(1978) Stay / David Bowie

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[@andrewwilliams9599]

And talk about one Hell of a band: David Bowie - vocals, keyboards Carlos Alomar - rhythm guitar George Murray - bass Dennis Davis - drums, percussion Adrian Belew - lead guitar Simon House - violin Sean Mayes - piano, string ensemble Roger Powell - synthesizer, keyboards

[@SpleenOverseas]

Fabulous band !!!! Incredible sound !

[@MrSkynnyman]

George Murray 🐐, adrian belew &j carlos alomar, awesome too bowie knew how to put togethter a bamd

[@francoisblas84]

In french : INCROYABLE !!!!!!😮😮😮😮😮

[@francoisblas84]

What a genius !!!

[@SpleenOverseas]

@@francoisblas84 A bunch of genius !!!! 🤩

[@debby631]

Almost 50 yrs old but sounds fresh new. Bowie is timeless

[@commongivemeanicknam]

indeed he is. it's crazy how well this aged.

[@danguee1]

Not a lot of this was Bowie, to be fair - much as I love him. This is mainly about the band and Adrian in particular

[@elprogrocker]

The harmony of this song is insane. You can tell Bowie was at another level at this point of his career

[@Hellyeahray21]

Heroin and talent

[@8699]

Coke and charisma

[@earlfenwick]

You can just leave it at 'talent'. Drugs are just for fun.

[@obstmystiker]

@@Hellyeahray21 And he was not into H but extremely into Snow, that's why he moved to the "capitol of H" (quote by Bowie) at that time - West-Berlin (1976-1979) ;) And this show here was a German TV show back then. But yeah, when the album "Station to Station" was produced in L.A. he was heavily on cocain before then getting (kinda) clean in Schöneberg, Berlin.

[@popstar2257]

Loved that Adrian was a bug part in Bowie's music, great blend of talents.

[@kool_thing]

The way David Bowie is watching Adrian Belew playing with a smile on his face. Can't help smiling myself.

[@bauhausoffice]

Are you kidding. Adrian Belew. An absolute legend. A bit of an underground legend I might add I hear notes of the lone rhinoceros here. David Bowie could barely take his eyes off of him. That says something…

[@pdobi]

I believe he was in Zappa's band in 77' this must've been shortly after he left.

[@soundpainter2590]

Bowie... In his own words, Would get so into watching Belew, that he allmost forgot to sing the next verse !

[@SpleenOverseas]

yes !!!

[@ManNoName-c9u]

@@pdobiBelew left Zappa for Bowie - Zappa was somewhat put out as he had offered Belew a retainer so he could hold on to him inbetween tours (he didn't do that too often to say the least). Fortunately for us Belew turned him down, and the rest is history!! (some mighty fine music)

[@GioBungle]

I have the full show on DVD. Bowie introduces the song, “featuring this most promising young Kentuckian” Bowie’s posture is definitely part deliberate showcase and part utter admiration of Belew’s talent.

[@CharlotteElizabeth92]

0:45 I just adore the way Bowie allows the guitarist the limelight. One of my favourite songs.

[@lucasgnzalez1111]

Adrian Belew, what a beast. A goat without doubt.

[@soundpainter2590]

​@@lucasgnzalez1111Currently, Belew is playing in a 3 piece band. & Still Killing it !!

[@lucasgnzalez1111]

@@soundpainter2590 talking heads, Zappa.. king Crimson.

[@troyturton8197]

I said the exact same thing :)

[@doctorpancake5848]

I love how he's laughing in the beginning because he knows what's coming later when Adrian goes off, and because Adrian's joy in playing is just so infectious.

[@sCulturefan]

Bowie may have called this music at the time "plastic soul", but this performance is the real thing!

[@Robcatist]

For me it’s new wave 3-4 years before new wave, as usual with Bowie way a head of the curve.

[@Mooocheropordis]

Totally real. Plastic soul was said by McCartney I think, a comment about the rubber soul lp. Station to Station my personal favourite Bowie album, along with BlackStar

[@stevegarcia3174]

The new romantic fashion was just around the corner his hairstyle looked so good here

[@carlosfierro1916]

It's Adrian Belew. The man with the most badass rock resume ever. Don't believe me? Just look at how Bowie and the rest of the band are all excited to see him do his magic... BTW, he played with Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, David Bowie and King Crimson.

[@chriscatton705]

love how he's enjoying the musicianship of his bandmates at the beginning. RIP David.

[@andrewwilliams9599]

Love how unjealous Bowie is watching Belew and the rest of the band--he is genuinely proud of and excited by the music they are making.

[@gwynnielsen5081]

This tune has one of the best bass lines on a rock song that I have ever heard.

[@yvonnecampbell7036]

So funny to see how Adrian Belew made David laugh. He was really enjoying the hell out of it.

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

Saw Bowie in 1990, when Belew was back in the band. They were laughing lots during that show, too.

[@nimmolo]

THis rhythm section!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DEnIS DAViS GEoRGE MuRRAY CARLoS aLOMAR!!!

[@lulusaintly631]

Best EVER.

[@kool_thing]

You can recognize it at once. One of a kind.

[@Zobin211]

Amen! ... I am a Davis, Murray and Alomar loyalist! No offense to the others, especially Gail Ann Dorsey, who is honorable mention ... but these three are the best!

[@theWARMJET]

What a team , and Belew in top form

[@wordvert7374]

Easily his best band!

[@nevicesaad9808]

David Bowie was the sexiest man ever. totally free and fluid and utterly captivating. i miss him so much. rip beautiful spirit. im so happy that you found peace in your life with Iman. rest now x

[@stevegarcia3174]

Him and Peter Murphy I always found sexy

[@julio_scissors]

This band is TOP SHELF. Belew bringing chaos and Carlos bringing the cool. Murray and Davis driving the bus. Could listen to this groove for hours.

[@josjanssen6733]

Murray and Davis driving the bus. You nailed it Julio !

[@birdy1numnum]

I get goosebumps watching this over and over. Bowie so pleased with Adrian Belew (as well he should be), the band is just enjoying themselves so much making the BEST MUSIC. I love Carlos, George and Dennis - all of them, are just top shelf. The passing of David Bowie is still so hard to fathom - - we all have to go one day but toooooooo soon for our beloved Bowie.

[@solitairestarr5516]

No - David Bowie should never grow old, or fade, or become less than the fantastic vibrant person he always was - needs energy for that - love as ever 2023 ❤

[@joefairhurst69]

I recognize Adrian and Carlos, but who are the keyboard players and the rhythm section? Thanks.

[@beekay5914]

@@joefairhurst69 Roger Powell on keys, played with Todd Rundgren for years. Roger is more than a player, he is also a pioneer in the development of the synthesizer.

[@lulusaintly631]

Bowie looks so happy in this concert.

[@zanichbug]

True. I don't think I ever saw a Bowie video where he looks pissed or tired. He always looks like he's having fun.

[@kevbee8325]

I think he’s happy with his then new guitarist Adrian Belew who he hired after seeing him play for Frank Zappa.

[@melizmatea]

@@kevbee8325 yes, and there's a funny story about that because he kind of stole him from Zappa, who wasn't very happy about it!

[@V-grandraccoon]

Zanichbug you probably haven’t seen him in the South American sound + vision performances.

[@rscottsandberg9303]

I love how he heads to side stage to enjoy the music....

[@darwinsaye]

What’s really weird, is that even though the music is clearly rooted in the style of 1978 (disco/funk), the fashions here seem to foreshadow everything that was to come in the 80s. It’s like the 80s created it’s entire identity based on the fashions in this video, lol.

[@RandallFishwick]

Great seeing this version with Adrian Belew going Ape on electric guitar! I personally think Earl Slick's version fits the song's groove better, but Bowie was always about change as we know. And lets not forget that Carlos Alomar on rhythm guitar was a big part of Stay as well.

[@killbot_factory]

from Zappa to Bowie to Eno to Byrne to Fripp to Reznor...need more be said?

[@manusierra1846]

Stay was one of the best song of David Bowie. Reste in peace starman

[@jesusreyes1927]

💯 ❤

[@scottfw1193]

When Bowie was on 🔥, you could see, feel and hear it in every pore. Musicianship 👏👏👏

[@matthawkins5006]

that adrian belew guitar / bass player /harmonies /bowies moves are so great together.

[@flah123SA]

Adrian fucking Belewwwww

[@Gexeur750]

The real music

[@deetgeluid]

Carlos Alomar, a true unsung hero

[@billmay7364]

Seen BOWIE way back in THE THIN WHITE DUKE period. From Young Americans to Station to Station. Great Band as well. This was Adrian Belew around pre King Crimson years. Belew is just killing it. Love this period. Bowie is loving it. They bring it.

[@philippetrape9295]

''Station to Station'' with this unbelievable track, is undeniably Bowie's summit with ''Heroes." There is so much innovation in this track, especially with the spatial sounds in the intro....an absolute immortal gem...

[@sandranavarrette3031]

HE STILL GOT IT TO DAY IN 2O23

[@lizcaplan3410]

Off the chart genius. Heavenly.

[@philipdatz1738]

Funky there is so much rhythm in this song

[@farclebaba]

Jesus Christ, this burns. Adrian Belew is absolutely on fire at this end of this track... Good god this band is just killing it. Fantastic.

[@hamsdean]

This may be, perchance, the best Bowie band ever assembled. Then again, cocaine's a helluva drug.

[@DavidBell-qq1sd]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@markroberts5507]

Fantastic....Simon House from HAWKWIND on violin.....What a line up....

[@tomtrana3449]

I could listen to the intro for hours. Absolute pulse.

[@tonyfleck3029]

This is Unbelievably Good, Bowie majestic as usual! Adrian Belew an Incredible Guitarist!! Caught him playing with King Crimson in a small venue in London back in the mid 80s? And the rest of the Band at the Top of their Game!!! Just Stunning Powerful Music!! X

[@mary-bethshine6650]

I love how white rock guys never recognize black players, like Carlos Alomar who worked on this song with Bowie in 1976. He's there, playing with Bowie in this clip. Just as much a virtuoso as Belew, but black musicians are barely recognized in the white rock and roll world.

[@tonyfleck3029]

Hi Girl I am white, but I'm not a' Rock Guy'!!!! I just love Great music!!! Why label it?!!.. Carlos is a Great Guitarist!! One of Bowies go to Musicians!! All the music I love and have grown up with comes the Blues ,R&B and Funk!!! Being an old Hippie obviously, 'Jimi 'is and will always be one of my Main Men!!!...

[@mary-bethshine6650]

@@tonyfleck3029 Because you only mentioned Adrien Belew and then King Crimson.... white guys like to reference Clapton, Page, etc... who took almost all of what they know from black musicians but their fans rarely give black musicians any credit credit as rock musicians that's why, esp. from the 60's on.. I'm not labeling anything, just giving credit where it is due.

[@tonyfleck3029]

Absolutely, credit where it's due!! My skin is white! But my Soul is Black!!.. X

[@VictorNewman201]

@@tonyfleck3029 You didnt do anything wrong, white brother...

[@commongivemeanicknam]

i'm just glad the coke didn't kill him

[@solitairestarr5516]

Absolutely - we were so fortunate he didn't go the way of so many others! Including Freddy, and the whole HIV thing , drugs and crazy sex!

[@nemo-nb3gh]

I love this song . David Bowie and Carlos Alomar ( the black guy standing behind and off to the left of Bowie in this performance ) are the rare artists in rock and pop music who got better as they aged . In the 90s into the 2000s imho Bowie helped create better live musical arrangements for this song and Bowie's singing range became larger and with more variety of vocalizations . Alomar while being basically a rhythm guitarist at this time, but also brought funk and various rhythms to Bowie's repertoire ( Fame 1975 is one of the notable songs Alomar helped create the basic musical part of ) Today Alomar in his 60s has also become a superb virtuoso guitarist . However you will seldom see him perform because he has been a professor in the music department of a major university ( sorry forgot the name ) for at least the past 15 or so years .

[@jerste]

And I'm thinking "he looks like when he was singing Golden Years"... - it's in the same album duh.

[@MusicCollaborator]

Bowie always killed it live when it came to "Stay" I highly recommend looking for his other performances of this through the years. Bowie wrote an incredible amount of great songs. "Fame", Ziggy" "Space Oddity" Absolute Beginners" "Under Pressure", "I'm Afraid Of Americans", "Let's Dance", "Magic Dance"? lol, "Changes", Heroes" "Stay", Rebel Rebel" "The Jean Genie", "Time" "This Is Not America" "Young Americans", "Ashes To Ashes" "The Man Who Sold The World", "Lazarus", "Blackstar", "The Stars Are Out Tonight" "Scary Monsters", "Fashion" add your ten Bowie tunes in reply.

[@jamesian-allen8725]

all the madmen, chant, little wonder, moonage daydream, black country rock, andy warhol, life on mars, tvc15, be my wife, star. that's ten from me...i could easily add several more to that list.

[@somamusika]

Sound and vision!

[@linneamooney3090]

It’s no game, up the hill backwards, kooks, move on, china girl, breaking glass, always crashing in the same car, word on a wing, golden years, I keep forgetting, lady stardust, lady grinning soul, dj, so many more

[@AshleyWeech]

Modern Love , Starman

[@DominiqueVanheusden]

David Bowie brought me here!

[@111usul]

this is like miles davis good, insanley musicianship

[@SarahSmith-nr2wj]

I think this stuff is it, the coolest in every way

[@pickgee]

I wish this song and the jam afterwards could just go on and on.

[@JamesLamm-jt7vg]

Station to Station is better than Heroes

[@RichardFriendartist]

man Adrian Belew sounds great!!

[@elpoderdelasgalaxias]

What a Tight Band !!!! Bowie's happy & generous, as usual.

[@chrisgrow]

Mr Belew is lookin sharp

[@mpw253]

Favorite version of my favorite song 🤙🤘🤙

[@bruzrkgro-malog2953]

Belew just belew my mind!

[@devotion1100]

That Guitarist Was Killin' !!! Nice Funkin' Band !

[@mateuszczerniak1572]

Jeffrey T'challah Johnson Adrian Belew ;) Former guitarist and vocalist of King Crimson in 80s, 90s and early 2000s.

[@jeany0081]

and Remain in Light - Talking Heads

[@zachjohnson637]

and Zappa! (Sheik Yerbouti)

[@andynaz5631]

Wow, Adrian Belew.... Who knew?

[@detaildon]

I just watched Adrian on the 1990 version!

[@paulleman1915]

​@@detaildonj'ai vu Adrian Below avec Zappa

[@Gozzillacia]

I don't give a damn about musicianship normally -- but Adrain Belew's guitar playing is gobsmacking.

[@JuanSebHernandez]

On this video, Bowie looks so happy.

[@kennethbernard5003]

That band is ripping. Shredding.

[@lextual]

Amazing guitaring by Mr. Belew, I frequently contrast his playing here to that of his playing the same song later on the 1990 "Sound and Vision" tour where the sonic pallet is expanded greatly...

[@SheWolf2023]

I love that he shared the spotlight with the band before he began singing. He was a class act.

[@SLB4523]

Bowie grooving out on Belew is pretty cool

[@OCONNER-oj3xg]

Dose this crowd actually know what they are witnessing here PURE MAGIC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@maureeno9382]

God! I love this event!

[@needtashow]

I keep seeing these great DB videos and seeing this guy who looks like Roger Powell on keys..I'm slow , I just realized it is him . How did I never before know that he played with David Bowie ?

[@paulmanning5801]

This is not concert footage from the Isolar tour, its from German TV filmed after the completion of the album Heroes and before Lodger. How this track never made it on to "Stage" is beyond me, its superb. Brian Eno is on piano in this video and it was Eno who got Belew involved with the Talking Heads AFTER all this took place, so there is no Talking Heads influence in this performance, although there may well be some Zappa influence, but either way this is one brilliant band and brilliant rendition of a brilliant song.

[@philippetrape9295]

Thanks for the history around this video. Indeed Eno is behind Bowie, whose haircut corresponds to the ''Heroes'' period.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Belew influence.

[@krisscanlon4051]

The core trio of Alomar, Davis, and Murray is quite a foundation

[@andyparry1366]

Wow!! Just Wow.

[@brianordelheide4661]

Oh my - BELEW!!!

[@AnEarfulTV]

And doesn't Bowie look pleased with himself for poaching Belew from Zappa's band?

[@ripaulac]

More than a little!

[@baronoflivonia.3512]

Adrian Belew played with most important artists, his career is a who's who of great composer's.

[@jbmaillet]

Adrian Belew is one of a kind. Among the GOAT. *Plus* he has great taste when it comes to shirts.

[@feisalalykhan8403]

The mighty Adrian Belew on guitar! He has played guitar on/with bands which featured Zappa, Bowie, R. Fripp in King Crimson, The Talking Heads, etc... What a musician! And this is what I know of his performance work on stage....

[@inquiry7]

On this song he is no Earl Slick who wrote the part.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

​@@inquiry7 Better than Earl Slick!

[@FranzSanchez-ky9up]

The sheer love and appreciation between David and the rest of his band mates is infectious.

[@thewomanwithnohead]

What an incredible live quality for the best guitar riff ever wrote !

[@mattiascacco5418]

The sexiest chorus ever

[@benfredo6903]

Für mich ist Station to Station das geilste Album und den Song "Stay" hab ich immer ein bisschen nebenbei gehört ohne mich auf den zu konzentrieren, aber die LIve Aufnahme ist so geil, der gehört jetzt mit zu meinen Lieblingssongs von David Bowie.

[@ScisaacFisaac]

Watching that one guitar solo makes my wrist shake.

[@tjnugent62]

I do believe that is Roger Powell on keys..

[@vinto34]

David has the proud look of a father watching his son play at 0:22. Great lineup he had during this period.

[@liliancapurro4693]

¡Ay! ¡Pero qué lindura!

[@chad9017]

Yu know that wasn't written thats jazz

[@MrTroySinister]

Adrian was a monster on guitar

[@2dogarageoxo]

Full-on jam, fucking hell

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

Who is violin? David Cross perhaps?

[@V-grandraccoon]

Simon House

[@stevejenner4226]

Yes, Simon House of (amongst others) High Tide, The Third Ear band and Hawkwind.

[@franklinslamo]

So freaking cool! Wish there was a version with better sound quality.

[@sandraduranie1975]

Perfect band!!

[@chopsueykungfu]

Not bad, but for this song Bowie was always best with Earl Slick on lead guitar, who incidentally was the original lead on the studio version.

[@BlackMan614]

Yeah... Belew plays it so stiff. For that matter... why wouldn't Alomar play this part? Much better suited. Belew... no funk.

[@Nyama74]

Belew...no funk? Please...ever heard "Elephant Talk" or "Remain In Light"?

[@peppeblabla82]

Wow

[@inquiry7]

Correct.

[@davidhartz8902]

But...the fuckin' PANTS!

[@DrWolfenstein313]

Guys. The bass. Jesus Christ.

[@spiraldaddy]

It doesn't get any more fricken cooler than these dudes - Belew on lead, Alomar rhythm, funky dude on violin - c'mon - Bowie is already next level but then he gathers a crew that is intersteller

[@OBACHOWA]

Future generation of music

[@Lemonsieur-m4m]

Perfection of the past.

[@WizardOfArc]

damn - Carlos can sing!

[@chrisgrow]

rip mr bowie one of my all time favorite versions of one of my all time favorite songs

[@paulyabe]

Finally a good song that some fool troll hasn't befouled by disliking.

[@isa2229]

Même plongé dans un bain de ringardise Bowie reste magnifique ♥️

[@patrickreilly9465]

more of an Earl Slick fan for this song; how below, in his own virtuoso style not bad.. In general this was a very good album. The best version of this song is Bowie live at the BBC

[@anklamer]

what a great song, so strange those hamonic ideas, what a songwriter talent... greatest of his bands

[@jazzfusioner9840]

For the love of God and Todd's "Utopia".....Roger Powell on the Electric Keys!!!!! Belew just slays on that elec Ax.....this is a supreme chart and band just deep in it.....

[@WestCoastFront]

Dream Team

[@genlob]

Fuck me, that band are tighter than an ant's foreskin.

[@davemathews7890]

I can never decide if I prefer Roxy Music to Bowie or Vice Versa. I love punk, but the early 70s seemed more creative than the punk era.

[@Sortirai]

Arian belew ex zappa band ! Puis talking heads,king crimson.

[@SMJ3000]

Everyone talks about Bowie, but the damn band is why this series is the best. NIN with this covering Fashion is amazing and a great throw back

[@timpenfield5]

Amazing musicians