Unfortunately, he stayed "cool" by staying thin and he did that with cigarettes and coke.

only for awhile, though. He sobered up after awhile. He had class, manners, everything. I know he wasn't perfect, but he was only human. We shouldn't judge because we would probably be judged ourselves, but his good qualities were amazing. He wasn't God anything, but he was a really decent man.

@@nandowiak5147 He stopped smoking about 15 years before he died and stopped doing coke at least 10 years prior to that

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+sarairosenbaum This is actually 30 years later.

yeah that's an excellent point! and he looks casually beautiful doing it

More like 30 years later. Rock On!

@Jennifer Puhl more like 43 years 1972 i think it charted. was maybe earlier 1969 he wrote it.

30*

Damn ): Real shame

+Kevin Menkhus tremendous, now there s nobody to look forward to..I mean it s as though when Bowie was here..we had someone true...

+Kevin Menkhus Right the fuck on bro.

+Kevin Menkhus I'm 100% with you. Bowie forever!

+Kevin Menkhus Yes, I am realizing this more and more too for each day passing, with a sinking feeling in my heart. Now, there are noone, will never be anyone who even remotely can match him. Thank you for writing what I think a lot of people are thinking. Take care.

+calanais06 so true

thank you

And so are you, for recognizing him as the true stuff! Long Live Bowie!

he was getting a kick out of doing that for sure

Yes you could tell Bowie enjoyed doing that voice and seemed amazed of himself and felt every minute. 😊

Mimicking??

@@iananderson3799 exactly !

@@iananderson3799 You are totally right in asking that question. How can someone suggest that Bowie is "mimicking" himself? That is just crazy.

+Al Tavers I had the pleasure of seeing Bowie in 83 for the serious moonlight tour. It was unusual in that their was no warm-up band. He just performed had an intermission and then played some more. A completely electric performer. The world lost one of the true greats.

+Al Tavers Me too, I've kicked myself many times for not having seen certain performers. Bowie and Stevie Ray Vaughn come to mind.

+Al Tavers - My friends mother saw him live and in the mid 70s no less, she said it was utterly mind blowing, she said it was like seeing God LOL! I can see it too, in those videos of him playing live in the 70s, the audience is basically going nuts. She said everyone in her class back then had Bowie notebooks, tee shirts, buttons, him and Elton John all the teen girls went nuts over. The boys went nuts for Led Zeppelin and what's crazy is tickets usually cost $6 to $10 bucks back then which is about $30 - $50 bucks in todays money. Imagine that, you could see Bowie or Zeppelin in their prime for $30 freakin bucks. What are concert tickets now for a big name? $150? And that's only if it isn't scalped.

Georgie Thumbs My first concert was The Beatles in San Diego, 1965, I was 13 maybe 14. Tickets were $3.50, $4.50 and $5.50. We got the $5.50 seats, that was a lot of money back then.

eight inches -Amazing, hey it's only the BEATLES LOL LOL Incredible. How close were you?

+eight inches I would say Space Oddity is

+ohraider everyone has a favorite.

+S Enns hard to chose a favorite. I haven't heard one I haven't loved

It is hard to choose. As I looked at all the albums, I thought about each song I have heard, each one that I have loved in its turn. I think the point I was trying to make is that I would not say one is better than another, but that I like one over another. It is not about the quality of the song and singer, but the preference of the listener.

+eight inches An entire story in less than four minutes. Genius

Agreed. He didn't rush the beat.

@@JoelBrousseau Nope, Sterling Campbell his name is

Absolutely!

That whole band rocked the shit out of this song. Gosh, I miss Davis Bowie

:'( where were the spiders

+Seth Golson While the fly tried to break our balls?

He's floating in a most peculiar way...

+SamtheSham2000 yeah, look up the lyrics it's real funny

+Γιάννης Φωτιάδης Cannot believe he is gone. Such a wonderful talent.

I think it's Sterling Campbell.

rest in space::::::::::

A man that naturally oozes charisma panache style the fuckin lot

me too.so sad.RIP my hero

rest in space::::::::::::::::

My cat is named Ziggy, after this song. My cat is not a cat from Japan though xx

ziggy was a Far out cat ''''' get it far out::::::::::::

Im crying right now

+Reed Nelson To be honest, any Bowie audience would know this song after the first chord...especially as he only ever did it as an encore in his later concerts, like this one.

+20thCB Knew it BEFORE the chord is strummed, always bitter sweet, it's Ziggy!, but it's the end of the concert. The moment everyone is waiting for...but it's the end.

One of the very few songs that a crowd recognises from just the first chord.

You just want it to go straight into Suffragette City ☺

I’m right behind you at 62 !

73 tomorrow...Bowie !

First time I`ve seen this version. Sounds like his voice had gotten even better as he aged. Man!

He was never fully truly mainstream.. He was always doing his own shit, in his own style. He set the trends, he never followed them. If he was mainstream it was because he found success and people made it mainstream after people liked and/or copied his unique style, making it mainstream after. Or rather, made it popular and a commercial success.

You can't think of anyone with so much creativity and talent because there is no one. It's that simple. Simply making music was too easy for David. He had to invent personas and create performance art. Even that seemed easy for him. It's this simple: There has never been anyone close to him and there never will be. A truly unique genius.

+Liza Peninon me too.

I think I will keep crying every time I see him "live" ... and even listening to him makes me feel so terribly sad ...

+Liza Peninon I know, I'm in pain!

It is so sad :(

Me too, I love him so much !!

How come no one commented on my comment?

@@kristinaa5420 Because it's too true no one knows what to say. The opening riff is one of the most powerful things I've ever heard, it just hits that feeling you didn't know existed.

Tout est dit

Well said.

His hair was always perfect....even at this age he was sexy as hell!!!

crunchy Agreed.

Heh heh yer he loved his hair did our David.

you obviously never had floppy curtains back in the day ..............:)

davopen Nope, I'm a YOUNG American.

Jake Dannatt the version from the motion pictute is much better, it's on youtube , Vevo puts it out.

This is my second favorite. My first is the one he did at Santa Monica in the 70's

Yeah amazing performance of david

I would say the performance of it on his Reality Tour DVD is much better. This is good but the other is more intense and his voice is in even better form throughout the entire show.

I absolutely agree and so is the version of Heroes from the same show

Around 2019 I was working in a Grocery Store and this young College Girl comes in one night wearing a Ziggy T Shirt. I informed her that she needs to watch this as it is the absolute best version that I have ever seen and to also watch Heroes.

@@bwallace5945 I hope she did, this whole show is amazing, and Bowie was on fire in the early 2000s.

@@Gabrielecgomes1 I hope so too. I told a friend of mine to watch the version of Heroes from this show as it is the absolute best that you will ever see. He called me a few days later and said that you were right. The night after Bowie died one of our local college radio stations (UNC) had a tribute to him about And I have to admit for three 18-22 something kids they played a pretty good sample of his work from all eras I probably could not have done any better myself.

Hopefully Aladdin sane one?

Earl slick!

I think Bowie was more of a popper. And I mean it without any disrespect. Mick and Axl are way more "rockstar" than Bowie was, however all of them are great musicans. And this one rocks of course :)

Mist er Fister go to the 70’s my friend

He was an elegant exquisite cowboy!!​@@misterfister6096

Cowboy kills the rockstar!!!

+siskokidd He knew that the audience already knew the words. They didn't need illustrations. ;-) But yes, the man was a master performer. That's one of the things that makes he so enjoyable to watch!

+siskokidd that's well hung on snow white sands as in cocaine

+dale manthey Sigh...no it's not, it is indeed "well hung and snow white tan".

+siskokidd well, shit i was kinda looking forward to a crotch grab and an ass thrust from the Bowmeister. Sexy little bastard up until he died.

+zippity doodah you little piece of garbage! Go play with your own little crouch!