Anybody who heard David Bowie sing live or even on the radio or vinyl and no matter what song he was singing he made us all feel like heroes. Legend. R.I.P

@donaldgregg9250

Жыл бұрын

VERY well put...

Having watched Live Aid many many times, what many people won't pick up on is that Thomas Dolby has edited out the bit where Bowie introduces him as "the very brilliant" Thomas Dolby. seems Mr Dolby is a class act.

@user-mg8ul1tg2i

Жыл бұрын

I watched Live Aid many times as well and noticed that too. Both were modest, classy & made great music.

@E4RLIES

Жыл бұрын

Just been to see that, what a modest talent Mr Dolby is!! The roar from the crowd after his introduction was massive too! 😌😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@Revelian1982

Жыл бұрын

Up until now I'd only ever known him as the guy who invented surround sound.

@markbritton2175

Жыл бұрын

@@Revelian1982 wrong Dolby - unrelated to Ray Dolby THE inventor/Founder of Dolby labs & its noise reduction recording technology

@Revelian1982

Жыл бұрын

@@markbritton2175 Oh, so they were brothers.

The echo In The voice samples was deliberate indicating he’s no longer with us but we have Bowie’s echoes. Nice artistic choice

Crying now.

@rosemarysbabydaddy858

2 жыл бұрын

Same. 2022 and same.

@Alexandra-jy9dy

2 жыл бұрын

Mee too...

Someone had to follow Queen that day. Not sure anybody else could've done it so seamlessly.

Always appreciated Thomas Dolby. Now I know him to be a good man.

This performance brings me back to that unforgettable July 13th 1985. Bowie Is Immortal. Great tribute, mr. Dolby.

@guiltseeker

10 ай бұрын

I was there ! X

Thomas Dolby and David Bowie are the two giants!!! Fantastic instrumental by Dolby. What a great musician, man.

Very Very Cool. I wish Thomas Dolby would come out with a new album, wouldn't that be great.

@lizab.stough9396

Ай бұрын

His new novel is coming out this month - June 2024 - and I hope to see him at the Totally Tubular Festival in DC in July.

I worked in Thomas Dolby's pokey little flat in Fulham in the 1980s, when I first arrived at the flat he wasn't there but there was a wall full of gold and silver albums, I had no idea who he was and to be honest never heard his music. I got know him quite well by the end of the job, he told me he was thinking of having a grand piano in the bedroom with a mattress on top of it but realised that certain activities on the bed would knock the piano out tune, we had a good giggle at that. I asked how the music business was, he just smiled and said, same as the building trade, do the job and get paid! He wanted us to be in a video for a song he was doing as clones of him, we politely declined. I met his parents, who were really nice folk, he had a stable door for a back door and steps down into a back yard, a nice touch. I'd forgotten all about that job until now. Thomas, if you read this, I hope the electric grid you have on the living room wall didn't electrocute anyone, also I ,met Dean Garcia and his girlfrend in Crete, they booked a last minute holiday and had the balcony room next to mine and he told me they had visited the your flat. he saw the electrical thing and said you had deck chairs in the living room, no sofas for you then! Dean had been working with the Eurythmics and played me some great studio jams with them, small world ain't it. Shit, that was 1983!

Beautiful, I am in tears ❤

I saw David at the Forum during this era, the Serious Moonlight Tour....thanks for posting this, good times in my youth.

Bowie & Dolby gave the 80s class!

@dionmcgee5610

3 жыл бұрын

Bowie also lent some class to the 70s, 90s, and after the millennium. Darkstar was a fitting send off. An appropriate way to say goodbye. The most enjoyable Last Words I've ever heard.

@rainwater8135

3 жыл бұрын

After Low Bowie went downhill greatly, coinciding with his cure from drug addiction. He lost something, became derivative, copied others. Rehashed old songs that he’d given away to Iggy Pop. He himself called the 80s his Phil Collins years. After Low he came out with one decent song, Heroes. They that was it. The man who made Diamond Dogs almost single handed ( the best album ever) made that dancing in the street video with Mavis Jagger. It just doesn’t fit. Wasn’t the same person

@dionmcgee5610

3 жыл бұрын

@@rainwater8135 A considerably more depressing POV than the one I prefer. Not that I necessarily disagree with your assessment. While I intellectually can see where you're coming from and how you could feel that way- I've chosen a more expansive appreciation of music. I might agree that Bowie's greatest work came to it's apex on Low,(or Aladdin Sane or Station to Station) and Heroes was him on the downward slope- still, what an incredible downward slope. Sons of the Silent Age, Dj, Look Back in Anger,Ashes to Ashes, This is not America, it's no Game, Under the God, Amlapura, Shopping for Girls, Hallo Spaceboy, Thru these architects eyes, Looking for Water, Love is Lost. His plummet to earth sounded better than most musicians entire careers, in my not particularly humble opinion. It IS all opinion, of course. It's difficult to tell someone how they feel about music is wrong (unless they say the best band ever is Milli Vanilli). Perhaps I should rephrase that. It's EASY to tell someone how they feel about music is wrong- but it's impossible to say that without at least a fragment of your consciousness realizing there is no ultimate arbiter of taste. It is fundamentally about individuality and the peculiarities that lead us to like the things we like, no matter how repellent that taste may be to other people.

This has not left my mind since first viewing. Beautifully done, thank you Thomas.

A beautiful tribute to The Guv'nor.

bowie forever

I saw a version of this last night in Texas. It was a gentle, moving tribute to a great musician from another great musician. It was magical.

Thomas Dolby is one of the greatest performers of all time. From a fellow synthesist to another I admire him alot and maybe someday in the distant future I will be the one making a tribute for him.

There's something in my eye. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

@waynenorthspacebuoy3529

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent comment ... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away.

Oh my gosh!Great pics of that day❤️❤️❤️

Brilliant tribute by T.B another true fan of D.B.

This is beautiful 💙

Lucky i got to see bowie live in 83 one time in Anaheim i was just outta high school at the time. Bowie had sounds and music like no other can do, his psychadelic style was rare genius

@davewanamaker3690

3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful voice.

What an incredibly moving tribute. Thank you, Thomas.

Amazing!

So glad I saw him live- 2000, 2004, and 2005. He touched my hand at the last one... happiest moments of my life

@madmarky2011

3 жыл бұрын

I never got the opportunity unfortunately but he was, and always will be, one of my heroes and an inspiration in my life.

@Stardust_7273

3 жыл бұрын

@@madmarky2011 He is my #1 idol, my hero, and was my sexual awakening. I will always love him

Fabulous. 'The Golden Age of Wireless' still one of my all-time favourite albums.

@Osnosis

2 жыл бұрын

Flat Earth: despair & hope wrapped in a bow.

I was at 'Live Aid' in 1985. This is wonderful ❤️

Wow. That brought tears to my eyes! So incredible.

Well done Thomas all respect and thanks for this great tribute to the Duke .

An inspiration for me and my life.

one of the best, thanks

You were the BEST!

So beautiful

Wow, the title is no exaggeration. I was only 4 months old, but I get a bit teary to look back at all those who gathered for that noble attempt at heroism, just for one day. *Spectacular tribute, Professor Robertson!*

I Got Tears In My Eyes Watching This . Trying Not To Cry . Wonderful Tribute From A Wonderful Man . Thanks For The Upload , Appreciate It . You Are Loved David Bowie .

@louiseskip3488

2 жыл бұрын

Me to bawling

@waynenorthspacebuoy3529

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent comment ... I hope my YT Bowie songs makes him smile from far far away.

@martinanderson8096

2 жыл бұрын

just watched this and tears are welling up here too xx

@susansherlock6934

Жыл бұрын

Crying and have stopped breathing...

Well done mister Dolby 😃

Very beautiful, wonderful Thomas 😊

David didn't like to fly. The reversion into characters was a defense response. Excellent as always Thomas!

1980 I really got in to this David Bowie track , Heroes, when I heard it, it made me very happy. It was a crazy patch in my life, and music just made it so Much better.

For me this really captured the essence of the song. I can remember.

Brilliant. Your keyboards on *Heroes* that day were amazing TD. Great tribute to Bowie.

@templarseries

2 жыл бұрын

I loved that version of heroes with Bowie introducing TD on keyboards.

Excellent, Sir!! These are blessed moments!!

With a lot of understanding well done

Really damn cool

That Live Aid performance always brings a lump to my throat. Amazing

SUS EXITOS SIEMPRE VIVIRAN EN EL RECUERDO DE SU PUBLICO

What a life ❤️. Wonderful tribute…..TY

wow. And here I am not expecting to be in tears. thanks for sharing.

Very very nice! 🎧 💓 🎶

Why did I cry just now? 🥲

This makes me cry.

I grew up on these guys.

I got to see him perform this in an intimate setting with 200 people at a synthesizer convention in Los Angeles in March 2019.

@quiquebuxeda6044

3 жыл бұрын

Afortunado

@HearturMind

2 жыл бұрын

Birchmere club in DC…it was transcendent and what, thirty years after the LP Flat Earth came out? Soooo GOOOOD!

What a treasure!! Thanks Thomas...you are/were a good friend

Beautiful tribute to him you can really tell he put is heart and soul into this as tribute. Depeche Mode did another beautiful tribute to him live

Very nice tribute. It was a lifetime ago, but just yesterday too.

@CC-ff7ft

Жыл бұрын

Feels like yesterday, man how time moves.

So glad I came across this today. The day after Thanksgiving. I am thankful for the soul of this video.

Beautiful! ❤🕊❤

It doesn't matter where you go, or what priceless gems you present to an audience, there will always be plebs who will voice their inane babble over it.

@Oh_I_Will

3 жыл бұрын

^^^^^^^^ case in point

@dionmcgee5610

3 жыл бұрын

One person's priceless gem is another person's bauble. We can babble about the bauble, but in the end, isn't everything in existence uniquely priceless?

@sarahlouise7163

6 ай бұрын

🤫@@Oh_I_Will

@sarahlouise7163

6 ай бұрын

it's called being considerate. keep your gob shut whilst the artist is playing, so at least everyone else can listen undisturbed. yeah?@@dionmcgee5610

Cool

And thanks so much for posting this Thomas is such a treat and for anyone that’s ever seen him in concert it’s something you’ll never forget. And this tribute awesome!

Hero is as real as it gets.

Bowie reached across the spectrum and touched many in so many ways he was an artistic amigo

He's a star man a deep up in the sky He'd like to come and meet us but he's afraid he'll blow our minds

Tears dripping ,

@admiralackbar9307

4 жыл бұрын

And I..... I can remember........ :'(

@jeremiahselle9723

3 жыл бұрын

Same here ... chills all over . Immortal

Admirable hommage. Dolby s'efface devant les images de Bowie. C'est beau.

Demuestra que ademas de ser un musico excelente es una gran persona

Great video, you should get a lot of views, the video certainly derserves that.

Love me some Dolbex! Still play his music to this day! A Great Man! Bowie knew it too!

I am crying so much I want to be a hero For just one day

Bowie the genius. One of the greatest. We miss u. But you will be never forgotten

Thank you Thomas , perfect !!!

amazing ♥️💐

This is so beautiful...

My My My . Say no more.

Wonderful..........................................

Very fitting tribute, haunting memories of his passing. Bowie was such a incredible talent and enormous influence on the modern musical scene that on that Ja 2016 day the world of music suffered a significant loss for the ages.

Amazing mr Dolby....thank you

Beautiful ❤🙏

Bittersweet beautiful

Cracked Actor is one of my favorite Bowie songs!

Fantastic!

this is really cool. Thank you for sharing it.

Thank you Thomas.

Amazing tribute!

David Bowie is the inspiration so many artists in the 70’s & 80’s. The Sex Pistols, Peter Gabrielle, Kate Bush, Madonna and many more. They in turn influenced so many that we listen to today. Bowie is the source!

I'm not crying! You are!

Thanks to Pat wherever you are for turning me on to the Thin White Duke in ‘72! Missed him live, but he’s immortal now! RIP DB SIR!

Beautiful 🖤💫

At 2:14 you can hear a lady saying "loved to have been there"....I was and I've never experienced anything like it since. Great tribute to a superstar

This is so good.

Amazing

Beautiful Tribute very Moving

I love you SO MUCH THOMAS DOLBY!!!!

that was awesome. headphones on listening to one of my favorite musicians honor one of my others :)

I was 19 and turned down a ticket to go as I was into Echo and bunnymen, joy division, cure etc etc - went to sutton market to buy a “Frankie Say’s” T shirt as I was buying the shirt spandau were playing. I rushed home and watched the rest on tv - happy days indeed - we loved Thomas from his Thompson Twins to Europa and the pirate twins days -

Oh my TVC 19

Bowie, Elvis, Freddie…. All missed, never forgotten!

deserved recognition for a spectacular event...