Dude... I was right, you were awesome.. you went deeper than I ever did with the compairison of space travel and being a star(celeberty), well done. Your next David Bowie song should be "Changes" ... trust me, you will go to deep places with that song...

There are so many levels to this epic song, from literal to symbolic to occult to personal to global... In other words... Bowie.

I was in high school when this song came out. David Bowie's music was always ground breaking. This came out 3 years after the moon landing; and 3 or 4 years before David Bowie himself starred in a movie about an alien who came to earth, "The Man Who Fell to Earth." I think David Bowie was always looking out beyond the norms of the standard culture of his day.

Bowie was really experimental and liked to do the unexpected.... to put it mildly. His music evolved through the years along with his characters. He didn’t stop until he was taken from us.

in another later song he sings "Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low"

Real artists are versatile, meaning they offer something for everyone's taste. Bowie was a master of this. My favorite is Heroes where you can really feel his emotion.

You really need to watch Chris Hadfield sing this on the international space station (he's an astronaut and really is singing it in space, while playing an acoustic guitar 😯). Whole NEW perspective.. 😉 (Bowie thought it was great)

‘Where is he taking me?’ - and THIS is why we love him. Keep going! 🔥

Oh my brother you’re getting to listen to greatness on a whole other level. Ziggy friggin Stardust the spaceman. You need to go deeper and deeper into his catalog.

David Bowie was my daughter's favourite artiste. She could sing along, word perfect, to Space Oddity when she was four years old. No - this was not decades ago - she will be eighteen this year.

David Bowie is a legend so many great songs and albums don't know where to begin

I've watched a lot of reactions to this song, but yours can only be described as sheer brilliance. Thank you!

Bowie has been my fave since 1972. You must listen to the album "Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars" it's brilliant. Saw him twice in the 70's. I cried for days when he died. RIP DAVID 💔✌🌻🌻

Saw Bowie live during his Ziggy Stardust tour. What a fantastic performer.

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So, a humble word of suggestion... the songs "Space Oddity," "Ashes to Ashes," and "Blackstar" are a career spanning trilogy that cover most of Bowie's life. The first one he wrote in his very early career to launch himself toward the stars. The second, he wrote when he was hitting a midlife crisis and facing burnout while he tried to reinvent himself. The last one, brilliantly, he wrote while he knew he was actively dying with only a few months left. It was released just two days before he passed away. I'd love to see you check those out in their profundity. Bowie is my favorite of all time. He changed the world of music forever, and the world is much colder and lonlier without him, but I'm glad you found him.

Saw Bowie in concert. LA Coliseum on the Glass Spider tour. He flew into the stadium on a rocket pack sporting Chrome wings. Dude... EPIC does not describe it.

You definitely need to travel down the David Bowie rabbit hole. Such a wonderfully versatile artist that maintained and transitioned all throughout the decades, still making each song so magical.✌&❤

This song came out during my senior year in high school. Major Tom became an honorary member of our class. If you were walking down the hall and someone asked you if you could pick Major Tom up on a specific night it meant that there was a party somewhere. If you asked where Major Tom needed to go they would tell you where the party was so I've always liked Major Tom and the trips that he took us on back in the day. Thanks for your reaction... I enjoyed it. It transported me back in time. Take care and be well. Peace.

Love David Bowie 💜☮️ RIP My two favourite concerts I went to were David Bowie, and Tina Turner & I treasure the memories! Bowie was a ground breaker when it came to his sounds & messages, no one like dear David Bowie 💎💓 Tina Turner an absolute entertainer 💃💎

Just found your channel from your Queen reactions. Was hoping you would do Bowie. I was raised on his music. My favourite album is The Man who sold the World, fab song, All the Mad Men, a good one for deep lyrics. But his versatility through the years was what made him so great. Like Freddy Mercury, Bowie was a musical genius and legend. We're a lot poorer with their passings. Your interpretations of lyrics are so in depth.

Lololol....I just thought more simple. Major Tom gets disconnected from earth and ends up floating in space for eternity...The End....lololol

Hi ! Nice review, and an original insight regarding your interpretation of how stardom can litterally put someone in orbit, having him/her lose contact with down-to-earth reality. Bowie wrote a "sequel" to this song, 11 years after : "Ashes to ashes". Give it a chance if you can ^^ !

DAVID BOWIE.....WAS FROM ANOTHER PLANET...! RIP-RIP-RIP....i cryed alot when he left....MY IDOL...😮‍💨😪GREETINGS FROM GREECE...

Perfect recording by the legend... he will go on to explore his inner capacities right up until he died with Blackstar

I remember this song from late 1969 and was the second Bowie single (the first was The Laughing Gnome). I believe that this won the Ivor Novella Award in 1970. Classic pre Ziggy Stardust Bowie.

Moonage Daydream is my favorite Bowie song. Not that anyone asked.

This song is so deep that I can come up with 3 different meanings to this song. One of the most popular alternate meanings is a psychedelic trip. But for me, I thought of a major live change event. Just like you. Of course, then there’s the literal interpretation. This is one brilliant bad ass song.

So you wanna leave Earth? Heh heh heh we can help -- Pink Floyd "Echoes" live from Pompei

Dude, you nailed it! I love your interpretation of the song! I think you are the only one to make a connection between the waves on the screen and time dilation! Bowie liked to send messages trough visual details as well as the song itself. And there is another thing he does here, he leaves part of the narration itself to instruments. Wherever movement is involved (take off, losing himself into space) the orchestra takes over and verbal communication disappears. Bowie will do the same thing in his Berlin albums where the B-side songs are wordless and when voice is involved the singing is in an invented language or just vocalizations without a specific meaning.

He wrote this as space exploration was in its early days. As you say, he captures the essence of it. The orchestration is simple yet layered. Very early Bowie. Know that no matter which year you choose, his constant reinventing always brings it! Thank you for sharing young man! 😽💋🎶

I love Bowie sooo much🤩🤩🤩A few live versions of this song while in concert are amazing. His presence on scene was always overwhelming. Thank you for this❤️❤️

There is no difference since he passed... The Universe Embraced him as THE Star Lord! #RIPBowie

Having grown up In this era I enjoyed your stab at the meaning. Remember it’s ‘72. We only just landed on the Moon two years earlier. The space race and Soviet Nukes an every day wary. What Ziggy is telling us is Man and Technology are still at odds with each other.

"No, I'm not going to allow you to think that way...Be stupid" 🤣😆😅 you should coin that. 🙂

In my opinion 'The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from mars is one of his best Albums. Thespace craft could not be controled and he couldn't get back to earth.... the space rocket drifted off into space....

You are NOT an idiot. You may never have heard anyone say the name correctly, or even out loud, unlike the 70's and 80's. We live, we learn, and that goes for all of us. I love your reactions, and am subscribed.

You are absolutely NOT stupid! You were just talking it out!

RIP David Bowie, a legend.

If you ever saw a Mercury capsule--which was America's first spacecraft, you would be stunned at how small it was. A tin can was pretty much what it was.

It’s impossible to explain the hold on the collective consciousness that space travel had on humanity in the late 60s and 70s. It was literally the last frontier and so much of popular culture incorporated space themes, because it symbolized an idealized future.

Do not ever ... believe you are stupid!! You are brilliant. Hang onto that thought!!

So many David Bowie tracks that are divine. Have a listen (loudly) to Loving The Alien.

I so thoroughly enjoy your thought process and interpretations. Great video. ✨⚡️💫

I always read it as he turned of the controls himself. Mesmerised by his surroundings and the thought Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing i can do.

Astronauts were the hero’s of the 1960s- 70s.

I love, star man, underground, as the world falls down, dancing in the street, gasoline argh, so many more and I can't get the names in my head, David Bowie the chameleon 🤗🤗🤗😍🙂✌🇦🇺💞.

Passing the baton. Run with it.

this is an iconic song.

David Bowie was an amazing artist & performer. Saw him in concert in the early 70's, so awesome! Thanks for sharing your music discovery journey with us. Bob Dylan is a must, my fellow suggesters are right on. #TooBlunt

This was a struggling musician who literally eked his way into the psyche of young teenagers back at that time....He, along with T Rex were seminal in filling the musical gap between the 1960's and 1970's....I was only 9 yrs old but my 13 yr old sister was listening to all his albums in the bedroom.....and having sneaky cigarettes....MEGA!

Bowie songs are excellent "chillers".

🤣🤣🤣 thank you for correcting your pronunciation, it was hard to not say something on the "under pressure" video.

We have mummies floating in space

Major Tom is getting out the the Space Capsule that was placed right on up of the huge Mercury rockets,. He is opening the door to do a space walk. The song is not a metaphor. This was the "Space Age" and it was a song about that, nothing metaphoric about the song. The capsule would detach from the rocket and it's just like a "tin can" in space.

I appreciate your depth. You lyric interpretation skills are on point. Bowie was/is a legend. A brilliant artist who constantly pushed the envelope. He showed us...the weird kids...that we weren't alone.

Rob Berrie has a terrific take on this. I presumed it had to do with tripping....there was a lot of metaphors of that kind in music of the late sixties and seventies.

You'll meet Major Tom again in Bowie's 1980 song "Ashes to Ashes"

This was released in 1969, just a few months before the moon landing. The name of the song is a play on the movie 2001- a Space Odyssey. The video was done a few years later as a promo. The song was his first hit.

David Bowie, my love 🥰❤️

There was a film made called Space Oddessey. This was the soundtrack.

1:35 😂😂😂 thats what we call "a blond moment" 😂😂😂

A spirit leaving a body. He mind (ground control) talking to conscience (spirt) as he dies.

I hope at some point you do more songs from this album. It is so underrated, with so many great songs.

It always reminded me of 2001: A space odyssey which was pretty popular in the 70s.

July 20 1969 was the Moon landing. I think they brought Bowie back from outer space. No one like him then or now. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. 🌙🌚

July 20, 1969 was the day man landed on the moon. But this song was much earlier.

"Life on Mars", if you haven't checked it out yet. "Heart's Filthy Lesson" for completely different style, later Bowie. It's my personal favorite Bowie song.

lol, everyone tries to make this song meaning deeper than it is, it really is just about a guy in space. Space was still a really big thing back then. Some suggestions for You, Queen ( of course) killer Queen, Hotel California by the eagles, David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from mars, Aerosmith, and the Cranberries.

Pink Floyd’s album The Wall is a GREAT regrouping of the mind album. There’s actually a “movie” The Wall.

David Bowie greatest hit by my opinion is Heros!!

.Ashes to Ashes is the next one with Major Tom. Bowie was really into space. Bowie was the father of Glam Rock. He use to make up characters Ziggy Stardust, song Starman” Aladdin Zane (Blue Jean) Thin white Duke. Suggest Life on Mars. I've been a fan for 50 years ❤️

Starman in The Matian!

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Maybe he is “getting high “and “spaces out”, and experiences things out if his control!

Your comment at 01:35 occurs all the time with me but then I am 73 so maybe I could be forgiven for it! Great reaction!

I'm 50 and you made my day. FELT THE SAME AS YOU. PEACE AND LOVE

I have to say i laughed when you said his name like that! One of the icons for sure ! When he died i drew his portrait in his honor!! I also had the honor of seeing him live! I cannot even begin to tell you how awesome it was!!

I love listening to you think. So glad you're liking Bowie. The ability to reset is a wonderful tool to have in one's toolkit. : )

Smoking song, to be sure. Great reaction. Thanks 😊

Ashes to ashes, I love the proper film clip 😃. Heros, China girl... Changes (shreck) 😃😃👍.

I am old enough and fortunate enough to have seen Bowie in concert many times from the early 1970's, partying with the band, etc. You need to check out Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars. You will not be disappointed. You have gone down an incredible rabbit hole.

You tend to over-think these songs… and I LOVE that about you. Your brain is an awesome thing to watch. Subbed so I can watch more 🙂

I love watching your realizations and the thought process as you experience them.

This song is about leaving this world. Through heroin. It's appeal and it's destructiveness. Tied to the space rage at the time. The follow up song is called Ashes to ashes. Check it out.

Love your interpretation of the song. However, this song was originally released in 1969 or 1970, and it was Bowie's first major hit, so he wasn't a star as yet (that came later with his Ziggy Stardust album). While I think the interpretation is very good, if Bowie were thinking of that, it wouldn't be about him. It may be rather the opposite, about people who are not noticed, about being lonely and ignored. It also may be inspired by his older brother who was having some deep mental health issues at the time. But either way, songs and poetry are there for us all to interpret in our own ways and your interpretation was good.

This was in a time when space travel was a novelty and even disbelief. Seriously. There were still people that deny it today. And this is a brilliant satire.

Bowie loved to play with archetypes and metaphors. There are many Bowie songs that are well worth a listen. I would recommend "Heros" and one of my all time personal favorites "Quicksand". "Heros" is a true classic song that is timeless.

My favorite by David. ❤ good description brother. Your right on. Why I just started following your channel.

Elon Musk put a Tesla into space and played this song on a loop inside of it. Pretty fitting.

You should listen to “Life on Mars" by David Bowie, it’s amazing. I was lucky to see Bowie preform on stage when he played here in Ireland.

Celebrity. That’s why people want to know what shirts major Tom wears.

One of favorites as a child. Meant so much more as I grew

THE RIGHT STUFF... a fantasticmovie about NASA...

Bowie was special. Yup. His whole career was about being true, being real and living. Try: *Young Americans* *Golden Years* *China Girl* You won't regret it... Then there's the space associated tunes out there, starting with a kind of a sequel to this tune: *Major Tom* by Peter Schilling *Children Of The Sun* by Billy Thorpe *Cygnus X-1* by Rush *Come Sail Away* by Styx *Starlight* by Muse *Apollo* (The Eagle Has Landed) by Hellion Prime There are, of course, more but it's late and my brain is tired. As you say, there is so much music out there... Be well S.W.

1969 The First Moon Landing...Bowie took all of the potential bad things about the new actuality of deep space flight and made a song...These were part of the scenarios that they knew there was no rescue or recovery. The astronuants were lost...

Uminm...in 1968 Stanley Kubrick's iconic film "2001: A Space Odyssey" was released and was a huge hit. Hence the play on the name...little bit of history. xi

Personally, I like to think of it as a song about a man lost in space. Simple, I know. Still, ashes to ashes, funk to funky, we know Major Tom's a junkie.

You have got to listen to another British music icon.. Kate Bush. She's a pioneer, completely bonkers in a most delightful way. Listen to 'Night of the Sparrow', 'Cloudbusting', 'Running up that Hill', 'Hello World'.. and so many more gems 💎

Its was actually out first in 1969 on the Philips lable then released again as he became more successful