David Bowie Explains What Black Noise Is | The Dick Cavett Show

Dick wants to know more about what black noise is and how destructive it could be.

Date aired - David Bowie - 5th December 1974

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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.

His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.

Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.

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[xutsider]

this litterally the only evidence i could find of black noise existing

[raywt]

The audience's knowing laugh when he asks what could be found on his coffee table haha! I bet lines and lines of it.

[raleigh.]

A small one could wipe out a couple of people
*looks at a few people in the crowd*

[MilesBellas]

"Black noise is a type of noise where the dominant energy level is zero throughout all frequencies, with occasional sudden rises; it is also defined as silence. Contrary to general consideration, sound and silence are not each other's opposite, but they are mutually inclusive."

People started using colour codes for

[danmcdaid]

Bowie is quietly terrifying here. The only thing that mitigates how unsettling he is, is that he sounds exactly like Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap

[sethleoric]

Is it me or does David Bowie look like he could've been on Dr. WHO?

[felixthelmocevallosmorales]

David Robert Jones (Londres,  8 de enero de 1947–Nueva York,  10 de enero de 2016), más conocido por su nombre artístico David Bowie, fue un cantautor,  actor,  multiinstrumentista y diseñador británico. Figura importante de la música popular durante casi cinco décadas, Bowie es considerado un innovador, en particular por sus trabajos de la década de 1970 y por su peculiar voz, además de la profundidad intelectual de su obra.

[brookegoslin]

That’s kind of a loaded question Dick Cavett “ What would we find on your coffee table ? “

[mehrdadmaverick]

Today's late night shows disgust me; Not funny hosts, fake celebrities, speaking about tasteless nonsense

[girlinterrupted]

Isn’t that similar to the attacks made on particular individuals visiting or working in places like embassies in other countries? I also heard might be using it in DC lately …

[Dentropolis]

Since Bowie was born Dec 1947, he would have been 27 at this time. I have to say, I was never a Bowie fan probably because no one song ever struck me. Here he does seem to be a wired intellectual. I do admire Cavett being relaxed around him. He’s on too high a wavelength for me though.

[KiwikimNZ]

Look at that hair! Wow! Lol I love it! I was 4 in 1974! What an era as well as the 80s and into the 90s it was a joy to be alive then. . This is the what the vast majority of “entertainers- musicians/actors” were like in at this time, yes there were “dick stains” Out there, but most were humble, creatives that had a message to share with people. Not like today where “famous” people just make me want to poke a carrot in my eye, how things have changed in such a short period of time.

[antoinepetrov]

Bowie could've incorporated this black noise thing in The Man Who Fell to Earth

[pierce_]

Not surprised that Bowie would be a Diane Arbus fan.

[realtruthrightnow]

This is a test of the emergency broadcasting system. This is only a

[impink]

imagine if this noise has been used in all trending music and we don't know it but the destruction it creates is mentally and the reason people are going insane would would tell us a lot about how they managed micro manipulation over a long period and would explain.why music of today drives people to have sided opinions.... I'm just thinking here not stating anything I don't have any answer

[anthonyq]

The Voice...if he was still with us he should've played Emperor Shaddam Corrino in Dune 2

[dogchaser]

But Mr. Bowie, can you tell us about BROWN NOISE

[mlamferreira]

ram v's gotham nocturne made me find this video

[Gannooch]

have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like the other Dick Cavett ones.