I was playing this song in my car and my 10 year old grandson asked me who sang this song and what was it about. Now every time he's in my car he says, "grandma, put major Tom on". It's his favorite song. This song is a classic, it never gets old.
Aww old lady such a sweet little youtube comment story. Come be with a young man imma cook you some collard greens and we goin smoke a blunt and chill imma make you feel young and silky again
@@arcam8880 @Arca M song came out 11 July 1969. Bowie penned this one after watching 2001: a Space Odyssey several times, while very very high, and also going through a break up I believe. He said in an interview that it was the isolation that he related to. When the moon landing was televised in Britain, the BBC played this song with it. Bowie's pretty sure they didn't listen to the lyrics properly lol
Today, I was coming back home from my father's funeral. My son sitting in the passenger seat, asleep. To clear my mind, I turn on the radio. The local classic rock station NEVER plays this song, until today. Yep, I cried.
my condolences, I recently lost my father at the age of 20 last year to ALS, I haven't quite fully processed and moved past it yet due to the strange way I process grief, but life goes on. He visits me often in my dreams, I guess in a way it's his way to spend all the time with me that he lost
@@supercomputer0448I feel like it means " the planet is blue and humans can never change that" the earth will be the same whether we try to destroy it or not. Leave and come back and it will still be here
God love em. He step thought the door and he's floating in the most peculiar way. His space ship knows which way to go. We love him very much and he knows
Rest in Peace, Michael Collins. ~October 31, 1930 - April 28, 2021~ He may have not walked on the moon, but he was the reason we got there, and for that one giant leap for mankind on the moon on that fateful day in 1969. May he rest easy, and join Neil Armstrong among the stars.
We have more technology in a cell phone than they had in all of NASA back in 1969. So exactly how did they fly to the moon? And how did they live through the Van Ellen radiation belts that surround the earth? Black & white fuzzy images on 📺 Tell Lie Vision 📺 and the world bought it all. Just like the 9/11 lie. People hate the truth but love all the lies.😪 It won’t all be hidden much longer.
In an interview about “Space Oddity” (1969), David Bowie explained : “In England, it was always presumed that it was written about the space landing […]. But it actually wasn’t. It was written because of going to see the film 2001, which I found amazing […]. I went to see it, several times, and it was a revelation to me. It got the song flowing. It was picked up by the British television, and used as the background music for the landing itself. I’m sure they weren’t listening to the lyrics at all […]. Obviously, some BBC official said, « Oh, right then, that space song, Major Tom […], that’ll be great, » « Um, but he gets stranded in space, sir. » Nobody had the heart to tell the producer.” 💙🚀💜 May you Rest In Peace, David Robert Jones, a.k.a. David Bowie (1947 - 2016) 🌹
As a doctor in the military, a patient who was badly wounded sat on my operating table after getting his left leg blown off. He was pale and cold as ice, but when he grabbed my hand his grip was as hot as a summer day in August. He grabbed me with urgency and said "please sir, tell my wife I loved her very much" . I grabbed his sholder and smiled, I said "she knows". He laid back on the table with a smile and took his last breath.
I think there is an old Serbian saying (might be wrong on the Serbian) Be humble for you are made of the earth, be noble for you are made of the stars .. I like that
12 in 1970 means you were 42 in 2000 and now 63 in 2021! Bless you! I probably won't make it that long especially with the state of the world! I am 39 now!
"Planet Earth is blue, And there's nothing I can do." This line is my favorite in the song because of its dual meaning. First, in a more literal sense, Major Tom states the color of the planet, the only sight he has to see, while adding that he is helpless while floating in space, but he is also saying that the people of Earth are blue (as in sad) that their hero, the Major Tom who "made the grade" and went to space, is now drifting helplessly to his demise and there is nothing he can do. Nothing to save himself and nothing to save their shattered innocence in the wake of a hero's death
To me this is the storyline 1) Space Oddity 2) Starman 3) Ashes to Ashes 4) Hello Spaceboy 5) Blackstar here is the full story (a theory which we will never know the truth since starman has left) Space Oddity: Major Tom was an Astronaut who was sent on a basic mission to orbit the earth, something happened to his ship in which he had to perform a spacewalk to fix, during this he made a major error either intentionally or unintentionally he freaks out and tells ground control in which they try to help him he can't so he becomes sad and goes through the stages of grief which starts with anger, he was angry at what happened so he said "This is major Tom to ground control i really made the grade" meaning I really messed up and he went straight to the depression stage where he says "Tell my wife i love her very much" ground control tries to tell him to calm down to where he went to acceptance "Here i am floating on my tin can far above the moon Planet Earth is blue And there nothing I can do" which states his space capsule went out of earth orbit and the began to drift off into space. 2 Starman: Major tom crash-landed on a planet possibly Mars, where he tried to radio back but was never able to but he got music from a radio station that he relaxed and listened to thinking of his plan to get back to earth or get off the planet. He possibly saw gods or aliens in space who he called a starman they began to talk to him helping him cope with what was going on, He is told to look out the window to see the earth and how close he could be and get back. 3 Ashes to Ashes: Major tom fixes his radio and radios ground control and this is a rumor floating in the command center, "I heard a rumor from ground control" possibly talking about a young worker who was a kid when Tom left earth. He fixed his radio only long enough to say one sentence "Im Happy Hope you're happy to" possibly stating that he is finally accented he will die in space, and ground control are sad hearing his voice knowing he is "Strung out in heavens high and reaching an all-time low" Meaning he is happy but he is hitting a low because his health is deteriorating from being out in space for a long time years even. Hello Space boy: Major tom left they planet but in doing so he possibly died due to sickness. He is floating away covered in moon dust possibly heading to another planet which leads to the end lf his story BlackStar Blackstar: Major toms body landed on a planet that has a small dwarf star as its sun this planet is tidally locked and is always in an eclipse at night. A race of alien beings find his body and take his skull and is worshiped as a god. His skull is covered in jewels for becoming a famous astronaut and now he is being worshipped as David Bowie is as he is the one and the only starman He is major tom. Starting off so small as a regular music writer to his major fame and to his death where he is always going to be remembered as a musical god
I used to listen to this song all the time as a kid, and now that I understand this all, it just hurts so much worse. The feeling of hopelessness I never felt as a child hitting me now. So many things that scare me, and I just wish I could go back to being an innocent little kid. This song destroys me but I’m holding onto my memories.
This was one of my first favorite songs as a kid. I still remember the time riding in my dad's car when I first heard this song. I remember I was 9 or 10 years old and first discovering and becoming obsessed with both this song and "Knights in White Satin" by Moody Blues. I was just blown away by both songs. My dad had a major influence on my love for music. I'd ask questions about whatever band we were listening to and he was more than happy to educate me. Looking back now I realize how rare it is for a 9 year old boy to be well versed in a wide variation of bands/artists such as Pink Floyd, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Michael Jackson, Sam Cooke, Bowie etc.
I really wish I got invested in Bowie's music before he passed. He's one of the greatest artists to have been ever concived, and it's a shame I didn't listen to his music any sooner.
@@iedie1125 da baby is better along with...Ed she ran? They are true pinecone...no wait pine icle?...no it's pin sickle ye...Ed she ran and da baby are true pine sickles in society and are way better than da baby ad the only thing da baby made was god and David Bowie which is an operated song, certified boy lover by Drake is a way better song
Welcome to 1960s stereo mixes. They were mixed with _very_ wide soundstages and sometimes straight-up "you sing in the left channel I play guitar in the right". Designed to emulate a live performance on a set of floorstanding loudspeakers. Songs like this play with it a little. Some songs will straight-up unscrew your head like a lightbulb if you wear cans, and they do it by design.
I love this song, yet it makes me so sad, because it plays into one of my biggest fears. To be so terribly isolated from everything, and to have no hope. A cold empty lonely death. What a terrible way to go. But atleast for major tom here, he had lived his life, had a loving wife, a mass of admirers, fame, and a great career. So atleast he died loved.
@@quazisayeed9095 that's the idea, and even if he became the star man after his space oddity and at some point had a life on Mars, he never made it back home.
The clue is in the line planet is blue and there is nothing I can do, it was inspired by the famous photo Earthrise by the Apollo mission, Major Tom is so alienated by what humans are doing to this beautiful planet that he never wants to come back, he's told he's wife and she knows , looking at what's happening now in 2020, who can disagree? Bowie was a genius!
Imagine the devastating feeling of getting lost in the vast emptiness of space, knowing there's nothing you can do to make your way back to earth, using the final minutes of your life to think of how far you've come in life, only to have it all taken away from you, slowly and painfully. Space, although beautiful, it is at the same time a terrifying void in which any information of it is unknown, except for the seemingly massive, but in reality, compared to the rest of our material universe, very small confines of our solar system. Although we may have information on the stars and planets outside of our solar system and even galaxy, any chances of us making our way out there is almost nothing. The world is a cruel, ruthless place in which the only mercy that is given is by living things capable of thought. Yet all of this is simply brushed aside by the oblivious human race.
I truly believe it is an alegory for life. When ones mind is gifted with genious in arts or creativity they often feel misunderstood and very alone for the majority of their lives. Maybe they are born with different brain receptors active than others in society. I believe it is about making peace with the loneliness and true Ego death, that one attains true loving morality independent of societal influence. Selah My friends.
In terms of slow burning songs, Space Oddity is hard to beat. It starts very quietly, but this is a build up to the songwriting equivalent of an adrenaline rush. David Bowie’s singing is energetic and the music perfectly captures the spirit of space travel.
About a month ago, I was put in the back of an ambulance and drove to a mental hospital, i stayed there for 9 days. On the way there, the driver played this song. It has been stuck with me ever since. Thank you, driver.
-Spaceman gets ready for the trip of his life. -Ship starts. -Spaceman is still alive. Major thing on the news. -Spaceman goes out in space in his suit. -Some time later, spaceman realizes there is something wrong with his ship and that he is boned. -Ship wont go even though it is receiving instructions. -"Tell my wife I love her very much." -"She knows." -Communication is lost between spaceman and control. -Spaceman is lost, he floats away. And there is the story.
who the fuck is Major Tom?? i know Major Nelson and Jeanny.... but Tom??? (who the fuck is General Failure and what the hell is he doing on my Hard- Disk C:// ???)
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today.” Now that’s epic
I've heard this song so many times but never listened closely to the lyrics to understand them. Major Tom dies?? I'm at work right now and trying not to cry. What a time to finally learn this.
Him repeating "can you hear me Major Tom?" over and over completely destroys me every time I listen to this song now that he's gone. I'm usually not one to listen to a bunch of songs from the same artist but I love so much of his stuff, just recently getting into his music and just between that and some of the interviews I've seen of him he seems like a real genuine guy. Such a terrible loss, someone I really would've wanted to meet
My dad met david bowie. He was delivering post and went to a house and asked to go to the toilet. Apparently it was a friend of bowies and he saw him doing the dishes and hsd a little chat with him
looked up the meaning for the lyrics. makes it more calming- yet also unsettling. i actually don’t know the “lore” for the david bowie universe but in general its nice and slow
"Take your protein pills and put your helmet on" makes me really emotional. There's still time for him to avoid his untimely death, yet he goes on anyway.
Ground control: NO MAJOR TOM DONT GO OUT THE DOOR YOUR NOT ORBITING THE MOON YET!!! Ground control: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE STARS LOOK DIFFERENT!? TOM?! TOM!? TOOOOMM!?!?!!?
Safe to say I was caught off guard, didn't expect to find a MGS reference here, intentional or not(and I feel that this song should've been put into V)
1:49 THIS part in specific makes me feel an emotion I didn't even knew I had, idk how to explain it correctly but I feel like I heard it so much time before I even gained consiciousness, Yellow Submarine by The Beatles also gives me that exact same feeling, it's weird but comforting at the same time for some reason and I love it,,,
Sometimes I just feel like I’m lost in space and forgotten. PLEASE DO NOT EVER GIVE UP! I’m still HANGING IN THERE hoping “my day will come when I will be happy again”. That’s what keeps me going.,,trying hard to buy finding a way.
I dont know why but this song makes me feel really sad… When I hear it I can imagine that that this happens in Major Toms point of view, and the way he sings makes me feel as if Major Tom knew he was probabply going to die, but insead of regreting his choices and trying to go back to the security of his home on Earth he decides to apreciate all the beauty of a world he knows will son disappear...
I'm amazed. I've heard this song a thousand times or more, but only yesterday when I listened to it through good quality headphones I realised he is singing in a duo with himself. This only became apparent when the sound stage became defined through the stereo effect. I still can't believe I missed that for all those years.
My older brother's name is Tom and my name is Major. My dad always sang songs from this era; Micheal Jackson, Bon Jovi etc. I didn't come across this song until after he passed away. I'll never be able to ask him, but interesting to speculate.
1969? Geez, that was 40 years ago. Long time. Wait, it's actually 50. That feels infinitely longer Damn, I'll probably live to see this turn 100. It'll feel ancient then, like some late 19th century stuff from 100 years ago. Shit, the roaring 20s are are about to be 100 years ago. I've always thought of those years as the start of modern America and felt they were fairly recent. I feel like the expectations and norms I've put onto the passage of time are all crumbling. Time is scary. I can't grasp, comprehend it, or set a consistent model of it. Like space, I suppose.
One of the best,my lady woke me at 5 this morning she ate a chocolate weed square for a headache singing this song,so I'm running on ,no sleep today at work but the laugh was worth it..Wake and bake for her was hilarious ..Thank you Major Tom ,I feel like I'm gloating in a tin can all day..CAN YOU HEAR ME MAJOR TOM??
+Alexandre Righi A very astute conclusion. It's really the only Bowie work I'm familiar with. Now I'll make it a point to listen to his other songs. Thank you. An old jazzer.
@Matthew Boylan With all respect, Yuri was the first man in space, but he never stepped out of the capsule. So the lyrics are more fitting to Alexei Leonov.
This will be the most important song on my Dad's funeral. He went out for a walk on a sunny morning and never came back. He loves his wife very much, she knows. I can only keep asking myself, "Can you hear me, Major Tom?"
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The dude lived like he was in 3069 while he was in 1969.
Remember, space tech in 69' was better than we currently have😂
*yoda voice* Hmmm. Nice, I will say.
Heheheh, “dude”
NICE
@@aviralmishraofficial1626 your comment aged like milk.
I was playing this song in my car and my 10 year old grandson asked me who sang this song and what was it about. Now every time he's in my car he says, "grandma, put major Tom on". It's his favorite song. This song is a classic, it never gets old.
I dont know how old the song is but I'm 20 and I love it 😄
Aww old lady such a sweet little youtube comment story. Come be with a young man imma cook you some collard greens and we goin smoke a blunt and chill imma make you feel young and silky again
Awwww thats so cute
@@arcam8880 @Arca M song came out 11 July 1969. Bowie penned this one after watching 2001: a Space Odyssey several times, while very very high, and also going through a break up I believe. He said in an interview that it was the isolation that he related to. When the moon landing was televised in Britain, the BBC played this song with it. Bowie's pretty sure they didn't listen to the lyrics properly lol
He’s going to be an astronaut lol
Today, I was coming back home from my father's funeral. My son sitting in the passenger seat, asleep. To clear my mind, I turn on the radio. The local classic rock station NEVER plays this song, until today.
Yep, I cried.
My condolences, Mr. Jarvis.
Belated condolences, I have lost my dad as well, hopefully the passage of time will help u a bit
my condolences, I recently lost my father at the age of 20 last year to ALS, I haven't quite fully processed and moved past it yet due to the strange way I process grief, but life goes on. He visits me often in my dreams, I guess in a way it's his way to spend all the time with me that he lost
Made up story
Fake
I hear you brotha 🙏💯
This song makes me feel emotions I haven’t unlocked yet
lmfaoooooo me too
Same bro
it really makes me feel things
I feel like there should be something, but... my god, I couldn't care less
Same dude, also I like your Johnny profile pic
David Bowie didn’t die, he is just floating in the most peculiar way.
🙂⭐💛 a floating star.
That is freaking hilarious
He just floated to mars
Your a trooper save him.
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David Bowie didn't die, he just went home
Yerp
He was too good for this world
In the dirt, six feet under. Fuck yea
like ELVIS
Amelia Reinhard his ashes were spread in bali
Tumb up if you listening it in 2024 ❤
No I'm in 1982
Thumb*
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Yup
“Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do.”
Has multiple meanings.
My most favorite line in this beautiful song.
Kid
Took me a while to realise it meant blue as in humanity is sad that he's adrift in space plus it literally being blue.
It means Cardiff
@@connerrafferty4851 says you
@@supercomputer0448I feel like it means " the planet is blue and humans can never change that" the earth will be the same whether we try to destroy it or not. Leave and come back and it will still be here
*Jesus picks up bread* “This Is my body.”
*Jesus picks up wine* “This is my blood.”
*Jesus picks up guitar* “This is ground control to Major Tom.”
What am I doing with my life lmao
Fuck ya
I giggled..
EPIC
ah, I see you read the one true bible, well done
To the guy who probably died of cancer in the top comment I can only say farewell and I hope you had a wonderful life filled with joy and love!!!!
This comment made me sad
Lingering they are at peace now, dont be sad :)
God love em. He step thought the door and he's floating in the most peculiar way. His space ship knows which way to go. We love him very much and he knows
God speed to that man
😭😭😭😭😭
Rest in Peace, Michael Collins.
~October 31, 1930 - April 28, 2021~
He may have not walked on the moon, but he was the reason we got there, and for that one giant leap for mankind on the moon on that fateful day in 1969. May he rest easy, and join Neil Armstrong among the stars.
He may not be remembered as much as Neil and Buzz, but had he not been there, none of them would be remembered as well
We have more technology in a cell phone than they had in all of NASA back in 1969.
So exactly how did they fly to the moon?
And how did they live through the Van Ellen radiation belts that surround the earth?
Black & white fuzzy images on
📺 Tell Lie Vision 📺 and the world bought it all.
Just like the 9/11 lie. People hate the truth but love all the lies.😪
It won’t all be hidden much longer.
@@crenee2007 they went to space in a flying taco and it wasn’t cooked so it exploded
@@crenee2007
TWAT.
@@crenee2007 TWAT.
This song never gets old… who’s here in 2024
My primary school teacher introduced my class to this song mainly here after venom
Me after watching the secret life of walter mitty
I Am
Guardians of the galaxy needed somewhere, “Major Tom Was Here” graffiti.
Yes
ABSOLUTELY!
Or doctor who 😱
I think I might use this as a drawing idea
James Gunn floated around the idea of Bowie making a cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 but he unfortunately died of cancer before that could happen
I would give up the high ground for this song and David Bowie
You underestimate my power!
Hello there
@@adrianramsey1369 General Kenobi
Hello there!
Ah yes, the negotiator
In an interview about “Space Oddity” (1969), David Bowie explained : “In England, it was always presumed that it was written about the space landing […]. But it actually wasn’t. It was written because of going to see the film 2001, which I found amazing […]. I went to see it, several times, and it was a revelation to me. It got the song flowing. It was picked up by the British television, and used as the background music for the landing itself. I’m sure they weren’t listening to the lyrics at all […]. Obviously, some BBC official said, « Oh, right then, that space song, Major Tom […], that’ll be great, » « Um, but he gets stranded in space, sir. » Nobody had the heart to tell the producer.” 💙🚀💜
May you Rest In Peace, David Robert Jones, a.k.a. David Bowie (1947 - 2016) 🌹
Hello! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan!....Stay safe
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Classic 2001 I hated it when I first saw it but I have gained a new appreciation for the film after while thinking about it
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows 😮
As a doctor in the military, a patient who was badly wounded sat on my operating table after getting his left leg blown off.
He was pale and cold as ice, but when he grabbed my hand his grip was as hot as a summer day in August.
He grabbed me with urgency and said "please sir, tell my wife I loved her very much" .
I grabbed his sholder and smiled, I said "she knows".
He laid back on the table with a smile and took his last breath.
Im glad you made him happy in his last moments. Youre a great person :)
Awesome
I'm happy he didn't die alone. You were there for him. That's comforting.
Thanks for your service, White Alliance, and may that unnamed soldier rest with God
you are a good person i am sure that soldier was happy to hear that
"You'd think being a famous rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world... It is." ~David Bowie
Wish I was him 😚😚😚😙😙😙
So you wish you were dead?
TheDashingDemon I wished I was him when he was alive, now I wish to be him even more.
TheDashingDemon I guess u didn't read his quote
wait I thought he was gay ????
“They say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving... maybe I'm going home.”
Gattaca?
I’m saving your comment.
I think there is an old Serbian saying (might be wrong on the Serbian) Be humble for you are made of the earth, be noble for you are made of the stars .. I like that
Wait so I got atoms in my body and where part of a star so that makes me half flesh and half star
I sound retarded
Not our atoms, but rather the more complex elements necessary for life where born in dying stars. In a way we are star dust.
David Bowie is an artist who can bring a tear to a grown man’s eye with his music :)
“But not this man get back in there tear”
@@lillyraisinsucks in tear
Me:now why don’t I have that kind of talent lol
I remember the first time I heard this song on the radio in 1970, when I was 12 years old. I have loved it ever since.
Old gae
12 in 1970 means you were 42 in 2000 and now 63 in 2021! Bless you! I probably won't make it that long especially with the state of the world! I am 39 now!
@@FreeOpenTruth my great grandmother is 96.
"Planet Earth is blue,
And there's nothing I can do."
This line is my favorite in the song because of its dual meaning. First, in a more literal sense, Major Tom states the color of the planet, the only sight he has to see, while adding that he is helpless while floating in space, but he is also saying that the people of Earth are blue (as in sad) that their hero, the Major Tom who "made the grade" and went to space, is now drifting helplessly to his demise and there is nothing he can do. Nothing to save himself and nothing to save their shattered innocence in the wake of a hero's death
No. I just think he means it literally which gives it more...meaning. Planet earth is blue. And there’s nothing he can do.
Love your comment
This comment is underated
That's so cool, I'm so glad I see this comment.
Jesus u thought way to much Abt this
To me this is the storyline
1) Space Oddity
2) Starman
3) Ashes to Ashes
4) Hello Spaceboy
5) Blackstar
here is the full story (a theory which we will never know the truth since starman has left)
Space Oddity:
Major Tom was an Astronaut who was sent on a basic mission to orbit the earth, something happened to his ship in which he had to perform a spacewalk to fix, during this he made a major error either intentionally or unintentionally he freaks out and tells ground control in which they try to help him he can't so he becomes sad and goes through the stages of grief which starts with anger, he was angry at what happened so he said "This is major Tom to ground control i really made the grade" meaning I really messed up and he went straight to the depression stage where he says "Tell my wife i love her very much" ground control tries to tell him to calm down to where he went to acceptance "Here i am floating on my tin can far above the moon Planet Earth is blue And there nothing I can do" which states his space capsule went out of earth orbit and the began to drift off into space.
2 Starman:
Major tom crash-landed on a planet possibly Mars, where he tried to radio back but was never able to but he got music from a radio station that he relaxed and listened to thinking of his plan to get back to earth or get off the planet. He possibly saw gods or aliens in space who he called a starman they began to talk to him helping him cope with what was going on, He is told to look out the window to see the earth and how close he could be and get back.
3 Ashes to Ashes:
Major tom fixes his radio and radios ground control and this is a rumor floating in the command center, "I heard a rumor from ground control" possibly talking about a young worker who was a kid when Tom left earth. He fixed his radio only long enough to say one sentence "Im Happy Hope you're happy to" possibly stating that he is finally accented he will die in space, and ground control are sad hearing his voice knowing he is "Strung out in heavens high and reaching an all-time low" Meaning he is happy but he is hitting a low because his health is deteriorating from being out in space for a long time years even.
Hello Space boy:
Major tom left they planet but in doing so he possibly died due to sickness. He is floating away covered in moon dust possibly heading to another planet which leads to the end lf his story BlackStar
Blackstar:
Major toms body landed on a planet that has a small dwarf star as its sun this planet is tidally locked and is always in an eclipse at night. A race of alien beings find his body and take his skull and is worshiped as a god. His skull is covered in jewels for becoming a famous astronaut and now he is being worshipped as David Bowie is as he is the one and the only starman He is major tom. Starting off so small as a regular music writer to his major fame and to his death where he is always going to be remembered as a musical god
Thanks. This is great and I think it's true.
I can't help but think that Rocketman is in the mix. As kind of an origin story you know?
Yeah
This is amazing, all this thought is so much appreciated, dang seriously
This is amazing.
I used to listen to this song all the time as a kid, and now that I understand this all, it just hurts so much worse. The feeling of hopelessness I never felt as a child hitting me now. So many things that scare me, and I just wish I could go back to being an innocent little kid. This song destroys me but I’m holding onto my memories.
This was one of my first favorite songs as a kid. I still remember the time riding in my dad's car when I first heard this song. I remember I was 9 or 10 years old and first discovering and becoming obsessed with both this song and "Knights in White Satin" by Moody Blues. I was just blown away by both songs. My dad had a major influence on my love for music. I'd ask questions about whatever band we were listening to and he was more than happy to educate me. Looking back now I realize how rare it is for a 9 year old boy to be well versed in a wide variation of bands/artists such as Pink Floyd, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Michael Jackson, Sam Cooke, Bowie etc.
“Tell my wife I love her very much” gets me in my feels all the time.
Don’t even mention it! 😢
SHE KNOWS!!!
goel same
Same
man I was just singing along and when I got to 'she knows', my voice just failed and I started crying what the hell
“Your circuits dead, there’s something wrong” gets me every time
RIGHT
I've been listening to this song my entire life and it was only until my wife pointed out the sadness of this .. that major Tom was just left a drift
IKR I GET GOOSEBUMPS ITS SO SAD
I get chills every time.
@@Tierney143 I'm pretty sure he did it on purpose.
I really wish I got invested in Bowie's music before he passed. He's one of the greatest artists to have been ever concived, and it's a shame I didn't listen to his music any sooner.
Da baby is better
@@confusedmango6557what?
@@iedie1125 da baby is better along with...Ed she ran? They are true pinecone...no wait pine icle?...no it's pin sickle ye...Ed she ran and da baby are true pine sickles in society and are way better than da baby ad the only thing da baby made was god and David Bowie which is an operated song, certified boy lover by Drake is a way better song
@@confusedmango6557 you know what,I agree.
@@iedie1125 Hahahahahahahaha
Eddie, my home... has found us
my left earphone: why tf are you counting?
my right earphone: *they are grooving*
me, with only one functioning earphone: what
my middle earphone: theres no sound?
Welcome to 1960s stereo mixes. They were mixed with _very_ wide soundstages and sometimes straight-up "you sing in the left channel I play guitar in the right". Designed to emulate a live performance on a set of floorstanding loudspeakers. Songs like this play with it a little. Some songs will straight-up unscrew your head like a lightbulb if you wear cans, and they do it by design.
Wow your comment has 420 likes
Some songs are better w headphones huh?
I love this song, yet it makes me so sad, because it plays into one of my biggest fears. To be so terribly isolated from everything, and to have no hope. A cold empty lonely death. What a terrible way to go. But atleast for major tom here, he had lived his life, had a loving wife, a mass of admirers, fame, and a great career. So atleast he died loved.
Major Tom did not die well he did but he died in orbit or something around another planet due to sickness
Did he actually die in space
@@quazisayeed9095 that's the idea, and even if he became the star man after his space oddity and at some point had a life on Mars, he never made it back home.
The clue is in the line planet is blue and there is nothing I can do, it was inspired by the famous photo Earthrise by the Apollo mission, Major Tom is so alienated by what humans are doing to this beautiful planet that he never wants to come back, he's told he's wife and she knows , looking at what's happening now in 2020, who can disagree? Bowie was a genius!
Amon Drak wow wait to make me depressed
Finally this song is getting some love! Thanks venom
Is it weird that this is one of my favourite concepts for a song? Like, ever?
no it's not
Yeah, space oddity, and major Tom are 2 amazing songs, dealing with very similar topics
Imagine the devastating feeling of getting lost in the vast emptiness of space, knowing there's nothing you can do to make your way back to earth, using the final minutes of your life to think of how far you've come in life, only to have it all taken away from you, slowly and painfully. Space, although beautiful, it is at the same time a terrifying void in which any information of it is unknown, except for the seemingly massive, but in reality, compared to the rest of our material universe, very small confines of our solar system. Although we may have information on the stars and planets outside of our solar system and even galaxy, any chances of us making our way out there is almost nothing. The world is a cruel, ruthless place in which the only mercy that is given is by living things capable of thought. Yet all of this is simply brushed aside by the oblivious human race.
Underrated comment
I have an idea. What if he did it on purpose? To meet Ziggy Stardust? What if he died during the traveling part?
Someone with a profile pic as dumb as yours saying a comment as smart as that...
I truly believe it is an alegory for life. When ones mind is gifted with genious in arts or creativity they often feel misunderstood and very alone for the majority of their lives. Maybe they are born with different brain receptors active than others in society. I believe it is about making peace with the loneliness and true Ego death, that one attains true loving morality independent of societal influence. Selah My friends.
Dying space isnt painful
For you new Bowie fans...
It only gets better from here.
The Subterranean you aren’t wrong ❤️🌌
I wish I could see what's so good about this
;D thanks!
How?!
Ok
In terms of slow burning songs, Space Oddity is hard to beat. It starts very quietly, but this is a build up to the songwriting equivalent of an adrenaline rush. David Bowie’s singing is energetic and the music perfectly captures the spirit of space travel.
About a month ago, I was put in the back of an ambulance and drove to a mental hospital, i stayed there for 9 days. On the way there, the driver played this song. It has been stuck with me ever since. Thank you, driver.
-Spaceman gets ready for the trip of his life.
-Ship starts.
-Spaceman is still alive. Major thing on the news.
-Spaceman goes out in space in his suit.
-Some time later, spaceman realizes there is something wrong with his ship and that he is boned.
-Ship wont go even though it is receiving instructions.
-"Tell my wife I love her very much."
-"She knows."
-Communication is lost between spaceman and control.
-Spaceman is lost, he floats away.
And there is the story.
No he just made it to mars
*b o n e d*
Nah, he's just hanging out in a Tesla car.
Sir Butte and scene
i like to believe he was saved by another ship
"Can you hear me major tom? Can you... Here I am floating round my tin can" is such an amazing transition. I love it
who the fuck is Major Tom?? i know Major Nelson and Jeanny.... but Tom???
(who the fuck is General Failure and what the hell is he doing on my Hard- Disk C:// ???)
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today.” Now that’s epic
YYEEeeeesssss.....
@@yosoydeyarumal dude you are rude stip
Floating in a tin can is such a classic understatement. In this regard it’s not really much different to a spaceship, both being made out of metal.
One last dance with Venom.
I've heard this song so many times but never listened closely to the lyrics to understand them. Major Tom dies?? I'm at work right now and trying not to cry. What a time to finally learn this.
You can see his jeweled skull in Blackstar
R.I.P David Bowie He died tonight.....
It's so sad
+PrincessUndertaker actually he died on the 10th not the 11th
It's a shame, the legend himself died. 😔
+PrincessUndertaker the news was released on the 10th at 11:30pm so.. the day before
Opps I Meant to Say Last Night sorry...
“My batteries are running low and it’s getting dark.”
Remember Opportunity
Remember the rover who challenged gods and stood it’s ground
hey monty125874693
can you stop making me cry please
The Fallen shall be remembered as the Emperor's finest...
Remember Challenger, remember the Seven, including a teacher, who dared to dream, and inspired a nation to do the same
remember voyager our voice and history floating through space hoping to not be destroyed but discovered
Venom trailer brought back memories.
This masterpiece from 52 years ago is one of a very few that remain relevant in any age. It's beyond magnificent!
"Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong." just gave me such bad chills I had to take a lap.
Give that person back their lap.
Lunar Weirdo oh my gosh I laughed so hard at this
@@lunarweirdo4954 LMFAO
the story attached to this is so sad...
@@lunarweirdo4954 NO STOP THAT WAS SO FUNNY I SNORTED MY MILK
“My batteries are low. It is getting dark.” - Opportunity 2019
Who is opportunity?
Kira Kira the NASA mars rover, it sent that message to nasa indicating it’s batteries were dying. But I believe they revived it
@@Ryan-xi6of Ooh thank you, didn't know
I luv this comment because many people won’t have a clue what his on about but I do. 😁
@@Ryan-xi6of they couldn't revive it sadly that was curiosity that came back
i honestly consider this one of the greatest works of art of all time
2018 Score A Score Life in being
2021 Harry Nilsson One is the loneliest number
2024 David Bowie Space oddity
Him repeating "can you hear me Major Tom?" over and over completely destroys me every time I listen to this song now that he's gone. I'm usually not one to listen to a bunch of songs from the same artist but I love so much of his stuff, just recently getting into his music and just between that and some of the interviews I've seen of him he seems like a real genuine guy. Such a terrible loss, someone I really would've wanted to meet
My dad met david bowie. He was delivering post and went to a house and asked to go to the toilet. Apparently it was a friend of bowies and he saw him doing the dishes and hsd a little chat with him
he finally went to visit major Tom in person
Hal don't make me cry like this
HAAALL!
RIP TOM PETTY
Hal, kind of mean but hey, your right. May bowie rest in peace
anthony carter how is that mean
David Bowie was like a camelion always reinventing himself in different ways; the best rock n roll theater actor and guy there was
True very true
looked up the meaning for the lyrics. makes it more calming- yet also unsettling. i actually don’t know the “lore” for the david bowie universe but in general its nice and slow
When you let go of your ballon and it starts floating away
funny
hehe i edited my reply so you dont know why orange juice draws @ed me
Thank you satan
That's funny satan
@@xxpotatogachaxx5018 idk what to put as this fucking comment now so boopity boppity i hope my life stoppitys
for some reason the line "check ignition and may god's love be with you" makes me emotional whenever i hear it
It's the same for me ^_^
yeah this song gave me goosebumps when i paid attention to the lyrics
I get goose bumps when it picks up after "check ignition and may god's love be with you"
oh my god, same :o
"Take your protein pills and put your helmet on" makes me really emotional. There's still time for him to avoid his untimely death, yet he goes on anyway.
The secret life of walter mitty scene is so amazing with this song 😌
Utterly beautiful song. Bowie lives on
Ground control: NO MAJOR TOM DONT GO OUT THE DOOR YOUR NOT ORBITING THE MOON YET!!!
Ground control: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE STARS LOOK DIFFERENT!? TOM?! TOM!? TOOOOMM!?!?!!?
This fitted a bit too well with SNAKE?! SNAKE? SNNNAAAKKEE?!
-insert metal gear game over screen-
“Snake, what’s wrong?”
“Snake?”
“SNAKE???”
Lol
Safe to say I was caught off guard, didn't expect to find a MGS reference here, intentional or not(and I feel that this song should've been put into V)
@@Alex-rn8vu Major, I’m burning up!
This is a good song to test if your headphones are working.
Facts
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@@SamTheMan12 stereo audio
so I guess I am not the only one
@@SamTheMan12 ?
We Are Venom!
Venom The Last Dance brought me here.
I usually hear this song and enter a very relaxed, trance-like state. Never before has it brought me to tears.
What a magnificent bastard.
I feel the same, I just cried listening to this beautiful song! !
Same, same
Exactly...
+Luke Prowse He's not insulting him, we all miss him. R.I.P David Bowie
+Luke Prowse calm down man
I almost cry every time i here this. RIP DAVID BOWIE Yo are a starman now
GamingBoss Man hear*
Same here :(
He's where he belongs now, among the stars shining brighter than the brightest
Jonathan Tinsley was that necessary? Jesus fuck.
GamingBoss Man Wow after that comment I want to die. A man is dead learn how to fucking spell.
This song is so awesome in the venom movie. It matches perfectly
1:49
THIS part in specific makes me feel an emotion I didn't even knew I had, idk how to explain it correctly but I feel like I heard it so much time before I even gained consiciousness, Yellow Submarine by The Beatles also gives me that exact same feeling, it's weird but comforting at the same time for some reason and I love it,,,
It sounds so very different with stereo headphones. The voices get panned out very far apart, so the background vocals get emphasized.
The bass and the drums too.
It's fun to turn your speaker balance all the way to the left or the right.
This is probably the best song ever.... every way I heard it i melt
This is what true stereo was all about. Bring back music like this.
9
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R.I.P. David Bowie
Jan. 8 1947- Jan. 10 2016
+MAwe$omeness It's not fair! I wish Mr. Bowie was around a lot longer.
+calvin3464 I know
not to be rude but thats gonna be one hell of a funeral
+Jackson Mooney no its not
+Jackson Mooney he was cremated yesterday. Privately.
This is the most classic space song
finally found the song
from venom
I came here from Cod: IW
Yes
After the events of Spider-Man No Way Home 3:00
Somewhere up there is a tesla car blasting this song
Ben Collins No itsnot
Tbh the battery on that car is enough to do that, in the air bubble in the car.
myroslav kulinich not this song
Michael Duddy Its this song whatre you talking about
Dank Memes no it isn't.
If they don’t play this at my funeral I ain’t dying 😈
Hol up u discovered immortality
@@mx3144 he's gonna live purely out of spite
@@jakethejeff7579 😂
Just dont attend
*plays shitty normal funeral music*
this guy: *jumps 10 feet out of his grave with a gatling gun*
He really did live for the future. We love you David bowie and you will always be a part of us. 💙💙
This is Ground Control here!!
Thank you so much for these Lyrics guys, much appreciated here!!
Love and much Light to you all.
❤
Michele
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RIP David Bowie, 1/8/1947-1/10/2016. Cancer took you too soon, but your music will be with us forever.
"Tell my wife I love her very much"
"She knows!!!"
That part gets me every time.
i wonder if this have anything to do with han replying to princess in star wars
Me to
I think it is more about Bible..
may i know which verse?
I don't think so, because this song came out before star wars???
*RIP Major Tom Stafford (Sep. 17, 1930 - Mar. 18, 2024) NASA astronaut, Comander Apollo 10 (1969).*
David Bowie's legacy is immortal.
This song makes me want to get lost in space and forgotten
Cardboardbear :(
This makes me want to fly to different galaxies and explore different planets
It makes me want to disappear
but I'll remember u :3 an theres nothin u can do about it
Sometimes I just feel like I’m lost in space and forgotten. PLEASE DO NOT EVER GIVE UP! I’m still HANGING IN THERE hoping “my day will come when I will be happy again”. That’s what keeps me going.,,trying hard to buy finding a way.
I dont know why but this song makes me feel really sad…
When I hear it I can imagine that that this happens in Major Toms point of view, and the way he sings makes me feel as if Major Tom knew he was probabply going to die, but insead of regreting his choices and trying to go back to the security of his home on Earth he decides to apreciate all the beauty of a world he knows will son disappear...
The song's tune😌
The lyrics 😭
I'm amazed.
I've heard this song a thousand times or more,
but only yesterday when I listened to it through good quality headphones I realised he is singing in a duo with himself.
This only became apparent when the sound stage became defined through the stereo effect. I still can't believe I missed that for all those years.
Yup. It's great 😄
He finally stepped through the door and floats in the most peculiar way. Rip bowie, i hope the stars look lovely from where you are
Chicken Noodles
@@patserracino2965 yes
This song is much more sad now that we've lost Bowie.
True
Dont worry i think you'll see him when you turn into a force ghost.
Hopefully.
+blaze it fuk da polize best. name. ever. .
+Luke Skywalker Peace out, starman.
My older brother's name is Tom and my name is Major. My dad always sang songs from this era; Micheal Jackson, Bon Jovi etc. I didn't come across this song until after he passed away. I'll never be able to ask him, but interesting to speculate.
Now this song is actually in space on an infinite loop in the Tesla 😭
So hell?
Okay, but why hasn't this song been in a Guardians of the Galaxy movie?
Allison Thomas Exactly? With all of its nostalgic references, but not this one particularly cosmic themed. You brought up a great point.
kate taylor no it's not
kate taylor I thought you called Bowie a satanist.
kate taylor oh okay. You nearly made me spaz.
ED -E hahah this is the greatest comment thread
1969?
Geez, that was 40 years ago. Long time.
Wait, it's actually 50. That feels infinitely longer
Damn, I'll probably live to see this turn 100. It'll feel ancient then, like some late 19th century stuff from 100 years ago.
Shit, the roaring 20s are are about to be 100 years ago. I've always thought of those years as the start of modern America and felt they were fairly recent.
I feel like the expectations and norms I've put onto the passage of time are all crumbling.
Time is scary. I can't grasp, comprehend it, or set a consistent model of it.
Like space, I suppose.
Well youngster, I am 60 and I envy the fact that you will live to see this song live to be 100.
Oh my god. That was deep. Now my view is altered and im gonna be thinking about this all day ksksksk
@@nickzee7723 you will too you got this
I really like this comment
haha nice
Thank-you Mrs. Magnuson, where-ever life has taken you.
One of the best,my lady woke me at 5 this morning she ate a chocolate weed square for a headache singing this song,so I'm running on ,no sleep today at work but the laugh was worth it..Wake and bake for her was hilarious ..Thank you Major Tom ,I feel like I'm gloating in a tin can all day..CAN YOU HEAR ME MAJOR TOM??
My battery is low and it's getting dark 😔
Hang in there.
F
RIP Oppy
you didnt have to do that
Oof
"Ground Control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead there's something wrong, can you hear me Major Tom?"
Sends chills down my spine every time
Who came here after watching venom’s trailer
😂 it wouldn't get out of my head!! Just like Venom! 😂
The only reason I’m listening to this song is because of the venom trailer it made me like it
@@TheNormndeethe only reason you listen to good music is because the tv told you to?! 😂
Me
@@flyingcrossbody4456 It's a good thing, introducing the newer generations to this song
Be honest…..how fast can you make that without killing it? 🐎
ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!!!!
Eddie.... my home has found us
an entire rock opera in a single song
+Jakoloo mama mia
+LDMc MAMA MIA LET ME GO
+Jakoloo SO YOU THINK YOU CAN STONE ME AND SPIT IN MY EYE
+Alexandre Righi A very astute conclusion. It's really the only Bowie work I'm familiar with. Now I'll make it a point to listen to his other songs. Thank you. An old jazzer.
+Win Hinkle go straight to his latest: blackstar is awesome
RIP Alexei Leonov, the first man to spacewalk. No song fits his death better.
May you sleep among the stars
@Matthew Boylan Yuri and Alexei, best bromance ever
@electric chair Bromance can mean friendship too
@Matthew Boylan With all respect, Yuri was the first man in space, but he never stepped out of the capsule. So the lyrics are more fitting to Alexei Leonov.
We can’t get outside the dome.
For some reason, this song makes me cry and smile at the same time. I have no idea why.
I listened to this when I first arrived abroad and it made me feel better as the space man in foreign territory.
"Planet Earth is Blue and there is nothing I can do" favorite part.
I like the tin can part!
I like the "Tell my wife I lover her very much" :(
"She knows"
my grandma used to sing this song to me and i always remembered it
Vale Diaz love not lover :)
Major Tom: “Aight I’mma head out.”
Jack Mehoff he really made a meme on a 1969 song
I have hemorrhoids pls help
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ground control: Ground control, to major tom
Tom: Noo fuck you im taking the ship
"Be honest with me. How fast can you make that thing go without killing it?"
"ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!!" 🐎
This will be the most important song on my Dad's funeral. He went out for a walk on a sunny morning and never came back. He loves his wife very much, she knows. I can only keep asking myself, "Can you hear me, Major Tom?"
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