Chords for David Bowie: to be an artist is to be "dysfunctional" (Mar. 31, 1998) | Charlie Rose
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81.2 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Well, I had a way of working through musical problems by painting them out [Eb] at one time,
[N] and that seems to have disappeared over the years.
You've lost that ability?
Yeah, yeah.
For one reason or another, that seems to have changed now.
All right, let's take a look at some of them, and then we'll come back.
These are the kinds of images that have been downloaded.
These have been, in fact, downloaded by our group here from your website, www .bowieart.com.
Okay, let's take a look at the first thing.
What's that?
Could this be Iggy Pop, huh?
It certainly could be Iggy Pop.
That's Iggy Pop in 1976, as I saw him.
When we were living in Berlin, we both had fairly severe drug problems.
And so to rectify that, we moved to Berlin, the heroin capital of the world.
Which I guess in retrospect doesn't sound like a terribly sensible decision.
No, it doesn't sound very smart to me.
And that's a picture of Jim turning blue in his apartment in Berlin.
Tell me the satisfaction of completing a painting where you're on, that you like a lot.
For me, it's
Yeah, the satisfaction of that.
For me, to be quite frank, it's finishing it so I can get on to something else.
It's just getting through it?
It's getting through it.
It's the process.
There's something in it that just turns me to jelly.
My heart and my mind just become
I can't explain it.
It's a very strange feeling.
It's not particularly pleasant either.
I can't really say that I enjoy music or painting in quite that
It's not like sex or something, which you can kind of really enjoy.
I knew you'd get back to sex.
It's important.
But there's something volatile, emotive,
something that makes me really quite angry about going through the process of both making music and doing visual arts.
But you know, I guess that's my problem.
No, but let's deal with your problem.
But if you deal with my problem, I might not be able to do these things again, you see.
I'm wary of analysis.
Yes, sir, but let me point out to you, knowing your history and knowing your family,
and knowing your background, you have always, always resisted any notion that this creativity that you have
comes from any sort of dysfunctional or madness out of family.
I think I've often wondered if actually being an artist in any way, any nature,
is a kind of a sign of a certain kind of dysfunction, a social [F] dysfunctionalism anyway.
It's an [E] extraordinary thing to want [Eb] to do, to express yourself in such rarefied terms.
I think it's a loony kind of [N] thing to want to do.
I think the saner and rational approach to life is to survive steadfastly and create a protective home
and create a warm, loving environment for one's family and get food for them.
That's about it.
Anything else is extra.
All culture is extra.
Culture is, you know, I guess it's a freebie.
It's something that we only need to eat.
We don't need particular color plates or particular height chairs or anything.
I mean, anything will do, but we insist on making 1,000 different kinds of chairs and 15 different kinds of plates.
It's unnecessary and it's a sign of the irrational part of man, I think.
We should just be content with picking
[N] and that seems to have disappeared over the years.
You've lost that ability?
Yeah, yeah.
For one reason or another, that seems to have changed now.
All right, let's take a look at some of them, and then we'll come back.
These are the kinds of images that have been downloaded.
These have been, in fact, downloaded by our group here from your website, www .bowieart.com.
Okay, let's take a look at the first thing.
What's that?
Could this be Iggy Pop, huh?
It certainly could be Iggy Pop.
That's Iggy Pop in 1976, as I saw him.
When we were living in Berlin, we both had fairly severe drug problems.
And so to rectify that, we moved to Berlin, the heroin capital of the world.
Which I guess in retrospect doesn't sound like a terribly sensible decision.
No, it doesn't sound very smart to me.
And that's a picture of Jim turning blue in his apartment in Berlin.
Tell me the satisfaction of completing a painting where you're on, that you like a lot.
For me, it's
Yeah, the satisfaction of that.
For me, to be quite frank, it's finishing it so I can get on to something else.
It's just getting through it?
It's getting through it.
It's the process.
There's something in it that just turns me to jelly.
My heart and my mind just become
I can't explain it.
It's a very strange feeling.
It's not particularly pleasant either.
I can't really say that I enjoy music or painting in quite that
It's not like sex or something, which you can kind of really enjoy.
I knew you'd get back to sex.
It's important.
But there's something volatile, emotive,
something that makes me really quite angry about going through the process of both making music and doing visual arts.
But you know, I guess that's my problem.
No, but let's deal with your problem.
But if you deal with my problem, I might not be able to do these things again, you see.
I'm wary of analysis.
Yes, sir, but let me point out to you, knowing your history and knowing your family,
and knowing your background, you have always, always resisted any notion that this creativity that you have
comes from any sort of dysfunctional or madness out of family.
I think I've often wondered if actually being an artist in any way, any nature,
is a kind of a sign of a certain kind of dysfunction, a social [F] dysfunctionalism anyway.
It's an [E] extraordinary thing to want [Eb] to do, to express yourself in such rarefied terms.
I think it's a loony kind of [N] thing to want to do.
I think the saner and rational approach to life is to survive steadfastly and create a protective home
and create a warm, loving environment for one's family and get food for them.
That's about it.
Anything else is extra.
All culture is extra.
Culture is, you know, I guess it's a freebie.
It's something that we only need to eat.
We don't need particular color plates or particular height chairs or anything.
I mean, anything will do, but we insist on making 1,000 different kinds of chairs and 15 different kinds of plates.
It's unnecessary and it's a sign of the irrational part of man, I think.
We should just be content with picking
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Well, I had a way of working through musical problems by painting them out [Eb] at one time,
[N] and that seems to have disappeared over the years.
You've lost that ability?
Yeah, yeah.
For one reason or another, that seems to have changed now.
All right, let's take a look at some of them, and then we'll come back.
These are the kinds of images that have been downloaded.
These have been, in fact, downloaded by our group here from your website, www _ .bowieart.com.
Okay, let's take a look at the first thing.
What's that?
Could this be Iggy Pop, huh?
It certainly could be Iggy Pop.
That's Iggy Pop in 1976, as I saw him.
When we were living in Berlin, we both had fairly severe drug problems.
And so to rectify that, we moved to Berlin, the heroin capital of the world.
Which I guess in retrospect doesn't sound like a terribly sensible decision.
No, it doesn't sound very smart to me.
And that's a picture of Jim turning blue in his apartment in Berlin.
Tell me the satisfaction of completing a painting where you're on, that you like a lot.
For me, it's_
Yeah, the satisfaction of that.
For me, to be quite frank, it's finishing it so I can get on to something else.
It's just getting through it?
It's getting through it.
It's the process.
There's something in it that just turns me to jelly.
My heart and my mind just become_
I can't explain it.
It's a very strange feeling.
It's not particularly pleasant either.
I can't really say that I enjoy _ _ _ music or painting in quite that_
It's not like sex or something, which you can kind of really enjoy.
I knew you'd get back to sex.
It's important.
But there's something volatile, emotive,
something that makes me really quite angry about going through the process of both making music and doing visual arts.
But you know, I guess that's my problem.
No, but let's deal with your problem.
_ But if you deal with my problem, I might not be able to do these things again, you see.
I'm wary of analysis.
Yes, sir, but let me point out to you, knowing your history and knowing your family,
and knowing your background, you have always, always resisted any notion that this creativity that you have
comes from any sort of dysfunctional or madness out of family.
I think I've often wondered if actually being an artist in any way, any nature,
is a kind of a sign of a certain kind of dysfunction, a social [F] dysfunctionalism anyway.
It's an [E] extraordinary thing to want [Eb] to do, to express yourself in such _ rarefied terms.
_ I think it's a loony kind of [N] thing to want to do.
I think the saner and rational approach to life is to survive steadfastly and create a protective home
and create a warm, loving environment for one's family and get food for them.
That's about it.
Anything else is extra.
All culture is extra.
Culture is, you know, I guess it's a freebie.
It's something that we only need to eat.
We don't need particular color plates or particular height chairs or anything.
I mean, anything will do, but we insist on making 1,000 different kinds of chairs and 15 different kinds of plates.
_ It's unnecessary and it's a sign of the irrational part of man, I think.
We should just be content with picking
[N] and that seems to have disappeared over the years.
You've lost that ability?
Yeah, yeah.
For one reason or another, that seems to have changed now.
All right, let's take a look at some of them, and then we'll come back.
These are the kinds of images that have been downloaded.
These have been, in fact, downloaded by our group here from your website, www _ .bowieart.com.
Okay, let's take a look at the first thing.
What's that?
Could this be Iggy Pop, huh?
It certainly could be Iggy Pop.
That's Iggy Pop in 1976, as I saw him.
When we were living in Berlin, we both had fairly severe drug problems.
And so to rectify that, we moved to Berlin, the heroin capital of the world.
Which I guess in retrospect doesn't sound like a terribly sensible decision.
No, it doesn't sound very smart to me.
And that's a picture of Jim turning blue in his apartment in Berlin.
Tell me the satisfaction of completing a painting where you're on, that you like a lot.
For me, it's_
Yeah, the satisfaction of that.
For me, to be quite frank, it's finishing it so I can get on to something else.
It's just getting through it?
It's getting through it.
It's the process.
There's something in it that just turns me to jelly.
My heart and my mind just become_
I can't explain it.
It's a very strange feeling.
It's not particularly pleasant either.
I can't really say that I enjoy _ _ _ music or painting in quite that_
It's not like sex or something, which you can kind of really enjoy.
I knew you'd get back to sex.
It's important.
But there's something volatile, emotive,
something that makes me really quite angry about going through the process of both making music and doing visual arts.
But you know, I guess that's my problem.
No, but let's deal with your problem.
_ But if you deal with my problem, I might not be able to do these things again, you see.
I'm wary of analysis.
Yes, sir, but let me point out to you, knowing your history and knowing your family,
and knowing your background, you have always, always resisted any notion that this creativity that you have
comes from any sort of dysfunctional or madness out of family.
I think I've often wondered if actually being an artist in any way, any nature,
is a kind of a sign of a certain kind of dysfunction, a social [F] dysfunctionalism anyway.
It's an [E] extraordinary thing to want [Eb] to do, to express yourself in such _ rarefied terms.
_ I think it's a loony kind of [N] thing to want to do.
I think the saner and rational approach to life is to survive steadfastly and create a protective home
and create a warm, loving environment for one's family and get food for them.
That's about it.
Anything else is extra.
All culture is extra.
Culture is, you know, I guess it's a freebie.
It's something that we only need to eat.
We don't need particular color plates or particular height chairs or anything.
I mean, anything will do, but we insist on making 1,000 different kinds of chairs and 15 different kinds of plates.
_ It's unnecessary and it's a sign of the irrational part of man, I think.
We should just be content with picking