David Bowie - Video Jukebox interview (1986)

Mr. Bowie discusses his visual and video image in an interview for the BBC's marathon 'Video Jukebox' documentary, first shown in May 1986. The full version with the promo videos intact got banhammered straight away, so I've edited out as much of the music as possible in an attempt to circumvent the wrath of the narky copyright gods. It sort of ruins the point of the entire exercise, but that's showbiz, folks...

[@sk8erjess]

Handsome!!!

[@elenachu9932]

He was so smart & very self aware. He was a true artist with his music & painting. RIP...David. You will be missed!!

[@deetee9611]

Someone pointed out how nice his neck is - in a past watched clip - now I can't keep my eyes off it... darn you person!!! Will be imparting this gift on someone else now lol. Sorry.

[@TX-kj3rk]

haha, I've got the gift, thank you

[@susannabonke8552]

It is not physical perfection. It MUST be something else. Maybe a mixture of selfconfidence without being arrogant combined with the intellectual? Hard to say.

[@andalltheangelssay212]

Did you have to say that ? Now I’m watching it thinking “don’t look at his neck, don’t look at his bloody neck”

[@madgemuso7314]

His voice is so soothing. Great interview.

[@deetee9611]

God I love this guy... never fails to be absolutely entrancing.

[@adampeters5209]

A very grounded man

[@trevorrandom]

A beautiful person thank god we've got his music forever ☺

[@James0301]

Thanks for uploading this. I remember watching it as a 15 year old when it was first shown. I've watched a lot of Bowie interviews since then but I still think this is him at his most interesting and charismatic.

[@jaysterling26]

Hope you've seen any Dutch interviews on KZbin as they seem the best revealing to me.

[@outsidethepyramid]

Thanks for the upload! A really good interview. I thought, ah you've edited the music out, that's good because I've heard them a trillion times and then I read your description. hehe In later interviews he famously always said that this era, the 80's, he was least happy with artistically, but he really looks at peace here. He'd earned millions of his last tour, this might've had something to do with it. Blue Jean, Loving the Alien, This is Not America are among my personal favorites from the 80's. Not forgetting ofc Let's Dance & China Girl & Time Will Crawl. I could go on and on.. PS I know Bowie really stood by the eighties stuff because he played them live much later on in his career.

[@outsidethepyramid]

+Steven Jones ..Cat People fucking awesome!

[@akdlg9sjjslk8]

I really love this interview. Him reflecting on his past work from the 70s and how his mind has changed since then, how he feels more comfortable in his own skin as a performer, how he thinks about societal problems in relation to his work... Everything that comes out of his mouth is so thoughtful and insightful... I personally like his hair and outfit in this too... And his laugh at 7:49 is so charming! Thanks for the upload :)

[@ironbutterfly565]

Check out that jumper lol don't worry I had one just the same in the 80s....love you David xxxxx

[@lynnsmithershubbard1896]

me too..loved those huge sweaters

[@puertoirupe7515]

U changed my life, thank you

[@watercolour6176]

amazing interview~~ gosh he's gorgeous

[@metalguru-]

adorable clip

[@arielcaceres5154]

Lovely upload (pesky copyright laws, never understood them well in youtube)

[@spencerdodds2207]

I recorded this on Betamax when it came out when I was a kid, must have watched it hundreds of time but not once for at least 25 years so thanks for uploading it,great to see it again!

[@nasdkhan254]

Thats because you bought Betamax 😂

[@spencerdodds2207]

@@nasdkhan254 not with you old son?

[@jill5917]

He looks very huggable here

[@skyler-vogel]

THATS MY EXACT THOUGHTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VIDEO OMG-

[@MichaelBennett1]

Eloquent, intelligent, entertaining and beautiful - almost a perfect human being.

[@mikewest1542]

I have this somewhere , thought there was more than this ! His mittens always reminds me of Albert Steptoe !

[@soundhog09]

The rest of the feature was clips of various videos/promos, and the upload got nuked straight away when I tried to upload the whole thing, so I had to edit them out... :/

[@rolfdarren2266]

if anyones got the whole Video Jukebox converted and able to send over the internet I'd love to hear from you

[@soundhog09]

I would oblige but I'm on a stone age broadband connection at the moment... sorry.

[@rolfdarren2266]

Thats a shame, if it ever improves maybe you could use WeTransfer to send it over?

[@clickbaitcancermate2165]

Can we talk about his hair? He looks like Mike the Cool Person

[@soundhog09]

+Clickbait cancer, mate "Caption! Thank you."

[@kevcatnip7589]

sorely missed

[@fattidiliberta]

[@jaysterling26]

The man giving the introduction was John Walters. Very funny & entertaining was Mr Walters , a bit like a more gregarious Stephen Smith of Newsnight. Apart from fronting TV progs he was John Peel's producer and ( according to Morrissey) was the one who actually saw the Smiths play live & booked the for a session.

[@soundhog09]

Indeed. Walters did a lot more to shape Peel's shows during the '70s than people might think.

[@kevcatnip7589]

sad about mr walters,,,,left us too soon

[@BigNewPrinz]

And according to Mark E Smith he asked The Fall to do their first Peel session too

[@pattycassiani1352]

Bowie rilascia sempre ottime interviste.....intelligente e ironico....così cool e così british...love forever

[@cellis3045]

This is the only hairstyle I don't like on David.....still charisma and magnetism coming out of every orifice even with that ridiculous jumper one of which I had which was very similar to that in the 80s at 17...

[@cinziazacche1484]

I agree, it is perhaps the only hairstyle I don’t’like on him. It is the fashion of the period.

[@ewamorawiec3731]

He looks alike typical English Gentleman

[@thewaybacktotheso7418]

I am enchanted:)

[@lightoffuturedays]

Good that.

[@kassetter333]

I liked his original teeth

[@PortofinoArts]

The only thing he never sported: sideburns.

[@monicasomoncini4126]

❤😍😘

[@nureinherz]

7:49 :-)

[@legiaourbana96]

+Newcastle and the "back to the rear soldier" too! ;)

[@nureinherz]

+Oscar Huber what does it mean? I must admit I didn´t get that one, maybe because my mother language is not english. But my man was from Liverpool, so I thought I´d understand lots of sayings ;-) Obviously not this one, though.

[@legiaourbana96]

+Newcastle He imitated the accent of an officer telling his subordinate to go back to where he belongs instead of a simple thank you.

[@nureinherz]

+Oscar Huber thanks :-)

[@outsidethepyramid]

+Newcastle He didn't say, "back to the rear soldier" . He said, " worked on the rehearsal John".

[@nicoriggall]

fingerless gloves . wow

[@saadiyaatiq2797]

what does he say at 8:05 ?

[@BazNard]

Timmy Mallet!

[@catherinesinclair7727]

No ego

[@wallacelovecraft8942]

ok...

[@glenmiles6279]

Didn’t David have a lovely laugh?

[@rahan9886]

Gitanes?

[@rm009z0858]

He'd switched to Marlboro by then.

[@rahan9886]

@@rm009z0858 Ok 😃

[@jjrj8568]

easily the worst look-haircut of his career

[@susannabonke8552]

Those days we all looked that stupid...but: compared to His 1975 dreamy red..

[@kaori_kanzaki]

I think it's not that bad lol could be better without fingerless gloves tho

[@solar4bowie]

noo he looks so cutee :3

[@Broomehall]

A musical genius, but that video / dance with Jagger was just awful, embarrassing, not either of their finest moments.