David Bowie Meets Bing Crosby

Shamelessly filched from another place, the magic moment when the chameleon of cool met the golfer of, um, something else:

DAVID BOWIE (for it is he) Hello, are you the new butler?
BING CROSBY It's been a long time since I've been the new anything!
DB What's happened to, er, Hudson?
BC I guess he's changing.
DB Yeah, he does that a lot, doesn't he? Oh, I'm David Bowie, I live down
the road. Sir Percival lets me use his piano when he's not around. He's not
around, is he?
BC I can honestly say I haven't seen him. But come on in.
DB Are you related to Sir Percival?
BC Well, distantly.
DB Oh, you're not the poor relation from America, are you?
BC Ha! Gee, news sure travels fast, doesn't it? I'm Bing!
DB Oh, I'm pleased to meet you. You're the one that sings, right?
BC Well, right or wrong, I sing either way.
DB Oh, I sing too.
BC Oh good, what kind of singing?
DB Mostly the contemporary stuff - do you like modern music?
BC Oh, I think it's marvellous, some of it really fine. But tell me, do you
ever listen to any of the older fellas?
DB Oh yeah, sure. I like John Lennon, and the other one... Harry Nilsson!
BC Mmm, you go back that far?
DB Yeah, I'm not as young as I look!
BC None of us is these days.
DB In fact, I've got a six-year-old son, and he really gets excited around
the Christmas holiday thing.
BC Do you go in for any of the traditional things in the Bowie household
Christmas time?
DB Oh yeah, most of them really - presents, tree, decorations, agents
sliding down the chimney...
BC Wha'?
DB I was just seeing if you were paying attention! Actually, our family do
most of the things that other families do, we sing the same songs - I even
have a go at White Christmas!
BC You do, uhh?
DB And this one! (slaps sheet music) This is my son's favourite! Do you know
this one?
BC Oh I do indeed. It's a lovely thing......segue seamlessly into Little Drummer Boy.


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