Station to Station - David Bowie - Isolar tour 1976

[@EBear23]

The Station to Station Concert was beyond incredible. I was a baby. I’d never seen anything so spectacular. The way he moved, his voice, his clothes, the connection he had with his band & the audience, his other worldly energy. I remember it like it was yesterday. I’m so grateful to have been alive at the same time as David Bowie. ❤️

[@duncanwcraig9668]

Lucky you man I’m early 50s and saw Bowie live in 83. I was 15. The Isolar tour is my favourite.

[@michaelodowd4807]

@@duncanwcraig9668 I saw him 78 at the Earls court ,would have loved to have seen the diamond dogs tour as well as the 76 tour

[@carolmizelle1317]

Yes seeing Bowie was a spiritual experience.

[@kerrywinter3973]

I’m 60 and was also blown away Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto! I remember a strange film played instead of a warmup band. Great memories

[@EBear23]

@@kerrywinter3973 Yes, it was Bunuel’s “Un Chien Andalou”. Pretty horrifying.

[@sledge56BV]

This song is an obvious masterpiece, but this video is also an artistic gem!

[@jaypeckay5898]

an "obvious masterpiece"..........back to art school for you me laddy

[@jeffreyhampert9734]

@@jaypeckay5898 dont you agree? this song is damn good.

[@JET7C0]

@@jaypeckay5898 It's a five year old comment on your part, but seriously this song is incredible, especially considering he put it together just a few years after Ziggy Stardust.

[@lotuseater7247]

@@jaypeckay5898 philistine

[@colleenfegan6492]

​@@jaypeckay5898❤

[@leeleeturn]

Damn, he was gorgeous! I loved that face so much I used to sit around drawing pictures of him when I was a kid lol.

[@rthrbtrvln]

I was sorry when he fixed his teeth. He was gorgeous.

[@stephenjackson6415]

There will never NEVER ever be another artist like Bowie. An unbelievable talent pure class…

[@coloradomntman2815]

OR JOPLIN - MY TWO TOP FAVS.💞

[@malicerobins]

It could even be the official Station to Station video.

[@freelancer9955]

You are perfectly right, maybe. An Author of the video depicts, it seems, the events behind the song in artistical, poetical manner while doing it in a slightest detail. Though, David Bowie Himself made it possible with his proficiency in the art of dramatical storytelling. Though, he denies such own skill in the intro to the video.

[@ladycorleone3883]

Best tribute of the Thin White Duke EVER!!!

[@lori5455]

Station to Station was created during the heavy coke years, The Thin White Duke was something to behold, no one holds a flame to David. Aaahhh David, we miss you RIP

[@kzinful]

+Lori As he told Gail, " you wouldn't have liked me then "...referring to this phase in his life, that scene in the limo, skin almost translucent scary, really... but damn him..still Beautiful No, the months are slipping through since his death soon it will be years But he won't be forgotten Lori We won't let it happen .....Peace

[@S7EVE_P]

I've had my own heavy coke years. Difference is David wrote amazing songs...but he has/had pure brilliant talent high or not.

[@gamecode9307]

Think he made it while getting sober in Germany

[@MusicCollaborator]

Im so puzzled at anyone who can even write a sentence on coke let alone tour, do interviews & record. Bowie had incredible drive.

[@MusicCollaborator]

He was still in the US when he did this then went off to Berlin to record Low

[@JT-xh1ih]

Crazy what you can do while surviving on coke, milk, and red peppers

[@Boris_Chang]

Those red peppers!

[@scotts1833]

Ya ok.

[@rosemarymills1671]

Crazy, yes, but interesting how he saw the trap he was in, and had the courage to take action to clean himself up. I have a lot of respect for people who overcome their weaknesses...I for one have many, and overcame lots of them. Am so glad.

[@douglasmilton2805]

Don't forget the Complan, that's what kept him going.

[@rosemarymills1671]

@@douglasmilton2805 Sorry, but whats a Complan?

[@kevinnewton7256]

I was 23 and my cousin and friends we knew loved Ziggy Stardusr and the closest he was gonna tour to Louisville kentucky was Evansville indiana. So we bought our tickets and road tripped it to Evansville. We had seen seen the Ziggy Stardust Tour but when Bowie came out dressed in all white we knew this would be a nite to remember! He did the entire Station to Station Album and listening to those professional musicians was unforgettable. Belew on lead guitar and Alomar playing 2nd lead or rythym was awesome! The roadies wearing white suits and slicked back full makeup was a show in itself. I bought Station to Station the next day when i got back home. 6 songs on the Album. One of my top 5 Bowie Albums of All Time!

[@jamietfranklin]

great story and memory! A kind of a perfect time for me too.

[@cattisx]

for me Bowies best ever, listened to it regularly for about 40 years Never get boring

[@itstatainacio]

Every day I'm here on KZbin to listen to this masterpiece several times. These are some of the best spent minutes of my life. This song drives me to work, it motivates me. Thanks Bowie for everything

[@Aricha-Aricha]

Я думала, я одна такая сумасшедшая, слушаю, слушаю, по нескольку раз ,его музыка как наркотик, это невероятно

[@aidanmorgan2990]

So cool!

[@pelegrim3264]

@@Aricha-Aricha Нет не одна, было время когда я на протяжении года включал эту песню каждое утро, как зарядку на весь день) сейчас уже не каждый день включаю, но всё так же часто, песня - настоящее движение.

[@billybibbit5702]

HOW SO GORGEOUS?? And intelligent, artistic, creative, funny, kind and charismatic!

[@S7EVE_P]

Serious editing skills...this video is totally amazing

[@danigs007]

This is so beautiful , on so many levels... A true classic! song and performer.

[@GYMCENTRAL1]

This is the title track to David Bowie's 10th studio album. It is notable as the vehicle for Bowie's last great "character," The Thin White Duke, a well-dressed, cocaine-addled tortured soul with an interest in the occult. "Station to Station" is the only Bowie song that names the character ("The return of the Thin White Duke") - he would abandon the persona after the album. During the sessions for Station To Station, Bowie was heavily dependent on drugs, especially cocaine, and recalls almost nothing of the production. He once joked, "I know it was recorded in LA because I read it was." The only memory Bowie has of making the album is of ordering lead guitarist Earl Slick to play and repeat a Chuck Berry riff over the opening bars of this track. "I have only flashes of making it," a saner Bowie said much later. "I have serious problems about that year or two. I can't remember how I felt; I have no emotional geography." The song is in four movements and the lyrics reflect Bowie's preoccupations with the influential occultist Aleister Crowley, Hermetic Qabalah and Gnosticism. The title is a reference to the Stations of the Cross, a series of 14 images depicting the crucifixion of Jesus. The Station to Station era was a musically fertile time for Bowie, but he was battling demons in a rather literal sense, which is reflected in this song. The journalist Cameron Crowe claimed to have found evidence of black magic rituals when he interviewed Bowie, and Bowie says that when he was living in Berlin at this time, he saw objects move around rooms on their own. This song has some overt references to mysticism ("Kether" and "Malkuth" are found on the Kabbalah Tree of Life), and many lines that can be interpreted that way. For example, "Here am I, flashing no color" could represent the flashing complimentary colors in the Tattva belief that lead to a higher level of consciousness. Since Bowie can't recall writing the song, a variety of influences could be at play here. What force compelled the lyrics is the big mystery. The Station To Station album was recorded after Bowie completed shooting Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth, and the cover features a still from the movie. The line, "Making sure white stains" is a reference to Aleister Crowley's first book, White Stains. This is Bowie's longest studio recording, clocking in at 10 minutes and 11 seconds. For a full minute, sampled locomotives clatter from speaker to speaker and the coke-deranged singer makes his entrance at 3:17. Fall Out Boy paraphrased the lyric, "It's not the side effects of the cocaine, I'm thinking that it must be love," for a song title on their 2004 EP, My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue. (www.songfacts.com/)

[@megumikameda2633]

素晴らしいビデオに感謝します❤ station to stationは初めて買ったボウイのレコードです。 このビデオの車窓から見える景色は日本のようですがこれはボウイが見た景色なのでしょうな？ 日本を愛したボウイは日本での列車の旅をとても楽しんだのだろうと思うと嬉しいです💕

[@MrLauster123]

Thank God, I saw this tour at Madison Square Garden (NYC) in 76! Once in a lifetime, amazing experience!

[@philthomas8351]

We saw Bowie at Cap Center in 1977. He performed a few songs from Heroes too. Well done, but they seemed like they were in a hurry.

[@patriciahargraves4243]

I love this masterpiece of The Thin White Duke! You really did a fantastic job editing and polishing this footage up. This was the first Bowie concert my parents let me go to. I was 12 yrs old. I had cried my eyes out when they wouldn't let me go with my older brother for what is now the David Live album, Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA. Diamond Dogs tour, since I was only 10. Thank you for bringing back wonderful memories of my first concert of Bowie's. I had seen Iggy, first that year twice. Once, Bowie was playing keyboards but they were all amazingly good concerts that I lay back and try to relive in my head, haha. I'm sure I'm not the only one. This weekend I lost my best friend and biggest Bowie fan too. I'm hoping he runs into David, on the other side and they come for a visit, LOL. It is hard losing David and now my lifetime Bowie best friend. RIP David and Mark. I love and miss you both.🖤

[@davidneish293]

You lucky lucky girl

[@mauriciomp571]

Fantastic account... Bowie was truly magic and so much transformed our culture and arts. I´m a huge fan too...

[@abook2141]

rest in peace david and mark ‼️

[@patriciahargraves4243]

@@abook2141 Thank you, that was sweet!

[@patriciahargraves4243]

@@afinn5555 I moved to NYC, in 1981. I saw Bowie, a few times in NYC, but you are right about the Philadelphia experience with David. It seemed more intimate in Philadelphia and he loved his Philadelphia fans because we let him know how much we loved him. I'm sure it's like that everywhere but New York City is just so big that it loses some of that intimacy that you as a fan feel from the performance. The performances were always great, don't get me wrong there. God bless you Kia! ✌

[@vivelafrance7968]

David. So--Fucking--Beautiful. PASSIONATE & Intensely-original. That sums him up right there. He lived his Life full blast & with purpose. A TRUE Artist.

[@satka2mau487]

He stayed true to who he was, achieved the only thing we are here for apparently is to find and realise who we truely are as an individual soul here on Earth..

[@georgia5341]

The late and great David Bowie. How blessed have we been to experience such an incredible man!

[@BozenaDabrowska-fx8ux]

Cudownie

[@raelchai]

"I could fake it pretty good in rock 'n roll." Damn. He didn't realize just how uniquely brilliant he was, or just super humble?

[@vegardyrnes1793]

A super humble genious!❤️

[@cgtaurus]

@Jay Rocker yah gotta be trolling. He played like several different instruments and, before coke/ booze started messing with his voice, could sing in several octaves with gorgeous falsetto. And ugly??? Well- I guess taste is relative is all I can say to that one.

[@bowiev2schneider58]

Pour avoir eu la chance de le rencontrer par mon travail David très humble et timide et il ne se faisait pas d illusions sur le star system et surtout il avait une auto dérision sur sa personne et très grand humour ,un type bien mister Bowie !!

[@philomalley1510]

"Drive like a demon from station to station" You're feeling more fabulous now that you watched this video...and David Bowie changed your life again

[@summerisleman]

A masterpiece for a masterpiece. The definitive homage to the Thin White Duke. Bravo!!

[@ezechielamadeus2828]

Bellissimo 🤩

[@CA-tz2sg]

This song gives me goosebumps and oddly I connect with it. It's like going on an other dimensional journey that you never want to return from. His genius will live on forever...love that beautiful mythical creature.

[@ARIZJOE]

Let me tell you how all this went down. With the unusual lighting and the outfits, the performance looked like a B&W movie. Then you had Carlos, and Dennis, and George supplying a very unusual Bowie sound. David kept us waiting. Then from the front of stage unfurled a very large but lightweight cinema screen, the lights went down, and the audience was treated to "Un Chien Andalou," the classic surrealistic art film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. Just very cool.

[@adammaysz6153]

This video is so perfect. Needs way more views!

[@darrenremington6422]

Totally agree 😊

[@JamesLamm-jt7vg]

Saw Station tour in old OMNI Atlanta. They had a giant eyeball on stage which they cut into . He came out to this song. He was definitely fucked up on Coke but we had our MDA. One of our group hid behind the row of seats in front of us. Unforgettable experience .😊

[@agentfoxscully3649]

If I didn't tell you before- this is absolutely stunning, and I'm obsessed with this video. I probably watch it at least once a week for artistic and just plain Bowie inspiration. Thank you for sharing your beautiful work. Your passion shows.

[@sabrinamerl5023]

Same here!!

[@gandolphgander7297]

Even after more than 46 years since it's release a song with addictive character

[@cindyheadon9005]

Timeless.

[@morrisseyjl]

beautiful tribute. i'm inconsolable, but feeling a bit better having watched this.

[@lilMissF0F0]

Hes fuckin attractive

[@eoiajson3256]

I would say cute not attractive

[@jeffcostello9641]

Flamboyant - That's what he used to be!

[@XGianMariaVolonte]

He's fucking attractive, cute, elegant, and flamboyant... and lots of other gorgeous things.

[@lilMissF0F0]

+QueenBitch yes!

[@louisbyron]

Bowie IS A GOD (this from one who thinks himself Faulkner and calls himself Lord Byron--of course, we're related).

[@gandolphgander7297]

Timeless music and an appropriate video with clips from a timeless movie

[@acapulcoramon7601]

..how he sings MALKUTH.....so wonderful hysterically.magical.this song is the most unforgettable among many.....

[@itstheab81]

I have watched days of footage since we lost him..... This has to be my favourite clip yet. Superb, catches the Isolar period so so well. Superb editing work too. My favourite track from my favourite Bowie album. Good work

[@XGianMariaVolonte]

This is bloody excellent! Thank you. Do MORE!!!!

[@george1991ish]

wow! I wish I could have seen him live, great song great video

[@TerryJonesPrinterRepairs]

Who the FUCK are you? I thought "Mister Sussex" remaster of station to station was brilliant but I purely by accident stumbled across this video that predates by a year and is being neglected in views and I am truly amazed by the attention to detail of this 10 minute masterpiece. The 1st 5 minutes especially is just awesome and better than any video bowie paid $100k+ for production. You have truly created something special.

[@andrewSUN17]

Awesome video capturing one of the most incredible moments in Bowie's magical history! Station to Station was an epic album, song and the tour was legendary!

[@billmay7364]

New Haven Ct. Friday Night back in 76 My first Concert. Thin White Duke. Unforgettable ❤

[@patricialassance]

The Alien and The thin White Duke, lovely

[@CarstenWeise]

Catches quite perfectly the atmosphere of the song and the time. I especially like the escalator idea.

[@EverestNZ]

that is the best fan video i have ever seen and i ve been a fan for 45 years....Brilliant...thank you...

[@reins6895]

Wow, the most gorgeous man who fell to earth 💖this is one of the best videos of him !

[@stefanblue660]

Great Intro! I first time noticed how his movements on stage at the end must have influenced Ian Curtis.

[@2001mimil]

"I never wanted to be a rock&roll star.. (…?…) … but i was there.. that’s what happened.. no, hum.. it excited me just because it was there.. that was enough.. i mean.. personally, i was playing saxophone.. and i was trying to make up my mind, whether i wanted to play rock&roll or jazz.. and as i wasn’t very good at jazz… i was not going to fake it pretty well.. so i played rock&roll... and i enjoyed rising.. the only thing i was really good at school was composition.. not dramatically.. i was always terrible in grammar.. but i could always right stories better than anybody else.. "

[@richardbanker3910]

The bit in the gap of dialogue that is in brackets is “I wasn’t there, honest gov” ( short for governor which is a bit of Cockney dialogue) Hope this helps.

This masterpiece is Bowie's very best song IMO. And he has a LOT of magical amazing songs.

[@HoldMyHand777]

Incredible editing!! The Duke will always be my favourite!!

[@GYMCENTRAL1]

The return of the Thin White Duke Throwing darts in lovers' eyes Here are we, one magical moment, such is the stuff From where dreams are woven Bending sound, dredging the ocean, lost in my circle Here am I, flashing no colour Tall in this room overlooking the ocean Here are we, one magical movement from Kether to Malkhuth There are you, you drive like a demon from station to station The return of the Thin White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes The return of the Thin White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes The return of the Thin White Duke, making sure white stains Once there were mountains on mountains And once there were sunbirds to soar with And once I could never be down Got to keep searching and searching Oh, what will I be believing and who will connect me with love? Wonderful, wonder who, wonder when Have you sought fortune, evasive and shy? Drink to the men who protect you and I Drink, drink, drain your glass, raise your glass high TWO TIMES: It's not the side-effects of the cocaine I'm thinking that it must be love It's too late - to be grateful It's too late - to be late again It's too late - to be hateful The european cannon is here I must be only one in a million I won't let the day pass without her It's too late - to be grateful It's too late - to be late again It's too late - to be hateful The european cannon is here Should I believe that I've been stricken? Does my face show some kind of glow? It's too late - to be grateful It's too late - to be late again It's too late - to be hateful The european cannon is here, yes it's here It's too late It's too late, it's too late, it's too late, it's too late The european cannon is here

[@kevinlakeman5043]

That's fuckin' brilliant. Really, that's a great montage of Bowie's work at the time. Still boggles my mind how underappreciated Station To Station the song & album are. It's phenomenal. Some of Bowie finest writing and singing. And Alomar & the rest of that list of musicians are stellar.

[@stevedelmonte5408]

This is a masterpiece of a song

[@silviaesilvia]

This is the most beautiful video I have ever watched. Thank you.

[@franckgerard1150]

Always in my Heart

[@LucyBowie8]

this video is fabulous, never seen before .. thanks @Franck Gerard

[@franckgerard1150]

Sempre per David

[@marcelacenteno3788]

the best tribute ever! R.I.P thin white duke ⚡

[@Karmakat59]

One of the BEST video comps of any of Bowie's tracks that I've seen,,,'Thin White Duke' and 'Man Who Fell to Earth', superb combo and editing.... GREAT job, many thanks

[@albertl3776]

Outstanding compilation. That's a high compliment considering there are so many great compilations of Bowie.

[@danopticon]

Excellent tribute - growing in Latin America, surrounded in equal parts by squares and by people just beginning to question the mold they’d been cast from, I fell in love with Bowie the moment I saw him… an inspiration to beautiful blossoming space alien kids everywhere. ❤️ I regret that I have but the one like to give, your video truly deserves a trillion from me!

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

I saw him on that tour. It was nice to see the Duke again. Thanks for posting.

[@cthrubs20]

I saw him in Kalamazoo in '76 - such a great tour; seeing this is like being blown back again...THANK YOU! He did so much innovative stuff; also the pioneer of punk. I especially loved him in this era. .

[@JayJacobsPGP2014]

excellent editing.

[@simonandersen1974]

SUPERB VIDEO!! 😍- B💚WIE F❤️REVER and EVER!!!! 👏🏻😇💙

[@malicerobins]

Beautiful work. I just adore Thomas Jerome Newton.

[@gavinfernandes1919]

You published this on my 50th Birthday last year - 7th January 2015 thank-you. Station To Station is an incredible album and that period of D.Bowie style was so monochromatic. An incredible montage from Nicolas Roeg's stunning film. Bowie was an admirer of the isolated Buster Keaton, I like the cameo. Mr David Jones would be truly impressed by your sharp work.

[@patricialeidy]

one of the most brilliant man to ever exist... and ever will..... i still miss him every day... this is one of my favorite songs of his...

[@markusb.5836]

hab das Lied bestimmt 2000 mal gehört. Wenn ich nächstens eine Rolltreppe hinauf gehe oder hinunter. Wenn ich mal einen Zug verpasse. Mal wieder zu spät bin ... Wenn ich eine Treppe hochfalle... ... oder eine hinunter. Dann wird mir immer mir das hier in Erinnerung sein!! Vielen lieben Dank zu dir! Das ist so genial, was du gemacht hast! Danke dir vielmals ... ich wollt ich wäre bei dir.

[@gregoryboussard2947]

C'est superbe. Un travail de toute beauté. Merci.

[@angelesziggy]

La primera parte del video es una parte del documental de la BBC hecho en 1974, que se llama Cracked Actor, durante la gira del Diamond Dogs en Estados Unidos. Lo pueden ver aquí, en youtube y es maravilloso!!!. La segunda parte es una mezcla de la película The man to felt yo Heart y los ensayos del tour Isolar del 76 gravados en Vancouver, y que tambien están en el youtube, buscar como Rehesald Vancouver Bowie. El video es maravilloso, y David es Diosssssssssss!!! (aunque blasfeme)!!!

[@JT-yg5lz]

Muchas gracias!!*u*

[@danielalberto6119]

*Dios de la música

[@jorgepereyra117]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@sianegallozzi7976]

So beautiful and talented: to die for. In love again. Thanks.

[@mhwp3286]

The man is genius. We were so lucky to have him for the short time we did.

[@cynzia_d]

Superb and sublime

[@johnny3038]

one of the greatest musical geniuses and performers of our generation mr david bowie

[@borinacalzetta1394]

Great Bowie Masterwork Station to Station

[@SonnySky7]

The thin white Duke was his coolest character. I said that particular concert in 1976 in Memphis. That song opened the concert. Surprised by how Bowie liked to dance during the fast part of that song.

[@pilvetkarkaa]

A beautiful hommage, thank you.

[@carla78786]

WOW! EFX-018, you made a brilliant well-edited tribute to David Bowie. Love the way you merge clips from 'The Man who Fell to Earth' with ISOLAR concert footage all set to the Thin White Duke's Station to Station epic theme song - this is GENIUS! Very well done and much appreciated, Carla

[@douglasmilton2805]

I've already commented, but after three viewings I just want to add...best Bowie video ever, really. What a wonderful tribute. I shall, as they say, be following your career with interest.

[@wpollock1]

Really top notch job here! Love it. I was able to catch this show in Detroit in 1976. It was one of the best concerts I have ever seen and I have seen a lot of them.

[@marklark9347]

Brilliant video 📹. The man was a mystery in life and death R. I. P Starman

[@alynecristina6605]

I love David Bowie forever!!!!!!!

[@krunchy1647]

I'm not usually a fan of fan-made videos....but this one I watched all the way through....it was good. Thank you!

[@becauseofthisiweep]

Happy 70th Birthday David Bowie x

[@haimco1]

Mind blowing edit!!!

[@evelynesimon5758]

wow. great piece of film alert !!!

[@fabienh3943]

Bowie at the very top of his game. Excellent footage

[@silverscat6770]

THAT was absolutely awesome!!!!! The best I've seen....that's a LOT.

[@cynthiacurrie5589]

David ... a monumentally talented genius, just happened to also be a supernaturally beautiful person. So thankful I was here for your ride, starting when I was 12. I only wish you had outlived me!

[@catsofsherman1316]

Wow! This is fantastic. This is the definitive video for one of Bowie's finest musical moments.

[@paulafromcov]

Great editing, wonderful!

[@ShadyPinesMa79]

Amazing job with this

[@raluraluca3236]

Outstanding! Make more!

[@davidsheff6280]

One of my favourite homages. Period.

[@stermer1000]

superbe video....you captured the ThinWhiteDuke in all his late 70's coke-addled glory. STS is my all time favorite DB album. I've been listening to it for 42 years and I never get tired of it. Thanks for creating this homage, which is clearly a labor of love. Sure do miss this man

[@norahherbie9144]

this is beautiful.ty for making it.you featured TMWFTE.the film i liked him in best in..and one of the songs and albums I love best..don t know why there s no official Isolar tour vids ..it s surely a great tour from KZbin uploaders live footage i ve seen

[@chibs1963]

Brilliant work! Great visuals and cutting. Even the credits were a treat. 🎉 Well done!

[@giusmars2848]

Very very great song and video. I love him!

[@enriquehurtado2970]

just great! Thanks for sharing it. R.I.P. Bowie.

[@bobwilson1962]

Fabulous editing job! The MWFTE in B/W worked great w the Isolar tour footage. Such a shame there is so little footage from Isolar 76 but you succeeded in creating a great document of the period and tribute to the Duke!

[@encoreunefois1X]

Magnifique!

[@bawoman]

amazing...really great video.

[@JordanSullivanadventures]

wow incredible edit, what a singular person

[@murielsartre]

Spectacular. Thank you.