That's how you get "Strung out in heaven's high" that is on top of the world "hitting an all time low" ironic, isn't it, dope addicted and suicidal for all that money and fame. It is about celebrity culture and isolation. Messing with Major Tom sounds more like forgetting who you really are, and losing all happiness and sense of direction.
Becoming overtaken by one's own ego. My Interpretation Bowie has stated several times that the song is an Edwardian-type nursery rhyme summation of his career to that point. Bowie says the digger truck was a symbol of advancing violence love machine rumbles through desolation row Location was Beachy Head, an infamous suicide spot, a reference to Major Tom's suicide in Space Oddity Padded Cell, a reference to his brother's time in a Hospital for the Mentally Ill He wears Green Ziggy Stardust boots, again a reference to his past career.
Lyrics "Do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song". Obviously a simple reference to Space Oddity. Kabuki reference, the girls in Kabuki theatre are played by boys. Transformed with make up. Reference to the mid 70s. Skint after the Mainman fiasco even after selling lots of records. Obviously a drug reference, he is trying to get off drugs that dominated his life in the 70s "Funk to Funky". Reference to Low Album "I'm stuck with a valuable friend".
This is Major Tom. Makes him a lot of money royalties ; and hope by sticking with him for this song that he will remain valuable. Bowie admitting his music is rather calculated rather than spontaneous.
Another obvious drug reference "My mamma said". Obviously, a reference to the Nursery Rhyme "My Mamma said" same tune. Bowie via his mother considers that Major Tom is a bad influence, despite him being a valuable friend.
Bowie is ending the 70s and to get things done, needs to leave the characters and music of the 70s behind. I think it is quite obviously a looking back and wrapping up of the 70s - his characters, music, drugs etc wellard on December 21, Link. Down to T Mr Wellard! Time I got on with my life too methinks and give the 90s akick : smi2le on January 10, This is the most useful comment here, but you all seem a bit naive if you think this song is about leaving drugs behind, it's about TRYING to leave heroin behind "time after time See further "prisoner of love" a decade later.
General Comment I wonder if the line 'Oh no, not again' which no one's seemed to talk about is possibly a nod to Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or just coincidence? I'd like to think Bowie was referencing that great scene over Magrathea Lots of wheel shaped alien craft out there, so imagine a junkie astronaut who is used to seeing UFOs saying Oh no, not again. It's bad enough being high in space, but being high and in danger is probably not a good thing.
WillieNAZ on October 31, General Comment I think people read far too much into lyrics. The lyrics are about addiction. He made a good song out of the life experience because that is what the artist does.
The medium is music and words. Sometimes, the words do not have to mean anything much except to sort of reflect the subject matter in a very loose way, perhaps just because some words sound good together and loosely relate to the subject matter of the song. What is relevant is the interplay of melody, harmony, rhythm and word-play. Think 'The Owl and the Pussycat' or the 'Jabberwocky' People are always looking for meaning in their own lives You have to create your own meaning General Comment so, Mr.
Bowie, are we led to believe that "Space Oddity" wasn't so much about an astronaut lost in space as it was about a heroin addict? But it actually wasn't.
It was written because of going to see the film , which I found amazing. I was out of my gourd anyway, I was very stoned when I went to see it, several times, and it was really a revelation to me. It got the song flowing. It's easy to see the similarities if you watch the official music video and compare it to the film.
The music video uses similar lighting and has a similar vibe to " A Space Odyssey. But some have gone on to analyze the song further. The lyrics describe the fictional Major Tom who blasts off into space, but then loses connection with ground control, and gets lost. Bowie was a known drug user at the time, so many have speculated that the song could be metaphor for a drug overdose. Considering Bowie acknowledged that he saw " A Space Odyssey" when he was stoned, it's not really a stretch to think the song might also be related to drug use.
And it's fair to say the music video and " A Space Odyssey" for that matter h as a pretty trippy vibe.
What's a more, a later Bowie song called " Ashes To Ashes " seems to confirm the idea. In that song, Major Tom reestablishes communication with ground control, but they label him a junkie.
Moreover, the song refers directly to Tom at the end disclosing that he becomes something of a legend, but sadly not for his heroic efforts Gold Radio, Credit O. On top of that, people hear about Major Tom also in the song called Hallo Spaceboy which was released in Gold Radio, Although the song does not directly speak of Major Tom, there are some references to him in the remixed version featured with Pet Shop Boys Gold Radio, Hence, a continuation of the story of Major Tom that comes from Space Oddity can be seen.
Besides that, the fans lastly see Major Tom in the music video of Blackstar which was released in just two days before his death Whatley, In the video, there is a dead astronaut and his skull is taken by alien women and they bow down to it which indicates the way of their worshipping to a relic Whatley, Although Blackstar does not feature any reference to major Tom, 47 years later after Major Tom was introduced for the first time, David Bowie paid tribute to the astronaut in his most stark and striking ways once again Whatley, Therefore, it can be said that David Bowie used Major Tom in one of his last videos for representation of his own situation which he died shortly after.
Credit Bowie. Review of David Bowie Blackstar video [Photograph]. Farout Magazine. I'm 23 years old.
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