How many folks came here after hearing Jordan Rudess talking about it in the Neal Morse Musicians Having Coffee and Talking About Stuff podcast? \m/ Bowie was one of a kind!
I went to see bowie at the NEC in Birmingham 2002...he sang slip away at the end of the concert. ..ile never forget it for as long as I live... thanks dave
Draw strength from the fact that Bowie may be dead, but he'll never really be gone. His music is all out there, waiting for the next generation to discover it.
For those who aren't in the know, this song is about a song that was on the New Jersey Network called the Uncle Floyd Show. Oogie and Bones Boy were puppets. You can actually watch the Uncle Floyd Show at 8PM Eastern US time on StageIt, to see what David Bowie was singing about.
Been a bowie freak since 1975.. I'm now 52....this haunting love song to NYC is one of his best and the stylophone coda always gets me choked up for some reason. Thank you for all the brilliant music, David.
This song's characters, Uncle Floyd, Oogie and Bones Boy are the vehicle Bowie uses to convey the great heartbreak he felt over the death of his good friend John Lennon. I'm certain that John found the Uncle Floyd show watching TV at the Dakota, and told David about how great the show was. I can imagine them sitting there watching it and laughing like maniacs together.
We should never forget how Bowie did the GREAT thing of pulling back from the ' success' he had reaped in the awful '80ies ; returning to us with stimulating, high quality material from 'OUTSIDE' to the end. Let's raise our cup to the great David...who defeated the Goliath of the Music Industry!!!
A masterpiece that demonstrates Bowie’s genius: the harmonic structure, emphasized by the deep and warm sound of the fretless bass, is incredibly amazing!
I came here because he said this was his favourite song on the album... it is indeed a lovely song. He weaved in and out of my life with songs I will never forget. Thank you David 👽 ⚡️★
I really had to grow into this album. I was 20, almost 21 when it was released, and while I was kind of fond of this song and a couple others, the album as a whole was still very much over my head. I couldn't dive deep into it the way I had with all the classic Bowie albums. I was sure it was good, but I couldn't find the heart of it. This one took me a while... well into my 30s, but when I found the heart of it, it opened wide and hit me with adulthood. Wiser, but still bewildered, and it's okay... or it's not, but we're all swimming in it, so I'm not alone. From my teen years, and now into my early 40s, it's been great having Bowie's music to accompany the timeline of my life. I know I'm not the only one.
13 years ago!! Saw him live in Manchester! "Heathen Tour." My all time hero!! So worth waiting all those years to see him! He was amazing!! Goodnight Starman - :) xxx
I'm convinced this man was holding the fabric of the universe together. So much awfulness has happened since he passed. he is missed.
How many folks came here after hearing Jordan Rudess talking about it in the Neal Morse Musicians Having Coffee and Talking About Stuff podcast? \m/ Bowie was one of a kind!
masterpiece..so underrated.... i love this song.. RIP David Bowie... i miss u
This is not my favorite Bowie song, but maybe the most beautiful one. It is even more beautiful than Life on Mars I think.
I went to see bowie at the NEC in Birmingham 2002...he sang slip away at the end of the concert. ..ile never forget it for as long as I live... thanks dave
I am obsessed with this album... One of my favorites with Ziggy Stardust, Station to Station and Blackstar...
Draw strength from the fact that Bowie may be dead, but he'll never really be gone. His music is all out there, waiting for the next generation to discover it.
listen to Bach's Ave Maria and then listen to this....
For those who aren't in the know, this song is about a song that was on the New Jersey Network called the Uncle Floyd Show. Oogie and Bones Boy were puppets. You can actually watch the Uncle Floyd Show at 8PM Eastern US time on StageIt, to see what David Bowie was singing about.
Been a bowie freak since 1975.. I'm now 52....this haunting love song to NYC is one of his best and the stylophone coda always gets me choked up for some reason. Thank you for all the brilliant music, David.
This song's characters, Uncle Floyd, Oogie and Bones Boy are the vehicle Bowie uses to convey the great heartbreak he felt over the death of his good friend John Lennon. I'm certain that John found the Uncle Floyd show watching TV at the Dakota, and told David about how great the show was. I can imagine them sitting there watching it and laughing like maniacs together.
We should never forget how Bowie did the GREAT thing of pulling back from the ' success' he had reaped in the awful '80ies ; returning to us with stimulating, high quality material from 'OUTSIDE' to the end. Let's raise our cup to the great David...who defeated the Goliath of the Music Industry!!!
A masterpiece that demonstrates Bowie’s genius: the harmonic structure, emphasized by the deep and warm sound of the fretless bass, is incredibly amazing!
One of Bowie's best tunes ever.
I came here because he said this was his favourite song on the album... it is indeed a lovely song. He weaved in and out of my life with songs I will never forget. Thank you David 👽 ⚡️★
This Song is Cosmic, to say the least. Ingenious. Full of sadness, yet hopeful. Full of Soul.
I really had to grow into this album. I was 20, almost 21 when it was released, and while I was kind of fond of this song and a couple others, the album as a whole was still very much over my head. I couldn't dive deep into it the way I had with all the classic Bowie albums. I was sure it was good, but I couldn't find the heart of it. This one took me a while... well into my 30s, but when I found the heart of it, it opened wide and hit me with adulthood. Wiser, but still bewildered, and it's okay... or it's not, but we're all swimming in it, so I'm not alone. From my teen years, and now into my early 40s, it's been great having Bowie's music to accompany the timeline of my life. I know I'm not the only one.
Heathen and Outside are both gravely ignored. They are two of my favourite Bowie albums of all time.
Checking out albums I never got around to hearing, I'm finding that all his greatest material is strewn all across all his albums. Remarkable.
13 years ago!! Saw him live in Manchester! "Heathen Tour." My all time hero!! So worth waiting all those years to see him! He was amazing!! Goodnight Starman - :) xxx