David Bowie - The Width of a Circle

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12 жыл бұрын

David Bowie performing the legendary song the width of a circle at Hammersmith Odeon

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@Randomclip27 11 ай бұрын

The greatest epic battle between a bass and a guitar ever seen. Ronson and Boulder were BEASTS

@gigiferri57 4 жыл бұрын

this guitar solo by Mick Ronson is one of the most beautiful of all time

@RetroRickey 7 жыл бұрын

In my humble opinion, the performance here of this song is one of the greatest pieces of live rock n roll ever captured on film.

@kingkeefage 5 жыл бұрын

MICK FUCKING RONSON!!!!

@stubop5708 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree 100%

@floydfanboy2948 5 жыл бұрын

You may just be right!

@bowie47ziggy 5 жыл бұрын

yes i agree 110 percent, i just love this its so powerful, just brilliant stuff.

@GreatMooglyGoogly 4 жыл бұрын

Rick Turner Agreed 100%!

@markkendrick7547 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of David's best performances long with Mick Ronson and the rest of the band.......Very Phenomenal ...

@jonesy2111 5 жыл бұрын

Ronson is nothing less than brilliant... this is absolutely one of the greatest musicians to grace a stage. His legacy is illustrious and profound. RIP Ronno

@AnthonyMonaghan 5 жыл бұрын

For me "The Width Of A Circle" was really the beginning of it all. I know there were albums before "The Man Who Sold The World", and while I like some of the songs before this, this song was where it started with The Spiders and THAT sound that defined early 1970's Bowie. It remains one of my favourite early Bowie songs, but it's the combination of David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Mick 'Woody' Woodmanson and Trevor Bolder that really solidified his early golden period. They were one of the best bands at that time, effortlessly tight, swinging, electrifying and unbeatable on a good night. People take about Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, but they often forget about the actual musicians that made this glorious sound.

@terrypussypower Жыл бұрын

I beg to differ…it was the combination of Bowie, Mick Ronson, Woody Woodmansey…and *Tony Visconti’s* incredible bass playing on “The Man Who Sold The World” album that crystallised the beginning of his Golden Era! Trevor Bolder certainly played his part on “Hunky Dory”, “Ziggy”, “Aladdin Sane” and “Pin Ups”….but it was Tony Visconti who laid the groundwork for Bowie’s bass sound on “The Man Who Sold The World”!

@jh2264 10 ай бұрын

Woody Woodmansey: last Spider standing ☆♡

@kevinmunday6263 8 ай бұрын

Shame this theatrical Performance of a Showended with Woody and Soon after Trevor being dropped. But that My Dear is showbiz...

@jh2264 8 ай бұрын

@@kevinmunday6263 I think it was more about David Bowie's need to keep moving, growing, metamorphosising - 'changing'! I think deep down he knew they were the best together, and maybe later regretted it but acknowledged them retrospectively Doesn't make it right but context can help to explain.

@tomvrieling 8 жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson was a beast!! Rest in peace!

@dnatz58 8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Vrieling Always thought he was under rated. Loved his style.

@GreenManalishiUSA 8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Vrieling While he was known for being very kind and humble, Ronno could out-play most other guitarists with one hand behind his back. Here he shows how its done.

@edouardleenaert4291 8 жыл бұрын

YES HE WAS AND REMAINS À BEAST !

@MarcP5267 6 жыл бұрын

GreenManalishiUSA I venture to say he could out play Page.

@Treaxvour 6 жыл бұрын

Marc Possoff calm down there cowboy. Them’s fighting words

@edouardleenaert4291 8 жыл бұрын

IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET ! I WAS THERE ! I WAS 23 YEARS OLD THEN !

@edouardleenaert4291 8 жыл бұрын

+ricky rocket rage HELLO ! I SAW DAVID BOWIE "ONLY" THIS TIME AND NEVER HAD THE POSSIBILITY TO SEE HIM ONCE MORE, BECAUSE I WORKED DURING 36 YEARS IN A PLACE THAT NEVER GAVE ME THE TIME FOR IT ! BOWIE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FIRST IDOL AND NOW I REGRET THAT I DIDN'T SEE HIM MORE THAN ONE TIME ! SO YOU ARE VERY LUCKY AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU ! HAVE À GOOD DAY !

@treyblake1 6 жыл бұрын

@seanod7157 6 жыл бұрын

So you were one of the girls in the audience getting their young minds blown?

@grease1372 6 жыл бұрын

Edouard LEENAERT lucky!

@shkwave99 5 жыл бұрын

You are so lucky! Totally jealous!!!

@bluebird4239 3 жыл бұрын

Simply divine David and Mick the best for all time RIP together

@RicTic66 4 жыл бұрын

Mick is outstanding, but so are Trevor and Woody. The Spiders were one of the tightest, most inventive bands in rock and roll history.

@rjnuzzi1648 4 жыл бұрын

We forget this epic lengthy pre-Ziggy track leading off one the greatest & most unique rock releases of all time, The Man Who Sold The World'... this live version is tops but the official studio recording is astonishing... long live Ronno & the master himself

@chrisdrummond8893 4 жыл бұрын

I love the nod to Kahlil Gibran in this song who died today April 10th in 1931 in New York, New York. It's April 10th today 2020, and his philosophy is still relevant: " keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." David Bowie was a genius who appreciated and gave props to other geniuses.

@samanthalewin4397 5 жыл бұрын

Can't think of anyone doing stuff like this today. This is so creative. He was a great preformer. This is real rock and roll.

@Montegutstreet 5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps one of the greatest live performances ever.

@murielsartre 8 жыл бұрын

What was Bowie here, 25? Look at that stage presence. Jeeesus. And only 4 years later he's suave and sexy as the Thin White Duke, kicking ass in another genre of music, making another masterpiece of an album while going through a dumptruck full of blow - and made at least 4 more masterpieces *after* Station To Station. Never lost his looks. Never lost his hair (even after chemo!). Never lost his talent. Never lost his ear for talent. Never lost his ability to collect and synthesize everything that interested him to fold into his own art. And fucking Ronno, that dude is a master. He should've had as big a guitar career as Page. Dammit, I was only 3 years old. Why was I only 3 in the US and not 17 in the UK in 1972? Dammit, dammit, DAMMIT! Will someone build that time machine already? I would've needed no drugs whatsoever to bliss out on this show.

@t.c.bramblett617 8 жыл бұрын

+murielsartre I know. I'm your age and I was thinking the same thing. Imagine that power coming from that stage if you were in that crowd.

@laurabucuzzoorfanedes811 8 жыл бұрын

+murielsartre You encapsulated absolutely everything I think and feel about Bowie. I think if I had been standing within the first few feet of that stage for this performance I actually think I would have fainted or dropped dead from being so absolutely spellbound and blown away from it. Completely and utterly mesmerizing performance from him.

@SuperCritias 8 жыл бұрын

+murielsartre Agreed. Ronson? Brilliant, one of the best - won't name names, but... David found himself, be Happy :)

@userAnonymous90123 7 жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson should have bigger carrier than Page. Just check out horrible he played live. His solo's live sounded like a swarm of bees.

@dylanakent 7 жыл бұрын

And to think Ronson did all of this insane vibrato on a Les Paul not a Strat. Amazing.

@scottblanton8733 8 жыл бұрын

For everyone here talking about how great Bowie and this album is..,please recognize that this is a Ronson affair. He arranged the music, along with the rest of the band, and made this album what it was. Bowie was hardly present for this record. Even to Bowie's own admission, this is a Ronson album. Yes, Bowie is a fantastic genius who is probably blowing Crowley as we speak in the magikal world from which they both came, but please give it up for Ronson!!

@cryptomaniac967 4 жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson. A very under-rated guitarist. An awesome solo!

@jamesdaviddupre99 5 жыл бұрын

RIP, Mick Ronson! Phenomenal guitarist who should be better known & revered. I bought the album after catching this live version on late night radio when I was just a kid. Now that I am older, I prefer more relaxing music, but I still enjoy talent when I hear it. Wow, such a talent! That band helped to put Bowie on the map; then he went on into his many image changes. Great early metal music!

@jackm_ 9 жыл бұрын

I like how mick ronson's face is always like "DUDE W T F IS GOING ON? LISTEND TO THIS MADNESS! OH WAIT THIS IS ME!"

@Sincopare 9 жыл бұрын

That is completely the riddle of Ronson...such a shy gent off stage, and a true monster on stage!

@cristfer04 9 жыл бұрын

lol

@barbaracook7142 7 жыл бұрын

haha Love that description ☺

@barbaracook7142 7 жыл бұрын

haha Love that description ☺

@barbaracook7142 7 жыл бұрын

haha Love that description ☺

@KerryProchaska 10 жыл бұрын

Mick was a classically trained musician who could play rock guitar brilliantly. He was a big help in making Bowie famous. Bowie had some nice pleasant songs before Mick joined him but after Mick came on the scene Bowie's music became brilliant. I fell in love with Mick's playing back in 1972 and that hasn't changed since. This song is definitely one of my favourite songs from Bowie.

@warvandal3443 8 жыл бұрын

Great arranger as well, was Ronno. You're right, he was a great asset to Bowie's music and underrated as a guitarist

@rickwilliams7112 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you werent much of a Bowie fan then

@MsExcool 5 жыл бұрын

i can tell that you are a mick ronson fan

@geneclark3600 5 жыл бұрын

He was amazing, as am ametur musician, I stand in awe.

@jonsantos8384 5 жыл бұрын

Much Kudos to you my man ! You definitely hit the nail on the proverbial head.The Spiders from Mars were the perfect foil for Bowie ,together they help change the complexity of rock.

@MorningView4 7 жыл бұрын

Around 11:00 when Bowie starts miming that he is flying, gets me every time...What a beautiful human being.

@ladyblackstardust390 8 жыл бұрын

In 1971 a Led Zeppelin fan went back stage and told Jimmy Page that Black Dog was the best riff he ever heard. Jimmy took a drag of his cigarette and said "then you obviously havn't heard Width Of A Circle".Phenomenal Mick!!

@owen2333 5 жыл бұрын

Did that actually happen?

@michelleraymondpehringer2212 5 жыл бұрын

Whether it did or did not is pointless. It's True. "How do u find the width of a circle"? Get the circa 1972 Ziggy Stardust Motion picture!

@jonsantos8384 5 жыл бұрын

YES ,It most certainly since being a witness, I definitely appreciate That Page can acknowledge something good when he hears one.

@silentkill2196 5 жыл бұрын

Grandioso.

@kingkeefage 5 жыл бұрын

Honestly, Page isn't really as great as everyone thinks. Hell, Iommi was greater with only 2 full fret hand fingers. Riff lord.

@dangermouse1964 6 жыл бұрын

Ronson was,and is still one of the greatest guitar giants to this day RIP Ronnie, you really are SO missed bud

@newronson4918 8 жыл бұрын

Ronno's face...What celestial brilliance he spews forth from his galactic cataclysmic guitar.

@rogercorriveau5889 8 жыл бұрын

after recovering from leukemia in 2004, Bowie was the first concert I got to go to to celebrate! Only time I ever saw him...AMAZING!!!

@TheJackflash85 6 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you are well !

@loljustice31 5 жыл бұрын

All the best to you hon, please stay healthy and well! ^^

@boboladouche5268 5 жыл бұрын

I think he stopped touring in 2004?

@TheBootywest 4 жыл бұрын

Probably my favourite Bowie song ever... Why? It's so fucking powerful. It's got everything, wicked guitaring, bass playing, drums and of course Bowie himself! To be listened all the way through

@eduhuertarias1728 4 ай бұрын

Mick and Trevor performance is superb, like a whole album.

@leeashmore6468 7 жыл бұрын

I've been a huge bowie fan for 32 years and I think mick ronson is the most underrated guitarist of all time! And I'm a huge zeppelin fan!!!

@mikedrennan8303 7 жыл бұрын

Lee Ashmore totally agree with you! Mick Ronson Way Ahead of his time!!

@sivvybee 5 жыл бұрын

I read Jimmy Page was a huge fan of Mick too.

@fredfox3851 5 жыл бұрын

@chloe Ottem-O'Connell : )

@joe22589 4 жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson underrated? Oh no. Ask Bowie, Dylan, J. Page, Brian May, Def Leppard, Lou Reed, Ian Hunter ... For guitarists in GB he was one of the iconic role models of the early 70s. Lots of people dont know him - but relevant is that lots of the greats know him and apreciated his work

@JsRf13 9 жыл бұрын

I'm not a fan of miming, but what a fucking performer. I was completely captivated.

@Dr1v1ngBl1nd 8 жыл бұрын

+Bendage I'm confused; This has to be one of the most obviously live and Un-mimed performances ever, but your comment doesn't seem to be ironic. You're right about the performances though, with both Bowie and Ronson excelling themselves and Trevor Bolder and Woody Woodmansey driving it along.

@JsRf13 8 жыл бұрын

Dr1v1ngBl1nd I meant the actual performance of miming that he starts doing at 10:06 lol

@Dr1v1ngBl1nd 8 жыл бұрын

+Bendage Oops ! yes, he does seem to be miming at that point. lol I seem to remember he did some mime shows around 67-68 with Lindsay Kemp who later helped stage Ziggy

@augustjschroeder 3 жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson is a really underrated guitarist.

@38Achilles 4 жыл бұрын

And this is why the 70's was the best decade for Rock music. I love jam music!

@vincebalosky771 4 күн бұрын

There's no debate about it the 70s was the best decade for rock and roll .

@samuelwhite237 8 жыл бұрын

This may be the greatest live version of anything I've ever seen. I get chills every time I watch it. I have to watch all 14 minutes. Absolutely jaw dropping 😦 "Do it again, do it again!" 😛

@edouardleenaert4291 8 жыл бұрын

THAT'S RIGHT !

@laurih.t.8723 6 жыл бұрын

Samuel White ... ❤❤❤

@thesimulacra 6 жыл бұрын

Turn around, Go back!

@MrLauster123 6 жыл бұрын

Check out the "David" Live" version...much better!

@silentkill2196 5 жыл бұрын

Mas perfecto no lo pudiste decir hermano.

@petervad 4 жыл бұрын

Bowie (and his band): Exciting, different, scary, wonderful, wild, creative, unorthodox. We miss him for all of that. And where is that stuff today in pop music? Sigh.

@douglasmwelch4853 4 жыл бұрын

Bowie's heaviest track, ever!

@MarcP5267 7 жыл бұрын

Man that band was tight. Guitar bass drums

@wehaveasituation 7 жыл бұрын

indeed, that whole section from 6:30 on was insane..all three were great..especially Ronson..wow.

@MultiOMFG1 7 жыл бұрын

David had the greatest of musicians alongside him throughout his career, but nothing can quite replicate the energy of the Spiders. They were just outstanding. In every sense of the word. Absolutely outstanding.

@seansoblixe9711 5 жыл бұрын

o dude with a bass

@louismastrangelo3781 5 жыл бұрын

Hard to believe both Bowie and Mick are gone, sad, very sad.

@Dressagevids 5 жыл бұрын

And Trevor Bolder

@SonnySky7 4 жыл бұрын

All died of the same thing, cancer. Only Woody, the original drummer in the Spiders, remains from the band.

@mickerzsnickerz 8 жыл бұрын

Hope David, Mick, and Trevor are jamming again somewhere. RIP.

@edouardleenaert4291 8 жыл бұрын

I'M SURE THEY ARE !!!

@ToddSloanIAAN 8 жыл бұрын

+Edouard LEENAERT www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/davidbowie/widthofacircle.html Tell me about your experience, cuz I had David Live in "74....

@CB-xr1eg 7 жыл бұрын

Yea. jamming good with Weird and Gilly and The Spiders From Mars.

@renadromey620 5 жыл бұрын

❤

@rickwilliams7112 5 жыл бұрын

you bet yer God given Ass

@sammygirl6910 8 жыл бұрын

My biggest regret in life is never seeing him live.:(

@sammygirl6910 8 жыл бұрын

+sammygirl6910 Ah, Mick, so good.

@johnharrison1343 8 жыл бұрын

+sammygirl6910 Saw him live twice :) Sorry you never had the pleasure

@dubtech5769 8 жыл бұрын

+sammygirl6910 Awesome on so many levels )

@uplevelenglish4550 7 жыл бұрын

X2, my 4 year old daughter can't believe she'll never see him live!

@rotcod2886 7 жыл бұрын

You missed out. I saw him 4 or 5 times. Once, the tour with Nine Inch Nails, I sneaked down close enough for us to look into each others eyes. They had a general admission mosh pit area down front where you could get close.

@rickyrhoades4083 8 жыл бұрын

Ronson's solo in "Width" is just an absolute classic. Bowie walking off stage shows whose performance this was. Some great lyrics in this also. "God's a young man too". I wonder how God feels about that?

@rowdybodine8585 4 жыл бұрын

It doesn't care.

@RandallFishwick Жыл бұрын

Incredible playing by Mick Ronson! Love the audience reactions.

@paulmanson5085 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing beats Bowie and Ronson together. Ronson is probably as good as Mr Hendrix with making guitar playing look easy and utterly awesome. As for Bowie way ahead of his time seen him many times since 78 and still look back amazed at what he did sadly missed the kids of today have missed so much greatness in rock.The kids now have to listen and watch shit like x factor.Bless my mum for having me back in the 60's

@kstardustandthespidersfrom3085 8 жыл бұрын

Mick was a brilliant guitar player ... What a divine solo ...

@jpap928 9 жыл бұрын

Ronson was an amazing player and performer

@olgaguffey7489 6 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@farmtracks1 8 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Woody's AMAZING drumming....

@johan55M 4 жыл бұрын

Man, you can say that again.............jesus.

@metocvideo 4 жыл бұрын

farmtracks1 met him at Dozy’s funeral a few years ago, what a lovely modest bloke... a friend who had no clue who he was said, “are you a musician too?” He replied, “yeah, I do drums”... and nothing more.

@2wheels6strings 8 жыл бұрын

Seriously. Who could downvote this?

@ianfindly3257 4 жыл бұрын

While everybody else commenting here seems to be lauding Ronson and his guitar playing, I'm going to express a little love and praise for Bowie's nifty little mime piece at 10:03, I think that's pretty awesome!

@jean-francoisbrunet2031 4 жыл бұрын

It is a rather exact citation of, and hommage to the piece called "The Cage", by the mime Marcel Marceau (probably via Lindsay Kemp).

@michaeldempsey3281 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, Mick Ronson is just killing it!

@amaliagrassi6870 8 жыл бұрын

Mick Rocking Ronson

@theshatt1 10 жыл бұрын

My man Mick Ronson was a GOD!

@konyjmk 5 жыл бұрын

He was much more than that....

@christianhohbach4304 4 жыл бұрын

John Mckeown What is more than being titled god?

@guitarcl 10 жыл бұрын

Them earthlings were so dam lucky back in the 70s to witness creatures from outer space perform these Stella performances .

@rickwilliams7112 5 жыл бұрын

yes we were, but when it was happening there was so much of it that we didnt appreciate what we had. Everyone wanted the next big album, the next great artist. Its only now the wave of brilliance has ended that people are appreciating what actually happened. Case in point...I always thought Willie Nelson was gran-dad music, but I watched a little vid from the 70s the other day and it was a breath of fresh air compared with the absolute cak that gets titled 'music' now. Never thought i'd say it, but Nelson was one great artist

@lrkenny78 8 жыл бұрын

Bowie at his best with Mick Ronson and the Spiders from Mars. Their music lives forever. RIP.

@peterlarsson7019 8 жыл бұрын

I love the music from the end of the sixties and early seventies. Rhytm, improvisation, musical skills, communication between musicians, originality, creativity. A golden era - no MTV, computers, samplers or pitch correction.

@alexpol-pd7vb 7 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@chrisghanem6277 7 жыл бұрын

That Mark Ronson solo is unreal,very talented and underrated guitarist

@marymargaretmoore9034 5 жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson.

@marleneaugusto1967 4 жыл бұрын

Maravilhosos 😍 dAvld e Mike show ❤️

@Romulusorion 8 жыл бұрын

An Electric High Priest, presiding over a ritual with song, light and pageantry. See the hypnotized youth, spellbound? This man was a great artist who exercised the power of art to its highest extent, moving people into an alternate realm. I think of the older people of that era who thought his music was noise, that he was a no-talent. Man, were they ever the blind fools!

@billtaylor4224 9 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Mick and Trevor.

@susankane3137 8 жыл бұрын

+Bill Taylor We really lost a legend with Ronno!

@philipm06 8 жыл бұрын

+Susan Kane Bowie could not have had a better guitar partner than Mick

@rickyrhoades4083 8 жыл бұрын

+Susan Kane Sure the heck did. Reeves Gabrels filled in quite nicely in the last 1/2 of Bowies career.

@paulbillingham6769 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you ziggy fan, this is amazing. 3 piece theatre while Bowie takes a break and without a musical stumble. Woody Woodmansy has to be one of the most unrecognised drummers of all time. And my idol Mick Ronson; what a legend!

@weaesq 7 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch Ronson in this song, I pick up something new. He did a retuning of his Les Paul mid song. Rock from the 70s - some of the greatest music.

@ccorbin7128 6 жыл бұрын

They were at the top of their game at this concert. Mick Ronson, one of the greatest and underrated rock guitarists of all time.

@FRAME5RS 8 жыл бұрын

I'm reading the book Mick Ronson, The Spider with the Platinum Hair. Enjoying it very much. I was a tad too young to have seen one of their concerts being about 12 when when they toured the states but I had the Ziggy album and played it to death! I remember him being shown on TV and my WWII era father wondering if he was a boy or a girl. The older generation just didn't get Bowie. I'm 55 and still listening, and my mother still isn't interested ! :-)

@rickyrhoades4083 8 жыл бұрын

+Marissa Rose My parents didn't get it back then either. Back then, rockers were much more "in your face" to the older generation who critisized them. They didn't give a fuck. Especially Bowie. Dressing in drag was not the way to become a successful entertainer back then. Adults were in shock. They thought Evis was bad for shaking his hips-then Bowie comes along!!

@warvandal3443 8 жыл бұрын

I remember my mother being furious at the 'leper messiah' lyric at the time! She warmed to Bowie in later years though and loved that vid he did with jagger 😀

@quantumorigami3049 9 жыл бұрын

Oh My God! This video of David Bowie is the frickin shit! His guitarists go crazy on the ground, the crowd is probably in a drug induced stupor, and when you think it cant get any more awesomely bizarre he breaks out the mime- which is totally badass! And dang if I know what he is trying to project, he is in a cage that he is escaping and when he escapes he flies like the birds out of captivity. Kahlil Gibran- blows the mind. I wonder what is his favorite Gibran writing??

@quantumorigami3049 8 жыл бұрын

God he was beautiful. No wonder the last year I have been on a Bowie binge. It was his vibration communicating through the ether that his time was short and for me to pay attention. David, the world is waking up again. Your music will be a part of it. And Khalil Gibran will be remembered, and there will be peace in our time. You are part of the All and I know you will be visiting many of us in the spirit to whisper secrets that will free us all from our cages. I was freed because of your music. Labyrinth was my first introduction to you when I was a child and that music brought fun and joy even up til today. I knew you were important in all of this. You are one of the keys and more are being made every day because of you. Thank goodness for people who force us to think outside our boxes. You will not be forgotten. Thank you for working so hard on Black Star. The wave of awakening is moving faster and you just gave it the tsunami boost it needed. Hermes Trismegistus.

@behemothofthegym8973 8 жыл бұрын

+broken angel Totally, he really is beautiful. I feel like his music brings out the best in people.

@thedanoi 8 жыл бұрын

+broken angel damn you made me cry

@dexterdog717 8 жыл бұрын

+broken angel "I'll be free-just like that blue bird" from Lazarus video.

@blake7067 7 жыл бұрын

broken angel ye people are brilliant fans!!!.excellent 'feedback' . I've often wondered which Gibran piece he was trying to project on stage at closing of this song..respect!

@sardonicus76 Жыл бұрын

Mick, Woody, Trevor. What a band. What a shame it didn’t last. I know that Bowie wanted to do the whole rock and roll chameleon thing but I just wish this could’ve lasted just a little while longer.

@floydfanboy2948 Жыл бұрын

Totally with you on that bro

@est_locatelli 7 жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson was the nazz

@champigranja1179 6 жыл бұрын

With God's given ass

@lindadote 6 жыл бұрын

Yoko Kaab ......”God-given ass”.

@dantean 5 жыл бұрын

I thought The Nazz was Todd Rundgruen, Carson Van Osten, Thom Mooney, and Robert "Stewkey" Antoni?!

@jonsantos8384 5 жыл бұрын

@@dantean He was and they were .

@TheTestingGrounds 5 жыл бұрын

The Nazz are blue!

@MsJimbo1960 9 жыл бұрын

Always blows my mind every time I watch this..

@carlosjosse2131 6 жыл бұрын

10:35 - 11:10.... He cuts the Wall with his finger, and when he extends his arms, you find the Width of a Circle.

@donaldneilmactaggart8689 9 жыл бұрын

Complete and utter proof of Micks re-working of David's more Folk/Rock arrangements pre-album'. I was screaming like a baby at this stage of the gig'. Memories that will live forever.

@jaym4958 5 жыл бұрын

@edwardmccarten9677 6 жыл бұрын

I saw them in 72 live in Scotland. Width of a circle as filmed here takes me back. A brilliant gig!

@gavanwhatever8196 4 жыл бұрын

One of the things I really appreciate is that it's clear that Mick Ronson didn't check his look in the mirror 1000 times before going on stage. More talent and less narcissism would be refreshing in the modern world...

@liberalmind8680 7 жыл бұрын

Don't forget da drummer .. Woody Woodmansey .. not flash but tight .. I might have spelt that name wrong

@renadromey620 5 жыл бұрын

The spiders were just incredible. Period.

@fuzzballzz36 4 жыл бұрын

Your spelling is correct.

@bigbilltoady412 4 жыл бұрын

David once said that Woody understood his music the best and was the best drummer to compliment his music.

@VeryLimitedaddition 9 жыл бұрын

My favorite Bowie song was My Death but this comes as a close second and the way Mick Ronson bent his guitar around the universe made him a special musician and both songs were played at Hammersmith Odeon was and has been the best concert I ever had the pleasure of going to and was a privilege to be there and enjoy the atmosphere was very special night. Not like this anymore!

@arkansaswookie 9 жыл бұрын

Dave Booth "The way Mick Ronson bent his guitar around the universe". Excellent description. Ronson was in his own league. And you got to see this show? You are one lucky man.

@MrFrampo56 4 жыл бұрын

My Death was written by Jacques Brel, not Bowie

@somegirls2002 4 жыл бұрын

MICK RONSON ------ total master of his guitar

@artbuo 6 жыл бұрын

Mick puts a great number of classic rock riffs/conceits in his solo and I could listen to most of them for more than the couple of bars he sticks with each one. Great to see what good show these concerts could provide with really dedicated acts.

@DavidTransformer 5 жыл бұрын

And that my friends is how you play a Les Paul

@timpenfield5 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, perfect

@MrAdriaxe 8 жыл бұрын

I love how this song changes completely twelve minutes in.

@MarcP5267 7 жыл бұрын

Adrian Edwards gets bluesy

@claudettepreisinger 8 жыл бұрын

Wow! I saw Bowie live 3 times, but in the later 70's, not lucky enough to have seen him as Ziggy (live)...But this performance beats anything I've seen him do live or on video...Mick Ronson's guitar work is fabulous too...RIP, David and Mick...

@marcialruizescribano9665 8 жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson...top guitar player.Gorgeous live music atmosphere !

@maxwelter9545 7 жыл бұрын

14 plus minutes of pure brilliance.

@dylanakent 7 жыл бұрын

Some alien beings are sent to humanity in the right place at the right time to help us evolve. Thank you David. Safe journey where ever you may be.

@markconnors7310 7 жыл бұрын

How am I just finding out this live video exists???? GAHHHHHHHHH

@ebennett7 4 жыл бұрын

Me three years after you. Thank God it does! WOW

@rowdybodine8585 4 жыл бұрын

It's an entire concert, this is just one song.

@angiecuteass 8 жыл бұрын

Mick is so awesome....

@ziggyfan100 11 жыл бұрын

RIP Trevor Bolder

@francisleesbelly 7 жыл бұрын

in the days before social media , even before VCR's I recorded this on a cassette tape on a hand held recorder off the TV in my mates front room, I was about 13 Hooked for life . the world is a emptier place without these two RIP ,

@barbaracook7142 7 жыл бұрын

that's great memory to share about that time ..

@andrewSUN17 4 жыл бұрын

Fucking amazing....Bowie, Ronson, the whole band were on another level...

@geneclark3600 7 жыл бұрын

I saw him, Glass spider tour..Siouxsie opened , anahiem, stadium, california I will hold that image in my mind till 17 minutes after I am dead. Good times.

@eunwoncho6624 8 жыл бұрын

man... that guitar is out of this world

@teezee3677 8 жыл бұрын

Both Bowie and Ron were Amazing!!!I wish I was at this show back then...

@edouardleenaert4291 8 жыл бұрын

I WAS "SO LUCKY" TO BE THERE AND WILL NEVER FORGET !

@richardpowell3259 7 жыл бұрын

This my Musical Friends is R&R PERFECTION... I love Bowie , his whole career . However, this period is IMHO the greatest. Mick Ronson should of been just as big a star. Bowie said when he got Mick "I found my Jeff Beck " . They complimented each other so well. Hey you all have a great R&R day. Adios

@DavidTransformer 7 жыл бұрын

Ronno remains one of the best guitarists I have ever seen. Great memories from the old Glasgow Apollo in the 70's. Music today is still great and many fine artists about but Bowie for me will always be the greatest.

@geneclark3600 7 жыл бұрын

i think we all agree...this was the perfect human

@SuperBoyz2men 4 жыл бұрын

This could only be imprroved by an advert for Netflix slap bang in the middle of performance .Well done !

@GBPM777 4 жыл бұрын

This video will become legendary in 10 years from now

@mrcodhead67 4 жыл бұрын

Strange isnt it that Mick Ronson very often gets forgotten when lists of 10, 20, even 50 or 100 greatest guitarist are published. That's not to say he never makes ANY lists, mind, but that solo was fvcking sublime.

@ziggytheduke 8 жыл бұрын

Mick, Trevor and David are up there waiting for Woody

@beachgirl4583 4 жыл бұрын

wildcatter63, Iggy and Keef are still with us. How? Iggy looked terminally ill in 1978.

@rowdybodine8585 4 жыл бұрын

What are they waiting for? To play air guitar?

@juliannajordan7645 6 жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson - The Width of a Circle

@FxkDGM 5 жыл бұрын

But that bass vs guitar moment in the middle is so awesome. Mick took the guitar and turned it into a brush. Something you don't care about as much as a guitar but you made art with it. That stripped LP Mick played on thia video and for many years to come had it's headstock broken off so many times. One time Mick put the guitar over the audience ( as he often did) and this guy just grabbed it by the headstock and snapped it off, it was repaired so many times. Another time, Mick and Ian Hunter went into a music center, Mick was looking for a guitar, he saw a guitar on the wall and said I'll have that one (without playing it). Later when he played it ( after he bought it) he realised the strings were buzzing or something like that, so when he said it to Ian, he repplied "Well why didn't you play it before you bought it!". He just didn't think of guitars as something you should take care of. Just treat them as a brush.

@peterbareford2474 5 жыл бұрын

have you seen the KZfaq about the guy who bought the Les P from Hard Rock in Sydney? I dont understand why he sold it money isnt everything

@peterbareford2474 5 жыл бұрын

and the bass is great

@mikedrennan8303 7 жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson was a most Badassed guitar player that never got the recognition he well deserved!! Way ahead of his time and this song proves it!! RIP MR RONSON!!

@jackhanson5589 8 жыл бұрын

Man, what a show! Quite the hypnotizing performance, live style! Now that is rock and roll as we know it! Mr. Bowie.... you were above, before, and beyond your time! A legend forever!

@t.c.bramblett617 8 жыл бұрын

"God's a young man, too. Just like you. Just like you."

@dexterdog717 8 жыл бұрын

+T.C. Bramblett Do you think that pissed God off or He took it as a compliment?

@clisk35 8 жыл бұрын

+nallly def a compliment..look at all the amazing talent god gave bowie and the rest of the spiders from mars..

@72daystar 5 жыл бұрын

[Mick Ronson] was named the 64th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2003 and 41st in 2012 by the same magazine. (Wikipedia, Mick Ronson article) Nice to see he's becoming better appreciated with time. Great performance, great audio and cinematography to capture it.