Arcade Fire & David Bowie - Wake Up | HQ | Fashion Rocks 2005

[chyloto]

Win Butler and David Bowie side by side. My life is complete.

[hosway1992]

1:51 please someone make that a gif!! Love these guys and Bowie

[izzybeth]

i don't think i've seen this since it aired in 2005. HEAD EXPLODE

[iggyzp]

that one chick at 4:34 has no idea what shes saying

[ZomBiezley]

I love how their is a complete unity between all the members of the band. from the beginning.

[frogsoblivious]

I guess we'll just have to adjuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuU­UUUuuuuUUUUUUuuUUUUUUssst

[friesregularsize]

It's not often that a song clearly influenced by a rock icon is actually sung by that icon...honestly makes me weep inside thinking of how epic it all is.

[Henderburn2]

Heather Graham rocking out is the best

[KoalaOdder]

That guy with the tamburine is just ROCKING OUT!

[pytko3]

@KoalaOdder Yeah, he is. In case you didn't know, that guy is Win Bulter the lead member of Arcade Fire. He's got family in the band, too. The guy playing bass guitar behind the violinists is his younger brother, William. And the curly haired girl playing keyboard is his wife, Regine.

[joeswede89]

@pytko3

Thats not Win thats Richard. Win is the one that sings with Bowie.

[pytko3]

@joeswede89 Opps, I forgot. I was refering to the guy that hits his guitar with the tamborine at the end, that's Win. I forgot both Richard and Win use tamborines in this song.

[pytko3]

@KoalaOdder My mistake. I thought you meant the guy that's hitting his guitar with the tamborine at the end, that's Win Butler.

You must've been refering to the red-headed guy with the bass drum and later the accordion. That's Richard Parry. Richard is a VERY talented musician who can play many different instruments! You might say it's genetic, his late father was a musician, his mother is musician and his sister is a musician(among many other things). I really like his style.

[Thegatoobeso]

I have just jizzed my pants... again! =)

[mentonerodominicano]

Jesus Christ! Sublime! 

[pytko3]

@merton510 I think Win's fellow member, Richard is the same height.

They used to have put another mic in front of the accordion so it could be heard. Since Regine usually uses the accordion, it's mic was always set up for her height but when Richard would use it, he always had to spread his legs apart and bend his knees so it would reach it's mic since he's a lot taller than Regine. Today, they usually have a mic attached to the accordion(like you see here) making it easier for Richard.

[maxleresistant]

give me goosebumps every time... Just Perfect

[jonizzzzzzzzzzz]

Goosebumps...

[Catsy29]

Where is Régine?

[rocksuper13]

@Catsy29 In the keys.

[ColinT94]

@Catsy29 on the keyboard at 3:48.

[CaptainAmerica1510]

@Catsy29 In the background on keys.

[DanaVanHeerden]

What's with all the empty seats?

[albertzz04]

the best band

[albertzz04]

The best band

[assemblage23]

music can get better than this..

[pytko3]

@Wretchedvideos Yeah, you know usually when a band has a guest, the guest seems to take over the performance, but it seemed David and Arcade Fire were sharing the performance EQUALLY which is another good part on both David Bowie and Arcade Fire.

[pytko3]

I'd say that on Fashion Rocks 2005, THIS performance stole the show!

[olj0]

It was a thrill for Arcade Fire to be on stage with Bowie.........But I think it was even a bigger thrill for Bowie to be on stage with Arcade Fire.

[pytko3]

@olj0 I think so too. I've heard that David Bowie is a big fan of Arcade Fire and so is Bruce Springsteen(who has also performed with Arcade Fire) and Arcade Fire are big fans of David and Bruce. David and Bruce's music and songs are similiar to theirs. It would be a big thrill for any singer/musician to be on stage with Arcade Fire.

[olj0]

@pytko3 ...Well Said...

[88tide]

BONER: INITIATED

[MyBottletree]

Very good but a little bit borrowed by "optimistic" from "kid A"

[elzashan]

ARCADE BOWIE!

[pytko3]

My favorite song by Arcade Fire, my favorite band!

When my girlfriend didn't know who Arcade Fire was, this was the first song that I had her listen to and she liked it! She really likes their song, "Haiti" more.

They recently won the Grammy Award for best album!

[Mathy1979]

je suis de Montréal et Arcade Fire Kick Ass! Une des plus belles performances que j`ai vu sur youtube. Bravo pour le Grammy!

[Mathy1979]

je suis de Montréal et Arcade Fire Kick Ass! Une des plus belles performances que j`ai vu sur youtube. Bravo pour le Grammy!

[GingerFlame66]

I am having a heart attack. My heart is about to exploded. I LOVE Bowie. And I LOVE Arcade Fire. AND THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER.

I can just die happy now. :D

[CRAPPYNEIGHBOR]

is david bowie trying to look like a lesbian

[Imnothecrazyone]

@CRAPPYNEIGHB

[nrsrymj]

I want to marry Sarah. She has a recipe for Lamb on her journal on their site. Such a talent

[marijamuffinish]

this is fantastic,but why it's empty out there?

[LoveFlaps]

It feels like my heart wants to jump out my chest everytime I listen to it. Absolutely amazing.

[senc01a]

I agree, it just can't get any better than this. Like MJ (rip) said on his last press. This is it guys, T h i s i s i t .

[kibadunno]

@senc01a The Strokes said it before him

[Kiwinil]

Wow Bowie is short.... I never have noticed before

[pytko3]

@Kiwinil David Bowie isn't short, it's just that Win Butler is very tall. David Bowie is 5'10 and Win Butler is 6'5(I think Arcade Fire member Richard Parry is, too). David Bowie's taller than me, I'm 5'7.

[ASGMB138]

How can some of the people just sit there?! AF & Bowie singing there hearts out! INTENSE!

[Chunkazoota]

Orgasmic.

[jimbobjimminy]

David Bowie loves you.

Arcade Fire - you have made it to the big leagues

[fapgtrplyr]

4:38 RUN BOY, RUN!!!

[yourmummademefat]

awsome

[sevenfigganigga]

drummer/tambourine boy is.... Napoleon dynamite! =0)

[danstaun]

@sevenfigganigga

Absolutely

[cachaslokas]

its incredible the energy this guys have on live...and that magnificient Bowie.... sublimissime!!!

[debiedog1]

Absolutely ball tearing!!!

[Draeka]

Heather Graham floors me.

[clausjensencom]

very authentic, brillant, excellent, fantastic!

You gotta love both Arcade Fire and Bowie and the song!!!

[warmonotan]

For any guy Fashion is Simply for which he Stands for in Every Momentum in his Life time…Just in response With thy lightning' bolts a glowing'

,,I can see where I am going' to be me.. someone,fashionable !

[ayumalia1]

what a greeeaaat shoowwww , my goD ..

[jubmasterflex]

The "Drummer Boy / Tamborine Banger" looks a bit slow...is it just me?

[paulalala64]

I am so in love with this song. I heard it once where a back-up group of Native Americans sang with David Bowie and Arcade Fire. Does anyone know what that version is called??? Which concert or show was it???

[Lightworker444]

Makes me cry.

[rockdrocked]

...., but whats up with bowies hairCut?

[HolaPlayaHit]

love david :))))

[woody1445]

bowies voice fits perfectly

[BOWIEFEST]

David Bowie and Arcade Fire both put everything they've got (heart and soul) into this monumental performance.  It doesn't get any better than this. Fantastic!

[MrZebraZombie]

If god exists, it has to be David Bowie.

[botneva]

and where's Regine?? why is she left behind in the shadows?? it's unfair=(

brilliant perfomance, thank you for posting this. it's a legend.

[carouselambra7]

absolutely fucking AMAZING. tears in my eyes. arcade fire (and david bowie) have such incredible musical talent. i'm so glad there are artists out there that don't bullshit around in the music industry. I LOVE YOU, ARCADE FIRE.

[pytko3]

@carouselambra7 Oh yeah, Arcade Fire takes their work very seriously and they work very hard on their songs. They own their own studio and they STRONGLY maintain their publishing rights, they don't allow different versions of their songs to be published(to be put on cd or itunes) by other singers/groups and they don't publish their own versions of other songs(to be fair, I guess). They don't allow corporations to sponser them and they usually don't allow their songs to be used in ads.

[mhazani]

@pytko3 not to detract from what you were saying about the integrity or seriousness of Arcade Fire (which is my favorite band), but regarding cover versions: according to US (and most international) copyright law, anybody can create, publish and sell cover versions of any song they want, whether the original artists approve, don't, or don't even know. They just have to pay royalties. It's called "Compulsory Mechanical License" - you can google or wiki it.

[antraxptpt]

Some1 just post this in HD. i'd blow you

[SkFb]

So do i :)

Such perfection, humility, arts ...

[Gorviee]

I would do anything to have been able to bee there to experience this miracle of music. I feel like crying; it's amazing

[Superman54]

@Gorviee

i wish i wrote this song

[AlexArpegius]

i hate all those kind of people who keeps seated while something like this happens in front of their eyes. ARE THEY FREAKIN' BLIND? OR WORSE DEAF?

[196177]

@AlexArpegius So i guess you would be up for.. President of the "Kill The Seated People" movement?

[AlexArpegius]

LOL! yeah i'm up

[sepp2323]

even at his age Bowie voice is too powerful for this song

[sepp2323]

the bowster!!

[pel323]

What I love about this video you hear the band tuning their instruments in the beginning.

[AndBabySays]

Bowie has old-man-bum but I still would!!!

[racyweb]

Is that the most constructive comment you could think of?

[AndBabySays]

And?

[LadyZiggyStardust]

Sublime!

Thanks for uploading.

[Lymmar]

I always thought that this song would have been fucking perfect at the end of like some eighties movie about kids that go on an adventure. Oddly enough, this song is in the new trailor for 80's inspired "Where the Wild Things Are."

[natlovesrock]

really? oh thats amazing. o:

[TheDoubters]

80's??? the book was written in the 60's... but I mean I see where you could have gone wrong, seeing how the cartoon show re-appeared then (the cartoon began in the 70's)

[Lymmar]

I was referring to the visual style of the movie, which reminds me of the weird fantasy movies they used to make in the 80's. To be more clear I should have said, "The eighties inspired Where the Wild Things Are MOVIE TRAILER."

[SkFb]

I always thought this song is an amazing grace.

So here comes Bowie, serving the song, only the song ...

Definitly a song you can die with any regrets ... ;)

[martin0531]

I love this band and this song and David bowie...But i fucking lost it at 1:51..lmao

[Spidersham51]

awesome stick twirl at 3:23

[ariezj]

OOOOOOOOOOOO OOO OOO OOO OOO OOOOOOOOOOOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOOOO oOOoO

[theplanetariumscene]

Great combination! I heard a Bowie influence the first time I heard their excellent Funeral album, so it makes perfect sense.

[eztgirl]

Does it get any better than this?!

[airryko]

if it does get any better than this... i would have to kill myself 'cause it would mean that the world is coming to an end. life itself will self destruct from the sublime of music at its best. CAN YOU BEAT THE MEANING OF LIFE???? I THINK NOT!

[balli4038]

No, this is the ultimate

[Christiantheory]

@eztgirl Well..... if they play this song in my funeral, that would be pretty sweet.

[maxleresistant]

@eztgirl I hope so. But it's gonna be really really really hard

[Didit4daLULZ]

@eztgirl Actually, no, it doesn't. I don't know how old are you, but you peaked a year ago.

[TheFallToRise]

@eztgirl yep, the 80's were :)