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David Bowie: The Last Five Years

And the idea was to tie him down without fully disabling him and, uh, tripping him up

and the idea was to tie him down without fully disabling him and, uh, tripping him up

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and the idea was to
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tie him down
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without fully disabling him
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and, uh, tripping him up.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:56
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".
- ♪ There you go Whoo ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:09
- ♪ There you go Whoo ♪
I had these awful tensions and stresses - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:10
I had these awful tensions and stresses
♪ Oh, honey ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:18
♪ Oh, honey ♪
- I started getting into the idea of writing - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:14
- I started getting into the idea of writing
They'd remake the material they're offered. - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
They'd remake the material they're offered.
♪ Just one day, I say ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:13
♪ Just one day, I say ♪
And I said to him, "I would love to do this, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:06
And I said to him, "I would love to do this,
I'm recording an album with my own band." - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
I'm recording an album with my own band."
And then, I said to him, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:09
And then, I said to him,
You think they'd want to do that?" - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:13
You think they'd want to do that?"
Basically saying that - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:07
Basically saying that
Something like, you know, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:15
Something like, you know,
Whatever he was going through, health-wise, at the time, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:14
Whatever he was going through, health-wise, at the time,
- By the time I joined you guys, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:06
- By the time I joined you guys,
Even being ignorant of all this, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
Even being ignorant of all this,
- So David had a lot of vocal ideas - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:06
- So David had a lot of vocal ideas
- ♪ In the villa of Ormen ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:41
- ♪ In the villa of Ormen ♪
- ♪ On the day of execution ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:32
- ♪ On the day of execution ♪
♪ Your eyes ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:14
♪ Your eyes ♪
He would send me drawings - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:11
He would send me drawings