I put this together from a variety of sources of variable quality, some of which was originally silent, and synched it with the version of the song performed live in Santa Monica 1972. Play it loud and enjoy!
I am in 2024!!!!❤ I can only watch his early/Ziggy performances. Still raw for when he looked more like “David.” The Spiders From Mars were incredible. Mick Ronson was such a gifted musician. Under rated imo. I feel honored to get so much joy from their music-all these years later on.
I was lucky enough to see him in Sydney in 1983; one of the last years there were the big showground venues...Bowie sublime as the moon rose over the stage and we all swooned. everyone was passing joints, people climbed up the speaker stack scaffolding just to get near him, i dunno it all seemed a simpler time I guess. People would just be on their fucking phones these days lol
had the privileged of seeing him live twice once milton keens bown and once at the nic was very close to him at milton keens as he ran to the car ! at the end
Bowie's 80s era was my favorite since that is where I first influenced, but it did bring me around to really discover, appreciate, and like this era better.
gil wood from everything I have read he was extremely humble and loved his fans and was always kind, I don’t think he ever saw it as a job until later in life. He was a wonderful human being and we didn’t deserve him.
Yes...he really appreciated his fans. In one interview he even said that he drew inspiration from his audiences i t o characters and outfits. A very kind and humble thing to say. (Not sure if it was totally true though.)
Ziggy was originally based on leather clad rocker Vince Taylor who took to much LSD and went temporarily insane. Bowie once bumped into him outside a London tube station and Vince pulled out a map to show David where the spiders from Mars would land.
"I put this together from a variety of sources of variable quality, some of which was originally silent, and synched it with the version of the song performed live in Santa Monica 1972." You created a masterpiece. Thank You! You made the internet a better place to experience!
@Joe C I always felt that way too. First to sport orange hair which kids think today they're the first ones to do. Lol! Bowie has always been my favorite artist
@@davidpriest913 I am 15 now, wish i could see him live at least once. But hey, at least i saw a Space Oddity cover from U2 live back in 2013 i believe.
I always found him incredibly handsome, after seeing him as the Gobling King. Preteen me was... feeling stuff. Later I discovered his music. I still gravitate towards men who would not be considered handsome to the general public. But God... He was a piece of art.
I was 16 when my best friend and I attended Bowie's first US show. It was September 22, 1972 at Cleveland's Music Hall in downtown Cleveland. I didn't really know who he was, but the audience sure did! I'd never seen anything like it before - he was amazing, bizarre, fascinating, and held the audience in thrall! Beethoven's 9th symphony, 4th movement (synthesized) and off-beat strobe lights opened the show as Ziggy and the band seemed to just appear on stage out of nowhere! Despite his glam appearance and fey movements, he rocked hard and gave a performance I'll never forget! So glad my sister talked me into going! :)
I love all of them, including the first 1967 album, except for three. I'll never forget the massive disappointment in playing 'Let's Dance' for the first time (on the day of its release). The next two, 'Tonight' and 'Never Let Me Down', were even worse. I thought he started getting much better on the Tin Machine records and reckon that by 'Outside' he was truly back. I don't think any of the post 'Scary Monsters' albums are as mind-fuckingly awesome as those made during the 1967-'80 run but on all of those post 'Outside' albums there are at least an EPs worth of gems.
@@blackmore4 One good thing that came out of his "Let's Dance" album is that it got a LOT of radio play (thanks largely to MTV in its heyday) and therefore brought plenty of new fans to the Bowie camp.
@@JustWasted3HoursHere But there's a really funny riposte to that line of thought about his new audience, and it came from the man himself. In a 90s interview, when being asked about his 80s work, he said... _"When I performed I was thinking, you all look like you should be seeing Phil Collins. Then I thought... hang on... I _*_sound_*_ like Phil Collins!"_ Hahaha
CHEERS! Here's to YOU Mister Sussex from the boyz in Florida who just enjoyed the shit outta that production you put together! Kudos to you and your talent!
Jaime Pascual they’re going to mars in 2020, I’m sure the first thing they’ll play up there is “Is there life on mars?” missed opportunity if they don’t
Me and my friend saw him at Salutation Hotel in Perth. Scotland in I think 1967. His hair was pretty long and he had on a black loose kinda shirt and black leather boots that came above his knees, almost pirate looking. He was really talented and entertaining!! We got his Autograph! ❤
Brilliant !!!!! A creative and talented genius , Mick Ronsoon on lead guitar is the icing on the cake !!! Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars is still my favorite album of all time !!
A high school classmate of mine brought Ziggy Stardust, the album, to school and gave it to me. He said... here, I don't know who this is and I don't like it. I have to say, after all this time.... it's my favorite album of all time.
Underrated by whom? Are you daft? Anyone who knows anything about Bowie's early career understands it was Mick who masterminded the sound palette for Bowie's breakthrough albums: The Man Who Sold The World, Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, and Diamond Dogs. Mick also contributed to other Bowie projects including doing string arrangements. He was one of the most respected producers of his era as well. Check out his career achievements and the interviews with Mick at the Hammersmith Odeon theater that were done just a few months before he passed away. He was a gentle, good soul, and a hell of a musician.
David hits the high notes in this song, the emotion .... nails it. The audience never knew they were watching history in the making. I like his acoustic guitar - he added to the sound, too!
Probably my favorite version of Ziggy. So much heaviness, rawness, and energy! Ronson’s guitar is just SMOKIN’, Woodmansey always laying it down HARD, and Bolder always locking that rhythm
@@manung302 I particularly like the way he plays the single notes of the chord in the beginning and stays out of the way during the verses. Tasteful and smart.
I saw him on the Diamond Dogs tour in Nashville. Half the audience looked like clones of Bowie. The theatrics were amazing! I'll never forget that show.
Yeah, that tour used some majorly eerie staging. Bleak, dystopian, dramatic all come to mind. Whatever I was using made the show almost scary. Good times!
Saw that tour in So Cal. Had seats that allowed to see what was going on behind the curtain! Fabulous show, one of the best I've seen. Named my cat Ziggy Stardust....
How come this is by far the best version of this song on youtube. The one musician better live than in the studio. guitar is actually in tune. holy shit.
I more or less lost interest when Mick left. He was one of the original Les Paul and Marshall tone meisters. I love the metal edge he added. Man who sold the world was a great album. Now, sorry to say, we have been deprived of them both.
Love Mick Ronson. Creative guitarist. Not wrapped up in playing 1000 mph like so many 80's players. More about emotion while still playing heavy. Underrated by far. The epitome of "cool". Sucked that he died young.
I love the look in David's eyes. Idk there's always a shimmer to them. Or he's looking past the camera right at me man. its a trip maybe I'm the only one seeing it like this.
You're not alone on this one, Ray. Last time I saw David in concert, I was in the very last row, in the second balcony, all the way up against the wall. I literally had the worst seat in the house. The worst. And throughout the concert, when I looked at David through the binoculars, I swear to God I thought he was looking right at me. I even waved at him, on the off chance he'd wave back (he didn't.) One of the other people I went with had the exact same experience. "It was as though he was looking right at me!" he said. Yup. David could do that. He saw us. It was magic.
Back in 1974, I played The LP over and over again. On that particuliar song, I remember vividly being struck by the resonance of the words "like a Leper Messiah"... in my ears and brain of a teenage french boy aged 12. Today, thanks to this brilliant footing, I experienced again the thrill of those 3 words. I'm glad to be able to relive such a transient but essential moment of pleasure. And, of course, the whole video is just astounding and out of this world, least you can expect from the Thin White Duke !
What's great is that I'm 45 and just really getting into Bowie now , It's nice having something fresh to enjoy at my age . Strange because I've been a rock fan my entire life .
Manchester Free Trade Hall-Hardrock Stretford Manchester-Liverpool a boxing Stadium seen 3 times.......@ free trade hall Bowie gave the album vinyl thrown off the stage and was not full empty seats! Top Memories class act...........Just Brilliant.
Ian McKenna - I know your question was rhetorical, but no, out never did get better than this IMO. This was Bowie's best line up by far. I saw him in '83 on the Serious Moonlight tour in Cleveland. Great show, and so glad to be able to say I saw him perform live, but the band wasn't nearly this good.
To this day, Mick Ronson remains one of my favorite guitar players. He plays for the song and the singer, period. That is rare and beautiful to behold.
Still one of the greatest live tours in Rock History. . This tour played the Paramount Theater in Seattle in 1972. One of the best concerts of my lifetime. Thank you David. Thank you Mick & band. .
No one can compare to David Bowie! Truly amazing! My absolute favorite artist for the last 50 year. He’s such a beautiful gift. Passing his music on to my 10 & 12 year old boys! May his legend never be forgotten! ❤️❤️❤️
My ex and I used to dance around the living room to Space Oddity in order to make our son alternately smile/cringe/sing along when he was about 10. He's in high school now, so not that long ago. Great memories. :)
he looks like a girl and tried to make being feminine cool. Probably not the best thing to show young impressional boys the same year superman goes gay and there are dudes on playboys... See a trend here anyone?
One of the best songs sung live you will ever hear. God rest David Bowie, You were a man way ahead of the times. Thankyou for your wonderful music and memories.
This music takes me back. I was finishing high school when this came out. I remember the first time I saw David on TV. He freaked me out big time. The man had a truck load of talent and creativety.
i did a couple of times a true showman sddly missed dont forget this was 1972 i was 12 he was from another planet barbers even did a bowie cut ! back then !
THIS is what I think of when someone mentions David Bowie... It was my "Introduction" to his Concerts. What most people do not realize is that David Bowie did a Short American Tour in 1971, playing some very small places as he was Unknown at the time. I was a "Regular" at a place we called "The Cellar", who's real name was something like "The Quiet Knight Club"... It was December with Lots of Snow and Ice. This Guy Blew Me Away!! (Took lots of Photos with my Pentax Spotmatic.) Being such a small club, it was common for Band members to mingle at the Bar after their set... I asked him if he was "Ziggy", as that was how the Band was Billed... "Ziggy and the Spiders" was on the Marquee. He laughed, and told me no, that's the name of the Band. I'm David, and he shook my hand. I told him the Band was Amazing, and asked where he goes from here, as I'd like to catch them again and bring lots of friends.... He wrote down on a Bar Napkin, Philidelphia, Huston, San Francisco and L.A. I smiled and thanked him... Never got a chance to find him in any of those places, but I still have the Napkin. The next year, he played the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, and I with my GF at that time had 2nd row seats! Since then, I have seen every one of his Concerts, some multiple times, anywhere within driving distance, in the U.S. and 3 shows in Europe. Never Ceased to Amaze me. Top of my List of Incredible Performers. Actually Better Live than any Studio Recording. - - Miss You David!! - RIP (New Years 2022)
In the 2 months since your post, NO ONE said "Cheers!" I've had similar run-ins like you described, at rock shows in my youth, but not even close to Bowie's stature! Cheers!
@@larrygarland3728 - Cheers! ... It was a fantastic show, but nobody knew about David Bowie for a year or more. Which was why he was able to "mingle" in this small club after the show, without being Mobbed. .
Lord Lord "Everybody knows me now." these words from Lazarus, a song that released just before his death. I knew him before he died but I use to listen only one song of his: "The Man Who Sold The World", because of a TV Series called Fringe, there was a scene and in that scene Walter Bishop (a character from the show) played that song so I loved it. But I didn't listen any other song until the May (or April) 2016, I think his death pushed me to listen to his songs. And I read a lot about him in the summer. I loved him and I always will. Whatever. He also caused my discovery of the Beatles, and Beatles caused Beach Boys and many other. I am 15 now and I think I am going to be an artist. Because of him, of course.
Unreal talent. There was a period when I didn't listen to anything else.... and Mick Ronson was such a perfect fit for that sound. Thanks David, for the gift you gave us.
My 17-year-old self was wise enough to catch David on his last tour in 2004! Endlessly grateful for the one independent radio station that existed in my area at that time, and their wonderful DJs, who played non-stop Bowie prior to his gig, which was what got me interested enough to buy a ticket for this artist I wasn't yet familiar with! The only other kid from my high school who went was the resident goth girl. We didn't know each other, but I remember exchanging a look of recognition at the show. The gig got me utterly obsessed (especially after buying a copy of Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture, which I watched dozens of times), and he's still one of my major music heroes to this day. A real genius.
Love for ever..respect for this genius and the one's he pulled in to play with him, too-like Ronson- this man was an "everything"- a person who they could not pigeon-hole and towards the end, made that art, too- of course. Who would've expected less? But didn't he surprise us. Thank you , David, always. And thank you Mister Sussex, for putting it all together.
This song is a spectacularly written, the individual performances of each member make this song English Gold! Just the Bass guitar parts alone are intellectually brilliant, and Mick Ronson is a monster player with Tone of the Gods.
I could watch this a 1000 times and never get bored with it. It's astonishing in 2020 -how it must have seemed to teenagers in '72 is another thing altogether. Brilliantly put together. So much better than the official last concert release.
He was amazing in concert! So glad I saw him in the 70's. Great editing here. I miss him so much!! Met him a couple of times and he was as nice as he was talented!! ❤️⚡️
Even Siouxie Sioux had a Ziggy style haircut in the beginning of British punk. I think the 3 best hairstyles in the 70s, were Ziggy Stardust, Rod Stewart's choppy feathered look, and Peter Gabriel of GENESIS with his shaved wide centre parting :-)
I look at rock stars in the late 70s and early 80s (eg, David Sylvian of Japan and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran) and I wonder how many of them tried to copy him. They even used blusher to get his high cheekbones.
