David Bowie's "Blackstar" Is Not About Death | OVR THNKR #18
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- David Bowie's cryptic final album "Blackstar" is typically interpreted to be an exploration of death, but it's so much more. Tell me what you think in the comments!
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I always felt like " Blackstar " is the new David Bowie stage persona. Just like Ziggy stardust and The Thin white duke. I actually thought that before his death, When I heard the song the first time. I thought in his live shows he's going to be Blackstar. After he died I thought, In a way he actually has become Blackstar. He is a star that has died, No longer has any light.
The light higher than eyesight.
That is a very good personal interpretation.
Blackstar: The Blind Prophet
@@eracli0Looks alike he literally peeps through the blindfolds to my eyeballs.
nothing lasts forever. this track is over looked by a lot of fans, some even refuse to listen to it. personally i think its one of his best pieces of work.
agreed😀
Fans refuse to listen to it? Just how many Bowie fans do you know?
I know alot of personal friends who can't listen to his last album because its to upseting. @@larindanomikos
I personally LOVE the song 😍❤️
Well said! I concur!!
I believe the song is about transcendence, birth, rebirth, and death. It is about David Bowie's personal journey and grasping at the meaning of it all in his final days on earth. We are all made of stars and we all die. We return to space after the death of our own star only to eventually turn to cosmic dust and form new star systems. It is neverending. The serpent is uroboros, the snake eating it's own tail. Representing this same journey.
Don't forget Major Tom also appeared in Ashes to Ashes, leading most to believe he is a reflection of Bowie himself. The song, released soon after he rehabilitated from his drug years says "We know Major Tom's a junky, strung out on heaven's high hitting an all time low."
Exsactly. Space Oddity has the phrase: Planet earth is blue. Which means that the world is a fundamentally sad place. Ie. Major Tom loses contact with ground control on purpose, to escape from life.
We later learn in ashes to ashes that his symbolic escape from earth was by way of drug use.
It's is not Major Tom but Thomas Jerome Newton in Black star
all time BERNARD lowE
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@@wezzuh2482Ground Zero/Enter The Dragon
@@plungy”The Man Who Fell To Earth” (aka “Brother From Another Planet”?
Strangely, I agree that the song isn't just about death. However, I think the Blackstar is David himself. He refrains, "I'm not a gangstar, I'm not a pornstar" which means he cannot be defined as anything that we could codifid him as. He was special, and that we could call him nothing else but a "Blackstar".
Personally, I think the song is more about the legacy Bowie left behind, along with a warning. Here is my take on it:
The line is after all "Something happened on the day he died, spirit rose a meter and stepped aside something else took his place and bravely cried: I'm a blackstar". And what is a blackstar? Could it be like a black hole? A star that has basically died and become something else, but still has the same gravity. When Bowie died, his spirit left, his light extinguished... but his work and legacy still remain. You can still feel the pull of the gravity of his legacy.
But it isn't him in charge anymore. His spirit has stepped aside. Now... Well, you know it's always kinda funny to me how much fandom is like religion in someways. And hence the warning: His fans will venerate him. His works will become like relics, like a skull crusted with gemstones. Even notice how fandom tends to create their own little 'rituals' of sorts? David Bowie the man is gone. David Bowie the icon is still there. Maybe it will be one day thought of as David Bowie the god. That I feel is the blackstar. A shadow image of Bowie in the minds of people, without the guidance of his human spirit.
And every time we try to say what his work was actually about or what he was trying to say, we twist that shadow image a little. We move further away from the man and closer to our own shadow image of him. Yes I am aware of the irony of saying the song is about how people can twist his legacy by interpreting what his work was about, and this probobly isn't actually what the song is actually meant to be about. But I find the idea halarious. :P
Ah shit I love the idea of him “stepping aside” and this vacuum opening to be filled by other people and influences 🤯
You're nearly spot on with the way I look at the song as well.. I think that's the importance of the visual opening of Major Tom on another planet.. He's still within arms reach of us at the beginning, but his physical being drifts to the black star at the end. He understands his legacy will live on, but there will be someone to fill his void, "Spirit Rose a Meter and he stepped aside, someone else took his place" Is the pivot of the song, which occurs right before Bowie takes his bible, while in light and with eager anticipation of his fans, and visually hands it off to the next person in line"
The anguish and joy of creating symbolic poetry/music is that the author knows what he meant, but cares more for what those symbols might invoke in others. It's a malleable, neutral chaos prone to each individual reader's/listener's internal intrepretation to take in any direction as best as they want, hope, fear or dream for. Bowie laid down the bones, we build the gollum...the man was a magus.
That's a much more sensible path of solution than : "IT'S ABOUT CHRIST !"
I prefer your interpretation of this than other than the author of the post. Very thoughtful. Thanks. I still like to think about Bowie.
I'm still so gutted by his passing, even to this day; that it doesn't matter what everything means, but to listen to his voice is calming, assuring that he left amazing lyrics and music to keep his legacy alive. RIP David. We miss you.
gut/guilt
vocally Bowie is saying: "in the Villa of ALL MEN."
He does that quite often,
lyrics are 1 thing, & the vocals say another.
yeah, kind of like the "Lennon's on sale again" where he pronounces it a bit like "Lenin".
Amen, All men, Orman, all about accent isn't it? What did he really say? Orman could make sense too, just as All men...
Was that Yoko singing with him?
I agree . . .INDAGADADEVEDAH baby
@@bassline5633 London accent - sounds like "In the villar of orl-men"
I love seeing all these different interpretations of it. I think it might have been made to be open to interpretation on purpose, but I mean, the only man who knows for sure is dead.
He left the final answers in the Musical Lazarus
He can’t give everything away, and the fact is, maybe the whole point is, he didn’t know himself, much of the time. The man channeled stuff, his gift was cultivation of the hospitality to allow, rather than to interrogate till it loses all its internal integrity, which is its power.
There are many references to Christian believes and also occult knowledge. Is it a warning? A confession? Artistic expression? Or just to keep us guessing for the coming 30 years just for his own amusement before he died? I don't know and probably never will. Likely all of the above. The lyrics and video are full of symbolism and wordplay (which he loved to do) It is as usual multilayered. When he sang "I'm the great I AM" He could be playing the role of Lucifer/Satan mocking God. With "You're a flash in the pan" he could be referring to when he was called so in 1973. It could also be double layered meaning Pan the satyr or goat man (where the image of Satan comes from) playing his pipes. Is Satan linked with music and the music industry? David knew he was a "shy" Capricorn boy the goat with the fish tail who's planet is Saturn. "How many times does an angel fall? How many people lie instead of talking tall? He trod on sacred ground, he cried loud into the crowd (I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar, I'm not a gangstar)" The fallen angel is Lucifer who became Satan which is just a title meaning "the accuser" that is his role. "He is the Father of Lies." He wanted the throne of God. So maybe the line "He trod on sacred ground, he cried loud into the crowd (I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar, I'm not a gangstar)" is Satan standing on the holy mountain and claiming to be God trying to convince us he isn't such a bad guy (he's not a gangstar). But then again...we could all be reaching. I just focus on God and His son Jesus Christ and try my best not to F*** up too much.
It’s about The Black Sun. If you wanna know what’s it’s truly about read Miguel Serrano
Bowie subtley admitting his fascination and connection to dark energies and magick
I caught somewhere, that this song is about a philosophy book he read, about a cicle of three ages: the age of religion, the age of science, and the age of magic. The movie would be about the death of science (dead astronaut) and the birth of the earliest form of magic, fertility magic (phalic monster). This seems to be the overarching theme. The titular Blackstar... Whatever it is, it can possess a dead body, and take over our life and identity... Could be how Bowie's characters would just take over with little choice or agency... These two themes seem to be unrelated, and juxtaposed just for dissonance, I don't know...
Cómo es el título del libro?
Well you gave me a whole new perspective on Bowie. A depth and appreciation that was almost written off too soon by seeing black star as demonic. But as you very plainly said the guilt has to be removed from our humanity, which is so much about living in a fallen world and realizing the possibility of an afterlife.
Nice post. Scary song.
this song is about rebirth
Casey Wilson demonic rebirth
I like how succinct you are. I just started reading the human's interpretations of his work, and all I see are ridiculous, Puritanical assumptions. These are projections. People are describing their own minds in the face of mystery, and I think I'll just savor the mystery without the annoying compulsion to place brass tacks on something so perfect.
Birth is the same as Death
This is my favourite part of the comment section. I agree with you guys.
@@crunchiethepig3885 birth is the opposite of death
doesn't matter what is it about- it is the most magnificent piece ever written for popular music. Masterpiece on the very top of my list, high above clouds.
there are so many theories and i am just shitting myself trying to decode it using my own intuition plus other opinions and its just overloading me and I am starting to think maybe its just a plain mind fuck and that he just left it behind with a theme but no real meaning that all ties into everything throughout his life because tbh i would do that just so my legacy lived on as long as humans are curious but honestly what a fucking legend hes just a god
That's what I've commented ,it's the pinnacle of his career,all of his music led to this song which is a product if evolving from the very first thru to now.
anything is possible right. after all every person will interpret all things purely based on their own life experiences.
Blackstar is mentioned among many Occulted, and Esoteric Artists in the Music industry. Celldweller- blackstar, David Bowie- Black Star, Apparently Elvis, keep looking, it is all over.
Its an admission of something far darker behind the man
@@liamwalpole9415 nah
He is androgynous meaning (FTM) NO ADAMS APPLE....
THE BANDAGES ARE HIM AFTER TAKING ON A MALE VESSEL....OCCULT MAKES THEM LIVE AS BOTH JUST LIKE THE BAPHOMET THAT THEY ALL WORSHIP...BLACKSTAR IS THE STAR BEHIND THE SUN COMES CLOSE EVER 3600 YEARS HENNCE ALL THESE DEATHS IN THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE THERE PLANET IS HERE & TIME TO HARVEST US HUMANS....ua-cam.com/video/ojChlHtW3zM/v-deo.html....ITS HERE
@@treeoftreason6564 I don't feel that way. Obviously the star is the sun and the moon is the black foreshadow. We call that a solar eclipse. To indigenous cultures when the moon is swallowed by the earth's shadow it is a grave thing, what does that say about the sun? Or the earth in the moon's shadow?
ua-cam.com/video/pizCPSXwu-8/v-deo.html explain this i caught it yesterday
I've always thought it might have to do with wormwood/nemesis/nibiru.... alot of black star songs out there for sure..
Hmm i tried to make the nibiru thing fit but came out more confused than at the start, its just out there thats all you can say
It's nothing to do with external apocalyptic events or anything external!! The revealing of ormen,, or in hebrew means light and the solitary candle is the spine (7 chakras) the 7 seals of revelation!! It's not evil
Light the candle (pineal gland) it's esoteric
@@iam33iamgod35The mention of Kabbalah here reminds one of DB c. 1976, wearing the outfit we again see him wearing in the “Lazarus” video as he backs himself into the closet in the final shot…
Click.
Makes sense, as he was interested not only in esotericism, but specifically at one point in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life (Sephirot - “Kether to Malkuth”…).
Has anyone else noticed the set in Blackstar resembling an old attic has an uncanny resemblance to the set in the "Look Back in Anger" video? The theme of "Look Back" is pretty obvious. Also note that at the end of that video, he crawls under his bed. This under-the-bed image, as well as the beginning of both videos where he starts out in bed (uncomfortably) before his "death" is repeated in "Lazarus", yet another death/rebirth/transformation theme.
Wooow, beautiful explanation and EXTREMELY specific, your really great at exploring all these meanings, well done and please continue making these!
EVERY MAN HAS A BLACK STAR
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EVER MAN HAS A BLACK STAR (SOUL)
Although heavily layered, I still think this was Bowie dealing with his very eminent mortality. We saw the young naive astronaut begin his lifelong trip by leaving Ormen in Space Oddity. We then saw the jaded drug addicted Major Tom in Ashes to Ashes. Then we see Major Tom dying on what may or may not be Ormen.
OR, the unicode for Black Star is 2605. Mick Ronson's birthday. Ormen is also a town in Norway, where he "lost" Hermoine Farthingale. I'm sure there's a lot more symbolism of lost lives.
As usual, with Bowie, there are 1000 ways to interpret this, and every single one could be right, or none.
I see this as an attempt to answer the question "Who Am I?" more than "Why do we die?." I see this as an exploration of the self and the metamorphasis in your understanding that occurs on death. In near-death experiences "something happened on the day he died, spirit rose a meter then stepped aside", some people witness the phenomenon of everything that you thought you were becoming no more real than a dream and who you are becoming abundantly clear. Who you really are cannot be seen (Like a black star), but is always there, you are the perceiver. "At the center of it all, your eyes." He repeats "I am not a" ((insert human trait)) "I'm the great I AM". Then returning to his person's life "Somebody else took his place and bravely cried, 'I'm a black star" acknowledging the human named Bowie declaring he is the great "I Am" is not him, because he is a great, black star, not this human. Don't ask me why I think this. "I can't answer why, just go with me"
In some pagan belief systems the black sun represents bad knowledge. Like a regular sun it casts rays but the rays do not illuminate. A spreader of bad knowledge is a false prophet. When Bowie says he is a black star that is what he is saying about himself. He was a false prophet. He was among the very small group of music stars that ascended to unnatural heights to the point of almost being worshipped. And he did not deserve it. Blackstar is Bowie's judgment on his legacy.
Evidence:
Corrupted dancing - throughout the video there is a lot of dancing and all of it seems trance-like, spastic and hideous. But if you look closely at the dance moves they are corrupted versions of choreography used by Michael Jackson, Elvis, Mick Jagger and many others. This is to show that the effect of the blackstar (pop star) is hypnotic and negative.
Buttons for eyes - Four characters in the video have buttons over bandaged faces where the eyes should be. This means not only are they blind but they are pretending to have sight. Falsehood.
The button-eyed - who are these button-eyed pretenders? One is Bowie himself. The other three, on crosses like Jesus, are dressed like Michael Jackson, Elvis and Frank Sinatra. These are all Blackstars, the false prophets.
it is beautifully put even if it tells that knowing it doesn't make you utterly responsible for it
Very interresting. Thanks for sharing your view on that.
Now why would Bowie talk of that on the verge of death, wouldn't he like to keep on spreading the good image he had on most of his fans' mind, guaranting him some kind of immortality in all his fans' hearts?
Bowie wants you all to think stupid interpretations.
LONDON BYE TA TA (Elijah)
DANCING WITH THE BIG BOYS (Cincinnati)
DRIVE-IN SATURDAY ("feels like Kings Island, teardrop")
NEW YORK'S IN LOVE (the Go-Go Boys)
PLEASE MR. GRAVEDIGGER ( ha-choo! )
CYGNET COMMITTE ( I bless you madly )
UNWASHED & SOMEWHAT SLIGHTLY DAZED (the whole song)
ATOMICA (+ all of his songs; he is "Elijah" ~ my little babies) lol
(I'm Enoch)...
you all will think we are the devil himself, not many years hence.
Just a couple of "fire-breathers" ~ momma poppa's coming for yews.
yes, "in THIS MANNER" our enemies MUST be killed.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU (you didn't see us coming).
"Suspicious minds, it was always TIME."
Very interesting...i like this interpretation
He always expressed sentiments about pop-culture being a form of false idol-worship (life on mars, for example). Maybe this is him regretting becoming one of those false heroes. The women worship the skull of Major Tom, right?
one man once took our blackstar for us
I think however you cut it it is a thought provoking song that was an amazing parting gift from a total genius
I always interpreted it as a legacy left for future generations to discover and enjoy.
Many of Bowie's fans aren't even born yet!
No Plan really hits that home. Bowie is effectively 'immortal' with pieces of the universe projecting his image to would be fans for decades if not centuries.
It's a perceptual awareness,. The eyes showing you what you want, and acceptance of wrong path because of the things we want. Willingly searching for the selfs wants and fulfilling them . And finding out that it's the wrong way after you get to the end of your journey. Realization of the fact you wanted it, and what you are.
Really good analysis. Mind blown at the major tom connection !
Someone finally said it, first time I saw it I said, "That's the girl with the mousey hair"
On my Christmas break and have time to actually listen and watch David Bowie. I have no idea what it is about. For me there is a lot of religious imagery. I thought he was singing 'In the City of All Men' so that took me in a completely different direction. It is dark and appear to have an occult resonance. Leaving aside my intellect it can be enjoyed without knowing what it means. Must revisit the album. Good for opening a discussion on it. Subscribed to your channel
I have seen on the internet an early draft of David’s handwritten lyrics , I’m assuming they’re genuine, where he had written in the villa of all men. He had also written Lucy in brackets, and I wonder if the lyrics are about St. Lucy, look her up and you will see where I’m coming from, also maybe look up St. lucy in Dante’s inferno. Inferno by Dante was on David’s top 100 books, it’s worth looking into.
@@andalltheangelssay212 I just looked her up..wow. Her eyes removed for speaking against the powers that were.. in the video.. those button eyes 👀. ..wow. and I think Bowie says "in the center of it all, in the center of it all, your eyes" ..also, the solitary candle might make ref to the saint wearing candles on her head to keep both her hands free while feeding the hungry. Thanks very much for this info.. im now going to go look at the Dante's illustrations. ...
Wow, good interpretation. I found myself listening to it today, been awhile. Each time I see something new, more meaning. Thanks for your vid.
Amazing analysis. You made my year
I read somewhere at the time of his death that blackstar was a name given to a type of cancer. I also think the song is a distant recalling of his dalliance with Hermoine Farthingale who left him and went to Norway to make a film. His songs can be described at best as a smoke and mirrors thing, so much is there and it depends on your personal preference of circumstance
Pls correct me if I'm wrong but, no one noticed that Elvis and Bowie have the same birthdays (January 8)? That is what made this song a little more spooky (and cool) for me. Now I'm listening to Elvis' version daily!
death - rebirth - death - infinity symbol - themes throughout DB's career
wow, it make so much sense ! mainly knowing that bowie always had a great search for spiritual growing and knowledge. one of his friends told that in the last days he was so peacefull about the death and I really believe that he found the way he looked for. great video !
David Bowie his final persona is Thomas Jerome Newton, And his last work was the musical Lazarus. You can find al the final answers in that piece. I've seen Lazarus 150 times since i worked on the show.
This is one of the best reviews/reactions I’ve ever seen on UA-cam. Why did you stop?
you cannot define a piece of poetry
Even the person who wrote it doesn't know what it means sometimes
video I really needed to see. wish it went longer.
Well apparently he wasn't terminal when he wrote this and others from the Black star album and my understanding is the terminal diagnosis was only about 3 months before the end. Nevertheless, I can't help thinking that he was deeply contemplating his own mortality at this point. He had been unwell and he did indeed have cancer. I kind of want blackstar to be about death because then for me, he becomes a true hero through his final artistic acts.
Excellent! Thanks for your insight.
I think you have the best interpretation that I have seen yet. Thanks for your thoughts!
Brilliant. I don't know if people know this but Bowie had been coming around
toward a more and more Christian world view since the 90's. In the 70's he
discovered the reality of Lucifer but by the 80's he concluded he was no
light bringing but a cheat and the world of Lucifer was a maze to keep people
wandering, searching and wasting time like in the film Labyrinth until their time
was up. In other words, the Goblin King isn't so nice at all - he wants to possess
but can't really love and is filled with rage even in his own kingdom.
I think Bowie was so far out in Blackstar that it didn't get more traction as people
just didn't understand it.
I don’t get how the black star represents guilt and how guilt is the cause of death. I agreed with what you were saying before that, then you just made a huge leap.
Thanks. Very insightful, and the most “understandable” explanation of “Blackstar” so far, your review stands out as the sanest out of all the crazed, kooks spouting absolute coddswallap.....although. It is only a song, and it’s themes have have been visited many times before throughout his career. Blackstar’s ideas remind me of “Station to Station” where Germanic/Nordic and the Kabbalah are interwoven throughout its 10 minutes length , similar to Blackstar’s time. What “Blackstar” has a achieved is a confirmation of Bowie’s art, and your theory of transcendence, rings true. Bowie( I feel) set out to make a final statement of art, and he nailed it with Blackstar.
thank you for this video
Just a theory: a 'dark star' =eclipse=supernova. A cosmic magic trick by The Master
Eclipses are directly related the "Black Star"/Black Sun/Sonnenrad.
I love your theory!
i really enjoyed hearing these thoughts. i just started to delve into david bowie's songs and movies now. i'm not sure why it took this long. but i think i will find what i am looking for and why i am suddenly drawn to it now. and this helped, thanks!
Wow this was deep. Thank you for this.
Have you ever thought Blackstar could be about St. Lucy? And St Lucy’s role as protector in Dante’s Inferno?
Perhaps the only way to transcend is to sacrifice the ego-the false self. Spirit over matter.
When I first heard this I thought the lyric was "in the fear of all men,burns a solitary candle". It made sense.
Man...... I don’t know where you got all this information but your the only one that makes correct sense
Still turns upsidedown mind emotions and passion
In occultism, a black star is the other energy, representing mystery and the unknown energy of magic ( he was obsessed with occultism his whole life)
First off, you have nice skin. Also great video! I've been listening to Blackstar over and over trying to figure it out, this makes a lot of sense.
The song Blackstar is not about death but about dying which is our masterpiece of life for all of us.
If I may suggest, if you want a deeper interpretation of this song, you should read the poem The Hollow Men by T S Eliot. I think that a lot of imagery from that poem was used by Bowie in his art. It also gives context to the three scarecrows in the field. Yes, they probably symbolise the crucifixion but they symbolise much more.
It sounds like "The process" by Kafka
Holy shit yah got it son. Here's a cookie.
In the Musical Lazarus David Bowie changed some of the texts of his old songs, they make they key in understanding the greater mystery.
Great analysis
David bowie rocks.
dude, i Love this, man. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the rest of this album.
I'm glad to have an explanation, thanks à lot for your vidéo.
guys You still did not get it. David Brother's went out of his head on acid watching Kubrick's Odyssey. The smile sign You see on major tom was the most common blotter stamp at David's time. Than he speaks about Hermione Forthingale showing the inspiration (the girl that drives him) and the knowledge of death through the loss of his father and brother, major tom, died and rescued as the golden skull now that he is approaching the end. The transformation is there, he did alchemy, he transcended the poor faith of humanity "life goes against itself" "life gives what he takes away from You". He knows how the exasperate usage of drugs destroyed his life but gave him the false illusion to be guided in the long "trip" of his life, from Ziggy to all the expressions of his Psychosis, the gift to the world of a man that was touched by Genius, Charm, extreme intelligence, beauty, wit, and the capacity of revolutionizing the music and art during the second half of the 20th century. thanks David
I don't care if he's a BLACK STAR or a
STAR MAN,,,
He is my STAR 🌠
and he is missed,,,,😥
So open-heart it’s pain.
Theres the connection to his son's Duncan Jones film Moon, the main character discovers he is imprisoned on the moon as a clone, as countless Clones.
That image of major tom on the moon and the general obscurity tells me there's more to this piece than just death.
I've been thinking (if) the Dali Lama reincarnations are real, perhaps the souls of musicians, and other geniuses of their craft are too... it can explain why some musicians are born with natural gift, many who are have parents in high ranks in the military/government and were likely groomed to become Frank zappas, jim Morrisons, Brian Wilson, thom yorke, Beatles, marilyn Manson, elvis, bowie...etc.
Wow, interesting thoughts, I think you are right. Could you expand more please?
As old as this is, you sir are on the money!👍🇦🇺
And I like David Bowie's music to this day he mixes a lot of artistry and symbolism and meaning in his music
We live behind a mask throughout our lives, making efforts to play a part as in a play, pursuing approval from others to be accepted in an ever-changing role playing. We make adjustments to figure life out before death finally takes us into the void.
There's so many different interpretations of this record, and obviously this is just another one however but by all accounts Bowie did get involved in the occult and there's certainly some mysterious aspects to this record, and no one would seriously disagree that Bowie was a great artist, maybe for some death is sign of our imperfections, but for me it's natural and that serpent which actually most likely represents the mother Earth has it's own natural rhythms and on this planet there would not be life without death
my PawPaw says the song is about smoking weed.
hardly
scifiaudious2 - well he was pretty high when he told me that
Maybe he was trying to understand something about him and how he was going to continus or dissapear...another bowie's story...a great artist
The Astronaut in Blackstar is not Major Tom but Thomas Jerome Newton, The man Who Fell to Earth. who left again in the Musical Lazarus, all the secrets are revealed in that musical.
could Thomas Newton be Major Tom though, as he fell to earth
@@robbrown9619 David Robert Jones Became David Bowie, who became the Thin White Duke, Who Became Ziggy Stardust, and in the end became Thomas Jerome Newton. Newton Tries to get back into space, to Mars ttps://ua-cam.com/video/hqT2hu3WrrA/v-deo.html
This is a really interesting interpretation
ELvis and David shared the same Birthday as well! Jan 8th.
Very nice interpretation
Bless your heart. Very well thought out
Yeah WOW, I really thought this was going to be shit, how wrong could I have been. If anything you really gave me a whole new dimension/s for this album to mull over. Not that I had thought it was about anything in particular beforehand......I had already realised one thing though, this is possibly one of the best songs ever written.
I think david bowie is not talking about himself in this song
He is somehow prophesying about someone else. look at his facial expressions when he was talking about the solitary candle at the begining of the song
It seems in that scene that he is seeing something and predicting something
He is predicting the coming of a blackstar who is also a solitary candle in the villa of ormen(ormen means serpent so probably it means the realm of satan and in the new testament this world is the realm of satan apostle paul called this world the evil present world and also christ called satan the master of this world )so actually the black star who Ironically is the solitary candle too is somehow a religius figure
Or even maybe the solitary candle (who is a good creature in the dark evil world) and black star are not the same people
But if there is one thing that I am sure about is that at least the solitary candle part of the song is bowie's prophetic prediction about some christ like figure, pay attention when bowie was saying "your eyes" about the solitary candle which shows that he had a person in his mind when he was writing this
His Major Tom alter-ego has been long established. Maybe we can think of Bowie - who as an iconoclast embodied so many different personas - proclaiming "I'm a Blackstar", that only he truly knew who he was at the end, leaving us with a perplexing mystery, as his skeletal remains are committed to the void. What is not often discussed, are the women manifesting a "demon" through their ritual, who goes after patriarchal scarecrow figures. There is a lot in there as well.
It's about transcendence
The woman has a tail because shes a witch born the 7th girl in a line, they were supposedly born with a tail
DB complained DYLAN did not pursue possibilities established by LIKE A ROLLING STONE. I suggest the possibilities are literary. This video explores a defensible analysis of the lyrics, one in keeping with DB's literary skill. Forget every other suggested attribute. I followed his career because he's ardently literary. And he's obviously intellectual given the analysis. We do die, I believe according to the KJVB, because the serpent enticed EVE to consume the APPLE, et cetera blah.
What can you tell me about the next day Album and the whole oak king parallel.
I like your interpretation.
we play and we see.
None of the analysis videos I've seen so far of this video/these videos (from Blackstar, the LP) include the fact that the astronaut's costume is the same (or strongly references, see smiley face) as used in his son, Duncan Jones', movie 'Moon'. Now, I don't wish to spoil the great film for anyone who hasn't seen it, but I think it's worth considering what might connect the two (video/song story & movie/story) with the facts of: 1) referencing his progeny & 2) the possible common themes/symbolism/emotional exposition between David's life/death/music, & Duncan's film.
If it is to be believed, the book of Revelation describes the fallen angels/demons as Stars that were cast out of Heaven onto the earth.
Fascinating !!...tend to think of his take on humanity, reincarnation and cycle of life--all good...what great about Bowie is there is no one right interpretation.
Well, if there is, he certainly didn't tell us ;-)
There’s an interview of Bowie and Mos Def from years ago where Bowie talks about the lyrics from the Black Star album. Black star is Mos Def and Talib Kweli duo, it could have inspired Bowie’s album title.
Bowie never talked about Blackstar in any interview. He gave no interview the last 10 years of his life.
MAYBE HE'S SAYING THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN... MEANING WE'RE STUCK HERE UNTIL WE LEARN HOW TO ACCESS OUR HIGHER CONSIOUSNESS. EARTH IS HELL AND WE NEED TO ACCESS OUR HIGHER CONSIOUSNESS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TO THE LIGHT.
Been avoiding videos of songs I like since MTV came on the scene, but watched 'Black Star' as I know Bowie is a visual artist. I recognize the Christian symbolism but was not offended. Very haunting music for sure. Your interpretation is presenting the battle of evil and the divine, which is inescapable these days if you know the symbols. So...I am better off not watching videos for audio indulgence. But then again, you may be right.
Nice thoughts
theres WAY more to this than is discussed