I was 36 years old when this recording was made/released. Now aged 87, I still get such emotion whenever I hear of play it. Thank you David. You will be loved, appreciated and remembered long after we are gone. England, November, 2023.
none of us live in the wrong generation. we live in a generation where we can replay this again and again, watch the video as much as we want, wherever we want.
Yeah, I have hate those spoiled brats wishing they were born at a different time because of a minor (I say minor because you can live without music) thing.
+I usually win arguments against SJW, how are we spoiled? we just prefer this over modern music. GEEZ!!!!! let people have their own opinions! and, I'm sorry but, i personally cannot live without rock!
@lu4iksveta21 rest in peace people.. I bet these people you speak of were gooood people... I can't believe it's been almost 10 years already... love all of you rest peacefully all of you..
My father was named Tom and he loved this song so much we used to call him Major Tom for fun. My dad was the main reason I got into Bowie and music in general. He just past away this week from cancer and I'm devastated by his loss. The stars look very different today. :-(
Hey my name is Tom and I don't know how to explain this, but this is something my daughter and I share this. No one else could understand what these lyrics mean to us.
“And I’m floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today” I don’t know why, but I have always loved those two lines. I get them stuck in my head all the time.
Yeah, the atmosphere is amazing.. Maybe you'll like this too in headphones: th-cam.com/video/V5xmcocbEX4/w-d-xo.html He also did a cover of Life of Mars
He actually took a song and made it sound and feel like an astronaut who's floating helplessly through the void of space into nothingness, and at the same time, somehow made it a perfect metaphor for every day life. What an amazing piece of art.
Im 13, when I first heard this song....and many of his others....I thought they were kind of strange, not gonna lie. But here I am, back here for the 5th time, and continueously being asked what song it is im humming to in class.
that reminds me of that scene from 2001: a space odyssey where hal9000 ejects the astronaut from the capsule; frightening but shows the true beautiful nothingness of space
You actually are an astronaut floating through space. "Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong. Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you hear me Major Tom?"
I woke up this morning hearing part of this song playing in my head. I got my phone out and googled "here I am sitting in a tin can" to see if I could find the song. Tears came to my eyes and I felt at peace. My father passed away last month and for some reason this song resonates with me. I have been so down since he left and to be honest quite lost and lonely. I'm not sure why I am sharing these feelings here, but talking about my dad makes me feel better. I've never felt this way in my life. I'm 42 and my father was 75 years old. Everyone tells me it will get better and it's normal to grief but it hasn't yet. The only thing that has helped me from being so upset I'm sorry to say has been drugs. I know it's just numbing me and it's not the right thing to do. I hope anyone reading this can relate. Life is so short and unfair at times but I know deep down there's a way through the mess. I was happy once and will be again at some point. Don't ever give up on yourself, you'll make it through the mess. Love you Dad
You were happy once and u will be happy again. Life won't always be good, but it won't always be bad either. Ur litreally still breathing for a reason, there's something for you. It's ok to grief, it's part of life. You will heal, and you will stop taking drugs. Everything will be alright, not just saying this to make u feel better, I'm saying this because i beleive it
No it doesn't get better. A little like learning to walk with an amputated limb for the rest of your life. I won't mind if you don't believe this next thing. I scarcely believe it myself. Some of the dead seem to having been communicating with me now and then. One thing in common: it's perfect where they are now except they feel bad that you're sad due to a misconception. Death is NO barrier to love
You’ll be ok. Your dad would be more sad that you’re on drugs and if he was owt like my grandad he’d say shut up ya crackpot and get on with it and enjoy life. I was here before you was here and I’ll be gone when ya you’re still here. So love yourself. Pick yourself up wipe yourself down. You’re strong and one day you’ll look back and smile. You need a good distraction. Youe not old. If youve got a man and he’s crap get rid and get another one that will make you feel happy and if you haven’t got a hobby get one so you can meet new people plenty of classes etc if you look or do some volunteering work to help people. (This makes loads feel happier) It’s ok too hurt but putting yourself around sad songs all the time. You’re not going to allow yourself To heal properly. The off few sad songs are on its apart of the healing process but you will move on and if not then please move on so you can grow) Sending online hugs. Now go live your life for your dad and show him you’re strong just like him
I will forever be grateful to have lived in the same lifetime as Bowie. My mom's first crush was David Bowie, and 30 years after that, Bowie was my first crush. Bowie is transcendent, he's timeless and he will be forever missed.
Probably Bowie´s greatest song. I can well imagine him gently floating through space now with a smile on his face thinking of the enigma he has left behind on planet earth.
He was one of a kind!Each and everyone of his songs he sang sounded totally different from the others. He was absolutely a true artist in every sense of the word. A musical genius. He wrote the song ( The Man Who Sold The World ), which Curt Cobain sang beautifully, on Nirvana‘s unplugged album. What a wonderfully talented man David Bowie was we will never have another one like him.
Holly shit, my eyes always get teary in the "can you hear me major tom?" part, i just imagine him floating alone, happy, going somewere, maybe to heaven, space, infinity, ill never know... Man do i miss him.
I do energy healing work. I call in many, to help when I do it. I call on the Pleiadian Emissaries of Light and the Sirian ArchAngelic League of Light for help, as well. Maybe your surgeon calls some of them in, too. They ARE far more advanced than us.
my grandpa recently passed last Saturday. one whole week without him. I'm so glad I grew up listening to rock n roll. I'm gonna miss his random phone calls where we would sing this song together. He was only 60, looked 50 and was young at heart. He was in a car club, he was amazing at building lowriders. He'll always be missed by us. him and I were so damn close. I love him so much. RIP tata.
I was a latch key kid in the 70’s. I put the dinner on for the family, did my homework and listened to my older brother’s Bowie albums. Safe times and great memories. Thanks David.
*Jesus picks up bread*This is my body *Jesus picks up glass of wine* This is my blood *Jesus picks up mayo* *Matthew* i'm gonna have to stop you right there.
N Q, I wonder what he means when he sings that line. "Tell my wife I lover her very much, she knows" Does he mean "she knows" he is gay? Or does he mean, "she knows" I love her? Any thoughts on that anyone? Dusty the 2nd.
Everyone is talking about the "tell my wife I love her she knows" line but for me it's "the stars look very different today" that absolutely crushes me
I love the simplicity of the perspective of being famous: "And now the papers want to know whose shirts you wear". This is so pure and simple, being famous brings a lot of incredible things, but he only pays attention about this little part, this is so innocent, just love this part
being famous brings a lot of attention for doing something anyone can do. its a chore, and an incredibly hard one at that, just because people know who you are, and you have a lot of money in the bank, doesnt make you happy.
i took as more of a satire on the public’s interest in famous people, major tom is in space, yet all people want to know is his fashion choices, which is pretty trivial considering lol, i guess interpretation is in the eye of the beholder lol
The original album version, from 1969. The rest of the album is worth exploring. No other classic singles, but some interesting work nevertheless from a 22-year-old Bowie who was not yet famous.
This morning I played it 5 times, when home I will play again many times🙏🙏🤗🤗And I will play this on my guitar many times as much as I want🎸🎸😎 Yes indeed a masterpiece 👌👌👌
Exactly what i was thinking , i dont know but this song really need part 2 . About what happen to major tom after his circuit dead . Or there's any ? I really want the sequel 🥲👌
And in this song, David Bowie revealed himself to be a poet. You can just picture the lyrics in your head. He was in his early 20s when he wrote this, yet was so mature. There are not even 30-something-year-old songwriters today who are at Bowie's songwriting level. RIP, Mr Stardust. Your music will continue to stand the test of time.
@@retdrewclassic20 this video was edited on 1972. The song was released 11 july 1969. recorded on june. Exist a first version recorded on february 1969 th-cam.com/video/D67kmFzSh_o/w-d-xo.html
@@My.Name.Is.Dark. then the lyrics could've been different, and it would've been a different production as well because this song was rush-released for marketing the BBC Apollo Moon Mission.
+Benji Asperheim nobody really gives a good goddamn if you were first in line at the gloryhole.. just shut the fuck up and stick your face through the wall. i have .75 cents in nickles for you!!
Space Oddity, is a melodic masterpiece. A perfect vehicle. Of which to land, from outer space. David Bowie, must be so proud. That he actually wrote this very unique and, powerful song.
+OhioGentleman ..lol....not that the way people write matter or anything,i even have a strange typing 'way....but what you just said was fuckin' hilarious....
He never really left 😮 he is in an extended Tour of The Galaxy playing at Milliways The Restaurant at The end of The Universe far in the Future, and I hope you invested your 1 cent so You can afford to pay for Your meal & drinks and generous Gratuities.
Woke up with this song on my mind. I started to reminisce about the past and in my minds eye I relived the time I saw him do this in concert. I was in high school at the time. I am one of many people that were lucky enough to see this done live. He was lifted up above the audience on a large arm floating in a most peculiar way. Thanks for the memories!
Yes, agree. To me, it was and still is about letting go and discovering your true self, without all the conveniences of a support system. David Bowie was a genius.
Not going into the unknown life but for sure fleeing from a scary life... and thus going from the frying pan into the fire ! As a reminder, an extract from 'Ashes to ashes': Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low
I just played it getting ready for another day in the corporate jungle and started crying 😭 thinking of my friend who passed, and what it feels like to be alone, but also the times we wish to be anywhere but planet earth. My boyfriend came in and said are you crying? I'm like no I'm not 😢🥺🥺
My daughter has loved this song since she was around 4. She's 18 now and still has the same good taste in music. Hope the same happens with your little girl.
"For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world, planet earth is blue and there is nothing I can do"........when the song breaks into this gorgeous harmony with these words, I always tear up. Our relatively short voyages into space are truly in space ships not unlike a fragile tin can. The astronaut, Tom, is at a distance from Earth far enough to feel a profound sense of being separated from everything he has known and he is completely aware that "there is nothing" he can do to guarantee his safe return to his beautiful, blue planet. Just lovely and heart rending.....
@@stefxcThis song, imo, carries a different meaning before and after his death, for instance. In different decades, its related to.different themes and metaphores. It also depends on where you re listening it from. The song no longer belongs to the artist. It s about drugs, or death, or adventure, or melancholy, or space age, or a thousand more things.
This song honestly gives me the chills and makes me feel alone. That must be how it feels to be an astronaut in space. It must feel so lonely and dark.
@@wolfiestreet6899 Damn, heartless much. You don't have to idolize someone to mourn, and when someone's music or art has touched you emotionally you are going to mourn their loss
Papa is controlling papnd no nothing at all just think if I get to be a sissy type urban cowboy I may need to know long foo I'm having a good day just annoyed with a pair at times a tink its green apple but it snot and I have some quest I just want to be pre paired see there is a pair again i should or if i play poker could la v or t r also is a valcaino possiable
+Eliz. Sebaugh I don't even think he was before his time. He was his very own point in time, and nobody will ever truly be able to recreate him. o7, Major Tom.
David Bowie never died earth was just one of his tours
Good point
@SHARKEYS96 do you know something we don't
@@sharkeyes these peons have yet to fathom the 5th dimension.
Remember the Galactic Federation? I think we know where he came from and where he is now.
Makes since tge fucker went fron sexist man in the world to "hello tom may a ask for assistance removing my skin form "
I was 36 years old when this recording was made/released. Now aged 87, I still get such emotion whenever I hear of play it. Thank you David. You will be loved, appreciated and remembered long after we are gone. England, November, 2023.
I guess i'm the young punk around here at 60 , lol
@@AlaskanInsightsHave you got your name right? I thought AI stood for "Artificial intelligence!". Cheers.
@@AlaskanInsights those are some big numbers even for me
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Присоединяюсь! Мне 72, обожаю Дэвида. Россия, Сочи...
none of us live in the wrong generation. we live in a generation where we can replay this again and again, watch the video as much as we want, wherever we want.
Alberte Solveig Bækgaard Mortensen Agreed
Yeah, I have hate those spoiled brats wishing they were born at a different time because of a minor (I say minor because you can live without music) thing.
Alberte Solveig Bækgaard Mortensen preach
I usually win arguments against SJW's you can but what kind of life would that be? Sorry, personally bias showing lol
+I usually win arguments against SJW, how are we spoiled? we just prefer this over modern music. GEEZ!!!!! let people have their own opinions! and, I'm sorry but, i personally cannot live without rock!
9 years from his death.. we remember you, David!
my friend died 1 year ago exactly. she loved you as well. say hi to her if you meet her
My mom died 5 years ago today. She loved david. I don't think it was a coincidence. Miss her so very much.
@@harmonyjacobs1169 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂
@lu4iksveta21 rest in peace people.. I bet these people you speak of were gooood people... I can't believe it's been almost 10 years already... love all of you rest peacefully all of you..
Rest in peace. You'll always be the goblin king to me.....
Thank you Steve.... He will be to me as well.
+Talking Kitty Cat Aww Steve I love your videos! R.I.P David Bowie
Talking Kitty Cat Same
Talking Kitty Cat TALKING KITTY CAT!? WHAAAAAAAAT
Hi Steve!
I love how this song can be so peaceful, exciting and yet horrifying at the same time.
That's exactly how I feel about it too... !
just like space
What do you mean by horrifying
Yes! 🥳
It’s my all time favorite song
My father was named Tom and he loved this song so much we used to call him Major Tom for fun. My dad was the main reason I got into Bowie and music in general. He just past away this week from cancer and I'm devastated by his loss. The stars look very different today. :-(
Look up the sky, he's watching over you from a star.
Hey my name is Tom and I don't know how to explain this, but this is something my daughter and I share this. No one else could understand what these lyrics mean to us.
That was a beautiful comment .rip _ your dad. Hope 7r feeling better
sorry for your loss Eric
So sorry for your loss, Eric. May your father rest in peace.
R.I.P David. Its 2025 and we're here sending our love. ❤❤❤❤
Amen.
In 2025 you're begging for likes.
@@killerseddie8295no he’s not bro. he never asked for likes.
я думал, что я один слушаю эту песню из 2025. peace, bro!
Planet Hearth is blue and there's nothing I can do.
Tell my wife I love her.
Amazing gay lyrics
David Bowie aint dead.He is just chillin with Major tom in Mars.
Tom is dead, black star
True
True bruh, true
@@littleozzyboy what?
@@littleozzyboy you are crazy aint ya
David Bowie didn’t die he just floating in the most perfect and peculiar way
deep..
Some guy didn't realize we are dealing with the Apocalypse so meh, th-cam.com/channels/U8Sf-u0Jys2YFhEUCNpuWA.html
So beautiful what you said! Poetry.
@Katron05 Oh my gosh...I LOVE that thought!! ❤
RIP DAVID BOWIE AND PRINCE
If you're ever sad, just remember that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old and you were here at the same time as David Bowie.
What if there are no humans left to remember?
Unfortunately, i wasmt at the same time as sid vicious, darby crash, or johnny thunders
sorry man but the earth is 6 thousands years old
@@playerjack1005 you’ve been alive that long??
@Peter S: I love that. Thank you.
“And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today”
I don’t know why, but I have always loved those two lines. I get them stuck in my head all the time.
@ Crap, I didn’t notice. I’m editing it now, lol.
i do too, i think it has to do with the way he sings that passage...
Listening to this on good headphones is literally a brand new experience.
true that
TH-cam compressed audio greatly. Listen to some flac file or Spotify.
Are u sure?
@@FunnyVideos-sm6cz Yes
I listened to this in the car the other day and I was so shocked
The fact that I can mentally visualize this entire story as he sings it is crazy
Me too
Ikr
I feel iam floating in space it's all black and filled of nothing somehow I feel its beautiful and depressing ITS CREEPY
He was a truly gifted storyteller
@@kimmathison6471 And very beautiful, I swear Bowie wasn't even human. He was just visiting us until his time was up
50 years old today... Just love you David Bowie
Isn’t it 48 years not 50 1970 is 50 years
BlaDE Pros this song was made in 1969
@@s_saud wouldn't that be 49 anyway?
@@s_saud that's 49??
No 51 I didint know it was released 1969
This is such a musically weird song. And there's something magical about it.
RIGHT ON, Matt! ♥
This in headphones is just magical
Yeah, the atmosphere is amazing..
Maybe you'll like this too in headphones:
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He also did a cover of Life of Mars
May Ziggy Stardust live on forever!!!
you havent heard trough boxes yet?
I know right
I am doing that, and wow. My brain feels warm and happy.
He actually took a song and made it sound and feel like an astronaut who's floating helplessly through the void of space into nothingness, and at the same time, somehow made it a perfect metaphor for every day life. What an amazing piece of art.
Hi Frosty I recommend an indie song called 'Where I Come From' By Robert Nix
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Im 13, when I first heard this song....and many of his others....I thought they were kind of strange, not gonna lie. But here I am, back here for the 5th time, and continueously being asked what song it is im humming to in class.
that reminds me of that scene from 2001: a space odyssey where hal9000 ejects the astronaut from the capsule; frightening but shows the true beautiful nothingness of space
You actually are an astronaut floating through space. "Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong. Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you hear me Major Tom?"
''Tell my wife I love her very much - she knows''
*This line gives me goosebumps*
Aqui suena a despedida. Duele esa parte de la cancion. 💔
I see her sat in the back of the control room, silently holding her hands in her lap, a tear on her cheek.
@@guypierson5754 wow
yo tambien kiero mucho a tu esposa. salu2
I heard that brother! I mean we all know that's a goddamn lie 🤥.
I woke up this morning hearing part of this song playing in my head. I got my phone out and googled "here I am sitting in a tin can" to see if I could find the song. Tears came to my eyes and I felt at peace. My father passed away last month and for some reason this song resonates with me. I have been so down since he left and to be honest quite lost and lonely. I'm not sure why I am sharing these feelings here, but talking about my dad makes me feel better. I've never felt this way in my life. I'm 42 and my father was 75 years old. Everyone tells me it will get better and it's normal to grief but it hasn't yet. The only thing that has helped me from being so upset I'm sorry to say has been drugs. I know it's just numbing me and it's not the right thing to do. I hope anyone reading this can relate. Life is so short and unfair at times but I know deep down there's a way through the mess. I was happy once and will be again at some point. Don't ever give up on yourself, you'll make it through the mess. Love you Dad
You were happy once and u will be happy again. Life won't always be good, but it won't always be bad either. Ur litreally still breathing for a reason, there's something for you. It's ok to grief, it's part of life. You will heal, and you will stop taking drugs. Everything will be alright, not just saying this to make u feel better, I'm saying this because i beleive it
what an odd thing to say
No it doesn't get better. A little like learning to walk with an amputated limb for the rest of your life. I won't mind if you don't believe this next thing. I scarcely believe it myself. Some of the dead seem to having been communicating with me now and then. One thing in common: it's perfect where they are now except they feel bad that you're sad due to a misconception. Death is NO barrier to love
You’ll be ok. Your dad would be more sad that you’re on drugs and if he was owt like my grandad he’d say shut up ya crackpot and get on with it and enjoy life. I was here before you was here and I’ll be gone when ya you’re still here.
So love yourself. Pick yourself up wipe yourself down. You’re strong and one day you’ll look back and smile. You need a good distraction. Youe not old. If youve got a man and he’s crap get rid and get another one that will make you feel happy and if you haven’t got a hobby get one so you can meet new people plenty of classes etc if you look or do some volunteering work to help people. (This makes loads feel happier)
It’s ok too hurt but putting yourself around sad songs all the time. You’re not going to allow yourself
To heal properly. The off few sad songs are on its apart of the healing process but you will move on and if not then please move on so you can grow)
Sending online hugs. Now go live your life for your dad and show him you’re strong just like him
I will forever be grateful to have lived in the same lifetime as Bowie. My mom's first crush was David Bowie, and 30 years after that, Bowie was my first crush. Bowie is transcendent, he's timeless and he will be forever missed.
your mom was probably awesome at parties
i wish i can live in every generation, but maybe except after 2000 generation...hahahahhaa
His legend will grow and grow. No doubt about that.
💙
I love this song
I feel strangely sad when i listen to this masterpiece. It brings me a strange mix of sorrow and gratitude. Bowie was a great artist. Miss him.
I am happy I still have his pics and videos! He left us WAY to soon! I miss you love!❤
Same here. I actually just shed tears listening. Timeless and equally impactful
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Me too 😢
I also miss him.
"Ground Control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead, there's something wrong" - what an incredible mood swing. Exceptional storytelling.
Timestamp: 3:32
broooo my favourite part
what an odd thing to say
Agreed. Haunting.
indeed
The way the word here/hear is used as a pivot point between the frantic control room and the eerie serenty of the space capsule at 3:49 is genius
Probably Bowie´s greatest song. I can well imagine him gently floating through space now with a smile on his face thinking of the enigma he has left behind on planet earth.
He was one of a kind!Each and everyone of his songs he sang sounded totally different from the others. He was absolutely a true artist in every sense of the word. A musical genius.
He wrote the song ( The Man Who Sold The World ), which Curt Cobain sang beautifully, on Nirvana‘s unplugged album.
What a wonderfully talented man David Bowie was we will never have another one like him.
We will all be floating in space one day.
"Changes" was pretty good also.
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This song is 50 years this year.
:-0
Holy shit
oh my god
Well, thanks for reminding me that I don't have that long to live anymore... :-D
Nope, almost 50: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Oddity#Recording_and_release
Holly shit, my eyes always get teary in the "can you hear me major tom?" part, i just imagine him floating alone, happy, going somewere, maybe to heaven, space, infinity, ill never know...
Man do i miss him.
Me too! We won’t see another one like him!
U2
U2
They got a message from the action man: "I'm happy. Hope you're happy too."
I was 18 when this song came . Now I'm 97 years old 🥲. Time goes so fast and I'm still listening to this song
I'm 103 now 😢
❤
I'm 158 😞😞 remembering my youth
This song was a childhood favourite of mine. Can’t believe it’s been eight years since Bowie died. Fly high man. You’ve really made the grade.
My first record I bought with my own money ..
Starman isn't dead, just on another leg of the intergalactic tour!
I just glad he chose earth as one of his stops on his intergalactic tour
@DuuuyuaveSmith-m7y
My neurosurgeon played this when I had an anyourism. I'll never forget. R.I.P David. He kept me alive.
Wow played this while he performed surgery on you?
seriously? so cool
I do energy healing work. I call in many, to help when I do it. I call on the Pleiadian Emissaries of Light and the Sirian ArchAngelic League of Light for help, as well. Maybe your surgeon calls some of them in, too. They ARE far more advanced than us.
Sorry I'm not usually one for correcting spelling but this one was particularly egregious... *aneurysm
He played it before, after or during your surgery? 😂
When we crack interplanetary travel this will be considered a country song
Oh my god
Made my night
Underrated AF comment
True tho
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my grandpa recently passed last Saturday. one whole week without him. I'm so glad I grew up listening to rock n roll. I'm gonna miss his random phone calls where we would sing this song together. He was only 60, looked 50 and was young at heart. He was in a car club, he was amazing at building lowriders. He'll always be missed by us. him and I were so damn close. I love him so much. RIP tata.
I gotchya Jett. My old man pulled on Mick Jagger every party. Forever in our hearts.
SOOO very sorry for the loss of your Precious Grandfather..
I'm so sorry for your loss 💔😢
I'm sorry for your loss!
I'm so sorry :( 💔
"Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do."
I love that part.
Samee
It shows the sudden realization of meaninglessness unimportance so well.
Felix O'Kane no need to be an asshole
@_Falloutguy_ f in the chat for the environment
I was scrolling through the comments and this came on just as he sung it
I was a latch key kid in the 70’s. I put the dinner on for the family, did my homework and listened to my older brother’s Bowie albums. Safe times and great memories. Thanks David.
Me too!
Great comment
Sorry for my ignorance but what is a latch key kid
@@pluspens2134 parents both worked, had to let myself in after school with a hidden key.
I hope life has been good to you.
Thank Venom for bringing me here 🫡 😭
yup, ready for that scene to show up on youtube
Waoter mitchy, venom, the guardians
*Jesus picks up bread* This is my body
*Jesus picks up glass of wine* This is my blood
*Jesus picks up guitar* This is ground control to Major Tom
Isaiah Trujillo
Yes. The last Rock Supper.
Newton Isaac DOES realize the guitar does flipping _float_ (n rock und roll) (in micro gravity : )
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*Jesus picks up bread*This is my body
*Jesus picks up glass of wine* This is my blood
*Jesus picks up mayo*
*Matthew* i'm gonna have to stop you right there.
@Isaiah Trugillo "commencing countdown engines on."
“Tell my wife I love her very much”
“She knows”
Does that part get anyone? It makes me so emotional
I really love that line a lot
My husband would sing along to this line every time we listen to this song.
Nguyen Trinh that’s so incredibly sweet!
N Q, I wonder what he means when he sings that line. "Tell my wife I lover her very much, she knows" Does he mean "she knows" he is gay? Or does he mean, "she knows" I love her? Any thoughts on that anyone? Dusty the 2nd.
I love that lyric very much, you know.
Everyone is talking about the "tell my wife I love her she knows" line but for me it's "the stars look very different today" that absolutely crushes me
"theres nothing i can do..."
Cringe
for me it's, "and I'm shitting in a tin can"
Wow, what a sight and experience that would be
@@thisone981...
I just discovered this song a few days ago, it was wild knowing that I existed for more than 24 years without listening to this master piece.
I love the simplicity of the perspective of being famous: "And now the papers want to know whose shirts you wear". This is so pure and simple, being famous brings a lot of incredible things, but he only pays attention about this little part, this is so innocent, just love this part
being famous brings a lot of attention for doing something anyone can do. its a chore, and an incredibly hard one at that, just because people know who you are, and you have a lot of money in the bank, doesnt make you happy.
I read your comment as he sing it lol
He was a true music rock star
i took as more of a satire on the public’s interest in famous people, major tom is in space, yet all people want to know is his fashion choices, which is pretty trivial considering lol, i guess interpretation is in the eye of the beholder lol
By far my favorite version of this song.
misteramazing Agreed
The original album version, from 1969. The rest of the album is worth exploring. No other classic singles, but some interesting work nevertheless from a 22-year-old Bowie who was not yet famous.
@misteramazing
I prefer the Chris Hadfield version. :)
Chris Hadfield's cover was out of this world
@@6string42 Good one!
Space oddity is a masterpiece. Bowie was such a gem, we're all incredibly lucky to have been able to experience his music. Rest in peace Starman.
God Shane this music got me through a life as a kid that was bullied to such an extent that I wanted to kill myself at 13 .David got through it.
This morning I played it 5 times, when home I will play again many times🙏🙏🤗🤗And I will play this on my guitar many times as much as I want🎸🎸😎
Yes indeed a masterpiece 👌👌👌
This song is 5 minutes but feels like 25 seconds. It’s so perfect
Exactly what i was thinking , i dont know but this song really need part 2 . About what happen to major tom after his circuit dead . Or there's any ? I really want the sequel 🥲👌
@@MellindaameliaofficialThere's a german song called "Major Tom (coming home)". It acts as a sequel to this song.
The "can you hear me Major Tom?" part always gets me. Such a wonderful song. RIP Bowie
We tried to cover his version th-cam.com/video/WjA1RZz_Ni4/w-d-xo.html
RIP Major Tom
@Hunter Vonnegut stop promoting man,if you are atleast
RIP major tom
Absolutely ... and then I try to cover a few songs as Space Boy . on YT ... hahahaha .... what a laugh.
This is not song ....
This is timeless masterpiece
David Bowie
Truly one of the masterpieces ever
And in this song, David Bowie revealed himself to be a poet. You can just picture the lyrics in your head. He was in his early 20s when he wrote this, yet was so mature. There are not even 30-something-year-old songwriters today who are at Bowie's songwriting level. RIP, Mr Stardust. Your music will continue to stand the test of time.
As a 30 year old person who likes to write but doesn’t do it as much as perhaps I should, I aspire to write like this one day
@@bertrod92, go for it. You will get there. Believe in yourself.
@@Cat_Turd very well put. I agree with all you've said. Bravo 👏 👏 👏 👏.
@@bertrod92 do it, High Techs. Believe in yourself. Mr Bowie would be so proud of you.
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"Far above the world, planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do." Wise words from a legendary man.
50 Years Today This Song Was Released. Thank You David For Your Music - It Will Live On Forever.
fuck that long?!
I'm 13 but it still makes me feel old
My father was Major Tom and sadly passed in 1963. He was a navigator for the USAF aboard B52 Buzz One Four. This song always reminds me of him.
No, not that mush. It’s 2019 and this was released in 1972.. 50 would be 1969. It’s 47 years old...still a lot
@@retdrewclassic20 this video was edited on 1972. The song was released 11 july 1969. recorded on june. Exist a first version recorded on february 1969 th-cam.com/video/D67kmFzSh_o/w-d-xo.html
"Tell my wife i love her very much"
"She knows"
*starts crying*
Leia: "I love you."
Han: "I know."
Me: I love you
My gf: who the hell are you
*STORY OF MY LIFE*
XD
💞❤💞❤💞
vpaulo cesar my favorite part ❤️
It's been over two years, Bowie.
We miss you.
^^
He has the face shape to play The Joker
Not at all
@@2154benjamin
Nah, he does
Nor Priest infact, yes i think so
Gone but NEVER forgotten. This is so far ahead of time that it is still trying to catch up to it. God bless & may you visit us again soon David..
It's really crazy to listen this with good headphones
Yeah
and while you're high
its real good and the way the sound travels from one ear to another
The bass on the right side. OOOOH!
Throw your headphones on and listen to this after you drop a couple hits of acid and just wait lol ..
It’s one of those songs where you don’t know wether you should be feeling good or bad.
I feel good. It's a beautiful song
@@kenbrunet6120 i just watched it and here i am now lol
Dang, are you guys from the chord theory vid?
@@bionicleocculusstudio2515 lmao just finished it. Random recommendation and got here after watching the steven bowie short
The song is actually written to make you feel that way
Happy Birthday Bowie, you're a legend and you are missed
Carla Gunness it was my birthday too, I am honoured to share his birthday...
@@Trenzalore-gn6xq ay happy belated birthday to you :))
Brilliant
I’m pretty sure he is not going to read this
@@jacquemitchell2899 Hes dead
This man worked damn fn hard for his music. Not of this world indeed. RIP David. Your legend lives on mate.
1969- David Bowie releases Song: "Space Oddity"
2019- NASA releases First real picture of a black Hole.
50 years apart. Really a Space Oddity...
That's profound
Someone of somewhere i definitely see the correlation
Amazing
Woah.....
Well that’s not that cool there’s a few major space discoveries every year you could say that about anything
Happy 78th birthday, David Bowie! Even if you cannot return to Earth or go on a long journey through space, your music will live on forever!
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I hope he had seen the earth is FLAT ! And nobody has never walked on the moon !
@@MaSouveraine Your brain has a better chance at Flat .
@@mr.majestic3851 . Ho, you are not a light ! 😂😂😂
@@MaSouveraineYou can't be serious...
I always get cold chills at the part where he says “your circuit’s dead, can you hear me Major Tom?”
Hendrick 🤔
*chill rate drops to 0%**
ASMR?
apollo 13, he predicted it.
Hendrick do you want to borrow my jumper, Bowie?
Damn man I'm 24 and been through hell and back , trying to progress as a changed man running from my violent past . This song hit me hard .
Nothing beats listening to David Bowie when u can’t sleep
Iris Kidd but.. but.. how did you know?!
Because my pop used to play this song to help me sleep when I was a child
4.;30am. 👍🏻
Yup, I listened to every album David ever released at night, whole different feeling which just goes deep.
Oh crap
The part that says “tell my wife I love her very much.she’s knows” always gives me goosebumps
That lyric was actually inspired from the scene in 2001 A Space Odyssey when Heywood tells his daughter to tell her mother that Heywood loves her :)
how if this song was made in the 70s@@languist
@@My.Name.Is.Dark. then the lyrics could've been different, and it would've been a different production as well because this song was rush-released for marketing the BBC Apollo Moon Mission.
@@My.Name.Is.Dark. The movie is called "2001 A Space Odyssey" it was released in 1968
@@NovaNomad792 oopsie sorry
Bowie didn't die, his spaceship knows which ways to go.
He's a Starman waiting in the sky.
He's floating in the most peculiar way...
RIP David Bowie and Prince
I think
@@nega577 yes
Thank you venom for putting me on this masterpiece ❤🔥
David Bowie just has a voice that soothes the savage beast.
No words to describe how great this singer was.
Is*
@@christianmcdermott5055 Was technically
He was more than a singer, more than a composer, he was an artist
@@carlos_garcia_2003 and a great actor
Singer, lol... how dare you
REST IN PEACE DAVID BOWIE.
+Jesse Lithium congrats on being first.
+Benji Asperheim dude. not now.
AegisXOR too soon?
+Benji Asperheim nobody really gives a good goddamn if you were first in line at the gloryhole.. just shut the fuck up and stick your face through the wall. i have .75 cents in nickles for you!!
+Jamaal Crushaa I don't think you understand how glory holes work
Space Oddity, is a melodic masterpiece. A perfect vehicle. Of which to land, from outer space. David Bowie, must be so proud. That he actually wrote this very unique and, powerful song.
+Fred and Patty Chandler While I agree, I think that, inserting commas, at, random intervals, makes it look, like, you're, William Shatner.
+OhioGentleman ..lol....not that the way people write matter or anything,i even have a strange typing 'way....but what you just said was fuckin' hilarious....
Rasp Haunt I was mainly just having fun with them. :)
i know...it just made me laugh so hard...so true really,lol
It's fun to play on Rock band
He returned to his true place, the vast space.
''And I'm floating in the most peculiar way!'' That line means so much to me.
Why?
@@yaniggasteve2497 cuzs he floatin in a peculiar way
Yup when you're tripping on LSD you do float in the most peculiar way
Amazing stuff...
@@johnnnyyuma he do be floating in da most peculiar way doe 😳
One day I was drinking listening to this song, I realized how lonely I was, that I started to cry, my tears have never been so sweet.
ok
Awe.
Guess you could say your eyes were sweet and salty
Gonna send you a manhug buddy, i feel you
Why am I crying?
Insane he was only 22 years old when he wrote this masterpiece.
Yup, the Beethoven/Da Vinci of his time/genre sadly missed.
Ciao.a.tutti.by.gio..sss.primo..maestro..compositore..musicista.produttore..Milano.italy..ciao.by.gio.sss.primo..company...
That truly is nuts. Kate Bush wrote wuthering heights when she was like 18 (or younger?)
Prodigious talents.
@@chipperjack8914 David Bowie
He was also a pedophile
Unique and timeless musical genius. THERE WILL ONLY EVER BE ONE DAVID BOWIE. RIP ❤️
Happy 77th Mr Bowie. Wish you were here.
👍🏻👍🏻
He never really left 😮 he is in an extended Tour of The Galaxy playing at Milliways The Restaurant at The end of The Universe far in the Future, and I hope you invested your 1 cent so You can afford to pay for Your meal & drinks and generous Gratuities.
Happy Bowie dans l'espace éternel
My mum passed away yesterday and we're having this for her funeral,she loved Bowie all her life.xx
So sorry for your loss.
sorry for your loss
My heartfelt sympathy!
Sorry for your lost Mom had great taste
May your mom rest in peace.
2:02 The camera man is like
“Where’s David Bowie?”
Jose Gonzalez lmao
LMFAOO
Jose Gonzalez “David Bowie has breached containment! I repeat, David Bowie has breached containment!”
Puhahahhahahah
Don’t you just hate it when you misplace your Bowie
Woke up with this song on my mind. I started to reminisce about the past and in my minds eye I relived the time I saw him do this in concert. I was in high school at the time. I am one of many people that were lucky enough to see this done live. He was lifted up above the audience on a large arm floating in a most peculiar way. Thanks for the memories!
RIP David, and thanks for all of the good tunes. You will be missed greatly.
Yes. Greatly missed.
I've always seen this song as metaphor for going into the unknown of life. Life is scary, odd, fearful, and empty but full of things.
Yes, agree. To me, it was and still is about letting go and discovering your true self, without all the conveniences of a support system. David Bowie was a genius.
its because heliocentrism is a lie, yt Godgevlamste n watch playlist
When I feel alienated, uncertain, and cut off from society, I call it Major Tom Syndrome.
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Not going into the unknown life but for sure fleeing from a scary life... and thus going from the frying pan into the fire !
As a reminder, an extract from 'Ashes to ashes':
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low
David Bowie didn't die. He's just chilling in his tin can.
In a most peculiar way?
Oh god I get that
With the starman
@@saludoshumanos5534 just chilling in the trunk
No he is most definetly dead
David bowie and my parents bought me here with their badass taste in music
When humans leave Earth, and when the credits for the earth roll, this song should play
Who is in the Credit.
Yes and yes
@@durschfalltv7505 I heard rumors that Obama's last name will be in it
D cleopatra was a Greek descendant right ?
Alfie H have you heard of Apollo 11
I can´t avoid crying to this song. There will never be a musician like David Bowie, I miss him so much.
David and I go way back He was there when my music 🎵 venture started and he always will be.
I just played it getting ready for another day in the corporate jungle and started crying 😭 thinking of my friend who passed, and what it feels like to be alone, but also the times we wish to be anywhere but planet earth. My boyfriend came in and said are you crying? I'm like no I'm not 😢🥺🥺
@@MichaelKalinowski-yu6ziDavid Bowie
ITS GOOD ISNT IT
@@garycarr3857why even speak
My 4 year old daughter randomly sings this song all the time. I love it.
Dont tell her what happened in 2016 that's a fact.
sgracia1215 Show her Life On Mars, she will probably love it. I hope my parents would have shown me good music when i was younger
Her mother plays her brilliant music ,👍
sgracia1215 1215 listening at this track: furry small species SLOW SPEED Pink Floyd. It’s on youtube
My daughter has loved this song since she was around 4. She's 18 now and still has the same good taste in music. Hope the same happens with your little girl.
This is just plain beautiful... They knew how to do music before..
"For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world, planet earth is blue and there is nothing I can do"........when the song breaks into this gorgeous harmony with these words, I always tear up. Our relatively short voyages into space are truly in space ships not unlike a fragile tin can. The astronaut, Tom, is at a distance from Earth far enough to feel a profound sense of being separated from everything he has known and he is completely aware that "there is nothing" he can do to guarantee his safe return to his beautiful, blue planet. Just lovely and heart rending.....
Why do I get the feeling that Tom doesn't survive his mission?
My swansong. Far above the world.
WORD.
@@colleenross8752 Because of the lyric "your circuits dead"
"theres something wrong"
"can you hear me major Tom?" x3
Listening to this on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing is so fitting
Yessss it
Yeah
This song came out a week before the moon launch, so it's also this song's 50th anniversary
Im seeing double.
This song was also played the night Challenger was lost.
This is the first time I've listened to Bowie's music and I must say it's really good
There's a lot to listen to I hope you enjoy it 😊
souwhi killer queen daisan no bukudan: bitez za dusto
@The Newfie Gamer Oh man you've really missed some good songs, i hope you'll make amends now :)
The Newfie Gamer you NEED to listen to more
What a great thing to discover, he had tons of amazing music.
Still chilling after all these years.
Immortal songs are the ones that can carry different meanings through time. What a perfect example.
hey you should look up a band called the Doublejumps if you like Bowie
If he made a better song , Have not heard it yet .
rofl
Could you pls explain?
@@stefxcThis song, imo, carries a different meaning before and after his death, for instance.
In different decades, its related to.different themes and metaphores.
It also depends on where you re listening it from.
The song no longer belongs to the artist.
It s about drugs, or death, or adventure, or melancholy, or space age, or a thousand more things.
This song honestly gives me the chills and makes me feel alone.
That must be how it feels to be an astronaut in space. It must feel so lonely and dark.
muy cierto y fiosofico
"Hi I recommend listening to this song 'Where I Come From' by Robert Nix
You see those Stars you can buy you sometimes they don't come very close but then again you see something there that you don't understand at all
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my favorite part is "this is ground control to major tom im doing your mom and im doing her in the mos peculiar way"
When they announced his death on the radio they played this song right after, made me cry like a baby, put this song in whole new light for me
Pull yourself together. Never idolise.
@@wolfiestreet6899 Damn, heartless much. You don't have to idolize someone to mourn, and when someone's music or art has touched you emotionally you are going to mourn their loss
@@wolfiestreet6899 And save your toxicity for them too asshole
@@nighteye4042 no, no, suck up my toxicity!! Inhale!!
@@wolfiestreet6899 Imma go with the safe assumption you are a literal child and move on
This is actually one of my favorite David Bowie songs
If your’e older than 8 years old, remember, David Bowie was alive the same time you were. That’s pretty miraculous.
It's been 8 years already? Jesus, time goes by...
❤❤❤
Don't be sad that David died, be happy that his mother gave birth to him.
True.
:')
thank you
:)
And be glad his spaceship found OUR planet
@@Morporkshortman yesssssss. He was so incredible
Why are people saying David Bowie is dead? He's not dead. He just finally made it to mars.
And beyond
god damn it KoolioKiddio im crying now
We all are
true :(
god damn it i miss him
Don't make me cry 😭
The song has no business being this good
This song is a masterpiece.
YOU ARE CHOSEN TO BE DAVID BOWIE YOU ARE YES ARE HAVE NO GO BECOME HIS REBIRTED I AM FRED MURCCY YOU BE BOWTIE MAN BE
BE THE THIGHS
I CAN TELL YOU PEOPLE GOD WONT EVER ALLOW US ANY WERE WE WONT LET THE BOOK OR ANY ONE BE ANY WAY BUT WHAT THEY ARE THIRTU
@@shannanteegarden1496 Shut the fuck up.
Papa is controlling papnd no nothing at all just think if I get to be a sissy type urban cowboy I may need to know long foo I'm having a good day just annoyed with a pair at times a tink its green apple but it snot and I have some quest I just want to be pre paired see there is a pair again i should or if i play poker could la v or t r also is a valcaino possiable
@@shannanteegarden1496 r/youngpeopleyoutube dude what the heck is wrong with u
director: bowie, how many zooms do you want?
bowie: yes
Haha, look on the through the fire and flames by Dragonforce on TH-cam and you will find one similar to this.
The same number of zoom as galileo for Freddie : a lot ! (Sorry my english is bad)
its the 70s
Lol
Lol 😂
You changed music forever!! You will be missed Sir.
Really. Truly. An artist really before his time.
+Eliz. Sebaugh I don't even think he was before his time. He was his very own point in time, and nobody will ever truly be able to recreate him.
o7, Major Tom.
+Eliz. Sebaugh Indeed, very melancholy
David Bowie. What a brilliant, beautiful, poignant song.