The next Mars rover needs to be named "Bowie."

@karagrace4189

3 жыл бұрын

Most definitely! 👏

@kevinschomisch

3 жыл бұрын

Ziggy!

@hannahbeanchilli

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, NEEDS

@ilicgustav9192

3 жыл бұрын

Better yet, that should be the name of the spaceship that takes the first humans there !

@johngurnhill8743

3 жыл бұрын

Make it happen please

Fun Fact: You love this song.

@asaplucky6164

3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: That’s true .

@janeth4356

3 жыл бұрын

How did you know ???????

@abigailcruz1977

3 жыл бұрын

How did you frikin know?!

@nexus9803

3 жыл бұрын

Nope... I’ve never heard it before😅 but I found it after Ilon Musks flying to Mars Tesla soundtrack)))

@inkosi9260

3 жыл бұрын

nope, i have a music project about this.

Imagine being a teen when Bowie first came on the scene, it was so mindblowing, there was no one else even remotely like him.

@chrispolo840

Жыл бұрын

Love David Bowie? You'll love a band called The Doublejumps

@zeralita0

Жыл бұрын

still isn't

@andymcburzel9959

Жыл бұрын

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"😎

@Crabchann

Жыл бұрын

Hes one of my heroes. What a bliss that was for you guys.

@lewisner

Жыл бұрын

Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music ?

It's illegal to dislike this song.

@andrewmarcellis2007

Жыл бұрын

Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie. Similar songwriting styles but unique as well

@sirandrelefaedelinoge

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewmarcellis2007 ty 👍

@spkanava

Ай бұрын

71

@hopeinjesus8289

Ай бұрын

Probably -- the way listen probably is. Hahah

@alexisherr3653

Ай бұрын

FATCS

David Bowie is not dead, he lives on Mars

@jandron8519

3 жыл бұрын

The Final Boss

@Bloodyred2010

3 жыл бұрын

wait he’s dead!?

@Praustys

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bloodyred2010 legends never die

@makarpronin2008

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bloodyred2010 you still does not know?

@MyDrummingHead

3 жыл бұрын

Bowie ain't dead

Should be the first song played on Mars Edit: close enough

@themachinehead4421

5 жыл бұрын

I really hope so.

@alonelyz1981

5 жыл бұрын

volume 1000 so that we can hear it

@CardZed

5 жыл бұрын

@@alonelyz1981 volume 2^ side 8

@rohanbenjamin8497

5 жыл бұрын

And the trip starman

@brightonbetoit463

5 жыл бұрын

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

Fun Fact: You could listen to this song 76,701 times on the way to Mars.

@andrewmarcellis2007

Жыл бұрын

Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie. Similar songwriting styles but unique as well

@saturniidspectre

Жыл бұрын

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!

@adambomb1553

Жыл бұрын

And still love it every time. But, you have to listen to Space Oddity during take off

@Vivechyanityam01

Жыл бұрын

😂

@Un039

11 ай бұрын

@@adambomb1553 nah Dude it'll jinx you

Happy birthday David Bowie!!! He would've been 77 years old if he was still with us ❤

@jiveassturkey8849

3 ай бұрын

He died too young. Every person should see 80 years at least.

@desireesimmons7594

2 ай бұрын

😊❤

@mars-jr5uu

2 ай бұрын

@@jiveassturkey8849hii😊

@r.kratermoon1050

2 ай бұрын

Reading that breaks my heart :(

@Elliacks

Ай бұрын

the last chance to read tintin, from 7 to 77 years old !

1971: 'Wow... this song is amazing!' 2022: 'Wow... this song is amazing!' 3143: 'Wow... this song is amazing!'

@alansmithee419

Жыл бұрын

20123: "The hell's a song?" "I dunno but this one's amazing!"

@markzane8542

Жыл бұрын

@@alansmithee419 😃

@pearl9374

Жыл бұрын

That’s if humanity still exists after global warming but Ik what u mean

@myozz.khanh.279

Жыл бұрын

Yeah forever

@paolacristinatumialanvasqu500

Жыл бұрын

Siempre lo sera!

David Bowie: Mars Elton John: Space Freddie Mercury: Mercury John Lennon: Venus The Cardigans: Moon Hotel: Trivago

@stonedbeatle3003

4 жыл бұрын

Yas

@ebonycouley189

4 жыл бұрын

Oh jeez lol

@aerial3757

4 жыл бұрын

Sebastían And John as Walrus man

@darvfgfg

4 жыл бұрын

And Michael Jackson- world

@annastarkey

4 жыл бұрын

@@aerial3757 Nowhere Man, come on

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.

@geraldalbrow350

9 ай бұрын

Goosebumps every time I listen to it

@waynenorthspacebuoy3529

9 ай бұрын

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!

@JennB331973

4 ай бұрын

I could not agree more. I wish I had seen him live. Only in my dreams.

@clairewaters4297

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I was there for you that missed it. The Greek in LA, CA

@fukudama0721da

2 ай бұрын

me too!japanese in japan.

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.

@Forcoy

9 ай бұрын

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.

@garycarr3857

7 ай бұрын

​@@ForcoyDavid Bowie

@Elvisism

5 ай бұрын

@@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.

@JKTube

5 ай бұрын

+@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.

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.

@derp-zl5lj

2 жыл бұрын

:( rest in peace mick...

@ladygrinningsoul

2 жыл бұрын

RIP Mick

@pioneernut7487

2 жыл бұрын

RIP Mick

@rashidaraja8923

2 жыл бұрын

RIP MICK

@spacecatedits-usedtobecall6670

2 жыл бұрын

He’s on mars with David Bowie 💗

In my opinion, this is one of the most beautiful songs of all time.

@jonathanbien3685

4 жыл бұрын

your opinion is shared by all

@Gina231329

4 жыл бұрын

I wish I could agree. I think it’s rather boring and unpleasant. Maybe I’m just not deep-thinking enough to appreciate it 🤷🏻‍♀️

@MS--wg5lw

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@j.g1637

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. One of my all time favourite songs

@tres2112

4 жыл бұрын

Space Oddity is.

This song won 3rd place on Eurovision this year. David Bowie is genius even after his death

@lieutenantpliskin

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@garycarr3857

10 ай бұрын

@@lieutenantpliskin David Bowie

@lieutenantpliskin

10 ай бұрын

@@garycarr3857 ?

@YT-NPC

9 ай бұрын

no?

@mortenbund1219

9 ай бұрын

Me when I spread misinformation on the internet

I love the way the camera focuses on David's otherworldly face.

@geraldsucks

11 ай бұрын

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.

@mimichu__

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Yes I agree.

@vintage_gal64

Жыл бұрын

OMG YES

@margaretgriffin906

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely 🎉

@graemeyetts3465

Жыл бұрын

They've already done it,there's a rare NASA Bootleg.

@Buffypoodle

Жыл бұрын

@@Name-dv4qu What is? Going to Mars? lol

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.

@maruka1716

4 жыл бұрын

Get back to us in ten years...

@MrSkeleton313

4 жыл бұрын

@@maruka1716 OK I'll get back to you in 10 years (when I'm 26 years old)

@maruka1716

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrSkeleton313 Just saying, Bowie songs have a way of sticking with you over time.

@rdm8524

4 жыл бұрын

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

@jangofett2962

4 жыл бұрын

This is so me

This song is 50 years old in 2023 and here I am still thinking what a masterpiece.

@JohnOakes-mw5ls

3 ай бұрын

It’s taken me till this year to understand what it means and I remember it being released first time around 🙏🙏🙏

Here to pay respects. Happy Bday Bowie, forever iconic.

This song will be probably be recommended the day we land a man on Mars.

@spoonyluv19

3 жыл бұрын

This will be the Mars national anthem

@Chowdah_62

3 жыл бұрын

@Ricky Spanish Jesus Christ that’s deep

@billoyi9600

3 жыл бұрын

@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

@AnonymousDgzjk

3 жыл бұрын

16/11/2020

@yoislanverdecia4497

3 жыл бұрын

yeah

One of the greatest songs ever

@TheDriftingsmoke

6 жыл бұрын

wow that is sad if you think that

@ArtTube333

5 жыл бұрын

TheDriftingsmoke It's so sad that YOU think that

@MrShahid0072

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheDriftingsmoke loser

@bryanhenne3702

5 жыл бұрын

Understatement to greatest song ever and im gen y millennial do the math of how great it is!

@bryanhenne3702

5 жыл бұрын

Understatement to being the greatest song ever!

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.

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.

David Bowie hasn’t died He’s just made it all the way to mars

@dennisomalley4607

4 жыл бұрын

Is that where we go when we die?

@mike_chr_

4 жыл бұрын

He's a starman

@pineapple5511

3 жыл бұрын

Haha the likes are 69 Sorry not the point...

@neswhobruv873

3 жыл бұрын

Pineapple haha Lol, nah don’t be sorry that’s funny!

@raccoonboi9870

3 жыл бұрын

@@dennisomalley4607 mYbe when we day we can go anywhere we want. Even different galaxys

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.

@greenbaguette3154

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@keithwilliams2077

4 жыл бұрын

Just enjoy the songs. Dont need to anylize em

@KeegoonBarnacle

4 жыл бұрын

Keith Williams Why can’t you find enjoyment from analyzing a song?

@Codex7777

4 жыл бұрын

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! :)

@ghettofridge

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@DgimaYugadge

11 ай бұрын

New video Mars! 👍 kzread.info/dash/bejne/pomjqLdwqZuWirw.html

@TrulyGreggington

10 ай бұрын

Wow this is beautiful ❤ I hope you’re doing well :)

@maryburke5423

10 ай бұрын

I love this 😢❤❤

@patopatric

9 ай бұрын

i love u and i love david bowie

@garycarr3857

7 ай бұрын

​@@TrulyGreggingtonDavid Bowie

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. ♡

Bowie isn’t dead, he’s just solving crimes back in the 70’s

@PHRCpvh

3 жыл бұрын

Nice reference...

@aidenhassan4880

3 жыл бұрын

Great show great reference

@CTE2028

3 жыл бұрын

And he’s driving in a cortina

@rafaelsantos7673

3 жыл бұрын

Wrong, he's in the 80s and he's driving a Quattro and his radio's playing Ashes to Ash - oh wait, wrong video

@CTE2028

3 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelsantos7673 haha lol

I’ve just discovered Bowie. Life will never be the same again

@pup1008

2 жыл бұрын

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. 👍

@1982PRA

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up 😌

@pup1008

2 жыл бұрын

@@1982PRA No problem, thank you for getting back to me. 👍 His work in the 70's was immense.

@richardfairlamb9728

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky you, you’re in for an amazing adventure.

@waynenorthspacebuoy3529

2 жыл бұрын

Compltely compelling to play and sing Bowie songs on YT as a one man band ... its spiritual and a priviledge.

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.

@waynenorthspacebuoy3529

9 ай бұрын

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.

This should be the first song that’s ever played on Mars. Iconic.

@ste9281

3 жыл бұрын

Reach for the Stars by will.I.am is the first song to be played on Mars

@chunkyjoe8673

3 жыл бұрын

@@ste9281 shit, I thought it was happy birthday

@jo71394

3 жыл бұрын

@@ste9281 first song ever played by humans then 😂

@oscarosullivan4513

3 жыл бұрын

Shame

@burper-oe6tm

3 жыл бұрын

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"

@sophiamarie5498

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget the extra extra bright lighting

@graveygraveyard

4 жыл бұрын

@@sophiamarie5498 they're also standing right next to the sun how could I forget

@mylittlefox_1960

4 жыл бұрын

But only he could pull it off with his amazing eyes 😍

@JKTube

4 жыл бұрын

+yumi gem: There were a lot of early music videos set in empty white rooms.

@drunken0hobo

4 жыл бұрын

They can zoom in on any part of him and I’d be more than okay w it

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.

@chrispolo840

Жыл бұрын

Love David Bowie? You'll love a band called The Doublejumps

@rickpinter5888

Жыл бұрын

@@chrispolo840 Not even close, lol

@lindahuff8976

Жыл бұрын

He reinvented himself many times and it always worked.

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

@calimero600

3 ай бұрын

It's still common in some parts of the world, unfortunatly. 😢

@YSBilly

3 ай бұрын

@@calimero600Bringing shame to the family?​

@intrepiid

2 ай бұрын

i never knew this! that gives this song a different meaning

@JohnJohn-qq1cw

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

I’ll never forgive myself for not listening to his music before he died

@torpid

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@chxnkerror5182

4 жыл бұрын

Better to enjoy his work late, than never at all.

@roobnater9487

4 жыл бұрын

same!

@roobnater9487

4 жыл бұрын

But i am happy i am now. this is powerful he broke so many gender stereotypes and standards

@jg_1607

4 жыл бұрын

Me too 🙌

We love David Bowie. Today, 75 years ago, his mother probably gave us the greatest artist of all time.

@Jackson.Fawkes

2 жыл бұрын

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 🙂😂

@waynenorthspacebuoy3529

2 жыл бұрын

Completely compelling to play and sing Bowie songs on YT as a one man band ... its spiritual and a priviledge.

@mrlodwick

2 жыл бұрын

Love on ya bro.

@roderickmendoza631

2 жыл бұрын

Is the grastest artist Of all time. Is true.

@christianchapman9420

2 жыл бұрын

Greatest of all time .. you sure ??

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 🖤

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SING "MY WAY" ALONG TO THE INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THIS CLASSIC BOWIE STAPLE. GENIUS.

@lemau8458

Жыл бұрын

Wow, it's almost as if common chord progressions are a thing!

@robertwilson214

Ай бұрын

French melody

Can we just appreciate that piano for a second

@Johndoe-gd4tb

6 жыл бұрын

pretty sure thats what everyones doing

@nebulasurfer666

6 жыл бұрын

For a second? How about the rest of my life

@fogvarious2478

6 жыл бұрын

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 :-)

@gregp0317

6 жыл бұрын

DEFINITELY..

@oliveeisner8964

6 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@hankweiser5964

3 жыл бұрын

Someday we'll see the Starman waiting for us in the sky

@pacaspascal6986

3 жыл бұрын

@@hankweiser5964 damn...

@christhornton3270

3 жыл бұрын

Him and Elvis

@playboirae6471

3 жыл бұрын

☠️

@rigzmoviediaries654

3 жыл бұрын

But he is dead doe.

I swear to god, this is the best rock song ever. Unique melody and harmony, modulations, Mick Ronson's guitar intermezzo, countermelody after the refrain, finale, everything perfect.

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

@garycarr3857

7 ай бұрын

David Bowie

"life on mars ain't just a song"

@deviouspisces7512

4 жыл бұрын

iam._.eliza exactly what I came on here for

@nevergivesup

4 жыл бұрын

LDR :)

@Beenie1984

4 жыл бұрын

Lana del Rey brought me here as well 😅

@punktaylorswift

4 жыл бұрын

me too!! i love lana and this song soo much *-*

@TerryHarbor

4 жыл бұрын

YES....!!!

Man he’s almost been dead for 4 years. Time has really passed :(

@mrdragoman5691

4 жыл бұрын

I know. But the legend lives on.

@COOLSAMMYJO

4 жыл бұрын

Still remember that morning like yesterday .. Couldn't believe it

@isabellemoney2182

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@thescottishcrusader2781

4 жыл бұрын

@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

@katashworth41

4 жыл бұрын

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 will never die, because he has gained immortality through his music. He was & is truly unique, and we always remember the greats. 🤘

@waynenorthspacebuoy3529

9 ай бұрын

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 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 can't stop getting excited every time I hear this perfect song. Absolute genius.

@milyy8637

Жыл бұрын

same here

@lucypaz2126

Жыл бұрын

same! im scared im going to get annoyed of listening to it over and over

@megalodonseancasey8429

Жыл бұрын

Bowie is an occultist who channeled the Devil to write his music, he admitted it. All music stars made a deal

@user-rq6yz1by3l

Жыл бұрын

@@megalodonseancasey8429 sheeesh

@dylanscally24

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more

Guys David Bowie didn’t die he made it to Mars.

@SylkaChan

4 жыл бұрын

👽 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. 👽

@pup1008

4 жыл бұрын

He will die there though.....

@botcontrol1719

4 жыл бұрын

Bro yes

@wilhelmagell7943

4 жыл бұрын

OnixTV your profile picture destroyed your whole comment

@chloehardy2544

4 жыл бұрын

Exacly 😢

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.

I miss him. And yet, weirdly, he seems to still be here. Somewhere. Behind the scenes.

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.

@jamesanderson348

2 жыл бұрын

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

@beachgirl4583

2 жыл бұрын

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. 😢

@ianreed1528

2 жыл бұрын

My first concert was David Bowie. 1971, Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

@steveriggs570

2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@richardcurcio5178

2 жыл бұрын

Older sisters know music too y’all… mine taught me all the best 60s/70s rock

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

@matildah7374

3 жыл бұрын

I definitely believe so!!! He wasn't only a great artist, but also a natural and great person ❣❣❣❣❣❣❣

@BowieBurns

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he is a very nice (was) kind funny man .... and musician Ive ever had the pleasure ! I’m so sad this week

@ednasackeyfio5482

3 жыл бұрын

It pains me that he passed away I wish he was still alive

@BowieBurns

3 жыл бұрын

@@ednasackeyfio5482 thank you captain obvious rip mr B would be 74

@BowieBurns

3 жыл бұрын

@@ednasackeyfio5482 he died today so sad

One word is enough: perfection.

1971: "wow, this song is amazing" 2000: "wow, this song is amazing" 2024: "wow, this song is amazing"

Goosebumps. Everytime. We strongly miss you, David Robert Jones.

@grace5176

4 жыл бұрын

@Jason Arul He died in 2016

@orsemcore

4 жыл бұрын

you said his full name, you must be special

@alaindicatif8066

4 жыл бұрын

@@orsemcore @danklad Thank you for noticing. You take the time to write such a mocking comment, you must be an embittered person.

@allstr8peopledeservetodie10

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@irenehessenauer169

4 жыл бұрын

A fashion icon even then. Flashin' duds for '73.

I can’t explain the way this song makes me feel

@riverzin666

4 жыл бұрын

In these _four_ minutes, this song makes me feel 1001 feelings

@danyelle8856

4 жыл бұрын

neanch'io

@creativepop8196

4 жыл бұрын

@@riverzin666 I see what you did there

@riverzin666

4 жыл бұрын

@@creativepop8196 hehehe I feel bad now for give that man terrifying feelings

@anakin2002

4 жыл бұрын

4

Happy birthday Bowie wherever you are in the universe ⭐️ 🌟 💫

2024 anyone?

@nguyendailam6703

2 ай бұрын

24 minutes past 8?

@PROFANaGUITAR

2 ай бұрын

Me

@mercieralexis51

2 ай бұрын

The make up was just in advance on his time now we see influencers

@mariarosariadostuni8979

Ай бұрын

David forever ♥️♥️♥️

@shillstradameus4164

Ай бұрын

Yo

He didn’t die, he went to see if there was life on Mars with major tom and the goblins in the labyrinth

@noobboon6915

4 жыл бұрын

....

@klept0manic271

4 жыл бұрын

And Ziggy

@KM-mv3qr

4 жыл бұрын

That's beautiful.

@abramsullivan7764

4 жыл бұрын

Is that so?

@elouiseharris980

4 жыл бұрын

😁💛

David Bowie: is there life on Mars? Them Martians: *wouldn't you like to know, weather boy*

@joeyknight8272

4 жыл бұрын

Haha

@BeanBeanMcBean3000

4 жыл бұрын

teehee

@giovannialoisio4523

4 жыл бұрын

@@BeanBeanMcBean3000 *AGGRESSIVELY HEE HEES*

@Djtvss

4 жыл бұрын

Тоже улыбнулся с данного момента !

@giovannialoisio4523

4 жыл бұрын

@@Djtvss I honestly have no idea of what you're saying

Best song he ever wrote ❤️

Happiest 50th Anniversary to this Iconic single, Life On Mars! Thank you David Bowie for actually making it okay to be different.. 💜✨🥀

David Bowie. The only guy that looks good with a mullet.

@IMbirdieful

4 жыл бұрын

and Crystal Methyd

@valentinaespana1378

4 жыл бұрын

@Felix O'Kane I think so

@tee2000xo

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Exotic ?

@TheWhenTheWhenItheWhen

4 жыл бұрын

What about Joe Dirt

@isafinllr9840

4 жыл бұрын

He looks like clown

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.

@amymcpherson2831

Жыл бұрын

Weren't we so lucky to be alive at the same time as David Bowie?!

@garycarr3857

Жыл бұрын

1971

@Bluedog4712

10 ай бұрын

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!

@mauriziosciancalepore7408

10 ай бұрын

I heard he´s on Mars!

@MochaSugar50658

5 ай бұрын

Happy 77th Bowie!

Happy Birthday David Bowie! ❤❤❤ Gone but will NEVER be forgotten! An absolute genius and legend.

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.

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.

@Jipwell

2 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly this was about the same girlfriend ‘Letter To Hermione’ was based on

@lenecapers6924

2 жыл бұрын

@Jipwell thank you for that insight... Very interesting to know she really existed.

@utoobia

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jipwell ....a girl who, amazingly, was named Hermione.

@plateofpeas7142

2 жыл бұрын

this is what happens when you study film and industry

@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb

2 жыл бұрын

Peace on you, mousy haired girl

we did it boys, perseverance is safe and sound

@Vadim_k.d.

3 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeeeeeaaass

@rodger3352

3 жыл бұрын

:)

@lesaharper7996

3 жыл бұрын

Girl stop 💀

@Gravyballs2011

3 жыл бұрын

Say hello to Dr. Manhattan.

@dukenukem36

3 жыл бұрын

YES, WENT STRAIGHT TO WATCH THIS AFTER

this song is definitely in my top 5 bowie songs. i will never get tired of it

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 ❤️

@chrispolo840

Жыл бұрын

Love David Bowie? You'll love a band called The Doublejumps

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 🙏🙏🙏

@almostfm

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@andyg4082

2 жыл бұрын

@@almostfm You are so right Love that comment fella Top man 👍👍

@andyg4082

2 жыл бұрын

@@almostfm We are fella 👍

@system3008

2 жыл бұрын

I miss him dearly.

@andyg4082

2 жыл бұрын

@@system3008 We all do fella 😔

Did you guys know the guy who directed this also made the Bohemian Rhapsody music video and took some of Queens most iconic pictures?

@YAOG

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't, but now I do. Thank you.

@nc578

4 жыл бұрын

What's his name?

@Sarah-nn5ef

4 жыл бұрын

@@nc578 Mick Rock

@tankunicorn134

4 жыл бұрын

Wow he really likes zooming in on people’s faces

@rocker4207

4 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool!

I’m 64 years old and this song (and video) will never get old or lose its impact.

@MassiveFish-hp4pm

Жыл бұрын

Hey you should listen to my brothers band if you like David Bowie, his band is called The Doublejumps

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🔥

@waynenorthspacebuoy3529

9 ай бұрын

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!

This song is ahead of its time. Too advanced for 1973. It doesnt sound old. It feels like today's generation can still relate.

@rufoscar3

3 жыл бұрын

That my friend is the art of a great lyric.

@cosmicboom4010

3 жыл бұрын

That’s the thing about timeless songs. They’ll always be relevant.

@ramcfd

3 жыл бұрын

this is song way way way ahead of its time !! much like f=ma by newtons ,no gimmicks ,simple simple at its best

@Dustshoe

3 жыл бұрын

Too advanced for 1973? What condescending tripe! Man landed on the moon more than twenty-five years before mobile phones were commonplace.

@Totallyprogolfer

3 жыл бұрын

Dude Elon musk knows how to use this song correctly for his rockets

Rest In Peace, Mars Rover Opportunity. There was certainly life on Mars, and it spoke in one’s and zero’s...

@imetzl9340

5 жыл бұрын

We also actually found life on Mars btw. We found large amounts of methane, which is a by-product of bio orginisms

@NJP695

5 жыл бұрын

Lena Oxton no direct observations of life yet, but indeed the methane outgassing has no known origin yet

@amimrie

5 жыл бұрын

Hang in there Oppo, help is coming.

@g_nn018

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@NJP695

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

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.

@calimero600

3 ай бұрын

Rebelrebel... 😉

Bowie was a musical genius

*He's not dead he's just vibing on Mars with aliens*

@conmane3341

3 жыл бұрын

He's under cold sleep under Tesla building, trust me

@phantomcandyy

3 жыл бұрын

Yasss, he is not dead legends never die :,)

@benburden9323

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he did died

@Willcookedts

2 жыл бұрын

he’s not dead. he’s with the spiders from mars

@willfomes406

2 жыл бұрын

How do I get to Mars I want to meet him.

I’ve said it before but have you ever tried to hit that note when he sings the word, “Mars?” It’s beyond my range. Bowie has a deep range too. Multi talented. I usually watch this song once per day.

@32-bitsam67

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I try sing this song and the 'mars' bit is the hardest to do, especially when you're baritone.

@catherinelevison3310

5 жыл бұрын

32-Bit Sam yes, you don’t really appreciate what he has done vocally until you try it.

@32-bitsam67

5 жыл бұрын

@@catherinelevison3310 True, not gonna stop me from trying to be like him.

@mars-nf9cj

5 жыл бұрын

I can hit it but not hold it

@catherinelevison3310

5 жыл бұрын

Hannah Dowds hi, when I come close to hitting it, then you are right, I can’t keep going and warble the word “Mars” into the other notes he goes to. He always said in interviews that he knew he couldn’t sing. I think he can really sing and had a very wide range. I love his music so much. Been listening since the early ‘70’s. Saw him preform live twice. He didn’t come to my area very often.

This version is so beautiful. His voice made the song even more intimate. I loved the interpretation. It's as if one person were telling us the story of Major Tom. Congratulations!

I have a cousin who loves Bowie, but as far as I'm concerned this is the one I'll never forget, beautiful

DAVID BOWIE 1947 - ETERNAL

@alicethornburgh7552

5 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing

@jean-guillaumegagnon1866

5 жыл бұрын

Bowie is top three of the big brain in rock music business:Bob Dylan 2-Bowie 3-??

@jayybirdberg6545

5 жыл бұрын

oh come on now

@brinley9629

5 жыл бұрын

He’s 70?? I had no idea!

@illusionalmistake7251

5 жыл бұрын

@@brinley9629 he was 69 when he died, he would be 72 now

When this song plays I begin to ascend into another universe

@indianajames4168

Жыл бұрын

Yes I agree

@uglymf833

Жыл бұрын

Real

@dediamkaming

Жыл бұрын

How many? Like 4 parallels ahead?

@tacticalgrace6456

Жыл бұрын

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.

@martinebonita2658

Жыл бұрын

Same

David Bowie isn't dead. He's just living on Mars, and we are not prepared to go there and meet him.

I cant believe how talented David Bowie is, R.I.P.

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.

@dinklebamp4266

Жыл бұрын

Lol copypasta

@waynenorthspacebuoy3529

Жыл бұрын

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.

@usulnet1386

Жыл бұрын

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).

@nomad1517

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@garycarr3857

Жыл бұрын

@@dinklebamp4266 David Bowie

*the dislikes are sailors fighting in the dancehall.*

@ccccklmrun8868

5 жыл бұрын

Lul

@tabithashayla

5 жыл бұрын

Think they were fighting and accidentally touched the dislike button.🤔

@kingkasper2725

5 жыл бұрын

No, they're Law Men disliking the wrong guy.

@princeeros6382

5 жыл бұрын

Aw man! Look at those cavemen go.

@amandamorse747

4 жыл бұрын

2.5 K of people who don't know good music. Probably shitty ass Mumble rappers

8 years without David Bowie❤️😭🕊 January 8th 1947 - January 10th 2016

@pup1008

4 ай бұрын

8 years! Jezzz! Where did that time go.... 😕

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.

@MoultrieGeek

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Leelsabeth

11 ай бұрын

​@@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 ❤

THIS SONG IS ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD..

@kaittlyn

4 жыл бұрын

NO ITS NOT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU

@jos3ph.d

4 жыл бұрын

luvkatie Well, it is. And it’s still as good as it was in 1973.

@adamanskii

4 жыл бұрын

my snap is adamsothers xo

@Stargaze.

4 жыл бұрын

luvkatie. FUCK YOU IF YOU CANT BELIEVE US

@jos3ph.d

4 жыл бұрын

The Blacktea01 Gamez A bit mean, but ok.

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!

@rustshoo5068

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@rustshoo5068

2 жыл бұрын

We see everything now ten times or more …. and we are just not shocked. Nor even amused.

@Pascal5207_

2 жыл бұрын

‘73, not ‘72.

@system3008

2 жыл бұрын

@@rustshoo5068 my god. I wasn't expecting that many words.

@twiggyrox37

2 жыл бұрын

I was 8

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.

david bowie was without any doubt the most stylish man ever

@samanthaxolive8026

4 жыл бұрын

aaakc. Icon of style 💙

@geraldstafford2240

4 жыл бұрын

But his make up was in bits.

@allstr8peopledeservetodie10

4 жыл бұрын

@@geraldstafford2240 no

@geraldstafford2240

4 жыл бұрын

@@allstr8peopledeservetodie10 rotten fish...because were worth it !.

@v45cuyr

4 жыл бұрын

Nah eltohn John probably is

David Bowie was one of a kind, there will never be anyone like him, period

@jayproductions6401

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@areolagrandespoop7269

3 жыл бұрын

@@jayproductions6401 love your pfp ✨

@TheWiseCollector

3 жыл бұрын

freddie murcury

@elliehatesyou7393

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWiseCollector your kidding

@TheWiseCollector

3 жыл бұрын

@@elliehatesyou7393 no y

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

A true artist. Sculpting with sound using our senses as his pallet. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall watching him create this masterpiece. Every time I hear this, the hairs on my body stand on end moving like a wave over me. Filling me up in a way no other form of art could. Thank you David Bowie For this timeless creation.

How did he write those songs? They were all over the place, but just perfectly together at the same time.

@billrowell2919

Жыл бұрын

Drugs

@jimmy2minutes

Жыл бұрын

@@billrowell2919 yep 😆

@garycarr3857

Жыл бұрын

@@waynenorthspacebuoy3529 David Bowie

@iedie1125

Жыл бұрын

It's simple he's just David Bowie

@vladimirluetic3144

Жыл бұрын

He would write the song then he would cut the lines and mixed them so he would get a different perspective on the song true story