Bowie on Dick Cavett

[SirHatchporch]

I've always thought he was nursing a cold here, personally. You can hear that his voice is a bit thrashed as well. I'm not saying the coke may not have played a part here, just that I think he was sick, too.

[sgrroiii]

Bottom line , no one watching this now knows exactly what he did or how he" got over it". People concoct fantasy relationships with public figures ...... kooky .

[rumrunner777]

one of the cooler human beings thus far

[robin14669]

Bowie's singing is really superb here. Great song, 1984.

[tanpiltanpil]

fantastic! Though the backing vocalists (Luther vandross included) look like thery're waiting for the number 56 bus for work in the morning.....

[ghodium]

thank you for this, i think the end bit is pretty cool and i doubt bowie would give a fuck

[makopolok]

01:55 and you c the inspiration of Ian Curtis dance - that he did much more convincingly . A true Bowie fan

[dimabbq]

he looks fucked...legend

[tbzeee]

killer band! luther vandross in the blue suit. bowie is so skinny and corpselike. he eventually pulled himself out of his coke spiral, but it took a few years

[vierdiez]

@archieoogley:This is pathetic!!! we are watching one of the greatest artists of all time delivering a great performance, and you decided to outstand him sniffing coke...

[mcoombe]

People watch the interviews...then you'll see those of you voting for 'coked out' were quite correct! LOL He's awesome either way and my absolute favorite performer.

[ghodium]

greatly put together, i guess that the way he strung the other artists in with the performance helped him know where he was in it in those days

[bled3030]

hes absolutely fine. relax people ... in fact he was probably feelin a hell of a lot better then you are right now.

[liquidiamond1]

That is one hell of an entrance.....it's amazing that he can even sing, you can tell he is having a serious issue with the drain and vocal cord numbing.......

[bruckner66]

Come on he was a bit skinny in contrast to our obese world now but he's still vital if not a bit coked. He's more than fine.

[Skoobypoo]

wow... that's amazing to watch.

[lizegan]

Poor David...he looks a mess...hate to see him like that...but he sounds GREAT!

[critterel]

Great performance. The end is very sad and in somewhat poor taste... he's said he was completely coked out over those years it isn't a secret. The fact that he got over it without years in "Rehab" like the Lindsay Lohen's of today is incredible and shows remarkable strength. Coke and smoking... both hard to quit and he managed it and has a wonderful life... it's amazing he got through that time.

[CransonSpackle18]

Very agreed & well said.

[DBCrowns]

@critterel why is the end sad? He is still alive, has a wonderful wife and made millions.. It was what they did in the 70's.. He was a genious. He was a bit out there though through his career. But always entertaining.

[kozmo99]

@critterel "In poor taste"? Who made Bowie snort coke? No one. He made the decision to do it and looks like a twat in a TV interview. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Thin White Duke - but, let's not be all bleeding heart stupid here.

[rufusandfacky]

the dance at 1:53 cannot be topped by anything.

[bmaxaus]

@rufusandfacky that bowie dance fuckin rocks!!

[dweebieMC]

haha bowie was totally blown for the entire 70s and 80s

he sort of "quit" while recording the berlin trilogy. well, not really, he just slowed down. but yeah he kept using that stuff even while recording low, heroes, etc and beyond

[JerrySmith2]

shit he looks liek a skeleton. disturbing but amazing.

[siouxie921]

The freak factor in on MAX. Love the helmet hair.

[CynicalGenXer]

4:16 is hilarious!

[india9]

the ending is genius!

[unwovendreams]

his little dance is just the lol, beautiful

creature nevertheless

[margotandmilla]

This edited ending is evil! ;-)

[freakineye]

YOU ARE THE BEST! Thank you so so much for this!!! I absolutely loved the performance, been looking for it for awhile!!