Shit’s been weird since Bowie died.

@Gajh2014

3 жыл бұрын

And Kobe

@ohioagainsttheworld676

3 жыл бұрын

which is pretty strange, considering how strange he was lol

@TahoeNevada

3 жыл бұрын

@@ohioagainsttheworld676 He was the glue holding the space-time continuum together.

@sexysadie2901

3 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@B-a-t-m-a-n

3 жыл бұрын

And Neil. And Eddie. And hopefully soon, Donald. (what, too soon?) lol

God, I wish I could have EVER met a woman with my intense appreciation of all music. Your vids are an inspiration and hope for humanity. Music transcends everything else. At 73, I am glad I lived to see this. Thank you much for your energy and passion.

Do 'Life On Mars' next.

@lipby

3 жыл бұрын

I love that weird song

@lillyf973

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh he looks awesome in that video!😃

@michaelgold1180

3 жыл бұрын

My top 1 favorite song go for it

David Bowie is here as his alter-ego Ziggy Stardust

@5309backbeat

3 жыл бұрын

Honky Dory is just as good

You got it. It's an avant-garde masterpiece. First released in 1969 it was inspired by Kubrick's Space Odyssey and the Apollo missions. I was still in primary school back then but that song resonated in my head since I first heard it. Also check out Bowie's Life on Mars.

This was released in 1969. The same year as the moon landing. It was inspired by that and the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey."

@warre1

3 жыл бұрын

The song yes. This video is from 1972.

@ottocarson

3 жыл бұрын

Bowie could have composed it earlier. It is said that Stanley Kubrick asked him to write a song in order to use it in the beginning of his new film. Kubrick finally decided to take the Waltz Blue Danube of Strauss, but the intro scene was filmed and edited originally with the music of David Bowie. kzread.info/dash/bejne/q3V2r8Fqo9a6mpc.html

@mamamurray2

3 жыл бұрын

@@ottocarson interesting!

@69zenos1

3 жыл бұрын

The FAKE moon landing?

@bobcat420

3 жыл бұрын

@@69zenos1 You're an imbecile if you think they could've faked something like that back in the sixties.

My sister turned me on to Bowie circa 1981ish (I was 12.) One of the first things I noticed about him was he was often his OWN back-up singer. His voice overs are incredible.

Trippy is definitely the right word to describe Bowie, makes me feel old but amazing watching a younger generation discovering older music.

Check out "Ashes To Ashes". Bowie mentioned Major Tom again.

@sst3d

3 жыл бұрын

Lucifer Sam major Tom was Bowie’s alter ego....and yeah great song

@MrBoyneboy

3 жыл бұрын

@@sst3d No it wasnt Major Tom was what he called his Action Man toy as a kid

@MrBoyneboy

3 жыл бұрын

@@sst3d Ziggy Stardust was his alter ego

@sst3d

3 жыл бұрын

Anthony Mc Cusker Ziggy Stardust was Hendrix...jamming good with weird and gully....he played it left hand but made to far...etc. That’s an ode to Hendrix Lady Stardust was Tommy Bolin....... Bowie was always Major Tom....check out his final act....the play he wrote ...

@MrBoyneboy

3 жыл бұрын

@@sst3d I actually met David a few times and Ziggy was his alter ego he took on in homage to a 50s rocker called Vincent i think he was called . He has said Major Tom WAS what he called his childhood action man toy

Just an utter masterpiece and lightyears ahead of it's time

I think you'll like his "Fashion", guitar is insane. He rocks on "Suffragette City" and "Changes" too

@sjd5750

3 жыл бұрын

Guitarist on Fashion was GE Smith. The guy who used to head up the SNL band from '85 to '95.

@TheCornishCockney

3 жыл бұрын

The Man Who Sold The World album is his most rocking album and Mick Ronson was superb on that,check out the whole album.

@surlechapeau

3 жыл бұрын

@@sjd5750 Robert Fripp, Carlos Alomar played guitar on Fashion. Check wikipedia and songfacts. GE Smith appeared in the video.

@sjd5750

3 жыл бұрын

@@surlechapeau Wow!..That's crazy!..did not know that. I just assumed it was Smith, because of the video..Kind of weird that he'd be in the video..Thanks for the info.

@surlechapeau

3 жыл бұрын

@@sjd5750 It is definitely weird. You're welcome

This song came about during the space race. David saw the film 2001: A Space Odyssey while high and this song came out of it. It was released in a shortened version 10 days before the Apollo 11 moon landing. Major Tom is a fictional character that David also wrote into songs like Ashes to Ashes and Hallo Spaceboy, and the music video for Blackstar.

What gives this song an otherworldly feel is the mellotron, a keyboard instrument that sounded like a string section, albeit with a sour tone. Rick Wakeman played the mellotron here. He would famously go on the be the keyboardist for the rock group Yes.

You are so adorable! I love young people so willing to expand their musical experiences. If you're goin' with Bowie... "The Man Who Sold The World" will freak you out!!!

Bowie was a genius. So much of his music is brilliant. We were blessed with him, Pink Floyd, Queen and others all at the same time! Late 60’s and 70’s produced music that will be timeless

Watching your joy in his music was something else. You made me smile and laugh. Bowie was an extraordinary musician and composer on top of his performing talent.

I would recommend "Rebel Rebel", another classic Bowie song you don't want to miss. Great reaction!

David Bowie was from another planet. Had to be... 💜

Everybody in the world loves ar least one David Bowie song. This is a unique artist,

Great video, well done! This was his first hit back in 1969.

The harmony is by guitarist Mick Ronson I believe. Eargasm - accurate description girl.

Fantastic reaction! I've heard this song a million times but you somehow brought out new sounds I never noticed before. Excellent! Life on Mars, please. The live version with him in his blue suit. Starman, too!

"Golden Years" next please!

You should watch "The Man That Fell To Earth" starring Bowie as an alien...AWESOME!

The next episode in the Major Tom saga: Ashes To Ashes (1980) A monster hit and another weird eargasm.

@danmcconnell5941

3 жыл бұрын

And maybe even Blackstar is the finale

@harripalomaki8796

3 жыл бұрын

@@danmcconnell5941 There's Hallo Spaceboy (1995) as well.

@guyelmouchnino6531

3 жыл бұрын

I 100% agree with you. Next song : Ashes to Ashes

@studa68

3 жыл бұрын

If you go to Ashes to Ashes (great song!) then you might want to check out Peter Shillings 80’s hit “Major Tom” inspired by David Bowie’s character Major Tom from the songs a Space Oddity and Ashes to Ashes.

David Bowie was out of this world!!!😉👌✌️👍😁

Try "I'm Afraid of Americans" for a completely different Bowie, just as amazing but different. A modern Bowie, produced by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. Amazing song.

I have read every suggestion in the comments and all of them are so good it makes me want to go on a Bowie binge. You can’t go wrong with any of these suggestions.

Absolutely love watching you groove to a killer piece

You pretty much have to do “Ashes to Ashes” now. The continuing story of Major Tom. Huge hit.

The instrruments include a tiny battery toy keyboard called “a Stylophone”

The mellotron was played by Rick Wakeman, who ended up as the keyboard player in Yes for almost all of their classic albums. He also plays piano on Life On Mars.

@mikeking7710

3 жыл бұрын

OMG how have I listened to this for over 50 years, and not know that Wakeman was on this track? I'm stunned...learnin' every day...

@BigMacIain

3 жыл бұрын

The story goes that Tony Visconti got him the gig because he knew how to keep the mellotron from going out of tune.

@TheOriginalFILIBUSTA

3 жыл бұрын

Top notch arrangement and production. Turning a folk song into Sonic Pop Art!

@donaldanderson6604

3 жыл бұрын

Wakeman was doing sessions when he was still at school and left music college because he was getting so much work. He was a very good sight reader and was known as one take Wakeman because he was accurate. Apparently Bowie offered him the gig with Spiders from Mars on the same day he accepted the job with Yes.

@BigMacIain

3 жыл бұрын

I know! Can you imagine him in makeup and 6-inch platform shoes?

You are a sweetheart. Give a go black stars lasaraus his last album before knowing he's dead soon. It'll make you cry. I still think your on something as I said a couple of months ago love from UK

It was based on the movie 2001 a Space Oddisity. Which David said he viewed Several Times High... It's a very trippy Flick Glad to see you liked this Song....

That is the most genuine reaction of any music I've ever seen. I think you might also like his older stuff as well, like 'Slow Burn' or 'Little Wonder'

When they first really got into stereo, many artists really explored the space. Bowie did it very well. Eargasm indeed!

LOL bell rings us by now! Endless Love Scribe!!!

Golden years is a must! 💓💓

I watched this as a teenager on American Banstand... Davis Bowie has other great songs ....Fame..Young Americans and more bringing me way back to my growing up days....

I love Space Oddity! It was the first pop song I heard when I was a little boy! Bowie is just so brilliant! A music legend! 🙂🌞🌻🙏

Everyone keep saying a lot of suggestions, all I can say is, you got a play Ziggy Stardust

@jamessomers8808

3 жыл бұрын

Ziggy played guitar.

@mayaenglish5424

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamessomers8808 Jamming good with Weird and Gilly,

@jamessomers8808

3 жыл бұрын

@@mayaenglish5424 and the spiders from Mars...

@BoudicaJ

3 жыл бұрын

Yesssss..tis where I began and not looked back since. The greatest genius that ever lived...literally

@mayaenglish5424

3 жыл бұрын

@@BoudicaJ I'm sorry sir/ ma'am, though your statement is indeed the truth, the correct next comment is actually: "He played it left hand"

His first hit! He made this for the Moon Landing that happened about 1 week later after this came out in '69!

In the 70s, before the shuttle disasters. Nobody's been lost in space - yet. But when someone is, there'll already be a song abt it.

This song always reminds me of a spring break me and 2 buddies went to in the early 70's. Trust me we were floating in our tin can right there with Bowie!

I love how trippy this song is! If you want another, but very different, example of how Bowie layered music, try "Let's Dance". The guest lead guitarist was none other than Stevie Ray Vaughan!

His Concerts were Unforgettable 🎤🗣

Moonage Daydream is trippy as hell

Great reaction. Lots of emotion. Bowie was one of the all time bests and the best artists played with him because of it.

he wrote this for 1969 moon landing. Thanks I haven't listened to this in years. I enjoyed your response to this

Ok, I'll admit it. I'm not even normal for a Bowie fan. I'd like to see you react to "All the Madmen" or "Scary Monsters."

Omg! You're reaction is fantastic! You are obviously digging this classic and I think that's great. Keep up the good work! And thank you for you're eclectic choices!

Have you done much Pink Floyd? An early album called Ooma Gooma had some trippy music. One song in particular called "several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict".

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

His spirit is leaving his body. He's mind (ground control) talking to his conscience (spirt) as he dies and looses contact.

Great Reaction! You looked overwhelmed at the end of that epic experience haha, The song was released on 11th July 1969 just 5 days before the Moon Landing on the 16th of July :) THe video is from 1972. I know EXACTLY where I was when I first heard this that year. I was a Working Class lad from South East London who, luckily, went to a Grammar School and became friends with a Middle-Class Guy and we were all playing Board games on the floor in his parent's house in Clapham S W London and this came on :) FUN FACT: Only (then ) Session Musician: Rick Wakeman knew how to use and control THe "Mellotron" so he got all the Session work at the time. He then joined YES, .the rest is history!

This songs still blows your mind today. I can’t imagine what it was like to hear it come out back in the day. It must’ve exploded minds! Haha

@mervyngilham2349

3 жыл бұрын

One just floated listening to this it was so beautiful. So much music going on, great times growing up then.

Best reaction to Bowie I've ever seen. Much love to you.

I always read this song as statement on our personal insignificance and inability to affect the chaos of the world. Gaining the perspective of the vastness of space Maj. Tom becomes addicted to the peace and decides to remain out there instead of returning. "Thank you wife, but your consolations aren't enough." LOL.

My fav David Bowie song!

Girl, you brought a smile to my old face!

The man was a genius composer and way before his time

Apparently Ground Control really said at take off of Apollo 11 "May God's Love Be With You". Really confidence boosting stuff. Welcome to the world of David Bowie. Life on Mars, Official video is one you might try for another reaction. ❤

This was released literally 5 days before the Apollo 11 mission was launched, so landing on the moon was still about a week away, but it was about to happen, so this was extremely topical.

Great reaction to an absolute musical genius

This is the second video made for this. The first was 1969. This is 1972 when he broke big as Ziggy Stardust, hence the hair.

Welcome to the British 1960s Luv x

David Bowie was a genius. RIP

what a great original song i was there with you all the way. so happy right now. cheers

I LOVE this song. Have for a VERY long time.

Loved your reaction to this! Good luck with everything x

I just recently found Aurora-- Life on Mars(David Bowie cover) ...it is awesome! David would be very very impressed.

Great review! You always pick up on and react to the most essential elements of the recording.

I absolutely love watching you discovering this music...It energizes it anew for me, even though I've heard this song so many times in the decades since that first time, back when I was in junior high (Yeah, I'm in my 60's now). Credit to you also for being willing to show yourself *feeling* the music, and sharing with complete strangers. That takes some nerve and possession. Brava...

The inspiration for the song was 2001 A Space Odyssey and was recorded before the moon landing.

Your reactions are easily some of the best I've seen. You notice every little detail and switch up, and you are clearly such a big lover of all music that your energy is just infectious. Seriously keep it up, easy subscribe from me!

Another Bowie funky jam is “Golden Years”

His wife of over 20 years was the queen in the Michael Jackson music video "Remember The Time"

Wow Scribe you're the best !!! Absolutely loved this reaction video !!!

Thanks for that. I have known that song for 51 years. When you her something from when you are 6 you stop really listening to it. Your reaction made me hear this superb song again. Thanks and best wishes.

You made me laugh and smile with this reaction. Thank you. Bowie - Queen Bitch is one f my favs

It's as if we can hear the trip to space through his musical interpolation Thank you again

Starman was a great hit for Bowie and us of course. Have a listen! 🙂

David Bowie was so space out.

This was decades before we had the space crashes

I love your visceral reaction to this song!

He took it to that next level!

Try Let’s Dance, Modern Love, China Girl

David Bowie, Starman!

David Bowie is singing back ground as well

There're many reasons David Bowie was a living legend...this is one. GREAT reaction! First time on your channel: won't be the last! Wonderfully articulate, not hard to look at ( :D ) and your comments are spot-on. Great job! New fan!! If nobody has mentioned them, you need to do a reaction to Type O Negative "Black No. 1" and Peter Steele, who, unfortunately, like Bowie, is no longer with us.

Ziggy Stardust, Starman, and Under Pressure with Queen are all tip top from Mr Bowie. Under Pressure is one you cannot miss tho.

Just because of this video I'm gonna subscribe and watch ALL your reactions. This is how people should enjoy thier music.

The late great guitarist Mick Ronson doing backup vocals

Been seeing your videos pop up on youtube. Watched 2 now I'm subscribed. You Rock

He had seen "2001 a Space Odyssey" & inspired by this, wrote "Space Oddity" - but with a twist: Rather than the astronaut being trapped in space by his computer, Bowie expressed his own sense of alienation & had the character of the song "Major Tom", turn off communications & strand himself in space. The mind if a creative musical genius just doing it's thing. Brilliant song. Please do his follow up to this Ashes to Ashes.

on point as always my Lady...as always...

These reactions video are a current guilty pleasure but surprisingly fruitful since I end up hearing things in the music I simply did not notice or recognize as significant until brought to focus by perceptive reactors like yourself. It's like have a guide at times to your own neighbourhood and marvelling at the significance of familiar streets. Thanks.

Bowie's eyes are different colors. I believe he was punched when he was young and it blew out his retina. Oh, and if you have not done it yet, rebel rebel and ch ch ch changes

I've always like the military tat-tat that the drums have in beginning.

I've heard this song 100 times, but you pointed out details I never noticed before. Schooled by Scribe. Love your reaction.