I love the contrast between this and the first songs. It's like he went through the whole album and came to some kind of catharsis and is able to perform this song without any aggravators
Breddouson that is a nice way of putting it. How all cures should work. Remember when we got this when we went to the movies? Not just more bullshit! LOL
dmtsymphony I was 14, pushing 15. I was a big Tubeway Army/Gary Numan fan at the time. My older sister who was 17 at the time gave me the money to go and buy "Scary monsters album" on my way home from school, as it was on the route. I remember hearing the opening of "It's no game pt1" and was blown away. I ended up listening to the full album with my sister and was converted immediately to Bowie⚡. Luckily for me, she already owned ALL the albums previous to then. How lucky I was to be able to dig into all that vinyl! The original albums.. Now the re-release of the Bowie albums are £20.00 upwards and they are really thick vinyl these days. Vinyl was ALWAYS best IMO! The artwork, lyrics, Gatefold covers etc. CDMA and cassettes ain't the same. As for download? Such an empty experience! I am so glad I kept those albums. The Ziggy motion picture soundtrack is BETTER on its original release in 84 compared to the Tony Visconti remix that came out on CD on the 40th Anniversary?!.Anyway... I think I have gone on a bit! 😱. BOWIE Rocks forever! ⚡ 🌟
Bowie was the coollest person to grace this planet ..find a picture of him where he doesnt look cool ..and as for his talent ..no other sround ..glad i lived at the time as him ..genius ..he kept me going thru life
The five dislikes (and counting) obviously cannot comprehend cutting edge creative music. Every song of David’s is timeless and brilliant. Granted, there are some songs I don’t like. However, I appreciate how brilliant and unique they are. Only the great ones produce music that NEVER ages! Of course David Jones was one of them. #RIPStarman #Ziggy4Ever
A real landmark album - a bridge- what had been and for what was to come. There was something in that restless mind of his. In 1980 he had collected it.
I'd consider it more a destination, this is where David really achieved putting his personal stamp on music. The Berlin trilogy was a trial of sorts, experimentation to perfect the merging of genres he is famous for.
@@markrago5338 that and after this album, Bowie seemed kind of bored with making masterpieces, opting for a much more experimental and diverse than most would expect (who thought Bowie would do industrial thriller rock and jungle music?). Scary Monsters is his most complete work though, it feels like somethign he needed to get out, pretty much every song on there is inspired.
I know Bowie was mentally shattered after Scary Monsters, as he'd also gone through a divorce, but I always think it was a big shock from Scary Monsters to Let's Dance. An album in between these two would have softened the blow somewhat.....an album that had elements of both Scary Monsters AND Let's Dance in it. That would have been great, but as I said he needed a break after Scary Monsters, and no one can begrudge him for that.
I always looked at scary monsters as having more in common with Lodger. Lodger was part of the so called "Berlin trilogy" but its nothing like Low or Heroes. You can sort of get some idea of where Bowies mind was at.
Silhouettes and shadows watch the revolution No more free steps to heaven Just walkie-talkie - heaven or hearth Just big heads and drums - full speed and pagan And it's no game I am barred from the event I really don't understand the situation So where's the moral People have their fingers broken To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading And it's no game Documentaries on refugees, couples 'gainst the target 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 And it's no game Children round the world, put camel shit on the walls They're making carpets on treadmills, or garbage sorting And it's no game
+KreshPlays Station was the transitional move to art rock...this is the culmination of that transformation...IMO..the best album he ever made...R.I.P. MR BOWIE
Mianbao Diamond Dogs and Aladdin Sane. And The Man Who Sold the World. And Lodger. And The Next Day. And Ziggy Stardust. And everything. He was too good, I can't choose
Discorded Spectrum agreed. Though I think the reason I agree is to cover the shame I feel after forgeting Earthling and Lets Dance in my last comment(;
@@bigjim5450 Totally disagree. I use that term and it means something. It usually means that one record where the stars aligned and everything gelled just right. That one record that is the best showcase of that artist (or bands) work. The one record they did that is five star and it is usually their most popular record and usually comes sort of mid-way in their career. I would call the Joshua Tree U2's Sargent Peppers or the same for Roxy Music's Avalon or Radio Head's OK Computer. MHSTW is a brilliant record but doesn't make that cut. With Bowie he was so prolific another record Ziggy Stardust could make that cut but I think Scary Monsters is the clear winner with him for that one record that was the most brilliant the best showcase of his talent and creativity.
Far and away the best Beatles album was the first. Lodger is better than this album. It is generally accepted that Hunky Dory is Bowie's " SPLHCB " . It goes without saying that Roxy's best album by far, was their first !"£$%^&*()_++_)(*&^%$£"!
I can't confirm exactly but I've always thought the opening effects of "It's No Game (No. 1)" is the start of the studios reel to reel tape machine, capturing Bowie's angst as he begins his journey over the LP, finishing at "It's No Game (No. 2)" with the tape coming to the end. The sound at the end being the tape whipping the full spool, rather like an old projector. Perhaps it symbolises the start and end of a cathartic journey for Bowie with this LP ? Just my thoughts anyway !
Its the reel to reel tape recording machine. When you come to the end of the reel the tape comes out the original reel and onto the other one (The full reel which is the recording) the sound is the end of the tape flapping as it spins around.
Silhouettes and shadows watch the revolution No more free steps to heaven Just walkie-talkie - heaven or hearth Just big heads and drums - full speed and pagan And it's no game I am barred from the event I really don't understand the situation So where's the moral People have their fingers broken To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading And it's no game Documentaries on refugees, couples 'gainst the target 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 And it's no game Children round the world, put camel shit on the walls They're making carpets on treadmills, or garbage sorting And it's no game
Simple, a western man looking at all the world and realising most people must struggle to survive far more than he. He says Faith is being lost. From 40 years on, he was even more correct.
FEEL MY FETUS MOVE [“She had a horror of rooms. She was tired. You can't hide beat.” - David Bowie, “Scary Monsters” 1980] She is our community's bicycle, everyone gets to ride. She is a door knob too, everyone gets a turn. She loves to commit deadly suicide.
Bowie was at one time himself accused of having fascist sympathies. It's not a term to be bandied about so carelessly. Have a safe trip when (presumably) you relocate somewhere less threatening to your wellbeing.
@connie Newman this is based off the song he wrote in the early 70s called Tired Of My Life. And btw there are no fascists ruling America only people suffering from TDS.
From listening to all of David Bowie's discography, I think Scary Monsters, Diamond Dogs and Low are three of his poorest and weakest albums! That's just my opinion!
@@sidneypasquarelli2122 …….Diamond Dogs is one of his overlooked BEST albums. His vocals o that album were off the chart showing his amazing range. Scary Monster is up there in his top 5, Low.....is simply BRILLIANT....but you've every right to be wrong :)
I love the contrast between this and the first songs. It's like he went through the whole album and came to some kind of catharsis and is able to
perform this song without any aggravators
Breddouson that is a nice way of putting it.
How all cures should work.
Remember when we got this when we went to the movies?
Not just more bullshit! LOL
I always thought it refers to getting tired from decades of fighting the fascists but still believing in the fight
exactly ! Joe Oldman
Yes. And the solo guitar at the end is simple perfect.
2:30
That rhythm section is so tight. Bowie chose the best musicians to work on every single album.
he just knew how to rock it. always did. pretty unerring. And I think the best all around white singer of his time...
~ c a m e l s h * t ~
I realise now that this is just number 1 but without the japanese and Bowie isnt screaming
no Fripp either
@Victor Von Doom Exactly.............
@Victor Von Doom isn't that Carlos Alomar on guitar?
And in this one he sings about camel poop
2
Those drum sounds!
This was the album that made me a fanatic at age 11, and then I had the whole previous decade to discover
dmtsymphony I was 14, pushing 15. I was a big Tubeway Army/Gary Numan fan at the time. My older sister who was 17 at the time gave me the money to go and buy "Scary monsters album" on my way home from school, as it was on the route. I remember hearing the opening of "It's no game pt1" and was blown away. I ended up listening to the full album with my sister and was converted immediately to Bowie⚡. Luckily for me, she already owned ALL the albums previous to then. How lucky I was to be able to dig into all that vinyl! The original albums.. Now the re-release of the Bowie albums are £20.00 upwards and they are really thick vinyl these days. Vinyl was ALWAYS best IMO! The artwork, lyrics, Gatefold covers etc. CDMA and cassettes ain't the same. As for download? Such an empty experience! I am so glad I kept those albums. The Ziggy motion picture soundtrack is BETTER on its original release in 84 compared to the Tony Visconti remix that came out on CD on the 40th Anniversary?!.Anyway... I think I have gone on a bit! 😱. BOWIE Rocks forever! ⚡ 🌟
and Im 22 lol
11 AMAZING i was drawing this and 24 mixed media pieces on Bowie during this period. College look how many generations he sang to.
I was 12
my mother made me listen to this masterpiece when i was 9, i'm now 52 and still consider this album as a jewel
After a whole album drowning in effects and production, this song is like coming up for air, it's nice
Bowie was the coollest person to grace this planet ..find a picture of him where he doesnt look cool ..and as for his talent ..no other sround ..glad i lived at the time as him ..genius ..he kept me going thru life
meme school
@Evan Hodge probably wouldve been if not for bowie music ..
@Evan Hodge yeah
A big feeling of thanks for this album. For me it kept music alive after John was gone.
@davidstaniford3571 Scary Monsters was released September 80 a couple of months before John Lyndon was murdered, or not?
David Bowie was my all time favourite musician - second to none.
A marvellous voice!!!!
This video was posted 3 days before the Thin White Duke left us RIP 1947-2016
I am barred from the event
I really don't understand the situation
The five dislikes (and counting) obviously cannot comprehend cutting edge creative music. Every song of David’s is timeless and brilliant. Granted, there are some songs I don’t like. However, I appreciate how brilliant and unique they are. Only the great ones produce music that NEVER ages! Of course David Jones was one of them. #RIPStarman #Ziggy4Ever
Feed hamster.
Draw the blinds on yesterday and it's all so much scarier.
Genuis! LOL
A real landmark album - a bridge- what had been and for what was to come. There was something in that restless mind of his. In 1980 he had collected it.
I'd consider it more a destination, this is where David really achieved putting his personal stamp on music. The Berlin trilogy was a trial of sorts, experimentation to perfect the merging of genres he is famous for.
@@markrago5338 that and after this album, Bowie seemed kind of bored with making masterpieces, opting for a much more experimental and diverse than most would expect (who thought Bowie would do industrial thriller rock and jungle music?). Scary Monsters is his most complete work though, it feels like somethign he needed to get out, pretty much every song on there is inspired.
I know Bowie was mentally shattered after Scary Monsters, as he'd also gone through a divorce, but I always think it was a big shock from Scary Monsters to Let's Dance. An album in between these two would have softened the blow somewhat.....an album that had elements of both Scary Monsters AND Let's Dance in it.
That would have been great, but as I said he needed a break after Scary Monsters, and no one can begrudge him for that.
I always looked at scary monsters as having more in common with Lodger. Lodger was part of the so called "Berlin trilogy" but its nothing like Low or Heroes. You can sort of get some idea of where Bowies mind was at.
Nice ASMR bit at the end. Bowie ahead of his time as always! :)
Silhouettes and shadows
watch the revolution
No more free steps to heaven
Just walkie-talkie - heaven or hearth
Just big heads and drums - full speed and pagan
And it's no game
I am barred from the event
I really don't understand the situation
So where's the moral
People have their fingers broken
To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading
And it's no game
Documentaries on refugees,
couples 'gainst the target
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
And it's no game
Children round the world,
put camel shit on the walls
They're making carpets on treadmills,
or garbage sorting
And it's no game
relevant today! LOVE DAVID BOWIE! RIP!
LOVE THE BACKGROUND VOCALS and the guitars
Man, that dude was one of a kind.
Tremendous song!
Stunning, timeless...
He knew that life's no game.....................
We love you David.
Yeah, that’s it right there.
Every song...every song...wow!
So basically Blur built a career based upon this song innit?
i love the lyrics of its no game part 2 children round the world put camal shit on the walls
A favourite album of the criminal mastermind Atremis Fowl, II.
Aly Bucker 😂😂 I still can't believe this is his taste in music. Dear god help us all.
+icandrawthings What are you on about? This is amazing!
whaaat? really? In which book was it said? I must have missed it somehow
@Sophia Stutey oh thank you :) It makes sense. I haven't read them yet
@Sophia Stutey aaah thanks for recommendation. I was actually planning to read it soon, when I come back from holidays :D
2020 no game
what a great album, but i'm still with station to station
+KreshPlays Station was the transitional move to art rock...this is the culmination of that transformation...IMO..the best album he ever made...R.I.P. MR BOWIE
Mianbao Diamond Dogs and Aladdin Sane. And The Man Who Sold the World. And Lodger. And The Next Day. And Ziggy Stardust. And everything. He was too good, I can't choose
No need to choose one, I think his best music spans his whole career.
Discorded Spectrum agreed. Though I think the reason I agree is to cover the shame I feel after forgeting Earthling and Lets Dance in my last comment(;
Me too. Stationtostation is wonderful.
The best 😁😁
Was playing this on my record player and at the end i got scared that something was wrong with my vinyl 😭
Great touch the tape reel coda
Passt irgendwie in jede Zeit..........
Excelente VOZ 🛸
"Children around the world/Put camel s*it on the walls"
Minha música.....Love Daviud Forever
More relevant than ever.
How?
FRIPPERTRONICS!!!!
hearth or heaven
aguante bowieee
My all time God.
Bowie's most brilliiant record still stands up to that. The most innovative record he did. It was his Sargent Peppers.
I disagree The man who sold the world is David Bowie seargant pepper album
@@bigjim5450 Totally disagree. I use that term and it means something. It usually means that one record where the stars aligned and everything gelled just right. That one record that is the best showcase of that artist (or bands) work. The one record they did that is five star and it is usually their most popular record and usually comes sort of mid-way in their career. I would call the Joshua Tree U2's Sargent Peppers or the same for Roxy Music's Avalon or Radio Head's OK Computer. MHSTW is a brilliant record but doesn't make that cut. With Bowie he was so prolific another record Ziggy Stardust could make that cut but I think Scary Monsters is the clear winner with him for that one record that was the most brilliant the best showcase of his talent and creativity.
Far and away the best Beatles album was the first. Lodger is better than this album. It is generally accepted that Hunky Dory is Bowie's " SPLHCB " . It goes without saying that Roxy's best album by far, was their first !"£$%^&*()_++_)(*&^%$£"!
02:28 À partir deste momento a música começa a transmitir magia, me sinto incrível!
Oh damn what a fuckin' song
I love it
"To be insulted by these fascists it is so degrading"
❤
👍♥️
REVOLUTIONS ARE MESSY
“Children ‘round the world... put camel shit on the walls.”
Which came first ? One or two ?
There Is a lot of Low in this song
The last 35 seconds of this song
Is there any confirmation on what the sound at the end is? I've always guessed popcorn of some sort.
I can't confirm exactly but I've always thought the opening effects of "It's No Game (No. 1)" is the start of the studios reel to reel tape machine, capturing Bowie's angst as he begins his journey over the LP, finishing at "It's No Game (No. 2)" with the tape coming to the end. The sound at the end being the tape whipping the full spool, rather like an old projector. Perhaps it symbolises the start and end of a cathartic journey for Bowie with this LP ? Just my thoughts anyway !
@@subscape3032 I read it is the end of the reel of tape. Something that the younger among us are perhaps not familiar with.
Isn't that the sound of tape when you get to the end of the reel and it's still turning so the end of the tape is flapping?
Its the reel to reel tape recording machine. When you come to the end of the reel the tape comes out the original reel and onto the other one (The full reel which is the recording) the sound is the end of the tape flapping as it spins around.
do people know what he is referring too? I am quite sure I have a good idea.....
Put A Bullet... In My Brain... & It Makes All The Papers! I think he wrote that from... John Lennon's Death!
The LP was released 12 September 1980, almost three months before Lennon's assassination. A premonition?
Also, the ‘bullet in my brain’ line was allegedly written when bowie was 15 years old! Quite a premonition indeed
which edition is it?
to be insulted by these fascists is so degrading....
One of the best lines in the song!
Choose your fascists. Republican or Democrat. Looks like the Dems are most like 1945 Germans.
@@oreally8605 38 or 39 to be more precise
throw a rock against the road and it breaks into pieces...
@@oreally8605 jesus christ, shut up
Silhouettes and shadows watch the revolution
No more free steps to heaven
Just walkie-talkie - heaven or hearth
Just big heads and drums - full speed and pagan
And it's no game
I am barred from the event
I really don't understand the situation
So where's the moral
People have their fingers broken
To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading
And it's no game
Documentaries on refugees, couples 'gainst the target
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
And it's no game
Children round the world, put camel shit on the walls
They're making carpets on treadmills, or garbage sorting
And it's no game
Simple, a western man looking at all the world and realising most people must struggle to survive far more than he. He says Faith is being lost. From 40 years on, he was even more correct.
The last 35 seconds I don’t get
Tbh prefer the demo of this song better, more relatable and strong.
thanks for the heads up .. will check it out
Artemis Fowl gives a thumbs up :D
I read the Artemis Fowl Files so I searched this😂
@@Minerva235 yo I had no idea this song was in those books
He's do much better than me
Know more
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They lie. We die.
FEEL MY FETUS MOVE [“She had a horror of rooms. She was tired.
You can't hide beat.” - David Bowie, “Scary Monsters” 1980]
She is our community's bicycle, everyone gets to ride. She is a door
knob too, everyone gets a turn. She loves to commit deadly suicide.
Its really not surprising that David wrote this in the early 80s, this is what's going n today in America under this fascist party!
Bowie was at one time himself accused of having fascist sympathies. It's not a term to be bandied about so carelessly. Have a safe trip when (presumably) you relocate somewhere less threatening to your wellbeing.
It was released in 1980!
@connie Newman this is based off the song he wrote in the early 70s called Tired Of My Life. And btw there are no fascists ruling America only people suffering from TDS.
Yeah fascist trying to brainwash children with CRT.
Sorry buddy, your an idiot if you thought that was fascism, we're definitely going that way with this clown show.
Slava Ukraini
OR GARBAGE SORTING
To be insulted by these Fascists is so degrading.
From listening to all of David Bowie's discography, I think Scary Monsters, Diamond Dogs and Low are three of his poorest and weakest albums! That's just my opinion!
Hmm...Diamond Dogs and Low are my two favs ! ; )
@@treyblake1 Well everyone has a right to an opinion. I hate those albums! Ziiy, Aladdin and Hathen are great albums, in my book!
@@sidneypasquarelli2122 …….Diamond Dogs is one of his overlooked BEST albums. His vocals o that album were off the chart showing his amazing range. Scary Monster is up there in his top 5, Low.....is simply BRILLIANT....but you've every right to be wrong :)
@@Johnnywhamo I'm not wrong, It's my opinion, a matter of taste, that's all!
Ziggy, Aladdin and Heathen are by far the best for me!