Yes. "And these children that you spit on as they try to change their world, are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through.". Such a great lyric and it is the lyric that is up when the movie "The Breakfast Club" starts. I remember being a little kid and watching it and wondering what that meant and my Dad explaining it. I just remember in 1999 David Bowie did an interview with a BBC journalist who thought he was crazy when he said how important the internet was going to be for music and that artists are going to have a closer connection with the listeners with help from the internet. And now? It's not so crazy now LOL. He called it long before even UA-cam existed. Back when we were slowly downloading songs from Napster.
"And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Their immune to your consultations They're quite aware of what they're going through" Is on the opening scene of the movie "The Breakfast Club"
I can’t hear him without remembering that early morning when the news broke that he was gone. Only one other passing affected me like that. It was the night John Lennon was murdered. Both events were a gut punch. In my life they both meant more to me than their music. Both taught me it was okay to be me. Lennon taught me peace, love and a harmony in life. Bowie taught me never to apologize for being me. RIP, my “HEROES”❣️
Same. Well, not the John Lennon part because I wasn't born yet but I was the same with Steve Irwin and Michael Jackson. So, when I heard about David Bowie, it was incredibly heartbreaking. I didn't know until later on that day, my Dad told me. I started crying. That year, 2016, man we lost a lot of artists that year as well. Very thankful for the legacy David Bowie left us and newer generations get to enjoy his music and keep it relevant which is really awesome.
He kept his illness a secret and it caught everyone off guard. Apparently he sent daily e-mails to Brian Eno and even he didn't know until after Bowie was gone.
@@howardhales6325Although I have to say I watched the video he made for that song set in Berlin he had out at the start of 2013 and,having not seen any new stuff from him for some years,I was shocked and saddened at how ill he looked.
@@jhood758 That's true, ultimately. God has told us how to get to Heaven- through accepting Jesus as Savior and repenting of our sins. David did draw close to God around 1976, but then turned away. I recall an interview where he said, essentially, that he almost got "suckered" by Christianity. His video of the song Lazarus with the figures swiveling their hips on the cross is a mockery of the crucifixion. Anyway, I wouldn't wish hell on anyone.
It's about growing up, a generational anthem. Bowie was the cutting edge of most musical fads. From glam to punk to disco to industrial rock, you'll find David Bowie at the forefront.
My first roommate was my best friend since 3rd grade. I would play Bowie in our apartment all the time, and I was under the impression she was not a fan. Years later when she married and had kids, she asked me if I still had my Bowie LP's, I said yes, and asked if she could borrow them so she could tape them for her kids (before downloading). I was so surprised! Her kids were 5 and 7! They are about your age now. My friend has since passed on, and her kids have kids and I know Bowie is still being played in their homes. Timeless music.
That sax at the end, played by Bowie, is gorgeous! You need to check out one of his biggest hits, Fame, co-written with John Lennon with Lennon on background vocals.
Supposedly when John Lennon and David Bowie met David said I really like your music 🎶 and asked John if he liked his music John replied he did but it was "Rock and Roll with lipstick on it"
Not for nothing was David Bowie sometimes referred to as "the chameleon of rock and roll". From Ziggy Stardust to The Thin White Duke and beyond, Bowie was always evolving and ch-ch-changing before our very eyes....
“Watch out you rock and rollers.” Times were changing, music was changing, rock was definitely headed for a major change. And we miss the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
Sorry to break it to you but the lyric is "Time may change me, but I can't TRACE time". There are many explanations of what that means but the best I found is that you can't go back and determine how you got where you are but just need to accept it and move on.
Teacher Tony here. I Love your reactions. When it comes to Steely Dan, you've just scratched the surface. Wait until you hear Aja, Kid Charlemagne, and Bodhisattva.
My grandmother had this album and I used to sing to it as a little kid. Grandma and David Bowie are now dead, but CHANGES keep happening. Love this song.
"I turned myself to face me, but I never caught a glimpse." has always been one of my favorite lines from any song. You two need to listen to Sound & Vision by David. It is amazing song and my personal favorite. Suffragette City is another one if you haven't done that one yet.
They already did Suffragette City almost a year ago..and they both really liked that one. I love all his music ever since I discovered him when I was about 11 years old listening to the radio and later I first saw what he looked like when I went to a record store and saw the album covers of "Aladdin Sane" "Pin up" with model Twiggy. I was so intrigued by him!
Bowie was a beautiful, wonderfully talented man who found great love with Iman before he died. Honestly, you could do a second all-Bowie channel and I’d be ecstatic.
the lyric "and these children, that you spit on as they try to change their worlds, are immune to your 'consultations'. They're quite aware of what they're going through" followed by "don't tell them to grow up and out of it"....gets me every time.
And a genuinely lovely guy. Had the absolute pleasure of meeting him at the famous Hammersmith Odeon when he did a charity gig for his home town of Brixton,South London. A real gentleman. Sadly sadly missed.
I saw him in concert only 3 times but I saw him on Broadway in "The Elephant Man". I had front row seats!!! I said to my best friend "Please don't let me throw myself up on stage and embarrass myself!".
I love this song but my all time favorite David Bowie song is "Modern Love" released in late 1983. I was 9 yrs old when that came out and was my introduction to David Bowie.
I like a lot of Bowie songs but I REALLY like Modern Love. The beginning notes and the beginning of the video when he first comes out, so cool and exciting to me still
Ah yes….1970/1 and the start of University…Bowie had released Hunky Dory, I found it and I was hooked. He never bettered this album. “Changes”, ‘Oh You Pretty Things”. “Life on Mars”, “Quicksand”, “Queen Bitch”, “Andy Warhol”, “Song for Bob Dylan”, “Bewlay Brothers”…..what a track list. If you think that “Changes” is strange….check out “Quicksand” and especially “Bewlay Brothers”….you will be gobsmacked!!!!!
I would suggest the song “All The Young Dudes” , which he wrote for the band Mott The Hoople from the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert, you’ll get David Bowie playing Sax!
I remember being at a Kinks concert and David Bowe came on stage as a surprise appearance. It was epic! The lyric, "look out you rock n rollers" was definitely a foreshadowing of things to come. Music evolved so much since then in ways we could never have imagined. I continue to enjoy discovering new music, but it was a wild ride through the 70's and 80's. I had the time of my life
The man who played the paino for a lot of Bowies early music, Rick Wakeman, lives 10 minutes from me in Norfolk, England. I've met Rick a few times and he is so down to earth, he is a wonderful man. I've played bass to him before and praised me!
I remember staying up late to watch David Bowie on The Midnight Special singing Space Oddity. It was the coolest and strangest thing I had ever seen. You both know us Okies don't see things like that every day. I miss Bowie, but will listen to his music until it's my time.
Golden Years and China Girl were a couple of Bowie songs that i really loved. For some reason i haven't heard those two songs in ages. Thanks for your reactions!
This came out when I was a freshman in high school, on the album Hunky Dory (1971) which also produced the song Life on Mars. The album (and the single Changes) did not do well and would have disappeared from memory but the next year the album Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was released and proved so successful that Life on Mars was released as a single in '73 and Changes was re-issued as a single in 1975 with Space Oddity as the B-side. It became Bowie's first #1 single and received so much airplay that year that I've ever since associated it with my graduation year. The second verse is clearly an admonition to what we at the time referred to as "The Establishment" (our parents and all adult authority figures) that our activist generation knew what the world was about and wanted to see justice in the world (not unlike Dylan's The Times They are a-changing). The final verse turns that on its head, warning us kids that we too would one day be the establishment so try to remember what it's like when we deal with subsequent generations. Of course we didn't....
Since you enjoy David Bowie, I think you would like Lou Reed. Also the band Reed was in, The Velvet Underground. David Bowie produced Lou Reed’s second solo album, “Transformer“, with Mick Ronson. As an intro to ReedI think you would absolutely love this song “Perfect Da”from “Transformer”. I think it was released in 1972 and you can really hear the Bowie influence of that time. Lou Reed was notoriously difficult to work with and Bowie and Ronson helped him to transition from The Velvet Underground into his solo work. You cannot get a full appreciation of the music landscape without any of these guys. They were seminal.
The 2 greatest musical geniuses of the 20th century , were David Bowie and Freddie Mercury . Simon Pegg said it so perfectly " If you're sad today just remember , that the world is over 4 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist ,at the same time as David Bowie "
Changes also refers to Bob Dylan “The Times They Are a Changing” hence the Bob Dylan way he sings, in the bridge, “Ah, changes are taking the pace I'm going through” he’s purposely sounding like Dylan there. That’s also David himself on sax at the end. Talented guy.
Watch out you rock and rollers -pretty soon you’re gonna get older. Saw him in concert in the early 80’s, absolutely the best performance I have ever seen by any artist.
I was loving David Bowie back in the ‘80s when nobody I knew was listening to him. Everybody thought I was weird for liking him. His passing hit me so hard. I still can’t believe he’s gone 😢
Of all the celebrity deaths in my adult life the only two to bring me to tears were Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, both absolute musical geniuses. Jay you mentioned a Christmas song, you might look at possibly the most unlikely musical duet of all time, Bowie and Bing Crosby doing Little Drummer Boy, if only for the lols at their lack of chemistry; Crosby basically ignored David who in turn had a “why did I ever agree to this” look throughout.
Bowie was very talented. Great actor and very funny. His scene with ricky gervaise was hysterical. His talk show appearances were funny . His snl appearances were funny. The man who fell to earth could do it all!
You will never be able to define Bowie. The man has influenced every current musical genre before it began & then contributed his own interpretation within each genre. He made himself indispensable & impossible.
I was born in 1980, and I grew up listening to later Bowie, and as a teen fell in love with early Bowie. And now at 43, my two favorite songs are still and will always be 1. Life on Mars 2. Drive in Saturday 3. Sorrow The list could go on, but I’ll leave it there. If you haven’t heard any of those, please check them out. I’ll have to look.
You still have to hear the Tina Turner/Bowie duet “Tonight”! It’s INCREDIBLE! The live version from Tina’s “Private Dancer” tour is the one to watch. ❤
The sax at the end was played by Bowie himself- he started off in music as a sax player. And, as a long time Bowie fan, I can say you aren't alone in loving Dancing In The Street, it great and the video is so fun
David Bowie may well be the greatest innovator in music, changing and reinventing himself and his music as time went by. Some songs you really need to see are his performances at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. He did Under Pressure with Annie Lennox and Heroes with Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson (one of my favorites).
This is one of those songs you go back to again and again in life, and how you hear and feel about it changes too! Also, knowing that he's looking back when he's not even halfway through his own life journey gives it another perspective!
Bowie was one of those stars that seemed so much bigger than life for so long, I never thought about him dying, until he did. It was a deep, dark shock when it happened. Way too soon. But he did give us his farewell album. It’s not often we get something like that. Changes is one of my favorites of his songs.
Saw him in Manchester UK, 1972, and Ziggy Stardust was massive. The concert was called David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars. My very first concert and what an introduction to his music. I was only 14 at the time.
Yes!!! More David Bowie! He’s so amazing I love him. Also, I think you guys would like My Chemical Romance. They’re a newer band but have amazing music!!!
When Elton John and Bernie wrote Benny and the Jets it was a veiled reference to David Bowie and his outrageous act... this is why he sang it b-b-b-Benny and the Jets, it was an homage to ch-ch-ch-changes
"And these children that you spit on as they try to change their world Are immune to your consultation, they're quite aware what they're going through...changes"
One interesting fact about Bowie was that he never wanted to be a musician. He actually wanted to be an actor. That’s why he kept changing his look. He was just putting on performances.
Bowie can do no wrong! Please do his cover of WILD IS THE WIND (1976) - originally by JHONNY MATHIS (1957) as a comparison, now that you are listening to originals and covers. It's a beautiful song and the two are very different. Thank you for celebrating such a wide range of artists.😁
Perhaps his most iconic song. It’s from maybe my FAVORITE Bowie album, Hunky Dory. This was a critical period for Bowie. This came out the year before Ziggy, 1971. He was a total unknown in the US. His prior album was a flop. For two years he was floundering after his breakthrough hit Space Oddity in 1969. It was not a hit in the US until after Ziggy became a minor hit in the US, 1972. He was much bigger in the UK. Bowie really didn’t make it in the US until Fame in 1975 . That is when this song, Changes, was re-released and became a signature song of his. It was the title of his greatest hits album the same year. Extra tidbits, the keyboards were mostly played by Rick Wakeman before he ended up in the band Yes. Bowie played some of the simple piano bits but Rick really added color and texture to Hunky Dory. There was also a big Dylan influence on this record. It was a very poetic record. Very diverse. Worth a full listen. No other hits from Hunky Dory but it needs to be listened to in a single sitting as the songs flow from one to the next.
I always love the line about these children that you spit on as they try to change their world. You should check you Children of the Revolution by T Rex
So happy to see you guys reacting to this. This is the music of my grade school years and America and the world was just changing so rapidly at that point compared to before. Just played on the radio all the time. All the time. We had just landed a man on the moon and there was the Civil Rights struggle and the Vietnam War and the emergence of technology in a big accelerating way and things were changing just so fast. And I think a lot of kids my age and probably older responded to his admonition in there about, quit spitting on these kids and acting like they don't know anything. We may not have known what the future held, but we were quite aware of what we were going through. I really do think he's a genius.
If youwant to hear another different gem... try "Life On Mars?", from the same album as "Changes"... it's absolutely stunning. Also, you have to hit the title track from his "Aladdin Sane" album, which is my favorite. It has a great story line and the BEST piano solo ever! If you simply want a rocker... try "Cracked Actor" or "Jean Genie"!
@@roevega9902 totally agree. And if you like that then give Word in a Wing a listen. It's of Station to Station album. It's just music perfection. Only my opinion but I'd be interested in what you think of it (Apologies if you have heard it).
Bowie's contribution to music wasn't just in his songs
The man flat out called out MTV for their racist policies for not platforming black performers
@@kvolttibig props to him for that one. Caught them slipping.
For sure. He started glam, and dozens of bands ruined themselves when they tried to follow, per example, Steppenwolf went glam and died.
The man could sing/
Yes. "And these children that you spit on as they try to change their world, are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through.". Such a great lyric and it is the lyric that is up when the movie "The Breakfast Club" starts. I remember being a little kid and watching it and wondering what that meant and my Dad explaining it.
I just remember in 1999 David Bowie did an interview with a BBC journalist who thought he was crazy when he said how important the internet was going to be for music and that artists are going to have a closer connection with the listeners with help from the internet. And now? It's not so crazy now LOL. He called it long before even UA-cam existed. Back when we were slowly downloading songs from Napster.
"And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Their immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through" Is on the opening scene of the movie "The Breakfast Club"
I came here to say this. My favorite movie ever!
Now David bowie cannot be put in any box .That why he's so loved. Brilliant man. And his voice sooooo unique.and great.
Don't tell them to grow up and out of it!
Thanks for saving me a lot of typing.
And as relevant today as back then. Youth brings changes, and I'm grateful for that! ❤
Bowie was unquestionably a musical genius.
I can’t hear him without remembering that early morning when the news broke that he was gone. Only one other passing affected me like that. It was the night John Lennon was murdered. Both events were a gut punch. In my life they both meant more to me than their music. Both taught me it was okay to be me. Lennon taught me peace, love and a harmony in life. Bowie taught me never to apologize for being me. RIP, my “HEROES”❣️
Well stated. It’s amazing how much reach a person can have with their music and their actions.
Yup must of been thrilled when Lennon did back up vocals on Bowie’s song Fame!
Same. Well, not the John Lennon part because I wasn't born yet but I was the same with Steve Irwin and Michael Jackson. So, when I heard about David Bowie, it was incredibly heartbreaking. I didn't know until later on that day, my Dad told me. I started crying. That year, 2016, man we lost a lot of artists that year as well. Very thankful for the legacy David Bowie left us and newer generations get to enjoy his music and keep it relevant which is really awesome.
He kept his illness a secret and it caught everyone off guard. Apparently he sent daily e-mails to Brian Eno and even he didn't know until after Bowie was gone.
@@howardhales6325Although I have to say I watched the video he made for that song set in Berlin he had out at the start of 2013 and,having not seen any new stuff from him for some years,I was shocked and saddened at how ill he looked.
Bowie was SUCH A FORCE!!! SO creative....and, SO MISSED!! RIP!! Thanks for listening to this one - LOVE IT!!
amazing !
@@Faltor895GFY, zealot
@@Faltor895 That’s between him and God.
@@jhood758 That's true, ultimately. God has told us how to get to Heaven- through accepting Jesus as Savior and repenting of our sins. David did draw close to God around 1976, but then turned away. I recall an interview where he said, essentially, that he almost got "suckered" by Christianity. His video of the song Lazarus with the figures swiveling their hips on the cross is a mockery of the crucifixion. Anyway, I wouldn't wish hell on anyone.
@Faltor895 at least then we've good music in hell... looking forward meeting him again
It's about growing up, a generational anthem. Bowie was the cutting edge of most musical fads. From glam to punk to disco to industrial rock, you'll find David Bowie at the forefront.
Earthling is a great album!
He always seemed to be one step ahead of the next musical trend. A true musical chameleon.
The only famous person who I truly mourned when he died. Almost eight years later and I’m still sad. What an artist.
I felt the same when Elvis and Karen Carpenter died. I guess David’s hit especially hard because of my age, and truly growing up with him.
Don't worry honey, Bowie didn't die, he just returned to his home planet.
Neil Peart was one of the only other people I really mourned when he passed.
Same for me...
it aint easy......diamond dogs....gene genie..rebel rebel....john i'm only dancing.....well worth a listen all classic Bowie
I'm 62 and have loved Bowie forever. Changes is my favorite song of his.
Speaking of Bowie... you guys should watch Labyrinth. Fun movie.
One of my very favorite movies. Bowie is awesome as the goblin king! 😊
I'm also 62 and definitely recommend Labyrinth. Great flick
That was my coming of age movie... felt deeply in love with him
David Bowie is a milestone in history of human kind
My first roommate was my best friend since 3rd grade. I would play Bowie in our apartment all the time, and I was under the impression she was not a fan. Years later when she married and had kids, she asked me if I still had my Bowie LP's, I said yes, and asked if she could borrow them so she could tape them for her kids (before downloading). I was so surprised! Her kids were 5 and 7! They are about your age now. My friend has since passed on, and her kids have kids and I know Bowie is still being played in their homes. Timeless music.
Fan from the 70's. My kids of the 90's loved him...
That sax at the end, played by Bowie, is gorgeous! You need to check out one of his biggest hits, Fame, co-written with John Lennon with Lennon on background vocals.
They have done it.
@@beedeegee9374 thank you. I guess I didn't catch it the first time around.
I did not know Bowie played that sax...
Yes, I always try to check their list of videos they’ve done, but it’s really easy to miss because they’ve done SO many! 😁@@magneto7930
Supposedly when John Lennon and David Bowie met David said I really like your music 🎶 and asked John if he liked his music John replied he did but it was "Rock and Roll with lipstick on it"
I first encountered the sound of Bowie in April 1972 when he released Starman! Excellent song!
I remember the China girl China girl. I've got a few China girls, a China girl. The good one I was😅😅😅😅😅😅
My son thinks sexy about the oriental girl. Women, I think it's as I just thought I don't know. The application on. You're to go one😅😅😅
Not for nothing was David Bowie sometimes referred to as "the chameleon of rock and roll". From Ziggy Stardust to The Thin White Duke and beyond, Bowie was always evolving and ch-ch-changing before our very eyes....
“Watch out you rock and rollers.” Times were changing, music was changing, rock was definitely headed for a major change. And we miss the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
Bowies music is so timeless
One of Bowie's very true lyrics..."Time May change me, but I can't change time"
Time may change me,
But I can’t trace time
Sorry to break it to you but the lyric is "Time may change me, but I can't TRACE time". There are many explanations of what that means but the best I found is that you can't go back and determine how you got where you are but just need to accept it and move on.
Teacher Tony here. I Love your reactions. When it comes to Steely Dan, you've just scratched the surface. Wait until you hear Aja, Kid Charlemagne, and Bodhisattva.
My grandmother had this album and I used to sing to it as a little kid. Grandma and David Bowie are now dead, but CHANGES keep happening. Love this song.
Granny and David are rocking in heaven. This Nana had this album as a teenager. I thought he was a genius and as good as the Beatles.
"I turned myself to face me, but I never caught a glimpse." has always been one of my favorite lines from any song. You two need to listen to Sound & Vision by David. It is amazing song and my personal favorite. Suffragette City is another one if you haven't done that one yet.
Ditto, ditto and ditto.
YES. Sound and Vision is GLORIOUS.
They already did Suffragette City almost a year ago..and they both really liked that one. I love all his music ever since I discovered him when I was about 11 years old listening to the radio and later I first saw what he looked like when I went to a record store and saw the album covers of "Aladdin Sane" "Pin up" with model Twiggy. I was so intrigued by him!
David Bowie - "John, I'm Only Dancing"
Bowie was a beautiful, wonderfully talented man who found great love with Iman before he died. Honestly, you could do a second all-Bowie channel and I’d be ecstatic.
the lyric "and these children, that you spit on as they try to change their worlds, are immune to your 'consultations'. They're quite aware of what they're going through" followed by "don't tell them to grow up and out of it"....gets me every time.
I was fortunate to see Bowie in concert five times. Each time was very different and always breathtaking.
David played the sax on this tune by the way...
And a genuinely lovely guy.
Had the absolute pleasure of meeting him at the famous Hammersmith Odeon when he did a charity gig for his home town of Brixton,South London.
A real gentleman.
Sadly sadly missed.
You are so lucky , i only got to see him once but it was such a great expierience.
@@TheCornishCockneyhe was born in Brixton but grew up in Beckenham/Penge
I saw him in concert only 3 times but I saw him on Broadway in "The Elephant Man". I had front row seats!!! I said to my best friend "Please don't let me throw myself up on stage and embarrass myself!".
I love this song but my all time favorite David Bowie song is "Modern Love" released in late 1983. I was 9 yrs old when that came out and was my introduction to David Bowie.
I like a lot of Bowie songs but I REALLY like Modern Love. The beginning notes and the beginning of the video when he first comes out, so cool and exciting to me still
A voice that will not be duplicated. One of a very few that can be recognized almost immediately. RIP
One of Bowie's best! When you start Christmas songs, y'all gotta check out David Bowie with Bing Crosby "Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy" 🎄
Absolutely!
Ah yes….1970/1 and the start of University…Bowie had released Hunky Dory, I found it and I was hooked. He never bettered this album. “Changes”, ‘Oh You Pretty Things”. “Life on Mars”, “Quicksand”, “Queen Bitch”, “Andy Warhol”, “Song for Bob Dylan”, “Bewlay Brothers”…..what a track list. If you think that “Changes” is strange….check out “Quicksand” and especially “Bewlay Brothers”….you will be gobsmacked!!!!!
This song was actually a big radio hit when it was released in 1971.
One of Bowie's best, imho. It is timeless & the lyrics are just as relevant today as they were in 1971.
One of my favourite songs of all time. I first heard it as a kid and loved it immediately. My mother bought me his album I was 9 !
I would suggest the song “All The Young Dudes” , which he wrote for the band Mott The Hoople from the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert, you’ll get David Bowie playing Sax!
David's whole set from the Freddie concert was amazing
@@poppad331 I agree…the version of Heroes with Mick Ronson on guitar was fantastic
I remember being at a Kinks concert and David Bowe came on stage as a surprise appearance. It was epic! The lyric, "look out you rock n rollers" was definitely a foreshadowing of things to come. Music evolved so much since then in ways we could never have imagined. I continue to enjoy discovering new music, but it was a wild ride through the 70's and 80's. I had the time of my life
England has never been short on magnificent bands, but solo artists? Less so. With one true exception: Mr David Bowie.
I can promise you that in the 70s we regarded him as well ahead of his time, and ahead of most of us.
Amber your joy is contagious
And your ability to embrace the quirky is great
David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush all defy categorisation. They are each their own genre.
Thanks for coming back to some REAL good music. This one is a banger for sure....
The moment this appeared in Shrek 2, it was just sheer music, artist and film perfection!
The man who played the paino for a lot of Bowies early music, Rick Wakeman, lives 10 minutes from me in Norfolk, England. I've met Rick a few times and he is so down to earth, he is a wonderful man. I've played bass to him before and praised me!
@jackamaldrich That's a cool story! 😎
You live near and know Rick Wakeman? OMG, one of my all time favorite musicians. How cool is that?
Bowie was 23 when he wrote Changes and it became a theme tune for his amazing career. And he played the sax at the end.
I remember staying up late to watch David Bowie on The Midnight Special singing Space Oddity. It was the coolest and strangest thing I had ever seen. You both know us Okies don't see things like that every day. I miss Bowie, but will listen to his music until it's my time.
He’s a genius. “Changes” has 1 of the most iconic choruses in history. And the whole song has a huge message. Masterpiece.
Black Star on David’s last LP the Song and the Video are amazing! A work of Genius! All whilst battling illness!
And 'Lazarus' too.
Golden Years and China Girl were a couple of Bowie songs that i really loved. For some reason i haven't heard those two songs in ages. Thanks for your reactions!
This came out when I was a freshman in high school, on the album Hunky Dory (1971) which also produced the song Life on Mars. The album (and the single Changes) did not do well and would have disappeared from memory but the next year the album Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was released and proved so successful that Life on Mars was released as a single in '73 and Changes was re-issued as a single in 1975 with Space Oddity as the B-side. It became Bowie's first #1 single and received so much airplay that year that I've ever since associated it with my graduation year.
The second verse is clearly an admonition to what we at the time referred to as "The Establishment" (our parents and all adult authority figures) that our activist generation knew what the world was about and wanted to see justice in the world (not unlike Dylan's The Times They are a-changing). The final verse turns that on its head, warning us kids that we too would one day be the establishment so try to remember what it's like when we deal with subsequent generations. Of course we didn't....
Since you enjoy David Bowie, I think you would like Lou Reed. Also the band Reed was in, The Velvet Underground. David Bowie produced Lou Reed’s second solo album, “Transformer“, with Mick Ronson. As an intro to ReedI think you would absolutely love this song “Perfect Da”from “Transformer”. I think it was released in 1972 and you can really hear the Bowie influence of that time. Lou Reed was notoriously difficult to work with and Bowie and Ronson helped him to transition from The Velvet Underground into his solo work. You cannot get a full appreciation of the music landscape without any of these guys. They were seminal.
The 2 greatest musical geniuses of the 20th century , were David Bowie and Freddie Mercury . Simon Pegg said it so perfectly " If you're sad today just remember , that the world is over 4 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist ,at the same time as David Bowie "
This song was in Shrek 2 after Shrek was turned into a hot human and Donkey into a beautiful steed. Great music from such a talented man!
David Bowie gave people permission to be themselves, that’s his greatest innovation he really was ahead of the curve.
David Bowie confronted MTV on playing only white artists. Hero and genius.
Changes also refers to Bob Dylan “The Times They Are a Changing” hence the Bob Dylan way he sings, in the bridge, “Ah, changes are taking the pace I'm going through” he’s purposely sounding like Dylan there.
That’s also David himself on sax at the end. Talented guy.
One of his best songs. One of my favorites. You should check out the duet he did with Queen called Under Preasure
My all time favourite. When it comes on the radio. Crank it up to 12
They just don’t make music like this these days . I’m glad I was born in this era to be part of all these amazing songs .
Another great David Bowie song, done later in his career (‘95), is I’m Afraid of Americans.
Yeah - the HD video is great. Not enough reactions
Bowie will always be a music legend.
Watch out you rock and rollers -pretty soon you’re gonna get older. Saw him in concert in the early 80’s, absolutely the best performance I have ever seen by any artist.
I was loving David Bowie back in the ‘80s when nobody I knew was listening to him. Everybody thought I was weird for liking him. His passing hit me so hard. I still can’t believe he’s gone 😢
Love Bowie but I’m a big Slade fan and this one brings back great memories for a 70 year old from London ❤
My favorite Bowie is the Christmas duet he did with Bing Crosby
My favorite Bowie song! junior high.
My Son took my Bowie tape when he was 13 and played it with his friends and they became Fans......and the CHANGE was complete!
David Bowie is the best example of changes. He went from Ziggy Stardust to to all of his interactions. As you said you cant but him in a box
Hunky Dory was played to death by us in the 70s 😊 the more you listen to that album, the more you fall in love with it .👍
One of the greatest albums of the era IMV. Mind-blowing colourful songs, superb production, a trip in HiFi stereo.
Of all the celebrity deaths in my adult life the only two to bring me to tears were Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, both absolute musical geniuses.
Jay you mentioned a Christmas song, you might look at possibly the most unlikely musical duet of all time, Bowie and Bing Crosby doing Little Drummer Boy, if only for the lols at their lack of chemistry; Crosby basically ignored David who in turn had a “why did I ever agree to this” look throughout.
Bowie was a big fan of the Crooners, and Bing Crosby passed away shortly before the Christmas Special episode aired
Bowie said he agreed to do this because either his Mother or Grandmother was a huge Bing Crosby fan!
@@marygoodson4920 Yeah. What you said.
They have reacted to that.
@@marygoodson4920His father.
I graduated in 1989 and this was our Class Song.
Bowie was very talented. Great actor and very funny. His scene with ricky gervaise was hysterical. His talk show appearances were funny . His snl appearances were funny. The man who fell to earth could do it all!
You will never be able to define Bowie. The man has influenced every current musical genre before it began & then contributed his own interpretation within each genre.
He made himself indispensable & impossible.
Ohh I can't wait for this. ❤
I was born in 1980, and I grew up listening to later Bowie, and as a teen fell in love with early Bowie. And now at 43, my two favorite songs are still and will always be
1. Life on Mars
2. Drive in Saturday
3. Sorrow
The list could go on, but I’ll leave it there. If you haven’t heard any of those, please check them out. I’ll have to look.
You still have to hear the Tina Turner/Bowie duet “Tonight”! It’s INCREDIBLE! The live version from Tina’s “Private Dancer” tour is the one to watch. ❤
YES!! And their performance of LET’S DANCE,
Yes! I was at that gig no one knew he was coming on. I always remember two girls next to me losing their minds when she brought him out 😂
@@tjpea7916it must have been amazing to see in person!
The sax at the end was played by Bowie himself- he started off in music as a sax player.
And, as a long time Bowie fan, I can say you aren't alone in loving Dancing In The Street, it great and the video is so fun
Awesome!! Have you guys Suffregate City or Ashes to Ashes yet?
This is my favorite early Bowie song! Love the music and the lyrics and his voice.
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel, Lets Dance - Ashes to Ashes - Jean Genie - All the young Dudes
David Bowie may well be the greatest innovator in music, changing and reinventing himself and his music as time went by. Some songs you really need to see are his performances at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. He did Under Pressure with Annie Lennox and Heroes with Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson (one of my favorites).
Freshman Year Michigan State 1973 - 74, Bowie was da man. This was an anthem for the youth of the early 70s.
This is one of those songs you go back to again and again in life, and how you hear and feel about it changes too! Also, knowing that he's looking back when he's not even halfway through his own life journey gives it another perspective!
Bowie was one of those stars that seemed so much bigger than life for so long, I never thought about him dying, until he did. It was a deep, dark shock when it happened. Way too soon. But he did give us his farewell album. It’s not often we get something like that. Changes is one of my favorites of his songs.
If you’re ever sad, just remember the world is over 4 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie.
Saw him in Manchester UK, 1972, and Ziggy Stardust was massive. The concert was called David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars. My very first concert and what an introduction to his music. I was only 14 at the time.
Yes!!! More David Bowie! He’s so amazing I love him. Also, I think you guys would like My Chemical Romance. They’re a newer band but have amazing music!!!
This is one of my favourite Bowie songs along with All the Young Dudes
You can never go wrong with Bowie :)
When Elton John and Bernie wrote Benny and the Jets it was a veiled reference to David Bowie and his outrageous act... this is why he sang it b-b-b-Benny and the Jets, it was an homage to ch-ch-ch-changes
One of my favorites by David Bowie.
Amber, this is the opening song in “The Breakfast Club”. That’s where you’ve heard it.❤
It wasn't heard.
Lines from it
appeared onscreen.
@@laustcawz2089 ahhh! I should have known that.
"And these children that you spit on as they try to change their world
Are immune to your consultation, they're quite aware what they're going through...changes"
It was used in at least one commercial, too.
A bit of it was used in one of the Shrek films.
One interesting fact about Bowie was that he never wanted to be a musician. He actually wanted to be an actor. That’s why he kept changing his look. He was just putting on performances.
You should do Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" next, one of the best electric guitar riffs in rock!
One of the most iconic songs of one of the most iconic singers.
Bowie can do no wrong! Please do his cover of WILD IS THE WIND (1976) - originally by JHONNY MATHIS (1957) as a comparison, now that you are listening to originals and covers. It's a beautiful song and the two are very different. Thank you for celebrating such a wide range of artists.😁
Perhaps his most iconic song. It’s from maybe my FAVORITE Bowie album, Hunky Dory. This was a critical period for Bowie. This came out the year before Ziggy, 1971. He was a total unknown in the US. His prior album was a flop. For two years he was floundering after his breakthrough hit Space Oddity in 1969. It was not a hit in the US until after Ziggy became a minor hit in the US, 1972.
He was much bigger in the UK. Bowie really didn’t make it in the US until Fame in 1975 . That is when this song, Changes, was re-released and became a signature song of his. It was the title of his greatest hits album the same year.
Extra tidbits, the keyboards were mostly played by Rick Wakeman before he ended up in the band Yes. Bowie played some of the simple piano bits but Rick really added color and texture to Hunky Dory.
There was also a big Dylan influence on this record. It was a very poetic record. Very diverse. Worth a full listen. No other hits from Hunky Dory but it needs to be listened to in a single sitting as the songs flow from one to the next.
I always love the line about these children that you spit on as they try to change their world. You should check you Children of the Revolution by T Rex
This song is a masterpiece.
So happy to see you guys reacting to this. This is the music of my grade school years and America and the world was just changing so rapidly at that point compared to before. Just played on the radio all the time. All the time.
We had just landed a man on the moon and there was the Civil Rights struggle and the Vietnam War and the emergence of technology in a big accelerating way and things were changing just so fast.
And I think a lot of kids my age and probably older responded to his admonition in there about, quit spitting on these kids and acting like they don't know anything. We may not have known what the future held, but we were quite aware of what we were going through.
I really do think he's a genius.
This is bound to be one of your most viewed videos of 2023, as this song is such a gem, and fan-favorite for Bowie-Heads.
If youwant to hear another different gem... try "Life On Mars?", from the same album as "Changes"... it's absolutely stunning. Also, you have to hit the title track from his "Aladdin Sane" album, which is my favorite. It has a great story line and the BEST piano solo ever! If you simply want a rocker... try "Cracked Actor" or "Jean Genie"!
Second that - Life on Mars is one of my top 3 Bowie tracks
One of my favorite Bowie songs….classic, such a classic!
The paragraph about the children was used as an epigraph for the movie "The Breakfast Club".
Oh, Wow. David Bowie takes me back to my Junior & High School days. Thank you, i absolutely loved his music.
Hunky Dory is a fantastic album. Oh! You Pretty Things, Eight Line Poem, and Life on Mars? Are must listens!
Don't forget Queen Bitch. An absolute classic
Love Hunky Dory….my favorite Bowie Album…..I think….with Ziggy Stardust!
@@rebeccawolf4961 yeah two classics you mentioned there. My all time favourite is scarry monsters. The track Teenage Wildlife is just brilliant.
Life on Mars is beautiful
@@roevega9902 totally agree. And if you like that then give Word in a Wing a listen. It's of Station to Station album. It's just music perfection. Only my opinion but I'd be interested in what you think of it (Apologies if you have heard it).