@Evan Hodge Really? Explain to me more about how and why you understand my happy place and how that implies anything about my life struggles. I'm super curious to hear what you have to say.
Scary Monsters is the greatest album ever made. It's just the perfect mix of totally diverse influences - funk, experimental, pop, punk. It's almost too much but it stays just on the right side of overload.
Adding a Harmonizer on the snare drum, to make it "spit" during the ending motif was an act of pure genius from Tony Visconti! He wasn't afraid to try anything! His engineer at the time, Colin Thurston, used the same technique on the 2nd Magazine album, "Secondhand Daylight."
Yes, and the Ziggy Stardust album is actually called The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, but we don’t see anyone spelling that out in normal conversation
I don't think it was ever played live, Ashes, Fashion and to a lesser extent the title track all overshadowed it. I'm with you however. Myself, I could never understand why Because You're Young never made it?? Have another listen if you're about: ua-cam.com/video/4v6o28vQ9Pw/v-deo.html
Scary monsters, 2 parts awesome defiant distorted guitars, 1 part early bowie folk, mix with new wave keyboard tricks, sprinkle japanese haiku, serves entire goon squad, and remains fresh almost 40yrs after
The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom And the possibilities it seems to offer It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it A series of shocks - sneakers fall apart Earth keeps on rolling witnesses falling It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it Yeah, yeah, yeah up the hill backwards It'll be alright ooo-ooo While we sleep they go to work We're legally crippled it's the death of love It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it More idols than realities I'm OK, you're so-so Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards It'll be alright ooo-ooo
@@bodylan11 Based as fuck. They Live, we sleep. While we sleep, they go to work, and we're legally crippled in terms of stopping them from their luciferian control of society. You cannot vote your way out of a satanic dictatorship. Trust in Christ, brother.
@@bodylan11 ...the lyrics are actually in reference to his recent divorce from Angie Bowie at that time (1979/80), and the freedom he felt again as a result: "by the arrival of freedom, and the possibilities it seems to offer". Then he takes a dig at her: " it's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it". Then later in the song, he mentions his financial situation: "...legally crippled"; which kind of necessitates him to write more commercial hits in the future (hint: Let's Dance). So in actual fact this song was telling us what was to come (in terms of his songs). The realisation dawned on him that in order to have more money, he needed to change direction, and become more commercial... as his divorce had drained him of it (money). Bet you never knew that this song was about that! ...and neither did most people back then. Well you do now!
Not a fan of D-A-M, except for Murray who was exceptional and funky and creative. This is one of Davis’s better tracks but in general I find his drum tracks with Bowie in the 70s pretty lifeless and uninspired. The weak point of some great albums.
the classic song of the autumn Sunday morning, perhaps before sitting down at the table to have lunch with the family returning from the ordinary prayer in the church ;-))))))))
The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom And the possibilities it seems to offer It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it A series of shocks - sneakers fall apart Earth keeps on rolling - witnesses falling It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards It'll be alright, ooh While we sleep they go to work We're legally crippled it's the death of love It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it More idols then realities, ooh I'm OK, you're so-so, ooh Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards It'll be alright ooh
Scary Monsters album is littered with these wonderful concepts throughout, in no small part thanks to Fripp's guitar solos. But often the songs don't take you to that end point you wanted to go. It leaves me feeling a little unsatisfied. Not necessarily in a bad way, because I like how this song carries an expected beat and then an appropriate child-like sing-along in the chorus, but then rather than just fade out we get a minute's worth of guitar wrestling that could well lead to another song entirely and even right to the end there is this kinda funk sound making its way before anything takes off. I'd say that many of the songs are kinda anti-pop pop songs.
At 2:06 Fripp starts what I call his signature White Noise Chord Melody style of soloing over that great funk progression... brilliant enough until... 2:22 when the BIG drum hits come on and WHEW!... I'm spent just writing about it.
Scary Monsters was my first Bowie album. It is as close to a perfect album as it is possible to get in my opinion. Even the weakest tracks are brilliant, and tracks like Scary Monsters, Ashes to Ashes, and Teenage Wildlife are among my top ten Bowie songs ever. Bowie made at least 10 classic albums, but this is the pinnacle although considering the circumtances it was made under, Blackstar may be even more impressive.
It is curious, I dont recall The Pixies citing Bowie as an influence, I am aware, though, it was the other way around. Bowie definitely loved the guys. I think Black Francis and him became good friends after the compliments that Bowie said about the Boston ones and they turned into mutual fans, but Im not really sure whether the Pixies were very into Bowie when they started.
@@davidlockwood7178 Really? That's cool. Have you any source of that? I would love to check it out. I will google it. Whenever I read about Bowie/Pixies relationship I have the impression that Bowie was overzealous while Pixies are rather discret. It'd be nice to see that Black enjoyed Bowie's work as well.
1 2 1-2-2 Shiruetto ya kage ga kakumei o miteiru Mo tengoku no giyu no kaidan wa nai2 Silhouettes and shadows watch the revolution No more free steps to heaven It's no game Ore genjitsu kara shime dasare Nani ga okkote irunoka wakara nai Doko ni kyokun wa arunoka Hitobito wa yubi o orareteiru Konna dokusaisha ni iyashime rareru nowa kanashii I am bored from the event I really don't understand the situation And it's no game Documentaries on refugees Couples 'gainst the target You throw a rock against the road And it breaks into pieces Draw the blinds on yesterday, and it's all so much scarier Put a bullet in my brain, and it makes all the papers 2 Nammin no kiroku eiga Hyoteki o se ni shita koibito tachi Michi ni ishi o nage reba Kona gona ni kudake Kino ni huta o sureba Kyohu wa masu Ore no atama ni tama o buchi kome ba Shinbun wa kaki tateru So where's the moral when people have their fingers broken2 To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading And it's no game Shut up! Shutu
I always thought this was mockery of how rich elitist live and think. And making money and getting outta poverty is like going up a hill backwards. Idk could be totally wrong.
THE VACUUM CREATED BY THE ARRIVAL OF FREEDOM AND THE POSSIBILITIES IT SEEMS TO OFFER while they sleep, we go to work, we're legally crippled, it's the death of love it's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it...... best lyrics he ever wrote in my opinion
Its basically a folk/pop song that turns into post punk, high art rock epic. The lyrics seems to be addressing fate and being in God's hands, 'its got nothing to do with you' but keep struggling; its asking you to let go. The jewel is Robert Fripp's outro, so atonal and rough, which just gets more abrasive as the song ends. Its unparalleled and typically Bowie, its a masterpiece.
The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom And the possibilities it seems to offer It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it A series of shocks - sneakers fall apart Earth keeps on rolling - witnesses falling It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards It'll be alright, ooh While we sleep they go to work We're legally crippled it's the death of love It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it More idols then realities, ooh I'm OK, you're so-so, ooh Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards It'll be alright ooh
Bowie was fucking magnificent.
there's no comparison, that's for sure. I've loved that star man for 33 years
Bowie is magnificent
I need to hear this song sometimes just to stay sane in this mad fucking world
@Evan Hodge Really? Explain to me more about how and why you understand my happy place and how that implies anything about my life struggles. I'm super curious to hear what you have to say.
Highly underrated Bowie song!
Light years ahead of his time.
So true
And we still haven’t caught up yet...
That guitar player is amazing
@@themScreamS fripp. He’s the best ❤️
Scary Monsters is the greatest album ever made. It's just the perfect mix of totally diverse influences - funk, experimental, pop, punk. It's almost too much but it stays just on the right side of overload.
I agree. Bowie and Visconti considered it their Sgt Pepper. Maybe so only better.
My favorite Bowie album and one of my top 3 albums ever made.
A Desert Island LP for me, Bests, dtf
1 of the best albums ever. Grew up during the 60's +
cocaine
Adding a Harmonizer on the snare drum, to make it "spit" during the ending motif was an act of pure genius from Tony Visconti! He wasn't afraid to try anything! His engineer at the time, Colin Thurston, used the same technique on the 2nd Magazine album, "Secondhand Daylight."
Bloody brilliant song.
Underrated so much.
Genius.
The one Bowie song I could never grasp why it was never considered a classic or a staple in his 80s era
Well... Scary Monsters was a difficult album.
Yes, and the Ziggy Stardust album is actually called The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, but we don’t see anyone spelling that out in normal conversation
CyberRusty99 dude what is ur channel
Me too Daryl
I don't think it was ever played live, Ashes, Fashion and to a lesser extent the title track all overshadowed it. I'm with you however.
Myself, I could never understand why Because You're Young never made it??
Have another listen if you're about:
ua-cam.com/video/4v6o28vQ9Pw/v-deo.html
One of my favourite Bowie songs.
Scary monsters, 2 parts awesome defiant distorted guitars, 1 part early bowie folk, mix with new wave keyboard tricks, sprinkle japanese haiku, serves entire goon squad, and remains fresh almost 40yrs after
robert fripp
its all about Mr. Fripp
The vacuum created
by the arrival of freedom
And the possibilities it seems to offer
It's got nothing to do with you,
if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you,
if one can grasp it
A series of shocks - sneakers fall apart
Earth keeps on rolling
witnesses falling
It's got nothing to do with you,
if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you,
if one can grasp it
Yeah, yeah, yeah
up the hill backwards
It'll be alright ooo-ooo
While we sleep they go to work
We're legally crippled
it's the death of love
It's got nothing to do with you,
if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you,
if one can grasp it
More idols than realities
I'm OK, you're so-so
Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards
It'll be alright ooo-ooo
Setyo Tri Windras Mara
Very Cool, thanks for the share, big time from all❣️
Thanks so much for the lyrics!
@@bodylan11 what?
@@bodylan11 Based as fuck. They Live, we sleep. While we sleep, they go to work, and we're legally crippled in terms of stopping them from their luciferian control of society. You cannot vote your way out of a satanic dictatorship. Trust in Christ, brother.
@@bodylan11 ...the lyrics are actually in reference to his recent divorce from Angie Bowie at that time (1979/80), and the freedom he felt again as a result: "by the arrival of freedom, and the possibilities it seems to offer". Then he takes a dig at her: " it's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it".
Then later in the song, he mentions his financial situation: "...legally crippled"; which kind of necessitates him to write more commercial hits in the future (hint: Let's Dance).
So in actual fact this song was telling us what was to come (in terms of his songs). The realisation dawned on him that in order to have more money, he needed to change direction, and become more commercial... as his divorce had drained him of it (money).
Bet you never knew that this song was about that! ...and neither did most people back then. Well you do now!
this track just saved me so many times thank you bowie so much ❤
So underrated.
A work of genius.
I'm ok, you're so so
@Talorc MacAllan I'm okay you're okay oòoohhooo
This is my absolute fave album of all time by David Bowie! LOVE IT!
LuLu one of my fave too...love it!
Scary monsters- for me the best Bowie album ever!
agreed also
Same here ... I perform and record Bowie Songs on YT ... It keeps me connected with his spirit.
He is such a genius! Each of his song is something else! Even these less popular! Rest in peace David!
Like a jumpstart infusion of hope and reality combined. thank you.
Same here ... I perform and record Bowie Songs on YT ... It keeps me connected with his spirit.
This song just touches my soul
Same here ... I perform and record Bowie Songs on YT ... It keeps me connected with his spirit.
A masterpiece whole albums amazing!! X
my favorite song on the album.
I was just painting and this track just sounded like a 2023 masterpiece. ugh...so ahead of the fukn game!
Genius even by his standards.
The vocals sound reminiscent of a TV commercial of the 2000s, but better because it's David Bowie c. 1980.
The drummer is magnificent
Dennis Davis (rip) best Bowie ever had.
Dennis Davis was good; under-appreciated. I actually saw him twice. He wore a cap with an enormous bill.
Not a fan of D-A-M, except for Murray who was exceptional and funky and creative. This is one of Davis’s better tracks but in general I find his drum tracks with Bowie in the 70s pretty lifeless and uninspired. The weak point of some great albums.
@@ARIZJOE I agree that he was an excellent hat-wearer
Also love The album Low!
The lyrics and music are sublime.
My Favourite Bowie Track
Nothing compares to him !
Happy Birthday David. #shining star
David Bowie: died.
The world: Ok now I'm going to go up the hill backwards.
ever since 2016 the world went into a dumpster fire
Superb song!
the classic song of the autumn Sunday morning, perhaps before sitting down at the table to have lunch with the family returning from the ordinary prayer in the church ;-))))))))
still have this album....
Magic song....
The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom
And the possibilities it seems to offer
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
A series of shocks - sneakers fall apart
Earth keeps on rolling - witnesses falling
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards
It'll be alright, ooh
While we sleep they go to work
We're legally crippled it's the death of love
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
More idols then realities, ooh
I'm OK, you're so-so, ooh
Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards
It'll be alright ooh
Love
Surprised this has only 169,910 views.One of his best
as smeone said bowie was magnificent
It feels like The Small Faces Son of a Baker crossed with something like I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing.
I remember the first time I heard this; love at first sound. Folksy, but it rocks.
Folksy and pop at the same time.
Just a little "Panic In Detroit" vibe. Great stuff.
UpandOut. It's the percussion-Panic had those congas, this track has that old Bo Didley riff providing the guide rhythm.
I can sense that 😎
Scary Monsters album is littered with these wonderful concepts throughout, in no small part thanks to Fripp's guitar solos. But often the songs don't take you to that end point you wanted to go. It leaves me feeling a little unsatisfied. Not necessarily in a bad way, because I like how this song carries an expected beat and then an appropriate child-like sing-along in the chorus, but then rather than just fade out we get a minute's worth of guitar wrestling that could well lead to another song entirely and even right to the end there is this kinda funk sound making its way before anything takes off. I'd say that many of the songs are kinda anti-pop pop songs.
An intriguing song. I'm here because of "Red White and Royal Blue."
At 2:06 Fripp starts what I call his signature White Noise Chord Melody style of soloing over that great funk progression... brilliant enough until... 2:22 when the BIG drum hits come on and WHEW!... I'm spent just writing about it.
Bowie IS
Great song,but wish they'd started it with the 2 "shut-up's"...one of the best segues ever ! *grin*
The opening music and lyric is so fantastic that the rest is an anticlimax!
Scary Monsters was my first Bowie album. It is as close to a perfect album as it is possible to get in my opinion. Even the weakest tracks are brilliant, and tracks like Scary Monsters, Ashes to Ashes, and Teenage Wildlife are among my top ten Bowie songs ever. Bowie made at least 10 classic albums, but this is the pinnacle although considering the circumtances it was made under, Blackstar may be even more impressive.
@@Bonepointer My _brothers_ are fine. My father not so fine...
Sublime
Beginning of 'Love will Tear Us Apart' released June 1980 precedes this album by 3 months. Anyone else hear its beginning in 'Up the Hill Backwards' ?
great !
Timelessly true, even now.
The (proportionately) most expensive album I ever purchased.
Well worth it! :D
Worth every cent on it
is it just me or i can hear the influence this had on bands like the pixies?
It is curious, I dont recall The Pixies citing Bowie as an influence, I am aware, though, it was the other way around. Bowie definitely loved the guys.
I think Black Francis and him became good friends after the compliments that Bowie said about the Boston ones and they turned into mutual fans, but Im not really sure whether the Pixies were very into Bowie when they started.
@@sonial1839 as far as I know, Black Francis was a big fan of the Scary Monsters album
@@davidlockwood7178 Really? That's cool. Have you any source of that? I would love to check it out. I will google it.
Whenever I read about Bowie/Pixies relationship I have the impression that Bowie was overzealous while Pixies are rather discret. It'd be nice to see that Black enjoyed Bowie's work as well.
Classic...shared to the Netshows Radio "Program 98" on youtube
Yup.
yeah.
It'll be alright.
A genius album.
No esta mal para alegrar el día :D
I'd love a mash up video of Up The Hill Backwards and George Michael's Faith.
That Bass is kickin', sound like Stanley Clarke!
It's played by George Murray! One of Bowie's best bassists.
This song reminds me of Blur hahaha I don't know why
yeah Damon Albarn has a similar voice to Bowie
Conquistador Domingo Fernando bwahaha no fucking way, m8!
I can see where you’re coming from
The guitars are very similar in one part of Boys and Girls by Blur
Robert Fripp makes this song classic
2:07
more ideals than realities, doesnt that say it all
(Red white and royal blue) brought me here
Thank god its no game ended
Probably the most weird album of David but amazing
1
2
1-2-2
Shiruetto ya kage ga kakumei o miteiru
Mo tengoku no giyu no kaidan wa nai2
Silhouettes and shadows
watch the revolution
No more free steps to heaven
It's no game
Ore genjitsu kara shime dasare
Nani ga okkote irunoka wakara nai
Doko ni kyokun wa arunoka
Hitobito wa yubi o orareteiru
Konna dokusaisha ni iyashime rareru nowa kanashii
I am bored from the event
I really don't understand the situation
And it's no game
Documentaries on refugees
Couples 'gainst the target
You throw a rock against the road
And it breaks into pieces
Draw the blinds on yesterday,
and it's all so much scarier
Put a bullet in my brain,
and it makes all the papers 2
Nammin no kiroku eiga
Hyoteki o se ni shita koibito tachi
Michi ni ishi o nage reba
Kona gona ni kudake
Kino ni huta o sureba
Kyohu wa masu
Ore no atama ni tama o buchi kome ba
Shinbun wa kaki tateru
So where's the moral
when people have their fingers broken2
To be insulted by these fascists
it's so degrading
And it's no game
Shut up! Shutu
Not the right lyrics! These are "It's no game part 1" lyrics.
These are the lyrics for 'it's no game' .✨. But thanks for the lyrics I wasn't sure of them before
Gianmarco Di Giuseppe that's a shame, you really made an effort lmaooo
My friends and I used to call this the cocaine song
Is this in some movie or series because I'm 99 % sure I had heard this before I listened it first time?
Issa bop, sis. 😂 Kill me.
Fuckin Genius..
HOLA
Good coda when your head is completely fucked. 👌
The last great bowie album before the next day and black star
It's got nothing to do with you if you can't grasp it
1976 brought me here.....
I always wondered what this song is all about ? Walking "up the hill backwards" is dangerous : be careful not to fall ! lol
Ojlla
Ardennes
I'm OK you're so- so
For my Pension PEEPS
i'm ok you so so
Everyday is like April Fools if your intelligent enough
No-one else worked out what it's about yet?
Perry Comeau Don't want to be a know it all but
*You're
The drudgery & pressures of everyday life. Working for the man?
I always thought this was mockery of how rich elitist live and think. And making money and getting outta poverty is like going up a hill backwards. Idk could be totally wrong.
His divorce and the publicity of it.
THE VACUUM CREATED BY THE ARRIVAL OF FREEDOM
AND THE POSSIBILITIES IT SEEMS TO OFFER
while they sleep, we go to work, we're legally crippled, it's the death of love
it's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it......
best lyrics he ever wrote in my opinion
The lyrics remind me a bit of "Ricochet" in some ways.
Really, what's this all about? Someone?
Its basically a folk/pop song that turns into post punk, high art rock epic. The lyrics seems to be addressing fate and being in God's hands, 'its got nothing to do with you' but keep struggling; its asking you to let go. The jewel is Robert Fripp's outro, so atonal and rough, which just gets more abrasive as the song ends. Its unparalleled and typically Bowie, its a masterpiece.
i though my parents were going up stairs
because of the tombs. dumbass me.
This song kinda reminds me of Joan Osborne's What If God Was One of Us.
We are legally liberal.
It's the death of love.!?
it's "while we sleep, they go to work. we're legaaly crippled"
Doesn't this give a Led Zeppelin vibe?
Sums up Brexit era England quite well.
Never convicted pedo!
What?
He wasnt a pedo.
Baw bag
Stop trying to fabricate something that never was. Insect. Crawl back under your rock.
The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom
And the possibilities it seems to offer
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
A series of shocks - sneakers fall apart
Earth keeps on rolling - witnesses falling
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards
It'll be alright, ooh
While we sleep they go to work
We're legally crippled it's the death of love
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
More idols then realities, ooh
I'm OK, you're so-so, ooh
Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards
It'll be alright ooh
@Evan Hodge lol I copied from a website 🌚