Diffcult to tell which is the best. There must be about many hundred if not thousands of songs he made. But right now I am listening to this one much 🎉❤💖🕊
I'm almost 23, and listening to David Bowie reminds me of high school. Do you think that this song was a step Bowie took towards writing the song "Time"? I can't help but hear the similarities between the two. In any case, hello from my generation to yours. My peers were born around the time 9\11 happened, I wonder what growing up was like for you.
David Bowie, a breath of fresh air in 1960s, 70s. He was a genius, Cygnet Committee should be listened to now. The world is falling apart and no one seems to be listening 😢 and I want to believe there’s a light shining through somehow
Someone put a rare David Bowie article on Instagram from changes music paper 23 March 1971, USA press in which the interviewer asked about Cygnet committee. David said this :- “Wow, why did you pick on that one? That’s crazy, nobody picks that one, they get hung up on Memory of a free festival, space oddity and that’s it- maybe Janine, but this is remarkable. I basically wanted it to be a cry to fucking humanity. The beginning of the song when I first started it was saying - Fellow man, I do love you-I love humanity. I adore it, it’s sensational, sensuous, exciting- it sparkles and it is also pathetic at the same time. And it was a cry to listen. OK, that was the first section. And then I tried to get into the dialogue between two kinds of forces. First the sponsor of the revolution, the Quasi-capitalist who believes that he is left wing and puts support into a lot of the projects and gets no thanks. The other character was the pure what...” then there was a bit missing, I tried to zoom in from the photo of the double page spread but it was very blurry but it was something like ...”ended up being what I anticipated that particular movement for ??? and free ??? over in England, people like ...”(then he gives a couple of names, idk) Anyway there was a section of the article in which he said “....any form of revolutionary left, whatever you want to call it, was Jack Kerouac, E.E. Cummings and Ginsburg but that was where it was at. The hippies I’m afraid don’t know what’s happening. I don’t think there are any anyway. The underground really went underground. Grand funk and all these people man, are the moderate choice of music. Underground is Yoko Ono, The Black poets, these people scare the hell out of most freaks. They laugh at Yoko Ono but it’s the whole cliche.” (there was more but I can’t be bothered to go on lol)
Feel that Memory of a Free Festival may be taking the piss out of Hey Jude. Nevertheless it's a great song, it's a coming down from the angst and perhaps slightly ironic comment about the hippie movement..
@@zoewilding1845 although it was paying homage to the actual one day free festival he organised for the Beckenham Arts lab that he co- founded with three friends.
@@zoewilding1845 it has been described as a trippy retake of sympathy for the devil by the Rolling Stones, another great song ua-cam.com/video/GgnClrx8N2k/v-deo.html
@@lisaenderle5864 Bob Dylan is excellent, but No, not with such an existential power when we look at the theme of this song and its description of a dystopian situation.
Amazing some people don't know what they have missed. When they say I don't like david bowie. There Los. This is amazing song too think when it was written. The best.
Ever since I first saw Bowie (The Jean Genie), I thought he was an alien. This song proves he is! He didn't die, he returned to his home after leaving us with a precious gift...his music. See his movie "The Man Who Fell to Earth", the original, not the cheap ripoff made for TV version.
Seeing various interpretations I thought I would share how I hear it. I hear two narrators, it starts with "I love you madly .." and strikes me as David talking, perhaps an internal conversation with God. The second starts with the voice change and "I gave them life I gave them all..." and tells a story of a cult turned religion turned ravaging government/army. There are many historical examples in the Judeo, Christian, Islamic and communist traditions probably others as well. In the cult story he's referring to well meaning and well resourced people who are used by powerless opportunists to get power and then use that power for selfish hurtful purposes that are not well meaning and would be (and often end up) opposed by the well meaning benefactor. The well meaning benefactor typically gets cast aside and becomes ineffectual. This is a common dynamic in cults. There were quite a few of these situations going on at the time David wrote this song.
Anybody else think this song is about man-created artificial intelligence destroying its creator in an attempt to "live"? The artificial lifeform humans created starts singing at 4:27 "We had a friend, a talking man, who spoke of many powers he had..not of the best of men, but ours (we taught them to teach themselves and we became inferior in their eyes), we used him, we let him use his powers (we created an army of these) now we are strong! Another hint: "and stabbed the backs of Fathers, Sons of Dirt" (humanity, Adam was made from dirt). Also, I believe its really "infiltrated businesses pulsating through our sleeves" (they took control of power). At the end they hate us because we gave them everything but life itself. Bowie's BEST song, in my opinion.
Nah. It's his view on the developement of mankind as a whole. "We had a friend, a talking man" is Jesus. We used him. We let him use his powers. Also science VS religion. The thinker (Rodin?) sits alone. And gets bitter. Nobody's listening. The rise of religion. The lovers were slain for not knowing the bible. The lovemachine that lumbers is religion. And the fight for the right to be right are all the wars that came from religion. That's my interpretation anyways. A social and political poem and very strong and compelling.
@@smoly37 Nah. Well not totally nah. Just that he's not specifically referring to Jesus, though the "love machine" image could include Christian religions at various stages, but not exclusively. So I agree with your second paragraph. As David often does I hear two narrators, it starts with "I love you madly .." and strikes me as David talking, perhaps an internal conversation with God. The second first starts with the voice change and "I gave them life I gave them all..." and tells a story of a cult turned religion turned ravaging government/army. There are many historical examples in the Judeo, Christian, Islamic traditions. In the cult story he's referring to well meaning and well resourced people who are used by powerless opportunists to get power and then use that power for selfish hurtful purposes that are not well meaning and would be (and often end up) opposed by the well meaning benefactor. The well meaning benefactor typically gets cast aside and becomes ineffectual. This is a common dynamic in cults. There were quite a few of these situations going on at the time David wrote this song.
Heard this when I was fifteen. This song really affected me. So many different interpretations. I think that Memory of a Free Festival is a piss take on Hey Jude.
I dont take this lightly when I say that this is the greatest song David Bowie ever wrote
Absolutely agree.
Masterpiece is an understatement
I agressivo more Lady grinning sou!
Diffcult to tell which is the best. There must be about many hundred if not thousands of songs he made.
But right now I am listening to this one much 🎉❤💖🕊
@@ragnhildzeiffertmerino4924 true
I'm 70 and feel 20 again after hearing this ❤
I'm almost 23, and listening to David Bowie reminds me of high school. Do you think that this song was a step Bowie took towards writing the song "Time"? I can't help but hear the similarities between the two. In any case, hello from my generation to yours. My peers were born around the time 9\11 happened, I wonder what growing up was like for you.
This song is a masterpiece...
David Bowie, a breath of fresh air in 1960s, 70s. He was a genius, Cygnet Committee should be listened to now. The world is falling apart and no one seems to be listening 😢 and I want to believe there’s a light shining through somehow
Someone put a rare David Bowie article on Instagram from changes music paper 23 March 1971, USA press in which the interviewer asked about Cygnet committee. David said this :- “Wow, why did you pick on that one? That’s crazy, nobody picks that one, they get hung up on Memory of a free festival, space oddity and that’s it- maybe Janine, but this is remarkable. I basically wanted it to be a cry to fucking humanity. The beginning of the song when I first started it was saying - Fellow man, I do love you-I love humanity. I adore it, it’s sensational, sensuous, exciting- it sparkles and it is also pathetic at the same time. And it was a cry to listen. OK, that was the first section. And then I tried to get into the dialogue between two kinds of forces. First the sponsor of the revolution, the Quasi-capitalist who believes that he is left wing and puts support into a lot of the projects and gets no thanks. The other character was the pure what...” then there was a bit missing, I tried to zoom in from the photo of the double page spread but it was very blurry but it was something like ...”ended up being what I anticipated that particular movement for ??? and free ??? over in England, people like ...”(then he gives a couple of names, idk) Anyway there was a section of the article in which he said “....any form of revolutionary left, whatever you want to call it, was Jack Kerouac, E.E. Cummings and Ginsburg but that was where it was at. The hippies I’m afraid don’t know what’s happening. I don’t think there are any anyway. The underground really went underground. Grand funk and all these people man, are the moderate choice of music. Underground is Yoko Ono, The Black poets, these people scare the hell out of most freaks. They laugh at Yoko Ono but it’s the whole cliche.” (there was more but I can’t be bothered to go on lol)
Feel that Memory of a Free Festival may be taking the piss out of Hey Jude. Nevertheless it's a great song, it's a coming down from the angst and perhaps slightly ironic comment about the hippie movement..
@@zoewilding1845 although it was paying homage to the actual one day free festival he organised for the Beckenham Arts lab that he co- founded with three friends.
@@zoewilding1845 it has been described as a trippy retake of sympathy for the devil by the Rolling Stones, another great song ua-cam.com/video/GgnClrx8N2k/v-deo.html
@@andalltheangelssay212 Sounds nothing like Sympathy with the Devil. Look to Mark Lanegan for that on his album Blues Funeral...
David Bowie was my friend. I’m putting that here because no one is likely to see it.
A guy of 22 years wrote this. Think of the musicians and influencers of today at that age. Two worlds apart.
One could listen to this poetry in 1969 and figure out Bowie was going places and only death would stop him.
My favorite Bowie album. So underrated.
I’ve loved this song for longer than I can remember. It’s a masterpiece.
This is Bowie's style. It's British, no American would or could write lyrics like this.
Not bob dylan?
@@lisaenderle5864 Bob Dylan is excellent, but No, not with such an existential power when we look at the theme of this song and its description of a dystopian situation.
@@risingmoon07 Jackson Browne
This was an unabashed Dylan imitation, his way, but he’s acknowledged it was very Dylan influenced. His take on a Dylan opus.
Jackson Browne?
Space Oddity is one of my favourite albums, and this song is amazing, nine minutes well enjoyed 👏
I love this song so much! The lyrics are a poem that moves me with every word!
Thanks for the lyrics. I've been singing it wrong all these years 😅
Unbelievable, masterpiece
Amazing some people don't know what they have missed. When they say I don't like david bowie. There Los. This is amazing song too think when it was written. The best.
great set of lyrics from a great songwriter.
So young and so very good!!
Thanks for adding the lyrics Good job. Been listening to this song (not continuously of course) since Space Oddity came out.
❤ he can't be human he's alien unbelievable artist
Haven't heard this since 70s and wow
Thnx for the lyrics
Одна из самых любимых песен!
The Silent Guns of Love will Balst the Sky
i love this song!
Again I will say,thank you I love this ,live for it !
Ever since I first saw Bowie (The Jean Genie), I thought he was an alien. This song proves he is! He didn't die, he returned to his home after leaving us with a precious gift...his music. See his movie "The Man Who Fell to Earth", the original, not the cheap ripoff made for TV version.
Seeing various interpretations I thought I would share how I hear it. I hear two narrators, it starts with "I love you madly .." and strikes me as David talking, perhaps an internal conversation with God. The second starts with the voice change and "I gave them life I gave them all..." and tells a story of a cult turned religion turned ravaging government/army. There are many historical examples in the Judeo, Christian, Islamic and communist traditions probably others as well.
In the cult story he's referring to well meaning and well resourced people who are used by powerless opportunists to get power and then use that power for selfish hurtful purposes that are not well meaning and would be (and often end up) opposed by the well meaning benefactor. The well meaning benefactor typically gets cast aside and becomes ineffectual. This is a common dynamic in cults. There were quite a few of these situations going on at the time David wrote this song.
The Force (ofLady Mondegreen) is strong with this one
How prophetic it all turned out to be unfortunately.
Anybody else think this song is about man-created artificial intelligence destroying its creator in an attempt to "live"? The artificial lifeform humans created starts singing at 4:27 "We had a friend, a talking man, who spoke of many powers he had..not of the best of men, but ours (we taught them to teach themselves and we became inferior in their eyes), we used him, we let him use his powers (we created an army of these) now we are strong! Another hint: "and stabbed the backs of Fathers, Sons of Dirt" (humanity, Adam was made from dirt). Also, I believe its really "infiltrated businesses pulsating through our sleeves" (they took control of power). At the end they hate us because we gave them everything but life itself. Bowie's BEST song, in my opinion.
President Joe once had a dream... ua-cam.com/video/U-AMec7yr7c/v-deo.html
Nah. It's his view on the developement of mankind as a whole. "We had a friend, a talking man" is Jesus. We used him. We let him use his powers. Also science VS religion. The thinker (Rodin?) sits alone. And gets bitter. Nobody's listening.
The rise of religion. The lovers were slain for not knowing the bible. The lovemachine that lumbers is religion. And the fight for the right to be right are all the wars that came from religion.
That's my interpretation anyways. A social and political poem and very strong and compelling.
@@smoly37 Nah. Well not totally nah. Just that he's not specifically referring to Jesus, though the "love machine" image could include Christian religions at various stages, but not exclusively. So I agree with your second paragraph. As David often does I hear two narrators, it starts with "I love you madly .." and strikes me as David talking, perhaps an internal conversation with God. The second first starts with the voice change and "I gave them life I gave them all..." and tells a story of a cult turned religion turned ravaging government/army. There are many historical examples in the Judeo, Christian, Islamic traditions.
In the cult story he's referring to well meaning and well resourced people who are used by powerless opportunists to get power and then use that power for selfish hurtful purposes that are not well meaning and would be (and often end up) opposed by the well meaning benefactor. The well meaning benefactor typically gets cast aside and becomes ineffectual. This is a common dynamic in cults. There were quite a few of these situations going on at the time David wrote this song.
Masterpiece. ❤
Heard this when I was fifteen. This song really affected me. So many different interpretations. I think that Memory of a Free Festival is a piss take on Hey Jude.
A melhor fase
Absolutly
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So...True only a Brit.
I see an Air - Earth zodiac signs conflict here.
anthem of the oppressed everywhere
This one song of Bowie’s is infinitely better than every song Taylor Swift has written put together.
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muy opacada esta cancion!
Some say this song is about a certain band member from The Pink Floyd
I didn't find any trace of this...
Ts song sounds like a destruction caused by feminist-lgbt movement