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David Bowie: The Last Five Years

I had these awful tensionsand stresses but the physicalityof performing a show like that...

I had these awful tensions
and stresses but the physicality
of performing a show like that was alarmingly strenuous

Full Transcript

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I had these awful tensions and stresses
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but the physicality of performing a show like that
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was alarmingly strenuous.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:15
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".
♪ 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
He would have this character that he drew - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:14
He would have this character that he drew
And he also sent me an image of a spaceman - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
And he also sent me an image of a spaceman