{"id":3343,"date":"2016-01-11T20:57:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T01:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2016-01-11T20:57:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T01:57:29","slug":"video-grab-bag-david-bowie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2016\/01\/11\/video-grab-bag-david-bowie\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Grab Bag: David Bowie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several years ago, at the end of a long conversation about Elvis Presley, and specifically the world&#8217;s response to his death, a friend of mine asked me: &#8220;Who&#8217;s our Elvis? Whose death will stop the world like his?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We mulled and debated and left the question open.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:30 this morning I rolled over and checked the Internet and got the answer.<\/p>\n<p>I texted the friend this afternoon, to say: <i>This is it. Our Elvis has died.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidbowie.com\/\">David Bowie<\/a> has left us, and I have to tell y&#8217;all, I don&#8217;t even know where to start. At the beginning, I guess, or what was the beginning for me: <i>Dance Magic Dance<\/i> from <i>Labyrinth<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><center><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"David Bowie &amp;quot;DANCE MAGIC&amp;quot; Labyrinth Music Video\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_bcCb9MLShss\"><div id=\"lyte_bcCb9MLShss\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/bcCb9MLShss\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">David Bowie &quot;DANCE MAGIC&quot; Labyrinth Music Video<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/bcCb9MLShss\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/bcCb9MLShss\/0.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie &amp;quot;DANCE MAGIC&amp;quot; Labyrinth Music Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t remember when I first heard <i>Let&#8217;s Dance<\/i>, title track of the 1983 record, but it has always been one of my favorites. Here he is singing it, as well as one other song that comes first, with Tina Turner:<\/p>\n<p><center><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Tina Turner &amp;amp; David Bowie - Let&amp;#039;s Dance [Official Music Video]\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_619kF0Y7zE4\"><div id=\"lyte_619kF0Y7zE4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/619kF0Y7zE4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Tina Turner &amp; David Bowie - Let&#039;s Dance [Official Music Video]<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/619kF0Y7zE4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/619kF0Y7zE4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Turner &amp;amp; David Bowie - Let&amp;#039;s Dance [Official Music Video]\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Jumping backwards a little bit, this is <i>Beauty and the Beast<\/i>, from <i>Heroes<\/i> (1977), which I stumbled over probably ten years ago, and half a story fell fully formed into my head. I still haven&#8217;t written it down, but it&#8217;s there.<\/p>\n<p><center><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"David Bowie Beauty and the Beast Live Bremen 1978 HQ &amp;amp; Rare\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_czb5GmVU4gA\"><div id=\"lyte_czb5GmVU4gA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/czb5GmVU4gA\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">David Bowie Beauty and the Beast Live Bremen 1978 HQ &amp; Rare<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/czb5GmVU4gA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/czb5GmVU4gA\/0.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie Beauty and the Beast Live Bremen 1978 HQ &amp;amp; Rare\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p><i>Space Oddity<\/i>, from <i>David Bowie<\/i> (1969) has always made me sad, and now, even more so:<\/p>\n<p><center><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"David Bowie &ndash; Space Oddity (Official Video)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_iYYRH4apXDo\"><div id=\"lyte_iYYRH4apXDo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/iYYRH4apXDo\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">David Bowie \u2013 Space Oddity (Official Video)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/iYYRH4apXDo\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/iYYRH4apXDo\/0.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie &ndash; Space Oddity (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>On a lighter note: <i>Starman<\/i>, from <i>The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars<\/i> (1972), and David Bowie in full androgynous effect:<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"David Bowie - Starman (1972) HD 0815007\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_4B5zmDz4vR4\"><div id=\"lyte_4B5zmDz4vR4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4B5zmDz4vR4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">David Bowie - Starman (1972) HD 0815007<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/4B5zmDz4vR4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4B5zmDz4vR4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie - Starman (1972) HD 0815007\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>And finally, <i>Blackstar<\/i>, from the record released just days ago, because David Bowie was an uncompromising beautiful weirdo right up to the end, and we should all strive to reach his level:<\/p>\n<p><center><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"David Bowie - Blackstar\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_kszLwBaC4Sw\"><div id=\"lyte_kszLwBaC4Sw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kszLwBaC4Sw\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">David Bowie - Blackstar<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/kszLwBaC4Sw\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kszLwBaC4Sw\/0.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie - Blackstar\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace, good sir. We shall miss you very much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several years ago, at the end of a long conversation about Elvis Presley, and specifically the world&#8217;s response to his death, a friend of mine asked me: &#8220;Who&#8217;s our Elvis? Whose death will stop the world like his?&#8221; We mulled and debated and left the question open. 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