Love it. "The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men"

I find this so amazing -- here he is at 17 and already thumbing his nose at the "norm". David Bowie was most assuredly one-of-a-kind. We'll miss you, David!

RIP David. We could do with more guys like you now.

That's my grandfather! (Cliff Michelmore) Still alive and well!

Is this adorable or WHAT?? I feel like I'm looking at his baby pictures.

even at 17 he was going against the current! loved him then and now. rest well my starman!

David Bowie standing up for long haired men in the 60s

I'm from Bromley originally and this is how I first heard of the man who became David Bowie. I grew up with him always being there, playing music everywhere you went. Was one of the Ziggy fans, my boyfriend at the time, a photographic assistant who emulated him was often mistaken for him. What a time to have lived through. :(

He's 17; his looks can prove it

A real gentleman. R.I.P. David. There needs to be way more men like you.

Part of the reason he changed his last name from Jones to Bowie was because of Davey Jones of the Monkees. He didn't want to be confused for his fellow countryman. And the thing of the matter is while the world knew him as David Bowie Iman didn't. She never saw him as the rock legend, The Starman, The Thin White Duke, Pierrot, The Man Who Fell to Earth, or even Just a Singer with Tinman. She met him when he was going through his Tinman phase of trying to reinvent himself and married him in 92. What came about because of her was an album that helped revive his career and celebrated their love for each other. She saw him through his outside phase and gave him a second child that David said literally saved him from himself and his destructive life when Lexi was born during the Elder Statesman years of his career. Iman has said it time and time again to her the man we all knew as David Bowie was simply another character to play like Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Slane. The man she knew and loved was simply David Robert Jones from Brixton, London, England who lived out his final days in Manhattan, New York City, New York with his wife and daughter.

Jesus went through the same thing. "Ay, Darlin', can I carry that cross for you?"

Such an indigo child. Admirable how he was rebellious even in his younger years

I get the impression that the amazing dry ironic humour of these British kids is lost on some.

One of the most distinctive and most notable clues that foreshadow forms of rebellion as early as 1964!!! I love this so much!! The 1960's will forever be favorite decade.

To be honest this could also be the start of a Monty Python Sketch

My hair was shorter than his as a seven year old in 1964. I remember because it was like the Beatle's hair. Rock the Cosmos, Bowie. A beautiful life, thank you.

I was bullied endlessly for my long hair, and have been keeping it from reaching my shoulders for the last few years because everyone bothers me if I don't. Bowie's the best, standing up for us! =]

Bowies vision, drive and ambition even with this long haired caper was something eerily beyond extraordinary.

Too true! David Bowie's voice and pronunciation of certain words is so distinctive, it can be no other man. In addition, he was the master of reinvention, before Madonna was out of Kindergarten. Year after year, he had a new album and a totally different look each time.

hahahahah! This is like something from Monty Python! :D I can see David's tongue firmly planted in his cheek. What a gem!

superb...I've met David twice in my many years, seen him in concert over 40 times since the early 70s and this is a gem,to be sure! Thanx

"And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They're quite aware of what they're going throug" I can see this fits well on that interview.

He was such a beautiful man with a beautiful soul. RIP

Interesting...his eye with the larger pupil really stands out even in this fuzzy footage. That eye is pretty damn awesome!

RIP to both David and Cliff. Both fine men in their lifetimes.

Ahead of his time even then

It's ironic that he cut his hair rather short and spiky in the 80s when all those hair bands were popular..

The best is yet to come! Love you David ♥️🙏🌍

Oh how I miss this wonderful presence. Showing everyone is different but that doesn't mean they are to be treated differently.

He was a tremendous talent.

Lol tv was so daggy back then, in that breath... god I wish I was alive back then!!!! Can hardly see the face, but as soon as he talks there’s no question who’s talking.

very wise words David Bowie and I can't believe I love your music and I'm almost 22

1964! England rocked!

thanks for posting it

Bowie did have some beautiful hair, didn't he? And after all the dye jobs, bleaching, and perms it withstood, for it to not fall out (and for how well it grew back after his chemo even if it was white), or to not look like straw at any point ever is amazing. And he was obviously good at improv, or he would've been if it were a thing in the UK back then. I'm sure his bit wasn't scripted. "Yes, and"-ing all over the place. Maybe that was his secret, that he said, "Yes, and..." to whatever came his way in life.

It is amazing that you found this gem! Thanks for uploading it.

I was a few months old when this was uploaded .-.

Thanks so much for posting! I love old tidbits like this. :)

David Jones (bowie) was a rebel from the start. Long hair became fashionable and most teenagers wore it from the 70's through the 80's and the reason for long hair was to rebel against the older generation . Well move forward and the children of the long hair generation parents rebel and shave there heads so bald is in ? I have been noticing some younger kids wearing there hair long because they don't like their parents short hair? every generation try's to be different.

Wow, thanks for posting this, my hero (one of 'em,) when he was a kid! Huge Bowie fan, never saw this.

david bowie looks like brian jones in this video

Baldermaston brilliant! ( this was at the time of the aldermaston marhes)

R.I.P.

"Baldermaston.." brilliant.

David Bowie at 17... so SWEET awwww, and a real GENTLEMAN even at that young age... you've got to love him

I miss him so much and I adore this video. It's so cute

I love that Bowie actually started this organization and there is a good point behind it...all these videos of him with long hair are just awesome. I wish I could meet him.

Bowie's been smokin hot for 64 years! I frigging love that man.

Hehe. Thanks for posting. It's so cool to see him this young. :)

You can see his massive pupil really clearly.

His Voice 🥰😍🥺

HAHAHAHA... How things have changed, Glad I found this vid...TKS for Posting!!!

This is awesome!

bless you Dave!

The interviewer, Cliff Michelmore, is still alive, aged 95. What changes - probably mostly bad - he must have see in his life.

What a treasure, thank you!

AHH this is so amazing. This is how old I am now. Gosh I wish life was like this nowadays. So well-spoken!

Cancer sucks hard

This is so brilliant.

Wow! Thanx I didn´t believy my eyes. COOOOOL!

incredible.

a piece of history fantastic contribution

there he was, right in the centre of the frame, sorrounded by the rest of them...8 years on he'd be stunning everyone in his Ziggy Stardust persona...

aww, bless David! ily DB!!!!!!! xxxxxx bless u

Adorable!

My heart is torn apart that you are gone..

awesome!

Spot on!

Such innocent days

Unreal mate good one

Wow at that young age David Bowie had that incredible voice!

Well this is a little gem I knew nothing about up until now.

I can hardly believe how it used to be back then, but it was and I miss it

yes yes yes! sooooo good.

This talk demonstrates the difference of the generations then. Long hair was a symbol against establisment and we became rebels. Music was our tool, expression of our visions - our favourite musicians had to say something, our music united us worldwide - to change the world, upto the top in the 80th. Well, some of our best singers passed away too soon, we got older ---- but the young ones pick it up now - they really like our ageless songs and share the ageless dreams- that's good!

Dang He was so young

who knew that this guy would be a famous musician and write fantastic songs

Michelmore outlived Bowie by two months!

sometimes this seems a hundred years ago, but sometimes it seems only yesterday.

Wow I didn't know David Bowie and Brian Jones are the same person

David Bowie!!! Me love!!! Love his voice!!! Long live the King of Glam Rock!!!

This MUST be a joke like a Monty Python skit or something !!!! It's the funniest shit I've heard in ages!

Thanks to the pioneering work of this organization I can postpone my next haircut for a few weeks with no fear of social shaming. Well done, lads.

Incredibly hip, intelligent, polite, knowledgeable and unpretentious at the ripe old age of 17.

Right, yeah and the birds really dig it!

Only seventeen. Mature way for a teen to deal w/ such questions. The old dude was very professional. Questioning about hair length to an artist. Glad I was born in the seventies ;)

thats a young legend

even another reason to love travis clark! ^.^

w/e him in the labyrinth was amazing

If you were given a second chance, how fearless would you be? I would be full of fear but facing it with a smile I am this way constantly I feel like being blue is the only way to wait forever

Wow. He is cooler than me at 17. He did that while I'm here doing nothing with my life smh.

I wish the audio was synched, but this is an awesome find.

Jareth the Goblin King trolling as usual!

A master at generating publicity even then!

"March in protest." AWESOME. I love this clip.

Sign me up!

Lots of girls didn't like Bowie's hair back then. now, if he were set in my time with the same interests in music and art, HE WOULD BE MY BOYFRIEND IN A HEARTBEAT. God, we're so much alike, it's unbelievable!! :)

this really touched me coz me and my friends are always being called woman coz of our luscious long hair

Documento excepcional!