David Bowie - Station to Station REACTION

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[@andybrett1152]

Im a metaller but David Bowie to me is easily the best male artist singer off all time !

[@ivankaramasov]

Good choice.

[@anabellelei8540]

The coolest man that ever lived.

[@mister3566]

You aint met me yet Anabelle 😊

[@davidfisher8821]

I put Bowie on equal footing with The Beatles. Diverse, intelligent, creative, influential, plus he was only one while they were four. Definitely try more Bowie, so many avenues to follow!

[@daniellastuart3145]

Ofcours the The Beatles. are Diverse, intelligent, creative, influential for they time but Bowie pushed the things a lot farther

[@brucedillinger9448]

Seriously....who else brings to the table all that David did?

[@MiguelLopez-is9te]

💜 Was raised on his music. My papa refers to him as, The English Soul Man.

[@hiridavidfeign]

I saw this concert three days after my 18th birthday in 78 and it changed my life. Bowie's presence was like nothing I've ever experienced. This song was the first of the second half. I remember that they played The Rutles during the intermission.

[@adamtrombino106]

The cool thing about Bowie was he was constantly reinventing himself, and his sound.

[@robbiepeterh]

The Thin White Duke is my favourite Bowie character. Gotta love the reactions too, nodding their heads to the groove. And his performance, so strong, impeccable, all his movements, his phrasing, the unusual note choices, the grandeur of his performance.

[@chrismeadows4216]

This song is very spiritual. It was written 2 year earlier about David's fascination with the Tree of Life in Jewish gnosticism during a period of intense cocaine addiction. The Thin White Duke was fully immersed in the occult, and the line about white stains references a book called White Stains by Aleister Crowley, the founder of Thelema. David's lyrics are usually layered to the point where they need a lot of explanation to be fully understood. I'll recommend my 5 favorite songs you probably haven't heard to get you two further along with his studio work: 5. Quicksand 4. We Are the Dead 3. Teenage Wildlife 2. Letter to Hermione 1. As the World Falls Down

[@davidfisher8821]

Incredible performance! That is Adrian Belew (king crimson) on guitar, I saw this tour twice!

[@angiecuteass]

Ah I was looking to see who the guitarist was, thanks for that!

[@bobcorbin3294]

This was about a year or so after Frank Zappa had discovered him in a small club here in Nashville and David Bowie poached him while he was on tour with Frank.

[@wpollock1]

I saw the 1976 Station to Station tour in Detroit.....one of the best concerts of my life. The whole STS album rocks.....check out the song "Stay" live at the BBC.....fire!

[@thomwilliamson8425]

Never saw Bowie live until 1983...This performance is magnificent.

[@markgatica12]

Lucky for you! You discovered one of Bowie's underrated gems. This song was a highlight of his 1977-78 tour called Isolar II. It was a great show, and this part of it blew me away. Bowie has a vast and varied catalog with many gems beyond the dozen or so radio hits everyone requests. Try It's No Game Pt. 1, Absolute Beginners, Beauty and the Beast, Teenage Wildlife, Cactus, to name a few. Have fun.

[@QuicknStraight]

I didn't get to see him live until 1983 (Milton Keynes) and I wish I'd been able to see him live in the mid-70s. STS is such an epic song.

[@mysterymac38]

I never watched that live performance before. It sounds better than the album version, which I didn't think possible.

[@99Doogs]

no it doesn't

[@BobS-0727]

I've been a fan since I 1st heard Ziggy Stardust when it was originally released. My mom had a great love for music and Bowie. My mom believed Bowie a musical God. I do too.. The opening into with Belew on the guitar transfixes you just as if you were walking on the railroad tracks and a train comes up on you.Belew made that feeling happen. Big shout out to all the Bowie fans out there!

[@carlnilssonyoung8961]

U never know what surprise would u get in Bowie's concerts everytime.

[@Strimbles]

Wouldn't call this early Bowie, it's like his 5th wave by this time period

[@briandraper2051]

Saw him do this on that 1978 tour - it was his encore song. Great concert.

[@chrismeadows4216]

For some of his best live performances, you should absolutely check these out: My Death (Hammersmith 1973) The Jean Genie (The 1980 Floor Show 1973) Word on a Wing (Vancouver 1976) Heroes (Musikladen 1978) Time (Glass Spider Tour 1987) Wild is the Wind (Yahoo! Awards 2000) I Would Be Your Slave (Montreux 2002) You're going to be consistently impressed by Bowie. I can tell.

[@jkirtleyheacting]

Brilliant absolutely brilliant.

[@allsorts9909]

It’s interesting that everyone else looks typical 70s hair and clothes wise other than Bowie

[@juancarlosavila1853]

One good day a grain of Bowie fell to the World and then colors appeared and evolve.

[@shermanmi]

In 1976, David Bowie - cocked out of his mind of course - recorded the classic album Station to Station with this track as the looong elegant opener announcing his new perseona: the Thin White Duke. David's idea was, What if he could be a character that sang as if he felt so deeply, but actually felt absolutely nothing? Cold, calculating, but suave and debonnair. Alas, David didn't even remember recording this album and left for Berlin with Iggy Pop to get away from his cocaine-ridden existence in America. But that's another story. Station to Station is a krautrock album performed by a funk band and it is my favorite of all his terrific albums :D

[@teib757]

You should listen to the Rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars album :)

[@davidfisher8821]

If you want more “rocking “ Bowie, try Moonage Daydream, she Shook me cold, Hang on to Yourself, The Heart’s Filthy Lesson, Panic in Detroit, Diamond Dogs, that’ll get you going!

[@brianmccain6302]

Mick Ronson brought out his high point in Bowie's rock side

[@angiecuteass]

He is THE rock god!

[@monty67]

He is the God of everything!

[@carolefletcher]

Not entirely sure but I think that's Thomas Dolby on sound effects/keyboards. Adrian Belew on lead, Carlos Alomar on rhythm, Dennis Davis on drums. I don't know who's on the other instruments, but this is one of his great lineups, and Station to Station is his best album (though not my personal favourite). Bowie was a saxophonist, and trained in mime, hence his grace on stage that you noticed - great stage performer. The 'real' David Jones was a quiet, well-educated artist - he both painted and collected art - and his stage persona, David Bowie, himself embodied a number of stage presences, including Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane (A Lad Insane), The Thin White Duke etc.

[@kikibe1960]

I saw this show in Hamburg. What an experience!

[@alfhughes6571]

Luckily I got to see him live three times and each time was magical.

[@leonline3424]

Cool reaction, well done. May i suggest another live but much later? Check the BBC live rendition of THIS IS NOT AMERICA, he delivers the goods!|!

[@Rickhorse1]

In a nutshell..."I didn't expect that" is what Bowie was all about. As soon as he fit into a genre, he tossed it aside and moved to something else. As far as interviews (other that his early coked out years) he was funny, sometimes sarcastic & very down to earth...unlike the many on stage personas he adopted. I always thought of him as someone who wrote music & sang...while being an actor on stage. (Not surprising that he also did serious acting, on occasion.)

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

Great insight ty

[@carlnilssonyoung8961]

Bowie was those real talent singer who always sang better in live than studio recording.

[@valeriekokenge659]

It’s a train rolling into the station; hear the whistle and the clackety clack of the tracks in the beginning? It could be about the stations of the cross and/or the kaballah (Kether to Malkuth). Maybe just cocaine. Bowie was known as the thin white duke at this time and trying to kick his drug habit. Station to station album is a spiritual trip. He was living on milk, peppers, and cocaine.

[@ronrodriguezboston]

the guitar player Adrian Bellow -played in king crimsons albums from the 80s

[@bubblesmckenzie4125]

I feel David Bowie's best song. Thank you again for your professional reaction. ❤️👀👍

[@TheNcc1701xyz]

I saw Bowie during this tour in London - twice. Still my favourite live gigs, absolutely blew me away

[@carlnilssonyoung8961]

The most elegant rock song. N coolest intro

[@marceltroia9750]

Mesmerizing performance love Bowie, thanks for the great reaction.. Cheers

[@skooooo]

Great song, thanks!

[@bryanheidtman2476]

that tour was released as a double LP called "stage". CLASSIC!

[@lewismaddox4132]

I would go one better than the gentleman below. I'd say in addition to the diverse, intelligent, creative and influential superlatives we gotta include innovative. I don't think there was anybody as avante garde as Bowie. He influenced everybody. Try this if you wanna hear something special. In his later years he started really enjoying sharing his music. There are a lot of great live vids but I believe this is his best. It's called "Stay"!kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoOxgJ5_qJWqptk

[@arailsonsgr1]

Station to Station was hugely influenced by Kraftwerk, which can be noticed at the beginner with the train effect and massive use of a synthesizer (that shines brighter in the Berlin Trilogy), but it also has an influence of prog-rock with the layering of instruments. Just an amazing song from one of his best albums.

[@stevestevenson1486]

You probably know that in Kraftwerk's 'Trans Europe Express'..they nod back to Bowie with the lines 'meet Iggy Pop und David Bowie on ze Trans Europe Expressss'

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

He's covered every pop/rock genre plus combined them, a genius. I don't use the term lightly.

[@diverdoug1157]

may start bowie journey ... lol .... deep rabbit hole, start with space oddity full lp, then go thru years to appreciate his diversity thru the yrs. good on ya boys

[@hannsrhinesdale9769]

If you want rocking, you should give Moonage Daydream live 1973 a try. :)

[@davidknizner3773]

Bowie = Rock god!

[@gailm254]

John Farnham with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ..... HELP

[@jessica5497]

You want to see a totally different bowie watch Time live or Ziggy Stardust

[@MilosDaddy]

Danes. They're Danes.

[@brianmccain6302]

Roger Powell on synthesizers(utopia) Adrien Belew (king crimson frank Zappa) do a great job on intro.violin player is picking stings giving banjo like sound

[@brianmccain6302]

One aspect that isn't mentioned that much is Bowie's ability get great musicians in his bands through his career.Have to also mention Dennis Davis on drums and Carlos Alomar on rythym guitar.

[@rjnuzzi1648]

Great live vocal off this much anticipated 1978 tour... but the studio version is even more superior, if it can be believed..

[@angiecuteass]

He was such a funny guy...apart from Ziggy and Aladin Sane which are wonderful, try Five Years a classic....Young Americans...I could go on for hours!

[@jasonfrodoman1316]

I never see anyone do a reation to the live version Space Oddity from Midnight Special 1980 Floor Show ? That is the true artist performing in my opinion.

[@davidcopson5800]

People are too grounded and in control to do that.

[@bubblesmckenzie4125]

Listen to the studio version, a 10 minute song that goes by so quick

[@johnbarrick1244]

Pretty sure the guy on synth is Roger Powell.

[@davidcopson5800]

I know it's not Enoch Powell.

[@Annah-mm4nz]

Do you have the link for the original video?

[@brido8]

Where have these 2 been hiding FFS Mars

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

Yep. The whole world knows every Bowie song. That’s the world you hide in.

[@dcg4mn]

Danish people and language, boys 😁 not a hard one

[@christianbaldwin3003]

Dane...

[@johnheppenstall4904]

Danish

[@kevindobson3701]

Can you please react to Garbage new song called Wolves Please Just dropped

[@michaelz9892]

Class and talent. What other artist comes close? Maybe Lennon? Hm. If you guys want a guide to get a Bowie thing going:check out: Space Oddity Starman All of Ziggy Stardust Alladin Sane Young Americans Scary Monsters Heroes Blackstar

[@davidcopson5800]

Lennon and Bowie were touched by fame.

[@littlemouse7066]

you should be more sincere It seems to me you didn't like the song so why didn't you say it? Anyway that's not the right song to suggest to people who know very little about Bowie I know all his music and this song is not one of my favourites. Maybe for newbies like you it would be better to watch Life on Mars live from the 1983 tour or any other song from that tour.

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

We were honest. End of story. Cheers

[@OCONNER-oj3xg]

You don’t know much about bowie 😳😳😳👨🏻‍🎤

[@WelpHereWeAreOnYouTube]

That would defeat a reaction channel. It’s ok if you’re new to watching reaction channels. Welpcome

[@dwcinnc]

Danish