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Subtitle: Manvagtoo
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Once upon a time,
your father, my father,
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everybody's father, I presume,
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wanted a good job with a good income
to secure their family life.
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A role in society,
and that's where it ended,
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but now people want to be
an individual, and I think there's
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a lot of searching to find
the individual within oneself.
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♪ Fashion!
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♪ Turn to the left... ♪
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Once upon a time, there was
a little house.
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MUSIC: The Man Who Sold The World
by David Bowie
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Just say where you came from?
David Robert Jones...
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..from Stansfield Road, Brixton.
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That's the first thing I knew,
in case I got lost,
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because I used to wander off a lot.
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It wasn't a particular happy
childhood.
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My parents were cold emotionally.
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There weren't many hugs.
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I always sort of craved affection
and that because of that.
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♪ I never thought I'd need
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♪ So many people
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♪ A girl my age went off her head
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♪ Hit some tiny children... ♪
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I think there's a passion for most
people who have an iota of sort of
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curiosity about them to escape
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and get out and try and find
who one is.
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♪ A small Jean Genie snuck off
to the city
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♪ Strung out on lasers
and slash-back blazers
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♪ Ate all your razors
while pulling the waiters
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♪ Talking 'bout Monroe
and walking on Snow White... ♪
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And I spent all those formative
teenage years adopting guises
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and changing roles, and...
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..erm...
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..just learning to be somebody.
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♪ There's a starman
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♪ Waiting in the sky
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♪ There's a starman
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♪ Waiting in the sky... ♪
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♪ Ashes to ashes funk to funky... ♪
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I need some really quick changes
on the encore today.
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Oh, yeah. There will be.
There will be.
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Providing Mick keeps out
the dressing room!
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I can hardly move.
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For a dress-maker...
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Can I? Hey?
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When she's off sometime?
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What, borrow?
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Sure you can.
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No, I told Ron about some things,
has he told you? Yeah.
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In the intro to the show?
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..for the show is just Michael,
right?
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Yeah. Have you...? Have you?
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What were you doing before you hit
the bright headlights?
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Were you a nobody who
suddenly thought,
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"Jesus, I must get into the scene
by some other way?"
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I never asked Jesus for a thing,
no,
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it was always on my own
initiative.
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LAUGHTER
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When I was 14, I was,
I became a mod, and it just
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carried on from there, I've always
dressed in what I considered
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clothes that prevent
me from becoming humdrum, so that
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I would receive reaction from
people,
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which would encourage me to write.
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MUSIC: I Can't Explain
by David Bowie
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London represented a lifestyle,
a new kind of language, culturally.
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It was really
fantastic at that point.
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Were you writing songs in this
period? Not very good ones.
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So a majority of the things were
other people's numbers.
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Little Richard stuff
and things like that.
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But I became disenchanted with
singing other people's songs.
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I thought I'd write my own.
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MUSIC: You've Got A Habit of Leaving
by Davy Jones (And The Lower Third)
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He was a nobody,
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within my scope of knowledge of who
was in the music industry.
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But we needed a singer.
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And different people came,
amongst them was David Jones.
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Or Davy Jones as he was promoting
himself at that time.
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♪ And you've got
a habit of deserting me... ♪
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We were impressed with his voice,
although, I thought
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he was going to play the saxophone.
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He had the alto sax round his neck,
and it wasn't until he started
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singing, we realised that
was the boy for us, really.
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We employed him, he didn't employ
us. We employed him.
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And this was David's fourth go,
in terms of bands,
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hoping this would be it.
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♪ Wanted to, wanted to
Wanted to... ♪
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But David of course had his own
agenda, where it was going to
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be Davy Jones and the Last Third
now,
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but next it's going to be
David Bowie and whatever.
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So there was a side to David that
wasn't revealed to you.
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He was a rascal, mate. That's it.
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That's all I can really
say about it.
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♪ Baby loves that way
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♪ Yes she does, yes she does
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♪ Baby loves that way
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♪ Oh I love my baby... ♪
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I mean, I was always very vain.
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Then I found out that up in London,
all the mods wore make-up,
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eyeshadow, and I thought that was
really peculiar,
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and I thought it looked rather good.
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The group van was this
London LCC ambulance.
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We lived in this ambulance,
as well as travelling to the gigs.
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So we were talking about how could
we be different from everybody else,
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and David said,
"What about wearing make-up?"
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"Right, make-up? OK." Now, I thought
he meant clown make-up.
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Graham was driving, as he always
did, yeah?
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I said, "Dave's just come out
with the idea.
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"What about we wear make-up?"
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So Graham turns around, "Fuck that!"
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Yeah, so later,
I had the same problems.
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I didn't actually tell The Spiders
that we'd have to wear make-up.
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I said, "You looked very green
tonight on stage.
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"I think if you wore make-up,
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"you'd probably look a little more
natural-looking."
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♪ Poor Jean Genie
Snuck into the city
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♪ Strung out on lasers
and slash-back blazers
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♪ Ate all your razors
while pulling the waiters
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♪ Talking 'bout Monroe
and walking on Snow White
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♪ New York's a no-go
and everything tastes nice
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♪ Poor Jean Genie... ♪
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Actually, when they realised how
many girls they could pull when
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they looked so otherworldly, they
took to it like a fish to water.
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HE LAUGHS
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♪ The Jean Genie loves
chimney stacks
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♪ He's outrageous
He screams and he bawls
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♪ Jean Genie, let yourself go
Whoa... ♪
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David had such a wide, eclectic
taste in things, he thought,
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"Well, let's have a go at this,
because it's completely different.
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"It's going to throw
people off balance, I'm sure,
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"and just see how it goes."
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And we did that
with our set on stage.
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Mostly it was David's own
compositions, but we'd do hits by
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The Kinks or The Who
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but we'd also do things like
Chim Chimney from Mary Poppins.
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♪ Chim chiminey, chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-ee
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♪ A sweep is as lucky
as lucky can be... ♪
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"Chim Chimney," he said. I thought,
"Why are we doing that stuff?"
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Looking back on it, it just
felt like a lot of fun at the time,
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and quite kind of mischievous.
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You laugh a lot when you're young,
and it was just...
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A lot of it was really funny.
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Greetings, pop pickers,
it's Pick Of The Pops!
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David told us
we got an audition at the BBC.
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This was, wow, you know,
something special - the BBC.
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So we walked into the BBC
and did our three numbers.
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Out Of Sight, Chim Chimney
and Baby, That's A Promise.
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That's one of David's songs.
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We did that, came away
and then waited for the results.
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MUSIC: That's A Promise
by David Bowie
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I've been having second thoughts
about this, and I'd like to
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hear more from the music department.
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Well, frankly, to me, they strike me
as too much of a gimmick.
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They said it was
"quite a different sound,
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"especially in the Mary Poppins
number.
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"And the treatment
of Chim-Chim-Cheree kills the
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"song completely!"
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HE LAUGHS
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You cheeky sods.
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"Routine beat group,
strange choice of material.
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"Amateur-sounding vocalist..."
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HE LAUGHS
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..who sings wrong notes
and out of tune." Yes.
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"Group has nothing to recommend it."
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HE CHUCKLES
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"I don't think the group will get
better with more rehearsal.
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"The singer is a Cockney type..."
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HE CHUCKLES
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"but not outstanding enough."
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Well, you need to be an outstanding
Cockney, obviously, for the BBC.
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"There is no entertainment
in anything they do.
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"An inoffensive, pleasant nothing.
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"Backing - a singer
devoid of personality."
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Where are these people now?
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And each one says no, no,
no, no, no.
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So that was our postmortem,
I suppose.
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We failed.
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But we got a recording
contract with Tony Hatch.
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This to me was awe-inspiring.
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MUSIC: Can't Help Thinking About Me
by David Bowie and the Lower Third
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I'd written and produced
the song Downtown with Petula Clark.
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I'd produced Sandie Shaw's first
hit, and when somebody called me
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and said, "We have this artist and
he really has got a great talent,
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"and he writes all his own things,"
I was more than happy.
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David came up with
Can't Help Thinking About Me.
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We rehearsed it,
played it at the Marquee
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and then took it into the studio
and recorded it with Tony Hatch.
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♪ I can't help thinking about me
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♪ I can't help thinking
about me... ♪
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I thought, "This has got the shape
of a hit. It's structured well.
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"It has a very strong hook."
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♪ I can't help thinking
about me... ♪
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HE PLAYS THE MELODY
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I don't know where you found this,
but it's, erm...
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It is a piano...
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..in case
anybody wondered what it was.
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♪ Question-time that says
I brought dishonour... ♪
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Can't help thinking about me.
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Well, this came out of trials
in short-story writing,
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little things about leaving home,
and stuff like that.
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♪ Mother says that she can't stand
the neighbours talking
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♪ I've gotta pack my bags, leave
this home, start walking, yeah... ♪
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I couldn't really relate to
America too well.
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So I started writing
more about Bromley and Peckham,
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and tell a story from beginning
to end.
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♪ Remember when we used to go to
church on Sundays
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♪ I lay awake at night
Terrified of school on Mondays... ♪
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He was certainly a different child,
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and I think you could tell
he was gifted, even at that age.
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Eight or nine years old. A thinker.
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♪ I can't help
thinking about me... ♪
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The difference with him
and other kids was that David had
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interests and things that other
kids didn't have.
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He was ahead of his time regarding,
you know, reading and music
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and all the things which he
was into.
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♪ As I pass a recreation ground
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♪ I remember my friends
Always been found and I can't... ♪
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There are some songwriters
that are just commentators,
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but Bowie was a storyteller,
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and so he was going to rummage
into all his experiences to find
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things that he could write about.
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It was something new.
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♪ The station seems so cold
The ticket's in my hand
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♪ My girl calls my name
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♪ Hi, Dave
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♪ Drop in, see around
Come back... ♪
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SHE SPEAKS IN GERMAN
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Es ist London's top teenage club,
der Marquee.
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♪ Two by two they go walking by
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♪ Hand in hand they watch me cry
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♪ Two by two
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♪ Hand in hand
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♪ Lonely nights I dream you're there
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♪ Morning sun and you're gone
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♪ Lonely nights... ♪
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David wanted The Buzz to play
sessions.
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And we would be his band on stage.
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He wanted a band that
was very much a backing band,
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so that he would be the front man
as a separate entity.
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♪ I'll do anything you say... ♪
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And now a young British boy whose
career will surely
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develop him into one of the bigger
names in the showbiz field.
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He's a great attraction
here at the Marquee,
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and his name is David Bowie!
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David, you're working with
the backing group The Buzz.
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Have you always been with them?
As David Bowie, yes.
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Why do you say "as David Bowie"?
You worked...?
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I was somebody else before.
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This is, what, your second record,
and it's a song you wrote?
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Yes, I write most of the stuff
I record, the B-sides and A-sides.
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I don't think people realised
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how important the Marquee was
as a venue.
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It was the hottest place to go,
as far as I'm concerned.
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I wouldn't have said that
I would have gone specially
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to see his act at the Marquee club.
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I went mainly to see some of what
I call the hotter bands.
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I would sit in the audience
and gape at the Yardbirds,
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or the Who.
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♪ Maybe I'll do anything you say
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♪ Maybe I'll do anything you say
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♪ Maybe Do anything you say
Do anything... ♪
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The record company decided
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it didn't matter what I was
going to make with David,
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they were losing faith.
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His songs...
They weren't good enough
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to actually capture
everybody's imagination.
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You know, it still isn't
that unique Bowie magic.
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David was never the success that
all his other contemporaries were.
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Because of being that much younger,
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you could say that he almost had
missed the boat.
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♪ Do anything you say
Do anything you say... ♪
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But he was a very driven man,
even from those early days.
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But he always was helpful to me.
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You know, I always felt that I was
kind of a fellow musician with him.
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♪ Do anything you say
Do anything you say! ♪
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Love never came into it,
which, thank God, you know?
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If you're going to fall in love
with Bowie,
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you might as well
kiss your sanity goodbye.
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Because he loved himself extremely -
always did.
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And I was quite happy with that.
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At one point, David said,
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"Do you want to come home
and meet my parents?"
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I said, "Yes, why not?" That meant
taking the train to Bromley.
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You find yourself in the middle of
two worlds.
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There's the extreme values of people
who grow up in the countryside
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and the very urban feel of the city.
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In suburbia,
you're given the impression
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that nothing, culturally,
belongs to you.
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That you are sort of
in this wasteland.
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David lived in Sundridge Park,
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a mile or so from
the centre of Bromley,
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and, er, it was quite quiet,
not a lot happening there.
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You know, there was a corner pub,
a couple of shops.
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When I was in his parents' house,
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they're facing a television,
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and the parents were sitting there
quite quiet.
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They offered me
some tuna-fish sandwiches,
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but then there was silence.
And I'm somebody that...
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I mean, I can talk to anybody,
and it was hard going.
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It was soulless.
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Once they'd gone out, he said,
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"Whatever it takes,
I want to get out of here.
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"I do not want to live like this."
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I think there's a passion
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for most people to have an iota of
sort of curiosity about them
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to escape and get out
and try and find who one is
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and find some kinds of roots,
you know.
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A desperation and exhaustion with
the blandness of where we grew up.
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So London was magnetic for us.
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It was somewhere
we wanted to belong in.
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And I think that's why David
writes about it so often
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in his early career.
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He wanted to write songs
from the perspective,
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like Ray Davies did, really,
of a London boy.
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He always wanted it to be, er,
home-grown.
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♪ Bow Bell strikes
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♪ Another night
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♪ Your eyes are heavy
and your limbs all ache
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♪ You've bought some coffee
Butter and bread
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♪ You can't make a thing... ♪
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♪ ..Cos the meter's dead
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♪ You moved away
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♪ Told your folks
you're gonna stay away... ♪
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What struck me was just,
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a lot of them were really...
They were great songs.
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They just... People didn't know
about them yet.
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He just wasn't David Bowie, per se.
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As we know him today.
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♪ Bow Bell strikes
Another night... ♪
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For him to revisit
these early songs of his,
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it's just a very typical thing
for him to do.
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You hear the Bowie
in the early songs.
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He's already there. You know,
he's bubbling to the surface,
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but he's already there.
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♪ You moved away
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♪ Told your folks
you're gonna stay away
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♪ Bright lights, Soho
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♪ Wardour Street
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♪ You hope you make friends
with the guys you meet
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♪ Somebody shows you round
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♪ Now you've met the London boys
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♪ Things seem good again
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♪ Someone cares
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♪ About you... ♪
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That's not your typical
'60s pop song, is it?
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None of it was. The London Boys
is a really good example of
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David using his natural accent to
sing, to make the point. Right.
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If you're going to write a song
called London Boys,
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and you are from London,
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and it's about you being a young man
in London,
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then the accent
really drives the point home.
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I think he even exaggerated it
a little bit.
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It's almost like theatre.
Exactly, yeah.
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It is, in a sense.
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He's doing a song, and whatever
the theme of that song is,
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he's putting on the character
vocally
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that tells the story the right way.
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That's... Exactly.
He's brilliant at that.
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♪ It's too late now
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♪ Cos you're out there, boy
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♪ You've got it made
with the rest of the toys
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♪ Now you wish
you'd never left your home
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♪ You've got what you wanted
but you're on your own
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♪ With the London boys
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♪ Now you've met the London boys
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♪ Now you've met the London boys
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♪ Now you've met the London boys. ♪
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♪ Two and two are four
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♪ Four and four are eight... ♪
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So much of what any teenager
or young person writes
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comes from a sense of uniqueness.
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Other than just rock music, that has
always been a history of the rebel,
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of not being drawn to
the tyranny of the mainstream.
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I really am open to influence
and new ideas,
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and old ideas as well.
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I don't put a block on things.
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♪ ..dear Mistress
and cure his heart... ♪
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I was one of the first kids
in Britain
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to have the Velvet Underground
album.
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I know that for a fact
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because somebody had brought me back
a demo copy of it
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before it was even released
in America.
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The Underground were, I thought,
the most incredible sound.
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There was this sort of mixture of
rock and avant-garde,
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and the combination was so brutal.
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I don't think David
lacked confidence in himself.
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He probably always knew that
he was very adaptable,
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and it was more a question of him
getting on the right track
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to do the thing
that would take him furthest.
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And it obviously took him
a long time to do that,
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with The Lower Third
and then The Buzz
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and the other things that he did.
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♪ Well, I know you had it bad, girl
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♪ And you're not to blame... ♪
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I think the attraction for David
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is that he was looking to
move forward
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and be a lot more adventurous
with his musical styles.
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And we were looking for a singer
that was totally flexible.
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♪ ..if you go my way.... ♪
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But then David made it plain,
really, right from the get-go,
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that he wanted to go
more left-field,
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if that's the right term,
musically.
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And already he was talking
about Velvet Underground.
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He knew what he wanted,
and he was there to do it.
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He just wanted a backing band
with extra goodies put in,
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which he did - he started
having face painted,
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we started going more outrageous.
He was coming over to me,
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"Can I draw just a petal on your
face, or a flower on your cheek?"
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I said, "Yeah, do what you want
with my face."
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♪ I'm waiting for my man
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♪ 26 dollars in my hand... ♪
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David thought I'm Waiting For My Man
did have gay connotations.
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"I'm waiting for my man,
to take him home" -
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and as the act went,
David was out front,
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and everybody used to march up
behind him in close contact.
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I didn't, cos I was on the organ,
but you had Bob Evans...
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David Bowie, Bob Evans,
Rod Davis was lead guitar,
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used to go round the stage
really as a homosexual thing,
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I'm Waiting, and really
close contact together.
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Do you remember that? No!
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You can't? I can't, no.
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I'm laughing at the fact
you're talking about
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you being on the organ...
Oh, I see!
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♪ Oh, pardon me, sir
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♪ It springs to my mind
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♪ I'm just lookin' for
a good friendly behind
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♪ I'm waiting for my man. ♪
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But he had some great ideas
for that time.
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But David's time with us was
eight weeks, 25 gigs - that's all.
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Maybe he just felt overnight,
you know,
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he's done his bit with us
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and now I want to move on to
something a bit more theatrical.
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I was looking for someone
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who could be
an all-round entertainer,
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and I thought in David we had found
someone who could be.
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When we first went
to the Deram label,
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the man who was in charge of
the album department said to me,
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"This is the greatest thing
that's come here since Tony Newley."
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♪ No star to guide me
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♪ And no-one beside me... ♪
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And he was a funny sort of guy.
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Very much a Cockney,
lovable Cockney kind of character.
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And David would only be
Anthony Newley,
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all the way through
doing all the other stuff.
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♪ Maybe tomorrow
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♪ I'll find what I'm after
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♪ I'll throw off my sorrow
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♪ Beg, steal or borrow
my share of laughter... ♪
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The thing is, I never thought that
I could sing very well
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and I used to kind of
try on people's voices,
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if they appealed to me,
when I was a kid, about 15, 16.
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So I started singing
like Anthony Newley.
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♪ ..You turn away. ♪
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So I was writing these really weird
Tony Newley type songs.
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I thought, "Yeah, this is my bag."
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♪ Rubber band
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♪ Won't you play a haunting theme
again to me
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♪ While I eat my scones
and drink my cup of tea?
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♪ The sun is warm
but it's a lonely afternoon... ♪
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He just had such wacky songs.
About the only thing that used to
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bother us is that he sounded like
Anthony Newley all the time,
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to the point that
we used to comment on it,
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and David would just say,
"I can't sing any other way."
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We knew bloody well he could,
but I think he just had a fixation
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to the point that as soon as
he opened his mouth,
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Anthony Newley shot out.
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You know, it was like
he just had no control over it.
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I hope you break your baton!
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Ha-ha-ha-ha! A-ha-ha-ha-ha.
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A-ha.
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Ha-ha-ha-ha.
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Ha-ha-ha!
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Go on!
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PLAYS "LAUGHING GNOME" RIFF
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♪ Da-da-dun-dun
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♪ Bom-bom-bom-bom
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♪ Ba ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba...♪
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It's very, very simple.
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♪ I was walking down the high street
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♪ When I heard footsteps behind me
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♪ And there was a little old man
Hello!
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♪ In scarlet and grey
Chuckling away... ♪
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CHUCKLING
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One of the great influences
that he had was Anthony Newley.
484
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,439
Which to me, I didn't get that.
485
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,519
Who got it was my wife Robin.
486
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,160
He was singing once,
and Robin looked at me and went...
487
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,759
"Did he just Anthony Newley us?"
488
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,959
I was like, "Yes, I think he did,
honey."
489
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,119
♪ Ha ha ha
490
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:40,839
♪ Hee hee hee
491
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,039
♪ I'm a laughing gnome
and you can't catch me
492
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:45,960
♪ Ha ha ha... ♪
493
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,999
I'll always associate Laughing Gnome
with Gus Dudgeon
494
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,079
because he used to sit there
doing tricks with his glasses
495
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,559
whilst I was making it!
496
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,759
Because we had the technology.
497
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,439
RECORDED LAUGHTER PLAYS
498
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,399
Get down with it! Woo!
499
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:05,919
Fuck off.
500
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,999
Hee hee hee!
501
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,279
He said, "Right, we need some
gnome voices on this thing."
502
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,919
And I showed him it could be done,
503
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,639
and he went, "Oh, well, that's it,
we've got to do it."
504
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:20,480
♪ I'm a laughing gnome
and you can't catch me... ♪
505
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:27,079
You had to slow the tape down
to pretty much half speed
506
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,439
and sing normally.
We did quite a lot of takes,
507
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,839
and got very silly, and
got very rude at times,
508
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,759
and there were some obscenities
that we can't possibly talk about,
509
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,159
but everyone had a good time
doing it.
510
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:39,999
Come on, Fred!
511
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,119
♪ Ha ha ha!
512
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,759
♪ Hee hee hee
513
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,479
♪ I'm the laughing gnome
and you can't catch me
514
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,520
♪ Said the laughing gnome. ♪
515
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,399
In a way, David's also very clever.
516
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:57,039
That simplicity aspect, I think,
is very, very important.
517
00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,239
I mean, his love for the Velvet
Underground and the whole
518
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,519
Lou Reed thing, and the simplicity
of Waiting For The Man.
519
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,559
HE PLAYS:
I'm Waiting For The Man
520
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,279
♪ Waiting for the man... ♪
521
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,039
That same pulsation...
522
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,839
♪ ..I was walking
523
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:12,439
♪ Da-da da-da
524
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,679
♪ Da da daa da daa da daaa... ♪
525
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,320
It's exactly the same.
526
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,839
♪ Waiting for the man... ♪
527
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:25,799
Two chords.
I mean, Fame is three chords.
528
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:30,679
And so, this simplicity is amazing.
And it's totally relevant.
529
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,839
But...
The Velvet Underground was cool.
530
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,479
There's nothing cool about
The Laughing Gnome.
531
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:39,999
♪ Ha ha ha
532
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,319
♪ Hee hee hee... ♪
533
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,319
BOWIE LAUGHS
♪ ..I'm the laughing gnome
534
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:44,959
♪ And you can't catch me
535
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:46,599
♪ Ha ha ha
536
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,919
♪ Hee hee hee Oh, dear me!
537
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,799
♪ I'm the laughing gnome
and you can't catch me... ♪
538
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,079
Everything he did kind of failed.
539
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,519
The Laughing Gnome,
that single that he loathed,
540
00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,479
didn't give him satisfaction.
541
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:03,399
I don't know how he coped with this,
except that I do know that
542
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,599
if you want something hard enough
and it's not happened,
543
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,720
it only makes you want to go on
and want it even more.
544
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,479
♪ La-la la la-la la
545
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:22,000
♪ La-la la la-la la la... ♪
546
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,359
Oh, my word!
547
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,400
54 years or so
of history coming back at me.
548
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,119
Bowie was young. He was trying
to make a mark for himself.
549
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,599
And he was very much a Jack the lad,
there's no two ways about it.
550
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,839
But I remember he was
very funny to work with.
551
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,559
We did have a lot of moments
where we collapsed in laughter.
552
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:46,799
VERNON: ..Four.
553
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,279
NORTHERN ACCENT:
Where there's muck, there's brass.
554
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,199
Crisp cream short and a lemonade
sandwich out on a... oh, sure!
555
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,080
That's where the men are.
556
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,279
David was an easy guy
to get along with, you know.
557
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,079
It's just that his songs were wild.
558
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:04,040
One, two. One, two, three, four.
559
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,999
They were totally quirky
and off the wall, you know.
560
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,719
And there are some really
good songs and there are emotions
561
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,399
and there are stories.
562
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,319
And this was the one thing
that Bowie was very good at.
563
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:17,879
There's no discussion about it.
564
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:21,160
♪ Just look through your window
565
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,600
♪ Look who sits outside
566
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,879
♪ Little me is waiting
567
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,040
♪ Standing through the night
568
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,199
♪ When you walk out
through your door
569
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:39,199
♪ I'll wave my flag and shout
570
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,319
♪ Oh, beautiful baby
571
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,359
♪ My burning desire
started on Sunday
572
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:49,480
♪ Give me your heart
and I'll love you till Tuesday. ♪
573
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,400
Well, I might be able
to stretch it till Wednesday.
574
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,919
The songs had
a different viewpoint.
575
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:03,319
Singing songs that were...
appeared to be written by children.
576
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:08,719
I don't remember ever hearing
really any other song at that time
577
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:13,479
that was a story that was
apparently being told by children.
578
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,920
It seemed to me completely unique.
579
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,839
♪ There is a happy land
580
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:35,759
♪ Where only children live
581
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:43,519
♪ They don't have the time
to learn the ways of you, sir
582
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,599
♪ Mr Grown-Up... ♪
583
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,280
Good heavens. It's been
60 years since I've been here.
584
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,359
And I never, ever
use the front door.
585
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,839
We always came in
through the back alley.
586
00:33:55,840 --> 00:34:01,960
♪ It's a secret place
and adults aren't allowed there
587
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:04,240
♪ Mr Grown-Up
588
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,360
♪ Go away, sir... ♪
589
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,799
David used to do his performances
on the windowsill over there,
590
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:21,959
and David would go, "Ta-da!"
And he'd do his Flowerpot Men.
591
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:26,519
He would jump around with
a terracotta pot on his head.
592
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,440
THEY LAUGH
Plop! Plop!
593
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,799
His father John
absolutely doted on him.
594
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:40,079
But David's mum Peggy
never became involved in games.
595
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:44,799
She would sit and watch, but
she would never enthuse, you know.
596
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,119
She wouldn't be, "Oh, how
wonderful!" or anything like that.
597
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,879
And she would often tell us
we were being soppy.
598
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,319
♪ Two and two are four
599
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:58,599
♪ Four and four are eight... ♪
600
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:02,839
Inchworm, Danny Kaye,
conjures up my childhood for me.
601
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,159
HE LAUGHS
602
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:08,160
It's very sweet, and it was from
the film Hans Christian Andersen.
603
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:16,959
♪ Inchworm, inchworm
604
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:21,879
♪ Measuring a marigold... ♪
605
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,679
It sounded so personal.
606
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,679
And the person who was singing it
sounded like he'd been hurt, too.
607
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,399
And I think that really got to me,
608
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,479
and it might have gone into
the way I wrote a bit, you know?
609
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:33,999
"I've been hurt too!"
610
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,679
♪ Inchworm
611
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,679
♪ Inchworm... ♪
612
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,879
Often talking out your hurt,
you know,
613
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,879
is something I find that,
you know, writers can do.
614
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,960
And I may have
done that a few times.
615
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:56,239
David's mum was quite quiet,
really. She didn't say a lot.
616
00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:58,639
I wasn't sure she liked me, even.
You know?
617
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,719
Because sometimes, you think,
"Well, maybe she doesn't like me.
618
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:04,759
"She's a bit quiet
and doesn't say anything."
619
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:08,200
I never saw her laugh or smile.
Certainly not to me.
620
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:14,519
And bless her heart, when she died,
I wrote to David and said,
621
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,319
"I'm sorry about your mother," etc.
622
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:19,560
I said, "Actually, she never
quite took to me, your mother."
623
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,879
And he wrote back to me and said,
624
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,519
"Trouble is, Geoff, she never
quite took to me either."
625
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,559
♪ Smiling girls and rosy boys
626
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,919
♪ Come and buy my little toys
627
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,959
♪ Monkeys made of gingerbread
628
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,839
♪ And sugar horses painted red... ♪
629
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,479
David spent his entire life
trying to win her approval.
630
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,799
I think when David was young,
631
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:48,039
he suffered a lot from the problems
in his parents' marriage.
632
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:53,879
They didn't engage in affectionate
conversation with each other.
633
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,799
John was very much in love
with Peggy.
634
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:01,120
Peggy would say to John's face
it was a marriage of convenience.
635
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:07,640
And so there was this rift,
and David had to be very careful.
636
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,359
If he allowed his father
to make too much of him,
637
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:12,560
it would annoy Peggy.
638
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:18,999
I think the most significant thing
in David's life was that
639
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,679
he was always striving
for Peggy's love.
640
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,800
I think he spent his life
trying to win her approval.
641
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,239
♪ Rich men's children running fast
642
00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:31,559
♪ Their fathers dressed in hose
643
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:35,919
♪ Golden hair and mud
of many acres on their shoes
644
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,159
♪ Gazing eyes and running wild
645
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,479
♪ Past the stocks and over stiles
646
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,519
♪ Kiss the window, merry child
647
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,479
♪ But come and buy my toys... ♪
648
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,919
The idea of writing sort of
short stories, I think
649
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,359
that was quite novel at the time,
excuse the pun!
650
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,519
I was quite satisfied with
the way things were going.
651
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,759
I mean, I hadn't found
any voice style,
652
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:56,600
and I hadn't found
any way to perform.
653
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,959
The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper
unfortunately
654
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:10,919
came out at the same time. I mean,
655
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,359
it was pretty strong competition.
There was...
656
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,479
Frankly, Bowie didn't
stand a chance, really,
657
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:20,039
and that's why the record, I guess,
at the time, completely flopped.
658
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,040
It didn't really do
any business at all.
659
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,879
I thought it was
absolutely beautiful.
660
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,119
It was the first time
that I heard David.
661
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:35,439
I loved all the songs,
some more than others, I suppose,
662
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,799
and it was that song,
When I Live My Dream...
663
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,719
♪ When I live my dream
I'll be there... ♪
664
00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:43,599
..that started the whole thing off.
665
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,799
That's when I fell in love with him,
for one thing.
666
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:51,719
♪ When I live my dream,
I'll take you with me
667
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:56,239
♪ Riding on a golden horse... ♪
668
00:38:56,240 --> 00:39:00,759
Lindsay was using the Deram
album in his show.
669
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,959
He was miming to certain
aspects of this album,
670
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,839
and news of that got to David,
671
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,640
and therefore, he went to see
one of Lindsay's performances.
672
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,599
And the curtains opened
and there was a very beautiful man
673
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:22,960
sitting in the front row
who turned out to be David Bowie.
674
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,359
But he came round after
the show and
675
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:31,199
there was kind of a tatty curtain
which you pulled to one side.
676
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:35,199
But it was like the
Archangel Gabriel standing there.
677
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,079
Just this kind of light.
678
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,799
♪ Till that day
679
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,919
♪ You'll run to many other men
680
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,719
♪ And let them know
it's just for now
681
00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:48,319
♪ Tell them that I've got a dream
682
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,639
♪ And tell them
you're the starring role. ♪
683
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:56,400
He had a grace and a brain
as well, though, as beauty.
684
00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:58,960
But he was funny.
685
00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:01,799
And, you know, I mean,
686
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:06,799
beauty and humour are the two things
that attract me the most.
687
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,599
They've got to have both of those.
688
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,600
If they're going to last
more than a weekend!
689
00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:16,799
We said, "Well,
let's get together, you know.
690
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,119
"I'd love to write some music
for your show." And he said,
691
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,599
"Well, I can't pay you,"
because he wasn't earning anything.
692
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,639
"Yeah," I said,
"Well, look, that's all right,
693
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:26,439
"because I want to learn mime.
So in exchange, you teach me mime,
694
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,760
"and I'll work with you
in writing music."
695
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:34,519
♪ Bang the drum
and blow the bugle call
696
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,399
♪ Pierrot takes the stage
to play for all
697
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,759
♪ For here's the life
misfortune rules
698
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,719
♪ Forsaken by his Columbine. ♪
699
00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:45,359
The premiere was at
the Oxford Playhouse,
700
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:49,079
so we got paid
a nominal kind of fee from there,
701
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:53,440
and we transferred to the West End.
702
00:40:54,960 --> 00:41:00,119
Albeit West 11, Notting Hill,
which was not quite so fashionable
703
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:04,799
then as it is now,
and the tiny Mercury Theatre,
704
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,680
the home of British ballet.
705
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:12,319
And I think it sat 120 seats,
706
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,799
so we didn't make much money.
Need I say more?
707
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,919
And nobody came at all!
Nobody came at all.
708
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:23,999
♪ Till the day my dream
cascades around me
709
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,559
♪ I'm content to let you
pass me by... ♪
710
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,919
I thought, well, here I am, I'm
a bit sort of mixed up creatively,
711
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:32,639
I've got all these things going
712
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,759
I like doing at once on stage,
or whatever.
713
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:38,599
I'm not quite sure if I'm a mime
or a songwriter or a singer.
714
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,999
Why am I doing
any of these things anyway?
715
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,600
And I realised it was because
I wanted to be well known.
716
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:50,160
♪ Tell them I'm
a dreaming kind of guy... ♪
717
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,719
I've always been a very curious
and enthusiastic person.
718
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:05,799
I just had to accept that I was
a person that had a very short
719
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:09,119
attention span, would move from
one thing to another quite rapidly,
720
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,519
then I got bored with the other.
721
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,279
♪ Ground control to Major Tom
722
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,439
♪ Your circuit's dead
723
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,199
♪ There's something wrong
724
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,359
♪ Can you hear me, Major Tom? ♪
725
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:26,399
Somehow I knew that what
I was doing was important.
726
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,119
Taking elements from areas
727
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:32,160
that really shouldn't sit
comfortably with each other.
728
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:44,239
The name was Hermione Farthingale,
and I absolutely adored her.
729
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:47,239
I mean, she was the real
first love in my life.
730
00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:49,240
And she was a ballet dancer.
731
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:55,679
We did fall in love.
It took maybe five minutes.
732
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,880
SHE LAUGHS Maximum.
733
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:02,759
He was a lad, a youthlet.
He was very, very young.
734
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,359
He looked ridiculously young.
He looked about eight.
735
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:09,079
And in fact, when I first
went out with him,
736
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,159
it did sort of bother me
a little bit.
737
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:15,039
I had to keep reminding myself
he was actually 21.
738
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:18,679
♪ And we'd talk with our eyes
739
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,999
♪ Of the sweetness in our lives
740
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:26,119
♪ And tomorrow's
a rich surprise... ♪
741
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:31,720
Hermione was a couple of notches up,
you know. She was posh.
742
00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:40,520
But really nice. They did look like
mirror images, so they fit together.
743
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:47,119
Our life was not regular.
Neither of us were working 9 to 5.
744
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,119
It wasn't a very
rock 'n' roll life either.
745
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:53,599
Occasionally we had a glass
of white wine!
746
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,319
And David wasn't even very
good at having a spliff.
747
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,159
♪ Baby, baby
748
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:03,479
♪ Brush the dust of youth
from off your shoulder
749
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:10,919
♪ Because the years of threading
daisies lie behind you now... ♪
750
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:15,679
David was, I have to say,
the perfect English gentleman.
751
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:17,119
I mean, I remember, for example,
752
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,679
when he and Hermione
sat down for dinner,
753
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:24,439
David held the chair for her
and pushed the chair in for her
754
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:30,360
and being very polite,
easy-going and very lovely people.
755
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:35,959
♪ Let your hair hang down
756
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,319
♪ Wear the dress your mother wore
757
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:43,359
♪ Let me sleep beside you... ♪
758
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:46,239
In the early days, he wasn't happy
professionally at all
759
00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:50,320
because it was a massive struggle,
that whole year.
760
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,159
I remember there was this endless
period where I was, like,
761
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:57,999
scrubbing out people's kitchens.
I know I did that.
762
00:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,679
Anything to pick up a few dollars.
763
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,239
But I needed something that didn't
tie me down in any way
764
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:04,599
so if an audition came along
or whatever,
765
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,400
I'd be free to do it, you know?
766
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:12,199
But by August,
it suddenly came to him
767
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:15,200
that what he wanted to do was this
mixed media performance.
768
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:20,519
♪ I will give you dreams
769
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:24,759
♪ And I'll tell you things
you'd like to hear
770
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:28,479
♪ Let your hair hang down
771
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,399
♪ Wear the dress
your mother wore... ♪
772
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:33,479
I was in a mixed media group,
which means that one of us
773
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:34,999
could dance, another one could sing
774
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:38,359
and another one had some poetry
and we put it all together.
775
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,399
And went underground.
776
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:42,039
It was called Feathers.
777
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:46,039
And the girl was Hermione
and the guy was Hutch on guitar.
778
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,799
♪ While stepping through
a heaven's eye
779
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,519
♪ Two lovers' souls we spied
780
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:54,799
♪ Their whisper cloud voice
sang to me
781
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:57,159
♪ A tearful, happy cry... ♪
782
00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:00,759
David and Feathers,
we could do a song quite heavy
783
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:04,599
and quite deep, but you can
change the mood on a gig
784
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:05,999
by doing something with it,
785
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:07,999
a nice snappy guitar riff,
786
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:10,319
and Ching-A-Ling song was fine.
787
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:11,599
It was a good song.
788
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:13,439
And it had...
789
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,880
..you know, that was unusual
in its way.
790
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:24,679
Ching-A-Ling was based on David's
12-string, his travelling piano.
791
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,279
You know, that's what he used
all the time to write on
792
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,319
and as long as he stayed on
that instrument,
793
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:30,999
songs were going
to come out that way.
794
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,239
There was... You know, you can't
795
00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:35,319
play rock riffs on a 12-string.
796
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:37,000
You just can't.
797
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:44,359
He'd try one thing,
try another, things didn't...
798
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:46,479
If they didn't work out,
that was absolutely fine
799
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:50,879
and just move on to the next,
but he wasn't lost.
800
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:52,720
He just wasn't found either.
801
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:58,439
We used to do some mime pieces,
you know, and it was, like...
802
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,119
Just throwing in everything I knew
803
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,760
to keep an audience's attention
more than anything else.
804
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:09,519
I can't remember the specifics
of his performance
805
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:11,560
other than what I photographed.
806
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:19,959
It was pretty much like mime
exercises, but a bit extra.
807
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:22,319
It didn't really do it for me.
808
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:23,520
But the man did.
809
00:47:25,240 --> 00:47:28,999
♪ Sell me a coat
with buttons of silver
810
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:32,839
♪ Sell me a coat that's red or gold
811
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:34,319
♪ Sell me a coat... ♪
812
00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:37,839
I didn't shoot colour of David
cos it seemed like a waste.
813
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:42,159
Colour was a whole different
thing and expense.
814
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:45,560
Yeah, he was obviously not going
to be a massive star, so...
815
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,720
..why would I want colour
in my library?
816
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:52,199
David asked me to see it,
817
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,919
a little show that he'd got
together with Feathers.
818
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:59,079
I was walking home and I happened
to glance in the window
819
00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:02,319
of this junk shop and there it was.
820
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:04,200
He did a piece called The Mask.
821
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:09,919
David, I suppose, had seen
Marcel Marceau along the line,
822
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,599
but he wasn't Marcel Marceau.
823
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,439
LAUGHTER
824
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,359
It was dreadful!
825
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:20,080
I cringed, I really cringed.
826
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:29,359
And there are always
people that say,
827
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:32,199
"He was very good in
that miming, wasn't he?"
828
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:33,760
No, no, he was a lot of shit.
829
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:37,759
INTERVIEWER: Has any of
the criticism,
830
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:39,279
or any of the attacks hurt you?
831
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,239
Yes, everything hurts me very much.
832
00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:42,479
I'm very sensitive.
833
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:46,600
But I put myself in that position,
so that's what I'm in for, isn't it?
834
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:52,279
Feathers was never destined to last.
835
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:56,599
He never said, "Let's the three of
us get really famous together."
836
00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:58,920
It was a stepping stone.
837
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:06,679
But I had also said to myself,
838
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:09,119
"Am I actually going to be with
David for the rest of my life?"
839
00:49:09,120 --> 00:49:11,359
And I didn't think
I was actually going to.
840
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:13,319
He was clearly going somewhere
841
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:16,400
and I just didn't think I was going
to tread that path with him.
842
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:27,679
Song Of Norway was a big MGM
spectacular which needed dancers
843
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:29,680
for seven months or so.
844
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,239
It was something that nobody
in their right mind
845
00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:34,560
would have turned down.
846
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:41,839
I just thought, "Yeah,
this is what I want to be doing."
847
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:43,879
I suddenly realised that I had to...
848
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,440
..I had to pull out and stop.
849
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:52,799
Oh, God, yes, my heart broke.
850
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:56,599
She was doing this funny romp
in Norway with bits of ballet in it
851
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:59,159
and she was cast in that.
852
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:02,959
God, I didn't get over that
for such a long time.
853
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:04,200
It really broke me up.
854
00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:10,320
I think he was vulnerable and
he was scared of being abandoned.
855
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:15,600
I think he was very hesitant
about giving himself.
856
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:20,919
And David must have been very
frightened by all the comings
857
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:24,320
and goings of various
family members.
858
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:28,039
♪ When I'm five
859
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:32,360
♪ I will read the magazines
in Mummy's drawer
860
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:38,199
♪ When I'm five
861
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:45,039
♪ I will walk behind the soldiers
in the May Day parade... ♪
862
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:48,399
I have a cousin who is very dear
to me who was shuttled around
863
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:50,079
from family to family and came
864
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:51,800
and stayed with us for a while.
865
00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:57,439
My mother had children
that I never really knew about,
866
00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:01,559
but that were also shifted off to
another family.
867
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:04,719
It just seemed everybody
in the family had this kind
868
00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:08,799
of attribute of being in transition
from one stage to another.
869
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:11,079
♪ When I'm five
870
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:15,959
♪ I will catch a butterfly
and eat it and I won't be sick... ♪
871
00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:21,119
I think I'd realised that
the transitory nature of life
872
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:24,400
was, erm... something that we all
had to deal with.
873
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:30,799
I think one of the reasons
he was so very good as a child,
874
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:36,040
and he was, was because he was
afraid he'd be given away, too.
875
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,119
VOCALS ONLY:
♪ Ground Control to Major Tom
876
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:46,679
♪ Your circuit's dead,
there's something wrong
877
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:49,200
♪ Can you hear me, Major Tom? ♪
878
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:52,879
I related it to myself a lot
more than
879
00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:54,839
anything I'd written up until then.
880
00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:57,839
There was something about it
that touched areas of my fears
881
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:02,119
about my own insecurities socially
and maybe emotionally.
882
00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:05,879
This feeling of isolation that
I had ever since I was a kid,
883
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:08,600
was really starting
to manifest itself.
884
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:15,879
I think the isolation of the film
2001 made itself very obvious
885
00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:18,279
when I wrote the song Space Oddity,
886
00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:19,959
because for the first time,
887
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:24,120
I really felt a sense of how you
could write as an isolationist.
888
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:32,199
I thought, "Well, gee,
I am Major Tom.
889
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:36,879
"Here I am in my own cosmic space
and nobody can possibly understand
890
00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:40,599
"what it's like to be out here
on this umbilical cord
891
00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:42,200
"attached to my craft."
892
00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:49,400
♪ Ground Control to Major Tom
893
00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:56,000
♪ Ground Control to Major Tom
894
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:04,719
♪ Take your protein pills
and put your helmet on... ♪
895
00:53:04,720 --> 00:53:07,639
David wrote it
as a song for two people -
896
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:09,840
Ground Control and Major Tom.
897
00:53:11,240 --> 00:53:13,959
David would sing the lead
and I would come up with
898
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:17,440
the easiest way for me
to sound right as the harmony voice.
899
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:24,439
♪ Check ignition
and may God's love be with you... ♪
900
00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:26,639
Blast off!
901
00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:30,039
Not only that,
I should have been on the record!
902
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:32,039
As Ground Control, obviously.
903
00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:35,120
But I'd left. I was in a drawing
office in Scarborough by then.
904
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:42,159
♪ This is Major Tom
to Ground Control
905
00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:45,200
♪ I'm stepping through the door
906
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:51,600
♪ And I'm floating in a most
peculiar way
907
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:58,959
♪ Can I please get back inside now
if I may? ♪
908
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:01,639
When I heard the demo
of Space Oddity,
909
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:04,359
I didn't like it all that much
910
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:07,199
and I handed it to Gus Dudgeon.
911
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,080
He really loved David.
912
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:12,759
I said, "Tony, you're crazy!
913
00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:14,679
"Are you sure you don't
want to do this song?"
914
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:16,519
He said, "No, you want to
do it, obviously."
915
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:18,719
I said, "I can't wait."
916
00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:21,239
And so he said, "Well,
you do that and the B-side
917
00:54:21,240 --> 00:54:23,640
"and I'll do the rest of the album."
I said, "OK, fine."
918
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,959
If Gus were alive,
which he isn't, unfortunately,
919
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:33,439
he would be presenting this to you
and I was really, really impressed
920
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:36,560
with the job that David
and Gus Dudgeon had done on this.
921
00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:41,759
What makes this work is drama.
922
00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:44,199
The first thing you hear
is an ominous
923
00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:46,920
12-string guitar fade up
from nothing.
924
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:51,399
DRUMS ENTER
925
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:52,879
So, all that is quite dramatic.
926
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:55,679
That's not your average pop song,
but, you know,
927
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:58,279
it doesn't hit you in the face,
doesn't hit you in the head.
928
00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:00,199
It's drama and you are sucked
into it,
929
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:02,560
so this is a very clever
device that he used.
930
00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:06,920
♪ Ground Control to Major Tom
931
00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:14,919
♪ Ground Control to Major Tom... ♪
932
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:18,199
So, David used this revolutionary
new instrument,
933
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:19,999
the mighty little Stylophone.
934
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:21,399
RISING ELECTRONIC NOTE
935
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:25,159
So it all adds to the kind of
science fiction quality of the song.
936
00:55:25,160 --> 00:55:31,599
♪ Check ignition
and may God's love be with you... ♪
937
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:34,279
Very dramatic liftoff, isn't it?
938
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:37,840
MELODY BUILDS
939
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:50,199
♪ This is Ground Control
to Major Tom
940
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:52,839
♪ You've really made the grade... ♪
941
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:54,879
And another new thing
it had on it,
942
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:58,719
which the Beatles kind of debuted,
was the Mellotron.
943
00:55:58,720 --> 00:56:01,400
ELECTRONIC STRING CHORDS
944
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:12,479
David wanted it because he wanted it
945
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:14,199
to sound not like strings,
946
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:15,559
but like strings,
947
00:56:15,560 --> 00:56:17,239
and I knew exactly what he meant.
948
00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:19,640
It's recorded strings.
It's the tapes inside.
949
00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:24,279
Erm...
950
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:28,039
..but one of the problems you have
with this instrument is that
951
00:56:28,040 --> 00:56:30,040
a note only lasts eight seconds...
952
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:32,919
..and then it cuts out.
953
00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:34,879
So if you hold a chord long enough,
954
00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:38,399
and sometimes you need to hold it
for a lot longer than eight seconds,
955
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,839
after you get to the eight
second mark, it starts to...
956
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:42,639
CHORD DISTORTS AND DIES
957
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:45,799
..to do that, which is
why I hated the bloody thing,
958
00:56:45,800 --> 00:56:47,599
to be brutally honest with you.
959
00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:53,080
♪ And the papers want to know
whose shirts you wear
960
00:56:54,400 --> 00:57:00,520
♪ Now it's time to leave the capsule
if you dare... ♪
961
00:57:08,640 --> 00:57:12,480
Covered it in echo to get the actual
sound that David wanted.
962
00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:18,079
Which I have nicked ever since
to use on Yes records.
963
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:22,759
♪ Though I'm past 100,000 miles
964
00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:27,279
♪ I'm feeling very still
965
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:33,320
♪ And I think my spaceship knows
which way to go
966
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:38,439
♪ Tell my wife I love her very much
967
00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:40,560
♪ She knows
968
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:45,199
♪ Ground Control to Major Tom
969
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:48,919
♪ Your circuit's dead,
there's something wrong
970
00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:51,919
♪ Can you hear me, Major Tom? ♪
971
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:54,959
INTERVIEWER: David, the record which
you have in the charts in Britain
972
00:57:54,960 --> 00:57:58,399
at the moment is undoubtedly your
biggest success to date, isn't it?
973
00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:00,439
My only success to date, yeah!
974
00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:03,879
♪ Here am I
floating round my tin can... ♪
975
00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:05,919
When he had the big hit
with Space Oddity,
976
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:10,679
that's where the change came, where
he started seeing himself as a star.
977
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:12,839
♪ Planet Earth is blue
978
00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:16,519
♪ And there's nothing I can do... ♪
979
00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:18,719
People knew who
David Bowie was, then.
980
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:22,719
He was the Major Tom guy and they'd
say, "Hey, Major Tom!" and all that.
981
00:58:22,720 --> 00:58:24,639
People would see him, you know?
982
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:25,919
Which he loved.
983
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:27,679
He absolutely loved it.
984
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:28,759
APPLAUSE
985
00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:33,639
Accepting the special merit award
for originality, David Bowie.
986
00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:36,239
But I said, "You're never write
another song like this again."
987
00:58:36,240 --> 00:58:37,359
And he didn't.
988
00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:39,639
What he did come up with
was something
989
00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:41,359
no-one dreamt about at the time.
990
00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:45,799
He was the first rock star
to take on a different identity.
991
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:49,079
In other words, it was
Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie.
992
00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:51,160
That was his stroke of genius.
993
00:58:53,480 --> 00:58:55,959
Off the record, everybody told me,
994
00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:58,519
they said, "David, you've
got to have a single."
995
00:58:58,520 --> 00:59:00,679
So I said, "Right, I'll go away
996
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:05,999
"and I will write an archetype
single in my style
997
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:10,479
"based loosely on Space Oddity,"
so that people say,
998
00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:13,159
"Ah, this is what we were waiting
for from David Bowie
999
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:15,519
"as a follow-up to Space Oddity."
1000
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:17,639
That's Starman.
Starman was strictly...
1001
00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:19,639
I wrote it in about 15 minutes.
1002
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:22,039
I used every cliched phrase
I could think of
1003
00:59:22,040 --> 00:59:24,639
to do with star men
and people in space,
1004
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:27,159
and "Let the children boogie"
and all that.
1005
00:59:27,160 --> 00:59:31,720
Shoved it in - three minutes
and on a nice tune.
1006
00:59:36,520 --> 00:59:38,439
♪ Didn't know what time it was
1007
00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:41,119
♪ And the lights were low, oh, oh
1008
00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:45,839
♪ I leaned back on my radio, oh, oh
1009
00:59:45,840 --> 00:59:48,079
♪ Some cat was laying down some
1010
00:59:48,080 --> 00:59:49,879
♪ Get it on rock and roll
1011
00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:50,920
♪ He said...
1012
00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:57,439
♪ Then the loud sound
did seem to fa-a-ade
1013
00:59:57,440 --> 01:00:01,759
♪ Came back like a slow voice
on a wave of pha-a-se
1014
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:03,359
♪ That weren't no DJ
1015
01:00:03,360 --> 01:00:06,999
♪ That was hazy cosmic jive... ♪
1016
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:09,159
INTERVIEWER: Do you enjoy
being a rock star?
1017
01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:10,839
Fantastic.
BOWIE LAUGHS
1018
01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:13,279
I'm just...
You know, messing around.
1019
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:17,759
I never really thought I'm going
to make my mark as a...
1020
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:20,959
I just thought, "Well, I'll be
David Bowie, the first David Bowie,"
1021
01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:22,119
that's all.
1022
01:00:22,120 --> 01:00:26,319
♪ There's a starman
waiting in the sky
1023
01:00:26,320 --> 01:00:30,719
♪ He'd like to come and meet us,
but he thinks he'd blow our minds
1024
01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:35,479
♪ There's a starman
waiting in the sky
1025
01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:37,679
♪ He told us not to blow it
1026
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:40,839
♪ Cos he knows it's all worthwhile,
he told me
1027
01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:43,039
♪ Let the children lose it
1028
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:45,439
♪ Let the children use it
1029
01:00:45,440 --> 01:00:47,439
♪ Let all the children boogie
1030
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:49,359
♪ Starman... ♪
1031
01:00:49,360 --> 01:00:51,719
When we did the Space Oddity album
in Trident Studios,
1032
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:54,439
David used to walk about
like he was a star.
1033
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:56,999
You could see it just by...
He could walk into a pub
1034
01:00:57,000 --> 01:00:59,479
and you'd think, "He's going
to be a star," and, you know,
1035
01:00:59,480 --> 01:01:03,520
but not necessarily by his music or
his playing at that time, you know?
1036
01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:07,519
He was a bit like a folky singer.
1037
01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:09,520
He wasn't like
the rock god he became.
1038
01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:13,999
But then again, David was very deep,
you know?
1039
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:16,759
He would never...
wear his heart on his sleeve.
1040
01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:18,319
He would never come up
to you and say,
1041
01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:20,119
"I'm really worried about this,"
you know?
1042
01:01:20,120 --> 01:01:22,280
He would just ride over it.
1043
01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:28,200
♪ The hand that wrote this letter
sweeps the pillow clean
1044
01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:31,759
♪ So rest your head
1045
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:36,079
♪ And read a treasured dream
1046
01:01:36,080 --> 01:01:39,599
♪ I care for no-one else but you
1047
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:42,399
♪ I'd tear my soul to cease the pain
1048
01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:44,400
♪ I think maybe you feel the same
1049
01:01:46,760 --> 01:01:48,559
♪ What can we do? ♪
1050
01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:52,239
So I wrote my, you know,
my Letter To Hermione on my album.
1051
01:01:52,240 --> 01:01:53,799
I thought, "There, that'll show her!
1052
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:55,399
"If I write something that public,
1053
01:01:55,400 --> 01:01:58,439
"then she'll see that she really
messed me up."
1054
01:01:58,440 --> 01:02:02,759
♪ So I've been writing
just for you... ♪
1055
01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:04,839
He was definitely feeling that song.
1056
01:02:04,840 --> 01:02:07,159
That was him being vulnerable.
1057
01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:09,079
I think we only did
one or two takes.
1058
01:02:09,080 --> 01:02:11,079
There was no reason to keep
recording it
1059
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:12,879
and do it one more time better.
1060
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:16,679
He just did that performance and it
was heart-tugging.
1061
01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:20,480
♪ They say your life is going
very well
1062
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:26,000
♪ They say you sparkle
like a different girl
1063
01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:31,839
♪ But something tells me
that you hide
1064
01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:34,559
♪ When all the world
is warm and tired
1065
01:02:34,560 --> 01:02:37,200
♪ You cry a little in the dark
1066
01:02:38,560 --> 01:02:41,559
♪ Well, so do I... ♪
1067
01:02:41,560 --> 01:02:42,799
Did I cry?
1068
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:44,000
Probably.
1069
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:48,279
I missed him terribly.
1070
01:02:48,280 --> 01:02:51,599
We missed each other as friends.
1071
01:02:51,600 --> 01:02:55,999
Apart from anything else, you know,
that's what we really missed. Yeah.
1072
01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:58,880
♪ I'm not quite sure
what I'm supposed to do
1073
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:07,440
♪ So I'll just write some
love to you. ♪
1074
01:03:32,360 --> 01:03:36,320
♪ I still don't know what
I was waiting for
1075
01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:42,159
♪ And my time was running wild
1076
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:45,719
♪ A million dead-end streets and
1077
01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:50,159
♪ Every time I thought
I'd got it made
1078
01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:54,360
♪ It seemed the taste
was not so sweet... ♪
1079
01:03:56,200 --> 01:04:00,359
It almost seemed that 1970
was the cumulative year for me,
1080
01:04:00,360 --> 01:04:03,120
that's where it all
sort of started to make sense.
1081
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:16,800
♪ I took this walk to ease my mind
1082
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:21,960
♪ Find out what's gnawing at me
1083
01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:26,360
♪ Wouldn't think to look at me
1084
01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:34,759
♪ That I spent a lot of time
on education... ♪
1085
01:04:34,760 --> 01:04:38,639
I was living in this huge
almost neo-Gothic pile
1086
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:41,199
down in Beckenham
called Haddon Hall,
1087
01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:45,399
which had some kind of baronial hall
entrance hall type thing
1088
01:04:45,400 --> 01:04:47,239
and the band that
we collected together,
1089
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:50,599
Visconti and, at the time, Angela,
all kind of shared
1090
01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:54,000
this baronial hall,
so it was kind of a commune thing.
1091
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:03,119
Angie, when I met her,
was this free spirit.
1092
01:05:03,120 --> 01:05:07,079
She was outspoken, had courage
like you wouldn't believe.
1093
01:05:07,080 --> 01:05:10,479
She could walk up to anybody
and give them a piece of her mind
1094
01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:14,280
or get things, and Angie was
the one who made things happen.
1095
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:25,919
NORTHERN ACCENT:
Mick came from Hull.
1096
01:05:25,920 --> 01:05:27,399
You know, he was very down to earth.
1097
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:29,200
BOWIE LAUGHS
1098
01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:34,799
But when I first heard him play,
I thought, "That's my Jeff Beck!
1099
01:05:34,800 --> 01:05:37,159
"He is fantastic,
this kid is great."
1100
01:05:37,160 --> 01:05:39,760
And so I sort of hoodwinked him
into working with me.
1101
01:05:42,240 --> 01:05:43,599
He'd get a song and he'd sit there
1102
01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:45,839
and he'd just play it on the
acoustic guitar, singing.
1103
01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:48,519
I kind of just watched him and kind
of played through everything
1104
01:05:48,520 --> 01:05:52,919
and I guess everybody
kind of liked it.
1105
01:05:52,920 --> 01:05:55,999
I'd played classical piano,
you know, and I played violin
1106
01:05:56,000 --> 01:06:00,959
and with David kind of pushing you
into doing these different things,
1107
01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:02,519
that was really good, too,
1108
01:06:02,520 --> 01:06:04,920
because he encouraged you
to do those things.
1109
01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:10,039
My new band was called Hype.
1110
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:13,039
Tony Visconti on bass,
Mick Ronson on guitar
1111
01:06:13,040 --> 01:06:15,039
and John Cambridge on drums
1112
01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:18,120
and myself on rhythm guitar
and keyboard thing.
1113
01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:24,880
♪ In the corner
of a morning in the past
1114
01:06:26,760 --> 01:06:30,400
♪ I would sit and blame
the master first and last
1115
01:06:32,360 --> 01:06:35,119
♪ All the roads were straight
and narrow
1116
01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:38,039
♪ And the prayers were small
and yellow
1117
01:06:38,040 --> 01:06:42,319
♪ And the rumour spread that
I was ageing fast... ♪
1118
01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:44,599
One of the first gigs that we did
1119
01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:48,880
was in February 1970
at the Roundhouse with Hype.
1120
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:52,560
And I think it was probably
my first costume band.
1121
01:06:54,880 --> 01:06:58,959
And our respective girlfriends
and wives and whatever put together
1122
01:06:58,960 --> 01:07:04,480
all these really ridiculous, like,
cartoon capers, comic hero costumes.
1123
01:07:07,440 --> 01:07:10,959
The Roundhouse gig with the
costumes, that was Angie's idea.
1124
01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:14,439
She said we should all get dressed
up, and maybe David did want to,
1125
01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:18,279
maybe a bit in it as well,
but Angie had a lot to do with it.
1126
01:07:18,280 --> 01:07:21,880
I was Cowboyman, with a cowboy hat,
and I had a frilly shirt.
1127
01:07:23,920 --> 01:07:27,959
Ronson was Guitar Gangster, and
he wore a sort of gangster's outfit,
1128
01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:32,919
and I became this kind of
Spaceman, silver and all that.
1129
01:07:32,920 --> 01:07:37,840
Tony was Hypeman. It was like
a converted Superman-type thing.
1130
01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:42,759
Over the years I forgot the colours
of this, until I saw that video of
1131
01:07:42,760 --> 01:07:46,079
us in colour and, you know, it was
green and red and all that.
1132
01:07:46,080 --> 01:07:48,039
I didn't even know what colour
it was.
1133
01:07:48,040 --> 01:07:50,199
And then they made me, instead of
a Superman cape,
1134
01:07:50,200 --> 01:07:54,079
they made me a very big cape
with wires in it,
1135
01:07:54,080 --> 01:07:55,719
so I had this collar.
1136
01:07:55,720 --> 01:08:00,800
♪ So softly a super god cries... ♪
1137
01:08:05,560 --> 01:08:08,119
We thought that we were kind of,
you know, smart,
1138
01:08:08,120 --> 01:08:10,679
but nobody even
looked at the stage.
1139
01:08:10,680 --> 01:08:14,399
I mean, it was really just the most
depressing night of our lives.
1140
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:16,799
♪ All were minds in uni-thought
1141
01:08:16,800 --> 01:08:19,199
♪ Power's weird
by mystics taught... ♪
1142
01:08:19,200 --> 01:08:21,879
But I think I was getting nearer
to what I wanted to do,
1143
01:08:21,880 --> 01:08:24,639
which was to create this
alternative world,
1144
01:08:24,640 --> 01:08:28,319
which is what I ultimately ended up
doing with the Ziggy thing.
1145
01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:30,399
♪ Nightmare dreams no mortal
mind could hold
1146
01:08:30,400 --> 01:08:33,479
♪ A man would tear his brother's
flesh, a chance to die
1147
01:08:33,480 --> 01:08:35,520
♪ To turn to mould... ♪
1148
01:08:38,360 --> 01:08:40,799
I got a call from David.
1149
01:08:40,800 --> 01:08:44,679
"I've got this place in Beckenham,
in Kent, called Haddon Hall,
1150
01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:46,919
"and we all live there.
1151
01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:50,519
"And I'm doing another album,"
you know, "will you come?"
1152
01:08:50,520 --> 01:08:52,039
So I was like, "Ooh!"
1153
01:08:52,040 --> 01:08:55,039
♪ Gather round all you people
1154
01:08:55,040 --> 01:08:57,519
♪ Watch me while you can... ♪
1155
01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:00,119
So it was like a mansion,
and it was real cheap too, you know,
1156
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:02,039
because David only paid £7 a month,
1157
01:09:02,040 --> 01:09:05,280
and £7 a month was nothing,
you know.
1158
01:09:06,480 --> 01:09:09,040
There was a lot of things
went on there, you know.
1159
01:09:10,600 --> 01:09:14,999
Mick and I slept on the landing
in sleeping bags.
1160
01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:17,679
And I remember waking up one
morning, there was a...
1161
01:09:17,680 --> 01:09:21,999
..oh, just a giggling and screaming
down below, through the banisters.
1162
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:23,839
I looked down and there was, like,
1163
01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:28,279
ten naked females
prancing about downstairs.
1164
01:09:28,280 --> 01:09:33,039
♪ You don't have to be a big wheel,
you don't have to be the end... ♪
1165
01:09:33,040 --> 01:09:35,399
I never saw ten naked women.
1166
01:09:35,400 --> 01:09:37,159
I saw two.
1167
01:09:37,160 --> 01:09:40,319
But people were trying to
get into my bedroom,
1168
01:09:40,320 --> 01:09:43,039
and climb into bed with Liz
and myself,
1169
01:09:43,040 --> 01:09:45,999
and it was like,
"Mate, you're in the wrong room.
1170
01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:47,479
"Go back in that room," you know?
1171
01:09:47,480 --> 01:09:49,519
"It's not like a bordello."
1172
01:09:49,520 --> 01:09:52,040
..which it kind of resembled
after a while.
1173
01:09:55,040 --> 01:09:57,239
You never quite knew what was
going to happen,
1174
01:09:57,240 --> 01:10:01,079
and then David would come down the
staircase in the dress, you know?
1175
01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:03,399
And you'd never seen that before.
1176
01:10:03,400 --> 01:10:05,719
"It's a man's dress."
I said, "Yeah, I assumed that,"
1177
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:07,280
you know?
1178
01:10:09,520 --> 01:10:11,599
It was definitely a man's dress,
1179
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:14,439
although zipped up in the same
way as a woman's.
1180
01:10:14,440 --> 01:10:16,519
We all wore dresses at that time,
1181
01:10:16,520 --> 01:10:17,680
and... No, we didn't.
1182
01:10:18,920 --> 01:10:20,080
No!
1183
01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:25,600
MUSIC: She Shook Me Cold
by David Bowie
1184
01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:30,079
♪ We met upon a hill
1185
01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:33,599
♪ The night was cool and still... ♪
1186
01:10:33,600 --> 01:10:36,799
I was still very much trying to find
who I was as a writer,
1187
01:10:36,800 --> 01:10:39,399
and electric music was appealing
to me more and more,
1188
01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:42,199
especially the heavier
kind of guitar-oriented things.
1189
01:10:42,200 --> 01:10:44,799
♪ I will go back again
1190
01:10:44,800 --> 01:10:48,320
♪ My God, she shook me cold. ♪
1191
01:10:50,320 --> 01:10:53,199
I mean, The Man Who Sold The World
is not completely disconnected
1192
01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:56,359
from the Led Zeppelin-style heavy
metal that was beginning to
1193
01:10:56,360 --> 01:10:58,600
arrive as well.
1194
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:03,559
I think all the sounds that
he's going through
1195
01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:06,799
are things that he's listening to,
having a look at, pulling
1196
01:11:06,800 --> 01:11:11,879
into the next record and, you know,
using that and going on from there.
1197
01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:15,039
♪ I slash them cold,
I kill them dead
1198
01:11:15,040 --> 01:11:18,559
♪ I broke the gooks,
I cracked their heads
1199
01:11:18,560 --> 01:11:21,239
♪ I'll bomb them out
from under the beds
1200
01:11:21,240 --> 01:11:25,400
♪ But now I've got
the running gun blues. ♪
1201
01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:32,439
On Man Who Sold The World, he was
starting to get more of a concept
1202
01:11:32,440 --> 01:11:38,959
of "I'll do what I want to do" -
lyrically particularly and songwise.
1203
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:43,159
The Man Who Sold The World
opened the floodgates.
1204
01:11:43,160 --> 01:11:46,799
I think he was learning
that his ideas could be put across,
1205
01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:49,999
and I think the times
when he didn't compromise on what
1206
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:52,240
he wanted to say
were the successful things.
1207
01:11:54,320 --> 01:11:57,919
♪ Day after day
1208
01:11:57,920 --> 01:12:01,519
♪ They send my friends away
1209
01:12:01,520 --> 01:12:04,479
♪ To mansions cold and grey... ♪
1210
01:12:04,480 --> 01:12:08,719
One of my sort of
half-siblings meant so much
1211
01:12:08,720 --> 01:12:11,399
to me in my early years,
and his name was Terry.
1212
01:12:11,400 --> 01:12:13,039
He was my half-brother.
1213
01:12:13,040 --> 01:12:14,199
My mother's son.
1214
01:12:14,200 --> 01:12:17,599
♪ To the far side of town
1215
01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:20,799
♪ Where the thin men stalk
the streets
1216
01:12:20,800 --> 01:12:24,119
♪ While the sane stay underground. ♪
1217
01:12:24,120 --> 01:12:27,079
Terry probably gave me
the greatest education
1218
01:12:27,080 --> 01:12:28,399
that I could ever have had.
1219
01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:32,520
I mean, he just introduced me
to the outside things.
1220
01:12:36,200 --> 01:12:37,839
And I guess Terry had shown me
1221
01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:41,839
that there's always been a history
of the outside, of the rebel,
1222
01:12:41,840 --> 01:12:43,559
of not being in the centre,
1223
01:12:43,560 --> 01:12:46,240
and not being drawn to the tyranny
of the mainstream.
1224
01:12:49,040 --> 01:12:51,439
But then he would go
away for long periods.
1225
01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:53,960
One period he went away
and joined the RAF.
1226
01:12:55,480 --> 01:12:59,039
And when he came back
he had changed considerably,
1227
01:12:59,040 --> 01:13:01,960
and was showing very evident
signs of schizophrenia.
1228
01:13:03,800 --> 01:13:05,359
And then he went into hospital,
1229
01:13:05,360 --> 01:13:07,719
and he stayed in hospital
for the rest of his life.
1230
01:13:07,720 --> 01:13:11,159
♪ Day after day
1231
01:13:11,160 --> 01:13:14,879
♪ They tell me I can go
1232
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:18,159
♪ They tell me I can blow
1233
01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:21,679
♪ To the far side of town
1234
01:13:21,680 --> 01:13:25,079
♪ Where it's pointless to be high
1235
01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:30,199
♪ Cos it's such a long way down
1236
01:13:30,200 --> 01:13:31,439
♪ So I tell them that
1237
01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:38,359
♪ I can fly, I will scream,
I will break my arm
1238
01:13:38,360 --> 01:13:41,799
♪ I will do me harm... ♪
1239
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:43,399
Insanity...
1240
01:13:43,400 --> 01:13:45,759
..was something that
I was terribly fearful of.
1241
01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:48,519
But I felt that I was the lucky one
because as long as I could
1242
01:13:48,520 --> 01:13:51,599
put those psychological
excesses into my music,
1243
01:13:51,600 --> 01:13:54,279
then I could always be
throwing it off.
1244
01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:59,879
One of the porkies that David
perpetuated for a very long time
1245
01:13:59,880 --> 01:14:05,319
was that he came from a family where
insanity seemed to be the norm.
1246
01:14:05,320 --> 01:14:08,039
And it just wasn't true.
1247
01:14:08,040 --> 01:14:11,399
Yes, Terry had his breakdown,
1248
01:14:11,400 --> 01:14:15,280
but I believe it was
a bad acid trip.
1249
01:14:16,960 --> 01:14:22,399
♪ Than perish with the sad men
roaming free... ♪
1250
01:14:22,400 --> 01:14:26,359
Every arrangement we did on
The Man Who Sold The World album,
1251
01:14:26,360 --> 01:14:29,719
we started them in Haddon Hall,
but we finished
1252
01:14:29,720 --> 01:14:33,240
most of the album in the studio and
made up our own parts on the spot.
1253
01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:38,559
And David would go off into the
hallway and write the lyrics.
1254
01:14:38,560 --> 01:14:39,999
I'd go out half an hour later,
1255
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:42,759
and he'd just be holding
hands with Angie.
1256
01:14:42,760 --> 01:14:46,119
And I'd go, "Come on, write the damn
lyrics, for God's sake!"
1257
01:14:46,120 --> 01:14:49,919
The Man Who Sold The World was
written, the lyrics were written,
1258
01:14:49,920 --> 01:14:53,399
on the same day we recorded it,
which was the last day of the album.
1259
01:14:53,400 --> 01:14:56,759
MUSIC: The Man Who Sold The World
by David Bowie
1260
01:14:56,760 --> 01:15:01,759
The Man Who Sold The World as a song
was kind of about meeting
1261
01:15:01,760 --> 01:15:04,519
himself in the future
and where he'd been,
1262
01:15:04,520 --> 01:15:10,519
and you kind of... That's the
picture you, or I, had in my head.
1263
01:15:10,520 --> 01:15:14,919
♪ We passed upon the stair
1264
01:15:14,920 --> 01:15:18,479
♪ We spoke of was and when
1265
01:15:18,480 --> 01:15:22,639
♪ Although I wasn't there
1266
01:15:22,640 --> 01:15:26,879
♪ He said I was his friend
1267
01:15:26,880 --> 01:15:30,879
♪ Which came as some surprise
1268
01:15:30,880 --> 01:15:34,039
♪ I spoke into his eyes
1269
01:15:34,040 --> 01:15:38,119
♪ I thought you died alone
1270
01:15:38,120 --> 01:15:42,959
♪ A long, long time ago... ♪
1271
01:15:42,960 --> 01:15:46,839
I thought at the time,
"OK, it's pretty hard rock,
1272
01:15:46,840 --> 01:15:48,879
"and progressive, a lot of it."
1273
01:15:48,880 --> 01:15:53,159
So imagine you've got a Zeppelin
album, a Sabbath album,
1274
01:15:53,160 --> 01:15:55,479
and this guy in a dress.
1275
01:15:55,480 --> 01:15:58,360
It's not going to happen,
just for the cover alone.
1276
01:16:01,960 --> 01:16:04,159
♪ Who knows?
1277
01:16:04,160 --> 01:16:05,839
♪ Not me
1278
01:16:05,840 --> 01:16:09,919
♪ I never lost control
1279
01:16:09,920 --> 01:16:13,879
♪ You're face to face
1280
01:16:13,880 --> 01:16:18,520
♪ With the man
who sold the world... ♪
1281
01:16:31,840 --> 01:16:34,519
I was having to create
a bill out of nothing,
1282
01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:38,359
and so I started off with people
that I liked and knew.
1283
01:16:38,360 --> 01:16:41,159
And so I rang David and said,
"Are you interested in doing it?"
1284
01:16:41,160 --> 01:16:44,719
I got Angie, who said,
"No, he's doing some solo gigs,
1285
01:16:44,720 --> 01:16:48,239
"and he's not enjoying them
very much,"
1286
01:16:48,240 --> 01:16:50,520
in her inimitable way.
1287
01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:54,999
And then I rang again
and got David a couple of days later
1288
01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:57,920
and he said, "Well, I'm
kind of interested in doing it."
1289
01:17:01,560 --> 01:17:06,079
I got out to the stage about 5.30
in the morning.
1290
01:17:06,080 --> 01:17:09,599
And when I hit the stage,
nobody knew any of my songs,
1291
01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:11,999
and I'd just written this one called
Oh! You Pretty Things.
1292
01:17:12,000 --> 01:17:14,639
MUSIC: Oh! You Pretty Things
by David Bowie
1293
01:17:14,640 --> 01:17:17,199
♪ Wake up you sleepy head
1294
01:17:17,200 --> 01:17:19,360
♪ Put on some clothes,
shake out your bed. ♪
1295
01:17:20,520 --> 01:17:22,399
MUSIC STOPS No...
1296
01:17:22,400 --> 01:17:24,119
CROWD LAUGHS
1297
01:17:24,120 --> 01:17:27,119
This is about Homo superior.
1298
01:17:27,120 --> 01:17:29,120
You're letting the lyrics down,
badly.
1299
01:17:30,400 --> 01:17:33,799
David, Angie
and I went to Glastonbury,
1300
01:17:33,800 --> 01:17:38,199
and I do remember people crawling
out of their sleeping bags
1301
01:17:38,200 --> 01:17:41,999
and their tents,
and he was up there on his own.
1302
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:46,520
♪ I still don't know what
I was waiting for
1303
01:17:47,720 --> 01:17:52,119
♪ And my time was running wild
1304
01:17:52,120 --> 01:17:56,519
♪ A million dead end streets and
1305
01:17:56,520 --> 01:18:00,559
♪ Every time I thought
I'd got it made
1306
01:18:00,560 --> 01:18:05,359
♪ It seemed the taste was not
so sweet... ♪
1307
01:18:05,360 --> 01:18:07,519
Then a few more arrived,
and then a few more arrived,
1308
01:18:07,520 --> 01:18:09,759
and then people were
running around waking people up.
1309
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:12,599
I could see people... I could see
little scurrying figures up
1310
01:18:12,600 --> 01:18:15,399
the hillside, and from my seat
on the side of the stage,
1311
01:18:15,400 --> 01:18:19,319
until eventually there
were about 400 or 500 people there.
1312
01:18:19,320 --> 01:18:24,199
♪ Of how the others must see
the faker... ♪
1313
01:18:24,200 --> 01:18:27,599
The sun was out, it was warming up,
and these people had
1314
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:30,239
obviously just thought they were
the only people on the planet
1315
01:18:30,240 --> 01:18:31,799
that had discovered this young man.
1316
01:18:31,800 --> 01:18:36,600
And it really was an important
moment, for a lot of people.
1317
01:18:39,440 --> 01:18:43,399
I tell you what, I just want
to say that you've given me
1318
01:18:43,400 --> 01:18:46,719
more pleasure than I've
had in a good few months of working,
1319
01:18:46,720 --> 01:18:48,839
and I don't do gigs any more
because I got
1320
01:18:48,840 --> 01:18:52,439
so pissed off with working and dying
a death every time I worked,
1321
01:18:52,440 --> 01:18:54,879
and it's really nice to have
somebody appreciate me,
1322
01:18:54,880 --> 01:18:56,439
for a change!
1323
01:18:56,440 --> 01:19:00,079
APPLAUSE
1324
01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:02,479
'71 is when I got down to
seriously writing,
1325
01:19:02,480 --> 01:19:06,159
and trying to not
diversify too much.
1326
01:19:06,160 --> 01:19:08,639
I was trying to be a one-man
revolution, you know?
1327
01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:11,400
HE LAUGHS
1328
01:19:15,360 --> 01:19:17,799
I know exactly what he wanted -
he told me.
1329
01:19:17,800 --> 01:19:19,759
He said, "World domination."
1330
01:19:19,760 --> 01:19:22,839
He said there was absolutely
no doubt that he was going to be,
1331
01:19:22,840 --> 01:19:25,959
you know, a world-class superstar
that he became.
1332
01:19:25,960 --> 01:19:27,320
And that's what he wanted.
1333
01:19:30,440 --> 01:19:34,199
♪ Still don't know what
I was waitin' for
1334
01:19:34,200 --> 01:19:36,479
♪ And my time was runnin' wild
1335
01:19:36,480 --> 01:19:38,679
♪ A million dead end streets and
1336
01:19:38,680 --> 01:19:42,079
♪ Every time I thought
I'd got it made
1337
01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:46,439
♪ It seemed the taste was not
so sweet
1338
01:19:46,440 --> 01:19:50,879
♪ Then I turned myself to face me
1339
01:19:50,880 --> 01:19:54,399
♪ But I never caught a glimpse
1340
01:19:54,400 --> 01:19:58,879
♪ Of how the others must see
this faker
1341
01:19:58,880 --> 01:20:01,879
♪ I'm much too fast to take
that test
1342
01:20:01,880 --> 01:20:05,959
♪ Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
1343
01:20:05,960 --> 01:20:08,199
♪ Woohoo, changes... ♪
1344
01:20:08,200 --> 01:20:11,039
♪ Don't tell us to grow up and
out of it
1345
01:20:11,040 --> 01:20:14,479
♪ Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
1346
01:20:14,480 --> 01:20:16,319
♪ Oh, changes!
1347
01:20:16,320 --> 01:20:19,279
♪ Pretty soon you've left us
up to our necks in it
1348
01:20:19,280 --> 01:20:21,999
♪ Time may change me
1349
01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:24,679
♪ But I can't trace time... ♪
1350
01:20:24,680 --> 01:20:27,359
God came to me and he said,
"Let there be Ziggy," you know,
1351
01:20:27,360 --> 01:20:29,719
and I just saw the world in another
kind of fashion.
1352
01:20:29,720 --> 01:20:32,959
And it was about putting
together all the pieces
1353
01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:35,839
and all the things that
fascinated me culturally,
1354
01:20:35,840 --> 01:20:37,879
a hybrid of everything I liked.
1355
01:20:37,880 --> 01:20:40,359
Just playing around with the idea of
rock and roll.
1356
01:20:40,360 --> 01:20:42,199
♪ Turn and face the strange
1357
01:20:42,200 --> 01:20:43,799
♪ Ch-ch-changes
1358
01:20:43,800 --> 01:20:46,679
♪ Look out,
all you rock 'n' rollers. ♪
1359
01:20:46,680 --> 01:20:48,199
He needed a vehicle.
1360
01:20:48,200 --> 01:20:51,999
He needed a character,
to feel comfortable,
1361
01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:54,359
and to put his ideas across.
1362
01:20:54,360 --> 01:20:56,600
It seemed like he really
needed that...
1363
01:20:57,640 --> 01:21:00,999
..which was missing from all those
earlier attempts at success.
1364
01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:03,759
♪ Time may change me
1365
01:21:03,760 --> 01:21:06,400
♪ But I can't trace time. ♪
1366
01:21:17,240 --> 01:21:21,560
MUSIC: Five Years
by David Bowie
1367
01:21:36,440 --> 01:21:42,880
♪ My death waits like a beggar blind
1368
01:21:44,080 --> 01:21:50,879
♪ Who sees the world through
an unlit mind
1369
01:21:50,880 --> 01:21:58,559
♪ Throw him a dime
for the passing time
1370
01:21:58,560 --> 01:22:06,400
♪ My death waits
to allow my friends
1371
01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:11,320
♪ A few good times before it ends. ♪
1372
01:22:12,560 --> 01:22:14,839
Is it difficult for you to do what
you've just been doing
1373
01:22:14,840 --> 01:22:16,439
in a tiny television studio?
1374
01:22:16,440 --> 01:22:18,799
I mean, throwing yourself outwards.
1375
01:22:18,800 --> 01:22:23,359
I find singing and performing
very easy, but this is awful.
1376
01:22:23,360 --> 01:22:25,559
I've never done this before,
a chat show like this.
1377
01:22:25,560 --> 01:22:27,559
Never done... I find this very
difficult.
1378
01:22:27,560 --> 01:22:29,039
Are you nervous? Yes, very.
1379
01:22:29,040 --> 01:22:35,120
♪ Let's pick violets for
the passing time
1380
01:22:37,280 --> 01:22:44,839
♪ My death waits there in
a double bed
1381
01:22:44,840 --> 01:22:52,079
♪ Sails of oblivion at my head
1382
01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:57,480
♪ Pull up the sheets against
the passing time. ♪
1383
01:22:59,760 --> 01:23:00,919
How long do you give it?
1384
01:23:00,920 --> 01:23:01,959
What, me?
1385
01:23:01,960 --> 01:23:03,239
Yeah. How long do I give me?
1386
01:23:03,240 --> 01:23:05,399
How many years do you give yourself?
AUDIENCE LAUGHS
1387
01:23:05,400 --> 01:23:07,799
I don't mean how many years do you
give you yourself in life,
1388
01:23:07,800 --> 01:23:10,519
but how many years can you be a head
of the glamour field, and the head
1389
01:23:10,520 --> 01:23:12,999
of the glitter field? Oh, Lord...
No, I've never been a head
1390
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:15,000
of anything.
I've been, I think, on my own.
1391
01:23:16,040 --> 01:23:17,880
I'm not in an Olympics.
1392
01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:30,759
The artist is strictly a figment
of people's imagination.
1393
01:23:30,760 --> 01:23:32,319
I really believe that.
1394
01:23:32,320 --> 01:23:33,799
We're the original false prophets.
1395
01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:35,479
We are the gods.
1396
01:23:35,480 --> 01:23:37,639
We want it all. You know, we want
all the adulation,
1397
01:23:37,640 --> 01:23:39,559
and people to read the lyrics
and everything,
1398
01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:41,599
and just to play the game, you know?
1399
01:23:41,600 --> 01:23:43,519
We don't exist.
1400
01:23:43,520 --> 01:23:45,199
And I know that that's...
1401
01:23:45,200 --> 01:23:47,999
..I feel that same emptiness that
they all feel,
1402
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:49,879
when they get there.
1403
01:23:49,880 --> 01:23:51,760
Because they know that it's
not real.
1404
01:23:53,720 --> 01:23:55,839
David didn't like a comfort zone.
1405
01:23:55,840 --> 01:23:57,999
He could have done Ziggy
for his whole life,
1406
01:23:58,000 --> 01:24:01,839
and he would have had fans,
but he wanted to move on.
1407
01:24:01,840 --> 01:24:04,960
So I knew Ziggy was not going to be
long-lived.
1408
01:24:06,720 --> 01:24:08,759
Well, it's the last one tonight,
you know?
1409
01:24:08,760 --> 01:24:09,839
Is it?
1410
01:24:09,840 --> 01:24:11,959
Oh, I heard it would last for all
time - is that right?
1411
01:24:11,960 --> 01:24:13,639
We shall see at the end of the show.
1412
01:24:13,640 --> 01:24:15,039
Yeah.
1413
01:24:15,040 --> 01:24:16,559
It has been mentioned.
1414
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:18,799
You're making an announcement,
though, here tonight?
1415
01:24:18,800 --> 01:24:20,920
Erm... if that's the case, I will be.
1416
01:24:22,160 --> 01:24:24,919
I knew that it was
a very important show.
1417
01:24:24,920 --> 01:24:26,679
I knew he was nervous.
1418
01:24:26,680 --> 01:24:29,119
Because something
was really working,
1419
01:24:29,120 --> 01:24:32,959
and he spent a decade working
to that.
1420
01:24:32,960 --> 01:24:35,919
CROWD SCREAMS
1421
01:24:35,920 --> 01:24:37,119
Go away.
1422
01:24:37,120 --> 01:24:39,839
I can dig that you are nervous,
but I really think the audience
1423
01:24:39,840 --> 01:24:43,359
you have tonight, it's the easiest
you've ever had.
1424
01:24:43,360 --> 01:24:44,559
You think so?
1425
01:24:44,560 --> 01:24:45,720
Oh, and how!
1426
01:24:47,200 --> 01:24:49,000
♪ I'm an alligator
1427
01:24:50,200 --> 01:24:52,999
♪ I'm a mama-papa coming for you
1428
01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:54,960
♪ I'm the space invader
1429
01:24:56,240 --> 01:24:59,839
♪ I'll be a rock 'n' rollin'
bitch for you
1430
01:24:59,840 --> 01:25:01,320
♪ Keep your mouth shut
1431
01:25:02,680 --> 01:25:05,679
♪ You're squawking like
a pink monkey bird
1432
01:25:05,680 --> 01:25:07,279
♪ And I'm busting up my brains
1433
01:25:07,280 --> 01:25:09,719
♪ For the words
1434
01:25:09,720 --> 01:25:11,120
♪ Oh, I am
1435
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:18,159
♪ Keep your 'lectric eye
on me, babe... ♪
1436
01:25:18,160 --> 01:25:22,599
The Hammersmith gig, of the
thousand shows I did with him,
1437
01:25:22,600 --> 01:25:28,279
had a mystique, an energy,
this was something special.
1438
01:25:28,280 --> 01:25:30,960
There was something electric
about it.
1439
01:25:32,800 --> 01:25:34,479
♪ Oh, don't lean on me, man
1440
01:25:34,480 --> 01:25:36,159
♪ Cos you can't afford the ticket
1441
01:25:36,160 --> 01:25:38,319
♪ I'm back on Suffragette City
1442
01:25:38,320 --> 01:25:39,879
♪ Oh, don't lean on me, man
1443
01:25:39,880 --> 01:25:41,799
♪ Cos you can't afford to check it
1444
01:25:41,800 --> 01:25:43,719
♪ I'm back in Suffragette City... ♪
1445
01:25:43,720 --> 01:25:45,239
We'd finished the last song,
1446
01:25:45,240 --> 01:25:48,399
and David walked to my side
of the stage, and said,
1447
01:25:48,400 --> 01:25:52,639
"Don't start Rock 'n' Roll Suicide,"
which I play the intro on,
1448
01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:54,520
"until I tell you."
1449
01:25:57,240 --> 01:26:00,159
So I figured he must be going
to say, "Thanks for the tour,
1450
01:26:00,160 --> 01:26:02,719
"I'll see you in September,"
or whatever.
1451
01:26:02,720 --> 01:26:04,159
But he didn't.
1452
01:26:04,160 --> 01:26:06,159
Of all the shows on this tour,
1453
01:26:06,160 --> 01:26:09,719
this particular show will
remain with us the longest.
1454
01:26:09,720 --> 01:26:11,279
Because...
1455
01:26:11,280 --> 01:26:13,879
CHEERING
1456
01:26:13,880 --> 01:26:17,839
Not only is it... not only is it
the last show of the tour,
1457
01:26:17,840 --> 01:26:21,839
but it's the last show that
we'll ever do. Thank you.
1458
01:26:21,840 --> 01:26:23,839
CHEERING
1459
01:26:23,840 --> 01:26:27,119
I thought,
"OK, maybe this is a stunt."
1460
01:26:27,120 --> 01:26:31,720
And then part of me was going,
"I've just got the sack! Live!"
1461
01:26:32,920 --> 01:26:34,680
♪ Time takes a cigarette
1462
01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:38,240
♪ Puts it in your mouth
1463
01:26:39,920 --> 01:26:41,839
♪ You pull on your finger
1464
01:26:41,840 --> 01:26:43,639
♪ Then another finger
1465
01:26:43,640 --> 01:26:45,080
♪ Then your cigarette
1466
01:26:46,440 --> 01:26:49,119
♪ Well, the wall-to-wall is calling
1467
01:26:49,120 --> 01:26:50,599
♪ It lingers
1468
01:26:50,600 --> 01:26:52,120
♪ But still you forget
1469
01:26:53,240 --> 01:26:55,719
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh
1470
01:26:55,720 --> 01:26:58,559
♪ You're a rock 'n' roll
suicide... ♪
1471
01:26:58,560 --> 01:27:00,399
It did really seem odd that,
1472
01:27:00,400 --> 01:27:02,519
at the very height of his career,
1473
01:27:02,520 --> 01:27:05,119
he was extinguishing it
1474
01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:07,759
with a couple of phrases.
1475
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:12,239
It must have seemed to people,
"why would you do that?
1476
01:27:12,240 --> 01:27:14,599
"Why would you give it all up,
1477
01:27:14,600 --> 01:27:17,239
"when you're just
at the starting grid?"
1478
01:27:17,240 --> 01:27:20,599
♪ You can't eat
when you've lived too long...
1479
01:27:20,600 --> 01:27:24,399
An extraordinary night,
an extraordinary statement.
1480
01:27:24,400 --> 01:27:26,720
♪ You're a rock 'n' roll
suicide... ♪
1481
01:27:27,920 --> 01:27:30,479
There was something
very calculated about it.
1482
01:27:30,480 --> 01:27:35,559
And I think what he had that
most artists didn't have,
1483
01:27:35,560 --> 01:27:38,239
he had a sense of
what is commercial,
1484
01:27:38,240 --> 01:27:40,319
what works, what can sell,
1485
01:27:40,320 --> 01:27:43,160
in addition to his own integrity.
1486
01:27:44,240 --> 01:27:46,559
♪ Don't let the sunlight
blast your shadow
1487
01:27:46,560 --> 01:27:50,079
♪ Don't let the milk float
ride your mind... ♪
1488
01:27:50,080 --> 01:27:54,239
Ziggy Stardust was the culmination
of all the things
1489
01:27:54,240 --> 01:27:56,800
that David tried to do in the '60s.
1490
01:27:58,880 --> 01:28:03,679
I think, with the Ziggy Stardust,
he achieved the success...
1491
01:28:03,680 --> 01:28:07,240
..that an individual like
Ziggy Stardust would aim for.
1492
01:28:08,760 --> 01:28:11,599
But David himself wasn't
Ziggy Stardust.
1493
01:28:11,600 --> 01:28:15,119
So I think he'd already stepped
outside of that character,
1494
01:28:15,120 --> 01:28:16,840
back into being David Bowie.
1495
01:28:19,760 --> 01:28:22,320
Thank you very much. Bye-bye.
We love you.
1496
01:28:24,040 --> 01:28:27,479
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1497
01:28:27,480 --> 01:28:29,519
INTRO PLAYS: Rebel Rebel
1498
01:28:29,520 --> 01:28:31,599
To make the kind of
breakthrough I needed,
1499
01:28:31,600 --> 01:28:33,919
I had to put on a few
trappings in the beginning.
1500
01:28:33,920 --> 01:28:38,560
And I think now, I will
just be David Bowie, period.
1501
01:28:41,640 --> 01:28:43,559
♪ Doo doo doo-doo-doo
1502
01:28:43,560 --> 01:28:45,159
♪ Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
1503
01:28:45,160 --> 01:28:46,559
♪ Rebel rebel
1504
01:28:46,560 --> 01:28:48,679
♪ You've torn your dress
1505
01:28:48,680 --> 01:28:50,159
♪ Rebel rebel
1506
01:28:50,160 --> 01:28:52,119
♪ Your face is a mess
1507
01:28:52,120 --> 01:28:53,799
♪ Rebel rebel
1508
01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:56,079
♪ How could they know?
1509
01:28:56,080 --> 01:28:59,520
♪ Hot tramp, I love you so!
1510
01:29:00,920 --> 01:29:02,119
♪ Rebel rebel
1511
01:29:02,120 --> 01:29:04,159
♪ You've torn your dress
1512
01:29:04,160 --> 01:29:05,479
♪ Rebel rebel
1513
01:29:05,480 --> 01:29:07,759
♪ Your face is a mess, your
1514
01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:09,359
♪ Rebel rebel
1515
01:29:09,360 --> 01:29:11,479
♪ How could they know?
1516
01:29:11,480 --> 01:29:14,599
AUDIENCE:
♪ Hot tramp, I love you so! ♪
1517
01:29:14,600 --> 01:29:15,960
You bet!
1518
01:29:19,480 --> 01:29:21,960
♪ Hey, baby, listen to me
1519
01:29:23,440 --> 01:29:26,039
♪ Hey, baby,
let's stay out tonight. ♪
1520
01:29:26,040 --> 01:29:27,919
CHEERING
1521
01:29:27,920 --> 01:29:29,360
Thank you!
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