As much as I love David Bowie and this song, he just seems so painfully out of place on this show. He spent so many years pushing himself in the avant garde, gender-bending, art-rock spectrum, that when he finally tries to jump into soul, he just looks awkward. Most of us black folks (not all) don't get into that bizarre, artsy-fartsy stuff. It's like Andy Warhol or Klaus Nomi trying to hang out with James Brown. I'm still glad he tried R&B and I still like his Young Americans album.
It was a long time before Dave Chappelle said: You'll be walking down the street and you'll see a bunch of black dudes walking, not just any old black dudes, we're talking 'thugs'. And they got one, or two, sometimes as many as three white guys with them, you ever seen that shit? Well let me tell you something about those white guys. Those white guys are the most dangerous motherfuckers in them groups - there's no telling what kind of crazy shit they've done to get them black dudes respect,
i had lunch with david bowie yesterday and we both agreed that justin bieber is the "new bowie". i also showed him my theory. he was very impressed and said it was mindblowing. i have posted what was said on you-tube site "un human rights chief highlights".
Man, Bowie looked sharp... even back then! Yeah, big ass collar, but somehow very stylish. His lipsyncing was way off. Yep, he was drunk or something. Yeah he looks dead, but still looks sharp. Walking dead with class...lol. Bowie even looked great in his mugshot when he got arrested in NY at that time. Look it up online!
Ive beeen listening to this song since I was i kid. Every time I here it , it sounds more like pain. Its kind of a rock/funk version of the real funk clasic PAIN. Check it out. If you think this is funky.
@thevisitortjn2 Actually they made him lip sync in fact he forgot to lip sync lol he was so use to doing it live which is why he forgot what he was doing
@thevisitortjn2 Bowie agreed that this lip-syncing performance was a fiasco. Most of the TV shows then were lip-synced except for Midnight Special or Friday Night Rock Concerts, the Old Grey Whistle Test in the UK. I think it would be hard to do it well as it is, especially if you're on drugs. Bowie was the fourth white performer to be on Soul Train, btw. Great song.
@thevisitortjn2 The audience doesn't seem to mind...they know it's lip-synced. Shows wanted the record/radio versions of these songs. I'd hate to lip-sync. I think it's funny though. Heck, girls were screaming over the Stones' lip-synced shows. They want to see the bodies.
Funniest one is Jack Bruce in Cream. He's so obviously making fun of it, clapping out of time, making faces when he should be singing. Lol.
@KanzlerM Correct ,he was aiming to be a crooner,as so he said around that time : "I've Rocked My Roll, I Will Be The Next Sinatra,And I Will Succeed".
AHHHH This is my floor music in gymnastics:)
LilMissGymnast1995 2 days ago
As much as I love David Bowie and this song, he just seems so painfully out of place on this show. He spent so many years pushing himself in the avant garde, gender-bending, art-rock spectrum, that when he finally tries to jump into soul, he just looks awkward. Most of us black folks (not all) don't get into that bizarre, artsy-fartsy stuff. It's like Andy Warhol or Klaus Nomi trying to hang out with James Brown. I'm still glad he tried R&B and I still like his Young Americans album.
vidform 1 week ago
It was a long time before Dave Chappelle said: You'll be walking down the street and you'll see a bunch of black dudes walking, not just any old black dudes, we're talking 'thugs'. And they got one, or two, sometimes as many as three white guys with them, you ever seen that shit? Well let me tell you something about those white guys. Those white guys are the most dangerous motherfuckers in them groups - there's no telling what kind of crazy shit they've done to get them black dudes respect,
djmattekudasai 2 weeks ago 2
FONKY!! FONKY!!!
Rankinbacca 3 weeks ago
i had lunch with david bowie yesterday and we both agreed that justin bieber is the "new bowie". i also showed him my theory. he was very impressed and said it was mindblowing. i have posted what was said on you-tube site "un human rights chief highlights".
figbat1 4 weeks ago
@figbat1 Was this before or after Bowie had an exorcism done on his swimming pool ?
jsilence418 4 weeks ago
Lip Synch but still badass. ILU David Bowie
tyrehoward 1 month ago
damn I never knew Bowie was on Soul Train..
medicvet 1 month ago
I find this song to be rather creepy now that I'm older.
womo1975 1 month ago
thevisitortjn2 needs putting in a hall of "Fame"for posting this beauty,class upload!!!Bowie looking very dapper.\the man's a pure genius.
themachman19691 1 month ago
@themachman19691 Nah !.
My version is from vhs. :-(
Check out Globalimageworks channel's version, with the original video time clock on it.
thevisitortjn2 1 month ago
@thevisitortjn2 Thanks for posting. You are so lovely for doing so!
brianab31 2 weeks ago
Haircut ahead of his time
acoronab 1 month ago 2
Man, Bowie looked sharp... even back then! Yeah, big ass collar, but somehow very stylish. His lipsyncing was way off. Yep, he was drunk or something. Yeah he looks dead, but still looks sharp. Walking dead with class...lol. Bowie even looked great in his mugshot when he got arrested in NY at that time. Look it up online!
artbyvince 1 month ago
Is it just me or does he look dead?
pugsnotdrugs100 2 months ago
this is original recorded version; does this mean lypsynch?
annacramful 3 months ago
Damn that's a big ass collar!
6207865 3 months ago
Is it just me, or does Fame sound like the Ohio Players Pain??
kenzo777 3 months ago
@kenzo777 Didn't John Lennon start with the words 'pain' ?.
Or so i read or heard.
thevisitortjn2 3 months ago 2
@thevisitortjn2
Ive beeen listening to this song since I was i kid. Every time I here it , it sounds more like pain. Its kind of a rock/funk version of the real funk clasic PAIN. Check it out. If you think this is funky.
kenzo777 3 months ago
@thevisitortjn2 He (Lennon) muttered the words "aim, aim aim", then suddenly said Fame. At that point Bowie went off and wrote all the lyrics.
noiseache 2 months ago
@kenzo777 Listen to James Browns' Hot I need to be loved it's a chicken or the egg situation!
jsilence418 4 weeks ago
where is John?
johnfhm 3 months ago
ok he's of his nut but GOD DAM HE IS FINE!!
Eggs4Eva 3 months ago
he looks like a fucking elf with his pointy ears
TangMan88 4 months ago
Don.
natmanprime 4 months ago
Good to see he beat his anorexia____which can't be said for his profile on the støck market.
PAULLONDEN 4 months ago
@PAULLONDEN It wasnt Anorexia it was Drugs look how pale he is he went into rehab on the late 70's
horseboyken 3 months ago
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Wild cherry made "play that funky music white boy" for David bowie XD
humberdinks 4 months ago
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humberdinks 4 months ago
he loses his place during the break
RSethTV 5 months ago
He was a fliside weirdo but he knew funky sounds.
visionkingdom 5 months ago
Play that Funky music white boy, HA!
Kenebutch 5 months ago
David Bowie on Soul Train. Well, alright. I remember this song from when I was a kid. I loved him ever since.
chacha291000 5 months ago
i love david bowie
MAURICIOPASTOR1 5 months ago
Bowie on Soul Train= Awesome!!!
newwavedave67 5 months ago
Chuck Norris has a brother and his name is David Bowie.
Kanarie1973 5 months ago
messed up lip syncing his own song it happens he doesn't have the greatest memory... doesn't matter dude had SWAG
SIiceNDice 5 months ago
I'll take his 'sync over ANYONES live, anyway!!!!
saganemc2 6 months ago
everyone on soul train lip sing while they perform..i seen it on tv they were telling the story of soul train and how it started and all that
PiNkStArZ102 7 months ago
whew... so so so so hot it's just ridic... and he STILL is... mama mia...
gigimc 7 months ago
David Bowie is a terrible at lip-syncing, but he's got a platinum voice when he uses it!
guitardudebanjoman 8 months ago
Nice
Pandamonian712 9 months ago
@Ronin72Uk
W.E. Care.... A Lot !! ;-)
thevisitortjn2 10 months ago
Where's Johnny L?
adamkincaid1234 10 months ago
This is baby making music.
killergirbot 10 months ago
god
FreneticKey 11 months ago
not sure if this 1975 version is my favert or the 1990 one
kandipdx 11 months ago
not sure wich version of this song i like the best, i think 1990
kandipdx 11 months ago
The only white guy that rocked Soul Train.
xXteknomaticXx 11 months ago
ahhhhhhhhhh he is soooo sexy!!!
Eggs4Eva 11 months ago
Back before jewel had any surgery : D
kevoishere1 11 months ago
Why was David so pale then? He has pinker skin now
TheNEWfilmfanatic99 1 year ago
@TheNEWfilmfanatic99 he was madd coked out, he sobered up before recording the belin trio of records.
odide 10 months ago
The White Duke...
doublemandala 1 year ago
Bowie has always been terrible in lipsyncing
BoysKeepSwingin2 1 year ago
This song was written by John Lennon and he also sings in the background,
BronxNYE206St 1 year ago
hahahaha, here we go...told yah! Still good to me. "Soooooooooooooul Train"! They had to play the record to dance but still good.
LindasHere55 1 year ago
do you think he's miming?
davejb23 2 years ago
Lip synchronization without a doubt.
The clip is in sync too.
Not bad for 'the first drunk white alien' on Soul Train. :-P
thevisitortjn2 2 years ago 12
@thevisitortjn2 Actually they made him lip sync in fact he forgot to lip sync lol he was so use to doing it live which is why he forgot what he was doing
auq21 1 year ago
@auq21 Wonder what Bowie (TJN) was drinking in the green room, Brandy and a little too much 'coke' ?. :-P
Not a bad lip synchronization, ie: i have seen much worse.
thevisitortjn2 1 year ago
@thevisitortjn2 Bowie agreed that this lip-syncing performance was a fiasco. Most of the TV shows then were lip-synced except for Midnight Special or Friday Night Rock Concerts, the Old Grey Whistle Test in the UK. I think it would be hard to do it well as it is, especially if you're on drugs. Bowie was the fourth white performer to be on Soul Train, btw. Great song.
Grendelmonster8u 6 months ago 4
@Grendelmonster8u Agreed.
Plus didn't Bowie also say he had, had a few pre-show Apéritifs in the Green Room.
Brandy like Bolan liked ?, mmmm i don't think so.
But something with 'coke' in it. LOL
The fan always loves 'the tormented artist'.
BTW Doesn't Mr Don Cornelius look quite 'stunned' when Bowie shouts 'GOLDEN YEARS' during the intro to that song on the show ?.
thevisitortjn2 6 months ago
@thevisitortjn2 The audience doesn't seem to mind...they know it's lip-synced. Shows wanted the record/radio versions of these songs. I'd hate to lip-sync. I think it's funny though. Heck, girls were screaming over the Stones' lip-synced shows. They want to see the bodies.
Funniest one is Jack Bruce in Cream. He's so obviously making fun of it, clapping out of time, making faces when he should be singing. Lol.
See: watch?v=BTmNf_a6xAM&feature=channel_video_title
Grendelmonster8u 6 months ago
@thevisitortjn2
There are resemblances to Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby
KanzlerM 5 months ago
@KanzlerM Correct ,he was aiming to be a crooner,as so he said around that time : "I've Rocked My Roll, I Will Be The Next Sinatra,And I Will Succeed".
PAULLONDEN 4 months ago
@davejb23 Yeah, he admitted that the whole time he was syncing it he was freaking out, trying to remember the words.
ClassicRocker679 1 year ago
Physically, Scott Weiland reminds me of Bowie from this time period.
jasondavisdotcom 2 years ago
music know NO color OMG this is Classic!!!
djelofsocal 2 years ago 21
At first, I thought, is he lip-synching or singing live? I think I now know the answer.
BreakingGlass77 2 years ago
whom ever posted this you made my month
hotrodtodd666 2 years ago