DAVID BOWIE - Fame (Live BBC Radio Theatre 2000) | FIRST TIME REACTION

[@dwoehrma]

You just cant go wrong with Bowie. Live or in the studio. He always delivers.

[@riittasihvonen2011]

Bowie was brilliant composer and fearless songwriter and always ahead of his time. He was one of one.! Bowie quote "I’m just an individual who doesn’t feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I’m working for me.” 

[@ed.z.]

Epic artistic musical achievement by David Bowie, immortal genius.

[@rhondamcewananderson3968]

I was lucky to see him twice! So great!! Miss him 🌹

[@Doggeslife]

SO glad you went with the BBC version. This is actually my favorite live Bowie concert on video. Great choice! Watch the whole show someday and do yourself a treat.

[@MisterWondrous]

"Fame. What you get is no tomorrow." Bowie and especially Lennon knew this...with his life. Same Electric Ladyland.

[@ericanderson8886]

This one and "Young Americans" were big hits for Bowie in the mid seventies. "Ashes to Ashes" would be the next song after "Space Oddesey".

[@laurallama73]

He was so different from anybody else. Just fabulously freaky, and uber sexy! 🧑‍🎤✨✨✨ Great song! Great reaction, as always!

[@annheckenbach9396]

This performance came from a special called "Live at the Beeb" (BBC). I have watched it several times. It can probably be Googled and pop up. It was an amazing show. Bowie's presence was quirky, humorous, and warm.

[@jesusalvarez2911]

Always Bowie😎

[@lindasalaki9404]

It was amazing to see David Bowie live. Always love his music from the 70s. ✌️

[@annewoodard6803]

This live performance was new to me and it was fantastic! There’s only one Bowie and everything he does is original. The list is long my friend, Heroes, Changes, Suffragette City, Rebel Rebel, Is There Life On Mars… that’s a start 😁

[@djanga166]

Heroes live is fantastic

[@WMalven]

LOL!!! Don't worry Shawn, Bowie changed his persona 5 times - Ziggy Stardust (first appeared in the song "Space Oddity"), Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke (the persona in this song), and his last, the Blind Prophet. Fasten your seatbelt and place your tray table in an upright position, you're in for an amazing ride with Bowie...a truly prodigious talent

[@brucey86]

Many people don't realize how good an actor David was. If you want to see, what I think are his best acting chops, watch his starring role in the movie, 'Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence', 1983, which has similarities to another older movie, 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' starring Alec Guiness re: prisoners in a Japanese Prison Camp during WW2. Also of a musical note, the theme song for the movie is a classic piece composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, which won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. ps. My interest in Bowie and his music goes back to his connection with the Velvet Underground, and all the happenings around Studio 54, back in the heydays of Warhol, Lou Reed, Truman Capote, and Salvador Dali, etc.

[@dmn23]

Late period live Bowie, particularly with Gail Dorsey and the rest of this band, is seriously good. You could pick almost anything from these tours and not be disappointed.

[@armandogarza6181]

Bowie has a lot of great songs man, I'm sure you'll find out. Electric Lady was Jimi's New York studio and Electric Ladyland was his third and final album.

[@KevinRCarr]

Bowie was a performing artist, not just a musician or singer or songwriter. He went through many changes, showed us many different versions of himself and his artistic personality over the course of his life. In a way, Bowie's life was a performance, right down to the music and videos he recorded while he knew he was dying. Great song choice, and interesting reaction once again.

[@intothesunset3]

Well said.

[@KevinRCarr]

Thank you.

[@ohfour-seven6228]

I've read that Bowie had problems with Mainman, his management, and found himself pretty much very famous but broke. He got together with John Lennon, who also had similar problems with celebrity, and together with Carlos Alomar, came up with the song. Alomar was the guitarist for the Apollo Theatre house band and went on to frequently record with Bowie. Electric Lady studios are located in NYC and where Hendrix recorded. As noted below, Bowie was the ultimate performer. His music and persona were always changing and evolving; part of what made him so great.

[@slickjames2541]

Electric Lady was started by Jimi Hendrix but he died before it was finished unfortunately. It’s still in operation today.

[@ohfour-seven6228]

I'm reading Thomas Dolby's memoir right now and he mentioned recording in Electric Lady studios. So glad it's still around!@@slickjames2541

[@librarylady13]

💖💖💖 Try "Heroes", "Suffragette City", "Let's Dance", "Under Pressure" (with or without Queen), "Changes", "All The Young Dudes" and "The Young Americans".

[@bobdelp2023]

YEAH GIB, THE STUDIO ALBUM IS HIS 75 ( YOUNG AMERICANS ) 😊 WITH THE 2 MAJOR HITS BEING THIS & YOUNG AMERICANS👍 THIS IS A 25 YEAR AFTER THE ALBUM CONCERT SO, STILL AWESOME! 😊

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

…..never seen this one , Ty great reaction 🔥

[@zylem13]

Carlos Alomar was a guitarist with Bowie at the time.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Lennon is singing some backup vocals as well.

[@intothesunset3]

Great reaction as always!♥ Love your commentary😊 BTW the same channel has great performances at this same concert of "The Man Who Sold the World" (which Nirvana covered but Bowie wrote, in 1970) and "Ashes to Ashes," the 1980 sequel to Space Oddity (although you might want to see the iconic music video for "Ashes to Ashes" first). You can't go wrong with anything from this concert.

[@ShawnSalvadori]

I didn't know it was Bowie who wrote "The man who sold the world" really interesting, thanks😁

[@intothesunset3]

@@ShawnSalvadori 😊I absolutely love Nirvana's cover...but Bowie's version was great too.

[@jesusalvarez2911]

There IS a video+ lyrics from 2020 super cool and "hyonotic" of TMWSTW🙂

[@intothesunset3]

@@jesusalvarez2911 Yes--I love that lyric video, that would be great instead😊

[@eviekelpie1]

Young Americans, official live video. A very young Luther Vandross was one of his backing singers before he became famous

[@randyjohnson6960]

Chk out his live version of "HEROS"🎶👑🔥🔥🔥

[@eviekelpie1]

A good performance however, I prefer the studio version as it has John Lennon on backing vocals, singing the Fame part I suggest, Panic in Detroit The Jean Genie Moonage Daydream Rebel rebel

[@jackiegerspachhas4237]

Like the recording better!!!!!!

[@anthonyblakely399]

Studio version I think is better!!! Missing the Bass!!! The Bass is NASTY In this song...live version missing that hard driving Bass!!!

[@lauraulnye6857]

I prefer the studio version. This has an odd distortion in the background that is distracting.