David Bowie - Happy 65th Birthday Sunday 08 January

[essies]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixrSxwl2P3Q"]David Bowie & Nine Inch Nails- I'm Afraid of Americans - YouTube[/ame]

 

[badhorsie]

Society for the prevention of cruelty to young men with long hair


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtCPstMaLkU"]David Bowie about long hair for men (1964) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[wfgodot]

"If David Bowie was the Jesus Christ of glam, then Marc Bolan was John the Baptist." - Mick Rock
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFXsrFo2-bU&feature=related"]David Bowie • Walk on the Wildside Documentry - YouTube[/ame]

 

[wfgodot]

Velvets cover (of course).
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJIjrj07wyI&feature=related"]David Bowie - Waiting For The Man (1970) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[wfgodot]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acvr_WJ9gfg&feature=related"]David Bowie : Man Who Sold The World (BBC radio sessions) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[essies]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwdssHTfPJQ"]David Bowie & Pet Shop Boys - Hallo spaceboy - YouTube[/ame]

 

[wfgodot]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbE2YPwedRA"]David Bowie - BBC Live - Diamond Dogs & John, I'm Only Dancing (January 1975) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[essies]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33xxHszgwDA"]David Bowie 'New Killer Star' (NYC Version). - YouTube[/ame]

 

[wfgodot]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrof3j72EpA"]Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me: Weird David Bowie scene - YouTube[/ame]

 

[badhorsie]

Another great cover
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjqN_S5jIy0"]See Emily Play - Pin Ups [1973] - David Bowie - YouTube[/ame]

 

[wfgodot]

David Bowie's 65 birthday: 65 crazy facts and bizarre myths (Mirror)

 

[wfgodot]

Both from Sunday Telegraph:

Happy Birthday David Bowie, the pop star everyone wanted to be

David Bowie fans call for comeback tour as star reaches 65

 

[wfgodot]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boTY_7VYoYU"]David Bowie's lost 1973 Top of the Pops performance of The Jean Genie - YouTube[/ame]

 

[wfgodot]

Without these two guys - wow, would the early '70s have been boring for me in Kansas:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8QNM2sXeHY"]David Bowie & Lou Reed - White Light, White Heat ( Live New - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ziggy]

I was SO into Bowie in junior/senior high. Just call me Ms. Stardust.

"Changes" is still one of my favorite songs, but with Bowie it's so hard to pick a favorite song. I heard "Pressure" last night in the car and am continually amazed at the beauty of classic rock music. Love you David Bowie!

 

[badhorsie]

He even looks cool in a mugshot

 

[wfgodot]

His birthday's past but his influence lives on. An example from twenty years ago:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nWJQStqrfw"]Suede - The Drowners - YouTube[/ame]

 

[daisy.faithfull]

Best cover of a Bowie song:
MOTT THE HOOPLE - All The Young Dudes [ remastered audio ] - YouTube

With great respect, may I submit this one for consideration of another breathtaking cover :blushing:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8[/ame]

EDIT: And as to those influenced, here's a little Hedwig and Angry Inch, "The Origin Of Love":
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zU3U7E1Odc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zU3U7E1Odc[/ame]
I guess David was even involved in producing one of the productions of the stage version.


EDIT: This thread has been an extraordinary tribute, many thanks to all who posted. David Bowie is such an incredible artist! I'm always so envious of you British, and props to wfgodot for bringing our stars Iggy and Lou into the mix.

 

[wfgodot]

With great respect, may I submit this one for consideration of another breathtaking cover :blushing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8

EDIT: And as to those influenced, here's a little Hedwig and Angry Inch, "The Origin Of Love":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zU3U7E1Odc
I guess David was even involved in producing one of the productions of the stage version.


EDIT: This thread has been an extraordinary tribute, many thanks to all who posted. David Bowie is such an incredible artist! I'm always so envious of you British, and props to wfgodot for bringing our stars Iggy and Lou into the mix.

Thanks daisy.faithfull, I started the thread as a tribute to the taste of the wondrous badhorsie, and people seemed to find and like it. Re: the Mott v. Nirvana covers, I'll give it to Ian Hunter's boys on the "It saved their careers and Bowie did write it for them in the first place" tie-breaker, while allowing that Kurt & Co.'s sterling, stirring effort also occupies great pride of place in my record collection.

 

[wfgodot]

Sending this one out to all Bolan / T. Rex fanatics as Marc B. would have turned 65 this 30 September - born in the same year as Bowie, then. Am attempting to turn thread into glam rock appreciation society.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ayDFbZJ1qQ"]T.Rex " The Slider " - YouTube[/ame]