Major tom is the astronaut. Ground control is space org headquarters in communication with major tom. Most of the song is written like its radio communication between astronaut and ground control. With that in mind it might be easier to grasp what's happening.
@philminion36752 жыл бұрын
There os a cool cover of this song an astronaut played on the space station
@Muckylittleme2 жыл бұрын
Actually, although that is how the song is set out structurally, think Asia has a good take on the actual context as well. Remember Major Tom returns in Ashes to Ashes and it turns out he is indeed on a bad trip.
@vivianphillips85192 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I'm not sure why they were having a hard time keeping up with this. We managed and didn't have the words on a screen.
@jonathanlocke64042 жыл бұрын
@@Muckylittleme I had a pretty conventional straight forward take on this song for years: Major Tom intentionally disconnected his communication with ground control, and allowed himself to just float off into space. (He asks ground control to give a message to his wife.) After "Ashes to Ashes", I'm not really sure what it means anymore...
@Muckylittleme2 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanlocke6404 Well no reason it shouldn't be taken on face value either until Ashes to Ashes and who knows if Bowie just decided to evolve the Character after Space Oddity? Maybe he is talking about himself playing the persona in 3rd person and his won drug addiction? A lot of his songs either have very profound lyrics with double meanings while others are deliberately nonsensical so he is always hard to decipher.
@vicprovost25612 жыл бұрын
David Bowie was one of the greatest musical savants and a chameleon. Myself, I love his stuff from this early era. I love his Ziggy Stardust era output with the incredible Mick Ronson on lead guitar. That was glam rock at its best, with a touch of psychedelia, punk, Prog and hard rock sprinkled in. Try Moon Age Daydream, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragate City and Width of a Circle. This band was at its best live in 1973, that show will send you to outer space! 🎵
@fredkrissman6527 Жыл бұрын
Yep. I agree with all the above! I saw Bowie's Diamond Dogs tour several yrs later, and he was living and performing the dissolute mood theme of that lp, which was somewhat unsettling (as it was meant to be IMO!) to him, the band, and the audience. Wish I'd seen him/them a few yrs earlier!!!
@vicprovost25618 ай бұрын
@@joelhoulette3244 Yep, all modern fans who like Bowie need to see the Ziggy Stardust live concert video, he is in absolute peak form as is Mick, he is a monster that night! 🎸
@pleasantvalleypickerca76812 жыл бұрын
David Bowie was a genius. He constantly changed his sound, reinventing himself many times. That's why he remained relevant to music for so many decades. He was a true artist and yet accessible as well. In interviews he usually seemed to be having great fun, a down to earth likeable guy. When it came to his music though he seemed driven to create something timeless and memorable and he often succeeded.
@carlaharrington51202 жыл бұрын
This is one of the TRUE classics!!! His last name is pronounced "Bow E"!
@ronwilcox77162 жыл бұрын
Is that Bow on your present or Bow from the waist?
@Oliver-qg2tn2 жыл бұрын
@@ronwilcox7716 Like a bow on a present. ‘Bo - E’
@bobbymimms2 жыл бұрын
I am hardcore and pronounce it 'Jones'. 🤣
@Kausion2 жыл бұрын
Some people pronounce things and names differently based on their accents or states/region/location too
@ronwilcox77162 жыл бұрын
@@Oliver-qg2tn Thanks! You rock!
@deggsymarley2 жыл бұрын
A Canadian Astronaut called Chris Hadfield did a cover while on a space station, far out , David live with his red hair Very alien 👽
@RavenMacy2 жыл бұрын
That version was spectacular ♥️
@tim102432 жыл бұрын
And Bowie liked the version and took care that the label gave Hadfield the permission to leave the video on KZfaq.
@theNOVEMBERman11162 жыл бұрын
R.I.P to the legend david bowie🙏 dope song dope reaction
@harveybojangle4752 жыл бұрын
David Bowie (BOW-ee) is telling a story in this song. He plays the part of both ground control ("This is ground control to Major Tom" and Major Tom ("This is Major Tom to ground control"). They are communicating with each other.
@johnnunn86882 жыл бұрын
No good saying ‘BOW-ee’, if you don’t differentiate between ‘bow’ as in bow and arrow, or ‘bow’ as in, the front of a ship.
@dawnray85502 жыл бұрын
Or Bow...like Bow Tie. Bow-ee
@davidmazon75162 жыл бұрын
Bo-we
@scottalynch2 жыл бұрын
If only he could have used his actual name, David Jones. He couldn’t because it was too close to Davy Jones from the Monkees
@HDitzzDH2 жыл бұрын
No matter what it’s certainly not ”Boo-ie” lol, I’ve always said ”Bow-ie” as in Row, Show, Know etc.
@SpikeMatthews2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Bowie actually produced a trilogy of sorts for Major Tom. This was the first, followed by Ashes to Ashes, and concluded with Hallo Spaceboy
@pleasantvalleypickerca76812 жыл бұрын
Hi. I actually wonder if the last appearance of Major Tom is in Bowie's video for the song "Blackstar". For me the dead astronaut in the video could be him. Just my interpretation.
@SpikeMatthews2 жыл бұрын
It's possible, I suppose, but the song doesn't really fit thematically.
@valeriekokenge6592 жыл бұрын
I believe it is.
@dawndipierro95572 жыл бұрын
Fame, Young Americans, Rebel Rebel, Changes are all great. Actually any song from Bowie is awesome. Yes I was lucky enough to see him live in concert!
@bradp58482 жыл бұрын
"Starman", "Golden Years". And my personal fave "Modern Love". Outside the box "I'm Afraid of Americans"
@moodfm56732 жыл бұрын
five years!
@DanielOrion742 жыл бұрын
Caught him live twice. Once with The Polyphonic Spree where he literally stopped mid song when he noticed someone waving a program from the play "The Elephant Man" which he had starred in when it toured through my town some decades before. He told the story, signed the program and then went back on with the song... ever the performer. The other time was when he toured with NIN. Both performed separately then played together at the encore.... unbelievable. 5 decades of incredible music from a singular talent; never to be duplicated again.
@jaycordner38902 жыл бұрын
He is Major Tom. He is in space and he is talking to ground control and they to him.
@mikemiller30692 жыл бұрын
I like that, after they say "ground control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead, there's something wrong. Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you hear me Major Tom.........?" he doesn't reply to them, instead going inward with his thoughts about "here am I sitting in a tin can............." and pondering his fate. It leaves you thinking. 🙄
@forevalearning2 жыл бұрын
Great to see you both doing much better health wise. Believe it or not, David Bowie was watching the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Oddysey high as a kite when ideas came to him about this song 😂. Major Tom is a fictional character. BJ I think you hit the nail on the head saying Major Tom is your own alter-ego, and the space oddity is your own mind where you are present, but not present. And yes Asia, your conscience and sub-conscience. Great opinions, thoughts and reaction ❤️
@michaelwhite67402 жыл бұрын
Not to be argumentative but I think this song is about the Apollo 13 incident. When it happened the whole world in shock. I think Rocket Man by Elton John was also influenced by it
@forevalearning2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelwhite6740 in an interview David Bowie said everyone thought this song had to do with the Apollo Missions and the landing on the moon but it had nothing to do with them at all.
@ronwilcox77162 жыл бұрын
This song was used in the coverage of Apollo 11 on British television. But I am not saying that Bowie could not be influenced by future events!
@necalovescake2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelwhite6740 its about getting so strung out on drugs you feel you cant come back down to normal society.
@Gort-Marvin0Martian2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure about this song but many times everything you hear was done by Bowie. All the instruments, all the multi-voice chorus. He was sooo talented. As always y'all review / react great.
@marcharley64652 жыл бұрын
Bowie returned to the Major Tom character years later, in an excellent song called "Ashes to ashes". It's well worth checking out.
@chrisalldis33752 жыл бұрын
Bowie was his own genre, a brilliant artist one of a kind
@avlanche77772 жыл бұрын
Well put.
@alberto-os1bx2 жыл бұрын
This song is like a whole movie in 3 minutes....it's beautiful man!
@markmiller31012 жыл бұрын
I still get a tear in my eyes because of his passing. He was like no other, ALWAYS ahead of the curve. Bowie was a trendsetter, changing with the times and he always came out on TOP. Rest In Peace David, we all miss you.
@kurre72 жыл бұрын
"Psychedelic Nostalgia" seems actually a good way to describe it.
@hermandadams2 жыл бұрын
bowie was one of those rare and special artists years and years ahead of there time he could change his persona and style and reinvent himself many times over throughout his career , even lying and singing in his own coffin just before his death in his final album Black Star, he was iconic the world over
@rickb.41682 жыл бұрын
This song is 53 years old. Stunning.
@Apostrophe652 жыл бұрын
Every album Bowie made was a different trip that he took you on. It always took a little time to catch up with him. Bowie made albums for down the road a bit, he seemed to have understood what you would need later on. For me it started with a song called Oh You Pretty Things and down the rabbit hole I went. Hunky Dory became the beginning of a lifetime of Bowie music.
@ATN2USN2 жыл бұрын
David Bowie was one of the first androgynous performer. People speculated this was about drugs, and the connection to them. Listen to something from Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Kind of shocking at the time but pretty tame now.
@sherryarflin7262 жыл бұрын
Bowie was a brilliant artist, especially with the art of reinventing himself over and over
@dagmar.69542 жыл бұрын
David Bowie was an English singer-songwriter & actor. He constantly reinvented himself to stay current over nearly 5 decades. His first big hit was "Space Oddity" in 1969. He has had a lot of great songs including "Starman", "Ziggy Stardust", "Rebel Rebel", "Young Americans", "Changes", "Fame", "Golden Years", "Ashes To Ashes", "Under Pressure", Let's Dance", "Modern Love", "China Girl", "Heroes" etc.
@anahatatutu2 жыл бұрын
This came out in 69' during the space race before the moon landing. It was stunning then and it's still epic. It has been performed on the international space station by astronaut Chris Hadfield. Played this during a symphony rock show with a cover band and it is a great chart.
@anahatatutu2 жыл бұрын
@@ColonelSpankysLostBattalion I stand corrected! & I've got a Mobile Fidelity pressing of this.
@avlanche77772 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was 6 and out at night looking at the sky. Good times .
@radone58962 жыл бұрын
"Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows" major Tom knows something is wrong and the ship is starting to careen out of its' path. He knows there is nothing he can do to get back to earth, the very last part the music is going out of control and he is lost, conveying the emotions of early space flights where many things can and did go very wrong.
@necalovescake2 жыл бұрын
but its a metaphor for drugs right? hes not actually singing a song about space men, its inner space not outer space.
@victoriajohnson54619 ай бұрын
My wife line is so sad.😢
@user-ky6vw5up9m2 жыл бұрын
Commander Hadfield of International Space Station sang this space with a guitar which he took up with him.
@TheStefan69692 жыл бұрын
Davis Bowie was a legend. Always love his music!!!! 😉❤✌🏼
@mikem43338 ай бұрын
Timeless....the lyrics are layered with messages
@phillipradcliffe80372 жыл бұрын
Don't over think it. He's like the narrator, taking both parts of Major Tom and Ground Control. This was his first major hit in 1969, the same year man landed on the moon. Major Tom appears again in two other songs by Bowie, but many years apart ("Ashes to Ashes" and his last album "Blackstar").
@targetshootr2 жыл бұрын
We finally got to see him in '74 on his Diamond Dogs tour. He wrote a lot of truly great songs and he was a pretty good actor too. He starred in The Elephant Man on Broadway and was hilarious on Extras with Ricky Gervias. Gone way too soon.
@patriciamcdade4952 ай бұрын
He’s talking back and forth to ground control❤️
@BongEyedBastard2 жыл бұрын
So sad, so beautiful. Part 2 of this is Ashes To Ashes.
@Perma-Tempo2 жыл бұрын
I love storytelling songs and for me, this one stands as one of the very best. We get the full journey experience in just a few concise minutes. Every line carries so much weight. To deliver the lyrics a in a way that reflects Ground control communicating with the astronaut, and Major Toim reporting back...the "countdown" in the opening lines, Ground Control already reporting of this man's heroics - the papers want to know who's shirt you wear". The line "i am floating in a most peculiar way" - totally sums up the experience of being in space, this mass expanse you cannot even fully grasp". "Tell my wide I love her very much....she knows" - that one just gets me in the feels. And then, tragedy. "your circuit's dead, there's something wrong, can you hear me Major Tom? x3" all with the backdrop of amazing instrumentation that makes you feel this journey into space. And to think that this was released just days before the 1969 moon landing. Just everything put into context - this song is absolute genius. Everything works and it never gets old. "Planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do."
@necalovescake2 жыл бұрын
Do you remember a guy that's been In such an early song? I've heard a rumor from Ground Control Oh no, don't say it's true... We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low its all a metaphor right?
@phillipdycaico59492 жыл бұрын
Great reaction, there is a cover sung by an astronaut in the ISS International Space Station. The visuals are breath taking.
@jeffdimarzo71072 жыл бұрын
Glad you guys are doing well glad to have you back really missed you channel love you guys again so glad to see you well.
@AR-by5hw2 жыл бұрын
No one writes songs like these anymore. Stories. Different ones. Different perspectives.
@kathleensmith35552 жыл бұрын
Major Tom is a persona of David Bowie's, mentioned in songs "Space Oddity", "Ashes to Ashes", "Hallo Spaceboy", “Major Tom”, and "Blackstar" In Blackstar I am certain he is not mentioned but is a Major {haha} part of the official video which is a absolute must see -- Only after you have a lot more Bowie under your belts tho --- The digital pinging noise in this is also at the end of Blackstar --- There are a lot of hidden treasures and easter eggs in the official video to Blackstar and the physical album -- there are videos of people who have discovered some of them -- also there is messages if you play Blackstar backwards -- The funniest thing is it still sounds like a Bowie song --- RIP David and thank you
@dankofanz2 жыл бұрын
He's singing both parts - the astronaut, Major Tom and the guy at Ground Control
@ollietsb17042 жыл бұрын
David Bowie is quite excellent in THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, a long film that begs for patience but it's memorable 'study' of What If's...
@victoriajohnson54619 ай бұрын
This is a classic song narrative about a tragedy of a celebrated hero. Who is loss in space. Tell my wife l love her very much. 'She knows ' 😢
@robinlabouche22302 жыл бұрын
David Bowie is a treasure, there will be no one like him again.... a true creative superstar !!!!!
@letitbesummer65362 жыл бұрын
Just thought of an old classic you should do. Dream Weaver by Gary Wright. Excellent song! It was a huge hit at the time.
@tinatreitler91922 жыл бұрын
Luv that so n g!
@erickent35572 жыл бұрын
One "clue" is that Major Tom essentially says goodbye BEFORE ground control loses contact with him.
@Chris_T_S2 жыл бұрын
Seeing you so introspective while reacting is great - this was Bowie's intention This song was written and released just after 2001: A Space Odyssey - some of the lyrics are based on scenes from the movie "the stars look different today" etc Not long after, Apollo 11 launched - the excitement about the intended landing was also a motivator for the song
@thatmanstumototours22702 жыл бұрын
Space Oddity is a play on the 1968 Movie Title "2001 A Space Odyssey".The entire world was enthralled by the movie and the Moon Landing and Bowie took full advantage of the mania and scored his first big hit, (of the many to come...) He sings the role of Major Tom the Astronaut and he also plays the Technician from Ground Control. Two different people. Straight forward, no hidden anything. Major Tom is a bit overwhelmed by the experience. Ground Control is dealing with the technical problems and they no longer have control or communication. The music emulates the take off, the mystical feeling of space travel/flight, the loss of control and away he goes into oblivion. Straight storytelling.
@ptrlxc2 жыл бұрын
His last name is Bow-E … Bow as in bow and arrow. It seems like every album, every decade it’s a different Bowie; he was the master of reinvention of himself and his music, so it’s even hard to compare himself with himself. He came out during the early 70s when hard rock like Led Zeppelin was king, so this album was very different then what was going on at the time. For us rockers, as we got old we became more appreciative of his music.
@naebodyknows70162 жыл бұрын
Honestly don't think it even matters how people pronounce his last name, after all it's not his real name. He only picked it so he didn't get confused with Davey Jones from the Monkees.
@Isleofskye2 жыл бұрын
You are right though he had no choice as an Artist MUST change their name if someone , active in the business,already exists with that same name.
@markharris11252 жыл бұрын
That's interesting because I'm British and I have always pronounced it 'Bow, like the front of a ship or taking a bow + ee.' I don't recall anyone ever saying 'Bow' your way. I used to know someone whose surname was Bowie and it was definitely 'take a bow'. I know what people are saying about it not really mattering, but I think if possible a person's name should be pronounced the way the person pronounces it. EDIT: i just consulted the fount of all knowledge, Google, and a polite lady told me BOW-ee, with 'Bow' pronounced like a bow and arrow. I have lived my whole life in a misapprehension. Still, it wasn't BOO-ee.
@Isleofskye2 жыл бұрын
@@markharris1125 " I think if possible a person's name should be pronounced the way the person pronounces it." Very True Mark. You certainly are not talking out of your Harris :)
@MrDiddyDee2 жыл бұрын
@@markharris1125 Even David himself seemed not to be too sure on the pronunciation, I've seen interviews where he said as much. His real name was David Jones, but adopted the stage name so as not be confused with Davy Jones of The Monkees.
@AndICanTalk22 жыл бұрын
This album is one of the best. I would strongly recommend trying anything from it but I personally think Cygnet Committee, Janine, and Memory of a Free Festival are maybe my favorites. Really there is nothing bad on this album and it has a different vibe than almost anything Bowie, or nearly anyone else has done. A diamond.
@markturpin56672 жыл бұрын
You are right . . While being a song about outer space . . It's a song about inner space . . The artist is the Astronaut and psychic explorer probing and lost and a casualty in being a psychic explorer
@terryconnelly4842 жыл бұрын
Onevoice was the ground control the other was major tom. They were having a conversation back and forth
@axil622 жыл бұрын
This song is about the Apollo 13 space mission in 1969. They ran into technical difficulties and temporarily lost radio communications with ground control. They were unable to land on the moon and it was feared they would perish. The brightest minds at the time came up with a plan to orbit the space craft at just the right distance from the moon so as to allow the moons gravitational pull to speed them up and pull them in orbit around the moon and then when they were point back toward earth to break free of the moons gravity and be shot back toward earth. All of these things are covered in the song. Space travel was new and dangerous back then so the crew enjoyed celebrity status and thats what the lines about "what shirts you wear" comes from... "your circuits dead" referring to when they lost radio communications, "My space ship knows which way to go" references being slingshot around the moon, "tell my wife I love her very much" is about them thinking there is a good possibility they are not going to survive.
@leew60912 жыл бұрын
Bowie did consume a lot of substances back in the day. But the album this song is from (also called Space Oddity) was released 1969, same year as Apollo 11 mission/first man on the moon.
@DaveRod762 жыл бұрын
This is a radio conversation between the astronaut Major Tom in his space ship (tin can), and ground control. How was that too difficult to understand? LOL
@Prone2Thrill2 жыл бұрын
Please check out the most touching song he ever made imo - Heroes! And if you want to taste how diverse check out his collaboration with Trent from NIN on "I'm afraid of Americans"
@molliwilson56392 жыл бұрын
RIP beautiful, beautiful, David..
@adwood2012 жыл бұрын
At that time many people were asking about what would happen if one of the "Moon Shots" missed and carried on outwards. NASA had no answer to that particular question apart from "Phuq all". Bowie soon came out with this track. Since then there have been many who have tagged on much more meaning to it and Bowie with his sense of humour played up to that.
@riskyseeds4232 жыл бұрын
you need to listen to Heroes or Putting out the Fire with Gasoline. This man changed over time from the early days of Ziggy Stardust to later days of Young Americans. so much creativity and he never stayed the same.
@Sniper333212 жыл бұрын
It’s Bow E not Boowie. This is one of his classics. Ashes to ashes is another great song to react to.
@mana37352 жыл бұрын
Bow as in 'bow' tie or Bow as in to 'bow' to the queen? the name comes from the Bowie knife which is pronounced 'boo e' like the guy in the vid says.
@bakercarl85182 жыл бұрын
Y'all can't miss with my guy from way back to forever. Rip Mr. Bowie. Asia they used to do space walks outside the space capsule (tin can) back in the day.
@emander83402 жыл бұрын
He is Major Tom talking to Ground Control. PLEASE can you guys react to Bowie Heroes live 2002 or Where are we now which is so beautiful and especially after his death. Love the channel and reactions of you both. Thanks!
@MeIn3212 жыл бұрын
David Bowie is a great singer, and happens to be married to one of the most beautiful women in the world. I say happens because she said she'd never re-marry.
@annewoodard68032 жыл бұрын
Not a lyric song, you can’t experience the magnificence reading the words. So glad you’re listening to Bowie though! He’s a genius - Heroes, Changes, Suffragette City, Rebel Rebel, Fashion. He’s brilliant. ❤️❤️❤️😁
@auscomvic99002 жыл бұрын
Dr. Andy Thomas was crew of a space shuttle. We asked him what is was like flying a spaceship. He said it's like driving a taxicab!
@fords_nothere_1002 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this one! And I'd just recommend that you really try to cast your minds back to when this song came out, 50 yrs ago. This was the time of the first moon landings, quantum mechanics and new cosmic theories so this song really spoke to current ideas. In other words, it of course didn't sound "old" or even particularly psychedelic in the 70s. And Bowie was pretty much always right on the edge of experimental music and pop. I think you'd enjoy "Golden Years" or "Suffragette City". Thanks for upload! (note Bowie pretty much said this song is about drugs but I think its way more than that.)
@tinatreitler91922 жыл бұрын
I luv Golden Years.. prob in my top 3 Bowie songs!
@user-fv5ms4sz8e Жыл бұрын
Very unique song.
@carollittle10592 жыл бұрын
He had a huge career! Never the same type of song with. Every new hit. RIP
@Splitscreen832 жыл бұрын
Bowie was just class. Visionary
@Isleofskye2 жыл бұрын
100% right. Shame WE did not see the "vision" by our friends not showing the usual accompanying video.
@willblood70822 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the rabbit hole of David Bowie 👏🏻👏🏻 At first he is the one calling ground control and they’re telling him it’s time to step outside the door. Later in the song it’s ground control trying to reach him but they can’t… He’s Major Tom. Small correction but his last name is pronounced as “Bo E”.
@chrisf.79802 жыл бұрын
David Blake wrote this song in 1969 after he was inspired by Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking movie "2001 - A Space Odyssey" hence the play on words "Space Oddity." Anyone who lived at this time knows that the "space race" was a major cultural event to see which country was going to be the first to land on the moon & our space advancements were constantly on TV. Bowie said in interviews that he was "stoned out of his gourd" when he saw the movie & was trying to capture his feelings of alienation. Major Tom was left floating in space & the question has always been was this an accident or intentional. Bowie has always left ambiguity in his lyrics because he wants people to interpret them as they will, as any true artist does. He revisits Major Tom in 1980's song "Ashes to Ashes" as being a junkie, which is after Bowie's own struggle with cocaine addiction (NOT heroin), and again in subsequent years with "Hallo Spaceboy" and again in his swansong video for "Blackstar." I also heard him say in a later interview that space was an outer manifestation of an internal space. Many people interpret that as drug related, and that analogy fits as well as other interpretations. My own personal opinion is that it is more of an existential crisis of sorts - but then again this is why the song has a broader appeal that spans over generations. I still mourn his passing. RIP David Robert Jones, you are sorely missed!
@chrisf.79802 жыл бұрын
BTW, please excuse the misspelled Bowie at the beginning - autocorrect got me on that one & I didn't catch it beforehand. 😂😂😂
@albertscanlon20052 жыл бұрын
That it's with David Bowie.. a visionary and never afraid in trying to reinvent himself. So creative, classy and intuitive. Bowie could see and feel things that we could not feel or see. He was never afraid to fail and try new ideas until he felt creatively happy. Never will be another Bowie. He even forwarded the cuildren's classic story The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
@100PaulRees3 ай бұрын
I’ve listened to this since it came out in 1969 and always interpreted literally as Ground Control communicating with Major Tom in space. But Asia’s interpretation was that this was all going on in Major Tom’s head, like someone feeling conflicted and going through turmoil. That interpretation really works too and I wouldn’t be surprised if that wasn’t Bowie’s intent.
@JoTracy2 жыл бұрын
He wrote that the same year as the Moon Landing. Space was the vibe
@MARKB39462 жыл бұрын
Great song from back in the day. Glad to see y'all back on this channel.
@SteveMavronis2 жыл бұрын
I like how there's 2 vocal takes, one in each ear. It really make you feel like Major Tom in the story.
@randytorres82112 жыл бұрын
This my favorite David Bowie song
@bookwoman532 жыл бұрын
It’s been said that the during the early missions to the moon, when astronauts left the space capsule and took a walk, they had an amazing sense of freedom. They didn’t want to go back inside.
@JustOneSue2 жыл бұрын
Glad you’re feeling better!🤗👍
@enchantedwooddesigns34622 жыл бұрын
I wore out the album at a library in the 70's listening to this song over and over )
@sherryarflin7262 жыл бұрын
David Bowie one of the biggest iconic artist of our time. He was famous for changing his music styles over and over again throughout his career and was extremely good at it. Check out his album Ziggy Stardust....still one of my favorites of his.
@tedcole99362 жыл бұрын
It’s also metaphor for becoming famous… the stars look very different today…. The isolation of the “higher elevation” in the society.
@bobdelp20232 жыл бұрын
CHECK OUT PART 2 TO THIS INCREDIBLY GREAT SONG OF OVER 50 YEARS AGO NOW YOU GUYS! :) ( ASHES TO ASHES ) AND A BIGGGGGG R.I.P. TO DAVID :( SO SAD :( BUT HIS MUSIC LIVES ON :)
@rjcxr6002 жыл бұрын
David Bowie, the original Starman. Rest in peace at home among the stars.
@Apostrophe652 жыл бұрын
Glam Rock at it's best! You should do Life On Mars it's a great song.
@davidgallagher48142 жыл бұрын
There was a NASA Astronaut that played this aboard the International Space Station. And it was spectacular!!!!!!
@Kausion2 жыл бұрын
I like "Lets Dance" which Diddy sampled in "Been Around The World" feat Mase and Biggie & "Little China Girl" by Bowie first time seeing him as a kid were in the movie Labyrinth lol
@dianesaienni54662 жыл бұрын
I love how Bowies British accent comes thru in this his first hit song.
@janetl.37562 жыл бұрын
I saw him sing this song in concert in Detroit. An egg dropped from the ceiling and split open to reveal David Bowie leaning back on his elbow in an all white suit. The interior of the egg was bathed in the black light so he was glowing in the dark. Very inventive for the time. His voice what surreal.
@roltyd222 жыл бұрын
"Cost of Living" Ronnie Dunn of Brookes and Dunn great song that relates to what people are going through now in their lives
@Eskay12062 жыл бұрын
This came out as man landed on the moon, perfect timing, perfect song for the time
@terryconnelly4842 жыл бұрын
There are 5 other songs that referred to major tom including 1 from the 80s From another group and 90s from another group
@messer212 жыл бұрын
My favorite song of all time
@mentalferret20282 жыл бұрын
Love your reading of him talking to himself. Bowie often has many different ideas in a song.
@barriehull70762 жыл бұрын
What is Major Tom slang for? Major Tom is described as a "junkie, strung out in heavens high, hitting an all-time low". This lyric was interpreted as a play on the title of Bowie's album Low (1977), which charted his withdrawal following his drug abuse in the United States.
@jayce7112 жыл бұрын
You'll probably like Starman better. Its one of my favorite Bowie songs.
@TheoZoffrok2 жыл бұрын
Fun reaction. I love how Shaun pronounces the surname, the down south way! Fun fact: that droney little synth sound you can hear in various sections of the song is a Stylophone, a cheap, tiny electric keyboard, only about the size of a hardback book, and played with a stylus, that was quite popular in the late 60s and up to maybe the mid 70s. I'm not aware of any other record which includes a credit for someone (in this case Bowie, who also plays the 12 string acoustic guitar) playing a stylophone. The orchestral string sounds are courtesy of the Mellotron, a rather wonderful early synthesizer.
@mikemet17442 жыл бұрын
The Jean Genie is a must for listening.
@couplakooks2 жыл бұрын
He's outrageous, he screams and he bawls
@Boatzilla22 жыл бұрын
Love your reactions. BTW, it's BOW-ie....sounds like first part of "bow & arrow."
@jefmay30532 жыл бұрын
Major Tom is a Heroin addict. There are 3 more songs about him that Bowie recorded over his career.
@charlenewebb58932 жыл бұрын
You Two Are Funny .Enjoy David Bowie
@terrycunningham81189 ай бұрын
He's not talking to himself, he's just relaying all his thoughts and actions back to ground control, which is what they did in the early days of the space program.