". . . when Jagger stared in people's eyes and scored. . . " a very interesting re-statement of the original lyric. Does Mr. Jagger know about this? was he consulted? does anyone care? the existential implications of this simple change of phrase could speak volumes, but not from me.
@abrookes1985 I don't know if cocaine or exactly what killed the Spiders but it was the worst thing that ever happened. Sad to hear the detail about the buses. I just knew the band had no idea they were being fired at the end of their last show.
omg this was me at 15 trying to figure my way in the world and there was Bowie my messiah,,you could make a movi efrom the lyrics alone. When we are all dead n gone its Bowie that will be in the history books
Gawd he is so beautiful in this video. The song is so beautiful. It has a very 50's doo wop sound but in the future. There's no one like Bowie. He's just so unique
does anyone care how good of a song writer this guy is? all comments i see are about his look, it's 2 bad he had 2 dress like a bitch to get attention he's a fucking great songwriter
I always mention Bowie when someone brings up Dylan as the best lyricist. Bowie is a superior lyricist and mind you we haven't even gotten to the music part.
Bowie in his prime. Ronson to bowie was like Richards to Jagger. You have to have em both to make it work. Check out the burns on that bass player. I wish i was that famous so i could do stuff like that. Most jobs wont allow it.
@chewychewy1213 It's a shame you'd willfully deny yourself the excellence that is Station To Station, Low, Lodger, Heroes, Scary Monsters, Young Americans and many, many, many other amazing non-Ziggy albums.
lol this was on tony orlando (and dawn) show- amerika's benigned down answer to the threatening black/brown inner city "threat"...fags and punksand other rejects must have been laughing their asses off during this prime time out of time surreal cosmic joke life is sooo funny
Fantastic song! Nedzorz1is spot on there - perhaps you can explain ''Panic In Detroit'' too? Always ahead of his time during the seventies, Bowie is/was one of music's greatest innovators, and what a sublime look he had. Aladdin Sane was one of the first albums I ever bought, and I still have the original copy.
Aladdin Sane is sometimes overlooked because it followed Ziggy Stardust. While I love ZS, Aladdin Sane is the better rock ablum for me. Bowie produces one of the best sounding albums he's ever made.
@kjsh987 Mick Ronson was amazing, according to Bowie: A biography by Marc Spitz, He actually did a lot of the string arrangements on Bowie's songs too. He was a great Talent, and I dont think Bowie would have been able to really launch himself without Ronson.
@thebowiesfrommars He has specific arrangement credits for Life on Mars. I guess more too that isn't as iconic as get that specific mention in the record details. Bowie and Ronson took out the best of each other.. some collaborations are magic like that and larger than the sum of the parts.
I dont know if it's ever been acknowledged before, but the theme of this song is quite similar to the plot of the 1981 cult film Cafe Flesh. Ever see that ? It even features characters named Mister and Mrs. Sane,.. as in Aladin Sane ! So I just wonder if the makers of that flick weren't a bit inspired by Bowie ?
" His Name Was Always Buddy " cool line :), i like the end of the video when he points at himself and hes like me ?? yes you David Bowie your awesome :D
yea I love that line. the way he sings it really makes it what it is though. I love the end too! Ziggy was always so theatrical. And yes he is awesome.
does any one know for real what this song is about ? I have loved this song for thirty years but i don't even know why it is called 'drive in saturday'
bowie was like a crystal ball gazer (even tho i dont believe in that crap). i loved his irony and sense of sarcasm with a humourous edge that was kinda saying "watch out, people are going to get so engrossed in themselves they are even going to forget how to make love" and i think he meant the human passion of it, not the sex bit lol.... aghhh what do i know!!! it sounded good when i typed it.
thanks. it might have been my only good thought for 2009. I felt like a dumbass TRYING to comment on bowie, his lyrics, his intent & meaning (especially in 500 characters or less!!!) and realy it wasnt just about this one song.
It's a science-fiction song about people forgetting how to make love and needing to watch movies and read books to figure out what to do. When the song was written, Saturday night at the Drive-in movie theatres was a common place for teenagers to do the nasty.
i love Bowie and i have alot of friends thatdig his style and music. GOD that man had courage to out on stage looking like that and rock people fukn brains out ...With Glam Rock.
Ok. I just noticed that either Def Leppard ot he, himself got the lyrics wrong here. Def Leppard says When people stared in Jaggars eyes and scored. Who has it right?
Hey, kid, don't worry, they are the assholes, and it's cool if they don't like him, but they shouldn't call a genious an idiot, I mean, the man contributed so much to music, thanks to him, all the plastic modern pop music you friends listen to, exists.
Yeah, I think s, it's okay that they don't like his music, I have also a lot of music I don't like. But most of my friends don't listen to the music and just say "Oh, he looks stupid, so the music must be stupid too !" and I think to think like that is a little bit idiot, you know.
actually, im 16 and i have have alot of friends that think he's just amazing. Certainly better than this Boom-Boom-Pow crap thats goin' around with young people these days. (haha, see the irony??)
this is such a sexy song............
starbar1958 1 week ago
the fucking idiot got his teeth done Hollywood style, I still love him,
linclinc5 1 week ago
Nice to see an artist enjoying himself
MrAladinvain 1 week ago
shame mick is in the shadows....
flippyflyer 1 month ago
This song is so sad. About peoples nostaglia for a time past. Yet this is the time we are now nostalgic for.... so sad and ironic.
sulfacide 3 months ago 6
he looks so other worldly :D
Eggs4Eva 4 months ago
long life to king ziggy forever
kjsh987 5 months ago
Este es uno de mis videos preferidos de David Bowie...es lo mas
falisinmas 5 months ago
That's a dead cat on his head.
milkmanish 5 months ago
@milkmanish yes, and he's still relevant, you on the other hand, no matter what lies your momma told you, never will will be....
flippyflyer 1 month ago
". . . when Jagger stared in people's eyes and scored. . . " a very interesting re-statement of the original lyric. Does Mr. Jagger know about this? was he consulted? does anyone care? the existential implications of this simple change of phrase could speak volumes, but not from me.
dugitomi 6 months ago
1 dislike?? what's wrong with you? why are you here??
zoee0518 6 months ago 3
@abrookes1985 I don't know if cocaine or exactly what killed the Spiders but it was the worst thing that ever happened. Sad to hear the detail about the buses. I just knew the band had no idea they were being fired at the end of their last show.
Spirou12345678 6 months ago
come on Mick, closeups!!!!
flippyflyer 6 months ago
He's so freaking beautiful, he looks like an angel.
MmeLEnfer 7 months ago 16
I think it BBC TV (uk) television show "Top Of The Pops" September 1973
scuddster 7 months ago
@scuddster It was the Russell Harty show on LWT in 1973
MrDoncos 6 months ago
I LOVE THIS SONG!
JKRowling123 8 months ago 3
@JKRowling123 me too !!
DANTECHPFN 8 months ago
omg this was me at 15 trying to figure my way in the world and there was Bowie my messiah,,you could make a movi efrom the lyrics alone. When we are all dead n gone its Bowie that will be in the history books
leonoel42 9 months ago
I love Bowie. LOVE HIM. He's so amazing and sexy.
If there's one thing I'm thankful to Lady Gaga for is bringing attention to how influential his music is. I'm glad she acknowledges her idols.
missbecks89 9 months ago 5
He is just so beautiful. So stunningly beautiful. I have trouble breathing when I see this.
clemdane 9 months ago 5
He is such an individual, and GORGEOUS.
jobirgheidi 10 months ago
So many great songs, but lyrically I keep getting drawn back to this one. Loving it
DavidTransformer 10 months ago 3
@abrookes1985 Believe or not i have just read your comment. Agree that Mick Ronson was a great guitar player and Bowie relied on him a lot.
leonoel42 11 months ago
I had to click "Like" but I "Love" this.
CatapultYourMom 11 months ago
I just love him
louveska 11 months ago
Gawd he is so beautiful in this video. The song is so beautiful. It has a very 50's doo wop sound but in the future. There's no one like Bowie. He's just so unique
leonoel42 1 year ago 6
She's uncertain if she likes him, But she knows she really loves him
I love that part. Just so brilliant.
MichaelLawlorRojas 1 year ago 3
David Bowie is the most creative human being alive on this planet.
flagascaro 1 year ago 5
this is the most beautiful thing that can be put on my senses. in every fucking way.
gazebbs123 1 year ago 5
does anyone care how good of a song writer this guy is? all comments i see are about his look, it's 2 bad he had 2 dress like a bitch to get attention he's a fucking great songwriter
slimjimm8 1 year ago 6
@slimjimm8
I always mention Bowie when someone brings up Dylan as the best lyricist. Bowie is a superior lyricist and mind you we haven't even gotten to the music part.
Spirou12345678 6 months ago
Yes I have never seen this video!
StratocastFloyd 1 year ago
trevor bolder is THE man.
stuckinthestation 1 year ago 2
always the best <3
juliagabriel90 1 year ago
@juliagabriel90 defo :)
DawnF2010 1 year ago
Yes, the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. At 56 seconds.
leath2764 1 year ago
haha, one person disliked this, thats just a tumbleweed man xx
smarties996 1 year ago 3
This has been flagged as spam show
salemslot9journal.blogspot.com...only one comment...oh well
salemslot9 1 year ago
yes the look is great :-)
beppe1231000 1 year ago
1 people dislike this??? WTF????
valerock667 1 year ago 3
is bowies face at 56 seconds not the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?
gazebbs123 1 year ago
Bowie in his prime. Ronson to bowie was like Richards to Jagger. You have to have em both to make it work. Check out the burns on that bass player. I wish i was that famous so i could do stuff like that. Most jobs wont allow it.
chewychewy1213 1 year ago 2
@chewychewy1213 It's a shame you'd willfully deny yourself the excellence that is Station To Station, Low, Lodger, Heroes, Scary Monsters, Young Americans and many, many, many other amazing non-Ziggy albums.
bobfrompikecreek 1 year ago
@abrookes1985 Yeah pretty much.. Ronson was considered a god on stage, bowie was even performing imaginary oral on him ;
worldofbong 1 year ago
lol this was on tony orlando (and dawn) show- amerika's benigned down answer to the threatening black/brown inner city "threat"...fags and punksand other rejects must have been laughing their asses off during this prime time out of time surreal cosmic joke life is sooo funny
nijubz 1 year ago
Fantastic song! Nedzorz1is spot on there - perhaps you can explain ''Panic In Detroit'' too? Always ahead of his time during the seventies, Bowie is/was one of music's greatest innovators, and what a sublime look he had. Aladdin Sane was one of the first albums I ever bought, and I still have the original copy.
Humbug1100 1 year ago
@Humbug1100
Aladdin Sane is sometimes overlooked because it followed Ziggy Stardust. While I love ZS, Aladdin Sane is the better rock ablum for me. Bowie produces one of the best sounding albums he's ever made.
leonoel42 1 year ago
i agree with you. mick ronson is a true legend. trully sad he passed away on the 93. he was a totall genious. if anyone hear his solos can get it
kjsh987 1 year ago 3
@kjsh987 Mick Ronson was amazing, according to Bowie: A biography by Marc Spitz, He actually did a lot of the string arrangements on Bowie's songs too. He was a great Talent, and I dont think Bowie would have been able to really launch himself without Ronson.
thebowiesfrommars 1 year ago 3
@thebowiesfrommars He has specific arrangement credits for Life on Mars. I guess more too that isn't as iconic as get that specific mention in the record details. Bowie and Ronson took out the best of each other.. some collaborations are magic like that and larger than the sum of the parts.
Spirou12345678 6 months ago
I think so.....
royayersrules 1 year ago
He looks like Cilla Black
softstyler 2 years ago
He WAS
BlazeInRhye 2 years ago
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Skulldini 2 years ago
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Skulldini 2 years ago 2
I dont know if it's ever been acknowledged before, but the theme of this song is quite similar to the plot of the 1981 cult film Cafe Flesh. Ever see that ? It even features characters named Mister and Mrs. Sane,.. as in Aladin Sane ! So I just wonder if the makers of that flick weren't a bit inspired by Bowie ?
Skulldini 2 years ago 3
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Skulldini 2 years ago
Oh my, I'm in love =)
jolie266 2 years ago 3
Isn't this 73
DBCrowns 2 years ago 2
i like how he dressed up there....and his earring... xD
DavidBowieloving 2 years ago 3
When Jagger stared in people's eyes - we heard that!
ocboddity 2 years ago 6
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DBCrowns 2 years ago
one of his best songs
Timbarwell 2 years ago 3
If I'm alive when Bowie dies,this is the look and style I'll remember Bowie as.
BowiesDog 2 years ago 31
I hope i'm not alive when he dies. I'd be so devastated! =(
But yeah, i'll always remember him as Ziggy. But more so as a person. Not the alter ego. If that makes sense.
JosefScarletteMUA 2 years ago 4
@BowiesDog Bowie will never die. He's the greatest person alive and will always be.
Cbastian96 1 year ago
@BowiesDog if he can die..
modbeatlefan 1 year ago
such a beautiful song..
fendermember1 2 years ago 2
beatiful!
lindatomz 2 years ago 5
Its from 1973 not 1974.
JAYROX1969 2 years ago 5
I love watching his facial expressions as he sings. He's so into it and being all theatrical and it's so funny!
BdALpye 2 years ago 5
" His Name Was Always Buddy " cool line :), i like the end of the video when he points at himself and hes like me ?? yes you David Bowie your awesome :D
AlexTheRockingRabbi 2 years ago 5
yeah! his name was always Buddy!!!!!
thekiktones 2 years ago
yea I love that line. the way he sings it really makes it what it is though. I love the end too! Ziggy was always so theatrical. And yes he is awesome.
BdALpye 2 years ago
My current favorite. Bowie's one of the best.
ManilaSyndicate 2 years ago
i like how little effort everyone is putting into making it look like they're actually playing those instruments.
RMNOLEKS 2 years ago 3
Thanks for that Dave ..... realy enjoyed it..
Harrybowie1 2 years ago
does any one know for real what this song is about ? I have loved this song for thirty years but i don't even know why it is called 'drive in saturday'
shargills 2 years ago
It's about a time in the future when people have forgotten how to make love. So they have to watch old movies to see how it was done in the past.
eldoctordub 2 years ago 4
bowie was like a crystal ball gazer (even tho i dont believe in that crap). i loved his irony and sense of sarcasm with a humourous edge that was kinda saying "watch out, people are going to get so engrossed in themselves they are even going to forget how to make love" and i think he meant the human passion of it, not the sex bit lol.... aghhh what do i know!!! it sounded good when i typed it.
Johnpemail 2 years ago 2
interesting thought, i like that
TheThroney 2 years ago
thanks. it might have been my only good thought for 2009. I felt like a dumbass TRYING to comment on bowie, his lyrics, his intent & meaning (especially in 500 characters or less!!!) and realy it wasnt just about this one song.
Johnpemail 2 years ago
PS I just checked out your channel... u got some nice favorites.. thanks, saves me a lot of searches. lol
Johnpemail 2 years ago
me? np
TheThroney 2 years ago
It's a science-fiction song about people forgetting how to make love and needing to watch movies and read books to figure out what to do. When the song was written, Saturday night at the Drive-in movie theatres was a common place for teenagers to do the nasty.
Nedzorz1 2 years ago 31
@Nedzorz1 right abandoned drive- in in lower thomaston ,c t.....1969-79....drive- in suck- a - thon
ioriorioriorio 1 year ago
i love Bowie and i have alot of friends thatdig his style and music. GOD that man had courage to out on stage looking like that and rock people fukn brains out ...With Glam Rock.
kideddie15015 2 years ago 2
Ok. I just noticed that either Def Leppard ot he, himself got the lyrics wrong here. Def Leppard says When people stared in Jaggars eyes and scored. Who has it right?
willyskill 2 years ago
this is one of my favorite songs, lot of great moments in my life listening to this tune.
lesassassins 2 years ago
the best! he looks sooo great, for sure my favourite look
davidbowielovr 2 years ago 2
This Is not my favourite Bowie's songs, but I love his look,
for me his best...
gbbmmm 2 years ago 11
His look is really awesome. That's why I love him.
He's really my favourite singer. Such a damage that the most people in my age (14) find him idiot.
(sorry for my bad english, I'm french)
tantepepe 2 years ago
Hey, kid, don't worry, they are the assholes, and it's cool if they don't like him, but they shouldn't call a genious an idiot, I mean, the man contributed so much to music, thanks to him, all the plastic modern pop music you friends listen to, exists.
dominiodental 2 years ago
Yeah, I think s, it's okay that they don't like his music, I have also a lot of music I don't like. But most of my friends don't listen to the music and just say "Oh, he looks stupid, so the music must be stupid too !" and I think to think like that is a little bit idiot, you know.
(I hope you'll understand what I mean^^)
:D
tantepepe 2 years ago
Being a French Bowie fan is cool enough. Your English can be as bad as you want. Good job.
catmanstu 2 years ago
actually, im 16 and i have have alot of friends that think he's just amazing. Certainly better than this Boom-Boom-Pow crap thats goin' around with young people these days. (haha, see the irony??)
kideddie15015 2 years ago 3
FULL OF LOVE
BitchyPopupo 2 years ago 2