of Hand no i dont-I fiorst heard it back in 1980. I bought my vinyl copy around '82. But i am sure that the recordings still exist. Bowie Fanatics will know

[HumGuitar]

Is this the tour for "Young Americans"?

[khajinl]

No. It's Station to Station

[bowiemott]

Thanks for posting these clips. I caught this tour and aside from the shows being a little on the short side, it was spectacular. Everyone was expecting Earl Slick to be on the tour so most didn't know who Stacey was. hey no internet in 76 so it took a while for the word to get around. Interestingly, Earl Slick 's band was touring later in 76.

[lesassassins]

great to watch this bowie stuff. thanx, i wish the thin white duke era was longer.

but mick ronson is the one who could play this song like it must be played.

[Diamonddog59]

my fav bowie, was at the Wembly shows awesome

[Baggietait]

Made my day, nice one

[mfpd62]

I heard Stacey heydon for the first time on the bootlegged Nassau LP and was blown away by Stay, Panic,Station and this JAM! To see video of his playing is AWESOME!!

[repelghosts]

Yes, I feel so sad for alllll the kids who may be a fan today, and missed these,well this show for that matter....

[oneflashoflight]

The best BOWIE posts evah!!! Thanks for the goose bumps, Gary!

[mechanicalvalve]

So terribly wonderful of you to post these videos. David is at his very best here. The "Changes" video from these rehearsals is incredible. Love the falsetos!

[GenkiSugiru]

Gary, Great of you to post these rehearsal videos. Wonderful, unusual, high-value posts! Thanks a lot.

[hoganhoople]

I worked with Stacey in 1980 on my album. I wonder if he still gets the cheques. We should have continued.

F.K.

[ulysses1904]

Thanks for posting this. I had found other clips from the 1976 Vancouver rehearsal through peer2peer but never saw this one. I was at the Madison Square Garden show from that tour and I've listened to the Nassau Coliseum live concert countless times since 1976. The band was so powerful. I do 3D animations and I'm taking Dennis Davis' scat talk from his drum solo, and using it for the voice of a skeleton drummer with shades and a cowboy hat, should be cool.

Thanks again

[avibard]

This is so beautiful, thanks Gary-- you ROCK!

[MunkinaBunker]

Yes, feel so lucky to have lived during the 1970's everything below the pop culture was amazing and some of the underground was able to cross over, which is getting harder and harder(TY MTV), and between the theater and the record shop, life would have been sweet.

[themrmassage]

How great is this??? I feel sorry for these kids now that missed all this great music. My favorite Bowie song. Thanks for putting it out there.

[MattDonaldson]

This is a rude contrast to the Ziggy Stardust days!

[wellesleyjackson]

Wow! Absolutely amazing, finding this has made my day. Isn'y YouTube great?

[GaryWhite]

The black and white film shown before each Thin White Duke Tour performance in 1976 was produced by Salvador Dali - its most memorable scene was that closeup of a straight razor cutting a live human eyeball - it looked pretty real! I'll never forget that scene.

[ivan007]

Un Chien Andalou was the film. The eyeball is actually a donkey's eyeball - but for sure you think it is a live man's eye being cut in the film

[classicrocker928]

@GaryWhite I watched the show in Vancouver and remember that it was great. I couldn't recall if the lead guitarist was Earl Slick or not but now I know! Thanks.

[sauro19]

My God! I was at this concert, 16 at the time. Many years later and about 12 Bowie concerts later, this is by far the best concert I've ever seen, and I've seen most of the greats... Just a thought, remember the stobed flourescent lamps above the stage? And does anyone remember the BW film that preceeded the concert?

Thanks so very much.

Sauro

[BowieLover2]

i agree with mrtyles

[mrtyles]

what the fuck? who told them to take down those rare vids of my hero david bowie? fuckin' bastards!

[Wormboy74]

Amazing footage! Great sound quality too! Bowie can´t do bad, he always is great, even on soundcheck!

[NESTERS]

Please keep them COMING GaryWhite! You have GREAT Taste in Music & great luck in finding these rare GREAT Rehearsal Performances! Bowie is THE SHIT & those who don't know it, SHOULD 'cause they have NO Idea what GREAT MUSIC is until they get 2hear The Duke at his BEST!

[AntheanCeilliers]

The Duke abides.

[hammbetta]

does your b/i/l still play professionally

[GaryWhite]

He's now a music producer/promoter in LA - works with Alecia Keyes, Boyz to Men

[amycatherine]

David Bowie has so much presence...even during rehearsal! And the guitarist, Stacey, is AMAZING! Thank you for sharing this!