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David Bowie: The Last Five Years

And when I heardher compositions, it was everything that it was discordant and strange and...

And when I heard
her compositions, it was everything
David and I loved about big band music: that it was discordant and strange and ethereal

Full Transcript

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And when I heard her compositions,
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it was everything David and I loved
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about big band music:
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that it was discordant
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and strange and ethereal.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:25
Uploaded
Oct 31, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
BBC Film

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Movie Summary

A documentary about David Bowie's final two albums "The Next Day" (2013) and "Blackstar" (2016) and Broadway musical "Lazarus".
I said, "Hello?" - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:11
I said, "Hello?"
David brought a little demo of "Sue," - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:18
David brought a little demo of "Sue,"
You know, sounding, and he said, "Oh, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:11
You know, sounding, and he said, "Oh,
That melody dark, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:17
That melody dark,
This band were trained jazz musicians, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
This band were trained jazz musicians,
And then David came over, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:18
And then David came over,
From him, then I said, "Okay, maybe that's - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
From him, then I said, "Okay, maybe that's
Let's make it as far out as possible - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:06
Let's make it as far out as possible
- I mean, recording it was, like, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
- I mean, recording it was, like,
- Yeah. - So he comes out, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:12
- Yeah. - So he comes out,
- You know, we're just sitting there, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
- You know, we're just sitting there,
- ♪ Sue ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:10
- ♪ Sue ♪
♪ We'll buy the house ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:20
♪ We'll buy the house ♪
The interviewer asked us both, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:20
The interviewer asked us both,
- ♪ Sue, I pushed you down ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:18
- ♪ Sue, I pushed you down ♪
Some people were just absolutely hating it - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:09
Some people were just absolutely hating it
- ♪ Good-bye ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
- ♪ Good-bye ♪
He's not gonna pigeonhole even himself. - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:06
He's not gonna pigeonhole even himself.
Imagine how ridiculous he would have looked, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:12
Imagine how ridiculous he would have looked,
He was smart. - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:06
He was smart.