BBC TV tonight showed a clip and incredible clip of David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars playing The Jean Genie, totally live on Tops Of The Pops in 1973. It was first aired in Jan 1974.

There's a one minute clip here.

[www.bbc.co.uk]

Now, if only they could find that 1968 NME Pollwinners film!

That was awesome, great punchy sound and performance!

[www.youtube.com]

Wow!



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Wow indeed! I wonder what else Mr. Henshall managed to save?

Bowie was terrific before he became a cokehead and stopped getting any sleep.

This is meant historically speaking...not as a putdown.

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Bowie was terrific before he became a cokehead and stopped getting any sleep.

He was terrific afterwards as well... who else sings about Kether and Malkuth?

Fan-f'ing-tastic.

Anyone else notice the "Love Me Do" harmonica lick towards the end?

This is great ...... I loved this song ... actually I blew up my friend speakers playing this song on a party back then ...but I think it was his own fault connecting his 100 watt Quad amplifier on 40 watt speakers

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Anyone else notice the "Love Me Do" harmonica lick towards the end?

Yes - that was a common feature when they played the song live around then.

At the final Spiders show at Hammersmith on 3rd July, they played a lengthy medley of Jean Genie/Love me Do near the end with Jeff Beck guesting on guitar and Bowie singing a bit more of 'Love me do', although it wasnt included on the official release which came out ten years later.

Saw it ! Loved it !! :-D

those were the days......

The quality is just fantastic. It looks like it was recorded yesterday.

Thanks for the footage. Bowie was a better second-rate Jagger than I remembered.
The Spiders were exactly as third-rate a band.

Third rate band?

To die for:





God that solo still gives me shivers, when he's let it loose and it's wailing and then he reins it back it with that awesome Les Paul sound he had.

Mick Ronson was a guitar god.



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Anyone else notice the "Love Me Do" harmonica lick towards the end?

He was totally into the early Beatles at this point. In 1972 he often played This Boy in concert.

More from the third rate band.





Proto punk.

This riff is in many a Sex Pistols track.

Ronno is great on this but I love Trevor Bolders bass.



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Yeah, third-rate band my eye. Thanks for the link, that clip is, not surprisingly, great.I love vintage David and the Spiders and Ronno is indeed sorely missed.

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BBC TV tonight showed a clip and incredible clip of David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars playing The Jean Genie, totally live on Tops Of The Pops in 1973. It was first aired in Jan 1974.

There's a one minute clip here.

[www.bbc.co.uk]

Now, if only they could find that 1968 NME Pollwinners film!

Great post, Dagger. Thanks.

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Wow indeed! I wonder what else Mr. Henshall managed to save?

See other 'Bowie footage' thread started by Adrian-L

The BBC didn't film NME 1968 it was Southern and the footage is archived. There's a forum thats gone over this before.

Still missing: Stones on Juke Box Jury and 107 Doctor Who.

Kewl mate. Thank you.

great fins...thanks for the links...and thanks for previous Bowie thread....I've rediscovered Heathen...and all is good in the drive to and from work these days.

Great clip. They sounded amazing live (on TV!) and the production is top with cameras moving around the musicians, close-ups, spychedelic effects and some weird lens used on the cameras. I like that the drum kit is upfront but I don't know why!
Rock and roll,
Mops

Here's a version without Mark Radcliffe's voiceover:





"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

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Here's a version without Mark Radcliffe's voiceover:

but mark said lovely things about Ronno!

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Mick Ronson was a guitar god.

Snappy dresser too. a psychedelic pilgrim!

Thank you,Silver Dagger .Sounds great !

Fantastic, I definitely watched that as a 12 year old.
I thought they lip synced everything on TOTP

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Mick Ronson was a guitar god.

Snappy dresser too. a psychedelic pilgrim!

I'm not sure the Yorkshire bloke from 'ull was totally sold on t'dress code.



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