Not only is Henry a force of nature, he's a humble, well-targeted, well-educated force of nature. This is an amazing tale, and thanks to the person who captured it and uploaded it.
Hes been a tool his whole life, sold an image of being a hard and angry individual his whole life to sell his "punk" image. He was born likely in the suburbs to a well off jewish family, hes been an egotistical cockhead his whole life to sell his bs to people like you. He is still doing it, but this time without actually making music and just selling these stupid talk where he dropped his act to gullible people like you. Truth is painful sometimes
All the comments about Bowie and Lou Reed apply to Henry himself. I've seen him a few times. He is turned on all the time. He is an inspiration. He wants to share music, life experience, sadness, tragedy, and ultimately love. Henry is an amazing human being and the world will be a darker place when he leaves
Bowie was such a nexus for art. From his choice of musicians to the diversity of performers he worked with he showed a lot of things I would have never heard of.
This is truly great. Henry has done more in his life than most do in 600 lifetimes. His enthusiasm is super infectious. Lesson to the kids. Don't drink or do drugs and you can be this this amazing at 60
“People are so f*cking dumb. Nobody reads anymore, nobody goes out and looks and explores the society and culture they were brought up in. People have attention spans of five seconds and as much depth as a glass of water.” David Bowie.
There used to be a video on You Tube of a Rollins performance at Town Hall in NYC and if you look carefully at the crowd reaction shots you'll see Bowie in the audience, enjoying himself.
So cool. I knew Bowie was a musical genius. But I didn't know what a great musician he was until I saw him at the Palladium in Hollywood with Tin Machine. I got to be front and center with him right above me! I couldn't believe it then and I still can't.
I found this very inspiring and it does seem a wedge against mediocrity, brutality and the sameness of life. It really makes me see art of all types as opportunities for growth and recharging the internal battery that makes life worth living. I really need to do more, see more and experience more. This little talk was a gift, thanks you Henry and by proxy, thank you David!
I think there are too many folks out there who don't have that "switched on' friend. It can be difficult to be curious if you don't know what to be curious about.
I could listen to Henry all day everyday. I love his take on the current situation " We are in transition. Pasty old white guys are dying" I've told people something similar. It the death throws of the old order. Pulling out the classics. Fear racism etc mistrust etc etc. moving to a more representative govt for all of America. I have hope.
As a pasty old white guy I can confirm Henry is correct and I am as enthusiastic a s him that the young men and women will change all of what we've tried to destroy.
!!!spot on. History learn don't absolutely believe. His specials of history were AWESOME! I'm from Delmarva, D.C. area mostly. My father lit a historical fire in me. This dude who was punk rocking...was written off by me,not for long. Words of his are DEEP.
@@block-head2982 Sorry for the confusion I put them for emphasis as they are one of my favourite bands. I can see how it could be read as irony though. Not my intention.
I really hope he's right, that we're experiencing a transition, witnessing the last dying gasps of a generation furiously trying to stop the world from changing in a way that makes life better for everyone, not just the select few.
The sad part is that generation brought a lot of backwards people into the world and those younger people brought even more backwards people into the world. Good thing people can change and bigotry is typically not accepted by society at large, especially the younger generations.
"Ancient pasty white people are gonna die, and we will be ok." He'd get his as beat by inner city teenager thugs and say "'Please forgive me, you are the future I love you."
I was almost enjoying his David Bowie story when he went down this vortex-of-stupid and reaffirmed my long-held belief that he really is a moron. Most or all of the Bowie story is surely BS.
Henry has been my Hero ever since I found out that his stereo speakers are worth $250,000! You HAVE TO respect the musical opinions of a guy THAT dedicated to Music.
Henry was always hyped up. When he first came to LA and started bouncing for Blackflag he had that energy. Unfortunately combined with his young teenage years he was a misogynistic, racist, strung out, irritating, annoying POS. Glad he turned his life around and started using his powers for good, not evil.
Thank you for this. Sometimes we forget to dig for the beautiful creations around us because we're tired. I think the exhaustion comes from a world fascinated w fear and terror. David was right. We should enjoy ourselves w the myriad of experiences accessible to us. Maybe good, healthy energy awaits us. ❤
That was my uncle he met! His name was David Boland and he looked exactly like Bowie. He had a crush on Henry.Pity Henry wasn't gay back then like my old gay Uncle
