David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

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15 жыл бұрын

Music video by David Bowie performing Ashes To Ashes.

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@digglyda 6 жыл бұрын

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".

@firebird6522 6 жыл бұрын

That's classic!

@breath888 5 жыл бұрын

I needed that laugh!

@markottewell8897 5 жыл бұрын

digglyda 😂😂😂

@raspberrymojitogirldec 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@LCarolineSparks 5 жыл бұрын

digglyda YES! I think of that every time I watch this!

@serendavies7375 3 ай бұрын

Who's listening in 2024?

@zisikaragiannis2390 2 ай бұрын

Never stop listening to Bowie!!! 😊

@AF-og6df 2 ай бұрын

Io😊😊😊😊😊 Cagliari

@AF-og6df 2 ай бұрын

@@zisikaragiannis2390😊😊😊mai😊

@isaiahlewis6627 2 ай бұрын

Me!

@sb.1035 2 ай бұрын

U know it lol. He’s so missed

@mauriceortiz8817 9 ай бұрын

One of the most original songs in the history of pop music. That's why Bowie is untouchable.

@everettgithire8996 8 ай бұрын

agreed you cant do anything but praise the man

@allanalogmusicat78rpm 4 ай бұрын

Agreed, but Once In a Lifetime by Talking Heads is a close runner up.

@mauriceortiz8817 4 ай бұрын

@@allanalogmusicat78rpm yeah David Byrne has a place on that mantle, as well.

@Rob-zv1oz 4 ай бұрын

They both have the initials DB 🙀

@mauriceortiz8817 4 ай бұрын

@@Rob-zv1oz you are dangerous Rob

@kedosimage Жыл бұрын

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.

@sammyslam1 Жыл бұрын

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!!

@waanaabe-4795 Жыл бұрын

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 (!)

@michelleper5065 Жыл бұрын

top 5 musicians in history

@StuartRyan-dn5up Жыл бұрын

David Bowie is irreplaceable.

@lotuselise4432 Жыл бұрын

Still have the album, i think I was 14 when I was bought it and was called "gay" at school for it..........

@pennstatefan Ай бұрын

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.

@CJArnold-hq3ey Күн бұрын

Absaloutely Hybrids do that 🇦🇺👌

@Tedisntakidanymore 8 ай бұрын

This is art. David Bowie was a genius.

@Atackoftheevilvendingmac-pb5iq 8 ай бұрын

Agreed

@GM-vf7px 6 ай бұрын

Agreed 2 / Love your handle!

@Atackoftheevilvendingmac-pb5iq 6 ай бұрын

thanks!

@greyinghawk 5 ай бұрын

People do not overstand he was so innovative he started new wave movement

@Venus_Plaza 4 ай бұрын

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

@walterbianco3664 9 ай бұрын

My favourite Bowie Song ever. Mesmerizing, even 43 years later...

@alexbowman7582 6 ай бұрын

There’s Quicksand Heroes and a couple of others which just are so amazing and no other artist could have written them.

@KeyboardPussy 6 ай бұрын

Haunting,* if one is an X gen like myself

@tamsmith291 5 ай бұрын

The best!

@marklemon9446 5 ай бұрын

I was 20 in the new romantic era and Ashes to Ashes was one of my favourite tracks 😎

@sabineedelhoff6720 4 ай бұрын

Meiner auch.

@markharrison543 2 ай бұрын

I am / 67 years old. This music NEVER gets old.😂

@ndge Жыл бұрын

The last 30 seconds of this track is incredible... gorgeous sounds and synthwork, makes me quite emotional...

@djpeekay25 Жыл бұрын

Yes, you know it! Dark and experimental for it’s time. Just a absolutely brilliant song!

@ndge Жыл бұрын

@@djpeekay25 It is superb, you are right. n

@jokarogames3504 Жыл бұрын

that synth still sends a shiver down the spine even 40+ years later

@ndge Жыл бұрын

@@jokarogames3504 Incfredible isn't it...

@SVoltage1 Жыл бұрын

yup, so addictive!

@pjg19751 Жыл бұрын

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.

@sammyslam1 Жыл бұрын

RIP.....❤️ Everything you said......perfection!!

@Taras-Nabad Жыл бұрын

So true.

@funlittlefish Жыл бұрын

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

@donnydomingo9962 Жыл бұрын

@@funlittlefish - Not even close.

@Citadin Жыл бұрын

True, but I think this was his last great album though.

@robertodimarco8079 Ай бұрын

Davids songs were the very very first I was aware of in my childhood. Thanks David, for shaping me! Love your songs. Always. RIP

@dopplerdog6817 10 ай бұрын

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".

@scecyberplays197 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this ❤

@hughowens7257 Ай бұрын

...takes one to know one... ...RIP David Bowie - definitive R&R poet laureate...

@LoredanaLanzo-iq8ux Ай бұрын

L'umiltà e l'ironia di un artista immenso e straordinario ❤

@hughowens7257 Ай бұрын

@@LoredanaLanzo-iq8ux ...un'elegia in prima persona delle conseguenze del pasticcio con la polvere da sparo colombiana ma anche della speranza di ripresa...

@davidgrantlloyd 4 ай бұрын

The true King of Pop. David Bowie.

@rikmono 3 ай бұрын

This is how I like my pop music, weird, dark, full of disturbing imagery and drug references!

@paultrueman2 Жыл бұрын

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!

@MassiveFish-hp4pm Жыл бұрын

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie

@bertdean Жыл бұрын

Strung out in heavens high hitting an all time low... Addiction in one !ine, genius writing

@MassiveFish-hp4pm Жыл бұрын

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie

@LoneLee2022 Жыл бұрын

"I'll stay clean tonight"

@hypnophonz Жыл бұрын

Genius writing? Maybe JD Souther was involved.

@pallascat1743 Ай бұрын

@@LoneLee2022Ha!

@johndoyle4723 Жыл бұрын

Amazing creativity. I grew up listening to Bowie, his music still sounds fresh and modern to me.

@funlittlefish Жыл бұрын

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

@blurgle9185 6 күн бұрын

Especially his 80s era, I thought his best stuff was in that decade.

@user-kd6bx5ni1v Ай бұрын

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!

@charlesblack2523 Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing song David had so much talent I miss him. 👍🏼

@davesmith847 10 ай бұрын

I do too he was very very talented ......he had a big impact on the music industry.....truly miss him. RIP Mr Bowie

@Kouta.K. Жыл бұрын

My favorite Bowie's song

@Aramanth Жыл бұрын

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."_ 💔

@SteveStratman49 Ай бұрын

David Bowie-timeless music and there will never be another artist like the Starman!

@zebra2346 6 ай бұрын

Every Bowie song unique, every Bowie album a masterpiece. We could never nail down who Bowie was. This man was a genius

@seanadams8689 6 ай бұрын

Awesome assessment of David Bowie

@andrewcharley1893 Ай бұрын

1980!!!!a great pop music year.

@brendaamata9233 14 күн бұрын

Absolutely ❤❤

@l.salinas6783 3 ай бұрын

What masterpiece! 🌠

@Speedo6677 9 ай бұрын

I love the synths at the end! So awesome!

@user-mw4ip9yt1y Ай бұрын

There arent many musical genius' but bowie was defo one.

@Bibbi-ey8jh 9 ай бұрын

What a truly powerful transition and evolution from one era to the next... And told in such a masterful beautiful way. RIP David Bowie.

@occitanedeprovence 2 ай бұрын

Timless GEM 💎

@rosalineazeem7867 Жыл бұрын

Psychedelic🎉..RIP David Bowie..you were a legend..loved all your music..your creativity

@chrispolo840 Жыл бұрын

Hey you should look up The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie

@sarahbarnes1041 3 ай бұрын

Amazing artist sorely missed just loved him ❤

@kevinsaxon1367 3 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebOEm91oyreae2Q.html&start_radio=1

@francospecchia9283 7 ай бұрын

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

@DJ-sh8qg Жыл бұрын

This music it's my favourite. Thank you, Mr Bowie for this music. You will never be forget.

@hyacinthlynch843 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, takes me back to my teen years when MTV ruled.

@KAZSANable Жыл бұрын

True dat ❤️

@davec6724 5 ай бұрын

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.

@martingeraghty3308 Жыл бұрын

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.

@phillipsarrazine9072 Жыл бұрын

I was fortunate to see him in concert back in 1983. He was fantastic!!!🥰💯

@claudebuysse7482 Жыл бұрын

Great football player too...

@chrispolo840 Жыл бұрын

Hey you should look up The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie

@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 9 ай бұрын

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.

@pascalineweiss2183 7 ай бұрын

I saw him also in 1983 for the first time , in Paris , great memories

@MikeD-tf7dk 3 ай бұрын

The Serious Moonlight Tour! Yes!! Awesome!!!

@Leo-qe3gl Жыл бұрын

2:45. My favorite david bowie moment😮 "...my mother said..."

@paulmckean5692 Жыл бұрын

My mother said a lot of things I never took notice of

@Leo-qe3gl Жыл бұрын

@@paulmckean5692 why?😳

@warrenheslip692 7 ай бұрын

The layers of this song...the popping bass.. genius, ground breaker.

@BruceDanton-xw6eg Ай бұрын

Number one from 1980 and say no more there too. Thank you.

@fusox 7 ай бұрын

..the most cosmic performer on earth .....

@danielpayne500 9 ай бұрын

Timeless classic

@rickyparker9168 Жыл бұрын

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.

@hypnophonz Жыл бұрын

Did a doctor conclude he was born prematurely or what?

@felipealvarez5228 Ай бұрын

This song is timeless

@OurWorldIsBroken 8 ай бұрын

Is there a word beyond legendary? Then this music is it!!!!

@melchiorvonsternberg844 2 ай бұрын

Ultra- legendary, perhaps...

@nicolamini1042 6 ай бұрын

Bowie is so special. A true genius! ❤

@spiritualseekeramor 9 ай бұрын

Takes you to another place....just brilliant.💫🌠

@Mike-ir9fx Жыл бұрын

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 🥰

@franken-pattern 2 ай бұрын

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.

@scotoram8400 Жыл бұрын

I'm jealous. The padded room I was in was much smaller

@bumberClart1000 11 ай бұрын

Pay private. Better experience

@christopherhuot2826 11 ай бұрын

Mine was too ,but I expanded it with my mind😂😅

@Lin-bt4pk Ай бұрын

Well, so, how do we get a bigger one. Only ask 'cause I'm on my way. 😂❤😂

@jorgeavogadro5379 7 ай бұрын

Bowie was always ahead of everyone, an innovator, thank you David, your music will live forever ♥💚🧡💙🎶🎵🎼🎹

@wendelvox Жыл бұрын

David Bowie estava 3mil anos a frente de nosso tempo

@dimethaltryptamine1 Жыл бұрын

100% truth like Roxy Music & Moody Blues, Yes & Hawkwind.

@neumarsantos726 10 ай бұрын

David Bowie e o cantor solo internacional que mais gosto

@nonbiz1520 Жыл бұрын

I’m 50, got to see him live a few times. So glad!

@mrworm1716 Жыл бұрын

I’m so incredibly jealous

@nonbiz1520 Жыл бұрын

@@mrworm1716 First concert Bowie was better, but Duran Duran in it's hayday was damn good too!

@LoneLee2022 Жыл бұрын

Saw him 3 times. Just incredible.

@mandytutt4732 Жыл бұрын

Amazing singer, sadly missed 😭

@Maletoxicboomer Жыл бұрын

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.

@joescott8877 2 ай бұрын

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.

@davidcirillo1954 4 ай бұрын

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!!!!!!

@giannicallegari 11 ай бұрын

Incomprehensible, but still one of my favourite Bowie's songs. 😊

@analuisathiersteinr.d.t.sa6298 10 ай бұрын

Também é uma das minhas favoritas😊

@photoshoott2022 Жыл бұрын

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.

@paulhughes1038 Жыл бұрын

It's my favourite song in 55 years

@photoshoott2022 Жыл бұрын

@@paulhughes1038 Amazing song. I even recall first time I heard it, about 40 years back, in a friends car. Immediately loved it.

@MonicaPolito-sj9hi 7 ай бұрын

Ero giovanissima quando ascoltavo la tua musica e oggi dopo decenni l'ascolto ancora perché è da brividi brividi ❤

@borisrodriguez716 Жыл бұрын

amazing artist and human being

@joethelion6016 Жыл бұрын

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

@rangerwhite5165 Жыл бұрын

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.

@LoveForACountryHouse 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful video. One of my favorite singers.

@peterfitzgerald53 Жыл бұрын

One of the first really creative pop videos ,to be rolled off the eighties conveyor belt ,there was nothing else around like this

@MassiveFish-hp4pm Жыл бұрын

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie

@James-cc6mn Жыл бұрын

Beautiful, perfect, thanks, David...

@quincee3376 6 күн бұрын

RIP. My all time favorite Bowie song and it's not close. No 1a 1b. This is my clear winner. Beautiful song.

@BiblicalBasics Жыл бұрын

What can you say? Genius!!!

@PressedSteel1919 Жыл бұрын

we need you back Mr. Bowie from 1980.......we need you back

@chrispolo840 11 ай бұрын

Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

@benh2807 3 ай бұрын

Great song, great video

@primovid Жыл бұрын

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.

@LTPottenger Жыл бұрын

The day the video came out is the official real start of the 80s

@CraigColburn-kz6cc Жыл бұрын

no Genius, it is pure "inspiration".

@josephdeluisi8666 Жыл бұрын

The other white artist was another genius (along with Bernie Taupin of course) Elton John

@hellokitty524 Жыл бұрын

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.

@primovid Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@robanderson1155 28 күн бұрын

A tune and a half💯🥸

@sarahbarnes1041 3 ай бұрын

I love all Bowies records but this song is outstanding ❤

@patrickmcmanus5373 3 ай бұрын

After a 25 year heroin addiction this is what you pray ❤

@user-ih6ul3bz7g 11 ай бұрын

I can't stop looping this song

@moon_pan_ 11 ай бұрын

@karlmorris-xz6iq 11 ай бұрын

if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is stu morris

@analuisathiersteinr.d.t.sa6298 10 ай бұрын

M2❤

@jeffrefrig 9 ай бұрын

The techno-wizardry is amazing in this video. Everything David touched turned to classic gold. Love this old song!!

@danhorson4947 3 ай бұрын

3:22: a beach from beginning of Wizardry VIII, techno-fantasy RPG video game. Coincidence?!

@jamesmullikin3045 5 ай бұрын

I've never done good things. I've never done bad things. I've never done anything out of the blue. Greatest lyrics ever

@johnshields6852 4 ай бұрын

I was 12 when this came on the radio back then, instantly loved it, like many of his songs.

@sammyslam1 Жыл бұрын

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!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@sarang5800 Жыл бұрын

Hate to break it you,but their will never another Bowie, definitely one of one in this planet and universe

@funlittlefish Жыл бұрын

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

@davefitzgerald5334 Жыл бұрын

He put a lot into that video. Extraordinary !

@johncroghan6943 4 ай бұрын

I saw Bowie in 84/85 at MSG in NYC and Peter Frampton was on guitar,worth every penny

@papayevi Жыл бұрын

Love it. Favorite Bowie song. Go figure…

@davesmith847 10 ай бұрын

Always loved David Bowie i was hooked on his music an style since his days of The Diamond Dogs.

@johngore7744 5 ай бұрын

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.

@stevekenney2804 4 ай бұрын

Great song that utterly outclasses anything today I'm afraid.

@panchoverde5078 25 күн бұрын

For real. People bicker over the definition of functioning genius. Anyone on Earth, please write a better song.

@infoscholar5221 Жыл бұрын

I am 56; I think about this video often. Bowie had his finger on the pulse.

@redbougainvillea 4 ай бұрын

I remember being mesmerized by this genius video when it first came out. Still my favorite Bowie song.

@fred0166 Жыл бұрын

J'adore son œuvre et cette chanson fait partie de mes préférées, ainsi que l'album. Rien est démodé dans ce clip ! De cette génération, seuls les anglais tenaient le haut du pavé en musique ! Je l'ai vu trois fois à Paris. Quelle idée de mourir, il aurait encore pu nous épater !

@stepan1968 7 ай бұрын

It was the pinacle of the career of David but having known that we were experiencing something unique in the history of music we would have appreciated it even more, that's why now by listening to this great songs we feel even more nostalgic.

@MrLookitspam 3 ай бұрын

David Bowie the world is so much smaller without you

@Lin-bt4pk 2 ай бұрын

Yes, and so kinda boring.😢❤😢

@e.demeyer 8 ай бұрын

TO LEARN ONE THING A DAY, the only lonely lesson to know from this guy named David. Thank you guy. ❤❤❤Anyway, anytime, any any, honny

@andyjay729 8 жыл бұрын

Hadn't heard a thing about him being sick... We salute you, Major Tom.

@Skyebright1 8 жыл бұрын

He kept it only between his family and friends apparently

@garyoptica 8 жыл бұрын

+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.

@MsFanmail 8 жыл бұрын

I don't blame him the press can be like vultures at times

@mattwalford8000 8 жыл бұрын

+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

@clintfalk 8 жыл бұрын

+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.

@toolaberry 7 жыл бұрын

The perfect transition between 70s Bowie and 80s Bowie💫

@rjjcms1 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@toolaberry 7 жыл бұрын

Really? I will try to look for the interview and listen to it, because it sounds pretty fascinating.

@rjjcms1 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@toolaberry 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! I'll be on the lookout for it.

@rjjcms1 7 жыл бұрын

Sugar Dust I'd be interested it hear it again after all this time!

@MuhammadFarukh 8 жыл бұрын

I miss him already...

@zaria.rejean 8 жыл бұрын

I still can't believe he's gone. It doesn't feel like it... This song's making me cry. :'(

@MuhammadFarukh 8 жыл бұрын

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

@zaria.rejean 8 жыл бұрын

Muhammad Farrukh Yep. He's the Starman waiting in the sky... :')

@Gleek312 8 жыл бұрын

+Muhammad Farrukh Starman had to go back home, is all.

@MuhammadFarukh 8 жыл бұрын

Grace Mitchell I can't help but imagine him on Mars....

@edsterrock 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@mromero521 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@edsterrock 7 жыл бұрын

+Greyfort 7 very true

@tandybowyerthealignedalchemist 7 жыл бұрын

That's awesome

@edsterrock 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@urdriver3683 7 жыл бұрын

No doubt no 2 mention Fashion those Vids go hand and hand

@Solrosen34 8 жыл бұрын

David Bowie connects us with our own dreams. When we're young, he makes us feel so pulled to our own hearts. To realize our most important, most dignified, true selves. To want to be a hero in whatever way we can. He makes us feel the pain of dreams we haven't made come true. He took the risks we wish we all could take.

@erikpreston2393 8 жыл бұрын

So very well said....

@Solrosen34 8 жыл бұрын

+Erik Preston Thank you, sweet soul. I love when art and wonderful humans bring us all together. Incredible.

@kealey576 8 жыл бұрын

+Sofia Piel I definitely agree with this. Any time I listen to his music, it takes me back to my happiest visions. It's kind of spooky, but awesome nonetheless.

@thexfear 8 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. so heartbroken, but at least we have his legacy.

@silviaspampinato1432 8 жыл бұрын

Music can do this strange and beautiful thing sometimes. It makes you feel nostalgic for places we have never been, people we have never met, things we have never known.

@JamesBloomfield 7 жыл бұрын

My god, the last minute of this song always sends shivers down my spine. Incredible piece.

@christineharrelson4831 7 жыл бұрын

I agree. I often wish there were more songs that had this feel; it sticks out a bit on Scary Monsters.

@mikeholt7881 7 жыл бұрын

Same here James...that synth at the end seems unworldly............!

@SlavaKruk 7 жыл бұрын

I feel the same at the end of the song

@djstarsign 6 жыл бұрын

Same!!!

@frankcusack2592 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@rhythmista7707 8 жыл бұрын

As a musician, huge fan, (he's my most significant influence), being born on the same day as Mr. David Robert Jones, back in the beginning of the decade when he first became a household name, (Jan. 8th 1971) I felt compelled to come back to reminisce about my childhood and about how happy i was during the era that this track was released..The artist, the legend, the man, will ALL truly be missed.. Thank God for us, his long time and newer fans, he left us all a wonderful parting gift.. His latest and final album, "Black Star". As i stated in another one of his videos for his new album, The Thin White Duke was always light years ahead of everybody who dare call themselves a musician or musical artist.. R.I.P Mr. Jones.. You gave us songs like "Heroes", but you sir, are mine..

@BubbaZen10 8 жыл бұрын

+Rhythmista Very nice post.

@rhythmista7707 8 жыл бұрын

BubbaZen10 Thanks ;)

@BubbaZen10 8 жыл бұрын

Rhythmista You bet. It moved me man. I had heard his songs before this one came out, and Fame was probably my favorite, but this one ...? This one has just always stuck with me more than any other for some reason.

@rainmaker690 8 жыл бұрын

+BubbaZen10 Probably because it's such a fun and snappy song to listen to,that's why! Even though it's weird,like most of Bowie's best tunes.

@MrHoefnix 8 жыл бұрын

+BubbaZen10Bowie was a demi-god in his own right who rendered many other musicians obsolete

@isaiahmartin5092 5 жыл бұрын

11 yrs old in South Central Los Angeles an African American kid fell in love with the lryrics" I've never done bad things I've never done good things I've never did anything out of the blue who oh". Til this very day I get the same felling 38 yrs later.

@MrGeniebaulbilly 5 жыл бұрын

Same, well Hispanic

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 5 жыл бұрын

There's no reason Bowie shouldn't appeal to all races, ethnicities and nationalities. His appeal is universal, even if it's just "white pypo music".. : )

@seal6565 5 жыл бұрын

Isaiah Martin Asian and I’ve been infatuated with Bowie since I was 14, his lyrics is relatable to so many people all over the world.

@roberthockett270 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful wonderful story. Thanks so much, Isaiah!

@GoBlInBrDfRd 5 жыл бұрын

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.