David Bowie - My Death - live 1973

[antiguoautomata]

Originally translated and sung by Scott Walker for his first album "Scott", here Bowie is more doing an homage to Walker's influence than anywhere !

[SigmaSigmaSputnik]

Worship.

[turner475]

Played an Ace , Bowie

[Peloponnesiacozz]

where is this clip from?

[joacka]

@Peloponnesiacozz

Ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars the motion picture

[WoWerrty]

Omg the ending is awesome!

[0000AllFitness0000]

to be far this is not his song nor his lyrics..

[m1th234]

Odium Humani Generis.

[thefluffinator229]

Absolute Brilliance

[Nicknodule]

Sings this song and it's beautiful sentiment from the heart.You can't get more honest than that,brilliant.

[TrinityJn]

Amazing!!

[GoonNiggaz123]

this isnt loud enough

[racyweb]

such a powerful moving performance... touches my soul

[GsusBowie]

I NEED THIS SONG ON MY IPOD! GIVE ME THE LINK! ITS SO WONDERFUL PLEASE

[TheJessiebbz]

i love david bowie!!

[Andreasjacke1]

One of great moments in the historie of pop music...

[itwasonlytwoyearsago]

Gorgeous

[akotasun]

I feel like I'm the only person who thinks David Bowie looks extremely hot all the time.

[irene87candy]

@akotasun you're not :)

[TheJesterGirl]

@akotasun HAHA! I'm sorry but that was really funny. Bowie's gotta preeetty big fanbase of people who think he's the sexiest man on earth. Not only women either.

[bombalurinalover4441]

@akotasun No you ain`t he is the hottest man that has ever LIVED

[sonicsteev]

<3 BOWIE!!

[clocksslaytime]

I love David Bowie so much. Whenever i'm feeling down I'll listen to his music and immediately feel better.

[averilleX]

This is from Hammersmith Odeon right? 

[DarkIsis80]

What 6 people disliked this?! Wow...

[jazzslaw]

@DarkIsis80  in total agreement there Darkisis

[harpayo]

from David Bowie, the best version of Brel's song, just WONDERFUL !!!!

[MrHankulley]

Does anyone got the french title of the original Brel's song please ?

[Calibro9]

@MrHankulley

It's "La Mort"

[linorf]

i love the rest of it, he runs off to get changed into next outfit and explains to everyone back stage the audience shouted 'me' he was so happy about it

[LestHeBecomeAmonster]

What's tha picture at 2:29?

[LestHeBecomeAmonster]

I am willing to be 64 years old if I had been born to see this

[SadisticRozez]

The voice of an angel. Bowie has got to be by far, my favorite artist. I just wish I has been this age (20) when he was touring in the late 70's lol. He is absolutely amazing!

[uesii]

mi cancion favorita. viva!!!!!!!

[latinaloveruk]

Yeah, gotta agree with my friend below. The spontaneous chorus of "Me!' captured the zeitgeist of this time. Incomparable ....

[jensj2]

Completely fucking brilliant.

[charliedontsurf70]

when i was 9 i discovered bowie,it was 1974.i was going to catholic school where everything is centered around academics and sports.bowie opened all the doors to me and let me know it was ok to be a freak.

[adelamere1]

@theawakener7 - its a Jacques Brel....love Bowie's version of it though

[meravgutt]

GOD this man is beautiful... best cover EVER. makes me cry.

his reaction at the end is priceless. Bowie rocks all

[jayne00b]

How do you get other generations to see how this incredible artist, this particular song, and so many seminal songs of Bowie, shaped the music we hear now???

I can only hope the really interested music lovers will see how important Bowie is (and was) to their pleasure and give him the utmost respect for what they enjoy now.

[masqeradediva]

I WANT TO DIE.

[deirnoel]

Happy 64th Birthday, tomorrow. XOXO

[deirnoel]

I love the part in the movie after this song, you barely notice it, where he is explaining how touched he was when everyone spontaneously yells out "me!" at the end.

[TheJesterGirl]

6 people didn't get chosen by David in the end.

[hatethatsmirk]

so hypnotic,,,his voice, his playing , the piano in the background....not his song, but wow what a cover. He is so magnificent at everything he does..

[crowbarofdeath]

Six people have Parkinson's. There is no way anyone can truly not like this.

[wotererio]

I´m hearing rumours that David Bowie died... Can someone please say he did or not?

[TheJesterGirl]

@wotererio No he's alive.

[BeckieLuvsBlackhawks]

So Striking. So Beautiful....

[scarfy23]

so scary at the end... me! me! me!

[futurelegendfilms]

LOVE that. Thank You.

[Ellathegreatable]

who disliked this....seriously??

[franzchick66]

my parents always thought bowie was a bad singer, and I bought this dvd and showed them "my death" and they were blown away.

[StratocastFloyd]

@franzchick66

I don't know how you could think he is a bad singer. His range alone is impressive.

[Annaedification]

Is it me, or is he crying slightly? I knew the song meant alot to him, but I think I see a tear there....

[TheBookWorm1718]

@Annaedification  That's exactly what it looks like to me.

[dmshed]

David you will always be the greatest entertainer with your touch of class and just the right amount of shock rock a voice of strenghth and vigor. a masterpiece of all times...Ziggy is past due for reserection....remember Rock Gods never die....let the angels sing and let him rise up from the ashes......and as the pheonix bird let him rise to fly again...

[mowshetung]

he's just too awesome for real life

[Dora594]

beautiful, david bowie has done it again :)

[cleanerfloors]

My favorite Bowie song, bar none. Thanks.

[AngelicGunrunner]

@D130596V: Wow, you were there! Yep, great song, great gig - I have it on dvd. I just wish he'd have done "My Way" sometime - that's a French chanson too and he translated it before Sinatra's people had even heard of it, but couldn't get the rioghts to record it in English. Of course Bowie should have done it too!

[demonik996]

Yet again bowie shows today's rubbish up! They couldn't even use their lyrics to wipe his arse with! Nice one!

[deirnoel]

@demonik996 true, but these aren't his lyrics.

[D130596V]

i was at this concert missed getting back to plymouth and my ship had sailed had to catch it up in gibralter cost me one weeks pay and one weeks leave but is was a great concert thanks dave

[wildysary]

@D130596V u are so lucky man. u were there. that day. that time. priceless :)

[Jennie1860]

@D130596V I was there too - changed me so much that here I am, 38 years later, still looking at it

[toftheglider]

who disliked this? i mean honestly?

[ThefightingCelt]

No wonder Roger Daltrey called Bowie " the guv'nor " Different class.

[vpreggie]

Bowie's range and the power of his vocals are amazing in this simple, yet powerfully brilliant performance. Hearing the crowd respond, "Me!" to the end of the last line of the song is incredibly moving.

[alfonsodavinti]

That is, without a doubt, my favourite live performance of all time. I'm glad they used closeups to shoot this; he has such a beautiful smooth face.

[preceyo]

Is this on any albums i;ve got a bootleg version but its not good quality?

[meatygrum]

@preceyo Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars 1973 concert movie.

[MultiKanut]

@meatygrum I bought the DVD when it first came out and the sound quality was bad so took it back for a refund but there is a newer version with remastered audio which sounds much better.

[botoxbabe1]

i first heard this when i was 12.........it is one of my all time favourites and i dont find it morbid...it is beautiful

angel or devil i dont care for in front of that door there is you!

[SonicJulez]

@botoxbabe1 Exactly the same here. My uncle introduced it to me when I was about 11 years old, and I've always carried the song with me in my head since. Pity I can't find the exact same version, but this one is from the same concert tour so it comes very close.

[botoxbabe1]

@SonicJulez this is one beautiful song isnt it? you have a cool uncle :)

[SonicJulez]

@botoxbabe1 Oh yeah. He's a really cool guy (well in his sixties by now). One of my mother's brothers and a real friend. My Death is still one of those rare really emotional songs. So true.

[Eggs4Eva]

fucking fantastic! and the way he says thankyou at the end *melts* :D

[adric137]

It is a Jacques Brel song as is Port of Amsterdam also covered by David Bowie

[botoxbabe1]

I want this played at my funeral.....it is beautiful and moves me to tears everytime i listen to it.

xxxx

[Jrsarver]

This is still one of my favorite Bowie performances. I can't get enough of it!

[margethemouse]

The ending absolutely shocked me. It was so bizarrely macabre. And then he just goes with it. Little genius.

[OkypeteHarpy]

Probably sweat.

[dyr2323]

ONLY BoWie

[ViolinGnome]

/watch?v=c1sB1pECwWo&feature=r­elated if anyone's interested, this is a video where you here Bowie shushing the audience, then later going "Be quiet...thank you." It was cut out of this one.

[jimmyvirtue]

iconic

[DarkIsis80]

I love the intensity and tension that's felt from the audience when Bowie pauses and says "thank you." Awesome performance whenever I see this concert!

[Jrsarver]

Excellent, excellent, excellent! It gives me shivers every time I hear it.

[botoxbabe1]

LOVE, LOVE ALL OF DAVID BOWIES WORK! FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.........ALWAYS! A TRUE MUSIC GENIUS! This one is a particular fave of mine

[moonismine123]

Is there a video of Jacques Brel original version on youtube? I can´t find it anywhere :/

[angel1nl2002]

Bowie was always great ---

but his later versions of this song are much more intense.

[oranjebelg]

I don't think you know the context of this version.... As this was his the very last performance as his alter-ego Ziggy Stardust, it was incredible symbolic & emotional for him,as well for his fans. Therefor it's my opinion that this song cannot get any intenser then in this version. Still,after so many years & times i see it, I just can't keep my eyes dry...

[angel1nl2002]

@oranjebelg

... and so you may keep yr oppinion as we keep ours. regards

[oranjebelg]

off course you do hahaha,i just didn't know if you knew.

Sorry if you felt offended,that surely wasn't my intention.

Greetz

[westpalmscott]

Beautifull and spooky I heard this many yrsago on a bootleg LP

[dessinger]

just love him ..

[keauxgeigh]

brilliant at the end

[stoogerod]

did you see his face when the people say "me"?

and when he say "there is...." the best of the song

[frippp66]

Love this song & never heard this version before - Bowie excellent as usual.

[liquidiamond1]

Maybe i'm imagining it, but is he crying at one point during the song? or is it just part of his makeup?

[ReidingerJ]

I wish I was born earlier to be able to see this live performance! so impressive

[plunkza]

This is wonderful. I'd like to see a modern artist try to pull off an acoustic cover like this.

[barakobama]

Great call my friend! Thanks for having it.....

[crilory123]

struggling but always up to date

[KevinCooze]

Is this a cover of a Jacque Brel song? any one got this if it is? Please.

[ohtsarevich]

I have the original Brel song as a mp3 - I'm not at home right now but I can upload it for you over the weekend, if you want :)

[KevinCooze]

That would be fantastic, thanks.

[marvinbnaylor]

Bowie's doing Scott Walker's interpretation from Scott Walker's "Scott" LP from 1967, which obviously madea big impression on him. Brels' original bears little resemblance, as you no doubt know by now.

[twospheres]

@ohtsarevich

please upload Brels My-Death-Version. I have been searching it for a long time...

thanks!

[twospheres]

@ohtsarevich

please upload Brels My-Death-Version. I have been searching it for a long time...

thanks!

[JustAnotherBohemian]

@ohtsarevich I want to see that video!

[TrueloveEclipse]

good version :)

[DJSarah16]

Was at this concert and I really think I can hear Me shoutingME !!!!! before I passed out of course,what a night

[dillonl08]

Brilliant

[tantutotem]

They should ban this. This performance is the black hole of music, it traps time and God knows what it does with it. But as rubberneck commented here before "words can´t describe the brilliance of this", and as Lilyyox says "beyond beautiful". Too much feeling for my chackras to handle in this singing.

[xStarlessxEyesx]

my favorite. :D

[Lilyyox]

His smile at the end is beyond beautiful :)

[Nymphenwaechterin]

his look, his face, his VOICE - why wasn't god so generous when I was made?...

[pacotabaco2]

f*k u 4 ur coment... It reminded me that Im not bowie either.

[justnicknet]

@Nymphenwaechterin but Bowie IS god!

[Janinebignell]

He is so wonderful, this is definitely my favourite cover of all time. Absolutely beautiful.

[rubberneckk]

words can't describe the brilliance of this..

[Enterthedeath]

RIP Ziggy stardust.

[toftheglider]

@Enterthedeath but bowies stuff aside from ziggy is just as good and meaningful and beautiful unquestionably.

[MartaCherry]

OMG this song and performance is simply BEAUTIFUL,UNIQUE... *__________*

[1974redhair]

bowie - that's love for the end of life, and probably after!!! ;-)))

[MissTaylorMercury]

amazing!!! BOWIE ROX!!!!!!

[SiggiLyrica]

I can't stop admiring his pianoblack eyelids :-O What a genius makeup-artist! (or what the hell you call it)

[MmeLEnfer]

Siggi, I don't know about this particular case, but Bowie mostly did his own makeup, because of his theatre training.

[pacotabaco2]

I didn't know that. ¿do u know something else about it?

[MmeLEnfer]

Well, not really, only that it was his publicist Cherry Vanilla who said so. I think someone was helping him this night though, judging from the backstage scenes. But generally, makeup and hair wise, he was pretty low maintenance

[zowietozowie]

jack brel`s master !!!

[54spiritedwill54]

What a wonderful song...what a magnific artist!!

[DJOfRadioGallifrey]

It performances like these that show he isn't just a pretty face.

[ImAMammaPappa]

He never apeares as "just a pretty face"´.. There's always geniousity behind what he does..

[DJOfRadioGallifrey]

I love all his performances...I wasn't just saying I only liked this one.....I never said his other performance lacked anything...they were brilliant.

He was the very first 'performer' of his time who actually radiated* his songs...beautiful.

[DJOfRadioGallifrey]

@ImAMammaPappa if you actually read what I said I was implying I never seen him as just a pretty face, but an inventor of a new age, style of music combing theatrics, but also bare stage, meaningful lyrics.

[ziggy95]

@DJOfRadioGallifrey Imagine him on tonights X factor...oooh you don't smile enough !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not saying there is even the slightest comparison between any X factor peeps and Bowie, but you get my drift, hopefully. lol

[TheBookWorm1718]

@DJOfRadioGallifrey  No but he does have a pretty face, you have to admit. LOL

[AnOpheliaComplex]

In front of that door there is. . . . . Me!

<3 that bit never fails to make me smile =)

[DJOfRadioGallifrey]

................and I'm not far behind.

[jozzthe3rd]

You know what? This song must have had some influence on him for rock n roll suicide, no?!

The intensity of his vocal as the song changes key is fantatstic, only bowie can really hold his own in the lower register and then crank it up for higher passages. I would give a great deal to have been at this gig. Bowie is def the most underated singer and to my eternal regret not everyone realises or appreciates his unique genius. Oh well I do............................­.....

[pedrofcuk]

when holly johnson was a solo artist he opened for us, the spitfire boys, singing this song in corby, at my instigation, unfortunately we had been booked at a wedding and they wanted agadoo, needless to say, a riot ensued before we even got to the stage, glasses flew, tempers blew, i mean what was our manager thinking?

[sandersvanbeek]

flabbergasted,

[nathansavas]

I like how the audience filled in for bowie at the end.. that was perfect.

[presentingduchess]

to me this is like a reverse lesson of school...bad bowie!!

[DJOfRadioGallifrey]

3:41 -3:48 he looks so alien, his eyes have a hint of orange to them..............please please abduct me.

[miniorangepanther]

I'm always left speehless after watching this.

*sigh*

the song and mood and his voice and he himself are all so incredably beautiful that all I can do is cry.

[WESSYS]

Iam 39 but I hope he outlive me!!!!!!

[votexmanzoni]

fuera de broma, esta cancion me llena de esperanzas.

[WESSYS]

De acuerdo contigo!!!!!

[Zigaldiam]

stunningly beautiful......

awesome song and video......

thanks for the posting......

[jacksparrowismyluvr]

Wow, Im completely captivated with this song. It's so intense the way he sings it.

[chadricka]

you know if you get the full thing, he tell s the audience to be quite. then says thank you.lol

[abimnazar]

sorry, i don't speak english very well but, if i am french and i love jacques brel, i prefer bowie's version. it's more intense.

[VoodooChileJ11]

J'adore Bowie. Je pense c'est belle.

[yimmitznarf]

Truly, one of the most captivating perfomances I've ever witnessed. Oh, and to all those who think this refers to Ziggys death....you missed the point. It's a love song. Bowies always been a romantic.

[wildysary]

I do agree with you!!I'm in love with the 70's and 80's as well...they were amazing...they are unrepeatables.

This song is one of my favourites, that performance is speechless.I have this motion picture on Dvd...and I have an LP of 1983...they are priceless for me...

[antoninprochazka]

Very very impressive.

I've known these recordings since I was 15 in 1983. It meant a lot to me then, and does now again. What a powerful period from Bowie, life and death seem indeed very close to him.

[dyr2323]

I love Him

[lukenewland]

is it true he has a secret album called the wittle man on you tube?

[vegaj2]

Alright --blue steel!!!

[miniorangepanther]

I love the tears in his eyes. Since he was killing Ziggy I think this song really got to him. Its like he was saying that Ziggy's death is waiting just long enough to finish the show and make the audience happy.

Ziggy complete engaped him and everything he was. David was lost in Ziggy for so lo only way to be himself was to kill Ziggy.

Beautiful performance, georgous.

[wildysary]

perfect words...

[jimstephensonkc7]

A genius moment.

[metalmickey07]

How I wish I could have been there but I was only 14 at the time, Still gives me shivers this song, seen him in concert 10 times since but never saw Ziggy....... ;(

[mashamorgan]

This was the highlight of the gig imo.

[jackhackett80]

totally agree...what a powerful, sinister, yet uplifting tune

[KMKYradio]

first class warbling dive-bomb Mr Bowie sir.

Would that be Rick Wakeman tinkling in the background? The piano has quite a significant impact despite it's subtle contribution.

Hunkydory is my favourit Bowie album, and RW's piano playing has a lot to do with it. I think we tend to forget what a great pianist he is, now he's viewed as a kind of clownish talking head.

[ian38018]

Mike Garson played piano on the Ziggy Tour.

[DreamedOfHugeSpiders]

such a striking song, and an incredible vocal performance from Bowie. one of those tunes that makes you wonder how great songwriters do it. how do they make those changes work?

[carrie23giddy]

David Bowie is awesome this is an amazing recording love you David

[stevers6554]

This song Bowie took it, made it his own and sang it more Beutifully than anyone else this simply is the ultimate version capturing the true emotion and drama of the song perfectly. David Bowie is the the greatest recording artist of all time.

This is the song I am having played at my funereral, sorry to be so morbid.