The official music video for David Bowie - Life On Mars?
Taken from Bowie's 4th studio album 'Hunky Dory' released in 1971, which featured the singles 'Changes/Andy Warhol' & 'Life On Mars'.
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Lyrics:
It's a God-awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mummy is yelling no
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
But the film is a saddening bore
For she's lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man, look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Now the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
But the film is a saddening bore
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
It's about to be writ again
As I ask you to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man, look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
About David Bowie:
David Bowie redefined musical genres and the potential of live performance for generations of music lovers. Creating and discarding a variety of personae and restlessly challenging musical boundaries, Bowie released timeless albums including Space Oddity, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust…, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, "Heroes,” Let's Dance, Heathen, The Next Day and many more. Blackstar, Bowie’s 28th and final studio album, was released on his 69th birthday, January 8, 2016. David Bowie died on January 10, 2016, two days after the release of Blackstar. His body of work, his influence on the worlds of music, art, fashion, film, theatre and beyond, and his legacy of innovation and reinvention will live forever. 2022 kicks off with Bowie at 75, a celebration of his 75th birthday with the Brilliant Adventure box set, the previously unreleased Toy, the 50th anniversary of Ziggy Stardust and a series of special events.
#DavidBowie #LifeOnMars #HunkyDory #Bowie
David Bowie is not dead, he lives on Mars
The Final Boss
wait he’s dead!?
@@Bloodyred2010 legends never die
@@Bloodyred2010 you still does not know?
Bowie ain't dead
1971: 'Wow... this song is amazing!' 2022: 'Wow... this song is amazing!' 3143: 'Wow... this song is amazing!'
20123: "The hell's a song?" "I dunno but this one's amazing!"
@@alansmithee419 😃
That’s if humanity still exists after global warming but Ik what u mean
Yeah forever
Siempre lo sera!
Imagine being a teen when Bowie first came on the scene, it was so mindblowing, there was no one else even remotely like him.
Love David Bowie? You'll love a band called The Doublejumps
still isn't
That's right! I experienced all this what you wrote! There was nothing comparable! " All you pretty things" and " Starmann" were my favourites! Heroes too as well as the German version " Helden"😎
Hes one of my heroes. What a bliss that was for you guys.
Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music ?
Happy birthday David Bowie!!! He would've been 77 years old if he was still with us ❤
He died too young. Every person should see 80 years at least.
😊❤
@@jiveassturkey8849hii😊
Reading that breaks my heart :(
the last chance to read tintin, from 7 to 77 years old !
Fun Fact: You love this song.
Fun Fact: That’s true .
How did you know ???????
How did you frikin know?!
Nope... I’ve never heard it before😅 but I found it after Ilon Musks flying to Mars Tesla soundtrack)))
nope, i have a music project about this.
One of the greatest songs ever
wow that is sad if you think that
TheDriftingsmoke It's so sad that YOU think that
@@TheDriftingsmoke loser
Understatement to greatest song ever and im gen y millennial do the math of how great it is!
Understatement to being the greatest song ever!
My grandad is the biggest David Bowie fan I know, and this is his all time favourite song. When I asked him what he thought the meaning of the song was, he told me he personally believes it’s about a young girl falling pregnant and how the world has turned against her after she reveals this information to her mum and dad. And that her life becomes miserable with everyone doubting her and everything going wrong for her. To the point where she doesn’t want to be on this planet, she just wants to be on an entirely different planet away from everything. Hence the name life on Mars Edit: Been about 6 months since I commented this and I find it interesting how music and art in general can be viewed in so many different lights and interpreted in so many different ways. I feel that maybe my grandad thinks the song is about a young teen girl who falls pregnant is maybe because my mother was 16 when she had me. And it’s most likely he reflected his own experience of feeling with that into his own interpretation of the song. Idk I just find that really interesting. Art and music are amazing and no one should tell you your interpretation is wrong cause that’s how you see it, that is the truth to you as the viewer, and no one should ever be able to take that away.
I view it the first part as a sort of look at the news from the eyes of a teen. People die, politicians/pigs squabble, business as usual. I view the second as a much older version of that same person reliving it through art. I view the "Is there life on mars?" question as a sort of "when will anything ever change?" in general.
@@ForcoyDavid Bowie
@@Forcoy Same. I think the purity of a child's mind in it's naivity would question the mess of human affairs. The lyrics "is there life on Mars?" seems to be an ode to either wanting to escape this reality, transcend it/ change things, live somewhere peaceful or even to possibly start over again.
+@ilikemilk781: It's about a girl going to the movies and being disappointed by how boring the movie is, thus denying her the entertainment and escape she wanted.
Fun Fact: You could listen to this song 76,701 times on the way to Mars.
Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie. Similar songwriting styles but unique as well
If I were to somehow be selected for a mission to colonize Mars, you know I'm bringing all the records and tapes and CDs I can. To hell with the first aid, we need Bowie!
And still love it every time. But, you have to listen to Space Oddity during take off
😂
@@adambomb1553 nah Dude it'll jinx you
It’s a passing day today Friday, November 19. The man who shot this video for David Bowie, Mick Rock has died today. Mick Rock has did tons of work for many different artists David Bowie, Queen, Iggy Pop etc. He was known to many as “the man who shot the 70s” but I’m sure he was so much more. It’s good to realize and learn about the people behind such great masterpieces such as this besides the artist who wrote and preformed them.
:( rest in peace mick...
RIP Mick
RIP Mick
RIP MICK
He’s on mars with David Bowie 💗
David Bowie: Mars Elton John: Space Freddie Mercury: Mercury John Lennon: Venus The Cardigans: Moon Hotel: Trivago
Yas
Oh jeez lol
Sebastían And John as Walrus man
And Michael Jackson- world
@@aerial3757 Nowhere Man, come on
It's illegal to dislike this song.
Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie. Similar songwriting styles but unique as well
@@andrewmarcellis2007 ty 👍
71
Probably -- the way listen probably is. Hahah
FATCS
This song won 3rd place on Eurovision this year. David Bowie is genius even after his death
Very interesting!
@@lieutenantpliskin David Bowie
@@garycarr3857 ?
no?
Me when I spread misinformation on the internet
The next Mars rover needs to be named "Bowie."
Most definitely! 👏
Ziggy!
Yes, NEEDS
Better yet, that should be the name of the spaceship that takes the first humans there !
Make it happen please
Should be the first song played on Mars Edit: close enough
I really hope so.
volume 1000 so that we can hear it
@@alonelyz1981 volume 2^ side 8
And the trip starman
Well, it's a little late for that (The rover sings happy birthday) but it could be the first one we hear on Mars. After which, we would finally answer its question
You ever come across a tune that makes you tear up? For me this is it. My biggest regret in life is that I never got to see David in concert. A true legend.
Goosebumps every time I listen to it
To True .... such a Legend .... just had to celebrate by doing my tribute song to the main man on You tube ... "Life on Mars - Space Buoy" .... brilliant Bowie Fans!
I could not agree more. I wish I had seen him live. Only in my dreams.
Thank you. I was there for you that missed it. The Greek in LA, CA
me too!japanese in japan.
I love the way the camera focuses on David's otherworldly face.
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is stu morris
This should be the first song played on Mars once we reach it.
Yes. Yes I agree.
OMG YES
Absolutely 🎉
They've already done it,there's a rare NASA Bootleg.
@@Name-dv4qu What is? Going to Mars? lol
David Bowie: is there life on Mars? Them Martians: *wouldn't you like to know, weather boy*
Haha
teehee
@@BeanBeanMcBean3000 *AGGRESSIVELY HEE HEES*
Тоже улыбнулся с данного момента !
@@Djtvss I honestly have no idea of what you're saying
This song has one of the most iconic openings. That single piano note is like the man who wrote this, legendary
piano by Rick Wakeman, just found out today
To True .... such a Legend .... just had to celebrate by doing my tribute song to the main man on You tube ... "Life on Mars - Space Buoy" .... brilliant Bowie Fans!
@@fiammaviva9442Jul 9, 2015
@@waynenorthspacebuoy3529David Bowie
Rick Wakeman was like hold my beer 🍺 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎶🎶. 👨🏻🎤
1:38 to 1:55 changed my life when I was 17 years old in 2015. Something about that guitar solo and that stare just changed me on the inside. For some reason it helped me understand that there was more to the world than I had seen. And that art is the ultimate weapon. Thank you David Bowie.
In my opinion, this is one of the most beautiful songs of all time.
your opinion is shared by all
I wish I could agree. I think it’s rather boring and unpleasant. Maybe I’m just not deep-thinking enough to appreciate it 🤷🏻♀️
@@Gina231329 Maybe you have different musical tastes, it isn't a problem. A song can be boring or very interesting to listening, it depends on who listens to it.
I agree. One of my all time favourite songs
Space Oddity is.
Anyone else get obsessed with a song for a week or two and just play the song repeatedly and think about it all day? Yeah, that's this song right now.
Get back to us in ten years...
@@maruka1716 OK I'll get back to you in 10 years (when I'm 26 years old)
@@MrSkeleton313 Just saying, Bowie songs have a way of sticking with you over time.
Dam i thought it was just me...i put on loop and keep listening like an hour of it straight. At least once a day
This is so me
Here to pay respects. Happy Bday Bowie, forever iconic.
Discovered this song 50 years after its creation and it's one of the greatest pieces of music I've ever heard. 34 year old black man from Detroit. This just wasn't played in the household growing up.
This should be the first song that’s ever played on Mars. Iconic.
Reach for the Stars by will.I.am is the first song to be played on Mars
@@ste9281 shit, I thought it was happy birthday
@@ste9281 first song ever played by humans then 😂
Shame
stolen
"Sir we're on a low budget all we have is some makeup and a white room" "Just put Bowie in there and zoom in on his face it'll be fine"
Don’t forget the extra extra bright lighting
@@sophiamarie5498 they're also standing right next to the sun how could I forget
But only he could pull it off with his amazing eyes 😍
+yumi gem: There were a lot of early music videos set in empty white rooms.
They can zoom in on any part of him and I’d be more than okay w it
in 2015, I, a 14years old autistic struggling with social bonds, lonely listening to music in their bedroom at 1am, fell in love with bowie and music to a whole ; all of that thanks to how this song and videoclip spoke to me. I can't put down in words how Life on Mars changed the course of my earthly life for the better : I learned guitar and even built one inspired by his bolt shaped look. He gave me my first non binary representation, and pushed me to embrace my real gender identity. He help me to understand what it meant to be an artist. I, miss you so much
New video Mars! 👍 kzhead.info/sun/p7modrlvsGpmjZE/bejne.html
Wow this is beautiful ❤ I hope you’re doing well :)
I love this 😢❤❤
i love u and i love david bowie
@@TrulyGreggingtonDavid Bowie
This song is 50 years old in 2023 and here I am still thinking what a masterpiece.
It’s taken me till this year to understand what it means and I remember it being released first time around 🙏🙏🙏
Bowie isn’t dead, he’s just solving crimes back in the 70’s
Nice reference...
Great show great reference
And he’s driving in a cortina
Wrong, he's in the 80s and he's driving a Quattro and his radio's playing Ashes to Ash - oh wait, wrong video
@@rafaelsantos7673 haha lol
This song is talking about how during times of extreme personal conflict we tend to look towards escapism, but these fictional stories only hold so much substance that ends up becoming unimportant compared to our own lives. Pretty heavy stuff.
MothmanGhost Funny how that’s exactly what’s going on during David Bowie’s different phases from Ziggy, Diamond Dogs, and The Thin White Duke. He went so heavy on his characters he lost himself and was also dealing with judgement, drug addiction, and general personal confusion.
Just enjoy the songs. Dont need to anylize em
Keith Williams Why can’t you find enjoyment from analyzing a song?
This song muses on life, the Universe and everything... How does he cram so much into a 4 miunute pop song, whilst seeming to say so little? Genius! :)
There's a part in "Journey to the End of the Night" where the protagonist first arrives in America and gets hooked on going to the movies until he basically reaches the same conclusion you described. Whenever I hear this song I think of that.
So sadly missed. Miss him so much. There will never be another David Bowie.
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you're a fan of David Bowie
To True .... such a Legend .... just had to celebrate by doing my tribute song to the main man on You tube ... "Life on Mars - Space Buoy" .... brilliant Bowie Fans!
I was the most fortunate person in the world. I lived when he did. I listened in real time. To this odd little girl who felt forever on the outside looking in, his voice and music was the background music of my life. There will never be another David and there should not be....he was beautifully and wonderfully made.
To True .... such a Legend .... just had to celebrate by doing my tribute song to the main man on You tube ... "Life on Mars - Space Buoy" .... brilliant Bowie Fans!
I’ve just discovered Bowie. Life will never be the same again
Stick with the stuff he did up to and including the album "Scary monsters super creeps." Wouldn't bother with too much in the 90s and 2000s save for a few notable tracks. Funny enough the one song that for me incapsulate Bowie in a bottle was written during this fallow period and is called the "Buddha of Suburbia" - those quintessentially quirky lyrics and driving Mick Ronson guitar. 👍
Thanks for the heads up 😌
@@1982PRA No problem, thank you for getting back to me. 👍 His work in the 70's was immense.
Lucky you, you’re in for an amazing adventure.
Compltely compelling to play and sing Bowie songs on YT as a one man band ... its spiritual and a priviledge.
I can’t explain the way this song makes me feel
In these _four_ minutes, this song makes me feel 1001 feelings
neanch'io
@@riverzin666 I see what you did there
@@creativepop8196 hehehe I feel bad now for give that man terrifying feelings
4
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SING "MY WAY" ALONG TO THE INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THIS CLASSIC BOWIE STAPLE. GENIUS.
Wow, it's almost as if common chord progressions are a thing!
French melody
2023 wow! When I was a teenager.... this was released! Older friends played this for me me on vinyl... it blew my mind... it still does. Masterclass in majestic pop music made by proper MUSICIANS! Artists
David Bowie
Goosebumps. Everytime. We strongly miss you, David Robert Jones.
@Jason Arul He died in 2016
you said his full name, you must be special
@@orsemcore @danklad Thank you for noticing. You take the time to write such a mocking comment, you must be an embittered person.
@@alaindicatif8066 this song makes me sad but happy at the same time i just remember those memories when i was a little girl crying in the school bathroom and i would play this on repeat. now im almost graduating
A fashion icon even then. Flashin' duds for '73.
My dad met Bowie through working in a recording studio. He claims he was the most polite celebrity/musician he's ever met. Complete eloquence. 🖤 RIP Bowie
I definitely believe so!!! He wasn't only a great artist, but also a natural and great person ❣❣❣❣❣❣❣
Yes he is a very nice (was) kind funny man .... and musician Ive ever had the pleasure ! I’m so sad this week
It pains me that he passed away I wish he was still alive
@@ednasackeyfio5482 thank you captain obvious rip mr B would be 74
@@ednasackeyfio5482 he died today so sad
im almost 20 and i can remember the exactly day that i saw this clip, i was 13 years old and it feels like i have found a part of me, the melody, his looks warms my heart and more than this.. my soul. thank you bowie for everything, for your fabulous walk in this earth, thank you for touch me by your art and your essence. i will always love you and i will always be glad for everything that you done and give to me. ♡
Dovid Bowie is one of the few musicians that made amazing songs throughout his entire career. He is famous for his oldest songs and his newest.
Love David Bowie? You'll love a band called The Doublejumps
@@chrispolo840 Not even close, lol
He reinvented himself many times and it always worked.
Man he’s almost been dead for 4 years. Time has really passed :(
I know. But the legend lives on.
Still remember that morning like yesterday .. Couldn't believe it
It’s still hard to imagine that he’s not here anymore. Just hearing his voice now I tear up so badly, but in the end he went doing what he wanted to do.
@COOLSAMMYJO CAT I was 11 when he died. I remember going to school and everyone was talking about it and we were all crushed. R.I.P David. You may be gone but your music will live forevermore
I remember getting up and my boyfriend’s mum telling me he’d died. At least the radio in the office was playing lots of great music (thinnest of silver linings)
David Bowie hasn’t died He’s just made it all the way to mars
Is that where we go when we die?
He's a starman
Haha the likes are 69 Sorry not the point...
Pineapple haha Lol, nah don’t be sorry that’s funny!
@@dennisomalley4607 mYbe when we day we can go anywhere we want. Even different galaxys
Younger people or anyone here not from the UK might not know, but the opening "her mommy is yelling no and her daddy has told her to go" is an unmarried teen telling her parents she's pregnant and getting kicked out for bringing shame on the family. It was common here in the 50s and 60s
It's still common in some parts of the world, unfortunatly. 😢
@@calimero600Bringing shame to the family?
i never knew this! that gives this song a different meaning
@@YSBilly Yeah, for getting pregnant outside of marriage. it was a common attitude to unmarried mothers here into the 90s when single mothers were vilified by a somewhat desperate tory government.
its 2023 and this is still my all time favorite song. my dad was a massive Bowie fan and i grew up listening to his music. he passed away when i was 13. i'm now 30 and I've introduced my 6 year old daughter to Bowie and she loves him. this is now one of her favorites 🖤
We love David Bowie. Today, 75 years ago, his mother probably gave us the greatest artist of all time.
This dude is dedicated, even his pfp is bowie, I suppose I cant talk mine is led zeppelin on a few of my social media accounts 🙂😂
Completely compelling to play and sing Bowie songs on YT as a one man band ... its spiritual and a priviledge.
Love on ya bro.
Is the grastest artist Of all time. Is true.
Greatest of all time .. you sure ??
This song will be probably be recommended the day we land a man on Mars.
This will be the Mars national anthem
@Ricky Spanish Jesus Christ that’s deep
@Ricky Spanish we defo gonna make it to Mars before 2060 like? There going to the moon in 2024 and nasa even said once they have landed on the moon they are going to Mars and don’t forget Elon musks main goal is to land on Mars and he said we are expected to in 2034. it’s not a case of will it happen it’s a case of when will it happen
16/11/2020
yeah
David Bowie will never die, because he has gained immortality through his music. He was & is truly unique, and we always remember the greats. 🤘
To True .... such a Legend .... just had to celebrate by doing my tribute song to the main man on You tube ... "Life on Mars - Space Buoy" .... brilliant Bowie Fans!
8 years without David Bowie❤️😭🕊 January 8th 1947 - January 10th 2016
8 years! Jezzz! Where did that time go.... 😕
David Bowie isn’t dead, he just went to go see if there was life on Mars. He’ll be back one day, they’ll all be back one day.
Someday we'll see the Starman waiting for us in the sky
@@hankweiser5964 damn...
Him and Elvis
☠️
But he is dead doe.
This song is ahead of its time. Too advanced for 1973. It doesnt sound old. It feels like today's generation can still relate.
That my friend is the art of a great lyric.
That’s the thing about timeless songs. They’ll always be relevant.
this is song way way way ahead of its time !! much like f=ma by newtons ,no gimmicks ,simple simple at its best
Too advanced for 1973? What condescending tripe! Man landed on the moon more than twenty-five years before mobile phones were commonplace.
Dude Elon musk knows how to use this song correctly for his rockets
I remember listening to this song on my first night in a religious Woman's shelter. I was not practicing the same religion of the place I was staying and I lived in the religious South. I happened to find a little spot in my bed that wi-fi came through and just cried and reminded myself this was just temporary and their are still people out there like me and that I could do this. One of the hardest 9 months of my life and I'm still in counseling for it. Thank you Bowie for this beautiful music ❤️ I hope you are having a ball out there Starman ❤️
Love David Bowie? You'll love a band called The Doublejumps
For those who don't understand, this masterpiece is about how aliens view the earth like a show. the "sailors fighting on the dance floor" is about war, and the "lawman beating up the wrong guy" is about politics and governments. Also i think its really cool how the music is like what you would hear in a dramatic showcase, and when he says "take a look at the..." it really sells the part of a showman. An absolute treasure and easily my favorite song even though I'm 13 years old
I could tell you were 13 even if you didnt say so, because you completely misinterpreted the meaning of the song .
@@degenhub7446 ok, im sorry you don't agree
@@degenhub7446bro stop shaming people for different interpretations u sad person 💀💀💀
I dig your interpretation, mate..it's art, after all;)
It's really great that you could come to this interpretation if you did it on your own at your age, keep thinking outside the box and originally. Also don't let them knock you down for it because that's what art and arguably life is about.
I can't stop getting excited every time I hear this perfect song. Absolute genius.
same here
same! im scared im going to get annoyed of listening to it over and over
Bowie is an occultist who channeled the Devil to write his music, he admitted it. All music stars made a deal
@@megalodonseancasey8429 sheeesh
Couldn’t agree more
"life on mars ain't just a song"
iam._.eliza exactly what I came on here for
LDR :)
Lana del Rey brought me here as well 😅
me too!! i love lana and this song soo much *-*
YES....!!!
To me, this is the most beautiful Bowie ...I see this 4:10 seconds of his existence to be the apex fruition of him...im absolutely blinded by his beauty...and it will forever ring eternal within me. We should all be grateful he shared it and we experienced it in our lifetimes🔥
To True .... such a Legend .... just had to celebrate by doing my tribute song to the main man on You tube ... "Life on Mars - Space Buoy" .... brilliant Bowie Fans!
Truly the most timeless track ever written, it ages like fine wine, it was aged finely when written produced and released, yet still so futuristic. One of a kind.
David Bowie's timeless masterpiece of empathy for "the girl with the mousy hair" which tells the story of that mousy haired girl being stood up for her date at the theatre... and deciding to stay for the movie, fails miserably at her attempt to lose herself in the film... a now completely unbelievable love story that she can only find disdain for as she sits alone in a theatre full of date night couples which leaves her reliving the advice given to her by the parents, whom she now dreads having to face at the end of her "night out"... Bravo to David Bowie for all the firsts and many of the only's he created. A true genius... responsible for every ground breaking musical genre to come in the next three decades following his first album release... for all the mousy haired girls like me.
If I remember correctly this was about the same girlfriend ‘Letter To Hermione’ was based on
@Jipwell thank you for that insight... Very interesting to know she really existed.
@@Jipwell ....a girl who, amazingly, was named Hermione.
this is what happens when you study film and industry
Peace on you, mousy haired girl
I’ll never forgive myself for not listening to his music before he died
Me too
Better to enjoy his work late, than never at all.
same!
But i am happy i am now. this is powerful he broke so many gender stereotypes and standards
Me too 🙌
This song and video was when I fell in love with this beautiful man. Still do.❤
I’m 64 years old and this song (and video) will never get old or lose its impact.
Hey you should listen to my brothers band if you like David Bowie, his band is called The Doublejumps
Today, january the 8th 2023, David Bowie would have turned 76. It still hurts that he is not around us anymore. A genius, a true artist and a rare soul he was. "Life on Mars?" is my favorite song of all times and I keep going back to this video several times a year, for it is so beautifully made, it fits the overall mood of the song so well. I can't even describe the feelings this majestic song gives me. From first listen, I was hooked instantly. I love this song and I love David Bowie. Hope he's in a better place now, he deserves it truly. May he be a starman waiting in the sky, knowing that he has changed the world for the best. Rest in peace, starman.
Weren't we so lucky to be alive at the same time as David Bowie?!
1971
Been a Bowie fan for 51 years, seem him live numerous times in the UK and in the US! Nothing has ever come close to this guy in my life!
I heard he´s on Mars!
Happy 77th Bowie!
Rest In Peace, Mars Rover Opportunity. There was certainly life on Mars, and it spoke in one’s and zero’s...
We also actually found life on Mars btw. We found large amounts of methane, which is a by-product of bio orginisms
Lena Oxton no direct observations of life yet, but indeed the methane outgassing has no known origin yet
Hang in there Oppo, help is coming.
What's nice to know is that when we get to Mars, Oppy and Spirit can be recovered along with the rest of the rovers and landers that have been lost.
@@g_nn018 >tearing up shit man thats gonna be so wholesome when we bring them home now im about to cry over a piece of hardware coming back to earth lmao
Still the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard
You won't listen but *"The Kiss"* by Judy Sill. I say that as someone who has been listening to Bowie for over 45 years now & have all his credible work. *"Can you hear Me?"* by the great man himself is amazing too & you might take a jump on the crowd if you know that one as hardly anyone does & it is beautiful! I wanted it as our wedding song but my wife, who thinks 3 albums are all any civilised person needs in a record collection, thought otherwise. 😕🙄
Happiest 50th Anniversary to this Iconic single, Life On Mars! Thank you David Bowie for actually making it okay to be different.. 💜✨🥀
Guys David Bowie didn’t die he made it to Mars.
👽 In the afterlife, Mars has spirits for all living things on Earth, but Venus wants to fake it by making us see colors like a butterfly in a dream to think it's the 5th dimension. 👽
He will die there though.....
Bro yes
OnixTV your profile picture destroyed your whole comment
Exacly 😢
My older brother, the family intellectual, was a huge Bowie fan. I remember hearing this and other Bowie songs echoing through out our house over and over again but never had much appreciation for them until now, 50 years later. I regret not paying more attention to the genius my brother was tapping into behind his bedroom door.
Older brothers always know. I know: I'm an older brother. I was an original Bowie fan and followed him all the way to the end. Peace
Older siblings know. One friend’s older sister turned me on to Pink Floyd. Another’s older brothers introduced us to Steely Dan. I was the older sister listening to Bowie, the Tubes, Sabbath, etc., while my younger sister stole my Hotel California, Breakfast in America, and Foreigner albums (no longer in regular play on my turntable, but still appreciated). She tried to nick The Police’s early albums from me, too. I can’t speak about what she did with my unwrapped (for over 4 decades) second vinyl of Dark Side of the moon- the only gift my dad picked out for me by himself (without mom’s help) while he was in London. 😢
My first concert was David Bowie. 1971, Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
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Older sisters know music too y’all… mine taught me all the best 60s/70s rock
One word is enough: perfection.
Happy Birthday David Bowie! ❤❤❤ Gone but will NEVER be forgotten! An absolute genius and legend.
*He's not dead he's just vibing on Mars with aliens*
He's under cold sleep under Tesla building, trust me
Yasss, he is not dead legends never die :,)
Yes he did died
he’s not dead. he’s with the spiders from mars
How do I get to Mars I want to meet him.
Can we just appreciate that piano for a second
pretty sure thats what everyones doing
For a second? How about the rest of my life
yes, Rick Wakeman on keys. if you haven't watched him talking about it.. it's worth a watch.. esp. the bit about how bowie's chord progressions are different from the norm :-)
DEFINITELY..
David was an extremely gifted song writer. Self taught- pure talent and force of will. He hammered out this song on the piano (hence the interesting chord changes) but got Rick Wakeman to do the actual recording to sound more polished.
"I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring" - David Bowie ( maybe he's on Mars )
I always liked Bowie but I wouldn't have called myself a big fan... until I heard this song 2 years ago and went into a full blown obsession. What an unbelievably talented human.
That was me in the early 80's when I first heard Moonage Daydream. Was never a big Bowie fan until that point then everything changed after hearing it.
@@MoultrieGeek those are the best moments. Music is so important to me and I was lucky to be raised by a man who is also very passionate about music. my dad was born in 55 which (in my opinion) has got to be an amazing year to have been born as he got to see so many musicians perform live in the 70s as a teenager into his mid twenties. my teenage son thinks the same thing about the bands his dad and I saw live in our youths (Radiohead is the one he always brings up) but as much as I love 90s music... there's just something about the early 70s that was pure magic. This song has recently become my favorite song of all time. I just never get sick of it ❤
DAVID BOWIE 1947 - ETERNAL
I was just thinking the same thing
Bowie is top three of the big brain in rock music business:Bob Dylan 2-Bowie 3-??
oh come on now
He’s 70?? I had no idea!
@@brinley9629 he was 69 when he died, he would be 72 now
Did you guys know the guy who directed this also made the Bohemian Rhapsody music video and took some of Queens most iconic pictures?
I didn't, but now I do. Thank you.
What's his name?
@@nc578 Mick Rock
Wow he really likes zooming in on people’s faces
That's pretty cool!
Everything about this video is perfect. The music is unforgettable. The makeup is beautifully done and Bowie’s ice blue suit is very charming. Most of all, the simplicity of the music video is what makes it so good.
Could you imagine watching this guy write songs in his house. Like, he was a person who paid bills, etc. But to see how he actually put songs together, and his view point on making art, would be really crazy. My mom's first husband in the 70s partied with Bowie, actually danced together with him, and not for a second, but like hours. She said he was super down to earth and fun asf.
Lol copypasta
Totally Agree ... Mick was ace ... I wish we had never lost any of them ... the Ziggy sound is so hard to copy, I had a go on YT but at least I connected with lots of Bowie Fans.
His first few years, the glam rock era, I think he hunted to be a hit artist and was "trying to pay the bills". Once he finally made it he really did his own thing, you can see his music evolve over the years and he always kept an open ear to different music genres, even new ones. His relationship with Trent Reznor is interesting as well if you want some insight into his industrial music period (I'm afraid of Americans et al).
@@usulnet1386 That's the thing about the top artists, the ones that are always at the top. They always have an open mind, and they always find the best bits and peices of the music they grew up with and found things that the audience loved and the things they didnt and then kept evolving. IKEA does the same thing when they have a product out, they do surveys to see what products do well vs ones that dont. I feel people treat being famous as an identity in it's self rather than being famous for something they created that they loved. They see themselves as world class musicians or entertainers rather than famous people in general.
@@dinklebamp4266 David Bowie
David Bowie. The only guy that looks good with a mullet.
and Crystal Methyd
@Felix O'Kane I think so
Joe Exotic ?
What about Joe Dirt
He looks like clown
I miss him. And yet, weirdly, he seems to still be here. Somewhere. Behind the scenes.
Я только сегодня решила послушать Дэвида Боуи и я так поражена он такой талантливый ❤😢💔❣️💘 покойся с миром Дэвид
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is stu morris
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It’s a pity that the World will never see these beautiful eyes again.
Video: Am I a *freaking joke* to you?
For real tho
Which one?
ok
His eye colour was the result of him and one of his friends fighting over a girl they both liked. True fact. R.I.P. David.
No one can imagine how shocking and mesmerizing it was to see someone who looked like this and sounded like this in '72....it was so new, unusual and great!
Well, as it was fifty years ago, there are today people in their sixties and older who, I suppose, could well imagine the shocking and mesmerising novelty of this original pop video. On the other hand, had anyone in their eighties and nineties glimpsed this in 1973, say on one of the only three TV channels available to anyone who possessed a television in Britain, by then most households, then they would not have been so surprised. Why? Because they grew up with music hall acts and vaudeville, then the staple of British popular entertainment, with much dressing-up and buffoonery and mockery. A ninety-year-old in 1973 had been born in 1883! Bowie here, in Life On Mars?, is a pantomime character. As a child in south London, he would have been well aware of music hall legends - under the likes of which a young Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel learned their trade. Indeed, it is said that David Bowie’s idea for the “Major Tom” character in his 1969 hit song “Space Oddity” was sparked by seeing a poster advertising variety show acts as managed by one Tom Major, father of future British prime minister John Major, who was prime minister after Margaret Thatcher in the 1990s. Yes, Bowie here has burnt up the colours to paint himself as a novelty television star. The effect was dampened by the fact that probably more than half of British households in 1973 had still only a black-and-white television in the house. Colour television was so expensive that people frequently rented a television set. But to Bowie’s advantage, as there were only three TV channels available to any Briton, when his pop video was played, on Top Of The Pops only, probably, because it reached the no. 3 spot and stayed there for 3 consecutive weeks, at least one-in-three people watching TV would have watched it. Moreover! Moreover, the family gathered round the television set, the only flickering screen in the house, would have sat there agog at this pantomime character, effeminate in parts but giving way to a determined maleness, strutting very gracefully through his pop routine, such that, as they were in each other’s company, they talked about this wild character and his eccentric, expressive thoughts, however not much different in wildness and eccentricity to so many other household names in film, music or art at that time. The old stage introduction of “for your entertainment and approval” is what is effectively mockingly teased by Bowie here. A low-waist culture that comes with mass entertainment as lifestyle is the target of Bowie’s sardonic routine. Do we really want to say yes to all of it? Puffed up and fluffed up, but full of a weary resignation, Bowie takes pot shots at the exotic bird he is, at himself, the pantomime villain who represents the numbness of all-conquering mass entertainment. Even in 1973! It’s a pose by Bowie, though, too. He’s letting you know that he got there first to tell you so! On TV! And in colour! So in only a limited way did Bowie shock and mesmerise his TV audience in the ‘seventies. There were not enough colour TV sets to go round. Merely getting a colour picture was what was new and unusual, in fact. And it is a little sad to realise that perhaps this pop video was only played twice or three times over the airwaves throughout the Seventies. Hardly a recipe for shocking a nation. But the name of the game back then was to get people to take note. They remembered …. something. And then something of a mystique developed. And that’s what’s missing in the mountain of stuff that is today’s internet world, full of tiny ridiculous screens. What’s shocking is that nobody is shocked or mesmerised by anything anymore. We are lesser people for it. We are not in fact cool and easy about a certain something just because we assume that folk in ‘72 would have been so closeted in their taste and horizons that they would have died from embarrassment in the same boat. Yes, such is the desire for information and tidbits today, that it is no surprise really that no-one can imagine anymore how to be shocked and entertained.
We see everything now ten times or more …. and we are just not shocked. Nor even amused.
‘73, not ‘72.
@@rustshoo5068 my god. I wasn't expecting that many words.
I was 8
Happy birthday Bowie wherever you are in the universe ⭐️ 🌟 💫
You are correct. I am completely glued to this video. My own makeup is similar and I am also a guy. You can't beat how good Bowie looks here. Look at good this even feels.
Rebelrebel... 😉
Rest in paradise you crazy starfish
Word
Starfish? Why a starfish?
BABBY BOBABS Why? More like why the flippity flip-flop not? 💫
I mean star man
this comment just made me so happy idk y
david bowie was without any doubt the most stylish man ever
aaakc. Icon of style 💙
But his make up was in bits.
@@geraldstafford2240 no
@@allstr8peopledeservetodie10 rotten fish...because were worth it !.
Nah eltohn John probably is
Probably one of the best examples of deliberately overexposing the image for an ethereal effect, blending Bowie’s skin into the blank background. Absolutely iconic music video
This was the first peice of video media I ever saw. I was very little, and had never watched any tv before. It's one of my clearest and earliest memories. This song is still mindblowing, and I love this music video more than anything else.
we did it boys, perseverance is safe and sound
Yeeeeeeeeeaaass
@@Vadim_k.d. This better be the first song to be played on Mars.
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Girl stop 💀
Say hello to Dr. Manhattan.
I've had my own battle with cancer. David Bowie was unique. Like millions of others I grieved when you passed😢 You are so deeply missed by us all😔 Rest in peace Starman 🙏🙏🙏
Think about it this way: Humans have been on this planet for roughly 250,000 years. We were just damned lucky to be here at the same time as him.
@@almostfm You are so right Love that comment fella Top man 👍👍
@@almostfm We are fella 👍
I miss him dearly.
@@system3008 We all do fella 😔
Одна из не многих песен которая при тысячах прослушиваний всегда вызывает мурашки
めっちゃわかる…何回聞いても感動する🥺💕
Честно я вообще узнал об этой песни т. к у моей любимой группы nine inch nails есть кавер на эту песню. И теперь Bowie пополнил список моих любимых исполнителей!
My absolute favorite Bowie song!! Sometimes, the world needs to lose a genius to appreciate what they lost. At least Bowie's genius will be with us forever.
Mick Rock: "So how much exposure should we add to this video, David?" David: "...Yes."
Actually, no. I've seen the original clip. It was scratched up, but the color balance was correct in it. This has been purposely blown out. I don't know if that was Mick Rock's artistic decision when this video was cleaned up, but I hate this, knowing what it once looked like.
this is a masterpiece
He didn’t die, he went to see if there was life on Mars with major tom and the goblins in the labyrinth
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And Ziggy
That's beautiful.
Is that so?
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Can't get this song out of my head. I was 16 when I first heard it. We'll see him again in paradise 💯
Hey you should listen to my brothers band if you like David Bowie, his band is called The Doublejumps
To True .... such a Legend .... just had to celebrate by doing my tribute song to the main man on You tube ... "Life on Mars - Space Buoy" .... brilliant Bowie Fans!
I cant believe how talented David Bowie is, R.I.P.
When this song plays I begin to ascend into another universe
Yes I agree
Real
How many? Like 4 parallels ahead?
Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the Big Bang effect that allegedly started this universe was actually this song that had somehow travelled back 14 billion years in time to kick the whole thing off.
Same
HOW CAN SOMEONE BE SO BEAUTIFUL EVEN WITHOUT EYEBROWS and i don't even have to mention that this song is absolutely perfect and amazing
... and I don't even have to mention that you wrote a great comment. 😍
Only Bowie.
Jeffree star looks fine without them. But bowie looks better
fame
@depressed bisexual I say that because only Bowie it's hot for me hahaha. But I'm sure that there's more hot people without eyebrows.
Quel grand artiste, quelle belle voix, quelle tristesse encore aujourd’hui de vous avoir perdu Monsieur David Bowie. Vous continuez de me donner du plaisir à écouter vos magnifiques chansons. Un grand artiste, un grand Monsieur. Merci
David Bowie isn't really gone, y'know...he's on Mars and surfing the stars.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
He’s a space oddity
and arguing with Freddie Mercury lol Love how whoever made this video went to Bowie and said, "EXPOSURE! MAXIMUM VIDEO EXPOSURE!" lol its so over exposed.
Ye he’s chilling with major tom on mars
he's not dead he's just waiting in the sky he'd like to come meet us but he'd thinks he'd blow our minds
Late 1960's/ early 1970's : Musical experts: 'David, you'll never make it with your androgynous weird look' David: 'hold my beer.'
He's quite shocking to look at even now, no wonder everyone crapped themselves at the "weirdo"back then.
Reminds me of penny wise
The following document document
*hold my ambrosia
@timur blentic David Bowie hated tea.