I heard a (BBC?) radio interview with producer Tony Visconti a couple of years after Ashes To Ashes came out,and he was saying something along the lines of congratulating Bowie for "finally killing off that Major Tom character (which had garnered a bit of idolatry all of its own)" with this song. He also said something along the lines of record company suits having the mindset of sending "all the weird ones" (Bowie,Bolan,Sparks,etc.) over to him artist-wise,something which Visconti was only too happy with because it gave him better chance for innovation,exploration and boundary-pushing music-wise.
Sugar Dust I'm pretty sure it was part of a series about well-known producers,about half a dozen of them,aired around 1982. I remember hearing the ones about Glyn Johns and Tom Dowd as well.
I remember I was 15-16 watching this video when it first come out with my 80 year old Nan standing beside me, I’ve no idea what she thought, but looking today it must have been more incredible for her than it was for me. She saw Zepplins bombing London in WW1, and David Bowie 70 years later, what experiences she had.
I don't remember how old i was when i first saw this video(just turned 60)but was just mind blown that an artist could be this creative with the art form. I had already admired Bowie and loved his work but this particular video for some reason always stood out for me.... Still don't know why to this day. As a young African American from a poor urban environment, i was often teased for my choices in music....😁 Friends and family thought i was so weird(still do....😁) Ashes to Ashes both the song itself and the video represents for me true artistry.... What we can accomplish when we are completely open and free. Bowie(RIP) to this day remains one of my favorite artists of all time! Hope you still keep your Nan in your thoughts and heart! Be well my friend!!
says a lot about you that u had this deep reflection . I saw this has a child and had to find everything EVERYTHING about him... later, i ran away from orphenage to see him. worth what came after (!)
It's not just him, he was enough of a pure artist that each "phase" in his career he would seek out the most talented people in the field of whatever he was working on. When he wrote his more blues album, he handpicked some of the best blues performers he could find out of nightclubs sometimes. And for this song there's actually a cool behind the scenes about the guy who was able to create all these effects for the video, it actually was way ahead of it's time video editing wise, & they actually had to basically distort like 2 cameras to even get that look, its really interesting
This song is so intoxicating, mesmerizing and wonderful. Rest in peace, David. You are missed here on earth greatly. I know that concert you hold in heaven is incredible.
Bowie tells that when he filmed this clip, some old guy at the beach wouldn't move out of the way. The crew said to him "don't you know who this is?". The guy replied, "yes, a c*nt in a clown suit". Bowie said his response brought him back to earth: "He was right. I was, in fact, a c*nt in a clown suit".
@@LoredanaLanzo-iq8ux ...un'elegia in prima persona delle conseguenze del pasticcio con la polvere da sparo colombiana ma anche della speranza di ripresa...
The thing I like about Bowie's music is that it's truely timeless. This song could have just as easily been made in 2023 as in 1980. A man truly way ahead of his time.
Ich hoffe, daß auch ein Beitrag in deutscher Sprache akzeptiert wird. Dieser Song war der absolute Lieblingssong meiner Jugend und David war für mich the most beautiful guy ever. Ruhe er in ewigem Frieden!
This song is such creative genius on so many levels. No one else was able to add amazing funky bass and drum lines to alternative rock like David Bowie. There's a reason why he appeared on Soul Train--only one of two white artists at the time. But the artistry of the video itself was on another level. David was like the Andy Warhol of music in terms of video art direction and musical creativity. Let's not forget the before-its-time gender non-binary theme of David Bowie either. This song came out just before MTV made its debut of "music videos" and this video was a big hit on MTV.
He got inspiration from earlier periods such as the 1920s and the Renaissance. Every Age thinks its the first when the “latest thing” turns out to be as old as time itself.
I saw him live at the Milton Keyned bowl. Worst live performance by any artist apart from Faithless I ever saw. Within an hour I reckon 25% had left. Utter garbage.
I first saw this in 1983 when *Simon and Nick* from Duran Duran showed it during their Guest VJ Hour on MTV. So much time has past. Bowie gone... _"Oh no... don't say it's true."_ 💔
I remember the 80s, when I first heard this amazing song, this amazing voice and this legendary performer. RIP David, you are truly one of the best and this is one of the best songs of our youth. Great music is timeless and ageless, and thank you for giving a gift of music master of your art.
Peak Bowie. No-one else on the planet could’ve written these lyrics. Haunting and strange. My mother said, to get things done, you’d better not mess with Major Tom.
There is a brilliant story about the making of this video. There was an old man picking sticks on the beach during filming and the director asked him to leave, so they could do the shoot. He refused and the director, pointing at Bowie, said do you know who that is? The old man said "It's some c...t in a clown suit". Bowie later said, It was a huge moment for me, It put me back in my place and remember I'm just some c...t in a clown suit. Brilliant.
I wonder how many people realise that it is a clever homage to life on Mars? And everyone knows it's a huge reference to space oddity. Absolute masterpiece 🥰
Just going through the comment section brings tears of joy to me eyes and warms my heart!! Bowie(RIP) is still loved and admired!! Makes me so happy! It's really easy for people to blow off the music that came before. Songs from the 70's, 80's and 90's are already 3 to 5 decades old..... I hope our younger generation can keep the proper respect for this amazing art that was left behind. If anyone knows of a young current artist similar to a Bowie, please inform.... Would like to watch some of their videos and listen to some of their music.... Time marches on...... RIP King!! Bowie was one of a kind!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I was 21 when this music video came out, was considering over the top and weird but a well loved nursery rime. The 80's music was the very best, uplifting and positive.
I can’t add to any of the comments here, but the guitar playing here by Robert Fripp is so amazing… this song I don’t think would be the same without him.
Been a Bowie fan since 1973. When I was 12 saw him in1976 in Montreal ( station to station). Always love the little nursery rhyme type childish line taunt at the end ‘ My mother said to get things done you’d better not mess with Major Tom ‘ perfect.
Not sure I've seen this vid since my teen days, glued to the set every time it came on MTV circa 1983. What a brilliant, beautiful person David Bowie was.
This is a very unusual song. Strange arrangement, weird lyrics, eccentric chord progression, erratic melody line. But somehow it all works together to create a work of art music.
The first Bowie music video I ever remember seeing. I was just a little kid when this came out and I was like, "I'm not sure what this music is all about, but this is fascinating!" Its 2024, and the fascination is still with me.
Of course , we are now in Aquarius - all truths will be revealed , David had an experience wether willingly or otherwise , His live performance of Starman is clear as you said don't let him fool you . Must have eyes to see . The Thin White Duke wasn't a fluke .
I really can't see how the memory of Bowie will ever die. He and his work are now eternal, (or at least till the end of our species existence). I wonder if it ever crossed his mind when he began his career?
I saw Bowie in 1990!!! One of the best shows I have ever seen!!!!!!! Adrian Belew was on guitar!!!!!! No nonsense Show!!!! A lady in the front row passed David her baby and he put the baby on his knee while he sang Hereoes!!! The crowd went crazy!!!!! Great memories!!!!!!
In an interview David Bowie spoke about how he always tried to remain grounded and not let celebrity really go to his head as is so often the case with fame. He recounted a story about when filming the video for Ashes to Ashes in which he was dressed as a clown on the beach. There was a member of the public walking a dog and appearing in the background and spoiling the shot. The director or some member of the Bowie production went up to the dog walker to remonstrate with them and angrily demanded of them: "Do you know who that is ? DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS ?!". To which the dog walker replied: "Yeah. Its some wanker dressed as a clown".
Biscuit0100 He's one of the first musicians I really ever loved. Such a charismatic and creative person...Well as I said, I truly feel that there's a part of him still here
+andyjay729 Wikipedia haven't acknowledged that the first music video was actually not produced in 1981 but was ashes to ashes in 1980 and Bowie used the latest video processing.
+garyoptica Music videos existed long before 1980, believe me. We simply didn't have cable channels devoted to music videos before then. The Beatles did at least one, "Hello Goodbye" which ran on the Ed Sullivan show in November of 1967. The program had advertised that the Beatles were appearing on that program, which I made a point of watching. Then Ed read a letter to the TV audience, that was supposedly from the Beatles, explaining that they couldn't make it that night. I was only 10, but recognzied that as pure b.s. and a false advertising of the worst degree. so the Beatles were dressed in their Sgt. Pepper's outfits, miming along to the song, with hula dancers coming on at the end. I'd already heard the song on the radio and found the video only mildly interesting. But, it was a music video and many others followed, assuming some had not preceded it.
James Bloomfield me too.that keyboard sound is so atmospheric and eerie.I have loved it since it was first released when I was 11. It kind of spooked me at that age the same way the cure a forest did.timeless and perfect.
+Jason Kreitzer You can throw in Scott Weiland too into the mix .Made me laugh. Yeah Lemmy would of been chasing Natalie around the room with a hard on never letting go of his bass the whole time...
This was the first Bowie video I saw when I was like 10 (I'm now 18) when VH1 Classics was doing a music video marathon and Bowie was in there and it was this music video. I though it was the best music video I saw ever. Bowie made a large impact on me and will continue forever. We miss you David.
Ga, you're young! I first saw this as a teenager when it just came out. I'm old but at least I got to experience all this first hand. We will miss him greatly.
One of my best friends committed suicide this morning, this evening I realized I heard that song in a radio on my way to work at the time when he died. Ashes to ashes my dear friend.
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The perfect transition between 70s Bowie and 80s Bowie💫
I heard a (BBC?) radio interview with producer Tony Visconti a couple of years after Ashes To Ashes came out,and he was saying something along the lines of congratulating Bowie for "finally killing off that Major Tom character (which had garnered a bit of idolatry all of its own)" with this song. He also said something along the lines of record company suits having the mindset of sending "all the weird ones" (Bowie,Bolan,Sparks,etc.) over to him artist-wise,something which Visconti was only too happy with because it gave him better chance for innovation,exploration and boundary-pushing music-wise.
Really? I will try to look for the interview and listen to it, because it sounds pretty fascinating.
Sugar Dust I'm pretty sure it was part of a series about well-known producers,about half a dozen of them,aired around 1982. I remember hearing the ones about Glyn Johns and Tom Dowd as well.
Thanks!! I'll be on the lookout for it.
Sugar Dust I'd be interested it hear it again after all this time!
Who's listening in 2024?
Never stop listening to Bowie!!! 😊
Io😊😊😊😊😊 Cagliari
@@zisikaragiannis2390😊😊😊mai😊
Me!
U know it lol. He’s so missed
One of the most original songs in the history of pop music. That's why Bowie is untouchable.
agreed you cant do anything but praise the man
Agreed, but Once In a Lifetime by Talking Heads is a close runner up.
@@allanalogmusicat78rpm yeah David Byrne has a place on that mantle, as well.
They both have the initials DB 🙀
@@Rob-zv1oz you are dangerous Rob
I remember I was 15-16 watching this video when it first come out with my 80 year old Nan standing beside me, I’ve no idea what she thought, but looking today it must have been more incredible for her than it was for me. She saw Zepplins bombing London in WW1, and David Bowie 70 years later, what experiences she had.
I don't remember how old i was when i first saw this video(just turned 60)but was just mind blown that an artist could be this creative with the art form.
I had already admired Bowie and loved his work but this particular video for some reason always stood out for me....
Still don't know why to this day.
As a young African American from a poor urban environment, i was often teased for my choices in music....😁
Friends and family thought i was so weird(still do....😁)
Ashes to Ashes both the song itself and the video represents for me true artistry....
What we can accomplish when we are completely open and free.
Bowie(RIP) to this day remains one of my favorite artists of all time!
Hope you still keep your Nan in your thoughts and heart!
Be well my friend!!
says a lot about you that u had this deep reflection . I saw this has a child and had to find everything EVERYTHING about him... later, i ran away from orphenage to see him. worth what came after (!)
top 5 musicians in history
David Bowie is irreplaceable.
Still have the album, i think I was 14 when I was bought it and was called "gay" at school for it..........
This is art. David Bowie was a genius.
Agreed
Agreed 2 / Love your handle!
thanks!
People do not overstand he was so innovative he started new wave movement
It's not just him, he was enough of a pure artist that each "phase" in his career he would seek out the most talented people in the field of whatever he was working on. When he wrote his more blues album, he handpicked some of the best blues performers he could find out of nightclubs sometimes. And for this song there's actually a cool behind the scenes about the guy who was able to create all these effects for the video, it actually was way ahead of it's time video editing wise, & they actually had to basically distort like 2 cameras to even get that look, its really interesting
My favourite Bowie Song ever. Mesmerizing, even 43 years later...
There’s Quicksand Heroes and a couple of others which just are so amazing and no other artist could have written them.
Haunting,* if one is an X gen like myself
The best!
I was 20 in the new romantic era and Ashes to Ashes was one of my favourite tracks 😎
Meiner auch.
I am / 67 years old. This music NEVER gets old.😂
This song is so intoxicating, mesmerizing and wonderful. Rest in peace, David. You are missed here on earth greatly. I know that concert you hold in heaven is incredible.
Bowie tells that when he filmed this clip, some old guy at the beach wouldn't move out of the way. The crew said to him "don't you know who this is?". The guy replied, "yes, a c*nt in a clown suit". Bowie said his response brought him back to earth: "He was right. I was, in fact, a c*nt in a clown suit".
Thank you for this ❤
...takes one to know one...
...RIP David Bowie - definitive R&R poet laureate...
L'umiltà e l'ironia di un artista immenso e straordinario ❤
@@LoredanaLanzo-iq8ux ...un'elegia in prima persona delle conseguenze del pasticcio con la polvere da sparo colombiana ma anche della speranza di ripresa...
The last 30 seconds of this track is incredible... gorgeous sounds and synthwork, makes me quite emotional...
Yes, you know it! Dark and experimental for it’s time. Just a absolutely brilliant song!
@@djpeekay25 It is superb, you are right. n
that synth still
sends a shiver down the spine even 40+ years later
@@jokarogames3504 Incfredible isn't it...
yup, so addictive!
The thing I like about Bowie's music is that it's truely timeless. This song could have just as easily been made in 2023 as in 1980. A man truly way ahead of his time.
RIP.....❤️
Everything you said......perfection!!
So true.
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie
@@funlittlefish - Not even close.
True, but I think this was his last great album though.
Strung out in heavens high hitting an all time low... Addiction in one !ine, genius writing
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie
"I'll stay clean tonight"
Genius writing? Maybe JD Souther was involved.
@@LoneLee2022Ha!
2:45. My favorite david bowie moment😮 "...my mother said..."
My mother said a lot of things I never took notice of
@@paulmckean5692 why?😳
I'm jealous. The padded room I was in was much smaller
Pay private. Better experience
Mine was too ,but I expanded it with my mind😂😅
Well, so, how do we get a bigger one. Only ask 'cause I'm on my way. 😂❤😂
1980!!!!a great pop music year.
Absolutely ❤❤
This is how I like my pop music, weird, dark, full of disturbing imagery and drug references!
Ich hoffe, daß auch ein Beitrag in deutscher Sprache akzeptiert wird. Dieser Song war der absolute Lieblingssong meiner Jugend und David war für mich the most beautiful guy ever. Ruhe er in ewigem Frieden!
Every Bowie song unique, every Bowie album a masterpiece. We could never nail down who Bowie was. This man was a genius
Awesome assessment of David Bowie
Amazing creativity. I grew up listening to Bowie, his music still sounds fresh and modern to me.
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie
Especially his 80s era, I thought his best stuff was in that decade.
Davids songs were the very very first I was aware of in my childhood. Thanks David, for shaping me! Love your songs. Always. RIP
This song is such creative genius on so many levels. No one else was able to add amazing funky bass and drum lines to alternative rock like David Bowie. There's a reason why he appeared on Soul Train--only one of two white artists at the time. But the artistry of the video itself was on another level. David was like the Andy Warhol of music in terms of video art direction and musical creativity. Let's not forget the before-its-time gender non-binary theme of David Bowie either. This song came out just before MTV made its debut of "music videos" and this video was a big hit on MTV.
The day the video came out is the official real start of the 80s
no Genius, it is pure "inspiration".
The other white artist was another genius (along with Bernie Taupin of course) Elton John
He got inspiration from earlier periods such as the 1920s and the Renaissance. Every Age thinks its the first when the “latest thing” turns out to be as old as time itself.
@@CraigColburn-kz6cc Anyone can be inspired. Almost no one can make a song/video like this, at a time like that. That's the difference.
I was fortunate to see him in concert back in 1983. He was fantastic!!!🥰💯
Great football player too...
Hey you should look up The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie
I saw him live at the Milton Keyned bowl. Worst live performance by any artist apart from Faithless I ever saw. Within an hour I reckon 25% had left. Utter garbage.
I saw him also in 1983 for the first time , in Paris , great memories
The Serious Moonlight Tour! Yes!! Awesome!!!
Bowie was such a genius.. I remember being excited watching this climb the charts at the time, and rightfully so. What an awesome song and video!
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie
David Bowie estava 3mil anos a frente de nosso tempo
100% truth like Roxy Music & Moody Blues, Yes & Hawkwind.
David Bowie e o cantor solo internacional que mais gosto
The true King of Pop. David Bowie.
I first saw this in 1983 when *Simon and Nick* from
Duran Duran showed it during their Guest VJ Hour
on MTV. So much time has past. Bowie gone...
_"Oh no... don't say it's true."_ 💔
There arent many musical genius' but bowie was defo one.
Timless GEM 💎
My favorite Bowie's song
Psychedelic🎉..RIP David Bowie..you were a legend..loved all your music..your creativity
Hey you should look up The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie
Amazing artist sorely missed just loved him ❤
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I remember the 80s, when I first heard this amazing song, this amazing voice and this legendary performer. RIP David, you are truly one of the best and this is one of the best songs of our youth. Great music is timeless and ageless, and thank you for giving a gift of music master of your art.
It's my favourite song in 55 years
@@paulhughes1038 Amazing song. I even recall first time I heard it, about 40 years back, in a friends car. Immediately loved it.
David Bowie was so far ahead of his time AND the music game that people were shocked. A true unconventional artist in every sense of the word.
Did a doctor conclude he was born prematurely or what?
Ah yes, takes me back to my teen years when MTV ruled.
True dat ❤️
I've never done good things.
I've never done bad things.
I've never done anything out of the blue.
Greatest lyrics ever
Number one from 1980 and say no more there too. Thank you.
Peak Bowie.
No-one else on the planet could’ve written these lyrics. Haunting and strange.
My mother said, to get things done, you’d better not mess with Major Tom.
RIP. My all time favorite Bowie song and it's not close. No 1a 1b. This is my clear winner. Beautiful song.
David Bowie-timeless music and there will never be another artist like the Starman!
There is a brilliant story about the making of this video. There was an old man picking sticks on the beach during filming and the director asked him to leave, so they could do the shoot. He refused and the director, pointing at Bowie, said do you know who that is? The old man said "It's some c...t in a clown suit". Bowie later said, It was a huge moment for me, It put me back in my place and remember I'm just some c...t in a clown suit. Brilliant.
What masterpiece! 🌠
THIS SONG HAS ALWAYS AFFECTED ME, AND AFTER ALL THIS TIME IT STILL AFFECTS ME,AS ONLY THE GREAT CAN DO, GREETINGS FROM ITALY 🇮🇹 ITALY
This is an amazing song David had so much talent I miss him. 👍🏼
I do too he was very very talented ......he had a big impact on the music industry.....truly miss him. RIP Mr Bowie
we need you back Mr. Bowie from 1980.......we need you back
Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie
After a 25 year heroin addiction this is what you pray ❤
❤️🇺🇸🍀🍄David Bowie is invited to the party. 2023.
The techno-wizardry is amazing in this video. Everything David touched turned to classic gold. Love this old song!!
3:22: a beach from beginning of Wizardry VIII, techno-fantasy RPG video game. Coincidence?!
This song is timeless
I wonder how many people realise that it is a clever homage to life on Mars? And everyone knows it's a huge reference to space oddity. Absolute masterpiece 🥰
Bowie was always ahead of everyone, an innovator, thank you David, your music will live forever ♥💚🧡💙🎶🎵🎼🎹
..the most cosmic performer on earth .....
Is there a word beyond legendary? Then this music is it!!!!
Ultra- legendary, perhaps...
Just going through the comment section brings tears of joy to me eyes and warms my heart!!
Bowie(RIP) is still loved and admired!!
Makes me so happy!
It's really easy for people to blow off the music that came before.
Songs from the 70's, 80's and 90's are already 3 to 5 decades old.....
I hope our younger generation can keep the proper respect for this amazing art that was left behind.
If anyone knows of a young current artist similar to a Bowie, please inform....
Would like to watch some of their videos and listen to some of their music....
Time marches on......
RIP King!!
Bowie was one of a kind!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hate to break it you,but their will never another Bowie, definitely one of one in this planet and universe
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie
I’m 50, got to see him live a few times. So glad!
I’m so incredibly jealous
@@mrworm1716 First concert Bowie was better, but Duran Duran in it's hayday was damn good too!
Saw him 3 times. Just incredible.
I can't stop looping this song
X2
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is stu morris
M2❤
Incomprehensible, but still one of my favourite Bowie's songs. 😊
Também é uma das minhas favoritas😊
Ero giovanissima quando ascoltavo la tua musica e oggi dopo decenni l'ascolto ancora perché è da brividi brividi ❤
First album I bought when I got home from Basic combat training at Ft Benning,wore my M65 field jacket while listening to this song ala Taxi Driver.
I was 21 when this music video came out, was considering over the top and weird but a well loved nursery rime. The 80's music was the very best, uplifting and positive.
I can’t add to any of the comments here, but the guitar playing here by Robert Fripp is so amazing… this song I don’t think would be the same without him.
We are obligated to say that Fripp was way ahead of his time.
But seriously, glad someone realizes Bowie relied on a BAND.
Robert fripp the master
David Bowie the world is so much smaller without you
Yes, and so kinda boring.😢❤😢
Timeless classic
I am 56; I think about this video often. Bowie had his finger on the pulse.
What a truly powerful transition and evolution from one era to the next... And told in such a masterful beautiful way.
RIP David Bowie.
Great song that utterly outclasses anything today I'm afraid.
For real. People bicker over the definition of functioning genius. Anyone on Earth, please write a better song.
Been a Bowie fan since 1973. When I was 12 saw him in1976 in Montreal ( station to station). Always love the little nursery rhyme type childish line taunt at the end ‘ My mother said to get things done you’d better not mess with Major Tom ‘ perfect.
I love all Bowies records but this song is outstanding ❤
@ ▷ David Bowie
🎶▷ Ashes To Ashes
💿▷ Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
📅▷ 1980
🎬︎▷ David Bowie & David Mallet
Not sure I've seen this vid since my teen days, glued to the set every time it came on MTV circa 1983. What a brilliant, beautiful person David Bowie was.
One of the first really creative pop videos ,to be rolled off the eighties conveyor belt ,there was nothing else around like this
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie
I love the synths at the end! So awesome!
Amazing singer, sadly missed 😭
This is a very unusual song. Strange arrangement, weird lyrics, eccentric chord progression, erratic melody line. But somehow it all works together to create a work of art music.
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie
@@funlittlefish why do you have 2 accounts advertising this band? Is it your band?
@@Ploist just a Massive fan
This music it's my favourite. Thank you, Mr Bowie for this music. You will never be forget.
The first Bowie music video I ever remember seeing. I was just a little kid when this came out and I was like, "I'm not sure what this music is all about, but this is fascinating!" Its 2024, and the fascination is still with me.
Bowie is so special. A true genius! ❤
David Bowie tenía magia , un adelantado a su tiempo . Por siempre 🌹
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie
SW9 LAD. Done us proud! Miss you David, a true innovative and funny genius. Kent boy. Uk forever 😢🎉🎉🎉
Don't let him fool you, all of his costumes and art were performed with perfect precision
Of course , we are now in Aquarius - all truths will be revealed , David had an experience wether willingly or otherwise , His live performance of Starman is clear as you said don't let him fool you . Must have eyes to see . The Thin White Duke wasn't a fluke .
The layers of this song...the popping bass.. genius, ground breaker.
I was 12 when this came on the radio back then, instantly loved it, like many of his songs.
RIP David you exceptional artist
Takes you to another place....just brilliant.💫🌠
amazing artist and human being
Happy Birthday Wonderful Man 🖤💙🖤
Helped me through every stage of life since I was 10 and still doing it now. That's a long time
I really can't see how the memory of Bowie will ever die. He and his work are now eternal, (or at least till the end of our species existence). I wonder if it ever crossed his mind when he began his career?
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is stu morris
I saw Bowie in 1990!!! One of the best shows I have ever seen!!!!!!! Adrian Belew was on guitar!!!!!! No nonsense
Show!!!! A lady in the front row passed David her baby and he put the baby on his knee while he sang Hereoes!!! The crowd went crazy!!!!! Great memories!!!!!!
Always listen to your mamas advise , good advice.
I saw Bowie in 84/85 at MSG in NYC and Peter Frampton was on guitar,worth every penny
What can you say? Genius!!!
Almost freakishly bizarre...I love how weird bowie was then
In an interview David Bowie spoke about how he always tried to remain grounded and not let celebrity really go to his head as is so often the case with fame.
He recounted a story about when filming the video for Ashes to Ashes in which he was dressed as a clown on the beach. There was a member of the public walking a dog and appearing in the background and spoiling the shot.
The director or some member of the Bowie production went up to the dog walker to remonstrate with them and angrily demanded of them:
"Do you know who that is ? DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS ?!".
To which the dog walker replied:
"Yeah. Its some wanker dressed as a clown".
That's classic!
I needed that laugh!
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digglyda YES! I think of that every time I watch this!
I miss him already...
I still can't believe he's gone. It doesn't feel like it... This song's making me cry. :'(
Biscuit0100 He's one of the first musicians I really ever loved. Such a charismatic and creative person...Well as I said, I truly feel that there's a part of him still here
Muhammad Farrukh Yep. He's the Starman waiting in the sky... :')
+Muhammad Farrukh Starman had to go back home, is all.
Grace Mitchell I can't help but imagine him on Mars....
"My Mama said to get things done, you better not mess with Major Tom"
I'm guessing that's his real mother in the video.
It's not his real mother
newdawnnation Yes, it is indeed.
it's the best part (the end) of this faboulous song, it's a dream
Drew B That makes a lot of sense in retrospect,even if it does take away some of the mystique.
Hadn't heard a thing about him being sick... We salute you, Major Tom.
He kept it only between his family and friends apparently
+andyjay729 Wikipedia haven't acknowledged that the first music video was actually not produced in 1981 but was ashes to ashes in 1980 and
Bowie used the latest video processing.
I don't blame him the press can be like vultures at times
+MsFanmail a lot of his music dealt with how much of a bad thing fame was, it comes as no suprise that that it was kept quiet
+garyoptica Music videos existed long before 1980, believe me. We simply didn't have cable channels devoted to music videos before then. The Beatles did at least one, "Hello Goodbye" which ran on the Ed Sullivan show in November of 1967. The program had advertised that the Beatles were appearing on that program, which I made a point of watching. Then Ed read a letter to the TV audience, that was supposedly from the Beatles, explaining that they couldn't make it that night. I was only 10, but recognzied that as pure b.s. and a false advertising of the worst degree. so the Beatles were dressed in their Sgt. Pepper's outfits, miming along to the song, with hula dancers coming on at the end. I'd already heard the song on the radio and found the video only mildly interesting. But, it was a music video and many others followed, assuming some had not preceded it.
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The Man Who Fell to Earth...
My god, the last minute of this song always sends shivers down my spine. Incredible piece.
I agree. I often wish there were more songs that had this feel; it sticks out a bit on Scary Monsters.
Same here James...that synth at the end seems unworldly............!
I feel the same at the end of the song
Same!!!
James Bloomfield me too.that keyboard sound is so atmospheric and eerie.I have loved it since it was first released when I was 11. It kind of spooked me at that age the same way the cure a forest did.timeless and perfect.
Legend RIP
+Cranston Snord his music will outlast all of us.
+Daryl Allman absolument vrai ! ( China girl etait ma chanson favorite ), merci pour ton message;
+Daryl Allman So very sad .... RIP David :-(
+TEMPLEKING1974 It will...it certainly will.
+diongwi The greatest in my opinion
An original gone to heaven. Ashes to ashes, R.I.P. Starman. 1947-2016
Whenever a great musician dies it's said Heaven's band has got another member.
Strung out in heaven's high.
+TheOrganismic Hitting an all time low!!!!!!
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+Jason Kreitzer You can throw in Scott Weiland too into the mix .Made me laugh. Yeah Lemmy would of been chasing Natalie around the room with a hard on never letting go of his bass the whole time...
This was the first Bowie video I saw when I was like 10 (I'm now 18) when VH1 Classics was doing a music video marathon and Bowie was in there and it was this music video. I though it was the best music video I saw ever. Bowie made a large impact on me and will continue forever. We miss you David.
Ga, you're young! I first saw this as a teenager when it just came out. I'm old but at least I got to experience all this first hand. We will miss him greatly.
+Greyfort 7 very true
That's awesome
Thanks
No doubt no 2 mention Fashion those Vids go hand and hand
One of my best friends committed suicide this morning, this evening I realized I heard that song in a radio on my way to work at the time when he died. Ashes to ashes my dear friend.