Ziggy Stardust live?

January 11, 2007 10:14 AM

Okay, this is probably the most farfetched thing ever proposed, but. I have really needed the 1973(?) performance of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie that's on YouTube here. Could anyone possibly have it?!
posted by hypervenom to media & arts (15 comments total)

Is that from the Pennebaker film? Amazon has that. Netflix, howver does not. So if you're not sure where that clip is from, and want to rent to see, try a big library. My University has it. Or maybe someone here can tell you.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:26 AM on January 11, 2007

Do you mean you need an mp3?
posted by anticlock at 10:42 AM on January 11, 2007

Have you tried contacting the person who made the YouTube clip?
posted by Deathalicious at 10:48 AM on January 11, 2007

If you don't mind the quality, there are programs that download and convert videos from YouTube. Google 'youtube download' or 'flv converter' or something similar.
posted by danb at 10:53 AM on January 11, 2007

Funnily enough I was looking the other day for this film on Netflix and no they don't have it. I wonder why?
posted by ob at 11:01 AM on January 11, 2007 [1 favorite]

danb has the right idea. Grab the Video Downloader extension for Firefox or, for a web based alternative, you can use ClipNabber.
posted by JaredSeth at 11:53 AM on January 11, 2007

The entire concert is a grade A cracker.Filmed by DA Pennebaker it is an astonishingly intense record of IMHO one of the cultural highpoints of the last century.A region 1 DVD is available here. Go on.You know you want to.
posted by Dr.Pill at 12:59 PM on January 11, 2007

Dr.Pill has it. You should buy this. It's awesome.
posted by koeselitz at 2:30 PM on January 11, 2007

Agreed -- the Pennebaker film is just totally amazing. I had it on video (yes!) as a teenager and used to spend a lot of time rewinding it to certain rather, um, intriguing moments, usually involving Bowie high-kicking in his little mini-kimono. Oh, and the bit where he starts panting during the break in "Time." mmmmm!
posted by scody at 3:10 PM on January 11, 2007

Its great until Bowie breaks out his mime act. Then its feels dated and silly. A the theater I saw it in people started laughing, me included. It picks up a little while after that.
posted by damn dirty ape at 3:53 PM on January 11, 2007

Man, I wish I could afford it. But yeah, I wanted the mp3. I'm still waiting on the person from YouTube.

Scody: Bowie high-kicking in his little mini-kimono...
Oh no, stop! I'm trying to work!
posted by hypervenom at 5:07 PM on January 11, 2007

The audio CD soundtrack is cheaper, though apparently hard to find.

It was less-than-hard to find on bittorrent.
posted by sixacross at 6:21 PM on January 11, 2007

I had the soundtrack to this many years ago (probably still have it) -- wasn't aware it was from an actual film (guess I'm pretty dense, seeing as how the title is "Ziggy Stardust: Music From The Motion Picture").

It is indeed, a good rendition, although Bowie half-asses a couple of the high notes.
posted by fishfucker at 12:22 PM on January 12, 2007

by the way, it is worth mentioning that the admins have, on several occasions, stated that AskMe is *not* the place to ask for pirated material. It's fine to try and figure out what album it is, but overt discussion on how to acquire it through less than legitimate means is frowned upon.
posted by fishfucker at 12:25 PM on January 12, 2007

hypervenom: "Man, I wish I could afford it. But yeah, I wanted the mp3."

Oh. Well, then. Flagged for deletion.
posted by koeselitz at 4:51 PM on January 12, 2007