David Bowie - Blackstar (Video)
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2015
- "Blackstar" by David Bowie
Listen to David Bowie: DavidBowie.lnk.to/listenYD
Watch more David Bowie videos: DavidBowie.lnk.to/listenYD/yo...
Subscribe to the official David Bowie RUclips channel: DavidBowie.lnk.to/subscribeYD
Follow David Bowie:
Facebook: DavidBowie.lnk.to/followFI/fa...
Instagram: DavidBowie.lnk.to/followII/in...
Twitter: DavidBowie.lnk.to/followTI/tw...
Website: DavidBowie.lnk.to/followWI/we...
Spotify: DavidBowie.lnk.to/followSI/sp...
RUclips: DavidBowie.lnk.to/listenYD
Lyrics:
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
In the villa of Ormen, in the villa of Ormen
Stands a solitary candle, ah-ah, ah-ah
At the centre of it all, at the centre of it all
Your eyes, your eyes
Ah-ah-ah
#DavidBowie #Blackstar #Rock 
Видеоклипы
![Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary) [2023 Remaster] {Full Album}](/img/1.gif)
Man knew he was dying but instead of being afraid looked death in the eye and used him as inspiration for his final masterpiece. Absolute respect to this legend. What a noble way to go out. May he rest in piece
Yes I agree. I've thought exactly that since he passed. He was a remarkable man and artist!
I expect he experienced the same emotions as we all would in that particular boat.
Stop accepting death. Build citadels of lego and cheese
Masterpiece indeed, as was his life.
DiX Inc. right? I think Bowie showed us that there is nothing to fear in death. As Mark Twain said “ I had been dead for billions and billions of years before i was born and do not recall suffering the slightest inconvenience from it”. Perhaps the Starman has begun a new journey in a new universe?
Shine on you crazy diamond dog.
Yes :/
+Shmuel Malkin Of course he will!
+tommy spears No, he's thinking of Diamond Dogs - 100% David Bowie. Look it up...
+Sonny0612 Diamond Dogs - total David Bowie reference...look it up.
+tommy spears David Barrett
My dad passed away from pancreatic cancer four months after this album was released. This song to me perfectly captured the emotion associated with the fight, acceptance, and transition he experienced. I'll always remember Bowie and my dad when I hear this.
📣 Diana, Princess of Wales, is alive! Yes, and it’s time the world begins to awaken to this Truth and so much more. Not only is our beloved Princess still with us, but so is John F. Kennedy, Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and Lauren Bessette. There’s also a long list of celebrities and entrepreneurs including David Bowie, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Robin Williams, Steve Jobs, and Whitney Houston. So, how does one account for something as unbelievable as this? Well, each person named above, and those whose names haven’t been revealed yet, have their own story, and soon you’ll be learning about it. However, in the meantime, here’s the short version. Each one of these people, at one point, entered into a worldwide witness protection program. Wondering what these individuals needed protection from? It’s something the likes of which the average man or woman has never been confronted with. Although it may sound funny, each one of us will eventually have a role in the “Big Picture,” too. What is it? We need to respectfully listen to their stories and begin to understand the “as yet, unrecognized threat” that humanity has been living amongst. Bottom line is that we must give these brave people an opportunity to tell their stories and face head-on the Truths that we’ll be given in order to protect our families and ourselves now and forever more. Best way for us to complete our responsibility is to have unwavering faith in our Creator, God Eternal. (Use a free, online translation tool if you would like to read this message in a different language.)
My grandfather passed around the same time and I recall holding him while he was fading. It was a very hard time and we had to go overseas to be with him during his final days. I am so sorry to read about your loss, and I hope you remember the happy times. Remembering the funny stories and happy times has gotten me through the worst of my pain and strengthened me. I would like to share that with you if you do not mind. Sending positivity your way. If you ever want to read story, please lmk, have plenty lol.
I lost a good friend to pancreatic cancer around this time. I have always found it difficult to listen to because it brings me back to that time and makes me incredibly sad. I will always remember losing David Bowie and my friend within a month of each other, the world is a worse place without them both in it.
@@ymrabc THIS INFO HAS ALREADY STARTED TO BE ANNOUNCED 📢. GO LOOK WHERE YOU CAN FIND “UP-TO-THE-MINUTE” 💻 INFO “RIGHT NOW.” YOU’RE ALREADY BEHIND THE CURVE ⌛
I'm sorry my friend. Sending love.
I keep coming back to this song. Genius doesn't need confirmation.
I'm listening with you right now
@@99Sirk I'm glad. A lot of people don't like Blackstar, ''oh, him what did Star thing'? Yeah, and so much more. More than you'll ever know. Take care.
Me toooo
Death: Time To Go Bowie
Bowie: Wait I'm Writing a Album
Death: Sorry i Don't Make Exeptions
Bowie: It's About You
Death: Okay i Can Make One Exeption
★
Shut up!
@@tonyfix7986 No u
@@tonyfix7986 no you
Google is Illuminati....Illuminati is Google
Cancer fucking sucks. R.I.P. Mr. Bowie.
First Lemmy now Bowie? DAMN!!!
yes...it...does...
hello yeah it doen, rip bowie
+VIDEO TECH SCORPION Damn right!!!
HELL is ETERNAL torment. Far from peace.
Today, me, my dad and my younger brother went to the veterinary clinic to put the cat to sleep, because he felt bad, something with kidneys and some tumor, he was 18 years old, operations would only hurt him, because they are serious, and the chance that he would survive would be minimal, operations are expensive and there was no hope, a lot of money would have been spent and not the fact that he would have survived, and if he would He would have lived with a month and that's it, it was not worth it, so it was decided to put him to sleep, my father and I cried, hard, the cat went bad, faded for a couple of days, we said goodbye to him and went home. The cat has lived with me my whole life, I turn 16 tomorrow, have pictures and videos from my childhood with him. He was like a big brother to me. Thank you so much to David Bowie for his work, it's this song that keeps me sane for now. Listened to it and Black star by Radiohead as we drove there and realized that nothing lasts forever and everything has to be said goodbye to
So sorry for your loss. I lost my 13 year old cat a day after her cancer surgery. I never thought before that it would hit me that hard. But here I am still mourning her after 2 years. I'm still feeling like I lost a very close family member. Losing a pet is very painful but it's also hard to understand for people who never experienced it.
A big hug for you ❤️
He never looked old to me, he always looked the same age, no matter what age he was. It was a shock to me when I heard he had died. We've lost one of the greatest musicians EVER.
he was amazing
Is amazing@@Corn-Pop.
😢❤
Look at the smiley face at the beginning on the astronaut..this is an occult video..
The thin white duke 💚🖤
If you ever feel sad, know that the earth is 4.35 billion years old, and you were born at a time to listen to David.
@Joan
*Now that's a comforting introspection of our lives. When life gets a bit too heavy to stand up, or too depressing to roll out of bed, such a thought lifts my spirits to arise and soar, knowing why it is I decided to come to the Planet to begin with. Thank You!*
@@Genjo_N_Mojave awesome post sir....
prove it
@@JonnyHalfton flat earther by any chance?
@@seanfoleyexperimentalmusic6671 you just accept everything your told without questioning it by chance?
He didn’t die, he simply became music.
exact !
amazing words!
Bring yourself back online
Olivier Swingedau ruclips.net/video/WjqC4AgEzas/видео.html Olivier,👍🏻👍🏻
Ярослав Хартонюк ruclips.net/video/WjqC4AgEzas/видео.html 🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
How he created this as he was dying is astounding!! Genius!
strange, creepy, disjointed, frightening, confusing, and yet magical, wonderful, smooth, soothing... just amazing.
It is even soothing somehow! I agree!
He created many historical masterpieces (I like the album of the era I made with ENO), but "BLACKSTAR" seems to be completely isolated from Bowie's works so far. It's completely singing about death. I've never heard this kind of music.
there's some occult meaning here as well. I am " The Great I am " Maybe being human is the experience, and what comes next is actual reality. The idea is to let go of who you are self (ego) and connect with the great I am, which is basically you. Buddhist tend to seek this same oneness within. Or one can cheat and take LSD haha. Dmt is too much for simple soul validation, I'd say that's more for trauma and overcoming impossible situations in life.....
That which you seek, is also seeking you
There is the major Tom, who let go and drifted away. The symbolism is breathtaking.
It's a satinic/sarurnist esoteric ritual
He flat out said "You guys see me as a god, a spirit, an alien, inhuman, despite the fact that I'm as human as the rest of you. Thank you, but it's my time to leave. Someone else will come in and take my place. It's time we say goodbye." With just this one song. He came to peace with his past and accepted death with open arms. Truly a legend.
That's my interpretation as well. But it breaks my heart when he sings "something happened on the day he died..." cause it did happened, the stars looked different. 💔
Didn't he say something about Lorde being the next best artist? Maybe Lorde is the one who will take his place.
@@skeletons2346 She better hurry it up because we're running out of time
He gets a special place that no one else can replace !!
@@skeletons2346 Yes, he said that Lorde was the future of music. She sang “Life On Mars?” at the 2016 Brit Awards February as a tribute.
It has already been seven years. Time does indeed flies, doesn't? Rest in peace, Mr. Bowie.
kanye is making him proud :)
@@makes-cents-online ?
@@jacobm92 you never seen the connection made between bowie and west? look it up. bizzare
@@makes-cents-online You're pretty bizarre. one Z by the way. 2 Rs.
@@jacobm92 there's an apostrophe after R and between s "R's" also 🖕🏾
There will never be another David Bowie.
This is an occult video
@@RockJack-cs6vu Okay loony
Thank god there won’t
@@RockJack-cs6vuok boomer
Bowie did not die, just his body, his soul lives on in all of us
He accepted his own death and made it into a piece of art. Amazing fellow.
Extraordinario, profundo, enigmático, lleno de simbologias. Un reso profano y misterioso. Pura mente navegando perdido en un laberinto extraviado. Nadie podrá igualar a esta estrella
You are wrong, this is a message to people that black and white race will die in agony
Мачо Бой wtf are you talking about
Мачо Бой what lmao
@@user-cf3yr8nc9w ok that's odd
He came as a Starman waiting in the sky and left as a Blackstar, completing his own life cycle. Just phenomenal. Bowie will always be the true music God.
The Black Hole
@@damiansurman9810 I am the Blackstar. I got Hacked, not just a minor Computer glitch. Everything went crazy. Carbon Monoxide detectors even went off! All this happened at Solar Sunspot Minimum - which corresponded with the time a Strange Virus broke out in Wuhan. Quantum Computing, Boolean Logic.
Genio fino alla fine,unico e immenso
Nah
Not exactly.
The most amazing final act of anyone ever...
Check out The Doublejumps if you're into David Bowie - they're a cool, emerging band from New Zealand, my home country
@@MassiveFish-hp4pmDON’T
@@lung_licker Why??
@@VincentBruno280 i hate that commenter cashing off a dead man
@@lung_licker Even in this very song, David Bowie says "Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried, i'm a blackstar." Bowie's final wishes were for someone to live on his legacy and keep the music alive. He wanted small time artists like this 'DoubleJumps' band to rise from the ashes of Ziggy Stardust.
Bowie was the greatest artist that ever lived.
Tfw you're dying so you decide to write a 10-minute gregorian chant hip-hop techno-jazz rock opera.
#justbowiethings
oh my god i hate when that happens 😞
Just as sure as I wear white painter jeans to work gonna spill coffee on em
Jajajaja
Because that's what he did best.... The unexpected
He made his death a piece of art
Perfect . . .
He made it a gift for the rest of us.
He didnt die.. He returned to space
Fabiana Pozzobon He isn't talking about his death. He's taking about Jesus's death. Was David Bowie executed?
Well, I should have said crucified.
A deep, amazing album to conclude this genius’s life.
He knew he was dying and decided to literally make a farewell album. So beautiful.
Love Bowie.
Genius? The guy was a terrible human being
@@worldwise2023 What did he do? (Not doubting, just curious)
@@worldwise2023
Whatever you say. Have a good day.
I believe this was his most authentic work in his life
He didn't die. He's in his tin can floating far above the world
+Julie Delahooke Hahahaahah this has to be the funniest comment ive seen all day xD
+Anti Narcissist We live in hell its right here right now. He's free after giving so much joy!
+Anti Narcissist ''above......there is no ''above''..........above there is the universe. Below, there is many many lava and heat :D
+Julie Delahooke
Bon Voyage Major Tom
that's a nice way to put it I have made me much happier about it. he was a legend I'm thirteen and he will always be in my prayers. for his family, friends and fans greving
There's something oddly comforting and beautiful about him turning his death into art. It's euphoric. There will never ever be anyone like him again.
Never!!!
🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤😊😊😊
This is not art per se; it is occultism and black magic. If you cant see this you've drunk way too much Kool Aid.
@@chookin1 “This is not art persay...”
Sure it is Percy.
“If you cannot see this...”
I think you are confused. Art is not necessarily the thing that inspired it. Space Oddity was a song not a space mission.
Bowie dabbled in all kinds of interesting ideas m throughout his career. He was inspired occultism. He was also inspired by politics, Current affairs, classic Hollywood, science fiction, psychology; krautrock, Americana, the golden age of cinema and the culture of Weimar Germany.
Look up Leonard Cohen's final album *You Want It Darker.*
Made while he was dying as well. "Leaving the Table' - you will feel it.
For me this Album is Bowie's best works !
It’s a modern death ballad it could be beautiful set to ballet
It reminds me a lot of Outside
Für mich auch. Mit letzter Kraft für uns zum Abschied gemacht.
Jess ❤❤❤😢😢😢
@@kc4e841i agree it broke my heart to see him sick.
Bowie helped me deal with emergency surgery last year and almost 6 months of recovery in the hospital. He's still impacting many lives after returning to his home world. Bless him
Check out The Doublejumps if you're into David Bowie - they're a cool, emerging band from New Zealand, my home country
What an incredible artist he was. His last album was very dark and very sad; this album was about the last chapter of his life. May God rest his beautiful soul.
beautiful soul, wow can you explain the meaning of this video clip or the lyrics?
skilled person I believe she (and all who respect and cherish David's art and music) is referring to his entire body of work. Why must she "explain" this video or its meaning(s)? Are you frightened or somehow wounded by this video/music? Search inside your own heart and soul for serenity, tranquility, peace, grace, love, happiness, contentment, etc... It kind of sounds as though you're attempting to pin something sinister or negative to this video/music...
I honestly can not explain the lyrics or video. I don't believe anyone can, for that matter. Bowie's music was a journey, not a destination. His music and art gave us something to think about. I think it was his goal to let us interpret and take away from his music that had the most meaning to each of us. I believe his last album, "Blackstar" was a very personal journey for him. I think he achieved all that he wanted to, and a lot of critics are saying his last album was his greatest masterpiece.
ToonieMama i can explain some of it,
In the villa of Ormen. city of serpent (demons)
Stands a solitary candle: the light bearer Lucifer..
did you get it now?
Why did you ask the question, if you already knew then??
I heard someone once say "There's a Bowie for every generation" I disagree. For every generation there is Bowie.
yeah death grips could be a bowie of our generation
cocconutt facts lmaooo
mdkilner - OFFICIAL I agree but this is kinda close...
70s-David Bowie
80s-Madonna
90s-Marilyn Manson
00s-My Chemical Romance
10s-Lady Gaga
20s-???
Only "DAVID BOWIE" for ALL generations
oh damn yo!
this might just be the most unique and moving piece of art I've ever witnessed.
This still feels cutting edge 8 years later…the music obviously but also the video. It’s a rare example of fine art from mainstream pop culture.
Not really lol
Agreed! He was beyond pop and he was also multidisciplinary, and great at these other things he did too.
It's death magic. By design, it is as timeless as oblivion.
Imagine knowing you have terminal cancer and still getting up to go to work every day, David is not only one of the best musicians ever to walk the planet he’s also one of the bravest. We miss you 💫 man.
The only other musician I can say did the same was Leonard Cohen, he literally wrote a whole album with the help of his son about his death, and wherever they are (I bet they're in the Tower of Song, like Cohen said, we'd be hearing from him even after he's long long gone) they're damn legends.
He wanted to say goodbye he marked the world by being a legend he had to say goodbye to all of us!
🌹🌹🌹💋🤗🏴🤗🏴👍👍
@@andreasballe7470 and J.Dilla. Donuts is a masterpiece
Watch Cancer: the forbidden cures (2010)
Used his terminal illness as the final reinvention. What a fucking genius.
A true love he has and we have for him❤️
He helped us to accept his death, the most nobel humane gesture ever. Wonderful man. The song and the spot are so complex, so disturbing, reminding us of our liveness before we die...his heritage for his people, ...hard to reach it’s full meaning.
Such a sorrow for him (and all of us).
@@tihanasmit2424 well said
So did Schubert. Most of the great 'late' works of classical composers are a response to oncoming death. Bowie's is very stylish, creepy, and magical.
Yep.
Bowie will always be a Blackstar. One legendary musician who will never be repeated.
Eight years and it's still an absolute masterpiece of a song and music video.
I can not believe it's been 8 years.
Probably the best last album ever of an artist. Conceptualising his own death into something this glorious is just unique.
Leonard cohen did something very similar around the same time, and it’s also amazing. I think Leonard’s is a bit better as a complete work.
@@gorndt4990 Everybodys knows it and it isnt a "last" album. Bowie went out with a bang while Elverum is still making music.
Danny Elfman is still full of life at 70 and recently wrote an album inspired by this.
sorry but, nothing tops J Dilla's Donuts for me
@@nuclearcatbaby1131thanks for saying that, Danny elfman has been out of this world recently and it makes me feel crazy because I never see anyone mention it. He’s been incredible
Starmen do not die, they just return to space...
+Tyrant We only all THINK he's dead, because he's the man who sold the world.
+Tyrant yes
+Tyrant " Ground Control to Major Tom"- Rest in Peace, sir.
One day I'll go to space
It took me a long time to listen to Blckstar. I just couldn’t believe he was gone. It hurt to acknowledge that he had moved on from this world and i wanted to pretend that he was still here. But now im happy to listen to it because he lives on in our hearts. Each time we listen to him we are celebrating his life and his artistic achievements.
'....moved on from this world....' No, he just moved to Spain. ruclips.net/video/JCugYwtfrPY/видео.html
That's how I feel, too.
This is the first time I've been able to bring myself to listen to Blackstar...
Ditto listened to the entire album today 2024
I just listened to it yesterday( 1-10-24) for the first time
With his last record, Master Bowie, the Blackstar, will forever speak to us with grace and dignity.
“When a man sees his black star,, he knows his time … has come.” - Elvis Presley from his song, Blackstar
both songs are fantastic
elvis didn't wrote that
@@Xndest yes he did: "And when a man sees his black star, He knows his time, his time has come"
What’s elvis got to do with it?
@@dreadpirateroberts4052 Well, if it was the inspiration for the song in this video, quite a bit, dumbass.
He's with me now...
Now I can finally get that live show I've always wanted!
+God At least stream it for us on twitch, would you?
+God Can you bring him back? i will give you chocolate.
ok no chocolate , what about a praise?
+God lmao
+God We are UNDER PRESSURE down here... It's the terror of knowing what this world is about watching some good friends go... RIP David & Freddie.
+Seck Boi (TPNG TEIT NDCP OWN) kkkkkkkkkk Perfect!
He was a true artist. It wasn't just about the music, it was about the visuals and the way you experience the concept. Absolute genius. They don't come along very often and the mold was definitely broken after Bowie. RIP Sir ❤
He saved his best for last. My favorite Bowie album
I like the fact that Bowie wrote and recorded one of his greatest songs at the end of his life. It's as if his whole life was his art, and therefore needed a finale.
Yes I just saw the film Moonage Daydream, and it presents Bowie's whole life as really a spiritual quest. Must watch!
Yes! Absolutely. His whole LIFE was art. Not just for us as viewers but mainly for himself. It was amazing to live AS David Bowie.
"I love life very much indeed".
his whole life was art indeed
Extremely well stated
@@davidfrantz276 I saw Bowie live in concert about 13 years ago in Los Angeles Universal Ampitheatre
No one will ever go out like him. At least in our life time.
How'd you end up here 😅
+Mikey Gaming
lol you were the last person I was expecting here...not saying your not allowed too
Yea, I'm curious if someone like Axel Rose or Bruce Springsteen will go out with a bang. They are both intense like Bowie when it comes to their music. I'm not so sure about Axel Rose though. He's too jacked up from drugs.
+Henry TheGreatAmerican I agree with you on Axel Rose--completely. Bruce Springsteen, not sure at this point.
You should check out the song by GnR called Catcher in the Rye.... the demo version. I think it was a very underrated song. The demo is way better than the album version. I think it was the best song on Chinese Democracy. The overall album was decent but way overproduced. If they released in 1999 like they were supposed to it would have been a bigger hit. A lot of the songs have potential. I'm guessing a few might be reproduced by artists in the future with a better updated sound. Seems like Axel had to throw in a few too many excessive 80's guitar riffs where they weren't needed.
I don't understand how some people criticize this album badly, instead of giving up, his last wish was to give us this beautiful album, David didn't have to do it in the condition he was in, but he did it because he was an artist out of this world.
R.I.P David Bowie, Leyend & One Of Best 💖
Well said.❤
"In the dark times/will there also be singing?/Yes there will also be singing/About the dark times " Bertolt Brecht. Thank you Bowie for enriching my life ALL of your life!
Experimental Bowie is best Bowie. Seriously, Blackstar was Bowie without any restrictions on what he could do and it's my favorite album from him for it.
He was always unrestricted, always one step ahead of the rest, always daring to step into unknown territory and shattering preconceived notions. A true innovator that shaped music in ways many people take for granted. His album "Outside" which a lot of people overlook due to it being released in 1995 (he was planning on revisiting it, actually) is a perfect example. I've been a Bowie fan long before the news of his death, but I still keep discovering gems, another one being "Earthling". Just as he has no two albums sounding the same, he also has no peers. He immortalised his life into his art and decided that was to be his parting gift to us. I have nothing but deep admiration for the man.
nice comment also that pupper is adorable
nice pupper also that comment is adorable
I don't believe Bowie had more restrictions in albums such as "Heroes" or "Lodger". He was always experimental.
Lodger is my favorite of his albums
When I was a wee lass in the eighties, my mum told me Bowie was way ahead of his time so we should feel privileged to be alive in his lifetime to experience his brilliance. It was definitely a privilege.
Your mum was very smart 👍🏻
You got this so right.His Morningstar will live forever and his life as a holy dove of Peace is forever and forever.Amen
She was right..like mums always are
Ma maman.pas aussi cultivée 👍
England?
This song is something very special, a pure work of art. The integrity of the self expression is just huge.
This music has changed my life; despite his imminent death, Bowie was still evolving philosophically and artistically. What an amazing human being! I feel blessed to have been able to share the planet with such a rarefied soul! He impacted so many lives in so many different ways through his artistic vision. Thank You❤
Is it just me or do I keep being led back to this song... And it gets better every time?
Same here....
Yep me too. Can't stop watching. Bowie is a genius to the end.
You're still here~ 😎
Dawn Hope Me? Yes, I am still here. Again!
+Guy Collishaw ,~*lol*~°
In the theatre when an actor undoes their sleeve buttons it is their last performance. Bowie honors this in both Blackstar and Lazarus. So many small details and many a thoughtful moment to say his final farewell. I'll keep coming back. My kids will know him.
Ok cool
Really Allah
That's a fantastic piece of knowledge. Thanks. All these wee touches just add to the masterpiece
My child knows him, and they once asked, "Why is David Bowie your favorite?" And I said, "Because he was brave, and that makes me feel brave because I'm always afraid."
That and the music. Naturally.
So you let your children listen to this dark demonic shit
When I was 11, my Big Sis' got me the "Low" Bowie Record because she knew I liked the Song "Fame." That's all I wanted was More Bowie, nothing else.
I just turned 60, and I miss David more than a family member.
I hope for Mankind to remember David as I do for Mankinds' Sake.
It‘s been 8 years now. You’re being missed, Bowie.
If you listen to the song carefully its almost as if Bowie was moving through decades of his own musical styles and has them all represented in one song.
The final masterpiece
The whole album really. I feel there are a lot of parallels with Station to Station.
There is lot to it. This song can be intepreted in many ways, though I think the ultimate message was a huge criticism of things we believe in. You need to know history of religion and ideologies well to see the references in it, same as in many other songs. Some say that China Girl was just a commercial pop songs, but for a person who knows the political history of China, it is obvious the song and the video were representing what has been happening in China since the beginnings of the XIXth century, up to the 80ies.
@@SparrowNoblePoland It's true however 'China Girl' was written by Iggy Pop. I think it was more of a casual observation he was making on culture, so it is still there. How deep the message in songs go is often granted a lesser AND a greater meaning by the audience and whether the artist is being literal in their message or not. Art is a mirror full of symbolism. Some artists are seen as much smarter and deeper than they are just by making reference. That's part of the charm. They cause people to think, sometimes way more than the artist actually has.
Bowie considered himself a Gnostic Christian. More of a mystical rudimentary form, not adhering to the doctrines of organized religion. I'd say he was a believer but just as much a Buddhist, occultist or even pagan. He has said that he had no interest in knocking anyone's religion and found them fascinating. Bowie was an observer not a critic with harsh opinions. That's what made him interesting. You do stuff like observe honestly and people will have you lynched for it. Artists with strong gripes aren't for me, neither are pretentious and dishonest ones.
finnibert lunchiken Incorrect. Bowie wrote China Girl and gave it to Iggy Pop, then later decided to release it himself. I should know. I’m named after the song. Lol.
It’s so amazing of him that he made this last album for us. Turning his death into art. He could have chilled out and relaxed for the last part of his life, but he out so much effort into this. I have great respect for him
ya it really is amazing that his last album was a middle finger to the lord god and the angels trapped inside host bodies to come burn in hell with him and the rest of the demons..
@@motorbreathjz You don't know who's in heaven and who's in hell, so you shouldn't pretend you do.
@@Demowan i know minions from the pit that mock angels in host bodies their whole lives do.. i would think a direct attack against the lord would be pretty punishable.. sure he didnt talk to jesus on his dying bed..
what about those 15 year old girls he took advantage of
@@motorbreathjz You might as well say Bowie sinned against Santa Claus, only Santa is a lot more likable fictional character because he gives children presents rather than commanding they be smashed against rocks or stoned to death for being disobedient.
Me and my best friend we tripping really hard on LSD years ago In his room.
We had RUclips playlist playing funky 70’s-80’s music and when the playlist ended it started playing suggestions.
This song was then uploaded to RUclips and we began listening to it within minutes of it being on RUclips.
The vibe we got when it came
On threw us into a whirlwind of mental energy.
Very disoriented and an overwhelming pressure of secrecy we listened in silence.
By the time it ended we were completely frozen.
After the trip ended we found the song and realized it was released because David had passed and this was a going away song.
Very interesting experience thought I would share.
Because it's full of occult and satanic shit
I was just wondering how crazy it would be to experience this song on psychedelics, interesting story.
Something very mesmerising about this track
David Bowie stared down oblivion, and thought, "I can use this".
Jeezus dude fr
I like the chick with the Cat's tail.
Hey philosophy tube fan
Well Said
@GIL Favor What, like George Galloway?
ruclips.net/video/q6ZDP8UhPys/видео.html
God is good to me. I never met Bowie, but after an Iggy concert in Harvard Square in 77, a limo was parked at a red light. I ran up to it....and through smokey glass, Bowie, Iggy and Debbie Harry all leaned forward, smiled widely and waved. The light turned green, they were gone. No one else was around . Thank you.....Universe.
Dude, the Universe didn't give you that experience for no reason. You're a witness.
I can see four smiling faces 🙂
Wonderful x
Wow. Just. Wow.
I'd have opened fire.
Nobody on planet earth will ever understand or write and sing a piece of music ever like this. It is insomouitable. To have this vision is incredible. Is it any reason why I think he was the best musician of all time. God bless you David. I’m my eyes you will be never bettered. ❤❤❤❤❤
I'll always love him. Not only because of his talent but because he was also such a kind, genuine soul. He was absolutely amazing ...Still is and will always be.
Happy 5th birthday Blackstar, happy 74th birthday Bowie and RIP can’t believe it’s been that long since you left us to be that Starman in the sky.
Yeah RIP Bowie, I really do miss him and I still hope he is having a good time in Heaven
@@nufcow3n I Hope so. R.I.P. David...WE Love 💞 you☮️🇩🇪
I'm happy hope you're happy too
it was utter carnage, absolutely gut wrenching. thank goodness i had a work shift scheduled for the 10th, but god.... i lost it entirely 3 days later.
It's still so hard to cope with.
@@thatoneoddball2564 Your not alone. Take care.
Dropping a 10 minute epic to conclude one of the most remarkable careers ever is such a final boss move.
Wombo Combo.
that ain't falco@@jamesbeatty-wilson5290
This is timeless and genius because it's a communion of suffering. We can all relate. ❤️ You david.
The fact that David Bowie wrote an album when he was diagnosed terminally ill with cancer just shows how much of a genius and a legend he was. RIP Mr. Bowie. Xxx
Its confirmed now: Bowie is a fucking genius.
+Teresa Gomes Sorry, Teresa, but you're a little late. That has been confirmed DECADES ago! ;)
It was confirmed a loooooooong time ago hon
It's confirmed now, there is life after Bieber.
+Breanna Hagenbuch I thnk she might have been joking!! :p
ffsf739
This song is ahead of this time
He stared death in the face, and created this. To me, it captures the feeling of accepting your own mortality perfectly. A true artist right until the end. Fucking inspirational
+Aston Piras He died as he lived gracefully. A very private man. An artist not a celebrity.
+Aston Piras i think it helps to explain the dark tone, too perhaps.. the beautiful darkness of this track/album is all the more captivating now..
Very well said thank you
Satan worshiper
+Anthony Ramirez ...and this would bother you if it were true? Were you put on earth to police the world and berate anyone who doesn't believe in what you believe? If so, you are involved in one fucked up religion.
April 8 = Black Star
My guy. This 💯 ..
Watch the book of Clarence and then come back to this again
I was 10 when he died and I remember being so sad. I always wanted to meet him. I now realize I meet him through his art everyday ❤
he's gay compared to chubby checker
Total Respect for David ... he inspired me to do a few covers as " Space Buoy - Bowie's Love Child" ... on my YT Channel ... his fans are so ACE!
And I was almost 18 then. There's something magical about it, I'm happy to see the next generation love this awesome man 😭❤️
So was I. He died eight days after my 10th birthday. Ever since listening to his music, I’ve related to his music so much.
Well said
This completes the trilogy: Space Oddity (introduction of Major Tom), Ashes to Ashes (the resurrection of Major Tom), BACKSTAR (the god status of Major Tom). Well done Dave!
+Tony Martin Was´nt "Hallo Spaceboy" the third part?
+Tony Martin Hallo Spaceboy? Nitpicking aside, I like your take. It's amazing how each of these songs gives new context and thus a new meaning to the last.
+Hitori Koumori This definitely sounds like the sequel to Outside. I love it.
+Michael Emberley totally agree
True, I had forgotten about Spaceboy, but here Major Tom is clearly dead and gone... except he now exists in the memory of the cult he inspired.
Still the weirdest, creepiest, most brilliant song/album I've ever heard. I remember this came out like 2 days before he died and everyone was just baffled. There were so many theories in just those 48 hrs. Then he died and it all fucking made sense. GOAT.
I got this album the day it came out, and the fact that he kept his illness under wraps...I like, sobbed for what felt like forever when it was announced he passed just days later.
I still have a hard time listening to this album, but it’s the absolute most Bowiest of all Bowie.
I can't wrap my mind around it. What does it mean?
@Consuelo Patagonia ... Is that how you feel about religion also? The Bible and the church? The ockult teachings?
@Consuelo Patagonia ... LOL, I think that religion has with everything to do.
So you think Bowies music is just random words with no meaning at all.
@Consuelo Patagonia .. Wow, you are fun to talk to.
There is no death of an artist that can touch you more than by one who sings his ow eulogy.
I personally was beojen when he died
Never a big fan of David but he made some Iconic music. Just came across this and all I can say is the man is a true Legend. What a powerful piece of art this is. This can mean so many things emotionally for anybody facing their own mortality. Mostly for good and giving peace to the listener.
Top notch.
"You're dying of cancer and are going to die very soon Mr.Bowie, what are you going to do?"
"I am going to drop the hottest fucking album before I go." - David Bowie
Yup wasn't good it was AMAZING, a true masterpiece of this era.
You can believe whatever you want! that's the beauty of art, and funny thing is, great art like this a lot of times uncovers more of what you have in your mind than what the actual subject it's about.
John Deere The song is actually about Jesus. He was a "black star", in Gnostic Christianity, becaused he rebelled against the Satanic system controlling the world. The blindfolded Bowie character represents the devil, and the Bowie that can see is Jesus holding the true gospel. The cultists people represent humans manipulated by demons to believe harmful religions and ideologies.
Blackstar is another name for cancer. Leave your bullshit, fairy tales out of it.
You are a deluded coward. I'm so tired of you and your ilk's fearful belief in a God, put together piecemeal from the many religions before which ultimately all point to the same unimaginative story, told many times over by man. Just be honest and except you do not know a thing and your religions are just mans ego and fear.
Feel free to beilieve that if it makes you feel better but don't try to reduce the work of others by tainting it with such dull arrogance.
Remember while you're jamming this that Bowie was basically recording the Blackstar album while he was literally dying of cancer and he dropped it just 2 days before his passing. ABSOLUTE boss level. RIP to one of the greatest songwriters and performers of the 20th century.
Nah
@@derangedQuiver what do you mean nah and why are you replying to a 4 month old comment?
@@333g8 i just shat 6 months better lol
How many artists create music and imagery that can give comfort to future strangers facing death?
This is easily Bowie's best video in conception and delivery, disquieting and intense.
The astronaut at the beginning is Major Tom himself... pure genius
And black star is the sacrifice of klaus nomi
The girl who gets the skull is the girl with the mousy hair from life on mars
why does major Tom have jewels on his head ?
So sad how much he aged in the face in just a few years. Just 15 years ago he still looked years younger than his age! One of the most influential artists of the last century.
How u know it's major tom?
After 24 albums and nearly 50 year career and battling cancer he still made one of the most mesmerising pieces of music ever created
maybe 26 albums?
bowie had more than 50 years of career, since he already released his first singles with bands in 1964
@@OnlyGoodMusic_ not 1963?
@@raregod2436 maybe idk
@@raregod2436 honestly, idk why folks count Pinups as an actual mainline David Bowie album. Buddha of Suburbia makes more sense, since most of the album is actually original and not meant for the show it was made for. So technically you could argue he made 25 real albums
Masterpiece. There's only one Bowie. He's spiritually expanded so many human consciousnesses . He was a gift from God.
Thank you David Bowie. You are in our hearts. No one will forget. Thank you David Bowie.
It must be hard to accept your own death when you have so much life in you. RIP David Bowie.
It must be
That is exactly what makes death acceptable, read some Seneca please, it helps.
Religion Islam
@@ahlamahlam8513 said nobody with a brain
@@Blortoblorto Thank you for making me curious and helping me enrich my own life by reading Seneca myself.
David Jones Died yesterday.. David Bowie lives on in any musician that has ever been a little bit weird, a little bit artsy,and a little bit androgynous. Flesh dies... a legacy is IMMORTAL
Agreed, friend 😭
well said
So well said
db lives on in any intelligent producer or consumer of art, fine or pop. To produce * associated with his coming demise examples grace under fire. Follow that example.
A poet never dies :)
This album is a masterpiece
Just dropping in again: I miss you fella.
He was such a great artist….to be able to make a song and a video like this as he was dying…..very moving.
+Karen Katz I couldn't watch Lazarus, though, it was just too painful.
+Karen Katz have you read the lyrics for it? fucking heartbreaking
David Bowie? Soon to be David Burried, amirite!!
mythos57 Yes thanks for asking.
+Karen Katz He had a message to tell before he left...
imagine turning your own death into an artistic exit. what an absolute legend. RIP Star Man
David Bowie - Blackstar Subtitulado Español
ruclips.net/video/LVF9_NWKBWc/видео.html
عطاء الله
You are absolutely right RIP David Bowie
Grim Reaper: "He can't do that! Shoot him...or something!"
Mr David Bowie tells us how we people deadly afraid of dying 😢
Bowie is immortal, his songs will live forever
Another interesting fact. at 5:45 Bowie is sending a message to British journalist Marin Amis, who called Bowie a "Flash in the pan" in 1973. You will notice Bowie puts his thumb to his nose and wiggles his fingers as if to say "neener neener neener". Take that Mr. Amis!!!!!!
Amazing, thanks for this.
That's cool can you send a source so I can read?
@@datboijoey9587 I Googled Marin Amis Bowie and several came up. Here is one of them, www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/jan/11/was-david-bowie-saying-goodbye-on-blackstar
crazyelf62 - You spelt Amis's name wrong! It's Martin Amis, not "Marin Amis"! And he's a very famous novelist! FFS! And yes, he totally misjudged Bowie in a very, very stupid article he wrote in the British weekly, New Statesman, and as a result Amis got egg all over his face. Stupid pratt!
@@wiseonwords Since he insulted Bowie he does not deserve to have his name spelled correctly. LOL.
"To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."
well said....
coming from a guy named hannah montanna ill take my own wise words lol
+Crazy Villarruel The M is my middle name lmao
is that spike?
Khaaji lmao yeah I love Cowboy Bebop
Fantastic and brave music. Bon Voyage David Bowie - and best of luck on your journey of ascension. Thankyou for what you did for human awareness.
He was unmistakably unique.
Thank you David, you will live forever ....
Only David Bowie could make me scared of people shaking their arms
It's the Spirit Fever
It is based on old Popeye cartoons. Very innocent, actually, not creepy. Here is a simple explanation from www.billboard.com/articles/news/6770048/david-bowie-blackstar-video-debut-popeye: Not unlike that clip, dance plays a role in this film, too, but more in the Pina Bausch choreography sense. At various points in the film, non-Bowie people compulsively shudder, their shoulders bobbing up and down like they're enduring a mild shock.
During the Q&A, Renck revealed the unexpected inspiration for that motion: Classic Popeye cartoons. Renck says Bowie was fascinated by the way background characters in the Max Fleischer 'toons from the 1930s moved. Since animators were focused on the foreground action but didn't want to leave the rest of the frame static, periphery characters would often repeat the same three-second motions for, say, 30 seconds of a cartoon frame. So Bowie suggested to Renck that the extras in his video do the same.
Yeah i was about to say it made a little scared
Crazy Irish Murray it freaks me out so bad
Or a candle...
I can't believe that I only started listening to his music until after his death. David Bowie where ever you are, thank you.
Wherever he is...He's swimming...Like dolphins can swim...
Hard to believe
@@michaeltruscott1182 Well I only started listening to music a year ago. I am shocked myself about how little I knew before.
Hell
Same with me, i wish i listened to him before his death.
Forgot to mention that I once cooked his lunch, a very humble man and charming too.😢
It's 2024. Still marveling at what fucking flex this was. Feels like a person deciding that he's not going to the hereafter, it's coming to him.
This song is deep, dark, cosmic, experimental, occult, intriguing, mystical and even a bit sexy.
Everything that Bowie was.
and a creepy weird as well.... but really dark and deep.
Dolus alright 🤷🏻♂️
@@cooldoodert2919 "I'm not a pornstar" lol
This is Bowie. ;-)
And shit. All in the same moment