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
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?
@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!*
Bowie plays three roles, and the message is that while he may be dying, his muse (The Flamboyant Trickster) will live on through others! It couldn't be plainer for one paying attention in an insane fake world.
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.
@@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.
I never had the courage to listen to this album. It felt overwhelming and so intimate like it was none of my business. Four and half months ago I lost my mother. My everything. My north star. I am here now.
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
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.
@@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.
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.
So sorry to heard of your loss I understand what you are going through as I’ve had to bury and mourn beloved furry loved ones.. then later my parents. I am a 60 year old professor scientist.… I too turn to BOWIE. He is transcendent… he helps us transcend too. I wish you well on the adventure that is your lifetime.
Sorry for your loss, we’ve experienced it too, the oldest of our 5 cats (19 yrs) had liver and heart problems and eventually became blind. She cried so pitifully, and the vet (who’s cared for her all 19 years) assured us there was no more that could be done to ease her suffering. So we took the hardest decision ever, and had her put down. Terrible time, but she had a good life and it would have been shameful to make her suffer more. Bless you ❤️🇷🇴
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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
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
+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.
My mother died from cancer in 2006. I watched her die right in front of my eyes, so I have an idea of what David Bowie and his family went through. And this song (and video) captures the process so well. It's eerie and haunting, like living with the knowledge that you have terminal cancer and your days on Earth are numbered. I can't even imagine what kind of fearful thoughts went through Bowie's mind during his last days. Obviously they inspired much of this video and "Lazarus". I keep coming back to these songs because Bowie was one of my all-time favorite artists and his death reminded me of my own mortality. Every single person on Earth will die at some point, and that's terrifying to think about.
+Ivan Mrsic I agree with every word! Oh, your comment is exactly what I've been thinking since I saw this video (and Lazarus, too) when Bowie died. My father died (at 68) of cancer in 2013; he died almost a year after his diagnosis. I believe he did not want to die and he was afraid. It was a year of hell. I'm sorry for your loss. This album, the videos - brilliant and brave.
Were all immortal. Even the most confused and possessed sinners. Meant to share spirit, not be locked in at birth by these ideological systems which none of us ever built. I don't believe those in the highest levels of control want to remain caught and entrapped as well.
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.
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! 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".
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.
It never actually occurred to me that Bowie would---let alone could---die. I thought I was sad when Lou Reed passed. Then Bowie left us, then Leonard Cohen bowed out at the end of 2016. What a goddamned awful year. We still feel the reverberations.
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.
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.
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?
Its 2024 and all this time I have thought that this is just an aberration. A meaningless dirge, the king's new clothes, and I have ignored it. It is now my turn. I have got months left to live and I can't stop playing this. It somehow gives me comfort. Not hope because there is no hope but peace and acceptance. I don't understand it or how it works. There is no jolly song that I can hum or whistle but I can face what is coming with David's help and for that I am so very grateful.
I recently lost a dear friend far too soon. I didn't know what to say, and so I didn't say anything. I still don't know what to say. Maybe there isn't anything. I'll join you when it's time. Until then.
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.
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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.
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.
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 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.
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..
@@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..
@@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.
At the end, the snare drum stops like the last beat of a dying heart, the sounds play on momentarily and then cut to nothing... It's like a musical representation of death. He was such a genius
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.
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.
He treated songs like paintings. Each one had it's own life. 40 years of music & you can't name 2 Bowie songs that sound alike. There will never be another David Bowie.
@@nuberiffic Would you be kind enough to enlighten us with your examples of talented musicians? How about some good movie choices as well? It would be edifying.
@@dionmcgee5610 ...ok. Devin Townsend. Mikael Akerfeld. Gavin Harrison. Joe Satriani. Alex Glenfield. Wayne's World Nobody Upgrade Kung Pow Office Space
@@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
That little detail is so eloquent due to the reality it hits you with. Can't reach the damn phone, too weak to pick it up. Bowie the master communicator. @@yarazooom
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.
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.
This song starts very eerie and ominous... Then becomes a beautiful ballad... Then goes back to being eerie and ominous. It's like a musical final breath.
I don't think a song or an album can express death or impending doom any further than this. This is created by a man that knows he is going to die very soon. RIP Bowie.
I agree with You Dabee. Today was the first time I could listen to this Black Star and Lazarus and it´s still hurts too much, he must have known he´s going to die.
His life was expressed through his art and he knew it. It is fitting and so perfect in the way that he came full circle to complete his masterpiece with this last album strategically released around the time of his death. I believe it ties up his life's music and closes all of it with a very fitting conclusion. A true artist.
It definitely has that quality! You feel you understand, and you've learned what he means. Then you know you don't. And you come back, and you listen. You learn a bit more. Fragments upon fragments forming a hard message are in there. Maybe? Or maybe it's all so very simple.
Crystal Japan, great tune. So great in fact that Trent Reznor thought he was a genius for writing it, only for Bowie to tell him he had merely subsconciously transcribed it.
How he “burned out” instead of fading away. How he absorbed the best of his modern influences while still maintaining the core of who he was as an artist. He used his death as reflexive creation, and invited us in the innermost private experience a human being could have.
@@hb-fc3jj no, he wasn’t trying to be relevant, he was writing for himself again instead of for an audience, but he was always ahead of his time. He was writing music in 1997 that didn’t become mainstream until 2008
David was not like the rest of us......he was a very old, advanced and beautiful soul, I am convinced..........Thank GOD we lived in his lifetime!!!!!!! How lucky are we!!!!!!!!
+Pamela Stanley In many ways he was.. though he was also able to turn away from the known in the pursuit of creativity and let the unknown fill his space.
+Pamela Stanley He did say in one of his doco's that when most people get to the age of 20, thats where they stay in their mind. But he said "i just kept on getting older in my mind"
People say the internet reduces peoples attention spans. I haven't watched a 3 min song on youtube through to the end in ages. But I can watch 10 mins of Bowie through just fine twice once after another. Shows just how much crap content is out there and proves that people like Bowie and the things they produce are gold dust.
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 ❤
The fact that the ending had the snare slowly stop just breaks my heart. Bowie tried to signify his heart stop beating towards the end of his life. RIP Bowie
And the last few seconds of song with the flute... the very end of life, brain activity dying down but keeping the essential vitality and "strivingness" of his theme song of personality until it falters into discord in the last few notes. Makes me think about how electrical activity in the brain shows up on meters when they are measuring someone's level of consciousness.
But this song is the first song of the album, if what you are saying that it signifies what you think it does, shouldn't this song be the final song of the album?
I'm wondering what some of the visuals are supposed to mean. That... creature at the end, is it the twisted concept of what the women imagine Major Tom to be? When it attacks the strawmen, the masked Bowie reacts as if he is being attacked. The strawmen are the characters Bowie created over the years? It still racks my brain.
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.
@@worldwise2023You simply cannot make such a baseless accusation without having an actual reason as to why. In doing so, like you've readily done here, your opinion has about as much worth as the dogsh*t I accidentally stepped in last week.😊
@@AnnaLVajda It’s his coping with the fact he will go away... it’s anfair... We can see some clues of his ideas in the video... people on the crosses with the dancing hips- holy crosses, but they are only men, right? He had such a short time, such a sorrow. Blackstar
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!!!!!!
@@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!
I remember healing my tattoo of a red and blue bolt as this came out. I had gone to the David Bowie exhibition and fell in love with him after seeing his clothes, his thoughts and how he treated the world. I was so excited and ran to get the clear vinyl of blackstar. Then I found out what it meant. I was 16 and silly, I didn't eat for 2 days and cried every night for a month listening to David's music. No matter how old I am, I never stopped loving his music and how he touched my life. Not to be parasocial, but I stopped fearing dressing how I wanted because of him. I'll go out wearing an old dress if I want. I spent my entire teen years obsessed with this man.
When you're slowly dying but you make an amazing album and great music videos because you can't leave without a parting gift for the world. That's what true legends do.
it's so fitting that david got to go out leaving us with something to mull over and internalize for a while. we'll look back at this video in twenty years and finally, truly understand what we lost today. thank you.
HighPacheChief David spent his life preaching love for and by the downtrodden and strange. In this sense, he was far more a follower of the teachings of Christ than the apostates you're shouting on the corners for. I pray that you find the love of God and repent for your hateful, sinful ways.
+HighPacheChief It is not satanic. Nor was he a satanist. It is art. And in accord with batwingedloony's comment I have not begun to absorb it yet. It is intense. The diamond encrusted skull might allude to bone cancer or metastases. It's full of symbolism and art. Apparently some of the dancing is inspired by the way characters move in Popeye animations. It is intense, readable, it has beauty.
HighPacheChief I'm not preaching hatred as the "teachings of christ," YOU ARE, so I'm pretty comfortable saying that you need to come to God before it's too late.
I remember watching this and the Lazarus video when they came out. I'm starting to really appreciate his last works now rewatching these, the videos for both of those songs depict a creepy, mystical world that he had an image for. Massive respect for him for creating one final album right before he passed away, where he shows us these mysterious videos. I can't imagine how much time and hidden meanings there are to these videos, it really is unbelievable. Rest in peace David Bowie.
I only just learned about the context behind these videos. I wasnt aware that bowie knew he was dying during the making of these, I just thought it was an odd coincidence he died after. Knowing what was really going on and rewatching them almost brought me to tears.
In Lazarus, he says "dropped my Cellphone down below". He makes a Steampunk video but throws that in there. For a Reason. And I am literally the FIRST PERSON in the World to figure all this out!
@@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.
Beautiful and frightening, sensual and repulsive, sacred and profane - it's a paradox, that's why it's so mysterious, so brilliant. People fear death as they fear their own imaginations. Bowie was a searcher - death is uncharted territory.
"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!
I've been following Bowie for over 50 years, and I'm still completely speechless. This man spent his life on such deep things that his closest did not understand his musical / artistic and psychological thoughts. He was inspired by Andy Warhol, but went much further. Bowie was completely unique. He took root in each individual brain. I have no more words.
@@ozlemtest2429 Nothing to be scared of here. David was merely allowing us into his own mind and spirit. He knew he was gravely I’ll. It was his way of processing his own feelings.
No song has ever almost scared/frightened me as this does. To be able to do that with lyrics and a video just shows the genius of the man. One of the greatest Englishman ever.
@@bryansouthernfromVan what do you mean? I looked it up and I'm finding stuff about either the chemical compound alone, schizophrenia, or that QAnon blood harvesting conspiracy theory.
@@ThunderXtaTic The fact you didn't know anything about it makes it a theory to you. It's a fact and you'll find out very soon just how complicit the rock and film worlds have been around this. Put your head in the sand or look into Spirit Cooking and Pizzagate. The globalists invest billions burying the truth from people like you so that you do exactly what you just did : a shallow google search with little or no discernment for the truth.
@@bryansouthernfromVan When I looked up the Adrenachrome conspiracy, it seems to have originated from QAnon. I don't mean to start a political argument on a music video, but QAnon is a prank to play with the gullibility of people and it never ends well. Q's predictions never came true and if he was serious, he'd choose another site instead of 4chan out of all places. Even a good friend of mine who's actually into conspiracy theories doesn't believe in QAnon either
@@ThunderXtaTic You sound like someone that uncritically accepts mainstream media. Mistake. 2 points. 1) Q never mentions Adrenachrome.. 2) There is no such thing as QAnon. There is Q and there are Anons. No QAnon. In view of the above, since you don't even know what Q or Anons are, how reliable do you think you or your friend are to weigh in on the subject. Answer : you're not. Back to the drawing board for you.
+Gamemas Setiren You do know that this sound is basically like a gregorian chant, or the kind of sound you hear in old church choir music.....nothing innovative here....JS that being said i still like the song
+Mutsu Hanma You're right, lots of saxophone solos in Gregorian chant. About the only thing these new David Bowie songs are comparable to are with Scott Walker but a little more palatable for pop audiences.
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 💖
I remember reading an interview with one of his colleagues in whom he'd confided, who mentioned that just a couple weeks before he died, David said, "you think we could do one more album?" David wasn't writing about dying. He was writing about living and wanting to live.
+HappyConsoleGamer That's the end goal, right? I never idolized any man but if I had it would have been this man because he walked a different path that was almost beyond comprehension music-wise. He was very much The Greatest Of All Time/British Male Pop Star. Rest In Peace, Iman baby daddy. I loved you very, very, very much. That VOICE, aah!!!
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
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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?
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.
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 saved his best for last. My favorite Bowie album
Its wild. I didn't pay attention for the last 20 years of his career, but I would certainly compare Blackstar to Station to Station.
Bowie plays three roles, and the message is that while he may be dying, his muse (The Flamboyant Trickster) will live on through others! It couldn't be plainer for one paying attention in an insane fake world.
Sounds nice. But this isn't close to Ziggy.
Definitely!
He truly is my "Own,", "Personal,", "Jesus!" ❤
He didn’t die, he simply became music.
exact !
amazing words!
Bring yourself back online
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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 🖕🏾
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.
I never had the courage to listen to this album. It felt overwhelming and so intimate like it was none of my business.
Four and half months ago I lost my mother. My everything. My north star.
I am here now.
Keep strong❤
im so sorry stay strong thats what she would want
I hope for the best for you, and good luck in doing what you need to do.
🖤✨✨
when you will do that, you will feel delighted to find out that a couple of tracks have been written for you
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
@@АнтониоБандера-п6й ok that's odd
The man has even turned his death into a piece of performing art. RIP you powerful visionary.
+A.J. Thomson totally agree! Thats incredible!
you're so right . its incredibly moving and a little hard to watch
why? how did he die?
+Jenniffer Ocasio died from a long battle of cancer
+Jenniffer Ocasio cancer
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.
David bowie never died he just went back home to the great sea of stars.
“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.
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.
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
He really fits the concept of final boss, and this album was his final attack
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 ❤️
So sorry to heard of your loss I understand what you are going through as I’ve had to bury and mourn beloved furry loved ones.. then later my parents. I am a 60 year old professor scientist.… I too turn to BOWIE. He is transcendent… he helps us transcend too. I wish you well on the adventure that is your lifetime.
@@carrierinker-schaeffer7947 Thank you so much, I wish you good luck wherever you step
Sorry for your loss, we’ve experienced it too, the oldest of our 5 cats (19 yrs) had liver and heart problems and eventually became blind. She cried so pitifully, and the vet (who’s cared for her all 19 years) assured us there was no more that could be done to ease her suffering. So we took the hardest decision ever, and had her put down. Terrible time, but she had a good life and it would have been shameful to make her suffer more. Bless you ❤️🇷🇴
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
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.
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)
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
on the contrary, genius necessitates confirmation
@@rickdeckard1075 Shut up.
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
He made his death a piece of art
Perfect . . .
He made it a gift for the rest of us.
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.
what's the difference
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
How he created this as he was dying is astounding!! Genius!
YES
Perhaps Satan lent a guiding hand.
@@lahaina4791 Hell yeah!!!!!
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I love the middle part, starting from "something happened on the day he died". I can easily tear up at that part.
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!
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.
My mother died from cancer in 2006. I watched her die right in front of my eyes, so I have an idea of what David Bowie and his family went through. And this song (and video) captures the process so well. It's eerie and haunting, like living with the knowledge that you have terminal cancer and your days on Earth are numbered. I can't even imagine what kind of fearful thoughts went through Bowie's mind during his last days. Obviously they inspired much of this video and "Lazarus". I keep coming back to these songs because Bowie was one of my all-time favorite artists and his death reminded me of my own mortality. Every single person on Earth will die at some point, and that's terrifying to think about.
+Ivan Mrsic I agree with every word! Oh, your comment is exactly what I've been thinking since I saw this video (and Lazarus, too) when Bowie died. My father died (at 68) of cancer in 2013; he died almost a year after his diagnosis. I believe he did not want to die and he was afraid. It was a year of hell. I'm sorry for your loss. This album, the videos - brilliant and brave.
Were all immortal. Even the most confused and possessed sinners. Meant to share spirit, not be locked in at birth by these ideological systems which none of us ever built. I don't believe those in the highest levels of control want to remain caught and entrapped as well.
+DEREK KNIGHT hum...
+Ivan Mrsic
Friend extraordinary response , shows us our own mortality therefore enjoy life to the fullest perspective !!! Greetings from Venezuela
sorry for loss my uncle die form cancer
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@@High-Overlord-Pugula
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Look at the smiley face at the beginning on the astronaut..this is an occult video..
The thin white duke 💚🖤
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
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.
@IQ Magician 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.
@@simongirling5186 thank you 🖤 the same to you
I still miss him. It still hurts that he's gone.
I honestly don't think the death of an Artist has upset Me more than this
It never actually occurred to me that Bowie would---let alone could---die. I thought I was sad when Lou Reed passed. Then Bowie left us, then Leonard Cohen bowed out at the end of 2016. What a goddamned awful year. We still feel the reverberations.
And Harvest Moon....I Love the song by Neil Young "HARVEST MOON" A Song that I would dedicate to David Bowie in remembrance 🎇🎆💚💙💜🌈💫
@@skiipmasque1702 Yes! It's an amazing song, worthy of Bowie. 💙🌌🌠
I know right
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
@@kc4e841i agree it broke my heart to see him sick.
AV Lavigne!
Yes. By far. But man, it hurts so much.
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?
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??
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
Its 2024 and all this time I have thought that this is just an aberration. A meaningless dirge, the king's new clothes, and I have ignored it. It is now my turn. I have got months left to live and I can't stop playing this. It somehow gives me comfort. Not hope because there is no hope but peace and acceptance. I don't understand it or how it works. There is no jolly song that I can hum or whistle but I can face what is coming with David's help and for that I am so very grateful.
I wish you well.
If there is no hope for you, there isn't any for anyone. But I believe Hope exists, and it doesn't die. I wish you good thoughts.❤
If you want to leave the matrix, not to be reborn, don't listen to the calls of your love ones, go for the dark
I recently lost a dear friend far too soon. I didn't know what to say, and so I didn't say anything. I still don't know what to say. Maybe there isn't anything. I'll join you when it's time. Until then.
@sfinx69
Wtf. Someone is facing mortality and you spout fringe conspiracy theory?
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.
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I'm sorry my friend. Sending love.
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.
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.
Probably one of the most beautiful albums I listened to. Rest in peace, Bowie.
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.
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*~°
imagine turning your own death into an artistic exit. what an absolute legend. RIP Star Man
David Bowie - Blackstar Subtitulado Español
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You are absolutely right RIP David Bowie
Grim Reaper: "He can't do that! Shoot him...or something!"
The change in pace and motive at about 5:56 is pure magic
At the end, the snare drum stops like the last beat of a dying heart, the sounds play on momentarily and then cut to nothing... It's like a musical representation of death. He was such a genius
He knew He was dying. No doubt. But He created beauty out of pain. He truly was a genius.
Pure fucking genius.
Pink Floyd also did that on Dark Side of The Moon
Bowie died by cáncer and he wanted to be remembered ☹️
@@JUDITH76222 he was going to be remembered either way. His last album was to tell everyone he was dying.
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.
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 will never be another David Bowie.
This is an occult video
@@RockJack-cs6vu Okay loony
Thank god there won’t
@@RockJack-cs6vuok boomer
@@RockJack-cs6vu 😂 I bet you have an imaginary friend you think talks to you, and can bestow magical fairy dust gifts as well.
Or you're a troll.
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
David Bowie did not die. He was so ahead of his time he simply returned to the time period in which he belonged in.
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He went back to Mars.
Yes i am compleatly agree with you to me he was and angel on earth not an ordinary human and i am so happy about it
He's a starman
Labyrinth
He treated songs like paintings. Each one had it's own life. 40 years of music & you can't name 2 Bowie songs that sound alike. There will never be another David Bowie.
Fact.
...really?
I think all his songs sound alike.
How else is an artist supposed to treat a song? Mass production?
Those "musicians" exist- they're just not artists.
@@nuberiffic Would you be kind enough to enlighten us with your examples of talented musicians? How about some good movie choices as well?
It would be edifying.
@@dionmcgee5610 ...ok.
Devin Townsend.
Mikael Akerfeld.
Gavin Harrison.
Joe Satriani.
Alex Glenfield.
Wayne's World
Nobody
Upgrade
Kung Pow
Office Space
Eight years and it's still an absolute masterpiece of a song and music video.
I can not believe it's been 8 years.
@@lynlyhickeyI was just telling someone about this tonight. And when I sent it to her I saw the 8yr time stamp! It really doesn’t feel that long ago
@@jsmcquade6634 I know! Time is so strange.
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
This man made an ode reflecting on his legendary career and mortality, then died three days later.
What a flex
Ya, if you believe all the BS hollywood and your TV tells you.
@@MultiTuttut what do you mean?
Oh and it was 2 days exactly
@@MultiTuttut do you think david bowie is alive?
oh he recorded this way before he passed away.
How could anyone face their finality with such artistic integrity. I am in awe. David Bowie,RIP.
Michael McDonnell Well said! That is exactly what he did!
DEATH IS A TRIP not to Disneyland or a strip club. WAKE UP. he ''dropped his cell phone down below' love you Major Tom
But he's free-"just like that bluebird"...
That little detail is so eloquent due to the reality it hits you with. Can't reach the damn phone, too weak to pick it up. Bowie the master communicator. @@yarazooom
@@usedscar a genius on the level of Beethoven & Van Gogh.....saints of the future
Bowie did not die, just his body, his soul lives on in all of us
Yeah
👍
No, he's dead.
@@lahaina4791 you only see the 3d
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
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
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?
With his last record, Master Bowie, the Blackstar, will forever speak to us with grace and dignity.
This song starts very eerie and ominous... Then becomes a beautiful ballad... Then goes back to being eerie and ominous. It's like a musical final breath.
+Guilherme Eddino Like a swan song done right (from start too finish)
+Guilherme Eddino A total surrender to the despair of the end.
+ade emnus U don't surrender 2 'the end' U become 'the end' & ur being changes in the process because death is but A change
+ade emnus This track is really just a master piece isn't it?
+Jamal Powell It sure is. Ain't gonna lie about that
I don't think a song or an album can express death or impending doom any further than this. This is created by a man that knows he is going to die very soon. RIP Bowie.
Dabee Look at the Video of Lazarus, I think, he wanted to express his cancer without really saying it...
I agree with You Dabee. Today was the first time I could listen to this Black Star and Lazarus and it´s still hurts too much, he must have known he´s going to die.
His life was expressed through his art and he knew it. It is fitting and so perfect in the way that he came full circle to complete his masterpiece with this last album strategically released around the time of his death. I believe it ties up his life's music and closes all of it with a very fitting conclusion. A true artist.
yes.
Dabee Exactly!
the more i watch this the more i'm obsessed with it
Haley Stanley me too :)
It definitely has that quality! You feel you understand, and you've learned what he means. Then you know you don't. And you come back, and you listen. You learn a bit more. Fragments upon fragments forming a hard message are in there. Maybe? Or maybe it's all so very simple.
Bowie will always be a Blackstar. One legendary musician who will never be repeated.
I’m in Japan. There are many people who love David Bowie. I’m one of them. I’m proud of living in Kyoto where David Bowie loved.
I lived in Kyoto. Near Yamashina eki
Greetings from Italy!
Maybe because Kira had such similarities to Bowie.
Crystal Japan, great tune. So great in fact that Trent Reznor thought he was a genius for writing it, only for Bowie to tell him he had merely subsconciously transcribed it.
@@zackzallie8735 Nice one. RIP Bowie as always
How he “burned out” instead of fading away. How he absorbed the best of his modern influences while still maintaining the core of who he was as an artist. He used his death as reflexive creation, and invited us in the innermost private experience a human being could have.
High Fidelity!
He released some awful turds in the 90s though by trying too hard to be relevant.
h b listen to them like 4 times then you’ll like them!
@@hb-fc3jj idk dude I LOVE earthlings and outside
@@hb-fc3jj no, he wasn’t trying to be relevant, he was writing for himself again instead of for an audience, but he was always ahead of his time. He was writing music in 1997 that didn’t become mainstream until 2008
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.
I still adore him so much! He was a musical genius and the only artist to ever get me to listen to a 10 min song on repeat.
David was not like the rest of us......he was a very old, advanced and beautiful soul, I am convinced..........Thank GOD we lived in his lifetime!!!!!!! How lucky are we!!!!!!!!
+Pamela Stanley
In many ways he was.. though he was also able to turn away from the known in the pursuit of creativity and let the unknown fill his space.
Do you hear yourself ?!
+MRIDDLE72
Of course.
+Pamela Stanley I like that.
+Pamela Stanley He did say in one of his doco's that when most people get to the age of 20, thats where they stay in their mind. But he said "i just kept on getting older in my mind"
People say the internet reduces peoples attention spans. I haven't watched a 3 min song on youtube through to the end in ages. But I can watch 10 mins of Bowie through just fine twice once after another. Shows just how much crap content is out there and proves that people like Bowie and the things they produce are gold dust.
+StarInvasion Indeed.
+StarInvasion was thinking same thing, i'm consuming this from start to end, i'm loving this story!
+StarInvasion Same
+StarInvasion ... I've watched "Lazarus" 20 times in the last two days.
+Powertuber1000 I liked Lazarus, but does he have those bandages with those black bobbins on in all of his last videos?
Facing death with clear eyes, and artistic wonder. Float on my brother.
Well said.
What
Float on, my brother.
Comma helps.
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 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...
The fact that the ending had the snare slowly stop just breaks my heart. Bowie tried to signify his heart stop beating towards the end of his life. RIP Bowie
And the last few seconds of song with the flute... the very end of life, brain activity dying down but keeping the essential vitality and "strivingness" of his theme song of personality until it falters into discord in the last few notes. Makes me think about how electrical activity in the brain shows up on meters when they are measuring someone's level of consciousness.
When the brain dies, we die. Science has proven this. We have no soul. We are nothing but flesh.
Case closed.
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But this song is the first song of the album, if what you are saying that it signifies what you think it does, shouldn't this song be the final song of the album?
That’s what happens when you know your not going to heaven. You start to panic. The darkness loves panic
@@nicksomebody9532 what? He is singing about reincarnation not going to hell
Major Tom died in space, but becomes immortalized as a god on some distant planet? I love this !
That's a really good interpretation of the video :)
MrChase115 then you get it.
I'm wondering what some of the visuals are supposed to mean. That... creature at the end, is it the twisted concept of what the women imagine Major Tom to be? When it attacks the strawmen, the masked Bowie reacts as if he is being attacked. The strawmen are the characters Bowie created over the years? It still racks my brain.
gobblox38 it’s actually all the occult of satan ...... why I’m not sure... all the symbols and much of the lyrics say so
Not exactly, but close
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.
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.
@@worldwise2023You simply cannot make such a baseless accusation without having an actual reason as to why. In doing so, like you've readily done here, your opinion has about as much worth as the dogsh*t I accidentally stepped in last week.😊
The song’s tempo is somewhere between life and death
fkn A
Yeah it's like an irregular heartbeat.
@@AnnaLVajda It’s his coping with the fact he will go away... it’s anfair... We can see some clues of his ideas in the video... people on the crosses with the dancing hips- holy crosses, but they are only men, right?
He had such a short time, such a sorrow. Blackstar
@@tihanasmit2424 bravo tihana
الحق أحلام
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.
I remember healing my tattoo of a red and blue bolt as this came out. I had gone to the David Bowie exhibition and fell in love with him after seeing his clothes, his thoughts and how he treated the world. I was so excited and ran to get the clear vinyl of blackstar. Then I found out what it meant. I was 16 and silly, I didn't eat for 2 days and cried every night for a month listening to David's music. No matter how old I am, I never stopped loving his music and how he touched my life. Not to be parasocial, but I stopped fearing dressing how I wanted because of him. I'll go out wearing an old dress if I want. I spent my entire teen years obsessed with this man.
When you're slowly dying but you make an amazing album and great music videos because you can't leave without a parting gift for the world. That's what true legends do.
He even made his death a way of his art. The most impressive thing music has ever seen
it's so fitting that david got to go out leaving us with something to mull over and internalize for a while. we'll look back at this video in twenty years and finally, truly understand what we lost today. thank you.
HighPacheChief David spent his life preaching love for and by the downtrodden and strange. In this sense, he was far more a follower of the teachings of Christ than the apostates you're shouting on the corners for. I pray that you find the love of God and repent for your hateful, sinful ways.
+HighPacheChief
It
is
not
satanic.
Nor was he a satanist.
It is art. And in accord with batwingedloony's comment I have not begun to absorb it yet.
It is intense.
The diamond encrusted skull might allude to bone cancer or metastases.
It's full of symbolism and art. Apparently some of the dancing is inspired by the way characters move in Popeye animations.
It is intense, readable, it has beauty.
HighPacheChief I'm not preaching hatred as the "teachings of christ," YOU ARE, so I'm pretty comfortable saying that you need to come to God before it's too late.
He passed yesterday not today batwingedloony
+HighPacheChief can't you just appreciate his art and not bash his fans for doing the same in their own way you damn hypocrite
Right to the end, an absolute genius.
I remember watching this and the Lazarus video when they came out. I'm starting to really appreciate his last works now rewatching these, the videos for both of those songs depict a creepy, mystical world that he had an image for. Massive respect for him for creating one final album right before he passed away, where he shows us these mysterious videos. I can't imagine how much time and hidden meanings there are to these videos, it really is unbelievable. Rest in peace David Bowie.
I only just learned about the context behind these videos. I wasnt aware that bowie knew he was dying during the making of these, I just thought it was an odd coincidence he died after. Knowing what was really going on and rewatching them almost brought me to tears.
@@The4DPotatoeah it’s really sad after you find out the context :(
Haunting
In Lazarus, he says "dropped my Cellphone down below". He makes a Steampunk video but throws that in there. For a Reason. And I am literally the FIRST PERSON in the World to figure all this out!
@@georgebenkel5297 how do you figure that?
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.
Beautiful and frightening, sensual and repulsive, sacred and profane - it's a paradox, that's why it's so mysterious, so brilliant.
People fear death as they fear their own imaginations. Bowie was a searcher - death is uncharted territory.
"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!
I've been following Bowie for over 50 years, and I'm still completely speechless. This man spent his life on such deep things that his closest did not understand his musical / artistic and psychological thoughts. He was inspired by Andy Warhol, but went much further. Bowie was completely unique. He took root in each individual brain. I have no more words.
Beautifully expressed.
Thank you.
this song shows more that he was inspired by Crowley
Me too
Since 1972...
Happy Birthday to Him 🎂
Forever 🥲🎈
This video still scares me. I am glad you managed to move on lol
@@ozlemtest2429 Nothing to be scared of here. David was merely allowing us into his own mind and spirit. He knew he was gravely I’ll. It was his way of processing his own feelings.
I have a lot of admiration and respect for someone who spends their last months on this earth pursing their passion.
No song has ever almost scared/frightened me as this does. To be able to do that with lyrics and a video just shows the genius of the man. One of the greatest Englishman ever.
Scared,frightened,no,creeped out,yes,bravo
Love Allah
Black Goat of the Woods and Bobby's Lucifer Rising are much more
Well, you know
Without a doubt one of the creative geniuses to come from England. In 50 years people will think of him in the likes of Shakespeare and George Orwell.
He will burn in Hell ...foolish to have chosen Lucifer
This is hauntingly beautiful.
this song has been the soundtrack to my nightmares for the last 2 weeks
+Mylo C That is strange, now you are the subject of my nightmares for the rest of my life! Get lost creep.
+Psychologitron why does he have to do anything you say?
+Mylo C hard it is beautifull in its darkness.
+Mylo C Ohhh how well i do understand you !
This shit is demonic! And he has been judged for selling his soul to Lucifer!!
I loved how the song went from really weird and abstract to just beautiful, chilling, and even tear jerking. Bowie was a legend
Beautiful? This song is all about Adrenachrome.
@@bryansouthernfromVan what do you mean? I looked it up and I'm finding stuff about either the chemical compound alone, schizophrenia, or that QAnon blood harvesting conspiracy theory.
@@ThunderXtaTic The fact you didn't know anything about it makes it a theory to you. It's a fact and you'll find out very soon just how complicit the rock and film worlds have been around this. Put your head in the sand or look into Spirit Cooking and Pizzagate. The globalists invest billions burying the truth from people like you so that you do exactly what you just did : a shallow google search with little or no discernment for the truth.
@@bryansouthernfromVan When I looked up the Adrenachrome conspiracy, it seems to have originated from QAnon. I don't mean to start a political argument on a music video, but QAnon is a prank to play with the gullibility of people and it never ends well. Q's predictions never came true and if he was serious, he'd choose another site instead of 4chan out of all places. Even a good friend of mine who's actually into conspiracy theories doesn't believe in QAnon either
@@ThunderXtaTic You sound like someone that uncritically accepts mainstream media. Mistake.
2 points.
1) Q never mentions Adrenachrome..
2) There is no such thing as QAnon. There is Q and there are Anons. No QAnon.
In view of the above, since you don't even know what Q or Anons are, how reliable do you think you or your friend are to weigh in on the subject. Answer : you're not.
Back to the drawing board for you.
Good to know that he still can figure out ways to be innovative 4 decades later. He's still got it, that's for sure.
+Gamemas Setiren
Natural is, as natural does.
Or, in your own words..
Innovative is. as innovative does. :)
+Gamemas Setiren You do know that this sound is basically like a gregorian chant, or the kind of sound you hear in old church choir music.....nothing innovative here....JS that being said i still like the song
+Mutsu Hanma You're right, lots of saxophone solos in Gregorian chant. About the only thing these new David Bowie songs are comparable to are with Scott Walker but a little more palatable for pop audiences.
+Gamemas Setiren 69-17=52. I make it over 5 Art Decades.
+Gamemas Setiren I don't see how this is innovative. Still cool that he keeps getting inspiration from newer or different places.
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.❤
Well said.
I remember reading an interview with one of his colleagues in whom he'd confided, who mentioned that just a couple weeks before he died, David said, "you think we could do one more album?" David wasn't writing about dying. He was writing about living and wanting to live.
Blackstar’s a great album. The criticism is so stupid.
HE WAS A REAL REBEL. NOW ALL WE NEED IS A BIOPIC TO KEEP THE LEGEND ALIVE. REST IN PEACE.
he's alive forever through his music.
ziggy still lives in my headphones
+Hunter McDaniel 10/10
my life's soundtrack gettin smaller.....as fast as reaper come and take away starman like Bowie from planet earth
+mebloke69 yep,such a shock.
The man who fell to Heaven...
+HappyConsoleGamer This was beautiful
+HappyConsoleGamer hi, I'm going to steal this phrase ;)
+maciej wrotek Yea, he fell there from space though.
+HappyConsoleGamer That's the end goal, right? I never idolized any man but if I had it would have been this man because he walked a different path that was almost beyond comprehension music-wise. He was very much The Greatest Of All Time/British Male Pop Star. Rest In Peace, Iman baby daddy. I loved you very, very, very much. That VOICE, aah!!!
+luisa benvenutti ikr?!
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
This album is a masterpiece