David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

[Tacomadome24]

Another excellent Bowie song!

[MrMajorTime]

Bowie had many wonderful moments of sound and vision. But Ashes keeps drawing us back as the one video that meshed perfectly with the song. This WAS Bowie's masterpiece, mortal man yearning for a better dimension, and the long suffering endured for short glimpses of that higher realm. This was his crowning achievement of cosmic pursuits. Later music and video were of lesser importance, past his peak enlightenment. But here, for one moment, he duly provided us with his iconic likeness, Major Tom.

[CressidaTussaud]

Are David and Lady Gaga related in some way?;)

[MAFAMAL]

@CressidaTussaud don't be silly

[OGJRebeL]

@CressidaTussaud ABSOLUTELY NOT NOT NOT!!

[Akoemak]

iPad from Mars !!

[kcmayers36]

I'm happy...hope you're happy, too...

[chuck225353]

Like this song!! This is real Bowie!

[PeaceWalk100]

yay!

[jackcoleproductions]

Best singer and the weird costumes he wears love it and I'm sure other people would agree

[Sakuya727]

@jackcoleproductions Yes, I LOVE David and his costumes =D !!!

[MrMajorTime]

@jackcoleproductions Yes, no one else did Pierrot so proud: the sad clown who knows that even if he lost Columbine to Harlequin, he outdid his rival with true feeling and loss. It makes him greater than the tragic object of his unrequited affection AND his competition. That he felt true love for the other world, the ideal, was even more important than conquest! Those things that we treasure, reflect on our soul's worth, tell more than that which we actually acquire. No one looked so good losing.

[iwillheadlockyournan]

@MrMajorTime You helped me see something!

[MrMajorTime]

@iwillheadlockyournan That's what I'm good at. Hope you like what you see.

[Skenderbegss]

@MrMajorTime I think he already feel good with your comment ..

[TheGreatandPowerfulC]

@drlolable I'm not going to bash you for your 'opinion' though what you did was closer to trolling. A pretty bad attempt but that's what it was.

[viet411]

Every time I hear this song, I think of James May from Top Gear and the time he drove the Morris Marina during their RWD challenge race.

[drlolable]

i gotta sayt his song sucks :p go ahead thumbs down and bash me for my opinion

[quicksilverbalt]

@drlolable its just not your thing, you're entitled to voice your opinion. 

[ivankaramasov]

@drlolable I think you'll find nobody really cares what you think.

[ahadnagy167]

and artists today think they're "original" for wearing outrageous costumes... NO! Bowie was the first, and always will be, there's no denying it

[drlolable]

@ahadnagy167 what about gaga?

[quicksilverbalt]

@drlolable the madonna wanna be? there's nothing original gaga

[quicksilverbalt]

@quicksilverbalt *about gaga :)

[ahadnagy167]

@drlolable I can't stand her!! SO OVERRATED!!!

[LLB61959]

A 3 minute 38 second acid trip

[MrSieish]

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[Sakuya727]

@MrSieish i wish that made sense hahahaha

[jtlampsu2]

When this video was first made, it was the most expensive one ever made.... bit different these days, but the music lives on !!!

[brokusstudios]

Such a haunting Song. So beautiful.

[rspratt]

I could watch it over and over again. Flawless.

[carazoe2k11]

i use to type 'david' in youtube and it would come up with bowie.. but now it comes up with guetta- french twat

[2912770]

@carazoe2k11 or Beckham, another twat

[iamwhitebox]

everyone bites bowie - he is the godfather of modern music and I place him above all other modern artists

[bluedragnkittn]

This is one of my all time favorite Bowie songs ever.

[emmers57]

Scary Monsters...such a great record.

[DayDreamAscent]

David Bowie is cooler than the coolest thing I can think of.

[arabiansanchez]

@DayDreamAscent That must be pretty damn cool.

[AhmadTheChamp]

i need that guitar sound for a song im trying to make how can i get that sound does anyone know?

[RacerXGTO]

@AhmadTheChamp When I used to play drums with a small town band, one of the guitarists had an Alesis Midiverb II in his rack box. When he hooked his guitar up to that, it made some really amazing sounds including some that sound like this track. That's definitely one to add in your effects kit. If you have the cash, I'm sure the newer Midiverb4 will deliver additional features and control.

[AhmadTheChamp]

@RacerXGTO Thanks man i'll check it out

[dasmikey1964]

My mama said, "To get things done, you'd better not mess with Major Tom."



[smithslinger]

ALEX

[irishboyo2010]

i didnt like in the series how the clown guy was evil.

he kinda scared me :(

great song tho :D

[kayleee2010]

@irishboyo2010 yeah that clown was freaky lol!

[101Gerasim]

I`m afraid, if someone will see that I watching this video, whey won`t understand me)

[roughneckghost]

This was a nr 1 hit on the day i was born 18 august 1980

[kentreds]

@roughneckghost you old fart lol

[XxxHayley1xxX]

2:45 is the best part, I love this music video especially when the women dressed in black scoops up the ground with her arm.

[MrTubetown]

Bowie rocks!

[hinata47d]

thups up if you here because littlekuriboh naruto parody.

[jehosh5577]

This is from 1980. How many vids were up to this level at that time? Among others-absolute creative genius!

[theregoesmygun1]

034 steve strange :P



[G0dP0wer]

thumbs up if you came here because you thought it was the song from the gears of war trailer

[WhiteRabbitMatt11]

This film clip wants to make me go to Film School when I leave High School.

[Tiramisator]

Genius David !! Fuck all !!

[elrubemeridiano]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID!! :D

THE BEST TO YOU, GENIUS!!

[Akoemak]

御誕生日おめでとう David Bowie !!

最後にもう一度だけでいいのでツアーをやってくれませんか？私は­あなたが音楽活動を停止してからファンになったので、あなたのコ­ンサートに行ったことがありません。YouTubeのおかげで、­今まであなたの名前しか知らなかった人や若い人達がどんどんファ­ンになっています。若い頃と比べてパフォーマンスが衰えていたと­しても、歌っている姿を生で観られさえすればそんな事誰も気にし­ませんよ！！

[mardocchino]

30 seconds spot. bah

[IndiaInkWell]

Happy birthday you utter legend, Can't stop listening to you X

[vdes24]

happy birthday bowie :3 greatest artist ever to my opinion <3

[vermillion303]

Happy Birthday Spaceboy!!!!

[sandra7958]

Happy Birthday David Bowie!! ♔

You are my inspiration :D ♥♥

[ml1968lf]

Happy Birthday David Bowie , this is one obscure tune , an excellent psycho delia delight ~ mmmm that's tasty...

[Genkimark]

121 people messed with Major Tom.

[jasontosh]

I only came here because I found out on Facebook that this was #1 on my birthday only to find out it's David Bowies birthday today

[Bielostotsky]

Happy Birthday dear David!!! long lifeee for you and healthy...Love from Holland

[MrMajorTime]

This should be an official Holiday! Everyone could shave their eyebrows (or whatever) and dye their remaining fur a hot red/orange and paint a lightning bolt on their face. Or just turn on to great old tunes like Moonage Daydream. Drop LSD. Pop in The Man Who Fell To Earth. Freak out. Far out. In out..Or, to be on the safe side, just imagine doing some of those things. Maybe there would be a market for getting a contact lens with one permanently dilated pupil! It could be a secret Bowie society.

[lrrlrr]

@MrMajorTime with all due respect, why do something that has already been done before, that's what gave us crap like Lady Gaga

[MrMajorTime]

@lrrlrr There's your answer. It has to do with the individual motive and heart. Early Bowie was more about art for art's sake. Fans who emulated Bowie weren't trying to imitate to rip off or retread original genius, they were diving deeper into a whole experience. You are correct about that other person, however. That aspect has nothing to do with respect for the original. There is a fine line between archaeology and raiding a tomb for undeserved gold. So too with nostalgia: honor or defilement.

[MrMajorTime]

All kidding aside. Time to celebrate! It's now officially DAVID BOWIE'S birthday: January 8th, 1947! And that other guy, Elvis.. somebody (he was great too, I guess). But Bowie was THE phenomenon! Bowie brought us the future, and he looked and sounded damn good doing it!

[nutster9000]

@MrMajorTime Has he been knighted yet?

[MrMajorTime]

@nutster9000 I believe that was a possibility at one time. But he has stated something to the effect that he wouldn't know what to do with a Knighthood. More appropriate would be to honor him with a Thin White Dukedom. Then again, what does the Duke do? And they already have The Queen...He's probably better off as a mere pawn, that way he could be promoted to any piece on the board as necessary.

[DroopSack]

I'm watching this in the nude, and i dont give a damn.

[MrMajorTime]

@DroopSack Remember, nude typists, especially those who live in glass houses, need to be careful while exposing their punctuation. Don't neglect your apostrophe during contractions, and watch out for your ambiguous dangling participle! Is it that you don't give a damn that you're watching this in the nude or that you don't give a damn about the comments, the video, everything, or what? Of course I'm just playing with you. We hope you do not catch a draft.

[nutster9000]

@DroopSack With a name like yours, that may be a little too much for the imagination! ;-)

[64MELTON]

FUCK YOUR AD DICK!!!!

[bandaoriental]

Dislikes FUCK OFF

[GOSISKOpdg]

Bowie kosmita! :)

[drania76]

Happy birthday Mr Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrMajorTime]

Bowie was the friend we never had. He talked about things unseen, but felt deeply. He had a connection to a few who could see beyond the mundane. There is another world beyond this ordinary day-to-day existence. Our addiction is not drugs or shirking obligations. But there IS another world we ARE adicted to: a world where people can appreciate the strangeness of life itself, that there is a BETTER place to be as we put our heads down to sleep. Our children (dreams) will know this next dimension.

[gyngerbrede]

@MrMajorTime Or, ya' know, drugs an shit.

[MrMajorTime]

@gyngerbrede People use drugs for diverse reasons: escapism, pain killer, altered consciousness, etc.. Bowie, in the early days, took cocaine mostly to stay awake for days on end to sustain momentum in completing his work. A shaman may take drugs to enter reality that is closer to truth than what is layed out before him. Properly induced, it can be a tool to be worked with to follow avenues not normally accessible to the merely self conscious mind. Nothing is free, however. Cost must be weighed.

[nutster9000]

@MrMajorTime I am addicted to the perception of eternal youth. I agree that we are addicted to the strangeness of life itself, but that of which created by genius. Give love to your children & teach them the value of respect, then they can realise their dreams.

[MrMajorTime]

@nutster9000 And remember to have respect for the delicate fabric of life, the most precious gold of all, that little something with fleeting breath, created by some crazy genius that can't be reconstructed in a test tube. It needed the whole laboratory! It just might emerge eternal, victorius at the end of the day. Never mind the tools for implementation or how long it took (maybe 14 billion years). The idea to foster something that can share appreciation came first. Sordid details following...

[nutster9000]

@MrMajorTime Maybe I should start creating, you never know who might appreciate. That's if I'm capable of getting off my celestial butt! Little acorns...

[MrMajorTime]

@nutster9000 Don't beat yourself up. Acorns take a long time to become mighty oaks. Good luck.

[Cesca6161]

Best song in the world, best programme in the world.

[TFTLEE1]

Quite simply the best song, by the best artist ever!! Fact!!

[rem0il]

wuzza wuzza wuz

[AmHiProductions]

1:25 does this shot remind anyone else of something similar in tool's 'sober' video?

[rochebaudelaire]

Tout simplement génial et intemporel, le temps n'a aucune prise sur sa musique.

[5AU5AGEROLL]

Best outro ever.

[Nickain98]

All the time I listen this song...:)<3

[kayleee2010]

Gene hunt best character ever!

[TheNineki]

Ma jeunesse mes premiers pas dans le décalage !

[Sm1rky91]

One of the best songs in the world. 

[gtdupree]

The ending of this video is just so awesome, decades on even. 

[franksie79]

why is time so quick blink and its gone

[aivopark]

Ashes to cashes.

[5AU5AGEROLL]

This > Lady Gaga's entire discography combined.

[5AU5AGEROLL]

The sound quality on this is terrible considering this is the 'official' video on here.

[babaorumist]

We know that Major Tom's a junkie...when i heart this song in a pub of London, nice and polite junkies wanted me to come with them at a "party"...I didn't follow them...anyway, i've always loved this song and i will always love this song...

[kayleee2010]

im 15 and I had never heard this song until I watched the tv series Ashes to ashes, and now i cant seem to stop playing the song, a great song for a great tv series!

[mustwinder]

@kayleee2010 I'm a fetus and I love this song!

[kentreds]

@kayleee2010 great drama so is life on mars

[nortecnadno]

I envy you. I wish I had David Bowie's Greatest Hits to listen to for the first time. Better to be 15 than 41!

[MrMajorTime]

@nortecnadno Better to be yourself than anyone else at any age. Live it. Know it. Be it.

[SweetMintPie555]

@kayleee2010 OMG! I thought it was just me :D i used to watch life on mars/ashes to ashes when i was 14/15, and when i heard this song it was like magic! It was my favourite song for about a year and now I've just rediscovered it, it's just got such a strange unique sound!

[cindidy]

David is blind from an eye but he stills a visionary

[sapia67]

my favorite part is 0:00 to 3:50. :)

[MsFanmail]

his best song god i love the video !

[coltoverson]

i know people hate comments like these but...

check out warpaint's cover

[ThePooppantsman]

Not one of his best songs..... Its so bad its hard to watch.

[ZxLegit]

@ThePooppantsman Then y r u here

[bboytracks]

@ThePooppantsman Yeah Right! Such a bad song! Went to number 1 in 7 countries. Idiot!

[CthuluCount]

Where is the 10h version ?

[MrMajorTime]

@CthuluCunt Only in your head.

[saganemc2]

It looked like Angie in there for a sec, that isn't possible is it?

[Gorpisnorb]

so much coke..

[jason69332]

what with the adverts :(

[MrMajorTime]

Ashes to Ashes was Bowie's signature video and ultimate statement! That there is an addiction to the higher realm that is worth all the risks. He's tasted the next dimension that has little in common with mundane existence. No talking from mama is going to convince him that it isn't the most worthwhile pursuit, despite dangers. Death is nothing compared to the chance to see life as it should be. A fool for fearsome sights and looking at things from a less than practical, yet more immediate need.

[xEvagoth59x]

A fond dedans rien à dire.

Personne ne ferra jamais mieux que lui!

<3

[Arcticwolf1964]

Did anybody notice Steve Strange from Visage in this video first scene at 0:35.

[mrcraftsmann]

@Arcticwolf1964

AFAIR Visage was responsible for big chunks of the clip, Bowie`s bastards they were with their "visage"

[dianagbm]

I can't get this song off my head, and I love it! (except when I'm supposed to fall asleep)

[repelghosts]

No I heard he was found unresponsive in a Swiss hotel room...anyone hearing this?

check twitter now....Gem

[Hemlock2323]

Love this track and definetly one of my favorite videos of its time.

[IndiaInkWell]

I suppose this is used in Ashes to Ashes, because Alex learns things about people she loves and trusts (ie. Major Tom) and finds that they aren't who she thinks they are (ie. Major Tom isn't actually like an astronaut, as implied in Space Oddity, but a junkie, on a high)

[seanohalpin]

I woke up my whole college one night playing this at the right volume, i.e. whacked up to the max. I just hope they appreciate it now. But sorry to all of you that I did wake up that night. I still think you did need waking up though... ;) God bless but I still love you all :)

[FriedEggsWithChips]

@seanohalpin I used to do the same exact thing lol

[sgtpepperize]

A most unusual song - David Bowie is so unique !

[TheHolandos]

shitty 80s' special effects look so much more like dreams than today's cgis, darn, grandpa comment alert there.

[sapia67]

there should be 0 dislikes on this video. 0.

[hoffmanshades]

@sapia67 Why is there even one? I normally have to feel fairly passionate to hit thumbsdown. Weird.

[ncloud78]

best lyrics there are!!!



[goombabear]

I'm happy, hope you're happy too.

[jamiemartinquinn]

bowie was well before his time

[caladvwlch10]

No pasa el tiempo por esto. Bowie fue un adelantado a su tiempo, en música y en estética.

[DrWhoManiac666]

Weird but brilliant all the same....some of the costumes and makeup he wears are scary! But the music is worth it lol

[GiulioMa]

Mi e`rimasto impresso nella memoria: guardavo stupito questo video, il cantante e tutti gli strani personaggi che lo popolavano.

Avro`avuto circa 9-10 anni.

Tuttavia mi attirava, mi risucchiava nel suo mondo. Che sensazione strana!

[GiulioMa]

Masterpiece.

Greetings from Italy.

[mrsxierox9]

I never did good things

I never did bad things

I never did anything

Out of the blue

[MrMajorTime]

When Bowie was bored of playing his other songs in concert, he stated that this one still was enjoyable to perform.

[redwonder]

I'm NOT a junkie you morons get it through your thick skulls!

[unusmundusunusmyarse]

@redwonder and there's no river called de nile either ;)

[1caninelover]

@unusmundusunusmyarse No there isn't...you sound like a friend of Bill :D

[fallbread]

I had this song running through my head the last few days :)

[XxSonicSalmonellaxX]

when i go to starbucks and they ask for my name i say David Bowie. Yesterday i got my cup back and on it, it said "so, is there life on mars?" Best day ever.

[natomissingsoul]

@XxSonicSalmonellaxX Nice idea, I'll do the same with other famous lol

[MauLu96]

@XxSonicSalmonellaxX you should put that on mlia. it makes for an awesome anecdote..

[araIka4321]

@XxSonicSalmonellaxX

I cannot find any humour in your statement.

[littleboeep]

Listen to old Genesis Your Wardrobe the only thing that comes close

[MrMajorTime]

This song hits the road running. You could be staring at sedimentary layers for millions of years, and then this kicks in like it was always meant to be running in the background. Very unsettling and very satisfying. We just want to crawl down Bowie's funnel here and acknowledge that this was one of the great breakthroughs in time, as Bowie understood that Major Tom was his Alpha and Omega. His creativy from Space Oddity to Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) culminated in freedom for David Jones.

[MrMajorTime]

"I've never done good things. I've never done bad things. I've never done anything out of the blue." The grand mystery of how everything can be pre-determined and at the same time free will is possible. Bowie glimpsing the big picture, the Major Time. Within prophecy there is a tight margin for the elect to perceive themselves as perceiving themselves and thereby theoretically alter their path somewhat thus. Even that was preconceived by the highest being but thankfully hidden to the individual.

[MrMajorTime]

Just a reminder: Bowie had no one like Bowie to hold up, like we hold up Bowie. Sometimes he seems aloof, unnattainable, it is because he had to be his own measure of hero. We have Bowie as this artist's artist, pushing the envelope, creating genres. Bowie had influences. But he had to be his own prototype for the level of work that concerned him. He became the isolated genius vanguard that pointed a very interesting alternative to pop music as we knew it. Only a handful of talents that far out.

[ivankaramasov]

@MrMajorTime You are a bit pretentious but you have some good points:-)

[MrMajorTime]

@ivankaramasov I totally agree. I know that I am a bit pretentious, sometimes a little overbearing. About this subject, I have no equal. There I go again. There is a fine line between pretentiousness or self-confidence, belief or faith. That's where I need to be, very precarious, but the only way to make my point. And thank God not everyone will agree with the things I have to say. Hell, sometimes I have a hard time believing the things I say. But I'm under pressures that would kill anyone else.

[kifaya11]

bowie had already created the 80' in 1975

[GlamLikeYam]

What a triiipppp.

[ManBearBg]

I'm happy hope your happy too

[AdamG1983]

Bass playing on Scary Monsters fucking EPIC!!!

[eastern98pearl]

I love the part 2:00 - 3:30 or something.. I admire David, he is a gr8 singer <3

[ThisGuysMovies]

This video is so complicated and crappy but Life on Mars is really simple but brilliant!

[pandorlla]

Wow music videos really used to suck! Good things the music was so good :)

[jdkit]

almost as good as samantha mumba`s original .........

[niloh96]

@jdkit Retard,go learn about music then come back

[jdkit]

@niloh96 . i do believe your the retard who doesnt understand sarcasm nor has a sense of humour. Iv probably forgotten more about music than you`ll ever know.

[SuperSteelydanfan]

I HATE VEVO

[offthelinegt]

There's Steve Strange!

[blackcat91000]

That was some of the wierdest crap ive ever seen. Great song though! I like his wierdness

[blackcat91000]

that was some of the weirdest shit ive ever seen. great song though.I like his wierdness.