Madonna Accepts David Bowie's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Award

Madonna accepts David Bowie's Hall of Fame award at the 1996 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
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[@gagofonic]

"This is David Bowie. Thinking about Madonna... as a performer she's quite miraculously gathered all those elements that were mere seedlings in '70s performers. And what she's done over the last ten years is not at all easy to accomplish. She's a top-drawer plate spinner - and I think she's looking really lovely at the moment." broadcast March 1998 on BBC Radio 1 as part of a Madonna special

[@sunflowerlove0101]

Legend talking about another Legend! 💝💝💝

[@SaraShakur94]

Protect Madonna at all costs. The last Big Legend we still have left

[@mikewhite4560]

Saw in 91 in Philly. AWESOME Does MADONNA see a THERAPIST Now? She's GOOFY....

[@GoodOlRoll]

It's just too bad she went and had that surgery on her face.

[@SaraShakur94]

@@GoodOlRoll funny how nobody wanted to take away the title of King of Pop from MJ after his surgeries. Her look has nothing to do with her records and accomplishments

[@gregoryaikens3442]

​@@SaraShakur94Yea,but she 's not that talented she can't sing.

[@SaraShakur94]

@@gregoryaikens3442 she is

[@x.ryelandvincent3509]

MADONNA was the perfect Artist to be accepting this for Mr David Bowie as we all know that she is just simply the BEST!

[@BUweB]

Madonna is so inspiring - like David Bowie was. Thank You for Sounds & Visions, Mr. Bowie. Rest in PEACE.

[@johnnyatab]

+Daniel Peterson Gee. Thanks for clearing that up. I'll tell all her millions of fans who are inspired by her.

[@BUweB]

johnnyatab Great! Give her a big wet Kiss from me.

[@cecilymacnamara1228]

+Daniel Peterson She is to me. I like a lot of Bowie's stuff but not as much as Madonna's. Different strokes for different folks and I wouldn't have it any other way. Glad you enjoy and are inspired by David Bowie though. Joy and inspiration always good!

[@BUweB]

***** To me Mad💓nna is the most inspiring Artist in this World. But everybody must decide for him-/ herself.

[@shinchiwarrior]

oh good lord. really? "inspired" or did you mean annoyed?

[@Patrick3183]

Love her story about the concert. She's retold this story many times over the years.

[@imaheadlightonanorthboundt6677]

+Patrick3183 Ya, it's a "story" alright. You tell a lie enough times , then you even start believing yourself.

[@Patrick3183]

Edward Van Halen shut the fuck up you piece of shit

[@sdan7861]

ควย

[@seasky8007]

Patrick3183....yeah I think shes started to believe it herself

[@NSHM122]

@kkh369 The timeline is off to make the story believable. She lived in Rochester Hills, Michigan which is about 40 miles from Cobo Hall in Detroit. Like always, concerts at that time started around 8 or 9pm, depending on whether there was an opening act. She said she hitchhiked, which would have taken at the very least 2 hours to get there. Did her family have a bed time of 5pm? I'm sure she went to the show, but embellished it to sound more rebellious and cool.

[@thebrillianceofzatyne9128]

My two most precious idols. One speaking beautiful words about the other. Absolutely priceless! :)

[@NickyPrinceOfPop]

I am sorry for the lose of David Bowie... Madonna is so inspired and in love with his creations L U V and R I P

[@BoyKanaan]

Bowie the king had the queen to present him this :) so cool

[@BoyKanaan]

haha you so funny fat ass

[@renatosouza4514]

Hag? Look at ure face.. I dont get why do people uses energy to offend.. If u dont like, ignore... Madonna ❤️❤️

[@BoyKanaan]

oops he removed his pic :) hahahaha

[@mrengulfeddirector]

If anyone is curious, Madonna saw him on either June 22 or 23, 1974. Diamond Dogs tour. This would have been the tail end of the first leg of the tour, the very last time he would perform under a Ziggy-like persona, Halloween Jack, the Ziggy with the eyepatch. One of, if not the most expensive set productions of all time up to that point. The first leg nearly bankrupted Bowie, which prompted him to scale it way back for the second leg. So basically, Madonna was very very lucky to be there for Bowie's farewell to glam tour!

[@superamanda]

Just because she saw him in concert doesn’t mean she should induct him when her music, her style everything has nothing to do with he who was born today. This was just her trying to get more attention and trying to say oh I don’t make shitty pop music like other Pop stars when that’s all she’s ever done. Bowie didn’t show up and had no respect for her

[@mrengulfeddirector]

@@superamanda I don't necessarily disagree, and it should have been a contemporary of his. You should listen to Lucy Can't Dance if you haven't yet :)

[@AlexisCishere]

Madonna always has the right thing to say ,love her forever

[@imaheadlightonanorthboundt6677]

+Alexandra AlexisC Even if it's total BS?

[@AlexisCishere]

+Edward Van Halen She speaks so openly and and she s more natural than many other artists so if expressing your feelings and speaking your mind is a BS to you ,well let me tell you that u don't know what you re talking about and personally I don t care :) .Have a good day

[@annaleonardi6299]

Alexandra AlexisC she is an ugly talentless woman and she has a foul mouth and no class no morals

[@seasky8007]

Alexandra AlexisC.......Madonna claims she snuck out of the house....when everyone was sleeping ? at what time do they sleep 5 or 6 in the afternoon ???? Hitchhiked 100 something miles with a cape on ? and made it to the show by 8 ? how maginative..but hey lets give her some credit for imagination...

[@pedropablosecofernandez5390]

Es hermoso como una mujer como Madonna, tan famosa y popular como ella, le rinda honores a ese gran genio de la música, unico e irrepetible como David Bowie, lo destaque y lo homenajee con tanto amor, cariño y respeto como se merece...eso la eleva aún más a ella humanamente hablando, sin ego ni soberbia alguna...una mujer grande que admira, quiere y respeta a otro grande...eso es bello, hermoso y emotivo!! Linda Madonna!!

[@karinaarklie75]

What a wonderful speech from Madonna , very moving , I love this lady , always have and I loved the bit about her Dad. X

[@32mybelle]

Bowie I will love you all my life!

[@corndoggate]

The fact that she loves Bowie and I love both of them 💚🥹

[@TimLewis-groovedwareresearch]

Is there some sort of award given for hating on Madonna that I don't know about because honestly why do these people bother? There would be no better to accept the award on Bowie's behalf like whatever Picasso but face it her career is basically following the path Bowie set and I am saying that as a compliment. It's like our girl taytay say haters gonna hate.

[@TimLewis-groovedwareresearch]

As a Canadian we just wax nostalgic about that time we torched it when we were still colonial.

[@redletter2008]

T.L. It was the Brits who torched the White House. Canada - which wasn't even a country then, but still a subjected colony - had nothing to do with it. Canada didn't even gain full sovereignty until 1982, when Madonna was still screwing her way into the music business.

[@redletter2008]

Buck Naked - Never said Madonna lacked talent. Lots of people have talent, but don’t make it in the music business. Madonna has many talents, and well deserves her spot in the Hall of Fame.

[@frankmnn1]

Madonna is so cool.

[@mholdr]

+Frankly Speaking TV New York tries too hard to be cool

[@funkybillie2006]

+Frankly Speaking TV New York madonna is a cunt-get it right!

[@frankmnn1]

Madonna is one of the best performers in the world......Get it right....

[@funkybillie2006]

Dark witch taking your energy more like. Evil personified.

[@funkybillie2006]

Right, so you look at this cunt and think she is amazing right? You don't see the sick shit she gets up to on stage? now if that is what she does in public what do you think she does in private? This should not be influencing any children ever, like Myley cyrus and her ilk they are fucked up bots turning humans into degraded, thoughtless, souless sickos. Now you get your tin foil hat you sound like you need it.

[@michaelg6641]

Yes, Madonna from Michigan, just like IGGY! She saw Bowie at Cobo, I saw him at Joe Louis Arena in 1983 for the Serious Moonlight tour, and then I think at Fox Theater.

[@smsoum]

She sat home that summer planning the rest of her life

[@victoriathegreat1311]

Awesome. So ambitious at 15

[@remyparaskovia5499]

only another chameleon of music could receive that award on his Name.

[@superamanda]

It’s like Kmart inducting Frank Lloyd Wright into the architectural Hall of Fame

[@bucknaked905]

@@superamanda David Bowie was a fan of Madonna and honored she carried on his torch. Madonna was part of the New York underground art scene, she was the muse of Andy Warhol- Madonna deserves to give Bowie this award. Kmart? FUCK OFF with that bullshit. There is literally nobody else deserving of this than Madonna.

[@sanalvaro68]

La reina hablando del rey de la musica, grandes, muy grandes los dos......

[@GoodSpiritBadBoy]

Madonna is so pretty! Love her speech...she's so real and down to earth & funny too at times! Nice!

[@jltogino]

The Queen. Intemporelle et éternellement reconnaissante pour l'Art et l'Humanité. Grande DAME. Tank you Madonna

[@laprincipessaroma]

i love David Bowie....

[@navalerman1508]

BOWIE 👑.

[@manuelestevez1316]

forever Bowie !!!

[@remingtongraves]

ONLY MADONNA could have accepted this award on behalf of David Bowie.

[@exbronco]

when I was 18, my mom wouldn't let me go to a Van Halen concert alone. this was in 1998. i drove there anyway.

[@ahbowakawapoussepousse2712]

Beautiful Bowie was in Helsinki performing on his Reality Tour. Had he attended the RRHOLF, he would have made a brief, humble, classy speech. RIP I love you. 💕

[@tedbunny1487]

I only read about this. Thanks for uploading!

[@misskaufman6214]

Madonna is the best artist of all time. The Best. Very underrated and totally unique.

[@original.dwornboy]

Madonna making it all about her "Me, me, me..."

[@NocturneSoul]

Well, it's a personal speech, she's telling her personal experience. If she was giving an impersonal speech it would be the same if it was her or anyone else giving it. But she is there, so she's telling a personal story. If you wanna hear an impersonal speech about how great Bowie was you can go to Wikipedia.

[@superamanda]

@@NocturneSoul Have your racist kidnapping relic that's been forgotten by anyone under the age of 50 show up at her family memorials. People are sick of her showing up at every single tribute and taking about her boring rotten life. Especially for black artists!

[@Spice99857]

She is the queen of narcissism; she did the same thing when she "honored" Aretha Franklin at another ceremony.

[@DUANEMUSIC1]

SHE IS ALSO A ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER!!!!

[@RockinRobin411]

The moment I became a fan of David Bowie was when re-watching a documentary series on the history of rock and roll that I'd first seen when I was five. I was now eleven, re-watching the whole series in order. When they got to a film of Bowie singing "Ziggy Stardust," that riff really stood out for me. However, something else that relates to this video also happened. I didn't recognize him in that film, and my mom commented that David Bowie is like Madonna. "He reinvents himself." Having that analogy said to me the moment before I became a fan has possibly had an effect on me, seeing those similarities. When analyzing them both, however, Bowie reinvented himself more musically, and sometimes with bigger extremes. Madonna reinvents herself visually, but musically, although she reinvents herself, it is always within the dance-pop format. No, I'm not knocking her. Both of them are very talented.

[@juanchaves2947]

u dont hear bedtime stories to erotica to evita to ray of light album?. THATS REINVENTION, BOWIE AND MADONNA

[@RockinRobin411]

Juan Chaves I never said it wasn't. I said it was, but within a specific format.

[@RockinRobin411]

@Marvin Morawski Fair point.

[@CAPTEINRIGGS]

Yeah no.

[@alarmservicepros]

RRHOF is corporate BS and Bowie knew it. RIP This White Duke.

[@piaparadis1253]

Madonna looks beautiful and is so funny and articulate! Wonderful clip! Thank you for sharing! Pia Paradis xoxoxoxo✝

[@MarvinBradford323]

Madonna and Bowie are my favorite artists!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sirensealight]

A very sweet speech...

[@youtubeshortsvideo8231]

Rip ultra legendary

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

WOW i was 17 dressed as the thin white duke, tux tails white gloves, no eyebrows slicked back hair i hitchiked from the country dressed like that got a ride right to concert the skinny 17 year old met BOWIE later that night in a elevator DONT ASK he signed my white glove LOVE ON YA BOWIE 78 OMG

[@munnasalim6433]

I miss this Wise and funny Madonna....

[@victorj1415]

Madonna please write a novel.

[@fy1755]

He was simply the best a true genius

[@65rowan]

Me me me me me.............

[@thisklik]

65rowan :) i just wanted to write exactly the same thing !!

[@jeanniejones2903]

Still can't believe it.RIP Mr.Bowie.lisa-girl

[@Dr_Madonna]

Queen of Pop

[@MissLaceyNoel]

#Queen

[@thecovidprisoner]

Bowie was above awards and approval of others , the music and public is what matters. Saying that Madonna made a good speech though .

[@giavannira]

She is sooo gorgeous here wow!! And for all the haters kiss her ass!! A hahha. She could care less what u say !! U don't get as famous and and successful as madonna by caring what haters says haha!!!

[@Kk-fc5jw]

She’s used to having a mic in her mouth like that!

[@fashionqueen7323]

This is how I feel about her, Janet, and Michael Jackson ❤️✨ and more

[@nickyes2292]

Why didn't David Bowie go to accept his award? A performance and speech would have been awesome!

[@dasilvafdavid]

He couldn’t come so he ask her

[@jannamebaotocuaruneterra6211]

She is the female version of him 🥴🥰

[@superamanda]

🤮🤮🤮🤮👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

[@jonesy2111]

Actually what's funny is I've read quotes and interviews where Bowie slags her off...'he's never seen anything special about her...these things are so phoney and just detestable in so many ways but I often do enjoy watching them and get a certain energy from it...weird huh?

[@louiselouisethebest]

+Rick Jones not true. his own photographer said he was proud that he inspired madonna and loved her. Madonna and bowie are both close to rosie o donnel. theres a video of him praising her. asking her to accept his award is a pretty big signal too. its not a grammy, it's the hall of fame. they are pretty respectable compared to the grammys thats not giving awards to anyone they don't like. if Madonna were on tour she wouldnt have been at this show either, she wouldn't cancel her tour plans, so M would also have asked someone else. interestingly though, he never once acknowledged gaga no matter how many times she begged him. that one i find very telling :p

[@jereykobalt8874]

+Rick Jones WTF? Now, that David is gone, idiots like you are now popping up speaking about what he thought of MADONNA.... Incredibly fucking stupid! Madonna is bigger than Bowie, no matter how you or any of your kind spin it. David is great and is a true legend and original and he will never be forgotten, but Madonna and Bowie go way back and you don't know shit about anything that has to do with either... Keep it zipped, HIIPPIE!

[@NOWtheband]

0:33 = No pun intended, unfortunately.

[@MariaVicky-i88]

THERE´S ONLY ONE QUEEN , AND THAT´S MADOOOONNNNAAAAAA !!!

[@imaheadlightonanorthboundt6677]

+Kike Arévalo ummm....NO

[@gaydance]

Love that she snuck out! Two legends of music. So much crap played on the radio these days with so many basic artists.

[@TheSublimeBastard]

+Antichrist2000 Her last three records are great. Stop listening to other people opinions. Usually , I like any kind of Metal , Punk Rock and stuffs like that. I don't really like Pop music... But I LOVE Madonna. She really got something special.

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

+TheSublimeBastard Ghost Town is great, but Bitch I'm Madonna is trashy as hell, especially for a woman in her 50's

[@stevenduvall2549]

+no hassle I think Ghost Town is my favorite track right now, but it tends to change depending upon my mood...as for Bitch, I'm Madonna being trashy because she's almost 58, what does that have to do with anything? Madonna has always defied convention and tradition, so why would we expect her to start acting average in her late 50's? I never expected her to fit into any type of conventional social norm, so that's just part of her very unusual take on life. I wouldn't expect her to start "acting her age" anytime soon. She is in no way typical.

[@stevenduvall2549]

+TheSublimeBastard I agree. She's in a league of her own, to reference one of her movies. Nobody is better at what she does. She's brilliant and very creative. She has worked so much and accomplished so much due to that work ethic and obsession with her music and career. I'm probably older than most of the commenters here, but she came out when I was in high school, so she has basically been the soundtrack of my life thus far...

[@idonteperfect6943]

@@GetToDaChoppa-k5r Bitch I’m Madonna was basically a joke and jab at ppl keep telling her to act her age basically saying she’s gonna do whatever she wants

[@returnofthegmac9203]

Yes Madonna I did the same with my youngest brother back in 1993, we were forbidden to see your show at Wembley stadium in London but we still went. I even lied too my employer and said I was I'll that night 😂😂🤣 and low and behold the next day me and my brother were on every front news paper seeing you into your Limo😮😂we got into so much trouble but it was worth every bit of it. Don't know who we got that behavior from lol

[@muppetmike69]

I’m not a big Madonna fan but that story was so sweet thank you Madonna 😊

[@vickielynn273]

I love you Madonna.

[@TacomaPaul]

She snuck out of the house when she thought everyone was asleep and hitchhiked 115 miles from Bay City to Detroit and made it to the show by 8pm ? She must have thought they were napping.

[@DfactorPop]

+TacomaPaul Good catch. Clearly, M had tremors in her tale's timeline.

[@wiibaron]

+TacomaPaul She lived in Rochester. near Walton and Adams, and Cobo is about 25 miles down I-75. And it was 1973 so hitching was pretty common. No concert main act starts a 8pm...

[@MegaJodyC]

+TacomaPaul it's called being a liar

[@imaheadlightonanorthboundt6677]

+TacomaPaul It other words she is full of crap.

[@MrDuranduran21]

yeah.. good story.. and I love Miss Madonna. but I was thinking the same thing.

[@ClaudiaSilva-uj4vf]

QUEEN

[@timlynch5710]

And Madge turns it all into herself.

[@michaelsalazar1858]

See who Bowie influnce was major like who is one of the matirel who is influce is huge

[@michaelsalazar1858]

Bowies influcen was good on madonna she is good artist all becuse she is a big fan of the thin white Duke is infunce on madonna is just great.to bad they did not do a song together

[@michaelsalazar1858]

Very major on the madonna

[@MariaVicky-i88]

MADONNA IS ICONIC AS BOWIE WAS

[@housecat9338]

this made me cry

[@ethanhill9738]

WTF? Iggy wasn't available?

[@marceloduartepoppolino4916]

well, iggy was available when madonna was inducted for rock hall of fame kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZK0ZZWHorl8gqM

[@jen_wren_x]

Cool Madonna x 😝✌️😍👍😎🎵😥

[@Juanestbn_92]

iron maiden, bon jovi, scorpions, judas priest, def leppard, journey, motorhead, motley crue, megadeth hall of fame please!

[@ducatil-twin3379]

+Abraham Espinoza Those are some pretty shit bands, man. Especially Bon Jovi and Motley Crue. Except for Iron Maiden of course.

[@marciocouto3543]

Madonna detracts the focus and redirects to her, as always. The David Byrne's speech, just before her, was more deep and real.

[@marciocouto3543]

nope

[@VanceJoudrey]

+Marcio Couto She basically said David Bowie is responsible for her amazing successful career. That made me think of Bowie not her.

[@marciocouto3543]

Well... ok. Your opinion. :)

[@charlienonya7016]

+Marcio Couto It's called "relating" any fully functioning, social, stable human does it while communicating.

[@jereykobalt8874]

+Marcio Couto For fuck's sake. Shut up! You fucking people are fucking ridiculous! Madonna can't do anything without assholes like you trying to lick her ass... FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!

[@georgegeorgiev3946]

Madonna making it about Madonna 😂

[@MadameiMercyJeanX__]

*MADAMEX WELL DESERVE IT !!!! X3 XD

[@stephenchase6611]

So she was such a big fan she saw him once in 1975 and although it was great never saw him again in 40 years I saw David Bowie any chance I got in N.Y. ( she lived there too right?) seeing someone once doesn't make you a big fan and who cares how YOU got there.

[@michellewilson7412]

Stephen Chase isn’t it possible she actually met him many times once she became famous at private celebrity events? She is friends with Sting, Mick Jaggard and Paul McCartney and so many other British Artists. She was a fan and was influenced by his work so deeply. He was an inspiration to her. Why do you have to question her genuine feelings towards him. You don’t know her or Bowie for that matter.

[@nahuelvillalba4979]

Shut the fuck up

[@NSHM122]

If she was 15 at the time, the show she saw was in '73 or '73. I'm sure she saw him at later tours as well. Why would you assume she never saw him again?

[@jeffreyalexander7504]

"thank you David Bowie where ever you are (followed by a little "devilish" smile from Madonna)...I'm guessing Mr. Bowie got a pass for his musical genius...He's holed up in a private place on earth serving out a well earned retirement.....

[@trishvalliere3503]

We tend to forget she started in the punk movement.

[@william5177]

And they got the copy cat to give the tribute...even his son hated germanottas tribute. 😭

[@hooha123424]

she is more than you will ever be

[@Spice99857]

We are all God's children; fuck off.

[@sexypoetry]

i dont understand …is this something called "david bowie award" that was given to madonna (just like "george gershwyn award was given to mccartney) …..or is it "hall of fame" award given to bowie …..and madonna is taking it for him cause he is ill in bed or doesn't like this place or what?

[@sexypoetry]

@Marvin Morawski extraterrestrials are deliberately causing confusion

[@beng2984]

That's it Madge, make it all about you

[@victorhunter8900]

As always...

[@mangasky7]

Could you PLEASE upload the video package (retrospective) that goes with this.

[@MariaVicky-i88]

MADONNA IS AN ICON AS BOWIE

[@everhartification]

we all did that.

[@dchasehuneke]

I’m curious - when David Bowie was still alive, did he pick the winner of this award? Or was this award given after his death?

[@AlvaroMispireta]

It was given while he was still alive, but the ceremony took place while he was touring in Helsinki.

[@laprincipessaroma]

good for u madge

[@fiodordostievski3287]

Madonna the Queen of freddon

[@jacksano369]

Oh please. Of all people . The mics as low as you

[@rocsann123]

very cool

[@antoinebeauman]

How many versions of the the Divi ad are there ????

[@Sharperthanu1]

MY father wouldn't have "grounded me." He would have BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF ME. Madonna's father is so civilized!

[@George_Robert]

adrienne gellman _n

[@rank1972]

Madonna not even in the same room as David Bowie

[@fadinakhle5557]

Madonna was sued 2.5 million by the Diva Fairuz .She gave all the money to charity. The song was Wa habibi

[@gerrybasildon]

madonna is such a wonderful wacky webel

[@latinheat1132]

Name of the song at the beginning please

[@moredillinja2870]

David Bowie - Modern Love

[@ozcan2468]

came here to find something about david bowie instead heard some crappy teenage girl story

[@TinyDancer250]

This was in 1996. Why did David not attend with Iman?

[@cyndibear5]

I wonder why David didn't accept the award himself. I guess if I watched this whole thing I might find out, but I just can't take Madonna's insincere rambling.

[@NSHM122]

Answering your question a year late, but Bowie wasn't big on awards. Never felt them necessary for for artistic endeavors like music. He turned down many accolades and awards in his career.

[@summerholliday44]

Wow!!!!

[@BatLB]

What the heck is Madonna doing in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame? Yeah the Pop Music Hall of Fame, maybe, but ROCK N ROLL?

[@bucknaked905]

Madonna was in a punk band before she got famous.

[@BatLB]

@@bucknaked905 then the band should be in the hall of fame, not she alone.

[@bucknaked905]

@@BatLB Her entire persona is punk and rock though. Cry harder.

[@BatLB]

@@bucknaked905 Lady Gagas personality is also punk and rock. However, shes not a rock musician. So she isnt in the hall of fame for rock. Make sense, naked bug.

[@BatLB]

@4Tlccas ??? Lol she identifies as "kindness punk"

[@birgerhalvorsen8550]

at what time did the show start? how did she manage to get there by hitch-hiking after her parents had gone to sleep

[@Amperzand]

it's a lie. She never went. She never mentioned she was even a fan before this award happened.

[@cynthiacorcoran9389]

They always pay attention to the camera, I don't.

[@everhartification]

bowie