The way he sings "i never thought I'd need so many people" just brings tears to my eyes. How poignant and brave an admission in the context of the song.
Pity you have to use Lyrics versions to get the genuine original sound on Vinyl, and current corporate outlets are deliberately underming all the great engineers musintions and rpainters, tate gallery even hiding Constable's Flatford Mill, because it proves the great storm about 20 years before it was painted, and they blame Global Warming on life giving Carbon Dioxide, which increases plant growth, and yet they call themselves Greens ? www.bebee.com/producer/@gordon-pye/magnus-magenta-sorento-quack-audio-factory-rowan-rhino-zunk
I just heard about his passing. This was the first song I wanted to listen to. Bowie's death is the only death of an artist that has really affected me. Something is now missing.
My husband who passed away on January 1st 2022, would play this song on his guitar and sing it to. What I would give to hear him play it now! Thank you David for the memories. And you too Mr. Bowie!
@@jhsoup4393 The song describes the end of the world. The girl drinking the milkshake didn't realise SHE was in the song. IE: She is gone... A casualty.
"And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor" is my favorite line, driving home the ordinariness of the subject, making it all hit home even more.
"Don't think you knew you were in this song" is so haunting. We've all loved people that never knew how we felt about them. Brilliant sentiment summed up so neatly by Dave.
I'll always love you my starman, I would always listen to starman and more when I was sitting getting chemo, you helped me get thru my chemo, all that time you had cancer! God rest your soul my David, I've loved you since I was 14, I'm 59 now, rip
In memory of David Bowie. To all the nobody people we are here and we have hope. And to the man who fall to earth you will be missed, Peace, rest and God's love.
For the girl drinking the milkshake its such a sweet song. Its like the world is dying, everyone is crying but she is smiling and looking so fine so that's like a compliment.
I have always thought of her as the representation of the one's who are complacent. The world only has five years but in her mind, it will be here forever and she is smiling and waving and looking so fine because she is not worried about the death of the human race. It won't happen in her mind.
Unfortunately I accidentally heard Bowie’s song only after he passed away. I remember that day, it was a very agressive/full of metropolitan rush traffic in the morning, I was stuck in a jam and was already late and got more and more angry. Then suddenly the song came on radio and I got more and more calm, the traffic wasn’t matter anymore and then I realised that I have to remember the words in order to google the name of the author. And when I googled “didn’t know what time it was when” I found the whole new universe to myself-Bowie universe. And then I listened to all Bowie’s songs and I even remember myself crying to “is there life on Mars” because to me that song sounded like mourning to Bowie
Bowie knew of plans to depopulate. He was involved with the planners but not involved in carrying out those plans. Five Years was a warning. Bowie knew his audience loved him. He certainly didn't mean us any harm. He knew we faced a dangerous future & this song was his attempt at warning us. The girl drinking the milkshake didn't know she WAS in this song. This song describes the loss of humanity. She is only a memory in this song. She is already gone just like so many others during the last 4 years. Bowie tried to give us a headstart. It turns out that headstart extended to 52 years.
"I think I saw you in an ice cream parlor, drinking milkshakes cold and long, smiling and waving and looking so fine..." Absolutely LOVE this line in all its simplicity, gets me every time 🤩 what a talented artist you were, David! Your music will live on forever ❤️
When i was around 12-13. I would listen to this song and it broke my heart and gave me hope at the same time, I was a huge fan at that age ,I'm 60 now. I have been to many concerts of his and David Bowie is a part of my very soul, the man knew how to reach us, the emotion that he puts into this song bleeds into me. WE NO LONGER HAVE 5 YEARS. To be 12 again sitting at the school yard listening to this with all my friends that have since passed on,life is good just to dam short! REST MY GOOD FRIEND WELL DONE
I love David Bowie so much. Cried when I learned of his death. I hadn’t heard this song until I watched THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH on Showtime. What a great, series. Acting was phenomenal! 🛸👽
Just heard this song for the first time and it is an absolute great song and there's nothing, to me anyways, like finding a gem like this piece and being blown away by it.
One of many songs that helped me to learn my second language, and made my life take a different direction.We couldn't afford the concert tickets,but we managed to be there anyways. Thanks to all the great artists!
Absolutely. This song sort of blends acting and singing, and the result is an incredible performance. Those near-screams at the end are chilling and completely convincing.
One of my favourites, and one of the most beautiful songs in existence. The way he captures the despair and inevitability of his demise is theatre in sound.
In the last few years when people figure it out there will be peace because there will be nothing to fight about anymore. There will also be a massive downturn in violence due to people wanting to focus on making the most of their last days. At the end, the world will be so beautiful that it will almost be worth it. I've already done my crying over it, I'm done mourning for the world.
My Grandad - one of my role models just for him being true to himself even in his zany antics - died 5 years ago today, and I would say it's been the one of the most significant moments in my life that I can't surpass no matter what. I've published poetry and dedicated it to him, played songs and sang them for him, I've even sat and replayed the highlights of our short 21 years together I could recall, and yet no matter what I do - no matter how many poems I write about him - it never changes how much it hurts to not have him here, to not visit him at his house. I would have wanted him to see me where I am now - a 2 time (soon to be 3 time) university graduate, published, independent teacher, helping others because all we have is each other. I hope I make him as proud as he made me to have him as my Grandad. RIP Jimmy, the *real* Irish Rebel. (He would have loved the fact he shared the same name as the Irish Rebel).
I remember vividly in 1973 my mate put this on just before we went to school, it was on LP his older brother had got, when I listened to 5 years I was hooked it was that instant...thanks Dave :)
Heard this song for the very first time last night at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Symphony Orchestra playing Nothing has Changed tribute. What a great night, I will never forget.
Marc Johnson is a professional skateboarder who chose this song for his section in a video called Pretty Sweet. I highly recommend watching his part. It is a thing of beauty, and 5 Years really compliments what he does on his board.
Gerard Way listens to this song, on loop. Somewhere I read mcr wanted to take the route of 10 years together, 5 apart, and back together for I think 10 and that really gives me feels..
I mean, when you look at both our ability to destroy ourselves, and the little to no action we're taking to prevent it, the idea of having "5 years" seems a lot more close to home.
I've got his first album with please Mr gravedigger on it, Im so glad I got into spiders from Mars first. I use to have the album Low on 8 track when I was a teen, every night for years it put me to sleep. farewell Dave, and thanks for the inspiration.
Anthony Trefry Yeah, no shit, genius. I meant the singles charts... and would he really have had 11 albums in the charts if he hadn't died ? I meant the charts as they GENERALLY are these days.
celt67 - Haha, you're a sad, sad person. You wanna talk about a "No shit, genius" situation? How about you comparing a musical legend to the current billboard top 100. No, I don't think he'd be there if he hadn't died, but he deserves to be there, and it's still fucking cool that he's reaching out to people after his death. Way to muck up what could have been a completely civil exchange you fuck wit. Night, night.
This song was the inspiration for a TV series called "Hard Sun". It was a British crime drama with a twist - the world would come to an end in five years. The show was cancelled after one season. Who knows, it could have been another "Life On Mars". 🤔
RIP. Such a creative soul. So sad this morning going to work, listening to his songs across several radio stations, thinking: is it his birthday? Then I heard the sad, sad, ,sad news.
He's one of the most reknown skateboarders I respect Bowie and his form of creativity respect his he encorperated this song to a skate part that took years of filming.
Finally where the lead finishes I'm here, between a phantom past, silent paths thought the limbs, and the certain smile of a lake reflecting the moon shine. I'm now between tomorrow and yesterday. Living on the day. Hearing the time on my eyes. I will just kiss you goodbye. April. I miss you. You beautiful. I want you to walk.
The way he sings "i never thought I'd need so many people" just brings tears to my eyes. How poignant and brave an admission in the context of the song.
The greatest intro song to any album, ever. The fact that the rest of the record is virtually the most perfect album ever recorded doesn't hurt.
But my brain hurts a lot..
The best album ever
Definitely the best album EVER! ❤❤
I couldnt agree with you more. Well said.
This song transcends everything, its incredible and timeless
This planet is not going to be the same without you Starman. Good trip Sir.
He'll still be here in the sky....shining bright
The stars are the same they just dont look the same today.
Floating through waves of gamelan, rustling bamboo and descending upon a lotus flowing down a river...and on...
Pathoplastic2: The Somnambulist Manifesto Great image...I'll hold on to that
Pity you have to use Lyrics versions to get the genuine original sound on Vinyl, and current corporate outlets are deliberately underming all the great engineers musintions and rpainters, tate gallery even hiding Constable's Flatford Mill, because it proves the great storm about 20 years before it was painted, and they blame Global Warming on life giving Carbon Dioxide, which increases plant growth, and yet they call themselves Greens ?
www.bebee.com/producer/@gordon-pye/magnus-magenta-sorento-quack-audio-factory-rowan-rhino-zunk
I just heard about his passing. This was the first song I wanted to listen to. Bowie's death is the only death of an artist that has really affected me. Something is now missing.
Me too. Blue Monday.
Me too ,I woke up today thinking it wouldn't be true. But it is and I'm sad again
+mstart5150
Cry so much his face was wet, then I knew he was not lying......
Goodbye Mr Bowie!
Rando T. Me too I don't Feel that his Dead
coolfeztboy exactly.. i think that’s what he wanted to leave us with
this is the one of the greatest Bowie tracks ever made, Put it on , play it loud, listen to the lyrics and say goodbye to our hero.
2mattfilms I'm gonna do that in January ... But while sobbing
The only way to listen to it....class
My husband who passed away on January 1st 2022, would play this song on his guitar and sing it to. What I would give to hear him play it now! Thank you David for the memories. And you too Mr. Bowie!
"I never thought I'd need so many people..."
This line resonates so intensely with me.
What is this line supposed to mean?
@@jhsoup4393 you can't live without people in your life. And when it comes at the end, you want them around
@@jhsoup4393
To need something indicates you don't have it.
Entire song is past tense. He sings about folks he saw & who are nolonger around.
@@jhsoup4393
The song describes the end of the world.
The girl drinking the milkshake didn't realise SHE was in the song.
IE: She is gone... A casualty.
"I don't think you knew you were in this song." That line has stuck with me for decades.
1:33 is literally perfection. Who knew the word "people" could be so amazing. Only Bowie
Every time I listen to this song I cry no matter what's going on.
+Ashley Nedland what about now? :(
Now when I cry to this song I simply remember a one of a kind rock god.
Ashley Nedland ditto.
Right at the end
"And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor" is my favorite line, driving home the ordinariness of the subject, making it all hit home even more.
"Don't think you knew you were in this song" is so haunting. We've all loved people that never knew how we felt about them. Brilliant sentiment summed up so neatly by Dave.
I'll always love you my starman, I would always listen to starman and more when I was sitting getting chemo, you helped me get thru my chemo, all that time you had cancer! God rest your soul my David, I've loved you since I was 14, I'm 59 now, rip
I just wanted to say God/The Universe/Whatever may you believe in bless you, keep you healthy, I don't know you but I'm happy you're okay. :)
In memory of David Bowie. To all the nobody people we are here and we have hope. And to the man who fall to earth you will be missed, Peace, rest and God's love.
Speak for yourself...I'm somebody. We all are.
🇬🇧👍🇺🇲
For the girl drinking the milkshake its such a sweet song. Its like the world is dying, everyone is crying but she is smiling and looking so fine so that's like a compliment.
Is she "waving and smiling" in the present tense? - "don't think you KNEW you WERE in this song"
I have always thought of her as the representation of the one's who are complacent. The world only has five years but in her mind, it will be here forever and she is smiling and waving and looking so fine because she is not worried about the death of the human race. It won't happen in her mind.
@@redwest2761 why would she be worried about the inevitable?
Maybe she had no clue what was evening going on and someone needed to tell her?
i wish i were the one drinking the milkshake cold and long
So devastated to hear about David's passing. He is and always will be one of my favorite musicians and a huge inspiration to me. You will be missed
Unfortunately I accidentally heard Bowie’s song only after he passed away. I remember that day, it was a very agressive/full of metropolitan rush traffic in the morning, I was stuck in a jam and was already late and got more and more angry. Then suddenly the song came on radio and I got more and more calm, the traffic wasn’t matter anymore and then I realised that I have to remember the words in order to google the name of the author. And when I googled “didn’t know what time it was when” I found the whole new universe to myself-Bowie universe. And then I listened to all Bowie’s songs and I even remember myself crying to “is there life on Mars” because to me that song sounded like mourning to Bowie
Bowie knew of plans to depopulate. He was involved with the planners but not involved in carrying out those plans.
Five Years was a warning. Bowie knew his audience loved him. He certainly didn't mean us any harm.
He knew we faced a dangerous future & this song was his attempt at warning us.
The girl drinking the milkshake didn't know she WAS in this song.
This song describes the loss of humanity.
She is only a memory in this song.
She is already gone just like so many others during the last 4 years.
Bowie tried to give us a headstart. It turns out that headstart extended to 52 years.
Why does this son g always reduce me to tears? RIP Mr Bowie. You continue to enlighten the few that engage with the many. Bless
One of my favourite Bowie songs
Adoro esta música e o clima melancólico que se faz sentir.
"I think I saw you in an ice cream parlor, drinking milkshakes cold and long, smiling and waving and looking so fine..." Absolutely LOVE this line in all its simplicity, gets me every time 🤩 what a talented artist you were, David! Your music will live on forever ❤️
When i was around 12-13. I would listen to this song and it broke my heart and gave me hope at the same time, I was a huge fan at that age ,I'm 60 now. I have been to many concerts of his and David Bowie is a part of my very soul, the man knew how to reach us, the emotion that he puts into this song bleeds into me. WE NO LONGER HAVE 5 YEARS. To be 12 again sitting at the school yard listening to this with all my friends that have since passed on,life is good just to dam short! REST MY GOOD FRIEND WELL DONE
Yes.
Perhaps my favourite David's songs.
I love David Bowie so much. Cried when I learned of his death. I hadn’t heard this song until I watched THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH on Showtime. What a great, series. Acting was phenomenal! 🛸👽
Just heard this song for the first time and it is an absolute great song and there's nothing, to me anyways, like finding a gem like this piece and being blown away by it.
One of many songs that helped me to learn my second language, and made my life take a different direction.We couldn't afford the concert tickets,but we managed to be there anyways. Thanks to all the great artists!
RIP Bowie You were my king and queen. My moon rock God/dess ♡♥♥
+wingsandash me 2
Bowie is not a queen or a goddess
He was to me man....
Peace and love
Amanda HaleStorm so he was a chick?
Absolutely. This song sort of blends acting and singing, and the result is an incredible performance. Those near-screams at the end are chilling and completely convincing.
One of my favorite Bowie songs. Thanks for a great memory.
One of my favourites, and one of the most beautiful songs in existence. The way he captures the despair and inevitability of his demise is theatre in sound.
Maybe the best lyrics ever
This is the shit that we're in now, i don't think we have five more years but still a damn good song from my youth
Yep! Jesus Christ is coming soon!
Bowie knew it too!
ah lyrics are scary now because they are almost close to the truth right now
Yes they are.
Hey it's always been the truth that's why it's such a great song
Oh please
In the last few years when people figure it out there will be peace because there will be nothing to fight about anymore.
There will also be a massive downturn in violence due to people wanting to focus on making the most of their last days.
At the end, the world will be so beautiful that it will almost be worth it.
I've already done my crying over it, I'm done mourning for the world.
Almost ? It is for a while acctually...
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars brought me here.....
;( I just can't believe he's gone.
My Grandad - one of my role models just for him being true to himself even in his zany antics - died 5 years ago today, and I would say it's been the one of the most significant moments in my life that I can't surpass no matter what. I've published poetry and dedicated it to him, played songs and sang them for him, I've even sat and replayed the highlights of our short 21 years together I could recall, and yet no matter what I do - no matter how many poems I write about him - it never changes how much it hurts to not have him here, to not visit him at his house. I would have wanted him to see me where I am now - a 2 time (soon to be 3 time) university graduate, published, independent teacher, helping others because all we have is each other. I hope I make him as proud as he made me to have him as my Grandad.
RIP Jimmy, the *real* Irish Rebel. (He would have loved the fact he shared the same name as the Irish Rebel).
Was a massive part of my teenage years early 70`s - thank you David.
I remember vividly in 1973 my mate put this on just before we went to school, it was on LP his older brother had got, when I listened to 5 years I was hooked it was that instant...thanks Dave :)
This song doesn't become any less haunting with the Corona pandemic breathing down our necks.
"don't you know you're life itself" (Wild is the Wind) ...... , can't imagine a world without Bowie. THANK YOU & be safe xx
nobody's lyrics affected me the way David Bowe's lyrics hit me! R.I.P. you rock god
Absolute brilliant song, 1 of my favourites of all time. I cant listen to it once I have to play it over and over, it blows my brain.
Heard this song for the very first time last night at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Symphony Orchestra playing Nothing has Changed tribute. What a great night, I will never forget.
I just discovered this song, I admit it's beautiful and fascinating!
the final minute is an amazing crescendo that builds emotionally to its conclusion. Well written and inspired.
The world sucks so much without 😪 Bowie. I believe he knew what was coming.
they sucked him in, down the wabbit holeo
A punk rocker who loves Bowie, am I a freak? Perhaps, but punk legend Darby Crash's favorite musician was Bowie, so take that how you will.
Much of 70's Bowie is seen by many as proto-punk, so you're not alone friend.
Haha I was sooo baked when I posted that.
You just a punk--PUNK
Jem S Proto--Shut it
Not a freak dude. Bowie is the man!
how prescient posted almost 5 years ahead of his passing well about 50 odd days off. Bowie...the sound track of my life
Any album that can make me continually play the first song five times over before moing on is a friend of mine.
This song is phenomenal and so relevant to now
Favourite Bowie song
The way it’s sung with such passion. The first time I heard it I thought he knew something about our demise.
Love how intense it gets
Marc Johnson is a professional skateboarder who chose this song for his section in a video called Pretty Sweet. I highly recommend watching his part. It is a thing of beauty, and 5 Years really compliments what he does on his board.
TheOunceler you're mad
lol TheOunceler but you're mad
TheOunceler Just enjoy the music then
TheOunceler Fair enough, I can see you're not a moron.
Gerard Way listens to this song, on loop. Somewhere I read mcr wanted to take the route of 10 years together, 5 apart, and back together for I think 10 and that really gives me feels..
+Andrew Harris Bowie is a big inspiration on gerard way
+Tallulah Williams Just goes to show good inspirations don't always make for good music. ;)
+Bobdunga 92 he even said that The End was inspired by this so
MCRmy Killjoy Cool, I never knew that
Disregard my previous comment about "The End". Y'all are on it.
Gosh, his voice here is incredible. He is so missed!
The man who fell to earth brought me here. :)
Wow! I just heard this. How prophetic. Bowie.
Earth is really dying
why
So is the Sun. Got a couple billion years yet tho so
I mean, when you look at both our ability to destroy ourselves, and the little to no action we're taking to prevent it, the idea of having "5 years" seems a lot more close to home.
also, I've just realised you made this comment 2 years ago, sorry for replying so late!
We are and taking the rest of life with us. The Earth will be fine, though.
David must have predicted Covid 19,scary,total genius
He wouldn't have been famous if he wasn't one of them and when I say them I mean Luciferian!
This song of david is a generous of my heart, all time matter
This song is very prophetic for its time
One of my all-time-favourites!
So beautiful... I cried the first time i listened to this song
You gave us so much more than Five Years!!
"Heroes Are Remembered But Legends Never Die" Forever In Our Hearts David
Greatest song ever written.
I've got his first album with please Mr gravedigger on it, Im so glad I got into spiders from Mars first. I use to have the album Low on 8 track when I was a teen, every night for years it put me to sleep. farewell Dave, and thanks for the inspiration.
Bowie doesn’t need “5 years”
He has forever
Rip
Starman
That screaming sounded very heart-felt and legitimate. Absolutely my favourite part of the song.
RIP David Bowie, a legendary artist
RIP David Bowie RIP. I wish he had five more years.
A masterpiece of a song. By far my favourite Bowie track. RIP :(
Just such a pleading song calling to be heard and touched by other people
We all need each other
We all are each other
David is us
Got here from The movie Before I Disappear Anyone Else?
Yep
Yeah :D!
DuhhitsSybil it was a strange yet good ass movie
Acez Refuzah When I was watching the corridor scene of the film, I was like "Emm.... Finally found a director having a good taste in art."
Another movie that brought me here was What We Do Is Secret
He saw everything. He was trying to warn us all, for decades. And how many people listened? Not enough.
We've got got FIVE YEARS!
Stuck of my eyes!
FIVE YEARS!
What a surprise!
We've got FIVE YEARS!
My brain hurts a lot!
FIVE YEARS!
That's all we got!
Compare this with the shit in the charts these days.
Makes me sick.
Bowie currently has 11 albums in the UK Top 100.
Ziggy Stardust is one of them.
Anthony Trefry
Yeah, no shit, genius. I meant the singles charts... and would he really have had 11 albums in the charts if he hadn't died ? I meant the charts as they GENERALLY are these days.
celt67 - Haha, you're a sad, sad person. You wanna talk about a "No shit, genius" situation? How about you comparing a musical legend to the current billboard top 100. No, I don't think he'd be there if he hadn't died, but he deserves to be there, and it's still fucking cool that he's reaching out to people after his death. Way to muck up what could have been a completely civil exchange you fuck wit. Night, night.
Ascoltare questa meravigliosa opera, in tempi di Covid-19 le dà un'emozione nuova...
Holy crap this is so relevant in 2016
of course it is! 😊
412 repping!
why didn't anyone tell me the earth was dying in five years, this changes everything
MCM Studios Pittsburgh Recording Studio how was this relevant in 2016?
Relevant in 2019!!
Thank for lyrics I read for the first time while this song was offered to me on Toussaints 1996 for our five years together 🗼🗽🌄🌁🥐🐔🌿
Smiling and waving and looking so fine
"It was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor" Bowie...I live in Hamburg. I feel like an actress 24/7
So prophetic, starting from now (2019), I think this is now true
2021 is 2 days away. On Jan.8th it will be 5 years since Bowie's passing.
one of his only truly underrated songs
What do you mean all his songs are underrated.
This song was never a radio hit unlike many of his other songs. At least it wasn't in America.
This song was the inspiration for a TV series called "Hard Sun". It was a British crime drama with a twist - the world would come to an end in five years. The show was cancelled after one season. Who knows, it could have been another "Life On Mars". 🤔
An underrated masterpiece
David "the great" Bowie ----R.I.P
Genius. In many hands it'd be cheeses and obvious, yet Bowie makes it profound, gritty and harrowing.
Look a real artist. They really did exist.
Best song on the Ziggy Stardust album
What an opening song to start an album
Before I Disappear
Before I disappear is an absolutely fantastic movie. Also |-/
my favourite movie
This song makes me so emotional. My favorite david bowie song
RIP. Such a creative soul.
So sad this morning going to work, listening to his songs across several radio stations, thinking: is it his birthday? Then I heard the sad, sad, ,sad news.
He may be gone but his music will get us every time
Bowie seeing the future before us nobody people knew what was happening
❤ David Robert (Bowie) Jones ❤
wolfstar shipper where are you ?
here i am
This song is incredible! Gone, but not forgotten :-(
He's one of the most reknown skateboarders I respect Bowie and his form of creativity respect his he encorperated this song to a skate part that took years of filming.
Finally where the lead finishes
I'm here, between a phantom past, silent paths thought the limbs, and the certain smile of a lake reflecting the moon shine. I'm now between tomorrow and yesterday. Living on the day. Hearing the time on my eyes.
I will just kiss you goodbye. April. I miss you. You beautiful. I want you to walk.
2020's anthem y'all