Saturday afternoon YouTube gem: Absolute Beginners

Here's one of my all time favorite David Bowie tunes, truly an underrated gem from his career. (Too bad the movie it came from was only so-so.) This performance is from June 2000:

Why? Because Christmas is coming and I felt like it. Enjoy!

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Orac, you soft ol' romantic. Thanks for that.