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David Bowie: Finding Fame

I Can't Explainby David Bowie London represented a lifestyle,a new kind of language,...

MUSIC: I Can't Explain
by David Bowie London represented a lifestyle,
a new kind of language, culturally. It was really
fantastic at that point

Full Transcript

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MUSIC: I Can't Explain by David Bowie
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London represented a lifestyle, a new kind of language, culturally.
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It was really fantastic at that point.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:33
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios,BBC Music

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Movie Summary

Documentary following five years of Bowie's early career, from the late 1960s through to the on-stage death of Ziggy Stardust in 1973 and features never seen before archive interviews with some of Bowie's earliest collaborators.
Were you writing songs in this period? Not very good ones. - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:55
Were you writing songs in this period? Not very good ones.
I never asked Jesus for a thing no - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:05
I never asked Jesus for a thing no
And this was David's fourth go, in terms of bands, - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:08
And this was David's fourth go, in terms of bands,
But David of course had his own agenda, where it was going to - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:21
But David of course had his own agenda, where it was going t...
♪ Baby loves that way - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:50
♪ Baby loves that way
Looking back on it, it just felt like a lot of fun at the time, - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:12
Looking back on it, it just felt like a lot of fun at the ti...
Greetings, pop pickers, it's Pick Of The Pops! - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:12
Greetings, pop pickers, it's Pick Of The Pops!
There are some songwriters that are just commentators - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:19
There are some songwriters that are just commentators
At one point, David said, - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:27
At one point, David said,
David lived in Sundridge Park, - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:13
David lived in Sundridge Park,
Love never came into it which thank God you know - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:13
Love never came into it which thank God you know
I think there's a passion - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:18
I think there's a passion
You find yourself in the middle of two worlds - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:19
You find yourself in the middle of two worlds
So London was magnetic for us. - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:12
So London was magnetic for us.
And um it was quite quiet - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:44
And um it was quite quiet
I think there's a passion for most people - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:12
I think there's a passion for most people
♪ Two and two are four - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:11
♪ Two and two are four
I really am open to influence and new ideas, - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:36
I really am open to influence and new ideas,
I don't think David lacked confidence in himself. - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:23
I don't think David lacked confidence in himself.
I really am open to influence and new ideas - David Bowie: Finding Fame 00:12
I really am open to influence and new ideas