Because Paul, what was it -
did you know David Bowie?
Um, no, I didn't. I've always been
a big fan of David Bowie.
I think, you know,
everybody talks about the,
you know, reinventing himself,
Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane,
and then his soul period
but, for me, I think
he was just a brilliant songwriter.
I don't think he needed to worry
about all that nonsense, you know?
He was a brilliant songwriter.
But he was a fan of you?
Well, I don't like to name drop...
but I will!
I read a couple of interviews
with Tony Visconti,
and he said, you know,
he really liked the two shows
that I'd done, and that is...
Genuinely, I'm not going to
name-drop - maybe a bit...
But that one, yeah,
you know, it was, really,
you know, an extraordinary thing.
But there was one character
in particular that he liked,
wasn't there? Well, I think, you
know, he did an impersonation of one
character that I used to do, yes.
This was the teenager?
No, it was the guy who said,
"You know, everything's brilliant.
"You know, isn't Graham Norton
fantastic?
"You know, the way he just talks
to people is brilliant,
"isn't it? Just drinks his wine,
you know, and then pushes people
"out of that chair! Fantastic!"
I just used to do this character
that said everything was brilliant,
you know, like, things are,
aren't they, telephones?
"Brilliant!" He was
a very enthusiastic character.
But then, weirdly,
you probably know this exists,
but there was a documentary
of David Bowie on tour,
and there was, kind of,
you know, backstage bits.
And there's a clip of him doing...
A really bad impersonation of me!
How churlish! And here he is, doing
a very bad impersonation of you.
It sure does.
LAUGHTER
That's brilliant!
That flashing badge is brilliant.
You just stick it on your ear
and they go, "Wa-wa-wa-wa!"
Brilliant. Fantastic! Brilliant.
Absolutely brilliant!
That's an amazing thing to have!
CHEERING
How cool is that?!
Amazing. Really amazing.
