Bowie was a timeless genius. This song is amazing.

I just wanted to say that you are so much more eloquent, thoughtful and open-minded than almost all people I've seen doing reaction videos to songs on KZfaq. Keep doing your thing, and you are appreciated! :)

An Iconic Bowie song from his Ziggy era. So well put together and played. You cannot improve on perfection.

Rick Wakeman and David became good friends during this time. Bowie asked Rick to join his band. Rick respectfully declined, and actually joined YES the very same day. David always said that Rick made the right decision. I would have to agree!🎹

These lyrics are dope!! This might be my favorite Bowie song. I highly recommend the video for this song, it was 20 years ahead of it's time. Stark lighting, with Bowie in a bright blue suit jacket, orange hair, blue eye shadow and platform shoes. He is performing in an empty white space, which wasn't something we would see in rock vids until well into the 80s. And the theme of tabloid entertainment and cheap 'shock' stories. We know all of this VERY well now in 2021, but in 1971, only minds like Bowie, Andy Warhol, or Stanley Kubrick would have brought these themes into their art.

I can think of almost nothing better than watching young people discover Bowie. He is basically God to me.

Great reaction. Featuring Rick Wakeman of Yes on piano & strings arranged by guitarist Mick Ronson, "Life On Mars?" is often recognized as one of the great compositions of the 20th century. Famously composed by Bowie in under 30 minutes. Lyrically, the song is a collage that touches on _alot_ & can be interpreted in innumerable ways. But as an existentialist takedown of corporate greed, political corruption, police brutality, shattered illusions, & media artifice, the song may be more relevant today than it was in 1972. "Thin White Duke" is the name of Bowie's _Station To Station_ era character persona in 1976 only.

Amazing to think these vocals were ‘live’, no autotune, nothing, all in one take. He grew visibly irritated if they had to go back & re record a song more than 3 times - incredible when put into that perspective

David bowie is one singer that has an English (England) accent you hear in his vocals one of the few singers that you can tell he's English at least in my opinion.

Great karaoke song yep i sung it loads of times always gets a reaction yes im a bowie fan yes i sing it like him hopefully

Love this song and your reaction, especially to the line that references Lennon. Keep it up

Yeah, The Thin White Duke was Bowie’s coked out phase, lol. I would recommend “Station to Station”, it’s from that time in his life and it’s a great song. 😁

BOWIE THE BEST EVER

GREAT SONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there life on mars? means can this planet get any lower Bowie was a very clever lyricist

More Bowie from the 70s, Panic in Detroit (you'll love the bass!) The Jean Genie Ziggy played guitar Moonage daydream, live from the concert, The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1973. Alladin Sane

Songwriting genius!!! Pope, view the video at your leisure, it's a must. See Bowie in full makeup! Thanks for doing this

Rick played his piano part live on the BBC when David died, look up on YT here: "Rick Wakeman's Tribute To David Bowie - Life On Mars".

David Bowie was a creative genius with a career lasting several decades. He never got stale because he kept reinventing himself

First time seeing your channel. I enjoyed your intelligent and accurate observations about David Bowie's music. Keep up the good work! I'm interested to see what other reactions you've done and that you will do. :)

Rick Wakeman (of YES) arranged and played the the piano 🎹 on life on Mars when working as a session musician at Bowie’s recording studio. He also arranged and played the piano on Cat Steve’s “Morning has Broken “. David Bowie was so impressed by Wakeman he offered him a full time job but Wakeman joined Jon Anderson/Yes. 👍♥️😇

Nice reaction…his song STATION TO STATION is fantastic.❤️

Great song !!!

Classic 👌

The official video is pretty innovative too. It's only his face, but the colors, man… Another great song by him is AladdIn Sane. The piano in that song is WILD. It goes to places a piano has never been!

Bloody beautiful mate glad you loved it😊

Thin White Duke ❣️❣️❣️💯

Thin White Duke is one of his personas, it's from the song Station To Station. That song is one of my top five Dave songs. Dave has meant everything to me since i discovered Ziggy Stardust when I was 12. I wholeheartedly recommend STS...it's long, but every second is filled with perfection. Dave to me is THE greatest genius, literally ever and I love a lot of things. Great review xx

Love your reviews m8 such an open minded person and I agree totally. Different fella Bowie. Such a true artist.

CLASSIC BOWIE ❤ Rick Wakeman of YES is Stellar🌟

My man! Great channel.

great observations. Literary!

Should've played the video of Bowie singing it.

Young Americans...fire

Epico !!!

Craziest lyrics. But astounding song.

Think I’ve requested this before, but anyway, I hope you’ll do Scary Monsters (Super Creeps.) Thanks!

Not sure if someone's already mentioned it but he says "Can I have a glass of water?" at the end, which is followed by the ringing of a telephone.

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pope- listen to Bowie song- loving the alien- so smooth. (remaster 2018) thanks be safe peace. johnnyboy

😆 🤣 😂!!

Thin White Duke was just another name for one of his different personas. He had several of them.

It isn't Lennon, it's Lenin. But Thanks for your lovely reaction. ❤️

Check out his song "Changes " an early hit for Bowie, again featuring Rick Wakeman on piano

Young Americans is a rlly funky song by him, and if you havent yet heard moonage daydream, those lyrics are fun

You should listen to Cygnet Committee on the Space Oddity album by David Bowie. It's an experience!

You're the best! You get it! Your facial expressions are it! You're deep bro. By the way. They spelled Lenin wrong. It's not Lennon. By the way. The girl with the mousey hair shows up in his Black Star video. He ties it all up in that one. The thin white duke is a fascist by the way. A character, not him.

Rick Wakeman YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rick Wakeman on keys ( of Yes) and the rumor is John Lennon is singing harmony with Bowie...and imo it sounds very much like that's Lennon. Such a great song/recording on all levels.

Duke is the highest lordship after king. You have to be a blood relative. Bowie was cool and lordly.

That’s Rick Wakeman of Yes fame playing piano on that song and others on the Hunky Dory album.

The same piano player from most of the YES you listen to.

Please listen to TIME by pink Floyd as you seem so young. Thankyou

Watch the official video. Time for a Bowie marathon?

You’re an incredibly intelligent young man…

This song has a connection with Sinatra's My Way but I can,t remember the story.

Did somebody say Bowie? 👩‍🎤 Is there any other musician with his own emoji? Honestly asking.

A commentary on a young hopeful heart realizing the song of our life has repeated many times without improving. Desperation to escape the freakiest show she questions. “ Is there life on Mars? A rock n roll suicide in the making.

this is 1971.

I'm sure it was Lenin.. not Lennon..

I just got the metaphor. Don't worry about real problems. Look at the latest war, look at police injustice. Ignore what you shouldn't. And this song is old AF! Thin white duke AMFD!

Lenin's on sale again. Not Lennon.

Bruh

I'd never understood the lyrics to this song until now. A sad girl in trouble with her parents (probably because of her attraction to a boy) runs away from her house and into the distraction of a movie theater only to sit down to a stupid, boring, clichéd Marvel movie about dudes punching dudes. Is there life on Mars? There isn't any on Earth.

Ever since 2020, I can't hear this without thinking of George Floyd ... and hear the line "watching the lawman beating up the wrong guy" without feeling I have to vomit. Does anyone else feel the same? Every morning I wake up and light a candle for George. RIP George Floyd. You were wronged horrifically. We all were to blame!

I kinda see that Bowie is asking rhetorically if there's life on Mars 'cause he'd go there if he could, to get away from all this unreasonable unenlightened cr@p on Earth