There is NOTHING like a reactor that actually understands what is happening in the music. Do you know how many reacted to this song and just didn't get it? I appreciate you 2 SO MUCH. You should have a THANKS button for donations. THANK YOU

Bowie was an original...

To understand Bowie you have to understand that he had distinct phases in his career, some of which were uniquely different. In fact, for many of these phases he embodied a character. Ziggy Stardust, The Thin White Duke, ect. Each character had his own style and attitude. This is why Bowie was special artist. I don’t cry when rock stars die but I cried when Bowie died.

The early 70’s were such a great time for rock music.

Bowie was an absolute genius

A masterpiece of a song, so early in Bowie's career. It great watching you guys discover the great music of the 70s that us old foggies almost take for granted.

RIP Davey and Prince. Miss you brothers

This is the edge of an extremely deep and rewarding rabbit hole. Bowie is an original, his own genre. He’s to alternative rock what Johnny Cash is to Country, what James Brown is to Soul, or Marley is to reggae. They all transcend they’re genres.

You can't put Bowie in a box. He was a musical genius!! RIP 🖤

The word genius is throwing around too easily, but Bowie truly was a genius! I’m 62 , so all of my teen years were in the 1970s. I loved his music since the first time I heard it space oddity when I was 12 years old (‘72) when my older sister played it for me. A lot of guys thought he was weird, gay, etc. and would make fun of me for liking his music, but I didn’t care, he was a true visionary, musical genius who would always push the limits in everything he did whether it was music, androgyny, reinventing himself and drugs.

These Two Gentlemen are in a League of their Own... as Usual... Well Done.. Thank You!!!! ✌✌🌍🌎🌏✌✌

this dude had more influence on other artists than any man alive, always groundbreaking

Bowie was lit. Massive supporter of black artists in the early 80’s when MTV (which was the front runner in driving what was popular) would rarely if ever play black artists. He challenged the channel over this. He’s got an extremely deep rabbit hole

Bowie was a chameleon, he constantly reinvented himself. So damn sad we lost him. I’d love for you to react to Bowie’s song “Life on Mars”. It’s magnificent! Rick Wakeman plays piano on it.

If you ever do a Bowie retrospective, you will find a wide range of styles and influences. He was a constant changeling. One of a kind.

My favorite David Bowie song. I had a movie going in my mind as he sang. Very creative and unique.

Space Oddity is a play on words taken from “2001 a Space Odyssey”, one of the most popular movies of the day. Bowie was a special sort of artist - he’ll continue to grow on you! Credit to Mick Ronson, a fabulous guitar player, and very under-rated! Peace

Going down the Bowie rabbit hole, get ready for rock's true chameleon genius. Virtually every album was a great departure into new genres and innovation. Brilliant, brilliant artist!

The complex sound effects that he produced for this song are spectacular and fit perfectly this science fiction like space story of an astronaut lost in space. It also has a psychedelic like sound. David was an amazing artist and clearly ground breaking for 1969.

David Bowie defies defintion - he strode through the seventies like a collossus ! He was effortlessly perfect in every genre. Such a fabulous artist and a sweet down to earth man.

Love your reactions. David Bowie has one of the most eclectic catalogs and will keep you very busy. You will need lots of Black Coffee live. 😁

David Booooie is one of the most diverse artists. Able to adapt to trends before they came. Some loved em, others not so much - but no denying his talent and ear for music.

Bowie is the greatest. The 70s stuff is the most popular, and maybe rightfully so. But 90s Bowie is extremely underrated. Talk about artistry and reinvention, he’s the gold standard. I look forward to watching Bowie blow your minds repeatedly.

Yup. This song belongs in EVERYONE'S collection!

I have been listening to this song for over 50 years, and every time I just marvel. Bowie was just Bowie, I gave up trying to understand his music, I just accept that he was a master on a level well above me He went his own way and there will never be another like him.

A great classic from David Bowie, one of his best! 🎶🎶❤️❤️

His person, his music, as unique as you can find.

Starting from the beginning huh? Cool!! This Song was released in the summer of '69 like five days before the Apollo mission to land on the Moon. Rick Wakeman of Yes played keyboards for Bowie then joined Yes after David's 'Hunky Dory' album in 1971. The strings you heard was the mellotron played by Rick.

In the 50s 60s and early 70s the entire western worlds hearts and imagination were completely captivated with space exportation. Everything from Tail-fins to clothing and music to popular TV (Star trek, the jetsons, Space 1999 etc) .. It was complete wonderment and excitement. A truly magic time.. I remember the first moon landing and building my own Lunar Lander model

My favorite Bowie song ❤

Bowie was from the future and everyone had to catch up to him… but by the time that happened he was on to his next incarnation! Great reaction gentlemen!

This is the era of Bowie that will live on for ever. Jim

Great reaction, guys! Yes, everything about this song is amazing - and unique, as is with David Bowie.

YAY!!! More Bowie, please! He was a genious and you can't go wrong with anything of his you choose, but I'm partial to Sweet Thing (sometimes combined with the songs Candidate and Sweet Thing reprise, which is a good version), Wild is the Wind, Ashes to Ashes, and Stay. 🤘

David Bowie art teacher was Peter Frampton's father. David Bowie too Peter out on tour which helped Peter get back in the game. Released Frampton Comes Alive shortly thereafter. David was a giver man. Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tina Turner. Look it up!

His first hit single …from ‘69. You guys really need to go down the rabbit hole that is Bowie’s catalog. For my money the greatest artist of out time. He did not put out a bad album in the 70s. Every one fantastic! I would listen in chronological order

Sunday mornings around here ! AIRPLAY BEATS MARATHON ! Can’t beat it ! Mississippi 🎉🎉🎉🎉

He wrote this in 69, he was inspired by the the moon landing that year.

It's an absolutely incredible song ! He did a version of this some years earlier and that version is pretty good, but this one takes the cake. It's a soundscape of sounds ! The guitar solo - at the end - when the guitarist hits the last note of the guitar solo - in the middle -- he turns the tuning peg/knob down -- that gives it that downward descending note. The bass player was definitely killing it and acoustic guitar sounds fantastic. The drummer played pretty awesomely too, but in parts of the song - he played minimalist and it was brilliant. Some times less is more. Great review guys - love it. If you look closer at Bowie in some of the close up video shots - you'll notice he has two different eye colors - it's natural and he was born like that.

Bowie YES. Go through the Ziggy Stardust album. One of the first concerts I saw. Can't remember if I was even a teenager yet when I saw it.

Bowie is/was a genius and top G talent. He was a beautiful soul.

Another classic

Its hard to explain how groundbreaking Bowie was with everything from sound and production to his amazing voice.

One guy wearing a Toronto Blue Jays baseball hat with Pink Floyd album cover in the back listening to David Bowie sing Space Oddity in 2024, well shout out to these guys for warming the heart of this old guy and putting a smile on his face watching your reactions…thank you, young Gentlemen 👍

This tune is like an entire Pink Floyd album, pure genius.

Bowie is a deep rabbit hole, and I hope you dig all the way. Pure genius. I am loving you two!

Truly one of the most beautifully brilliant songs ever recorded

Saw him sing this in concert!!! I’m Blessed!! 1977! He even had a “spaceship “ drop from the ceiling !!! So theatrical !!

I love the Bowie song, "Queen Bitch."

GOTTA go down the Bowie rabbit hole. He’s sooooo important.

I've only ever paid attention to his voice on this but yeah listening to the bass guitar🤯 dude is killing it

To put this in context, the Stanley Kubrick classic film 2001, A Space Odyssey, had been a sensation in 1969, the same year that Apollo 11 landed on the moon, and then in 1970, Apollo 13, the “successful failure” had just kept the world captivated. This was Bowie’s “what if” the Apollo 13 astronauts HAD been stranded in space?

Brilliantly innovative, dramatically outlandish, and just so damned good. ♥️✌🏼😎

I wish I was born so much earlier. As I get older, I'm just turning 50, I'm really just appreciating and embracing all that great music from the mid 60's to early 70's. I mean you have the legend David Bowie, The Beatles in their creative prime, The Doors, Rod Stewart. Just those off th top of my head. I really underestimated Bowie and recently I watched the movie The Prestige, and Bowie made a appearance as Mr Tesla and got me just blasting Bowie. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars is just a flawless epic album. Best one in my opinion.

'Loved groovin with you both and getting into this song! I've heard it over the years, but great insight (proven in the comments) about Elvis. God bless music.

Wow, with everything else you're reacting to DB is right up there with the very best. You'll be astonished at the variety of music he produced.

He’s a pure musical genius!!👍👍👍👏👏👏💕. Miss him!❤️

This is Bowie's first hit. He was kind of a one hit wonder until a few years later when he became a superstar with the Ziggy Stardust album. His run of albums of Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Aladdin Sane are all rock masterpieces. Station to Station is his "plastic soul" masterpiece. You guys should listen to all these albums song by song. There are other great Bowie albums too, but their appeal depends more on your taste. For example, if you prefer a New Wave, post-disco sound then check out the Heroes, Low and Scary Monsters albums. If you want to hear Bowie at his most "pop" then listen to the Young Americans and Let's Dance albums. That's plenty to get you started.

Ned in Spain, sayin HEY La and Che, you guys pick some of our favorite artists and this was a key song in Bowie's development. It first came out in 1969 using session players before he became Ziggy Stardust with his band The Spiders from Mars w Mick "Ronno" Ronson. The bass on this is by the incredible versatile and much recorded Herbie Flowers and Rick Wakeman of Yes is playing Synth. They reissued the song in '72 with this vid after he became a Glam Rock superstar.

This was his first big hit. His career spanned decades and had distinct phases. This was early 70’s soft rock with some soul and psychedelic elements. Later, he did semi disco (“Fame”) or dance club (“Let’s Dance”). Every genre he touched he did with high quality, stretching each one a little. Never stopped growing as an artist. Charisma oozed off this guy. Kind of performer you couldn’t take your eyes off of. Here is a live version of a personal favorite that I think has been used in films. m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNmJo5yimLeykYU.html&pp=ygURYm93aWUgaGVyb2VzIGxpdmU%3D

It's performance art, not just songs or pop or rock. Bowie was an artist across genre definitions.

This man was innovative all through his career and continued until the day he died.

Great to listen to intelligent reactors. Thank goodness. Absolutely brilliant song and I was there for it aged 21. So blessed to grow up when I did.

MASTERPIECE Bowie the early years...🎉🎉🎉 again with Rick Wakeman 🎹🎹

Bowie was such a genius! I cried, too, when he died.

Lets not forget the brilliant lyrics 🙂

I miss him being on planet earth...wonder which planet he's visiting now. 👍❤🤙

I absolutely love how you guys react to music. So much respect. ♡

Just an unbelievable all around musician period!

The lyrics are so cool....He goes from "SITTING in a tin can" (spacecraft) to "FLOATING 'round my tin can" as Mr. Tom floats away. Great call on the bass....I never noticed that before. These remixes are so good!

Regarding the diversity of music (The Who, Zepplin, Marvin Gaye, Little Feat, ZZ Top, Allman Brothers etc.), no one is better with commentary on production, instrumentation, vibe, and feel than Airplay Beats. Y'all are The Old School Gangsters of the College of Musical Knowledge. Everyday 'Nothin' But Net' - no one works harder than you guys, and it's greatly appreciated.

Around 14 years from 68-80 this is what we listened to. The talent level of the average band/performer was insanely good, topped only by the sheer volume and diversity of style they generated as a whole. This is why my generation growing up with only a few radio stations in the country trying to play it all taught us and in some ways jaded us to what great music is. It's exactly why we look at so many of the current popular artists and laugh/chide at their belief they are actually good at this art form. Love your break down and appreciation for true talent.☝😎

Got chills watching you guys react to this! Great one!

Music from my youth. I have always found this song to be haunting.

Bowie was a singular man. Amazing production, considering the year it was recorded. I remember being in a grocery store parking lot in a car hearing it on the radio for the first time with my brother. Time stopped. We just looked at each other and said whoa and that was like nothing I ever heard before, but we liked it, but sure why. lol.

This beautiful thing was written in 1969, I like the first David Bowie, they are really very soulful and touching, this song is definitely in my personal playlist.

That was a well crated, tasteful work of art, a precursor to Ziggy Stardust.

Great call on the double-tracking of the vocal. Keep Bowie-ing ---you'll never cease to marvel at the fact that the same human was the main creative force and decision maker behind it all...the sequel to this that came out 11 years later is called *"Ashes to Ashes,"* is sick af, and is, like, "You expect me to believe that's the same guy...?!?"

Always great and insightful reactions from you guys. Bowie’s follow up to Space Oddity was Ashes to Ashes (1980) would love to hear your reaction. Keep up the good work !!

ROXY MUSIC was another unique band from this era

This is just a classic Bowie song. Love it....there's so many Bowie tunes to do.

Just a masterpiece, you can't say anymore

I saw David Bowie in concert in Seattle in the early 2000’s. I love this song, it makes me feel some kind of way. ❤️

Loved him ❤️. He was the best ! Miss him !💔

His first BIG song

You would not be disappointed to go through his early '70s albums chronologically the way you have with Zep. The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, all stellar no filler.

Thank you. After your welcoming with Zeppelin (sweet!!) this is an extended journey for me. Thank you, for the mind bending 70 yr old.

Interesting release history. Originally released as a single in July of 1969, just days before Apollo 11 landed the first men on the moon. It went Top Ten in the U.K., but not even Top 100 in the U.S. In 1972, after Bowie had more success in the United States with the "Ziggy Stardust" album, and his new record label had acquired the rights to his previous albums, they re-released "Space Oddity" as a single again and it went to No. 15...

The complete CD/Album is wonderful!! You owe it to yourself to immerse yourself into it at one sitting

Bowie - Stay (Live Nassau Coliseum '76) Trust me it’s a new level 🎼🎧 Much ❤️ to y’all

Bowie was a big part of those weird days in the 70s that were my childhood. Glad you appreciated his early efforts -- lots more there for you to discover and well worth the time.

This is a great example of early Prog Rock crossing over into Pop. This is a Space Opera-type song, with a very non-traditional vocal part, but there was a ton of mellotron and all kinds of other instruments. Wow. Such a cutting-edge song from 1969!

Yes being a kid and this song was on constant play! Smoke a j and listen to space oddity! The 70’s music was amazing to grow up to! Chiguy

Bowie: a musical prophet of his time. Brilliant, brilliant , brilliant. In my humble opinion, I think he was at his most creative in the earlier years. My favorite album is Hunky Dory. I know you guys would appreciate the hell out of it!

This is one of my 5 top lifetime songs..❤

Bowie loved the studio! He always wanted to experiment.

“The Jean Genie”, by Ziggy Stardust(Bowie) is a great song from back in those days.

This was released in 1969 and got a lot of radio play. I remember thinking “what the heck is this” and wanting to hear it again and again. And wanting to hear more from Bowie. There was enormous creativity and innovation in music at the time. And lots of emerging musical technology. Bowie was, to some degree, an alien, that helped to shape rock music and expand it immensely. One of a kind.

Know that you guys are the best….every time you get to it, where most reactors seem to love hearing themselves talk…..well done guys.

Imagine being 16 years old and this stuff was happening all the time! Great days!