Bowie embraced death like Socrates, caring more about his art and future impact than his personal finality. An unparalleled artist who perhaps gave us the classiest exit imaginable.
Never knew they were such close friends! A lovely tribute from Gary. You can hear the emotion in his voice. Can't believe Bowie has been gone for 2 years...
Bowie was a plagiarist.........and could only strum 3 or 4 chords........he relied on collaborators a la ENO....RONSON....FRIPP........ALOMAR..........HANCOCK..........etc etc etc WAKE UP ALL OF YOU !!
@ mij orrison. Every great song writer collaborates with other musicians to produce the final product. It doesn't diminish the work of the artist because he did not come up with the signature riff, or the guitar solo. After all, the participants didn't write the friggin song, they just added to it.
Still can't get over the fact David Bowie is no longer with us. Just seems - wrong. He was a trooper - and a brilliant artist. He's missed a great deal. Great interview with Gary Oldman - one of this country's finest actors ever.
I loved Oldman before but after hearing this, as a Bowie fan, man,and then hearing his speech at the oscars..he has my undying devotion...absolutely love this guy. Damn....
I was into Bowie from the early 70s . I listened to Genesis , Yes , Zeppelin and Floyd , along with all my teenage friends , but they didn't get why I idolized Bowie . They just didn't bother listening to his albums to find the anwer why . Now , decades later , those same guy's who readily dismissed him in their teens , now not only get him - they also adore the music of the great David Bowie .
It's surprises me to read some of these comments. It's like there are people who seek out a video on someone just to turn around and tear them down. I think Bowie an absolute genius. Did he try on multiple persona and musical styles? Sure. But, that kind of proves the point. In the '60's he was a crusader for long hair, in the 70's he was a young out of control rock n' roller, in the 80's he was a giant pop star, by the 90's he was a content and accomplished professional musician that dropped all the stage personas, began to settle, then lived a grand life with his wife and baby and continued to work out his creativity from a home office. If it weren't for his failing health he'd most likely be working on his next project. Whether you're a fan of his music or not, in terms of an admirable career it doesn't get much better than that. RIP David Bowie, I just went to a revival in your honor and it was one the most eclectic and fun crowds I've ever had the pleasure to be with. People ranged in age from 21 to 75 and everyone was on their feet and dancing. Anyone who doesn't see the merit behind your brand of genius just seems a bit petty and jealous to me.
These two in the same room - I don’t know how the universe didn’t explode... too much awesomeness in such a small area. Amazing, incredible, talented men.
If a pop star can make the world "infinitely better" then I can't imagine what words we'd use to refer to the far greater intensifications of Van Gogh, William Blake and Shakespeare
"... he surrendered to it and embraced it, and he turned it into something creative for us." Those words are more powerful than their context of high artistic creativity. That same meaning is found in the final little sacrifices of anonymous people who disappear every day leaving behind something profound to those few who knew and cared for them. Surrender to misfortune followed by an act of giving is such a healing thought. Thank you for this video.
He isn't remotely underappreciated - he's frequently recognized to be one of the greatest living actors, especially as exampled in his early work. Holding a polished trophy and thanking your god doesn't make the work any greater.
The only reason I fell in love with Bowie's music was that I'd been Oldman's fan since forever and heard him talk about Bowie with great affection in some interview long time ago. When your favorite artist speaks so highly of another artist, you listen. So I checked out Ashes to Ashes, Gary's suggestion, and loved it. My #1 is Life On Mars...The song is just amazing
He was my hero, such a talent and very brave. My mother, who died aged 67, was exactly the same when she had cancer - never complained and was just as brave
this is weird. i'm a 51 year old guy born and raised in the USSR. i never met Bowie. i only listened to his music. maybe saw a couple interviews. but listening to this made me break down like a boy. 2 years after it still hurts.
What a lovely interview. It felt like loosing a friend for all of us who grew up listening to his music, but obviously it must be far more sad so for those who knew him.
mij orrison really? How exactly did he rip off Radiohead? It's a distillation of most of Bowie's career in a lot of ways. Not sure how it's a rip off of Thom and the lads...not to mention that in a chicken and egg discussion, it's pretty clear who was influencing music first.
ok his 1st incantation was Iggy Pop his 2nd was Frank Sinatra. His 3rd was Kraftwerk and Eno. Low came out in 1977 Kraftwerk since 1974 synth pop.......he was in the wilderness for 3 years and went to the Embassy club and Blitz club hung out with the New Romantics and claimed Scary Monsters as original and it was influenced by the people he hung out with. He was a master of his own PR machine and after the debacle of commercial success with LETS DANCE his follow up TONIGHT was awful. After that he made probably one decent effort. That's it. And as for comparing him with Princess Diana.........DO ME A FAVOUR PLEASE!!!! BY THE WAY I WAS A MASSIVE FAN UP TO "SCARY". after that he sold out and became "DAVID VEGAS"...............simples!!
he had his finger on the pulse of trends. not exactly plagerism. in fact he help further the success on those genres. I doubts you would find many that agree with you mij.
Finally heard Gary Oldman's real actual voice. LOL. He has a unique talking voice. Gary is my favorite actor and David Bowie is one of my favorite singers. May he R.I.P.
Bowie was extraordinary literally the man who fell to earth, the cosmic hammer as Gary put it stole so much talent that year. 2016 the year that music died.
@@steveconn You have no slightest idea what you are talking about. Even if Bowie would have had and ADD (which is such a superficial way of describing him and what he did in any case), it created amazing results. Also, you apparently don't know anything at all about what Bowie did and the way how he worked. He was a co-producer on almost all of his albums, and the sole producer on 'Diamond Dogs' and 'Earthling'. And you should read what his producers, namely, Tony Visconti, but also others, not to mention his musicians, have told about working with him. But I know that you won't, as people like you just don't want to know how wrong they've been. And that's why I am not going to talk to you about things that you can't even begin to comprehend, like, what David Bowie was (and still is), his influence etc..
I was never a big David Bowie fan, meaning I never bought any Bowie albums, but I am a big music fan. I cried like a baby when I heard he died. I am still saddened that he is gone and I miss him. I think to any Generation Xer (like me), he was a part of our life.
Gary Oldman is one of my favorite actors. Tremendous range that's almost unbelievable when you look at his body of work. Truly gifted and on the same level (IMHO) as Johnny Depp and Tom Hardy. The finest actors of our time, IMHO.
It's your opinion but "Oldman is on the same level as Depp and Hardy" still sounds very off. It's usually the other way around, as the highest compliment to the actors being compared to Oldman...
A mystery in life and death R. I. P Starman. You were privileged to be friends with the great man, you were fantastic at the O2 Brixton a night I will never forget, thank you.
I bought Blackstar on vinyl the day it was released and I still haven't listened to it or even unwrapped it. It's still sealed. To listen to it will seem like something so final. :-\
Very good interview! Hats off to Nerdist & Cinema G! And Gary - You are a very classy guy !! You also 1000% deserve the Oscar for your portrayal of WC. Will always miss The Thin White Duke.
It figures that Gary would be friends with Bowie, this guys are fucking talented and they will never have equals. Love them both!!! Sad about Bowie still.
Glad Oldman a fellow Sarf Londoner picked out 'Aladdn Sane, '"that came out of somebody's head". It foreshadows the sonic experiments he made with Eno and indeed the German Kosmische bands like Faust, Cluster, Kraftwerk and Neu! RIP David.
I think what Gary is alluding to is that British people consider home-grown celebrities as part of the family, and not just a famous star way up on high. So losing Bowie as a person was a big loss to Brits in particular. Sure, we will all miss his presence and his influence, but he left a lifetime's work behind him for us to enjoy forever, and that is his legacy.
68 years old, dying of liver cancer, which believe me is the goddamn worst cancer you could ever get - Yes I dealt with people who had it - and through all this he not only creates amazing music, but creates a whole new genre of music: Free form jazz and pop.
Old man great...bowie-British pop, only Bowie kreeped me out when I was a kid, maybe I didn’t understand rock then... part of me tells me he’s alive somewhere, I mean , he can bow out any way he wants, lord knows he’s got the $ to disappear on his own to some British Isle or anywhere...
Musically you can’t compare Radiohead to Bowie. Comparing art is crazy. Radiohead used a lot of open tunings Bowie never did - more of a pianist and clever collaborator. Both were fantastic and very British in their sophistication and mental health subject matter I suppose
The interviewer was a typical cornfed, cornball, square, twat that people hear every day in a certain country. You know which country. Bowie was above and beyond every other artist.
*Let the teaching begin so that the learning can sink in. The late David Bowie's dead after nearly dying on tour from a bum liver of trophoblasts that divided his core. The crematory's jets burned with a roar which for pyromaniacs enhanced the oven's flesh-burning allure. Bending from the mid-point will test a fat flap pull no better than a lard ass bitch's zip or a zap'll. At night, when virgins sleep, lambs are born from experienced sheep. Say what you must when you must say it as copious spit is launched like sprayed-on spray shit long after the king's admiralty judged Lieutenant Bligh fit.*
Here I was thinking David Bowie's last album was primarily about his occult beliefs and celebrating that Satanic culture? Hmm it was about bravely doing what? Well its pretty obvious he was displaying his religous beliefs in his last music videos. The symbolism was beyond obvious. He was one of many that clearly believed they would become a God in death. Uber creepy stuff in those videos. Disturbing really.
No its not a joke. Ive studied the esoteric symbols of the occult and ancient mystery schools. The ancient Babylonian religions went into hiding long ago and its very clear today based on the very obvious and public use of these ancient symbols that members of these cults are speaking out loudly. In fact the recent surge in modern Satanism membership numbers can be directly linked to the cultural influence of people like Bowie whom was very open about his religious beliefs when asked and clearly celebrated the symbolism openly even dressing up in attire that occultist Aleister Crowley used to be scene wearing in rituals and for photographs. I know what Im talking about end of story.
exactly, i was really turned off his diatribe when he mentioned the word "deity".... please.... dont get me wrong i love his music, but for crying out loud....
Gary is an actor that has to pull his parts and their emotions from things he has personally been through - I think he isnt going to man up/become rational because he needs his emotions to make a living. I understand most people need to supress them for the same reason! Working class Hero!!/Jesus he knows me
Gary is a great actor, but Bowie seemed like an ADD dilettante who just scavenged for music styles until the next bright thing caught his eye. Don't sense any soul beneath it, just a handsome guy who could have been an actor or model and decided to try on the outfit of music star. Recruited than discarded genius producers to make him sound good, with pretentious, mad-lib lyrics. Empty.
Maybe you don't respond to what he was putting out there, but a lot of us did. Not to everything... he had his misfires, as anyone will in a long career. But his best material gets inside your head and lives there, both intellectually and emotionally. Don't get too distracted by the style part, either. If you put together a playlist of Bowie songs from different decades, they hang together as a body of work surprisingly well.
