I strongly agree with you. Something about his voice is so calming and his personality and everything, god I could listen to him talk all day he’s such a lovey warm hearted person that was always intelligent and oddly attractive. And till this day, I still miss him.
@@DivineAdmire I am happy that I 'found' him way back in 1969, first listen to Space Oddity and I was hooked. An incredible artist, musician, singer, songwriter, actor, painter, name it...And yes I will always miss that guy. How happy to be around while he was too..
This legend called MTV out on their racism back in the day. What is amazing two of the biggest music artists of all time Prince and Michael Jackson were not really welcome on MTV in the beginning. David Bowie was a brilliant man RIP genius.
Yes, he was so smart. To defend MTV a little bit, they decided their target demographic was basically 13 yr old Van Halen fans. Now, I assume they're still on TV, but last time I watched it they've done another absolute u turn and now their target audience are Beyonce and Kanye West and they would hardly never play a Santana or Aretha Franklin video or anybody that was less "poppy." So stations that play music videos are still identifying their target audience and catering to that demographic. I also just want to point out that Mark was such a terrible interviewer! A genius like Bowie deserved better.
Michael Jackson became the bestselling artist of all time, because of Thriller, so he didn't pay attention to the naysayers. But, yes, in general, you didn't see or hear any other black musicians, maybe some vocalists on MTV
@@sianwarwick633 Then came the "exclusive" MJ videos from then on. And don't forget the promoting of Prince given Purple Rain and then YO MTV RAPS... All of this as if they were in on it all along. 🤣
MJ was pretty much the BIGGEST thing in 1983 and EVERYONE (all ethnicities), teens to 30-year-olds, was asking the same thing: why wasn’t he on MTV. MTV pushed back hard then finally caved to public pressure. Remember it like it was yesterday.
“On today’s episode of ‘When Hiding Your Racism Goes Wrong’, Mark Goodman reveals himself to Bowie and the world 🌎”. Mark asked at the end of the interview, “Are we still filming?” What do you care, Mark?
The ultimate chameleon. In his music, his personas, and the people he chose to work with. Greatest ever. And so elegant in his disagreement and calling BS.
David is so gorgeous here. And as always so eloquent, intelligent, much smarter than his interviewer. And i've always loved that bit where he takes MTV to task. The look on his face is so penetrating and blatantly says 'You're full of sh*t and your racism is showing'
Bowie was right on the mark regarding race and MTV back then. I loved the station at that time, but one would have to be blind or in denial if they believed black artists were getting the same airtime as white artists.
The thing was, white musicians discovered non-white players, and singers, incorporating some musicians and their style, but no way were they going to give up their spot
Love him! Bowie’s greatest period of musical recognition came from Black producers and musicians he worked with like Luther Vandross who was the musical arranger on Young Mexicans and helped co-write it. Also Nile Rodgers producing the albums he is debuting here which MTV loved to play ironically 😂
'Young Mexicans' 😅 - that's great. I think Vandross was primarily the vocal arranger, though he no doubt had a broader imput. Carlos would probably have been the musical arranger. 'Fascination' was a slightly reworked Luther Vandross song - the first musical credit and royalties he'd received at that point.
Just saw the end of this on a Twitch stream. Had to watch the full video. David is such a great guy. Called them out and they didn't know what to do. Wonderful stuff.
IT SEEMS LIKE DAVID BOWIE WAS THE ONLY RECORDING 🎨 TO CALL MTV OUT ON THEIR POLICY. IM AWARE IT TOOK NERVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE HE WAS THERE TO PROMOTE HIS NEW ALBUM.
Bowie needed to look at the fact MTV was new! and showcased allot of British artists that would never have gotten aireplay before! also new wave! it was new and trying a new format!! Hry they didn't play christopher cross or ABBA. they didn't play Jim Croce,, james taylor either so what!
Stop it. They’ve could’ve played black artists in the beginning if they wanted to. Black American artists made videos at that exact time as well that weren’t aired. There are black British artists whose videos weren’t also aired. You’re talking about specific white artists when the topic is the network only playing white artists period. They may not have played James Taylor but they played Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, Pat Benatar, etc so the White artist 👩🎤ratio was still 💯 so explain that fact.
