It's Bowie. Plain and simple. You cannot define, categorize, analyze and simplify to mere earthling standards. He's the man who fell to earth. Sheer genius. Just dig it!

Those who know, know. Bowie always knew. And those who follow Bowie in this collective also know. And we shine and reflect all that is happening all across the world. We are the creatives, nameless and trying to help. We can see you. Can you hear us? We hope so. Just as love cannot be defined, nor can a person, especially a genius such as Bowie.

"It may not have been original..." He was ALWAYS original! It's David Bowie!

So sad we never got those follow up albums he talked about :(

He was his most attractive in the era in my opinion Artistically and as a person. He just seemed well rounded. A full person.

Interesting to hear him talk about "death, violence and chaos" at the end of the old millennium and start of a new millennium, as an upcoming trend just a few years before the 911 attacks on New York City, where he lived. Since then, terrorism has become much more prevalent worldwide, with the more recent attacks in Paris and Brussels. It is the breaking down of civilized society, and as usual, David Bowie saw it happening, and used his music to reflect it.

This is my favorite album!

To everyone worked up about the originality comment: David had no problem telling people about how he wasn't an original thinker (he once said originality is overrated) and how he would always "steal" bits and pieces from his many influences. He was a cultural magpie and there's nothing wrong with that. I admire how he was never ashamed of it and seemed tired of the lie that originality is the most valuable quality in an artist.

"he might not have been original" uhm wut

the tone of this feels so unnecessarily negative, the reporter clearly was of her depth

The inside of Outside

Unfortunately he never completed the trilogy. I wish he would’ve given us the two follow ups than earthing or hours

He is an artist and I totally understand him :) I did art at uni and I very much did what I wanted, I loved discovering new things and didn't feel the need to focus on one thing :) didn't go down well with some but I survived :) it's really exciting if you free your approach to creative things! paint a picture with banana or toy car, who said you always need to use a brush :) just ignore those who try to keep you on the same old path

Bowie live around that time always sounds better with new material than the old classics like Rebel Rebel and Life on Mars. That's what I've come to admire about him, his focus on now and no nostalgic looking back in the creative process, even as he feels obliged to do the older stuff live. His passions are with what he's working with now.

wtf he wasn't falling behind he was always excellent and awesome ❤️

The critic's attempt to pigeonhole this are unintentionally hilarious and surprisingly staid, at least compared to what I remember of the 90s however that could well-be down to cultural differences at the time. Bowie himself is as fascinating and well-spoken as ever in the interview, however.

He creates and leaves it to us to interpret. That is not, not taking responsibility for your work. That is having no control over how someone interprets what you are doing. Everyone sees things differently and applies their own, plight, or sight, how can any artist take responibility for that? David is genius, you may not see it the way he does, but that's not up to him. It's like Manson blaming Helter Skelter (Paul McCartney) for his death rampage. Please!!!!

''he was falling back'' - Umm I don't think so.. He was decades ahead and continues to be so. A prophetic artist.

Pure utter genius David Bowie ahead of his time

What a great video CBC this was always my favorite album

Considering that bowie tried to be "avant-garde" in this era, i think is a brave move for him, he always wanted to be scott walker since he listen to his records so i thinkits better to bowie if we see him as a art-rock, pop legend and not as a avant garde composer

11:36 onwards - I'm not sure if it really answered the question, but that's a brilliant attitude to have!

Looking back on it now, 1. Outside feels like it has a lot in common with Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective, both being non-linear crime stories depicted in psychological space. Bowie even does this interview from a hospital bed set and performs the 'Detective' part for the camera.

Terrible interview. Brilliant man.

All's well, 20th century dies...

One day we'll hear Outside sequel. For sure.

There was no master bullsh**ter like Mr. Bowie. An art form in itself :)

Interesting, seems David was not really interested in the big city morbid art and just exploited and put it all out there to its ultimate level so we could all be done with any fascination with it and move on to more proper interests. Art crimes investigator character. Certainly laid out more evidence than we wanted to handle so we could make our judgment and move on. Such a thorough artist.

Sabía desde muy joven que al público hay que impactarlo para tener éxito y eso fue lo que hizo durante toda su carrera ,captar la atención de la forma que fuera después lo argumentaba a su manera

I love his insight

Kind of an interesting relic from a time when people genuinely believed society could use political correctness to cure itself from its violence. I feel like those of us who grew up during this time period are much more culturally accustomed to violence at least in a fantasy sense than our parents and yet violent crime is much lower than its peak in the early 1990's, but who gets to claim credit for that? What lesson are we supposed to learn?

Dreadful analysis.

I like his smile.

Book?? Did she say book?

FROM ARTIST/ART LOVER - PEOPLE DONT GET IT - ITS VERY SIMPLE - "YOU DONT 'THINK' ART YOU 'SOUL' ART" - ANYTHING ELSE IS ADDATIVES....ANY MESSAGE THAT MAY BE IN THE WORK IS OBVIOUS TO ANYONE - OTHERWISE IT IS 'THE EMPORORS NEW CLOTHES..........BOWIE IS A GENIOUS, DONT AGREE WITH HIS OPPINION ON 'ABSOLUTES' - BUT THAT DOES NOT AFFECT THE WONDER OF THE WORK..

Im sorry but did the fucking interviewer say "It may not have been original" EXFUCKINCUSE ME?

"art drugs" ? i thought they were "interest drugs," ?

i had a artwork chaos ,84 Black wholes +. - connections cas

the presenter is so bitter n prejudiced i swear

8:55 Anthony Fantano was following Bowie's career from a very young age I see...

lol critics

"By the late 80's all Bowie needed to do was put on a suit and show up and he satisfied our latest fascination" You don't understand music or art in the slightest if this is how you view art.

I think Zappa, even though he didn't like Bowie, would have appreciated the concept of Outside.

Just dig IT indeed John steed also tm cas ny nl

David, Rock God, c'mon, please! The Hearths Filthy Lessons is an impressive piece of excellent sound and striking vision, but there is an interview of you (by Susan S.) in 1983 when you took complete responsibility for your creations, stating: "It's an accumulative device; the more you write about the negative, the more you increase the currency and value of negativity. If you make the decision to write positively, then you can contribute towards whatever is left as positive in life"... Of course I won't argue with the right to pull the blanket, and the value of doing so as the "social observer" you were --and above all your right to do what you like (and God only knows what you are doing these days...!!), but responsibility, you had, sir. And denying that was just using another mask or another lie. Or whatever, chameleon... creative artist and businessman... Thanks for all your explorations and their crystalisations you brought forth.

The narrator is very rude, and you can see Bowie struggles to talk with her even though in other interviews he is open and chatty.

Reminds me of the NIN Closer video, hate to say.

MUST SEE!!!! David Bowie DIES on the BLACK MOON of DEATH!!!! (new documentary)

the real David Bowie POINT OF VIEW....VIOLENT THEMES...WHY

This Woman is Trying To Be A Beat-Poet Reporter, Which She Fails at Miserably. And How The Hell Did John Sakamoto Get A Career? He's Bitter & Tears Apart What He is Reviewing in This Case; Instead of Highlighting it. What is The Point of Critics? Just Make The Public Aware of Something & Allow Them To Make Up Their Own Minds, There is Absolutely No Need For Art or Music Criticism.

Cliched mask removal? Not if you notice that first he takes off the animal head, and only THEN the mask...

wow just wow i think i got cancer listening to the computer girls voice mutilating my brain into cardiac arrest. but who an i? i'm just I

he wears a cross right??

not my favorite Bowie period, the late 90s.

Lost his way.