:00:00. > :00:10.This programme contains strong language.
:00:11. > :00:15.David Bowie is undefinable, Romantic. Beautiful. Trance
:00:16. > :00:23.formedive. Ahead of his time. Handsome. Space child. Dude. Great
:00:24. > :00:26.guy. # There's a Starman waiting in the
:00:27. > :00:33.sky # Head's like to come and meet uses
:00:34. > :00:42.# Oh, you pretty things # Don't you know you're driving your
:00:43. > :00:47.mamas and papas insane # Lives on his back... #
:00:48. > :00:53.He changes your life. He changed my life. If he talked about a musician
:00:54. > :00:58.or a film or a book or an arti you wanted to explore it. He led you
:00:59. > :01:03.into a world of exploration. I'm very honoured to be involved in
:01:04. > :01:11.curating this special concert in tribute to the work of David Bowie
:01:12. > :01:15.and I'm also directing Stargaze, classically trained musicians. We
:01:16. > :01:22.have brought together eight or nine singers from the world of pop and
:01:23. > :01:28.soul music, classical singer and rock music.
:01:29. > :01:32.# We spoke of... # We want to bring out the different
:01:33. > :01:38.elements that in the songs. Maybe in different colours, different ways.
:01:39. > :01:42.Three songs I was asked to arrangement there were no boundaries
:01:43. > :01:47.as to how the arrangement would go. It let me get closer to the song.
:01:48. > :01:53.The lyrics have so much power. It's great. We had a long list of artists
:01:54. > :02:00.we spoke to. Some said, this is amazing, we want to try it. Even
:02:01. > :02:03.though it scares me a lot, not only because it's David Bowie, and this
:02:04. > :02:11.particular year, but also because they are working out of their
:02:12. > :02:17.comfort zone. A very experiment It's al concert. Expect to really hear
:02:18. > :02:25.things that you've never heard before.
:02:26. > :02:29.# Makes a man take thingses over... #
:02:30. > :02:34.Fame has that funk element. When we did it in rehearsal, I was like -
:02:35. > :02:40.OK, it has a whole new lilt. We wanted to really show off the depths
:02:41. > :02:54.of the compositions of David Bowie's songs and it's reach beyond genre
:02:55. > :03:04.borders. We always say from David Bowie he has a super loyal and super
:03:05. > :03:17.male. It makes sense for me to sing between male and female.
:03:18. > :03:23.# I will be King... # Underneath everything there is this
:03:24. > :03:27.idea that we're honouring and the music is all about rev reasons for
:03:28. > :03:34.David Bowie and what he did. I think for the audience it's going to feel
:03:35. > :03:37.slightly out-of-body. Slightly psychedelic at times. I think people
:03:38. > :03:43.will be talking about this for a long time.
:03:44. > :03:48.# Look up here # I'm in heaven
:03:49. > :03:51.# I've got scars that can't be seen... #
:03:52. > :03:55.I think there will be will be some grieving in it. Ultimately, I think
:03:56. > :04:03.I think it should be celeb rate are you. You can ask me that again if I
:04:04. > :04:05.get through the songs. Pole tongsly, celebratory. -- potentially
:04:06. > :04:33.celebratory. # Here are we, one magical
:04:34. > :10:10.moment, such is the stuff # Bending sound, dredging
:10:11. > :10:22.the ocean # Tall in this room overlooking the
:10:23. > :10:53.ocean # Here are we, one magical movement
:10:54. > :11:11.from Kether to Malkuth # There are you, you drive
:11:12. > :11:22.like a demon from station to station # The return of the Thin White Duke,
:11:23. > :11:44.throwing darts in lovers' eyes # The return of the Thin White Duke,
:11:45. > :11:54.making sure white stays # Once there were
:11:55. > :11:57.mountains on mountains # And once there were
:11:58. > :11:59.sun birds to soar with # Got to keep searching
:12:00. > :12:08.and searching # Oh, what will I be believing
:12:09. > :12:13.and who will connect me with love? # Wonderful, wonderful,
:12:14. > :12:16.wonder when # Have you sought fortune,
:12:17. > :12:23.evasive and shy? # Drink to the men
:12:24. > :12:28.who protect you and I # Drink, drink, drain your glass,
:12:29. > :12:33.raise your glass high # It's not the side-effects
:12:34. > :12:37.of the cocaine # I won't let the day
:12:38. > :13:08.pass without her # Should I believe that
:13:09. > :13:23.I've been stricken? # Does my face show
:13:24. > :13:27.some kind of glow? # The European cannon
:13:28. > :14:09.is here, yes it's here Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
:14:10. > :14:26.APPLAUSE. This is Conor O'Brien on the guitar and Neil Hannon. Conor
:14:27. > :14:30.O'Brien from Villagers. This is the Stargaze gaze. They will be our
:14:31. > :14:38.house band tonight. I'm Amanda Palmer.
:14:39. > :14:48.We are so incredibly honoured to be here. And the most important thing,
:14:49. > :14:56.I think, is that we feel this is not a wake for David Bowie, this is an
:14:57. > :15:01.amazing art form, Hall, secular celebration of some of the most
:15:02. > :15:05.incredible music in the world. So thank you so much for being here
:15:06. > :15:09.with us. And Conor O'Brien is going to take it away with this next song.
:15:10. > :15:41.Put your hands together. APPLAUSE
:15:42. > :20:58.The man who sold the world, sung by Conor O'Brien. Thank you, Connor.
:20:59. > :21:10.We got as many composers and arrangers involved in this evening
:21:11. > :21:14.as singers and soloists. This next song was arranged by a Dutch
:21:15. > :21:18.composer, and I am not going to give it away quite yet, but we welcome
:21:19. > :21:54.back onstage Neil Hannon. # Will die
:21:55. > :22:08.This is not America # Falcon spirals to the ground
:22:09. > :23:19.This could be the biggest sky # This is not America
:23:20. > :23:42.Oh, this is not the miracle # Oooh
:23:43. > :24:30.For this could be the biggest sky this ain't America, but trust me, we
:24:31. > :24:39.love it. This is my home, no place like the other. This ain't America.
:24:40. > :24:43.Trust me, we are on it. In the projects, and trust me, there's no
:24:44. > :24:50.place like home. That's my man them. Standard. To Stansted. I'm saying,
:24:51. > :24:55.this ain't America. # Oh
:24:56. > :26:06.Sha la la la Neil Hannon, ladies and gentlemen.
:26:07. > :26:24.And joining him on stage was our special guest, Elf Kid. Thank you.
:26:25. > :26:35.Now it's my great pleasure to welcome onstage Mr Marc Almond.
:26:36. > :27:25.# But her friend is nowhere to be seen
:27:26. > :27:30.# Now she walks through her sunken dream
:27:31. > :27:39.# And she's hooked to the silver screen
:27:40. > :27:50.# For she's lived it ten times or more
:27:51. > :27:52.# She could spit in the eyes of fools
:27:53. > :28:18.# Take a look at the law man beating up the wrong guy
:28:19. > :29:11.# That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
:29:12. > :29:16.# Now the workers have struck for fame
:29:17. > :29:24.# See the mice in their million hordes
:29:25. > :30:16.# Take a look at the law man beating up the wrong guy
:30:17. > :31:41.Thank you, and this song was arranged for Malc by the great
:31:42. > :31:49.British composer, Anna Meredith. APPLAUSE. This winning combination
:31:50. > :31:57.will be back later, actually. But now, we welcome on stage Anna Calvi
:31:58. > :32:25.and Jherek Bischoff. APPLAUSE.
:32:26. > :33:33.Jherek Bischoff has arranged this next song. Thank you, Jherek.
:33:34. > :34:09.# The lady from another grinning soul
:34:10. > :34:47.# And when the clothes are strewn, don't be afraid of the room
:34:48. > :35:49.# She'll lay belief on you, but she won't stake her life on you
:35:50. > :36:01.# How can life become her point of view
:36:02. > :36:08.# And when the clothes are strewn don't be afraid of the room
:36:09. > :38:42.Here's another song that Jherek Bischoff arranged. Actually, this
:38:43. > :38:49.was part of the tribute EP that inspired a lot of the cure ration of
:38:50. > :38:55.this programme that Jherek Bischoff and Amanda Palmer did shortly after
:38:56. > :39:01.David Bowie's passing. It was a true inspiration and, but tonight we hear
:39:02. > :39:09.it with a different singer. It's my great pleasure to welcome on stage,
:39:10. > :39:21.Paul Buchanan. APPLAUSE.
:39:22. > :39:32.Hi. You should feel free to sing, if you like. CHEERING.
:39:33. > :39:50.Is that a, yes? CHEERING. # I heard a rumour
:39:51. > :39:57.from ground control # They got a message
:39:58. > :40:04.from the action man # The shrieking of nothing
:40:05. > :40:21.is killing me # Just pictures of Jap girls
:40:22. > :40:25.in synthesis # But the little green wheels
:40:26. > :41:12.are following me # One flash of light,
:41:13. > :41:31.but no smoking pistol # I never did anything
:41:32. > :41:48.out of the blue # No
:41:49. > :41:50.No, no # You better not mess
:41:51. > :43:04.with Major Tom. # # You better not mess
:43:05. > :43:57.with Major Tom. # And now we welcome onstage Laura
:43:58. > :45:01.Mvula. This next song was arranged by Greg
:45:02. > :46:10.Saunier. # Puts you there
:46:11. > :46:19.where things are hollow # Is it any wonder
:46:20. > :48:20.you are too cool to fool? This next one was also arranged by
:48:21. > :51:41.Greg Saunier. Shall we say it was recomposed? Now
:51:42. > :51:57.we welcome back onstage Laura Mvula and Paul Buchanan.
:51:58. > :52:04.I would like to introduce the next three songs, actually, because we
:52:05. > :52:11.wanted to find a special place in this concert for David Bowie's last
:52:12. > :52:12.work and we decided to have a little trilogy...
:52:13. > :52:30.APPLAUSE We wanted to have a little trilogy
:52:31. > :52:35.of songs here. The first one, Girl Loves Me which was arranged by
:52:36. > :52:40.Stargaze, and is a duet between Laura and Paul. And then a song that
:52:41. > :52:44.meant a lot to Paul when he first heard it, and it was one of his
:52:45. > :52:52.wishes to sing this, I Can't Give Everything Away. And then we welcome
:52:53. > :53:10.back onstage Amanda and Anna Calvi to play the amazing Black Star.
:53:11. > :53:15.# Cheena so sound, so titty up this Malchick, say
:53:16. > :53:22.# Party up moodge, ninety vellocet round on Tuesday
:53:23. > :53:28.# Real bad dizzy snatch making all the homies mad, Thursday
:53:29. > :53:36.# Popo blind to the polly in the hole by Friday
:53:37. > :53:57.# I'm go to this Giggenbach show I'm sailin' in the chestnut tree
:53:58. > :55:07.# Yippie loving little zipshot # Professor wanshot yarbles
:55:08. > :57:40.Arranged by another young British composer, Josephine Stephenson. I
:57:41. > :58:42.Can't Give Everything Away. # The post returns
:58:43. > :58:51.for prodigal songs # With blackout harks
:58:52. > :58:55.with flowered muse # The blackout harks
:58:56. > :03:52.with flowered muse So now we're going to ask back on
:03:53. > :03:53.stage the formidable trio of Anna Calvi, Amanda Palmer and Jherek
:03:54. > :04:19.Bischoff. APPLAUSE So right after David Bowie
:04:20. > :04:28.passed away Jherek Bischoff put out this EP of string songs. We decided
:04:29. > :04:31.to try Blackstar which felt so intimidating because it was brand
:04:32. > :04:37.new and David Bowie had just left a week before. Once he was gone and we
:04:38. > :04:48.heard that album, we understood what it was. It was such a gift. And... I
:04:49. > :04:51.think he's in the house tonight. APPLAUSE.
:04:52. > :05:16.Anna Calvi is going to join us. # In the villa of Ormen,
:05:17. > :05:22.in the villa of Ormen # Stands a solitary
:05:23. > :05:35.candle, ah ah, ah ah # In the centre of it all,
:05:36. > :05:41.in the centre of it all # On the day of execution,
:05:42. > :06:10.on the day of execution # Only women kneel
:06:11. > :06:21.and smile, ah ah, ah ah # At the center of it all,
:06:22. > :06:30.at the center of it all # In the villa of Ormen,
:06:31. > :07:47.in the villa of Ormen # Stands a solitary
:07:48. > :07:59.candle, ah ah, ah ah # At the center of it all,
:08:00. > :08:08.at the center of it all # Something happened
:08:09. > :09:20.on the day he died # Spirit rose a metre
:09:21. > :09:24.then stepped aside # Somebody else took his
:09:25. > :09:30.place, and bravely cried # How many people lie
:09:31. > :09:49.instead of talking tall? # He trod on sacred ground,
:09:50. > :09:54.he cried loud into the crowd # I'm a blackstar, I'm
:09:55. > :10:02.a blackstar, I'm not a gangster # I can't answer why,
:10:03. > :10:14.I'm a blackstar # Just go with me,
:10:15. > :10:20.I'm not a film star # I'm-a take you home,
:10:21. > :10:25.I'm a blackstar # Take your passport
:10:26. > :10:29.and shoes, I'm not a pop star # And your sedatives,
:10:30. > :10:34.boo, I'm a blackstar # You're a flash in the pan,
:10:35. > :10:45.I'm not a marvel star # I'm the great I am,
:10:46. > :10:48.# I'm a blackstar, way up, oh honey, I've got game
:10:49. > :10:53.# I see right so white, so open heart it's pain
:10:54. > :11:00.# I want eagles in my daydreams, diamonds in my eyes
:11:01. > :11:05.# I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar
:11:06. > :11:10.# Something happened on the day he died
:11:11. > :11:14.# Spirit rose a metre then stepped aside
:11:15. > :11:20.# Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried
:11:21. > :11:38.# I'm a blackstar, I'm a star star, I'm a blackstar
:11:39. > :11:42.# I can't answer why, I'm not a gangster
:11:43. > :11:46.# But I can tell you how, I'm not a film star
:11:47. > :11:52.# We were born upside-down, I'm a star star
:11:53. > :11:55.# Born the wrong way 'round, I'm not a white star
:11:56. > :12:13.# I'm not a porn star, I'm not a wandering star
:12:14. > :12:46.# In the villa of Ormen stands a solitary candle
:12:47. > :13:14.# At the centre of it all, your eyes
:13:15. > :13:22.# On the day of execution, only women kneel and smile
:13:23. > :13:54.# At the centre of it all, your eyes, your eyes
:13:55. > :14:38.Anna Calvi, ladies and gentlemen, and Jherek Bischoff, the Stargaze
:14:39. > :15:04.ensemble. Amanda Palmer. How is everybody doing? I wanted to
:15:05. > :15:07.especially thank the people who queued today. You guys did excellent
:15:08. > :15:54.queueing. # I wish I could swim
:15:55. > :16:00.# Like dolphins can swim # But nothing will keep us together
:16:01. > :16:25.# Forever and ever. # We can be heroes
:16:26. > :16:39.# Just for one day.
:16:40. > :18:54.Thank you so much. Stargaze ensemble, everybody. Andre de
:18:55. > :19:32.Ridder. And I think it's fair to say, now to
:19:33. > :19:42.something completely different. Maybe this next guest will stand out
:19:43. > :19:48.from the cast, as I think he's the only one that comes more from the
:19:49. > :19:52.classical world. And a wonderful, amazing artist from France. His name
:19:53. > :20:19.is Philippe Jarrousky. We have the pleasure to commission a
:20:20. > :20:20.wonderful American composer, David Lang, to compose and reimagine this
:20:21. > :20:56.next song. # Every chance, every
:20:57. > :21:12.chance that I take # Those kilometers
:21:13. > :21:39.and the red lights # I was always looking left
:21:40. > :22:04.and right # Always crashing in the same car
:22:05. > :22:27.# As I pushed my foot down to the floor
:22:28. > :22:37.# I was going 'round and 'round
:22:38. > :22:52.# Must have been touching close to 94
:22:53. > :23:20.# Oh, but I'm always crashing in the same car #
:23:21. > :25:09.# But I'm always crashing in the same car
:25:10. > :25:47.I promised we would have Marc Almond back and I promised Anna Meredith
:25:48. > :26:06.arranging for him again. Welcome back, Marc Almond.
:26:07. > :26:15.Back in 1972, I was there and I think a lot of you were to. This is
:26:16. > :26:20.an iconic song of David Bowie's. It introduced him in 1972 to a whole
:26:21. > :26:24.new young audience. And his unforgettable appearance on Top of
:26:25. > :26:34.the Pops with the late, great guitarist, Mick Ronson. It was a
:26:35. > :26:39.life changing moment for so many teenagers, such as me. And David
:26:40. > :26:47.Bowie made us look at the world through different eyes.
:26:48. > :27:26.You can sing to this one if you want to. I'm not going to stop you.
:27:27. > :27:38.# Hey, now, now # Hey, now, now
:27:39. > :27:40.# Didn't now, now know what time it was
:27:41. > :27:46.# Some cat was layin' down some rock'n'roll lotta soul, he said
:27:47. > :27:51.# Then the loud sound did seem to fade-a-ade
:27:52. > :27:55.# Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase-ha-hase
:27:56. > :28:00.# That weren't no DJ That was hazy cosmic jive
:28:01. > :28:08.# There's a starman waiting in the sky
:28:09. > :28:13.# He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds
:28:14. > :28:17.# There's a starman waiting in the sky
:28:18. > :28:21.# He's told us not to blow it Cos he knows it's all worthwhile
:28:22. > :28:25.# He told me - Let the children lose it
:28:26. > :28:46.# Let the children use it Let all the children boogie
:28:47. > :28:50.# I had to phone someone so I picked on you-hoo-hoo
:28:51. > :28:54.# Hey, that's far out so you heard him too-oo-oo
:28:55. > :28:59.# Switch on the TV we may pick him up on channel two
:29:00. > :29:05.# Look out your window I can see his light-a-ight
:29:06. > :29:10.# If we can sparkle he may land tonight-a-ight
:29:11. > :29:18.# Don't tell your poppa or he'll get us locked up in fright
:29:19. > :29:23.# There's a starman waiting in the sky
:29:24. > :29:27.# He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds
:29:28. > :29:32.# There's a starman waiting in the sky
:29:33. > :29:37.# He's told us not to blow it Cos he knows it's all worthwhile
:29:38. > :29:39.# He told me - Let the children lose it
:29:40. > :29:45.# Let the children use it Let all the children boogie
:29:46. > :29:52.# He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds
:29:53. > :29:57.# There's a starman waiting in the sky
:29:58. > :30:01.# He's told us not to blow it Cos he knows it's all worthwhile
:30:02. > :30:05.# He told me - Let the children lose it
:30:06. > :30:19.# Let the children use it Let all the children boogie
:30:20. > :31:30.# Let the children use it Let all the children boogie
:31:31. > :31:50.Stargaze. CHEERING AND
:31:51. > :33:56.APPLAUSE APPLAUSE
:33:57. > :33:59.Rebel Rebel. His band is ready. Please welcome the amazing John
:34:00. > :34:01.Cale. CHEERING AND
:34:02. > :34:44.APPLAUSE # Feelings he's
:34:45. > :34:57.treasured most of all # The teachers and
:34:58. > :35:02.the football stars # If all the world
:35:03. > :36:24.were under his heels INSTRUMENTAL.
:36:25. > :39:48.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. # With your long blond hair
:39:49. > :40:25.and your eyes of blue # The only thing I ever got
:40:26. > :40:29.from you # You're acting funny,
:40:30. > :40:38.try to spend my money # You out there playing
:40:39. > :40:42.your high class games # You never do what
:40:43. > :41:11.you know you ought to # Something tells me you're
:41:12. > :41:14.the devil's daughter # I tried to find her
:41:15. > :42:25.cause I can't resist her # I tried to find her
:42:26. > :42:29.cause I can't resist her # I never knew just
:42:30. > :42:32.how much I missed her # With your long blond hair
:42:33. > :42:41.and your eyes of blue # The only thing I ever got
:42:42. > :42:45.from you # With your long blond hair,
:42:46. > :43:29.I couldn't sleep last night # With your long blond hair,
:43:30. > :44:15.I couldn't sleep last night ... #
:44:16. > :45:17.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. I have to tell you something... Wait
:45:18. > :45:22.a minute much I have the floor! All week I've been watching these
:45:23. > :45:27.wonderful musicians here put together a show that really has
:45:28. > :45:33.poured hard soul, blood, sweat and tears into showing a different side
:45:34. > :45:38.of David Bowie. Mraus mraus. And I'm so glad, I'm so #2k3w4r5d that so
:45:39. > :45:42.many of you came out tonight to enjoy it, celebrate that side of
:45:43. > :45:56.him. That side of him will keep going. -- glad. Prosperity has that.
:45:57. > :45:59.APPLAUSE David wherever you are, for one
:46:00. > :46:30.night, we can all be Space Oddities. # Take your protein pills
:46:31. > :46:51.and put your helmet on # Check ignition and may
:46:52. > :47:50.God's love be with you # This is Ground
:47:51. > :47:56.Control to Major Tom # And the papers want to know
:47:57. > :48:09.whose shirts you wear # Now it's time to leave
:48:10. > :48:26.the capsule if you dare # I'm stepping through
:48:27. > :48:37.the door # And I'm floating
:48:38. > :48:43.in a most peculiar way # And the stars look
:48:44. > :48:59.very different today # Though I'm past one
:49:00. > :50:43.hundred thousand miles # And I think my spaceship
:50:44. > :50:56.knows which way to go # Tell my wife I love her
:50:57. > :51:12.very much, she knows # Here am I floating
:51:13. > :51:43.round my tin can # Here am I floating
:51:44. > :53:44.round my tin can # I'm here
:53:45. > :53:55.# I'm here. Mr John Cale. The house gospel
:53:56. > :55:17.choir. It's kind of hard to follow this
:55:18. > :55:22.one. But the House Gospel Choir is going to stay and we are going to
:55:23. > :55:25.ask some of the artists back onstage, including Conor O'Brien,
:55:26. > :55:53.Philippe Jarrousky, Marc Almond and Amanda Palmer.
:55:54. > :56:06.For the final song of this evening, and the next generation. And also
:56:07. > :56:30.back on this magnificent organ, Jamie McMahon near.
:56:31. > :56:38.# Please trip them gently, they don't like to fall, oh, by jingo
:56:39. > :56:49.# There's no room for anger, we're all very small, oh, by jingo
:56:50. > :56:59.# And dressing in thoughts from the skies, from paradise
:57:00. > :57:05.# But they think that we're holding a secretive ball
:57:06. > :57:32.# They're just taller children, that's all, after all
:57:33. > :57:44.# Man is an obstacle, sad as the clown, oh, by jingo
:57:45. > :57:54.# So hold on to nothing, and he won't let you down, oh, by jingo
:57:55. > :58:00.# Some people are marching together and some on their own
:58:01. > :58:11.# Others are running, the smaller ones crawl
:58:12. > :58:15.# But some sit in silence, they're just older children
:58:16. > :58:57.# I sing with impertinence, shading impermanent chords
:58:58. > :59:07.# I've borrowed your time and I'm sorry I called
:59:08. > :59:11.# But the thought just occurred
:59:12. > :59:27.# That we're nobody's children at all, after all
:59:28. > :59:29.# Live your rebirth and do what you will
:59:30. > :59:41.# Forget all I've said, please bear me no ill
:59:42. > :01:25.Thank you. Marc Almond, Amanda Palmer, thank you, Stargaze, Jherek
:01:26. > :01:35.Bischoff. Andre de Ridder. APPLAUSE
:01:36. > :01:43.And thank you, David Bowie. Thank you.