I was deeply moved by Blackstar, Bowie couldn't even die like a normal person, even that had to be some kind of artistic masterpiece.
@faust11384 жыл бұрын
I have always loved Rollins, but when he said Bowie and Joy Division are at the peak of rock and roll, no words. Ian, David, and now Henry, forever in my heart.
@MsFuzzipoo3 жыл бұрын
I had no idea he'd bring up Joy Division! Ugh,
@littlemouse70665 жыл бұрын
Bowie was much more special than people normally think. Here Rollins talks about one of B. gifts the capacity to remember everything he read. He was a genius.
@pinkmonkeybird26446 жыл бұрын
I love this, I’ve been a fan of Bowie and Rollins, so it’s nice to see that Rollins is just as much of crazed fan as I would have been. Loved his description also of trying (and failing) to upstage Iggy Pop.
@mikemac71966 жыл бұрын
I heard it said that Bowie is highly rated but still underrated.
@mikemac71965 жыл бұрын
Yet the 3 albums after Ronson left (Low, Heroes and Lodger - are considered some of his best .
@mikemac71965 жыл бұрын
Would Bowie have been as well known without Mick? Absolutely. Would Mick Ronson without Bowie? Doubt it.
@mikemac71965 жыл бұрын
Would Bowie been as good without Mick? Hell yeah. What I'm getting at is Bowie could have came out smelling like roses with or without Mick. It may have not been the same that is not the same as saying it wouldn't have been as good. Case in point - once Mick and David separated.
@darthnihilus5114 жыл бұрын
Ours is not to question or speculate, but to indulge and appreciate!
@mattasticmattattack85463 жыл бұрын
I like that.
@stevenesq4 жыл бұрын
"Ahhhhh Rollins" Bowie pointing , just brilliant.
@michaeldearth63272 жыл бұрын
The genius of David Bowie is so incredible. He was able to tell stories with his music that people actually wanted to listen to. He inspired people and literally helped to create so many different forms of music. What made him a legend was his ability to evolve his music over the decades. He wasn’t always on the top of the charts, but he was such a rare musician because he managed to stay in the music scene for his entire life.
@anabellelei85404 жыл бұрын
Sums up exactly what it feels to be a Bowie fan,and I still tear up listening to Dollar Days. I think I always will.
@pimjcb99646 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the posting of this video. I truly loved it
@terrycollins57596 жыл бұрын
Henry Rollins, love this sir, you are a star'
@randomchicka6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Mr. Rollins.
@tommyt19716 жыл бұрын
Watch the vid where he describes playing with Iggy Pop - one of the funniest pieces he’s ever done.
@billythebake5 жыл бұрын
Super funny stuff. Between Hank's flair for hyperbole, and Chuck's dry sarcasm, I wonder how anybody driving the van between Black Flag gigs didn't hyperventilate from laughing, pass out, and wreck the van.
@mrqs15493 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this is quite touching, and makes emotional. Reasons to love even more Bowie and Mr Hollins.
@frufru00715 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for sharing this awesome footage with us. Made my day!
@fulltiltgonzales2 жыл бұрын
Henry's take on Bowie and Joy Division are so right on the money - I liked him before seeing this clip, but now I love him.
@bomshankar44145 жыл бұрын
He s good and funny I saw hlm on stage Rollins band 20 Years ago, it was great 😎😎😎😎😎
@teddydog62295 жыл бұрын
It's such a relief that Henry Rollins also becomes a babbling tongue tied idiot when he meets a musician he admires. I am positive I'd be unable to squeak and or even breathe if I met David Bowie. As evidence I present the following anecdote. One day me and two friends ran into the late great and dearly missed Bill Ruane who was kind of the Billy Graham of Boston underground music and he must have had a psychic radar for other people who love music above anything else. We'd all been in and out of bands (mostly with each other) our entire adolescence. That day we must have been on hiatus because he asked if we were currently in a band and we said no. He then asked if we wanted to get one together that day and play his club that evening. Without hesitation we replied absolutely. So we booked it home and got a guitar and an old Moog and a mike. We chose the name Appendage out of thin air and worked hard to create a 45 minute long setlist out of same. 6 hours later we were ready to rock. We were awful and we were great. I stand by that review. Maybe they just loved watching us make fools of ourselves but the crowd were totally supportive and cheered us on and we loved them for it. It was an awesome night. Literally. Our closing number was called 'Ed's Farm' about batshit crazy Wisconsin ghoul and murderer Ed Gein. Against a hellish clatter of synth groans and manic slide guitar I simply told the story. It ended with me reciting from a sheet of paper I pulled out of my pocket a list of the macabre furnishings police found at Ed's farm. The skin masks. The belt made out of nipples. The curtain string made of lips. The noses in the jar and Quaker Oats box filled with vulvas decorated with red ribbons. The full body suit of dead flesh he'd wear those nights he felt compelled to howl at a full moon. The chair made of skin and skulls he ate his franks and beans from. It's a very long list. Then after a closing chorus of "I ain't gonna work on Eddie's farm no more." Appendage passed into history. For those of you who think the payoff of this story is lame all I can say is you've no one to blame but yourself for reading so long. In the crowd was the lead guitarist and singer of Mission of Burma, Roger Miller. They were and remain the greatest punk band to come out of Boston. He shook my hand and told me he thought we were great. Not just good. He said he hadn't seen a show that entertaining in months. Then he asked how we could have imagined someone as twisted as Ed. All the while struggling not to swallow my tongue I explained Ed Gein was a real person - this was back in the 80s before Ed Gein was a famous cultural icon. Roger Miller then asked why we'd decided to do a song about such a twisted person. I can only assume I fainted at that point because I have zero recollection of our guitarist - who didn't pass out in the presence of greatness - walking up and explaining how we'd been tripping recently at the local library and had come across the story and thought "it was wicked cool ". No -Mission of Burma wasn't David Bowie but in our perception at that time and place it was close enough. Proportion is everything.
@mattasticmattattack85463 жыл бұрын
"My potential on this planet has been reached." , thats the way I'd feel meeting Henry and he talking about something I've done🖤👍
@charlottem5586 Жыл бұрын
Best tribute ever.
@andu18543 жыл бұрын
I was in the Audience for this one performance, Rollins is awesome and funny
@michaelfrazia45696 жыл бұрын
Blackstar is otherwordly
@jasoncolley41024 жыл бұрын
I love the way Henry talks about playing with the RUTS for the benefit gig for Paul Fox 🦊 RIP
@ChrisBrown-rf3yp2 жыл бұрын
I forced tears back when bowie left
@erichusayn5 жыл бұрын
It is a great record. Check it out if you've been living under a rock..
@Tamar-sz8ox2 жыл бұрын
Man fainting - screaming inside , as David Bowie talks to him 😂 😂 ❤️❤️❤️
@shortstuff99904 жыл бұрын
"You sure do mash potate good?"
@Xander77Ru4 жыл бұрын
Masticate.
@LeeGee4 жыл бұрын
He's so sweet
@jasoncolley41024 жыл бұрын
Henry Rollins black coffee ☕️ blues👍
@simonl17856 жыл бұрын
Fucking brilliant
@ScumOfCaligula2 жыл бұрын
Hank is the best name-dropper in music.
@theflatulentfreddy12 жыл бұрын
That's his career now....
@happydayz78576 жыл бұрын
Commencement speaker at my graduation (I went to a cool college)/
@geofftrask69585 жыл бұрын
Hank tells it how it is !
@SCROGY7 жыл бұрын
I dont care much for Rollin's politics or personality, but the dude knows good music (Ween, Sabbath, Bowie, Cramps etc) his stories about the rock and roll life are pretty funny.
@kingcatnip26147 жыл бұрын
too me its hit or miss on politics but the man has stories and is very well spoken , i wish i was half as smart as him
@rocknroll_jezus92334 жыл бұрын
As does Bowie, he saw Black Flag September 25th 1979
@huishaai4 жыл бұрын
Im from Holland, but it was indeed Belgium :)
@noelmajers63694 жыл бұрын
Henry Rollins seems to spend a large chunk of his career worshiping other rock stars. Brian May's a bit like that also - "Oh, I was in Queen ?"
@ryanjohnstone89572 жыл бұрын
soooo i'm a nerd but that describes an elf among orcs so well
@Serai35 жыл бұрын
Jesus, I wish he wouldn't put the mike right up to his lips. I can barely understand what he's saying.
@lizzyobrien23765 жыл бұрын
Serai3 You may want to get your ears checked, or get new speakers. I understood him just fine.
@Themanwhocameback25 жыл бұрын
Unrelentingly, tediously manic.
@hinjurock704 жыл бұрын
Bowie was hit and miss - he had about 10 or so great songs and the rest were pretty good or just meh.