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  • "Well you have really got rather long hair havent you"........Says the jealous Bald man!!!.

    Damn, Baldness is a disease!!, When are they going to discover the gene for hair regrowth!! I use to have long hair...once upon a time, unlike ancient rockers, Im not into fake hair, wigs, plugs etc like most seen to have..:). Give me a head with hair Yeah!!!

  • starting movements at 17

  • Wow David Bowie, looks super young here.

  • Even then, the man was walking sex.

  • great vision,...even then,...enjoy people enjoy, still great music is a medium we all can appreciate,....apart from a guy called,...(stfwho), WHO CARES, EVERY COMMENT IS A SIGN OF HIS ENVIRONMENTAL, AND EMOTIONALLY DAMAGED CONTENT!... Steve gonna keep all that dark shit for your mind were it belongs m8?...(m8 is just a fugue of speech),..........everyone else,... have a very nice new-year, and be happy ,...always!!!,....X, that's for steve!...he needs it!...LOL.

  • A master at generating publicity even then!

  • haha this is slightly epic

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  • Lets try to be grown up and show some class, like the author himself, David Bowie!

    Sorta disheartening when the child comes out and rambles negative messages, really nothing like the tune, Young Americans..

  • Anyone know if isobel1933 has severe mental retardation, or some other form of mental trauma that makes him or her unable to function?

  • Steve ma fool!,...lol...you bite like a shark!,...but I'm afraid,...this wee boy cannot be precipitable to come back with more type'd verbal that couldn't surpass your comments,..lol,...(came out of puberty long time ago Steve) see ya sucker!.....

  • @isobel1933 aw steve babes,..u just see my reply to a comment you had the "sheer ignorance to share?,...(had drink's with mr bowie,..approx 6-8 times, due to knowing,"tony v, etc" another band who were famous in the midd 70's i was in)...i digress, yea, steve "you oracal ,lol"....(so enlighten were the sun go's at night steve?),...like you steve, it's barn, no life, and only yourself for company!,..now i have to give my 52 year's of experiance, "her words not mine" wish u could c partner,see ya

  • AHH this is so amazing. This is how old I am now. Gosh I wish life was like this nowadays. So well-spoken!

  • Long hair cruelty prevention tipical bowie :D

  • Its a pity David Bowie's face is reduced to one measly pixel. But a good post nonetheless.

  • So this is how it all started :)

  • Why is there kids ruining this page with stupid rude comments if your going to do it dont do it on a video of bowie thats just disgusting

  • I love his voice, when he speaks!

  • Very charming gentleman , David.....

  • im in love his accent! nobody in England speaks like that anymore :(

  • We still experience this cruelty on our hair in college.

  • HEY PAST DAVID BOWIE.....YOU WILL BECOME SO AWESOME THAT IT WILL BLOW MY MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Gotta love a Mod Bowie. That bowlcut? Brilliant.

  • awwww hahahaha

  • Such an innocent lost old world. Everybody was so lovely to one another even when they were being rude. Not like nowadays when rudeness involves no loveliness whatsoever.

  • @keekabo okay, as sweet as that sounds... People were bad to eachother back then to. haha I don't even understand what you're referring to. I mean during this time there was probably crazy civil rights shit going on

  • i hate long hair once, it was shit...

  • He calls him David Jones, which is his name.

  • Thankyou David, VERY SPECIAL TO US

  • WOW this is old!! Haha.

    WE LOVE YOU DAVID BOWIE!! ^_^

  • "The Worms are Turning"... sounds from Pink Floyds "The Wall"...... and still they keep turning ...... well if everyone in the world was the same, it would be a pretty boring place!!!

  • His voice is always the same :)

  • Nooffense, but the guy that spoke after David on behalf of he Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men really needs a haircut. :)))

  • the eve of the hippie era

  • To think, he had no clue what the rest of his life was gonna be like....

  • @SnotRockets55 i mean he didn't, but this was part of like Bowie's self-marketing ploy. classic bowie move to use his deadpan humor and charm to manipulate his circumstances and make opportunities for himself--the band got signed up for a tour because of the attention.

  • hahahahahaha love it!!!

  • it didn't work. i still cop shit when i walk down teh street.

  • Society for the prevention of cruelty to men with BAD HAIR CUTS!

  • Good on you David! ^0^

  • He kind of looks like Brian jones a little

  • Long hair on a man is a major turn off.

  • @LibTyrMatrix2011 being a shallow superficial bimbo is a major turn off too

  • @stfwho You talking about yourself again?

  • @LibTyrMatrix2011 ugh what a bimbo reply... stop making me lose more faith in humanity

  • @stfwho Stop with your insults, your hurting my humanity.

  • @LibTyrMatrix2011 you're*. Your humanity must be weak. One has to be strong and vicious in this world to survive. One must grow thick skin. Same with the internet. Survival of the fittest! You are the weakest link. Good-bye.

  • @stfwho You sound like a bully, picking on the weak now?

  • @stfwho u mad?

  • @DancingMad17 It's "U MAD", not "u mad?", you fucking buffoon. learn to use the internet.

  • @stfwho ure so fuckin obnoxious. i bet uve never tried pussy. i bet uve never gone down and licked a clit.

  • @DancingMad17 really? well go ask your mommy if that's true and I didn't make her squirt all over the ceiling last night

  • @stfwho yh im guessing youve never licked a clit before. poor virgin. try it out

  • @DancingMad17 you've said the same thing twice now, ya dumb cunt. go die in a fire, you broken record mongoloid retard.

  • @stfwho well ure not denying it now r ya. poor guy. you'll probably never get laid. have u ever thought about suicide mate XD

  • @DancingMad17 Yeah, I thought about suicide after I fucked your mother.

  • @stfwho mate even my mother wouldnt want to fuck your pathetic existence. the only pussy you'll be gettin is probably ure own grandmothers faggot

  • @DancingMad17 you're just mad that you can't get anything other than daddy's dick up your ass. Its okay, I forgive you and take pity on your pathetic self. Now go cry.

  • @stfwho wow you're great at insulting. wot r u? 12? i bet u watch shitty ray william johnson videos on youtube. oh wait, u actually do hahahahahaha 

  • @DancingMad17 you're using the "what're you 12?" line on me? what're you 15? I know there's nothing better for you to do in your sad little life than to send me your little messages, but seriously dude, I'm tired of this now, I hate talking to kids because you just have nothing interesting to say. Get on with your shitty life already. Its pathetic to see how much effort you put into trolling strangers on youtube. Your parents are both fucking assholes for giving life to something like you.

  • dancing,...your fuckin rite m8,...stfwho's a (o) sat at p.c., "hand on dick" and come's out for shit when he disagrees with a comment!,...lol eh stf,...you couldn't objectively come out with a " worth while thought",...coz u probally ani't got a pair o baws,...am a bad scottish muther,52 year, david bowie fan, ex lifer,...training for freedom t.f.f....baby i'd luv to meet u on a lonely street,..................Mmmm,­...u do get ma drift cunt!

  • @isobel1933 i can imagine wot "stfwho" woz up to when he woz 17,...lol...yea, still insecure and trying to hump pre pubesant gir's/boy's...don't think you'd mind either way my friend, you seem like the type ,...who'd ride the barbers floor!,...lol...see ya sucker!...bonnie scotland, sends her regards,....Mmmm, lets meet?

  • @isobel1933 Hmm, you seem to be an inbred, illiterate imbecile who's just pathetic enough to attack someone who hasn't said anything to you on the internet. You know what, why don't you just put on your tartan and go play some bag pipes because I'm sure if I were to respond accordingly you wouldn't be able to read or understand half of my reply. Hell I'm sure you probably don't even know where the sun goes at night. Have fun being retarded.

  • I'm amazed this wasn't taped over by the studio back in the day that was common, so glad to see this was saved.

  • Long hair is still rebellious to this day. Not many men have it.

  • I always liked men with long hair (not metal style though), but in those days, it wasn't that great looking since it was too big & poofy. I guess what makes it special is the fact that it was in 64, Bowie was only 17, and his hair was dyed platinum.

    But he has looked much better with way longer hair (and better haircuts) on The Man Who Sold The World & on Hunky Dory.

  • Wow, that was mr. bowie back in the day! :)

  • It's odd how these 60s bands got harassed for their long hair. The Yardbirds really got harassment in the US South - people wanted to beat them up. But to me long hair is to the shoulders and longer, i.e. what came in the late 60s and 70s. It amazes me that people would get violent over long hair then but it's often like pulling teeth to get people to accept change about a lot of things.

  • Many of his nascent ideas present at an early age...publicity, androgyny, clothing, hair, changing his appearance and identity and style.

    And he's very well spoken too.

  • how cute is that. 

  • what was the year

  • @mymyharlow In 1964 17 year olds could legally drink beer and wine in the UK.

  • Was there ever a point at which he wasn't attractive? Does anyone know?

  • who knew that this guy would be a famous musician and write fantastic songs

  • Hilarious! Wonder what year this is!

  • @writingtheblackhorse Watch the Vid ! 0:57

  • It's your Freak Flag ! Let it Fly!

  • Yes! Hurrah for long haired men!

  • could anyone tell what year this was?

  • @koti1100 1964

  • @koti1100 Are you serious? It says November '64 right in the video...

  • @jimih64 oh sorry i missed that

  • Aaah Bowie. Ofcourse you did.

  • Is this for real, or is this a joke/skit? (serious qiestion) - I bloody hope its a joke...

  • @viewervideo011242234 hilarious deadpan joke. bowie's the mannnnn

  • i can't believe that that was once considered long hair.

  • all oppression...

  • my son (11 years old) is still being "persecuted" for having long-ish hair today!!!! can you believe it???

  • don't let him cut it - i'll tell you why. The reason we have the phrase 'womens intuition' is b/c traditionally women grow their hair & if allowed to hang freely the strands behave as antennae for the grey matter in the spine. Only the brain and the spine have 'grey matter' - in the spine it's in-tuition --> the tuition is freely given in other words (language coding).

    Why dya think the first thing they do when you go to work for The Man (police, military, beauracracy, City) is lop yr hair off?

  • it must be allowed to hang freely however, no buns or tails - pig or otherwise as that badly interferes wwith the connection

  • first long haired rocker 

  • his accent hasn't changed :D

  • wow!

  • awesome!

  • He sort of reminds me of Charlie McDonnell.

  • that was great

  • Interesting...his eye with the larger pupil really stands out even in this fuzzy footage. That eye is pretty damn awesome!

  • @angelalita77 Really? I can't see it.

  • whell all fine... wait...0:55... is realy bowie!!! FUCKING AWESOME!!!

  • LMAO hahaha wow david bowie... he sounds so young (x! so sexy! i bet at that time he didnt know how awesome and revolutionary he was going to be in the late 60s-90s

  • hey..that 2nd bloke to speak wasnt Mick Ronson was it !?!?

  • omg long hair! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

  • Imagine if he would have had his "Ziggy" haircut then? I'm glad he pioneered a lot things that are commonplace today, even long hair :)

  • OH MY GOD! This is gold!!!

  • David Bowie at 17... so SWEET awwww, and a real GENTLEMAN even at that young age... you've got to love him <3

  • nice

  • kids today have no style and they have no taste becuase they are uneducated. We live in times of indifference. Most parents are oblivious to what has gone wrong with mainstream culture. Kids today lack depth, vision, self awareness, and that greatly reflects the horrific insipid shit that continues to be churned out in mainstream culture with an entertainment industry that caters solely to a manipulated youth in the name of money.

  • @codern thats what your parents said about you.

  • @hairspraykin case in point

  • @codern whatever, bro... u r just jealous because ur not gettin paid.

  • @mollyjeorgensen idiot, what are you talking about? are you truly this stupid?

  • @codern No, I'm not. I was absolutely joking. Though I might modify your argument to say parents actively encourage their kids to be shallow consumerist turds; after all, it was the Boomer generation that were really the first wave of spoiled brats... they forgot that many of their parents (and grandparents) had to take on cops and strikebreakers to get decent wages and rights for the common people, then normalized greed and ignorance for their kids because it was profitable...

  • @codern I'm totally fucking kidding, by the way.

  • @codern  I absolutely agree with you:-)

  • @codern Naive musings from a man with a romantic view of ages passed

  • It just goes to show you how we as the human race takes things like hair, that is really insignificant if you think about it, and turn it into something astronomical. Its just hair. I just goes to show you how we can take unimportant things and give them importance. Let the kids wear their hair how ever they want to. They ain't hurting nobody.

  • @noblesiner yeah, this isn't a "human race" thing. you make it sound like bigotry and prejudice over stupid and superficial crap like this is natural... it's really not... there are actual social and economic forces at play that - for example - make it taboo for me to have facial tattoos in the office. I do, because I'm highly skilled and wont work for companies who would care, but still... it's not "human nature"

  • Why can't we have boys like that now?

  • oh em geeeee

  • I think grown ups should sit down the youngsters and have a discussion on what they are doing.And the youngsters should be properly attired!LOL.

  • Lmao this is funny, I wouldn't have ever thought this was serious...no offense though it's quite respectable.

  • Lots of girls didn't like Bowie's hair back then.

    now, if he were set in my time with the same interests in music and art,

    HE WOULD BE MY BOYFRIEND IN A HEARTBEAT.

    God, we're so much alike, it's unbelievable!! :) <3

  • there you go. and they told us only women had problems back then. pfff yeah right. of course this was just the icing that cake.

    But it's funny to think that Bowie would eventually pioneer shorter pre-punk hair styles by the mid 70s. always ahead of the curve.

    Now they should start a society like this for Prevention of Cruelty to Dress-wearing men. Men continue to be persecuted for what they wear. I wonder why dress wearing hasn't quite caught on yet for men the way long hair has?

  • My step dad was one of these wankers that hated long hair. When I was 14, I had long hair, similar to Bowie's, and he would mock me and call me a girl, causing no end of arguments with my mother. Basically he was a twat.

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  • How cute. Which I could have seen the whole thing.

  • arr they be going to davy jones locker furrr this

  • OMG that is not long hair haha

  • @divakaneva Yes, but at the time it was... Long hair like Yoko's (who inspired John, who, in turn, inspired others) were yet to come.

  • Look everyone, it's David Bowie and the League of long haired boys!

  • david bowie, such a king, love his speaking and very well done, maybe for us it isn´t a big deal, but they were really fighting for free expresion. Tu muy bien david!!!!!

  • che voce....anche da ragazzo aveva gia' la sua tonalita' da Dio

  • Why make it souch a big deal lol

  • There's got to be a Monty Python sketch in there somewhere : )

  • @newlyndays yeah, the Ministry of silly walks :)

  • Interesting - the way he pronounces 'us' suggests he has picked up traces of a Yorkshire accent from his dad

  • What the heck was that?! I mean, some people talk about an acid trip and I think that was one of 'em!

  • David Bowie!!! Me love!!! Love his voice!!! Long live the King of Glam Rock!!!

  • Yes, he does look a lot like Brian Jones here. It is amazing that the BBC detested and banned American rock 'n' roll that greatly influenced all those amazing British rock artists. If you haven't seen the movie "Pirate Rock" you've got to see it. The British only recently recognized their own rock stars with a British rock 'n' roll Hall of Fame within the last 10 years. Sad, but true.

  • @maryfran2008 that is nonsense

  • @maryfran2008 The beatles got MBEs in 1965 ffs

  • God 1. he looked like brian jones at the start! and 2. WHY WHY AND WHY! aren't teenagers like this now! i would date one in a heart beat! and Def David!

  • ¿Qué opinan del cabello largo?

  • Oh how delightfully british!

  • the society for the prevention of cruelty to long hair men LOL!!!

  • @Jamy729 yeah, so admirable! Thanks for sharing this video, David is so fascinating...I am dying to see him Live someday, please come around again soon Mr. Bowie your so loved!!! :-)

  • @Jamy729 Yeah,yeah...you laugh (understandable ;]...way back when ,this was an entirely different matter, trust me. Bowie himself (up there in swinging London) probably didn't even get the worst of it. Try straight Europe,or the U.S mid west.

  • GOOD ON YOU DAVID!

  • persecute? HUh??? You can always tell them off- the problem is if you're weakminded and can't trade a barb then just continue being a milksop. PUSSIES! I wear long hair and if someone has the gall to tell me what they think of it- well look what happened to Samson when he had his hair cut!

  • Wow....how funny it is that long hair at this time period was considered taboo and risque to British society, and then years later Bowie ups the androgyny ante even more!

  • Boys who are rebellic and is not afriad of change and letting thire hair grow long are sexy!

  • why are there no boys like this around any more I'm a teen and I'd date him in a second long hair and all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @BrigetteBowie what do you mean? there are lots of guys around like this. But maybe I don't know what exactly you mean, like what exactly?

  • I remember even in the 80's and to some extent now that people won't give you a Job if you've got long hair. I'm 38 and refuse to cut mine short. It just show's you that we still live in a very small minded society to some extent !!!

  • @psychodamned

    During that time( '66) we too,here in Amsterdam,had someone called Peter J.Muller ,who released a single called "Beter Langharig Dan Kortzichtig"="Better Longhaired Than Shortsighted". €:-]

  • rebellion of the long hairs?

    my god they were restrained uptight and repressed back then esp. in the UK

  • nice gem :D

  • 2010 Bold Headed Teens with Tatoo's from head to toe now where back in the 2000BC.........

  • What a treasure, thank you!

  • Oh man, he looks a bit like Keith Relf.

  • they've messed with Major Tom

  • This has got to be satire. They sat around drunk laughing hysterically about this later.

  • fantastico. amazing.

  • good joke at the end: Baldermaston. 

  • i agree dont think thats even bowie

  • Aaaw sweet!

  • Was David Bowie even a singer then?

  • @TheNEWfilmfanatic99 yes, he was with David Jones and the King Bees and had released his debut single, Liza Jane, around that time.

  • i love david bowie but i hate long hair on men

  • @elizabethvictoriabor why? how would you like it if someone said they hate short hair on women and made you feel like you couldn't do something like have the simple freedom to have whatever hair style you want?

  • @unfortunatebeam sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone, I've had short hair and many people have said they don't like it, but I can't do anything about it, can I. It's a matter of likes, I don't care if someone has long or short hair, that won't stop me from appreciate the person. When I said "hate" I actually meant I don't like how it looks, that's all. We're all different and we all like different things :)

  • is he joking?

  • @BlueAsianDragon no its serious. (ofcourse its a joke)

  • @mark88bon no really.

  • What a stuck up little twat.

  • Such innocent days