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David Bowie: The Last Five Years

When I was around 17 or 18, what I wanted to do more than anything else was write...

David Bowie, Himself: When I was around 17 or 18, what I wanted to do more than anything else was write something for Broadway. I wanted to write a musical. I had no idea of how you did it or how the music was constructed; but, the idea of writing something that was rock-based for Broadway, really intrigued me. I thought that would be a wonderful thing to do

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When I was around 17 18
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what I wanted to do more than anything else
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was write something for Broadway
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I wanted to write a musical
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Had no idea of how you did it
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or how musicals were constructed
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but the idea of writing something
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that was rock based for Broadway
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really intrigued me I thought That would be
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a wonderful thing to do
Duration
23 seconds
Views
301
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:07
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".
Had no idea of how you did it - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:31
Had no idea of how you did it
"it's gonna be called 'Lazarus,' - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:11
"it's gonna be called 'Lazarus,'
He is in the world, but not of it. - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:06
He is in the world, but not of it.
- Outsiders, marginalized people, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:09
- Outsiders, marginalized people,
That feel displaced, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:07
That feel displaced,
Rich, you know, on Earth, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:06
Rich, you know, on Earth,
- My initial reaction was, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:24
- My initial reaction was,
- Just before we were due to start - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:31
- Just before we were due to start
"Which doesn't mean that I'm - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:07
"Which doesn't mean that I'm
"It just means that I can't be there sometimes, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:20
"It just means that I can't be there sometimes,
And that was kind of the end of the conversation. - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
And that was kind of the end of the conversation.
- But of course, once we started, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:07
- But of course, once we started,
He was sort of in and out and in and out, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
He was sort of in and out and in and out,
So he would go, "Oh, let's remove that - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:07
So he would go, "Oh, let's remove that
I feel as if I should write a song here," - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
I feel as if I should write a song here,"
- He was ill, and, um, he said, uh, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
- He was ill, and, um, he said, uh,
So that's the only time - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
So that's the only time
- Because I can't. - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
- Because I can't.
- I think that David intended it to be a play - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:11
- I think that David intended it to be a play
- ♪ But the film is a saddening bore ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:10
- ♪ But the film is a saddening bore ♪