“Gee my life’s a funny thing”
Taped in New York for ABC TV, David Bowie’s appearance on The Dick Cavett Show was first broadcast on December 5th 1974.
Following Cavett’s introduction to a very appreciative audience, Bowie performed 1984 and Young Americans. This was followed by the interview, which, if you’ve never seen it, is not going to be done justice by trying to describe it here. The show ended with a performance of Footstompin’. Can You Hear Me was also taped but not broadcast.
It’s a wonderful bit of TV and a much-loved snapshot of a transitional period for Bowie (wasn’t every period transitional for Bowie?), and you can view the full thing here on YouTube.
Read the transcript of the interview (one of the more bizarre Bowie has ever given) over on the superb The Young American website.
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