All the Madmen by David Bowie, from The Man Who Sold the World Album. Video of various artists including Munch and Van Gogh. Also what I consider to be some modern art.
+George Keskeny If you're ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie!
I used to listen to this album in my early teens and would lose myself in these lyrics....amazing...get the chills all these years later listening to them...cheers for posting x
The song that first really blew me away by David and still does...superb job on the video:gives this great so g the quality accompany it deserves so many thanks
Nice job! I have only just caught this and it's one of my favourite Bowie songs, You've done a really nice job here of matching everything up and i do KNOW a lot of effort goes into something like this. THanks for posting. LOVE IT! Ken
Well done..great to hear this song again. Everyone says it is out Vietnam. I always felt it was about his half brother, Terry. He was a schizophrenic and inmate of Cane Hill mental institution (pictured on the original U.S. cover of The Man Who Sold the World) until his suicide in 1985
What does personal madness mean compared to a world gone mad? This is my favourite Bowie song from my favourite Bowie LP - The Man Who Sold The World depicts madness, murder, megalomania, sexual depravity, bleak loneliness and the dark dreams of the Gods, with music that totally supports the lyrics - particularly Tony Visconti's doom laden bass, Mick Ronson's fabulous guitar playing and the droning male backing vocals. Uncomfortable, challenging and totally brilliant! Thanks for posting...
that was fucking AWESOME- please do this for every song I love-what youve done is eqally profound as what David wrote and recorded-it's perfect-just perfect-and I bought this record 37 years ago- you blew me away-
Thanks for the lovely comment. I use three things...moviemaker, trial and error lol! Photoshop is supposed to be great but expensive to buy and difficult to learn I'm told.
it is strange and haunting wenever i hear this song as I have spent a stay in a mental institution dual dignosis drug and mental and ther wer people there who were so helpless and simply did not want to face the world even when asked to leave some stayed a night or two in their rooms until caught, I was dying to get out but some people would simply rather play with all the madmen
I'm drunk too. Insane, yes. But I fake it in the world big time. But only because I love the world. And only because they're all humans, and crimenently, that's good!
Thanks. You are only the second person to ask about the ending! I put the mad looking lady in and made sure that when she taps in time to the music, she's slightly out of sync, just like the madmen. My friend told me that everything is slightly out of sync on youtube so I was wasting my time!! lol
Thanks dunny for the lovely comment. She Shook Me Cold took an age, mostly trying to find images in the public domain to suit my idea!! I'm glad you enjoyed them. Frances
Thank you for the blessing! Aren't you the same Mhark67 who, 3 months ago said these were excellent visuals for this song??? Ah how fickle we are!!!(*_-)
@Landulphcounter I do agree Bowie was at his best in this early period (man who sold, hunky and ziggy)...the music is deep...and Ronno contributing in full !
Thank you for your nice comments. I'm not so young..I was at the infamous Pink Floyd concert in the Olympic Stadium in Montreal in 1977 (the one where Roger Waters spat on a member of the audience)!! Your English is much better than my Portuguese!
I honestly don't know but you're right it's similar and some memory at the back of my head is stirring when I look at your comment. I'll let you know if anything surfaces!!
Day after day They send my friends away To mansions cold and grey To the far side of town Where the thin men stalk the streets While the sane stay underground Day after day They tell me I can go They tell me I can blow To the far side of town Where it's pointless to be high 'Cause it's such a long way down Day after day They take some brain away Then turn my face around To the far side of town And tell me that it's real Then ask me how I feel Here I stand Foot in hand Talking to my wall I'm not quite right at all Don't set me free I'm as helpless as can be My libido's split on me Gimme some good ol' lobotomy 'Cause I'd rather stay here With all the madmen Than perish with the sad men Roaming free And I'd rather play here With all the madmen For I'm quite content They're all as sane as me Zane, Zane, Zane Ouvre le Chien Zane, Zane, Zane Ouvre le Chien Zane, Zane, Zane Ouvre le Chien Zane, Zane, Zane Ouvre le Chien Zane, Zane, Zane Ouvre le Chien Zane, Zane, Zane Ouvre le Chien Zane, Zane, Zane Ouvre le Chien Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: David Bowie
I looked for ways to incorporate something into the video that would reflect this sentiment. Strange one especially because 'ouvre le chien' (open the dog) is at the end....but then it is about madmen!
I read somewhere that when andiginous tribes ( Aborigines in paticular) mask their hair with ochre for religious rites it is likely becaus ethe clay is charged with magnetic properties. Bowie has ocher hair in this era. In a doc I watched the guy said he was some freak with ochre hair and it was like "ding" this man is a freakin' genius (Bowie) .He never ceases to amaze me with his brilliance, even when he is not trying to be.
@katrastrophy "...est is concerned with transformation. ... Change is substituting one thing for another thing. Transformation is a fundamental alteration of the context in which one holds or observes everything. est is concerned with context; therapy is concerned with content. est is concerned with transforming the context in which one views and experiences everything in life. est does not change what one knows; it transforms the way in which one knows."
This song sounds... like the sound of schizophrenia. It's beautiful and heartbreaking, of course. One of my favorites.
I love that all my favorite Bowie songs are not plastered on commercial radio, diminishing their true depth and artistic beauty. Thank you.
The absolute best bowie! great video MICK RONSON!!!! wow what a sound
one of my favorite albums of his ... love this ..... miss him
Agreed ❤
Very nice artwork to go along with this song!! One of my favorite Bowie tunes..Mick Ronson at his best here...R.I.P. DAVID & MICK...YOU ARE MISSED..
a few months later and it's almost unbearable to hear. as a child I never cried very much. at 52 I have never cried as much.
+George Keskeny If you're ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie!
+thegasworks Wow. That actually really helps put things in perspective. Thank You.
I understand (only too well ) I think it's getting worse,this pain
Superb artistic compilation with stellar song...thank you!
I used to listen to this album in my early teens and would lose myself in these lyrics....amazing...get the chills all these years later listening to them...cheers for posting x
Brilliant images, thank you x
The song that first really blew me away by David and still does...superb job on the video:gives this great so g the quality accompany it deserves so many thanks
2:13 Great image!! All great images. Nice work. Thank you for posting.
Cheers all. Carry with you music and humor, and you'll never fall!
I always loved this song...its very special and one of his best least known masterpieces
what a brilliant slideshow..!!!!!!!!!!!
perfect for the song
(happens to be one my favorite eve')
Cheers :-))
Preciosidade musical e boas imagens 👍,RIP Bowie.
I agree...THIS is really Bowie at his absolute best!
This is one of the BEST vids I have seen for him .. great song ..xx
nice job mate,thanks for posting.
This is my theme song... :) thanks for the tune and video, the pics are beautiful and relevant, thank you :)
Brilliant song!
Great song and I loved the video too. Nice one!
ahhh remember listening to this many years ago :p still a cool song
one of his best..shows he's a great artist!!...
everyones mad and im the only sane one left . david bowie understands. a great album so underrated.
Nice job! I have only just caught this and it's one of my favourite Bowie songs, You've done a really nice job here of matching everything up and i do KNOW a lot of effort goes into something like this. THanks for posting. LOVE IT!
Ken
Well done..great to hear this song again. Everyone says it is out Vietnam. I always felt it was about his half brother, Terry. He was a schizophrenic and inmate of Cane Hill mental institution (pictured on the original U.S. cover of The Man Who Sold the World) until his suicide in 1985
one of his best..shows he's an artist!!
Great song
and
Great video
Thanks Thegasworks !!!!!
brilliant collection of pics .well done man (.to an epic toon )i'd rather be here ......
Dude, this is a fantasic post, thank you.
I would say something about your choice of art, and your kindness in giving your time to make this, but it's already been said. Thank you.
Mate that's a wonderful video- well done
thegasworks, you're pretty damn cool. Many thanks for posting.
Thank you - so many to choose from but I love this one.
pretty pretty, love his voice in those years
David Bowie... One Insanely Gifted Musician..... Word!
All the madmen carry the news...
What does personal madness mean compared to a world gone mad? This is my favourite Bowie song from my favourite Bowie LP - The Man Who Sold The World depicts madness, murder, megalomania, sexual depravity, bleak loneliness and the dark dreams of the Gods, with music that totally supports the lyrics - particularly Tony Visconti's doom laden bass, Mick Ronson's fabulous guitar playing and the droning male backing vocals. Uncomfortable, challenging and totally brilliant! Thanks for posting...
He followed me home mummy, can I keep him?
i love this song so much!♥
that was fucking AWESOME- please do this for every song I love-what youve done is eqally profound as what David wrote and recorded-it's perfect-just perfect-and I bought this record 37 years ago- you blew me away-
Thanks for the lovely comment. I use three things...moviemaker, trial and error lol! Photoshop is supposed to be great but expensive to buy and difficult to learn I'm told.
Ah the good old days!! lol Thank you.
definitely the best bowie album ever. chrisharro's description is pretty accurate. I was into this album when it came out, and no less so today.
hecka good song!
The thin men stalking the streets is a creepy conjured image!
it is strange and haunting wenever i hear this song as I have spent a stay in a mental institution dual dignosis drug and mental and ther wer people there who were so helpless and simply did not want to face the world even when asked to leave some stayed a night or two in their rooms until caught, I was dying to get out but some people would simply rather play with all the madmen
some would act out with the intention to get more time forgot to add that in would make more sense if i did but im drunk sadly
I'm drunk too. Insane, yes. But I fake it in the world big time. But only because I love the world. And only because they're all humans, and crimenently, that's good!
i love this
Thanks. You are only the second person to ask about the ending! I put the mad looking lady in and made sure that when she taps in time to the music, she's slightly out of sync, just like the madmen.
My friend told me that everything is slightly out of sync on youtube so I was wasting my time!! lol
Yes there isn't one song I don't like on the album. Had a look at your channel you have some great favs...will be visiting!!
great video!
you should do a complete art history doc' featuring great music like this
music/art history video, going through each era of both complimenting one and other
mad as fuck
great photo, thanks
great post , cheers!
bellissima e toccante...
Good spotting!! Thanks
great song well made thegasworks !
the girlfriend aint happy Thegasworks, while i spend my time enjoying your bowie posts, makes a change from syd barrett anyhow. keep em coming!
Thanks and Happy New Year!
Thanks dunny for the lovely comment. She Shook Me Cold took an age, mostly trying to find images in the public domain to suit my idea!! I'm glad you enjoyed them. Frances
Agreed, I like that photo too. Thanks for watching.
Happy 65th birthday Dude!
Yep! Timeless song.
Amazing thankyOU!
Its Amazing man
I think so too, it's one of my favourite songs. That's why I decided to make the video.
Bowie's best albumn all songs. The beginnings of heavy metal on some of the songs.
this song is Glamour !!!!!!!!!!!!
@GothicGirlBassist Yeah, I'd like to do that but can never find much of his art on the net!!
lol, oops. Thinking too hard on that one. Thanks for setting the record straight for me:)
Aye matey, dey do...
@thegasworks okay then, but is it a problem how watching a video of somebody playing "Fame" on Rock Band 3 got me attracted to bowie's music?
Thank you for the blessing! Aren't you the same Mhark67 who, 3 months ago said these were excellent visuals for this song??? Ah how fickle we are!!!(*_-)
@Landulphcounter I do agree Bowie was at his best in this early period (man who sold, hunky and ziggy)...the music is deep...and Ronno contributing in full !
I saw the best minds of my generation
This song is definitely about the mental health system.This is one I would use to do a Mental Health Illness Playlist.
blessings
Thank you for your nice comments. I'm not so young..I was at the infamous Pink Floyd concert in the Olympic Stadium in Montreal in 1977 (the one where Roger Waters spat on a member of the audience)!! Your English is much better than my Portuguese!
I honestly don't know but you're right it's similar and some memory at the back of my head is stirring when I look at your comment. I'll let you know if anything surfaces!!
great vid love the art, its very BOWIE. you should collect some bowie art and make a vid paying homage to that.
Anthony Edward Visconti - great stuff man - at first I thought it was Herbie Flowers
Thank you very much.
Day after day
They send my friends away
To mansions cold and grey
To the far side of town
Where the thin men stalk the streets
While the sane stay underground
Day after day
They tell me I can go
They tell me I can blow
To the far side of town
Where it's pointless to be high
'Cause it's such a long way down
Day after day
They take some brain away
Then turn my face around
To the far side of town
And tell me that it's real
Then ask me how I feel
Here I stand
Foot in hand
Talking to my wall
I'm not quite right at all
Don't set me free
I'm as helpless as can be
My libido's split on me
Gimme some good ol' lobotomy
'Cause I'd rather stay here
With all the madmen
Than perish with the sad men
Roaming free
And I'd rather play here
With all the madmen
For I'm quite content
They're all as sane as me
Zane, Zane, Zane
Ouvre le Chien
Zane, Zane, Zane
Ouvre le Chien
Zane, Zane, Zane
Ouvre le Chien
Zane, Zane, Zane
Ouvre le Chien
Zane, Zane, Zane
Ouvre le Chien
Zane, Zane, Zane
Ouvre le Chien
Zane, Zane, Zane
Ouvre le Chien
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: David Bowie
A very good observation. I also think it'd be cool if it were a reference! I suppose both lines describe despair in their different ways.
Thank you!!!
Yes it is. I like Bowie's lyrics because they make me think.
This is excellent, really well done..wonderful music, wonderful art combined perfectly, which editing programme do you use ?
I looked for ways to incorporate something into the video that would reflect this sentiment. Strange one especially because 'ouvre le chien' (open the dog) is at the end....but then it is about madmen!
: ) Back atcha - it's Baltic here!!!
I read somewhere that when andiginous tribes ( Aborigines in paticular) mask their hair with ochre for religious rites it is likely becaus ethe clay is charged with magnetic properties.
Bowie has ocher hair in this era. In a doc I watched the guy said he was some freak with ochre hair and it was like "ding" this man is a freakin' genius (Bowie) .He never ceases to amaze me with his brilliance, even when he is not trying to be.
Can anyone recognise the music introduced in 2:30? It sounds to me like a sample from a Beethoven sonata played on moog...
Yeah, I love it!
@katrastrophy "...est is concerned with transformation. ... Change is substituting one thing for another thing. Transformation is a fundamental alteration of the context in which one holds or observes everything. est is concerned with context; therapy is concerned with content. est is concerned with transforming the context in which one views and experiences everything in life. est does not change what one knows; it transforms the way in which one knows."
Must have another listen to Bewlay Bros. - I didn't get that at the end.
@DanBlabbers Indeed!
"Insanity is a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world."
You're welcome glyph68. Thanks for watching.
Indeed!!!!!!
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.
It is indeed!!
Thanks very much Ken, I'm glad you liked it. ~ Frances
let me add just one thing: the "zane-zane-zane": ingenious simplicity (can't get it off my mind).
still awsomE!
No one quite equaled him! Thanks :)