You, you, you, you, you, you All our friends Now seem so thin and frail Slinky secrets Hotter than the sun No peachy prayers No trendy rechauffé I'm with you So I can't go on All my violence Raining tears upon the sheets I'm bewildered For we're strangers when we meet Blank screen TV Preening ourselves in the snow Forget my name But I'm over you Blended sunrise And it's a dying world Humming Rheingold We scavenge up our clothes All my violence Raining tears upon the sheet I'm resentful For we're strangers when we meet Cold tired fingers Tapping out your memories Halfway sadness Dazzled by the new Your embrace It was all that I feared That whirling room We trade by vendu Steely resolve Is falling from me My poor soul All bruised passivity All your regrets Ride rough-shod over me I'm so glad That we're strangers when we meet I'm so thankful That we're strangers when we meet I'm in clover For we're strangers when we meet Heel head over But we're strangers when we meet Strangers when we meet, strangers when we meet Strangers when we meet, strangers when we meet
I was 25 when Outside came out and loved the album, but I always thought this track felt tacked on to the end - I was wrong. I just wasn't ready for this song and didn't have enough years under my belt to have the proper perspective to "get it". Now at 51, the lyrics "All our friends, Now seem so thin and frail" just gut me. Bowie saved the best track for the end of this album.
For me it always sounded like the rain from the album's runtime had lifted. The sun had risen and with the clear light of day that atmosphere which had all but swallowed the record had now washed away to give us that hazy clarity you'd often get after a heavy night out.
@@Skittenmeow but you are finding the value in it now and that's a beautiful thing. A very emotional song for me since the day I first heard it and it gets me every time and I'm glad it returns to the forefront every few years to be re-introduced and rediscovered.
It kind of was tacked on. It had featured in a somewhat different state on his soundtrack for ‘Buddha of Suburbia’ a year or 2 before. I guess he really liked it and wanted it to have a better opportunity to be heard on a ‘proper’ album.
Been a Bowie fan for 47 years. Admittedly since I am a music fanatic listening to Bowie comes and goes in phases. Eventually going thru my collections I do always come back round to a Bowie binge. What amazes me is going back to some albums I didnt listen to as much. like his 2000s albums. But wild thing is I always find albums that didnt hook me before but do now. His music just keeps giving and giving. I have only cried hard for three celebrities in my life,Bowie was one. I cried all the way thru Blackstar the first listen, knowing this was it . the last album. I have never missed a performer as much as I do Bowie. You are still missed and loved David.
He is, was and will be the only one I cried to when I heard of his death. He filled my life with music since I was 10 years old. Now i´m 66. And he still does..
To close the weird/wonderful Outside album with this track was a real clever move. It's distant and seems to remove you from the craziness of the rest of the album, yet it sounds like a mid-tempo love song, almost yearning. This guy confounded me many times over the years, part of my attraction to his music. What you can't quite grasp will always remain an enigma. Like him.
@@REAL_ROGER_WATERS It certainly is. Imo, the 'Outside' album was his best since 'Scary Monsters'. He had finally stopped chasing success with boring, bland lifeless songs that plagued him throughout the 1980's...after the Scary Monsters album. 'Absolute Beginners' being the exception to this. I was never a fan of 'Let's Dance' and the whole album is overrated. Contrast this with the visceral energy of 'Scary Monsters', particularly the wonderful opening track.
@@kimberlyjohnson1371Well I think it's absolutely obvious, he meant to stop talking nonsense (silly things) like this song was/is underrated cause it isn't at all...
That piano just talks that haunting theme, gives it a creepy background. Kind of like on Alladin Sane. I love love Bowie's piano songs. Just so unique and so different than anything out there. One of the many many things he does perfectly.
I had my playlist on random and this song popped on and I forgot how much I initially hated Outside and polar opposite now, I love that album. People who hating on Outside, play it once a year, it will start to stick to your favorite list. Great song, top 10 Bowie song for me.
All our friends Now seem so thin and frail Slinky secrets Hotter than the sun No peachy prayers No trendy rechauffé I'm with you So I can't go on All my violence Raining tears upon the sheet I'm bewildered For we're strangers when we meet Blank screen TV Preening ourselves in the snow Forget my name But I'm over you Blended sunrise And it's a dying world Humming Rheingold We scavenge up our clothes All my violence Raining tears upon the sheet I'm resentful For we're strangers when we meet Cold tired fingers Tapping out your memories Halfway sadness Dazzled by the new Your embrace Was all that I feared That whirling room We trade by vendu Steely resolve Is falling from me My poor soul All bruised passivity All your regrets Ride rough-shod over me I'm so glad That we're strangers when we meet I'm so thankful That we're strangers when we meet I'm in clover For we're strangers when we meet Heel head over But we're strangers when we meet Strangers when we meet, strangers when we meet Strangers when we meet, strangers when we meet Songwriter: David Bowie
This is one of Bowie’s favorite songs😭 Thank you for the update! The piano is so beautiful as if the water is flowing. Every time I listen to this, I am healed✨
David's videos are tiny film masterpieces. Everything about him was Art. He didn't have to try because it was the air he breathed and the ocean in which he swam.
I've been mesmerized, intrigued and obsessed with this video since it was released. All these years and this still brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for all the art and emotions, David. You are missed and loved more than I can express by this Gen X old child...
@@antoniabermudezann4233 it's a dichotomy between worlds of form and formlessness, matter and spirit. That which is transient and always changing is an illusion, that which is truly real and ontologically alive is an unchanging totality of timeless existence, absolute fullness of infinite potential containing everything ever conceived and that which is to come.
It's funny you compare it to Heroes. I remember hearing someone say once that it was, lyrically, the exact opposite of Heroes. I believe Heroes is about a love so strong it can overcome the personal flaws of the couple and the shitty world they live in. And this is the opposite; the "couple" are completely alienated from each other. They share a bed but that's all they share, they're so damn alienated from each other.
Originally from the Buddha of Suburbia album a few years prior, I always thought this song to be very sad. Beautifully written...it just tears my heart out.
We all look for this guy in the comments even if we know all the words already: Yooou, yooou, yooou Yooou, yooou, yooou All our friends Now seem so thin and frail Slinky secrets Hotter than the sun No peachy prayers No trendy rechauffé I'm with you So I can't go on All my violence Raining tears upon the sheet I'm bewildered For we're strangers when we meet Blank screen TV Preening ourselves in the snow Forget my name But I'm over you Blended sunrise And it's a dying world Humming Rheingold We scavenge up our clothes All my violence Raining tears upon the sheet I'm resentful For we're strangers when we meet Cold tired fingers Tapping out your memories Halfway sadness Dazzled by the new Your embrace Was all that I feared That whirling room We trade by vendu Steely resolve Is falling from me My poor soul All bruised passivity All your regrets Ride rough-shod over me I'm so glad That we're strangers when we meet I'm so thankful That we're strangers when we meet I'm in clover For we're strangers when we meet Heel head over But we're strangers when we meet Strangers when we meet
Gotta say it again, Bowie was consistently ahead of his time in all things music, and one fantastic showman. I was lucky enough to see him in Dallas in the early 80s. The seats were terrible, but the show was epic. The man had more style than a man from earth should have..
I miss David so much, it’s hard to believe he’s gone. I 1st saw David Bowie, on my friends wall, when we were 13, and I turned 14 & I was babysitting, 2 weeks before the moon mission & heard Space Oddity the 1st time it was played on fm, underground radio, I fell in love with Bowie that year, 1969! I will always love him.❤️
This is a different version than the Outside album or Buddah of Suburbia version. Single version im guessing? Radio was hyper formatted in the 90's and he didn't fit on any of them😂 so yeah, great tune but had no shot.
And so it is even more uncomprehensive why outside isnt more popular. According to Eno he and Bowie had been thinking of remaking the whole album, cause it deserved more resonance.
The song I will point to forever when asked about his output post SM and if I could pick one song to illustrate his ongoing brilliance. I feel this was criminally ignored upon release and, dare I say it, undervalued and ignored by fans and critics alike but it clicked for me instantly, moving me to tear up every time I heard it, first, on the Buddah Soindtrack with it's rougher demo version but re-recorded and completed, the Outside version is a masterpece in my book. His voice, Garson's piano, that bassline, all fed through the Eno/Bowie production are all pluses for me as are the lyrics, which get me every damn time I hear the song they hit home and cut very deep for me on a personal level. "All our friends, Now seem so thin and frail, Sneaky secrets, Hotter than the sun" By 1995 there still was no cure or even treatments available to begin reversing the effects HIV without causing more damage to the already vulnerable immune systems of the people infected. I had spent the decade leading up to the release of this song attending more funerals than I care to mention and it was still a day to day fight to find some dignity in a world that had turned it's back and stopped caring about this virus that dealt a devaststing blow to the ARTS across every area and every form so artists were burying friends and collaborators and colleagues without much time to process the loss of so many talented individuals and it's songs like this one I feel is when things came together enough mentally to be able to express one's feelings about the darkness of the decade in a song. Now, I'm not suggesting that the song is about that as one of the things I have always loved about Bowie's work is how one person relates to a partcular song and it's meaning is subjective and personal to them and might not have anything to do with DB's intentions but I know he lost many people to AIDS and has touched on this here and there especially after the "Lord's Prayer" incident at the Freddie Mercury concert that put him up for ridicule and he addressed the gesture soon after and it involved a friend who was clinging to life in a local ICU / AIDS ward and that was a shout out to him from DB as he explained he was distraught about the situation as more and more people were getting sick and especially young people weren't getting the message, so he said it was a reaction, not a planned bit of business or publicity stunt. So, the lyric referring to "No preachy prayers" always brought me back to the moment at the concert. Again, this is just my take on this beautiful song.
absolute beginners chokes me up too; emo lution is the geius of those in all genders as Bowie inspires that complete exploration of this experience in 3d
I think this is a perfect track to end Outside. The whole album is so melancholic and dark and then this song comes and gives you feeling that there is still some hope left in this brutal and apocalyptic world.
BOWIE had so many many songs of quality! Just immensely talented. The like of which we will never ever see again. I miss you so much, Spaceboy!! R.I.P DAVID BOWIE ROCK LEGEND AND ICON.
@@TheChadTI That is so true. When I bought that album, it took me more than one attempt to listen to it till the end. Once I reached Strangers when we meet, I cried tears of relief. No joke.
Completely & Totally agree ... I'm lucky to be able to play as a one man band and drop out some Bowie Covers on youtube ... I have to say Bowie fans are amazing!
@@hanswurst495 I know it's a long time since u wrote this but it resonated with me so much. 1. Outside a powerful and compelling album, but also quite dark. I found Strangers redeeming, too.The song is so gorgeous. Crying tears of relief is only natural
It's been a long time coming, but it's here now and I'm grateful! I consider this one of Bowie's greatest songs. I don't mean 'since Scary Monsters', I mean ever.
this album came out when I was 15 years old and has followed me since then. This song is about my life I feel like and describes every year in a way so far. Despite whatever situation I could always listen to the song and relate because it has become a friend and comfort. Love it always and forever. Now I am 42 and it still calms me to this day
This song was written in 1992 and concerns him and his re-introduction to the public after the tin machine, expressing the feelings and the new brilliant career that followed! It is among my top 5 favorites of all time. God bless you David 👩🎤
Sort of interesting how this era of Bowie is overlooked. He still looks and sounds cool but for whatever reason people seem to reminisce about bowie from the late 60s through to the mid 80s and his comeback from 2013 onwards. Neil Tennant from the Pet Shop Boys says all of Bowie's material is strong, he likes the 90's and 2000's material as well as the newer and classic Bowie. It's him that's made me interested in exploring the otherwise unknown side of D Bowie.
I'll admit to believing his 90s and 00s stuff is spotty. But, Outside is, IMO, one of his best albums. Earthling is a great listen too. This is probably just a me thing. Bowie's music is always a product of the time he creates them. And I am just not a big fan of late 90s and 00s music. There is something in Bowie for everyone. That's what I love about his music.
@@amartin4193 don’t overlook “Heathen” too. One of his best albums ever. Tbh Bowie has always been great. There’s nothing I don’t have appreciation for that he has done.
It’s a happy mistake when you come looking for The Smithereens, but accidentally end up listening to Bowie. Still love that dude all these years later!
This single version cuts one of my favourite lyrics from the 1. Outside version: "My poor soul... all bruised passivity" which comes right after the "steely resolve" line. The full version is only about 45 seconds longer, so the edit kind of baffles me.
I have always Loved this song,and have only just finally begun to appreciate the utter brilliance of the entire album nearly 20 years later....I am a lifelong Bowie fan.
One of the best songs ever written!. Just wish the video was the full song instead of the single edit. It's such a beautiful song, shortening it is criminal.
Our son is no stranger to David Bowies art and music and he loves his father dearly and this video and black star are his favorites to sing.xothis I agree 100%
Wow I love this song so much! ❤️❤️😍Thank you David, you are the only person who can surprise me all the time❤️love you so much❤️❤️absolutely one of his greatest songs from the 90s👌🏻🎉
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One of the most beautiful songs from Bowie, criminally overlooked.
You, you, you, you, you, you
All our friends
Now seem so thin and frail
Slinky secrets
Hotter than the sun
No peachy prayers
No trendy rechauffé
I'm with you
So I can't go on
All my violence
Raining tears upon the sheets
I'm bewildered
For we're strangers when we meet
Blank screen TV
Preening ourselves in the snow
Forget my name
But I'm over you
Blended sunrise
And it's a dying world
Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes
All my violence
Raining tears upon the sheet
I'm resentful
For we're strangers when we meet
Cold tired fingers
Tapping out your memories
Halfway sadness
Dazzled by the new
Your embrace
It was all that I feared
That whirling room
We trade by vendu
Steely resolve
Is falling from me
My poor soul
All bruised passivity
All your regrets
Ride rough-shod over me
I'm so glad
That we're strangers when we meet
I'm so thankful
That we're strangers when we meet
I'm in clover
For we're strangers when we meet
Heel head over
But we're strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet, strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet, strangers when we meet
I was 25 when Outside came out and loved the album, but I always thought this track felt tacked on to the end - I was wrong. I just wasn't ready for this song and didn't have enough years under my belt to have the proper perspective to "get it". Now at 51, the lyrics "All our friends, Now seem so thin and frail" just gut me. Bowie saved the best track for the end of this album.
For me it always sounded like the rain from the album's runtime had lifted. The sun had risen and with the clear light of day that atmosphere which had all but swallowed the record had now washed away to give us that hazy clarity you'd often get after a heavy night out.
I'm 41 today, and this song is making me cry. I didn't value it earlier and it feels like such a waste. At least I was gifted it on my birthday
@@Skittenmeow but you are finding the value in it now and that's a beautiful thing. A very emotional song for me since the day I first heard it and it gets me every time and I'm glad it returns to the forefront every few years to be re-introduced and rediscovered.
It kind of was tacked on. It had featured in a somewhat different state on his soundtrack for ‘Buddha of Suburbia’ a year or 2 before. I guess he really liked it and wanted it to have a better opportunity to be heard on a ‘proper’ album.
This was my favorite song of the outside album when I first bought it. I'm 47 now in case that matters.
90s Bowie was so overlooked, Outside, Heathen, Black Tie White Noise etc, all unspoken masterpieces with beautiful songs
I love all of Bowie's albums but Outside will always be one of my absolute favourites.
The Outside era was incredible. I miss him.
Agreed 💜💯
the bass line the great ones.
Some of his greatest lyricism.
"Steely resolve is falling from me
My poor soul, poor bruised passivity
All your regrets ran rough-shod over me"
It's the
"Cold, tired fingers
Tapping out your memory" that gets me, now at 41 😢
Strangers When We Meet is the one of his best songs⚡️
Absolutely, is his hidden masterpiece.
@@Diggarci yeah true!
@@Diggarci it's just underrated. Everyone would know it if they gotten into 1.outside
It’s Day-vid!😎
No it's not, it's very average an forgettable, but you can't expect to be brilliant all the time.
Been a Bowie fan for 47 years. Admittedly since I am a music fanatic listening to Bowie comes and goes in phases. Eventually going thru my collections I do always come back round to a Bowie binge. What amazes me is going back to some albums I didnt listen to as much. like his 2000s albums. But wild thing is I always find albums that didnt hook me before but do now. His music just keeps giving and giving. I have only cried hard for three celebrities in my life,Bowie was one. I cried all the way thru Blackstar the first listen, knowing this was it . the last album. I have never missed a performer as much as I do Bowie. You are still missed and loved David.
Of all the musicians that have died, I miss Bowie the most. He has so many good songs, but this one makes me the most emotional.
He is, was and will be the only one I cried to when I heard of his death. He filled my life with music since I was 10 years old. Now i´m 66. And he still does..
To close the weird/wonderful Outside album with this track was a real clever move. It's distant and seems to remove you from the craziness of the rest of the album, yet it sounds like a mid-tempo love song, almost yearning. This guy confounded me many times over the years, part of my attraction to his music. What you can't quite grasp will always remain an enigma. Like him.
this video and this song should have been massive. its not music, its art.
But why would you want a single edit though ?
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This music video is definitely not art.
Absolutely art
@@REAL_ROGER_WATERS It certainly is.
Imo, the 'Outside' album was his best since 'Scary Monsters'.
He had finally stopped chasing success with boring, bland lifeless songs that plagued him throughout the 1980's...after the Scary Monsters album. 'Absolute Beginners' being the exception to this.
I was never a fan of 'Let's Dance' and the whole album is overrated. Contrast this with the visceral energy of 'Scary Monsters', particularly the wonderful opening track.
Please, don't ever stop uploading David's music videos
One of his most underrated, yet greatest songs.
Arrêtez d’écrire n’importe quoi.
A song so good he made it twice!
who fucking care of rating ?
@@danielemilegeorges7373 ?
@@kimberlyjohnson1371Well I think it's absolutely obvious, he meant to stop talking nonsense (silly things) like this song was/is underrated cause it isn't at all...
Stunning .Bowie's always made me feel less alone in this world ...
Sue... Thank you. This is how I feel exactly. :)
Well said!
I still can t believe that he flew away
"Oh no love, you're not alone".....
like all of us
Strange innit?🧐
That piano just talks that haunting theme, gives it a creepy background. Kind of like on Alladin Sane. I love love Bowie's piano songs. Just so unique and so different than anything out there. One of the many many things he does perfectly.
i think it’s the same pianist??
@@sailor5747Mike Garson was usually his pianist ❤
I had my playlist on random and this song popped on and I forgot how much I initially hated Outside and polar opposite now, I love that album.
People who hating on Outside, play it once a year, it will start to stick to your favorite list. Great song, top 10 Bowie song for me.
This is Bowie being Bowie and nobody does it better than Mr Jones
I freaking love this song, it's a crime playing it just once.
He Lives in Northern New South Wales Australia now!
Coffs Harbour, Many Others an I have seen, reported Him around.
Beauty Rich.
@@jonoedwards4195 who? Bowie? I heavily doubt that, hombre.
someone played it once? is that possible?
All our friends
Now seem so thin and frail
Slinky secrets
Hotter than the sun
No peachy prayers
No trendy rechauffé
I'm with you
So I can't go on
All my violence
Raining tears upon the sheet
I'm bewildered
For we're strangers when we meet
Blank screen TV
Preening ourselves in the snow
Forget my name
But I'm over you
Blended sunrise
And it's a dying world
Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes
All my violence
Raining tears upon the sheet
I'm resentful
For we're strangers when we meet
Cold tired fingers
Tapping out your memories
Halfway sadness
Dazzled by the new
Your embrace
Was all that I feared
That whirling room
We trade by vendu
Steely resolve
Is falling from me
My poor soul
All bruised passivity
All your regrets
Ride rough-shod over me
I'm so glad
That we're strangers when we meet
I'm so thankful
That we're strangers when we meet
I'm in clover
For we're strangers when we meet
Heel head over
But we're strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet, strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet, strangers when we meet
Songwriter: David Bowie
A perfect song in every way!
This album so underrated
Sver since he passed I just. Can't listen to any of his music without crying. This song popped up randomly today and oof. Miss you dave
A song that got me through far more than Bowie will ever know, sadly. One of the truest artists that has ever been ❤
What a song ...what a clip!!!!!! i miss David so much.....!!!!
One of his most beautiful songs ever written.
Indeed it is!
My favorite song
One of his best Song in my opinion. Very heartful
Didn't just break cultural boundary, Bowie owned the frontier beyond. We are forever grateful for his fearless self-expression.
Very creative music video. Something I love about David he isn’t scared of being different!
Exactly! always thinking outside of the box
Bowie, Prince and Neil Young was/is probably the most genuine artists among the top artists of music history !!
He was like the Picasso of Music.Pushing the boundaries of styles,Artistic,Magical and Originality.One of a kind!!!
I like that he falls in love with a ragdoll
Yup😂
This is one of Bowie’s favorite songs😭
Thank you for the update!
The piano is so beautiful as if the water is flowing.
Every time I listen to this, I am healed✨
Yes, like the piano on Aladin Sane
Wow, that's amazing to learn it was one of his favourites. It's definitely one of mine!
How did you learn that this was one of David Bowies favorite songs ?
David's videos are tiny film masterpieces. Everything about him was Art. He didn't have to try because it was the air he breathed and the ocean in which he swam.
I've been mesmerized, intrigued and obsessed with this video since it was released. All these years and this still brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for all the art and emotions, David. You are missed and loved more than I can express by this Gen X old child...
Absolutely..
Bowie doesn't exist, like you and me, we don't exist either. It's all just a dream, wake up.
@@amonynous9041You must be talking about "Optical 📀💿 Illusion" right!? If not please let me know what you mean...
@@antoniabermudezann4233 it's a dichotomy between worlds of form and formlessness, matter and spirit. That which is transient and always changing is an illusion,
that which is truly real and ontologically alive is an unchanging totality of timeless existence, absolute fullness of infinite potential containing everything ever conceived and that which is to come.
@@amonynous9041 stop abusing whatever you have on hand pls you sound insane
This song is so beautiful... its like Heroes from the 90s. I didn't liked it at first but just as pretty much everything he did, I grew up to love it.
Heroes is at a much higher level
also reminds me of Teenage Wildlife.
It's funny you compare it to Heroes. I remember hearing someone say once that it was, lyrically, the exact opposite of Heroes. I believe Heroes is about a love so strong it can overcome the personal flaws of the couple and the shitty world they live in. And this is the opposite; the "couple" are completely alienated from each other. They share a bed but that's all they share, they're so damn alienated from each other.
Good comparison, teenage wildlife too. I think don't look back in anger too, some kind of similar vibes.
Originally from the Buddha of Suburbia album a few years prior, I always thought this song to be very sad. Beautifully written...it just tears my heart out.
Bittersweet, rather.
We all look for this guy in the comments even if we know all the words already:
Yooou, yooou, yooou
Yooou, yooou, yooou
All our friends
Now seem so thin and frail
Slinky secrets
Hotter than the sun
No peachy prayers
No trendy rechauffé
I'm with you
So I can't go on
All my violence
Raining tears upon the sheet
I'm bewildered
For we're strangers when we meet
Blank screen TV
Preening ourselves in the snow
Forget my name
But I'm over you
Blended sunrise
And it's a dying world
Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes
All my violence
Raining tears upon the sheet
I'm resentful
For we're strangers when we meet
Cold tired fingers
Tapping out your memories
Halfway sadness
Dazzled by the new
Your embrace
Was all that I feared
That whirling room
We trade by vendu
Steely resolve
Is falling from me
My poor soul
All bruised passivity
All your regrets
Ride rough-shod over me
I'm so glad
That we're strangers when we meet
I'm so thankful
That we're strangers when we meet
I'm in clover
For we're strangers when we meet
Heel head over
But we're strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
His efforts are greatly appreciated, every single time!!! 🥰💙
But i always look for this guy,because i really not even know the lyrics,so,it's more than that 😊👍!
This album is great, industrial art rock, drum and bass, pop rock. What a great closer to this album
I'm in tears. I feel him in this song.
it makes me want to dance, sing, laugh and live. ❤️❤️❤️
Bizarrely, this may be my favourite Bowie song
Gotta say it again, Bowie was consistently ahead of his time in all things music, and one fantastic showman. I was lucky enough to see him in Dallas in the early 80s. The seats were terrible, but the show was epic. The man had more style than a man from earth should have..
It's my birthday today and this is the best present ever! I don't think I've seen this which is surreal. Crying again
I miss David so much, it’s hard to believe he’s gone. I 1st saw David Bowie, on my friends wall, when we were 13, and I turned 14 & I was babysitting, 2 weeks before the moon mission & heard Space Oddity the 1st time it was played on fm, underground radio, I fell in love with Bowie that year, 1969! I will always love him.❤️
Been waiting this video for years! I still believe this one is his best 90s song, great memories from a couple of years ago.
This is a different version than the Outside album or Buddah of Suburbia version. Single version im guessing? Radio was hyper formatted in the 90's and he didn't fit on any of them😂 so yeah, great tune but had no shot.
One of Bowie's best tracks! Beautiful and haunting. This song in particular has gotten me through times of depression and suicide...
❤
Same here! 🤝
same here too from japan
Get out of Japan, please! That country is bad for suicidal people@@shokufeho4561
Damn i love this Song. So underrated. Outside was a Masterpiece. Every Remastered Video shows us again what we lost !
Underrated ? Really ?
The whole spirit of the Outside album is just overwhelming! This song is its great finale... love that track☺
And so it is even more uncomprehensive why outside isnt more popular. According to Eno he and Bowie had been thinking of remaking the whole album, cause it deserved more resonance.
Best song of nineties.
The song I will point to forever when asked about his output post SM and if I could pick one song to illustrate his ongoing brilliance. I feel this was criminally ignored upon release and, dare I say it, undervalued and ignored by fans and critics alike but it clicked for me instantly, moving me to tear up every time I heard it, first, on the Buddah Soindtrack with it's rougher demo version but
re-recorded and completed, the Outside version is a masterpece in my book. His voice, Garson's piano, that bassline, all fed through the Eno/Bowie production are all pluses for me as are the lyrics, which get me every damn time I hear the song they hit home and cut very deep for me on a personal level. "All our friends, Now seem so thin and frail, Sneaky secrets, Hotter than the sun" By 1995 there still was no cure or even treatments available to begin reversing the effects HIV without causing more damage to the already vulnerable immune systems of the people infected. I had spent the decade leading up to the release of this song attending more funerals than I care to mention and it was still a day to day fight to find some dignity in a world that had turned it's back and stopped caring about this virus that dealt a devaststing blow to the ARTS across every area and every form so artists were burying friends and collaborators and colleagues without much time to process the loss of so many talented individuals and it's songs like this one I feel is when things came together enough mentally to be able to express one's feelings about the darkness of the decade in a song. Now, I'm not suggesting that the song is about that as one of the things I have always loved about Bowie's work is how one person relates to a partcular song and it's meaning is subjective and personal to them and might not have anything to do with DB's intentions but I know he lost many people to AIDS and has touched on this here and there especially after the "Lord's Prayer" incident at the Freddie Mercury concert that put him up for ridicule and he addressed the gesture soon after and it involved a friend who was clinging to life in a local ICU / AIDS ward and that was a shout out to him from DB as he explained he was distraught about the situation as more and more people were getting sick and especially young people weren't getting the message, so he said it was a reaction, not a planned bit of business or publicity stunt. So, the lyric referring to "No preachy prayers" always brought me back to the moment at the concert. Again, this is just my take on this beautiful song.
Thank you for sharing that take on the song. It got me choked up.
absolute beginners chokes me up too; emo lution is the geius of those in all genders as Bowie inspires that complete exploration of this experience in 3d
Preach .
I think this is a perfect track to end Outside. The whole album is so melancholic and dark and then this song comes and gives you feeling that there is still some hope left in this brutal and apocalyptic world.
BOWIE had so many many songs of quality! Just immensely talented. The like of which we will never ever see again. I miss you so much, Spaceboy!! R.I.P DAVID BOWIE ROCK LEGEND AND ICON.
David took an already great track from Budda of Suburbia and made it even better!!!! What else could u ask for
I'm crying, what a beautiful song🥺
what a gorgeous final track to end possibly his most experimental album
It was needed at the end. It had to have something like this, Outside was dark and exhausting (but great!)
Dead Man is still Walking in Australia!
@@TheChadTI That is so true. When I bought that album, it took me more than one attempt to listen to it till the end. Once I reached Strangers when we meet, I cried tears of relief. No joke.
Completely & Totally agree ... I'm lucky to be able to play as a one man band and drop out some Bowie Covers on youtube ... I have to say Bowie fans are amazing!
@@hanswurst495 I know it's a long time since u wrote this but it resonated with me so much. 1. Outside a powerful and compelling album, but also quite dark. I found Strangers redeeming, too.The song is so gorgeous. Crying tears of relief is only natural
Pure Perfektion!... God I miss him
I miss this man so much.
I don't know about anyone else, but for me, this is one of the most underrated ballads in music history!!! An absolute masterpiece!!! 🥰💙
Possibly my favorite from Bowie. A very wistful, emotional song. The accompanying video is just beautiful!
You know Bowie means business when you can hum the bassline. Beautiful, underappreaciated song.
This should be a classic. Up there with Absolute Begginers.
My favourite Bowie song - and that says a lot🎸🎶❤️
I always felt his 90s electric period was a call back to his late 70s new wave phase. This song I always felt was a call back to that
This is an excelant video by the great david bowie ❤🎉love on ya bowie ❤🎉
I love you. I always will. Forever.
For me this song is at the centre point in Bowie’s entire career
Outside and Earthling albums are very underrated
It's been a long time coming, but it's here now and I'm grateful! I consider this one of Bowie's greatest songs. I don't mean 'since Scary Monsters', I mean ever.
'Since Ziggy Stardust'
I cannot say that I love David Bowie classics songs because then I remember his more recent music and I can't compare them, I love both Bowie epochs.
The music of it's kind in centuries rock on David. Xoxo ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘❤️ princess p.s. r.i.p to a living legend
David Bowie était si beau, envoûtant, fascinant ! Inaccessible. Sa voix est superbe sur cette chanson. We miss you David Bowie ❣💔💘💋
Eternal love to all these bowie songs.... Thanks to all of you.
WE ARE STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET! LOVE AND LIGHT! Love and Light💕😁🚦💖💞😙😘!!
this album came out when I was 15 years old and has followed me since then. This song is about my life I feel like and describes every year in a way so far. Despite whatever situation I could always listen to the song and relate because it has become a friend and comfort. Love it always and forever. Now I am 42 and it still calms me to this day
Such a heartwarming hopeful ending to an utterly cold and dark album
Love on you, David. MASTERPIECE
This song was written in 1992 and concerns him and his re-introduction to the public after the tin machine, expressing the feelings and the new brilliant career that followed! It is among my top 5 favorites of all time. God bless you David 👩🎤
You can see how comfortable he was as the superstar he is at this point. Such brave art for the time. And totally brilliant of course.
There will never be anyone quite like him. A real artist in every sense of the word.
Just pure Class miss you David R.I.P ♥️
Sort of interesting how this era of Bowie is overlooked. He still looks and sounds cool but for whatever reason people seem to reminisce about bowie from the late 60s through to the mid 80s and his comeback from 2013 onwards.
Neil Tennant from the Pet Shop Boys says all of Bowie's material is strong, he likes the 90's and 2000's material as well as the newer and classic Bowie. It's him that's made me interested in exploring the otherwise unknown side of D Bowie.
I'll admit to believing his 90s and 00s stuff is spotty. But, Outside is, IMO, one of his best albums. Earthling is a great listen too. This is probably just a me thing. Bowie's music is always a product of the time he creates them. And I am just not a big fan of late 90s and 00s music.
There is something in Bowie for everyone. That's what I love about his music.
@@amartin4193 don’t overlook “Heathen” too. One of his best albums ever. Tbh Bowie has always been great. There’s nothing I don’t have appreciation for that he has done.
"Outside" has become my favorite Bowie album. And this song is the capper.
It’s a happy mistake when you come looking for The Smithereens, but accidentally end up listening to Bowie. Still love that dude all these years later!
Such an exquisite video.😌
This single version cuts one of my favourite lyrics from the 1. Outside version: "My poor soul... all bruised passivity" which comes right after the "steely resolve" line. The full version is only about 45 seconds longer, so the edit kind of baffles me.
Yes, but i have first version of this video on VHS tape, with few different capture
I have always Loved this song,and have only just finally begun to appreciate the utter brilliance of the entire album nearly 20 years later....I am a lifelong Bowie fan.
Missing you David xxx
I'll say it again: "Bowie was the best who ever lived".
Thank you Bowie for all your music, I hope you’re somewhere up there ! ! !
He lives on through everything he gave … I’m so happy I got the chance to see him in concert, it was something else entirely…RIP you are so loved🩵🦋🫧🌈
J'adore littéralement cette Chanson la video "Étrange" est hypnotique
I remember seeing this on TV and falling in love with Bowie that day.. i later saw him live twice and will forever be fan of his music!
I still find it difficult not to well up when I hear Bowie,he should be still with us.
... Sacred Song!!!...
One of the best songs ever written!. Just wish the video was the full song instead of the single edit. It's such a beautiful song, shortening it is criminal.
For me 1.outside is a music movie, and stranger when we meet is playing while credit at the end
"SWWM" is the credits at the end, and "Get Real" is the line saying "To be continued..." ;-)
Our son is no stranger to David Bowies art and music and he loves his father dearly and this video and black star are his favorites to sing.xothis I agree 100%
I love this video, this is one of my Bowie's favorite songs.
His industrial fase is very underrated, and it is a crime! The whole album is perfect! Thank you, Trent Reznor.
Another overlooked Bowie classic from the 1990s.
Wow I love this song so much! ❤️❤️😍Thank you David, you are the only person who can surprise me all the time❤️love you so much❤️❤️absolutely one of his greatest songs from the 90s👌🏻🎉
2:13 my favorite part, what a beautiful part, like a dream