David Bowie’s Darkest Character: The Thin White Duke (Full Documentary) | Amplified

[@galetinm]

The title of this video is misleading. Thin White Duke was mostly on Station To Station, come Low that character was gone. And this is a documentary that's about the Berlin trilogy.

[@galetinm]

One of the reasons he even came to Berlin (with Iggy) was to get away from Thin White Duke. That's what makes this title so very wrong.

[@johndingman879]

Marko galetin I agree wholeheartedly 100% The Thin White Duke was fuelled by a cocaine and milk diet while riding station to station. In so deep singing about the occult and thinking out loud about nazis. Berlin trilogy is the journey out of that hell.

[@outsidethepyramid]

@@johndingman879 "thinking out loud about nazis" Can you give me an example please John.

[@KnjazNazrath]

​@@outsidethepyramid I'll beat him to it: "Christ, everything is a media manipulation. I’d love to enter politics. I will one day. I’d adore to be Prime Minister. And, yes, I believe very strongly in fascism. The only way we can speed up the sort of liberalism that’s hanging foul in the air at the moment is to speed up the progress of a right-wing, totally dictatorial tyranny and get it over as fast as possible. People have always responded with greater efficiency under a regimental leadership. A liberal wastes time saying, “Well, now, what ideas have you got?” Show them what to do, for God’s sake. If you don’t, nothing will get done. I can’t stand people just hanging about. Television is the most successful fascist, needless to say. Rock stars are fascists, too. Adolf Hitler was one of the first rock stars." - Bowie, D., Playboy, Sept. 1976 Then of course there's the classic "“As I see it, I am the only alternative for the premier in England. I believe Britain could benefit from a fascist leader. After all, fascism is really nationalism." which Buckley attributes to him saying after a gig in Stockholm, but I've not found the paper 'cause I don't speak Swedish. He did get detained on the Russian-Polish border 'cause he was reading books about Speer and Goebbels, which were apparently research for a film about propaganda tactics he was allegedly working on but never came to light. On the other hand, the alleged nazi salute is obviously just him waving normally and someone getting a shot at the...*coughs*...right time. Apparently the fascination started w/ him chatting to his black bandmates about Arthurian and Nazi themes, which resulted in him becoming fascinated by the idea of Hess coming to England to trade the Book of Kells for the Holy Grail which is a total other foil hat rabbit hole you might've seen a History Channel documentary on with all it's own theatrical trappings and lack of research. tl;dr - Remember that Quicksand off Hunky Dory started with I'm closer to the Golden Dawn Immersed in Crowley's uniform Of imagery I'm living in a silent film Portraying Himmler's sacred realm Of dream reality and that the lyrics to Breaking Glass off Low can be seen as him walking away from all that.

[@outsidethepyramid]

@@KnjazNazrath Who is Buckley? idk just all sounds like a load of fictional hogwash.

[@Greatpacificnorthwesterner]

After Bowie died, my friend and I were standing in the school parking lot. I said, "Do you feel that? It feels like a huge blast of energy has left the earth."

[@Fruitbearersforchrist24]

I felt that same way when I found out Robin Williams had died.

[@mippim8765]

.......quantum entanglement can be mysterious.

[@dougelick8397]

A *lot* of people felt it...

[@waynenorthspacebuoy3529]

Excellent .... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away.

[@danielbateman2037]

He left all we need behind. Its our job to understand his work and continue to keep that ethos alive. DB. Trust me

[@royappleby8504]

As has been said many times. we are so very very privileged to have shared time on this planet with Mr Bowie , those of us that saw him live need to pass him on to future generations.

[@richierugs6544]

seeing him in the fifth row center at madison square i felt sorry for those more than 50 feet away, sometimes he'd look at u and wink or smile--he was incredible live being 10 feet away from him

[@SaintMartins]

Before Bowie left our planet for another i considered myself a 'semi-fan' & owned only 4 albums & 1 dvd. Since his passing it made me realize how influential & historic he really was. Now i'm collecting his entire discography of studio, live, compilation albums & DVD's. Having his work in physical form surround me makes me feel closer to him & a part of his world.

[@frommetoyou1981]

Good for you man! Enjoy the ride! It is the most magnificent back catalogue......so varied and full of surprises at every turn. The world is yours......

[@bardoface]

Same.

[@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185]

Help me out here because I honestly don’t get the guy as a musician. His reputation as a critically acclaimed genius doesn’t really align with his catalogue of original work. Am I just analyzing him as a musician and that’s where I’m going wrong? Personally I don’t really give a shit about his spaceman persona I just think of him as a guy with an average at best voice who at the pinnacle of his career realeased album after album of cover songs (done poorly I might add) without even realizing he hadn’t written an original song in years. Is that what I’m supposed to be warming up to? The fact that he did shit loads of drugs in Berlin for a time, that fact that he’s androgynous? Like what is it I’m missing because as I stated purely as a musician his work doesn’t come anywhere close to his legacy. Personally I think he just checks allot of boxes

[@EdEditz]

@@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 I can see why you would think that. I'm a big Bowie fan but there's a shitload of his songs I really don't like. I think the most important thing you must remember with Bowie is that he was a true original. A lot of things he did, he did for the first time. He opened a lot of doors for subsequent musicians. I personally like his work upto 1990. After that I stopped following what he did but his 1970's and 80's work was the soundtrack to my youth. The ambient works on the B-side of Low and Heroes, to me, sound like what it felt like to live in the 70's. This monotonous, grey, bleak music. It totally fits the time it was made in. That's the main reason I love that work. I guess it is what it is and it's different things to different people. That's the beauty of music :)

[@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185]

@@EdEditz Ok man. Your message is very well put. I have Ziggy Stardust and Heroes that’s it. I like let’s dance for the SRV parts. I can tell you’re much more knowledgeable about him that I am but I’m not completely ignorant to his body of work. I think he did open up allot of doors but I’m not sure they were musical doors. I just don’t see the talent as a musician. As an “artist” yes. But he’s not blessed with a great voice, I disagree that he was original. The package that was David Bowie was absolutely original but his musicianship was basic. I won’t say it was bad because that in the eye of the beholder much like lyrics, or as you were describing the time, place and age when it all first hit you. My overall point was that the image of David Bowie while perhaps fitting the man as an artist does not fit either his talent or his actual output. That’s of course an opinion, but it’s an opinion aside from whether or not I like him. I do like him. I’m not a huge fan but as I said I have albums. I just don’t believe his talent warrants his reputation. But you make a great point and everything you say is 100% to you and same here with me. We just had an intelligent respectful exchange in the comments section of KZbin. That I’m and of itself is amazing!

[@cathywethington5913]

I remember when I bought Low, the cashier at the record store told me that if I was a Bowie fan, I would hate it. I was a bit shocked at first. It was so far from what I expected, but after listening several times, I found Bowie in it and grew to love many of the songs. And it prepared my brain for Heroes which I loved far more

[@timothydillow3160]

Side 2 of low is very experimental very different but so is David Bowie

[@waynenorthspacebuoy3529]

Excellent .... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away.

[@algray7951]

I was 11 in 1977 when I bought Low. I was at T G & Y and it was the only one in the bin. Honestly, I loved it from first listen. I found so much emotion in it. It was full price $4.99. The next year I won tickets calling a radio station and he was the first concert I saw. I had 3rd row and the smallest fan there at 12. To me, it was on a par with seeing Elvis.

[@galetinm]

To me Low was his best, much better than Heroes. But I get how it would seem different at the time.

[@galetinm]

@@waynenorthspacebuoy3529 Stop spamming every comment. No one cares.

[@im_afraid_of_americans3918]

I watched the watch party about David Bowie a few days ago. David Bowie was a genius and good hearted person!❤⚡⚡Thankfully I have all his albums. Our starman is waiting for us in the sky.🌠 David lives on...

[@just_toni7540]

Beautifully said!💕

[@thoughtsonfitness3249]

Wow! Gives me hope in this post David Bowie World!

[@mavis3916]

Thankfully? Ps starman an is about a cocaine dealer

[@leerogers9949]

No-one ever seems to rate 'Lodger' all that much. I think it's a brilliant album.

[@johnmichaelson9173]

Me too it's in my top four Bowie records. I listen to it from start to finish it's just brilliant.

[@michaelmoraga2926]

Personally, even after years as a fan, "Lodger" is my favorite Bowie album, but the expat travelogue aspect resonates, and I first discovered Bowie as a kid with "Fantastic Voyage" as the b-side of "Little Drummer Boy" (imagine that)... Greetings from Kobe, Japan. Yes, I lived for years in Kyoto 'sleeping on the matted ground...'

[@johnmichaelson9173]

@@michaelmoraga2926 I couldn't agree more & it really hit me hard when he died I still can't believe he's gone. I've been to Japan in the 1980's & visited Kyoto that Kinkaku-ji golden temple is breathtakingly beautiful. Although being honest I slept on a bed in the hotel. I loved Japan, all the best from Liverpool England.

[@archaic9525]

thought i was the only one to over-love it.. thx i'm not. the single not even ranked in us charts.. this a mark of excellence usually.

[@michaelmoraga2926]

Ha! No shame there. The 'matted ground' can get quite cold in Japan... These days, I sleep on a proper mattress. 2016 was a rough year. Like many, I lost my two musical heroes: The Thin White Duke and The Purple Yoda... Gutted. Indeed, there's a Bowie-shaped hole in the world. ✌

[@cinziazacche1484]

When I was 15, early in the 70, I was a Bowie’s fan and I ever loved him. But only after his dead I became obsessed about him and his music. I realized such man and such genius he was and I’m sure everything he did will never be forgotten.

[@Atackoftheevilvendingmac-pb5iq]

i like your Bowie profile pic

[@rabbitss11]

An interesting piece of music history which goes to prove just how far pop/rock has fallen in recent years, the idiosyncratic genius of David Bowie enhanced the lives of so many people growing up in the 1970's/80's - hard to imagine anyone wielding the same influence now

[@erincurrie1560]

The only musician who I can think of with that much influence right now is Kanye

[@ferramirez4570]

What about Olivia Rodrigo or Billie Eilish just kidding lol

[@rabbitss11]

@@LibrarianValkyrie worse or better are subjective terms and it wouldn't take a great deal of investigation to uncover the work of David Bowie because he was a global super star. I will say this, music from the 60's - 90's was sexier by miles, a lot of people are drawn to their rock Gods like Bowie, Jim Morrison et al - top of the charts now? Adele, need anything more be said

[@rabbitss11]

@@LibrarianValkyrie my point about Adele was really about her music which is basically comprises cruise-ship, soupy lachrymose ballads, so mediocre and unambitious, like being in the 1950's, oh yeah and she is on the plump side too

[@dir_ctor6612]

@@rabbitss11 she is plumper!

[@shanehill2411]

A fitting documentary about the most brilliant period of Bowies career for this fan .I was 12 when Low was released and was already an Eno fan so I loved this record.I saw the Man on the tour between Heroes and Lodger at Western springs stadium in Auckland New Zealand my first real concert.My God!For a young boy who was shy and bookish and had a sign that said "bully me" over his head it seemed Bowie and Eno were the most liberating icons one could have.New Zealand then was like in the fucking 1950's then and they were so important-their integrity their honesty as artists.I will never forget these albums and Heroes will be played at my funeral."why-oh why can't we swim -like the dolphin-like the dolphin can swim.....but we can be heroes-what do you say?"Thank you David from the boy I was and love and respect from the man I became xxx

[@Matty21stead]

I'm a New Zealander - never saw that concert, unfortunately. A friend of mine did and said he opened with Station to Station.

[@Alun49]

Low was a seminal album for me. I still see it as probably Bowie's greatest album. From Low I got into Eno, then Talking Heads and later Can, Kraftwerk etc.

[@shanehill2411]

Aunt 49 our paths are similar .I was already into Enos solo stuff and was blown away by Low.For me it would be my favourite Bowie album with "Heroes" being my favourite song.For me Low and Heroes could be a double album in fact only the tracks on Low are the better ones.Kraftwerk,Tangerine Dream,Nous,all those guys I got into through Low and Heroes.Never been beaten.

[@michaelmoraga2926]

With all due respect, these guys do not know how influential "Outside " has been...

[@archaic9525]

i think what the documentary voice mean is this: Bowie in the seventies was a step ahead to imagine and impose forms. He elaborated on and instantly made worldwide popular the glam rock scene, then quit and made up this cold character and sound on which Joy Division would build up and after these a whole generation establish the cold wave era (1980/84), whose artists claimed a Bowie/VU thread. After his 'suicidal' Let's Dance move he lost it. For close to ten years he would be considered old used material, creating very weak records. When he got back on track, which did happen gradually from Tin Machine to 1.Outside, he had strength and motivation back but never was he one step ahead any longer. He borrowed stuff -- chiefly from Nine Inch Nails for 1.Outside / Earthling-- instead of defining new threads through detecting and stealing underground ideas (which is what 'great artists' do, according to Picasso, instead of copying, what '2nd class artists' do). He may have influenced others to engage his route, but in no way he shaped the times as did in the 70s. Nine Inch Nails was here and already very well heard by masses of active musicians by the mid-nineties. This simple fact is true and gives righteousness to the documentary's statement.

[@ivankaramasov]

@@archaic9525 Borrowed mainly from nin fot Outside and Eartling. That is laughably simplistic and wrong. Maybe a couple of songs were directly influenced by nin. Bowie always drew inspiration from a plethora if sources.

[@michaelmoraga2926]

@@ivankaramasov Agreed. He was listening to and interested in avant garde "machine music" since the seventies, if not earlier.

[@OhGodThe]

When Elvis heard "Golden Years" by David Bowie, he was so impressed that he immediately reached out to collaborate with Bowie on a project...!! Can you imagine what kind of swaggering alien batshit that would have been? If only the King hadn't have died pooping a few weeks later. If only... If only he could have kept it in just a little bit longer!

[@OhGodThe]

Not to mention, "Golden Years" was released at the peak of Bowie's Thin White Duke character, which, I agree, was truly his darkest period. Living in LA was killing him. He'd stopped eating, literally surviving solely on milk and inhuman amounts of cocaine, which induced psychosis and severe paranoia. He'd begun practicing dark occult and Kabbalistic rituals, convinced that a witch was dispatching spirits to kill him. Darker still, during the tour for Golden Years', Bowie had become obsessed with the imagery of Nazism, purchasing one of Hitler's black Mercedes-Benz 770s, which he would step out of giving Nazi salutes to his screaming fans! Not sure how Elvis would have jived with all of that Nazi occultism in the studio!

[@rickjamesspliff406]

@@OhGodThe Not sure about the Nazi/Dictator aspect, but ELVIS was a huge black magic-practitioner and full-time Warlock! Asfaras the occult....They'd have gotten along just fine !

[@mister3566]

@@OhGodThe It wasn't a nazi salute. The photographer said he caught him mid wave and Gary numan has said it was a normal wave to the fans

[@howard4510]

@@OhGodThe I’m pretty sure Bowie never owned a Hitler Mercedes!

[@OhGodThe]

@@mister3566 "Rock stars are fascists. Adolf Hitler was one of the first rock stars... Look at some of his films and see how he moved. I think he was quite as good as Jagger. It’s astounding. And boy, when he hit that stage, he worked an audience. Good God! He was no politician. He was a media artist. He used politics and theatrics and created this thing that governed and controlled the show for 12 years. The world will never see his like again." --David Bowie, Interview with Playboy on his "Station To Station" album.

[@LilProduc3]

y'all ate this documentary up

[@carlodave9]

Bowie said that he couldn't really recall making Station to Station. As a kid I thought that statement was the coolest thing I'd ever heard. Great album. Doesn't quite belong in any genre, not even one he helped create.

[@JamesRichardsPlays]

I was born in 1982. It wasn't until 1997 when I really got into Bowie, starting to spend summer money or allowances on the records I wanted. Sure, I had heard his music growing up. Adored his character in Labyrinth. In fact, it is weirdly one of my favorite movies. I got into him listening to Outside and Earthling. ...Hours is my favorite record. I took the opportunity since then to go back through his entire catalog and enjoyed every drop of it. I think I had a unique chance to see him change and grow and move forward in a very short period of time, able to stomach what some would consider hard to enjoy records (Looking at you Lodger). Unfortunately, I think I will always miss out on what each 'era' was about and why it was so influential, failures or successes.

[@alecjohnson5269]

GREW UP LISTENING TO THIS GENIUS WHEN HE PASSED I HALF DIED HIS MUSIC WILL NEVER DIE NOR HIS INFLUENCE TO MUSIC RIP LEGEND

[@yummyyum36719]

His darkest character and his best album.

[@brianberthiaume7930]

Oh yes , the drumming on ,LOOK BACK IN ANGER is just bad ass !

[@orwellknew9112]

I thought Bowie did a good job in The Hunger with Catherine Deneuve. The two were great casting for their characters. It wasn’t a blockbuster movie, but I always thought of it like a bit of a dark cult classic like Cat People. Maybe that is just me and my tastes.

[@alangray9117]

When I was 11 I bought low. I found it to be very emotional and enjoyable to my ears. I had bought it when looking for a copy of ziggy stardust totally by accident because it was the only one in the Bowie heading at tg&y. It was so different than anything else I had heard. It's still one of my favorites. I paid 4.99 for it and had saved up to buy a Bowie album and wasn't walking out without one. I was glad I did from the first listen. True story.

[@martynflynn8368]

I'm a tad disappointed they didn't cover "Sons Of The Silent Age" as this is my favourite from these three albums.

[@robertdavidson9393]

Low and Heroes once I heard on the radio where what made me take a real interest in Bowie as a kid!It was so different from anything else still sounds great to this day!

[@rorymcclure]

Am I losing my goddamn mind? Thin White Duke was Station to Station era, right?

[@dana_brooke_27]

You're not losing your mind. The title is very misleading. It should be called the berlin trilogy.

[@Stefanie3]

@@dana_brooke_27 Exactly!

[@dana_brooke_27]

@@Stefanie3 🎶😉🎶

[@Stefanie3]

@@dana_brooke_27 💙🎶🤗

[@LuciferSam2024]

*Has anyone here seen the documentary (jeeze.. It used to be, "Have you read the book...".) about Bowie's art collection?! A M A Z I N G*

[@frankj10000]

Very misleading title choice for the upload, since this documentary is much more about the so called "Berlin Trilogy" than about the Thin White Duke.

[@nigel900]

He was a musical genius. R.I.P.

[@Joedirt3349]

Fully

[@jayfunk5988]

Bowie always had a impending sense of Doom back in the day! Sorely missed A man that changed the world.

[@flamzimmermann9132]

President Joe once had a dream.......

[@newforestpixie5297]

I heard that a middle aged Decorator from Andover dropped his brush when he heard Madonna’s’ Ray of Light on a customers’ radio for the first time . He’d wrote the tune decades before which he believed had been rejected and forgotten....

[@andyscott5277]

I’ve always thought that thematically and sonically the three albums that should be lumped together and best encapsulate this period are "Station to Station," "Low," and "Heroes." After all, "Station to Station" was the album that introduced the Thin White Duke, and "Lodger" feels like a departure to me.

[@retropian]

For me the real trilogy is his collab with Iggy Pop; The Idiot, plus Low and “Heroes” with StationtoStation and Lodger as bookends. StationtoStation ties of the first half of the 70’s and gives a clue as to what was to come and Lodger ties off the Berlin period and cleanses the palate in preparation for his next step.

[@andyscott5277]

@@retropian I can see that. I just feel like Station to Station was the definitive start of the Thin White Duke period, a departure from his previous work, particularly on the opening track. It’s an introduction to the character, signaling “the return of the Thin White Duke.” Sonically similar to the next two albums. Lodger is much different to my ears, departure is even one of its themes, the start of a new era, much like Station to Station before it.

[@shanehill2411]

Andy you raise an interesting perspective which fits in certain ways.I love Lodger but it's more a bridge between Heroes and Scary Monster whearas the glacial sonics of Station to Station do indeed sit well with those of many of the Low-Heroes tracks. An interesting perspective and one that fits.Lodger certainly doesn't fit with Low and Heroes although it is as brilliant in its own way.Cheers my friend.

[@ssangsingkeo]

Good points, however, Station to Station is literally about his yearning to go back to Europe. "The European cannon is near." DB still lived in LA when he made it. Station to Station is more connected to Young Americans or even Diamond Dogs and the Cracked Actor movie than the Berlin Trilogy. If you watch the Deutschland movie Christine F. Lodger fits in to place more with Europe.

[@andyscott5277]

@@ssangsingkeo some interesting points, however, the crux of your argument is based on a misheard lyric: It’s “The European cannon is *here*” not “near.” Heralding the introduction of The Thin White Duke, a persona that ties into the next two albums. Diamond Dogs was Bowie’s Halloween Jack persona, which could be considered a continuation and the third part of the Ziggy Stardust trilogy. Young Americans was Bowie’s Soul Man persona. Station to Station’s Thin White Duke is directly connected to the movie “The Man Who Fell to Earth,“ the cover is a still from the movie, which subsequently ties into Low, as the second half of that album is all music Bowie had written for the movie. Low’s cover has Bowie again as the Thin White Duke, furthur connecting it to Station to Station. Both album’s themes continue into Heroes, and the album’s cover again references the Alien/White Duke persona. I’ll continue to contend that Lodger is a thematic and musical departure from the prior two albums. I’d also disagree that Lodger has a “European theme,” Lodger is Bowie’s World Music/New Wave album. Lodger’s Lyrics reference many different countries, notably Africa, Japan, Turkey and Russia. Side two is a commentary on Toxic Masculinity, a theme common in New Wave music. The album is musically diverse, even including nods to reggae and African rhythms, sounding more like Scary Monsters than the three prior albums. Furthermore, the so called “Berlin Trilogy” isn’t a very accurate label, considering the three albums referenced weren’t even all recorded in Berlin, but also France, Switzerland, and Lodger was mixed in the U.S. For all those reasons I’ll stick to my initial conclusion that both thematically and musically the true trilogy is: Station to Station, Low and Heroes.

[@outsidethepyramid]

The thing about this "Full Documentary" is that it's mostly just some people opinions. 5:15 To the trendy guy in yellow: “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” is one of Christopher Nolan's favorite films. Nolan has said that “few films have been able to capture David Bowie’s charisma, but Oshima’s wartime drama is tailor-made for his talents.”

[@chrisdavie8163]

"Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" is a masterpiece! I can't believe he would leave the cinema half way through! The imagery. The colours. The story. The soundtrack. It's bloody beautiful. He obviously had bad taste in fashion as well as bad opinions in films.

[@DoctorRevers]

New Bowie film being released soon. Looks really good. “Moonqge Daydream”. Can’t wait.

[@howard4510]

In cinema 16 September, looks good

[@PerrySkyePhoenix]

I've seen it, but unfortunately I left before Bowie's message to his fans at the end. Also, unfortunately I didn't see it IMAX.

[@foto21]

It's amazing how such a micro-scene of people in Germany, some of which died before they could see the massive influence they had, turned into such a global electronic music scene. I was a kid at the time, and I never would've guessed in the 1980s that EDM would outlive rock n roll.

[@infuelsion4597]

At 11:50 Prendergast is telling utter nonsense. The "black Mercedes the SS used to use" was W100 600, a car built from 1963 with no connection with the Nazis whatsoever.

[@nismansspil]

and who are they interviewing here, the kings of boredom?

[@marianavarro3111]

My favorite record David Bowie did besides let's dance 😎was Golden years was absolutely amazing that black and white cover was fantastic !🥰😎❤❤❤👍👍

[@jerryclasby9628]

Bowie a genius

[@lionstandingII]

Wish we could have truly knowledgeable people discuss music in these documentaries......

[@dmytro-in-other-side]

You need to change the name of the movie. The era of the Thin White Duke has nothing to do with the Berlin Trilogy, which is discussed in the film. The title is just confusing.

[@psychicx30]

Really good documentary, Im someone who lived throughout this whole period from the age of 15 when I first bought his Aladdin Sane record at 1973 and onwards!

[@n0tk0sher]

For some reason, lately I've been thinking about Bowie's performance in the Hunger. His line "I am a young man, do you understand?" now just seems so sad to me.

[@PerrySkyePhoenix]

I keep thinking about Bowie's line in TMWFTE: "If I stay here, I shall die"

[@wietzejohanneskrikke1910]

All these 'experts' come across as a bunch of grumpy snobs. I didn't expect a puff piece, but these guys don't even seem to like David Bowie's music

[@BennieTarrMusic]

Warszawa is pronounced "Var-sha-va". It is the capitol of Poland and the "W" is always pronounced like "V" in their language.

[@MrChrisvonsteiner]

This is not about the Thin White Duke but all about the Berlin Trilogy… Why this misleading title?!

[@RohanGillett]

Maybe due to copyright issues?

[@henriquebraga6746]

Thank you very much for this!

[@danmang923]

The only downside to Station To Station was that it only had 6 songs on it.

[@kabvids8612]

RIGHT IT IS SUCH A GOOD ALBUM

[@swinehorde9118]

Ray of Light is a really strange comparison here. People had been making Techno music for a decade before she came out with that.

[@ivankaramasov]

I agree. It is the only Madonna album I ever bought and like, but it is not anywhere near as innovative

[@MrDLOC11]

@@ivankaramasov total album is William orbit without a co - title credit only as producer, take him out & what do you have? Ray of Mcdonna, no Light!

[@ivankaramasov]

@@MrDLOC11 I find Madonna hugely overrated. She may be a marketing genius, but that's it

[@bz988]

I remember literally crying when this man died. Sometimes still when one of my favorite Bowie songs comes on I tear up 😢💔🕊. So tell me what was your favorite Bowie song ?🤔 Mine is (Heroes) 🤗❤

[@im_afraid_of_americans3918]

I'm afraid of Americans

[@Greatpacificnorthwesterner]

5:15 The Angels Have Gone off of Heathen Ashes to Ashes China Girl This is too hard!!

[@waynenorthspacebuoy3529]

Excellent .... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away.

[@grahamthomas4804]

what favourite there are so many. how about moon dog bombs the moon/

[@klaustoth6982]

"the sun machine is coming down" (memory of a free festival)

[@MrOctober44]

Station to station is an amazing, epic song

[@LuciferSam2024]

Bowie was brilliant in 'The Hunger' (1983).

[@sihammer7942]

Listening to music critics/journalists talking about music I know really well but making it sound like stuff I've never heard, always amuses me. I guess I'm just a bit of a thicko........... but I'm sure I'm not the only one who hasn't got a clue what they're on about?....?.....?..... It reminds me of reading the NME, or Melody Maker, as a 14, 15-year old, I'd read a review + be none the wiser as far as whether what was being reviewed was any good, or not??? The first gigs I went to that were getting reviewed in the music press, I remember getting the impression the reviews never shared my enthusiasm, although I was never really sure what they actually felt. Since those days + now in the present day, I've always settled on everyone being entitled to their opinion.............. even if I don't have a f clue what that opinion might be?!?!?

[@steveaustin7306]

Was standing on the 2nd row seat for one of the serious Moonlight HBO shows. Guy in front threw a show at Bowie. I drew my hand back and was going to fuck him up. But then my eyes locked with Bowies and he shook me off. No other human could accomplish that with me. Respect

[@sergedechantigny3756]

Berlin has allways been the most open minded city, for art in general. It was a perfect match for Mr.Bowie artisticaly

[@taranullius9221]

With a notable 12 year exception when the most anti-art and anti-intellectual people you could imagine took over and obliterated art, free-thinking and millions of people. So, there's that.

[@dmytro-in-other-side]

Absolute innovator who had an incredible artistic influence. A person in respect of whom all pathetic descriptions are really justified. So bye bye, love.

[@charlietwotimes]

Station to Station through to Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) is my favourite Bowie period. Its a hell of a journey from The Laughing Gnome to Lazarus..

[@stuarthastie6374]

So, his early stuff is the best.

[@anthonybokoles]

Is it just me or would Bowie have been like an insanely good joker. Or riddler maybe? Either way, he could have been the best Batman villain. And made the sound track. Maybe in a Rick n’ Morty -esk parallel universe.

[@ryeguy7471]

Great (mistitled) documentary, please post the one featuring the Plastic Soul Review.

[@Quonka]

PLEASE! Who titled this video? It is not about the Thin White Duke. The Berlin Trilogy is what came AFTER him. How does one own this documentary without knowing this?

[@digitalbobby42]

Earth hasn't been the same since Bowie went back home. RIP DB

[@frankG335]

What an amazing vocalist he was.

[@likklej8]

Love Station to Station he did some of it live at the IOW festival in early 00s

[@jamesstaggs4160]

"I think art should remain apolitical". I'd love it if everyone else was on board with that idea as I speak in a world where everything is either meant as political or is forced into being politcal.

[@chrisdavie8163]

Even businesses themselves are political. It never ends!

[@kevintanza6968]

​@@chrisdavie8163 Business, in nature, are not political 😂 Please tell me the politics of selling bread.

[@chrisdavie8163]

5:16 Seriously? This guy (no idea who he is and I don't care) thought "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence" was that bad he left half way through? It's a masterpiece compared "The Man Who Fell To Earth", I re-watched both of them last year and I honestly thought "The Man Who Fell To Earth" had dated quite badly and was overlong and needed someone to actually edit it. The whole naked gunfight scene was the only thing that stood out...for all the wrong reasons. 56:38 Mr Yellow says something else just as idiotic. What about all those failed musicians? What about those big musicians who were robbed financially by over greedy record companies and rubbish contracts? What about those indie musicians that made very little financially, even with a cult following at times? You haven't a clue what you're talking about! I always think some songs like "Blackout" and "What In The World" actually sounded better on "Stage" than on the studio albums. Edit: Not sure why they compared "Be My Wife" to Blur and Britpop? Where the hell were they going with that analysis? Awful.

[@samstevenson5328]

I firmly believe that Bowie’s “Low” & “Heroes” as well as Iggy Pop’s “The Idiot” & “Lust for Life” are among some of the very first post-punk albums. I’d even throw in Television’s “Marquee Moon” as well. ALL killer 1977 albums!! What a phenomenal year for music….

[@stevenleslie8557]

Young Americans produced some of his best work, but Bowie moved on from the jazz/soul sound after this album. He was never one to put himself into a box but was always trying something different.

[@EdEditz]

This is my favourite Bowie documentary but I don't know why they gave the video this title. It has very little to do with the Thin White Duke character which ended in 1976. This documentary deals with Bowie's Berlin Trilogy as you can see in the title at 2:03

[@nickharte5035]

Comparing Low with Madonna's Ray of Light? Most of these critics seem embarrassingly inept (especially the guy in the yellow jacket).

[@jeffbrown-hill7739]

I'm surprised that one guy said Bowie's wave in Germany was in fact a Nazi salute. Pretty sure he fervently denied it over the years. The more offensive thing he did was call Hitler the "first rock star", obviously an absurd thing to say. His coke-fueled paranoid thinking took him too far down the German mysticism rabbit hole and he took a right turn at Fascist Lane. Luckily, this was but a dark phase that didn't reflect his lasting ethos.

[@abook2141]

oh my god "be my wife" was the first britpop song

[@teddyboy9116]

I hate these cash in unofficial bowie documentaries, they used to be the £1.99 bargain bin DVD type stuff before youtube, with presenters that wouldn't know the running order of any bowie album if u asked them on the spot....what a load of shite!

[@frankj10000]

At least this one features original music. Still weird to see all of these commentators I've never seen or heard of (with the exception of Michael Rother and Dieter Moebius).

[@angusdesire]

Agreed mate, see my comments above. Bunch of wankers.

[@whitex4652]

Bowie's whole Berlin trilogy has the patterns of NEU!'s (Dinger & Rother) "Hallogallo" printed all over it... especially "Heroes". Listen to "Hallogallo" and then to "Heroes".

[@Seanwilliamsmart]

Why do so many of the interviewees seem like they DONT want to be there lol

[@ziggy2ricky]

I don't get the title but great documentary.

[@timothydillow3160]

"I am whatever the majority of people think I am,.. at the time." db

[@yvonnekennedy6105]

Simply amazing!

[@waynenorthspacebuoy3529]

Excellent .... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away.

[@cpb.]

loodger or station to station we be knowing this.

[@jaustill237]

Why are there so many commercials on this upload?

[@waynenorthspacebuoy3529]

TOO TRUE.... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away.

[@trevorbarre5616]

There's plenty of booing on the 1966 Dylan performance in Manchester!!

[@eduardorivera4343]

Did the film THE HUNGER not happen?

[@larrypicard8802]

Good documentary but the title is very misleading. Very little to no mention it the White Duke. I was fortunate enough to see him as the WD in concert in Greenville, SC of all places/

[@waynenorthspacebuoy3529]

Excellent .... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away ... Luv USA.

[@dana_brooke_27]

The Station to Station tour was my first concert. I saw him in Uniondale New York. I was lucky to find it on youtube. It was excellent! I love David.. I was 15.

[@oshmoogill]

David Bowie is alive and posing as his manager

[@johnydee5843]

the heroes and others tracks with train chugging guitar riffs directly from Reeds studio version waiting for the man

[@Concreteowl]

Outside and Lodger are my two favourite albums. I don't really get the negativity.

[@cryzmyth]

There aren't enough ads interspersing this doc. Put in more KZbin.

[@duncanwcraig9668]

fark that i love Outside. But Low and Heroes are THE albums. Great doco.

[@kevinmccarthy7762]

Anything related to Bowie you have to watch the whole video before making a judgement call. And Bowie lived his life on the stage (LoL) along with tons of cocaine and now they're bringing up the fascist remarks Bowie made and he explored his every single detail of letting his mind wander whatever he was thinking and I think that he was still coming off of the cocaine and he was living in West Berlin before the Berlin Wall was torn down and Heroes tells that story from his perspective and we all make mistakes only his mistakes were made in the public eye! So if you are a true Bowie fan or like me a Bowie freak and I try to keep flying my freak flag as high as possible. And I didn't mean high as taking drugs. I first saw Bowie when I was only 15 years young and I was ready to see the show of my favorite music that Bowie made and I saw him all the way through to the Glass Spiders tour and everything in between. Aloha and rock on and use your own thoughts to express yourself!

[@kevinmccarthy7762]

PS I first saw the Diamond Dogs Tour when I was 15...

[@abook2141]

why were they dragging him like that omg .....

[@JeighNeither]

Madonna, Ray of Light? Are you kidding me? That's an album where she finally caught up enough to start stealing musical themes & textures that were pioneered nearly a decade before, by the direct decedents of the German electronic scene like Aphex Twin's Richard James & bands like Portishead & collectives like Massive Attack. The guy who references that album proves himself consistently ignorant, & limited by a small musical vocabulary, throughout this film. His theories sound not unlike the type of teen who today might assert BTS is the greatest band ever, without ever hearing a single note from The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead or Tool, to name a few actual contenders. It should also be noted, it wasn't really Madonna moving in this direction in the first place; it was her producers finally convincing her a more modern sound was the next big thing, even though that sound had already been proven wildly popular as mentioned earlier.

[@newforestpixie5297]

You’re right there. Funny thing is how the song Ray of Light wasn’t even new - it had been written in the late 60s but lost in some publishing companies’ vaults and unused until being re discovered after 30 years . Apparently it was penned and heard on its release by its very surprised writer - an elderly now Decorator from Andover in England . That’s the tale I heard anyway. 👍

[@virginiaviola5097]

David Bowie was always only ever David Bowie to me…until the period between 1984 to 2004..and even tho he was David Bowie, I still had no idea who the f*ck *that* was…. fortunately he found himself, and delivered up 3 masterpieces to rival anything that he did in the ‘70’s. Next Day, Black Star and Lazarus… thank God for that.

[@joeanthony7759]

The Stones’ “Black And Blue” is hardly a “piss-poor album”, as some guy says here, though in the context of the times it was seen as a let-down as far as “meaningful” albums went compared to what people expected from their prominent rock stars. In hindsight it’s among their best.

[@eirik.loevhaug]

A 90 min review of the Berlin trilogy without mentioning the rhythm section that made it possible for eno, fripp and visconti to do whatever they wanted?

[@alm5693]

How did you get through this without mentioning Eno and Bowie discovering the song "I Feel Love" by Donna Summers and produced by Giorgio Moroder? Did the references to that 1998 Madonna track (which is an obvious steal of I Feel Love's groove} come out of an edited-out discussion of the 1977 Donna Summer song? Were you unable to use the track "I Feel Love"? It's such a bizarre bait-and-switch.

[@waynenorthspacebuoy3529]

Excellent .... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away.

[@lindafleming3907]

The Lodgers references are Fasbinder's film Tenderness of the Wolves and Polanski's film about schizophrenia.. maybe called The Tennant? Both amazing!

[@markcarey67]

I disagree with them about Outside

[@leeneville5094]

Fascinating - the British critics at the time ***HATED*** these albums.

[@howardmyers-xg5dc]

All of you are right. So why use it as a title for this doc unless it's just a reference to Bowie himself as this is an app description as the man himself

[@PerrySkyePhoenix]

God, he was beautiful...

[@txtsmpl]

#BowieForever

[@waynenorthspacebuoy3529]

Excellent .... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away.

[@MichaTheLight]

1:04:00 Breaking Expectations and foreshadowing