David Bowie, Klaus Nomi & Joey Arias - The Man Who Sold The World & TVC15 (live)

[@xsotax]

This is the greatest performance in the history of television

[@LESTERHUBCAP]

: The best Rock & Roll clip in history ...

[@clemdane]

This and A Quick One While He's Away by the Who at the Rock N Roll Circus

[@indiesindie1984]

You are perfectly correct 💯! 👌

[@Thornbloom]

One of the weirdest for sure.

[@dagsouleyedblue407]

Its fucking brilliant. I've got to admit i miss Bowie more then being 12 years old

[@chrismiller1718]

I remember seeing this on SNL when I was 9. I remember having real trouble figuring out what I had watched, but I knew it was cool. It has been burned in my brain ever since.

[@indiesindie1984]

Arias, Nomi, Bowie, the best musical performance ever on SNL.

[@Ckom-Tunes]

I’m thinking about that and it’s hard to come up with a better one…

[@ЕЛЕНАЕЛЕНА-л2ю1с]

Навсегда ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.

[@aleochi1990]

Imagine being lucky enough to suddenly see it all live back in 1979

[@mjlotus]

Saw it then! It was great.

[@Jacob42086]

@@mjlotus I'm so jealous

[@stevewhite8543]

@@mjlotus Damn I remember seeing this when I was 16 years old, huge Bowie fan. First time I ever heard of Klaus Nomi, Blew our little teenage minds seeing this on TV, unforgettable.

[@mjlotus]

@@stevewhite8543 Every high school kid in the country was talking about it on Monday at school! In a biography of Bowie it says that he planned and rehearsed this appearance with great care, it was intended to be his comeback, and it worked.

[@yehudivenuti]

i saw ziggy 3 times, and then most of the tours thru to reality. yea, i'm that old ....🥰🤩

[@tartgreenapple]

"Nomi was so impressed with the plastic quasi-tuxedo suit that Bowie wore during "The Man Who Sold the World" that he commissioned one for himself. He wore the suit on the cover of his self-titled album, as well as during a number of his music videos. Nomi wore his variant of the outfit, in monochromatic black-and-white with spandex and makeup to match, until the last few months of his life." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Nomi)

[@evanmichael3153]

Stellar. And Jimmy Destri from Blondie on keys.

[@tonyfrancesco3701]

Best back up singers ever for bowie. What a show klaus nomi and david bowie truely that would have been the theater of the obsurd would have loved to see that. RIP both

[@luannabbate2624]

Back then, there was so much creativity. Record companies took 4:07 chances on artists. Not like today when everything is pre-packaged and generic.

[@tonyfrancesco3701]

@@luannabbate2624 I believe it is devolution .

[@Dr.Adamastor]

Bowie in the 70s was the best thing ever.

[@pimjcb9964]

Most definitely. He totally owned the 70s.

[@jeremydutton193]

RIP Klaus Nomi.

[@arthurhistder1156]

REQUIESCAT IN PACE BOTH, BOWIE AND NOMI...

[@tangenty6987]

Amen.

[@fyvoin6964]

Absolute favorite version of the Man who sold the World as futuristic as ageless Nomi and Joey harmonies just amazing.

[@THEYOGAFACE]

Loved the poodle with the video monitor . Plus the skirt outfit. One of my favorite songs of his. Brilliant staging .

[@Ckom-Tunes]

David went full Janet Reno before we knew there was a Janet Reno! Amazing performer!

[@p.a.marlow9348]

😂😂😂

[@malencita]

Klaus Nomi what a nice voice

[@purrshaped]

Bowie is a great singer, but for this video I’m listening to klaus nomi as the backing singer. What a voice, I go to sleep a lot listening to Valentines Day by him on repeat.

[@TheDesertwalker]

I like that we can actually hear the bass in TVC15.

[@michaeloharait]

I saw this live in '79 - for a 13yo it was pretty out there. And awesome.

[@moonwater2347]

lol so did I I recorded it on an old Radio Schack cassetet

[@vov.7397]

Lol, I was still 12 I think. Knew of Bowie but wasn't a fan yet. Seeing him on SNL really made me interested in finding out more. Pretty sure I got Ziggy for Xmas that year. Changed everything!

[@aleochi1990]

Bowie's outfit is just IT. PERFECT!

[@dacioloursal9555]

Actually its from Nomi

[@quackman]

@@dacioloursal9555 Wiki says Nomi got the idea from Bowie here then had his own similar one made

[@PoohbearPlus]

I do remember seeing this on SNL when it first aired. The "Boys Keep Swinging" segment with Bowie as a puppet was silly (but entertaining nonetheless). But it was "TVC15" with that weird AF poodle with the TV mouth that blew me away. This is still one of SNL's best musical performances.

[@donnyposey5179]

TVC15 is just as BRILLIANT!!! The best live performance of Television History!!!

[@tomsj101211]

At a fashion talk I went to at FIT in NY, Joey Arias told a story that he and Klaus Nomi could wear whatever they wanted, and when they showed up for rehearsal in dresses David decided he wanted one too even though he had been wearing suits to perform at the time. ❤

[@WGB3019]

They touched a lot of great themes. I saw this when young, but came back around to it after re-watching Total Eclipse by Klaus Nomi from Urgh. I heard about the plastic suit. I just didn’t put this all together. I’m glad it’s hard to be this daring - the doors have been opened. But terrific music and performances.

[@dagsouleyedblue407]

As they said in the late seventies: there's new wave, there's old wave and there is David Bowie

[@John-gr4td]

This and DEVO on SNL best performances ever...

[@mjlotus]

Both were shocking! And also great.

[@WGB3019]

Sinead O’Connor and Elvis Costello

[@sakuraikenn3203]

Klaus Nomi!

[@sylvandelacruz]

This performance of TVC15 was my fave musical performances ever in SNL. Really fun, artistic (in a performance art kind of way), and totally rocked!

[@clemdane]

I love the Japanese Air Hostess uniform he's wearing

[@clemdane]

@Carol Mizelle Just joking. That was my impression.

[@susanborkenhagen58]

Bowie saw Klaus and Joey getting ready with dresses and he borrowed the idea from them.

[@pam6go]

so cool i wanted to see the full show but thanks a lot I'm so in love with David and his very lovely music

[@bhdctn]

Why is this just a GRAY SCREEN!!! Put this FULL SNL back on Youtub!!! Please! I need my TVC-15!!!

[@missbee9140]

Joey Arias?!

[@cattycorner8]

What a voice he had

[@mosskey]

Why hasn't SNL released a high quality version of this?

[@JoseSilva-ip5xi]

From San Diego CA, Tijuana BCN Mexico i remember that saturday night at 23 45 Sincerely Jose Silva 😢.

[@pattycassiani1352]

Molto molto bello...love Bowie forever

[@americanpancakelive]

so cool to see- wish the audio sounded better but so thankful this is up.

[@egirl622]

My dad and I watched this together when it was originally broadcast. He was 55, I was 17. After it was over, he turned to me and said, "Okay - I love David Bowie, but what the hell was that?" He said the same thing about the B-52s a few months later.

[@ingomeyer4153]

Wow thank you for postin legend🤩

[@rosasegura225]

50 años del mejor himno de mundo #bowieforever

[@stephmayer9453]

the sound is horror, but the visual can't be beat. thank you.

[@philippliskin9196]

Hey, that's Jimmy Destri from Blondie on keyboards !!

[@rodrosco5442]

eagle eye,spot on!!

[@ifn_media]

Great stuff and thanks for posting it!

[@louie40205]

I watched this live and it blew my 13 year old mind away…

[@L2K4D44L4R]

The third song is missing, dang!

[@janicebelfiore856]

Nomi!!

[@ScorpionicWoman1313]

I remember seeing this on the télé, when it originally aired, great times! ❤❤❤

[@carolsinclair11]

Awesome!!!

[@tatATA6707]

かっこいい！

[@malegrissusran8847]

best Bow[e of all time ?? !! maybe !

[@sderoski1]

C'est futuristique fantastique!

[@ProjectEnglishII]

David rocking that skirt -- dang!

[@IndianaRose.]

The young me barely noticed what Bowie was wearing

[@Zowie39]

Haha!! Truth!!! I didnt know 'this guy' when I watched this when it 1st aired!! I was 12! By the end I couldnt breathe unless I had my Bowie!!! Soo obssessedd!!! Peeps who knew me then till people later in life still made an obsessed effort to call out of the blue to say 'I heard Bowie' and thought of you!😁 Yup! He sold me the world!!!! Do you get that too!??? I was considered weird then ..well still weird in a cool way! 😂😎🤗 So happy to hear your testimony!!! Rock on!⚡⚡🌠👩‍🎤🖤

[@clemdane]

The young me's mind was blown by what Bowie was wearing

[@allex25100]

My ends respect, and love forever.

[@buffclary]

Damn, a fantastic performance but sound and image quality from US tv not great!

[@driverain2]

they havn't figured it out that this video is up of it would be long gone............TVC15

[@MrThomas1958]

❤

[@janicebelfiore856]

Somewhere Kurt Corbain smiled

[@DavidBrash]

Why Kurt Cobain? This was like a decade before Nirvana exist

[@glennhecker4422]

​@@DavidBrash (1) Kurt Cobain and Nirvana covered "The Man Who Sold The World" during their "MTV Unplugged" concert. (2) Cobain was born in 1967, so it's not inconceivable that he could have seen this performance.

[@fosbury68]

Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson of Chic on guitar, bass and drums. Not sure who the white guitar player is.

[@mikev.2945]

Fucking Legend. Also, Bowie's Miss Hathaway era. IYKYK. :)

[@darrenremington6422]

You are watching a music icon, right now !!!!!!

[@tedpikul1]

goat

[@sderoski1]

The 2020s will make the 1980s look like the 1950s, except this

[@philips6664]

Davis, Alomar, and Murray!

[@bruzewill7081]

F'n Cool.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Jimmy Destri on keys I think

[@ElGallo90]

Thanks cocaine for all of this

[@x-sunelena5766]

Are there any people who see this video? I see only grey ... 😒

[@kumaridesilva3992]

It's up now

[@x-sunelena5766]

@@kumaridesilva3992 No, I'm not yet gray on the screen, I can only hear the music...

[@gustavgnoettgen]

I have the same problem

[@tangenty6987]

Just gray still, in 2022.

[@darrenremington6422]

No grey for me in 23😊

[@rodrosco5442]

Bowie also sang Boys Keep Swinging that was not Aired this performance was made (limited tv air time??)

[@jackal59]

It was aired. Believe me, when the got Bowie, they used everything he wanted to give them.

[@walterbianco3664]

Absolute, pure fuck*ng Genius.

[@marlaflores3190]

TVC15 WITH EARL SLICK ON GUITAR , ARE YOU KIDDING ME ?!? THE SAME CAT ON BOWIE'S STATION TO STATION BEFORE THERE WAS AN ADRIAN BELEW , FRIPP OR ALOMAR ? CO CO COOL ..........

[@roberterwine7650]

wow Jimmy Destri on keys !

[@lauriegiemza4570]

where's boys keep swinging?

[@dannaz7490]

Who’s the guitarist?

[@PoppaFleshPumpd]

Creepier choir

[@333Eriana]

did someone pull this - no visual

[@kaiiida4661]

not imaginable on today's snl

[@tertommy]

What's all that white powder about?

[@rinwesley3092]

First appearance of Sprockets

[@rabbwit3744]

what da dog doing?!

[@dawnsalois]

sound quality sucks what a shame i saw this on tv back in 79 but it sounded a lot better on tv than this horror

[@madwhitehare3635]

Oh. He still has his English carniverous teeth here!😍 Before some American dentist got hold of him and turned them into assembly line Chiclets 😩 They ruined his bone structure...😑

[@gabrielaoliva3772]

No sé ve

[@donatocapurso784]

Italiano: È rivolto a tutti gli amanti di David Bowie. ....Klaus David non è un artista, glielo hanno fatto credere,e lui si è convinto !!! La verità è che un elemento come Klaus Davi viveva perennemente in sale dove tutto era concentrato sull'arte ma quella vista da lui e da altri omosessuali transessuali e eroinomani....Klaus era uno di quelli che prima e dopo un orgia omosessuale si INIETTATVA DI EROINA...Il resto è non puoi tenere questo ritmo e vita per sempre !!! Il gioco è bello quando dura poco,e lui come altri sono finiti o per morire di overdose oppure contraendo AIDS .... Quanta stupidità c'è dietro questi personaggi....La gente li vede sul palco credendo che abbiano un bagagliaio culturale ed artistico anche per come venivano descritti da TV e RADIO,ma in realtà uno come KLAUS DAVI NON È MAI CRESCIUTO !!! Un emerito decente eroinomane che dormiva con la spada sotto il cuscino....

[@hockeyteeth]

Dave got the Hillary special on.

[@LisaLightning]

Why is it grayed out??