David Bowie - Letter to Hermione

[ellenmeilee]

THE most amazing Bowie song.

[chingchangchongfly]

"I'm not quite sure what we're supposed to do...what we're supposed to say, but I can see it's not okay." Who but Bowie or Dylan could write have written a verse that? I guess no one.

[christopherjames2011]

Ricky, Karl, and Steve brought me here too!



[hirogerthisisme]

when I first heard this, I remember my lips stayed open in wondrous awe from the first to the last note.the entire song felt as if it lasted 2 seconds and as if it had snatched me into a rush to somewhere uncontrollable and of unknown beauty. I was 14 then and I knew not one word of english. but his oblique sincerity was all I was on about, then and ...now.

[russgrant100]

head like a fucking orange

[PHOENIXIMMORTAL777]

I've always loved this since I first heard the Space Oddity album - one of the most beautiful and literate love songs ever composed and yet it's hardly ever played on any medium unless your a Bowie fan.

[TheCufremartin]

C'mon guys, this song is older than harry potter

[djpursg]

30 years ago I was introduced to this song by someone I loved ... I wrote the words onto a piece of paper because I thought it was like a poem and the other day I rediscovered it and have rediscovered Bowie singing it here for the first time since then ..when I was 18 .. it means a lot to me ..

[manicContrebasse]

love this ! 

[tenaciouszep]

Ooh, Chimpanzee that!

[Sabbath12345]

'They say your life is going very well,

They say you sparkle like a different girl'

i love that lyric

[dlfunky1]

hermione was beautiful she was one of bowie's first loves and broke his heart.

[DasNutellamaedchen]

Gervais has an extraordinary taste in music, hasn't he?

[ohsheeshyallblah]

Here because of Ricky Gervais as well >.>

[melovetorun]

Harry Potter Hermione is hot. I'd tap that booty.

[sourpatchkid2117]

I was looking for a DHr story and this appeared. o.o

[ferdinandsouz]

Wow, I love this song, his voice, the acustic sound, the lyrics... So good Daves!

[TheShawnSolo]

I CANT believe Ricky, Steve and Karl got us all here like this. lol

[cuntylishus]

@TheShawnSolo True...until now I'd only heard the last 2 seconds lol :)

[helloman2332]

@TheShawnSolo yep ;D

[Mikeyvts]

Im not the only one that was sent here by ricky gervais then

[liwiathan]

@TheBumblingIdiots Hmm, that sounds familiar.

[Rosvolainen]

The one with a HLAFO probably doesn't like China Girl. I mean, what's the point getting involved with a China girl? When she's like 29 she's going to look 50, according to the one with a HLAFO.

[Rosvolainen]

@Rosvolainen Thinking about it, in this context I guess it would be more appropriate to call him the one with HLACM (hair like a China man).

[liwiathan]

@TheBumblingIdiots Oh?

What does he write?

[davidbowierocksilove]

I wish he could write a letter to me :'(

[LestHeBecomeAmonster]

was this song after they broke up?

[MissDeliza]

Bowie has a voice to match his beauty.

[ytsirkmai483]

This song is beautiful.

I regret those 14 years of my life that I didn't give Bowie a chance.

[CeleCarota]

This song is too much beautiful to last only 2.35

[FillTheGaps]

@CeleCarota You're absolutely right. We just have to settle with that by listening to it on repeat

[fatterelvis]

@CeleCarota keep going back to the beginning start it again if you do it enough pleasure would last an eternity

just feeling melancholic tonight

[GilmourRelic]

you can really tell Syd Barrett inspired him

[jcfw]

One if the best ways of spending 2:35 mins of my life I can think of.

[logic3d]

Ricky Gervais. 

[dano0zZz]

Combines my two big loves. Harry Potter and David Bowie :)

[NZbroncos]

I found this song and "price I pay" by Billy Bragg from listening to the old xfm shows

[BGH122]

@NZbroncos Ditto, although stay away from 'a union is a fine and glorious political system'.

[baby1cham]

This song still has the ability to make me cry, David Bowie is such a genius he can write anythinig he wants. One of the greatest artists ever. I love youxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[actingcrazy123]

the harry potter fan must be going nuts person is stupid, my name is Hermione and I am named after the actress and the person in the book by P.G wodehouse. hermione isnt just a name used by harry potter fans

[deltansix]

@actingcrazy123 yea, fuck off harry potter nerds.

[liwiathan]

@deltansix Grow up.

[liwiathan]

@actingcrazy123 Who is P.G. Wodehouse?

What actress?

[ChristopherDone]

Yep, I also know of this song thanks to Ricky Gervais.

[TheDami1969]

who would have thought bowie was such a fan of harry potter

[liwiathan]

@TheDami1969 This song was referenced in a Harry Potter fanstory.

[TuSeiSpecialee]

But did you ever call my name

Just by mistake?

I'm not quite sure what I'm supposed to do

So I'll just write some love to you



[eyfatboy]

I met Hermione.

[310sucks]

No wonder Gervais loves it. Sounds like the sort of crap David Brent would write.

[BaalZobel]

@310sucks yes you suck, but in a pink fluffy bunny kind of way. In a poor poor pathetic ignorant way. So we cry for your sad life

[TTFLS]

@310sucks Stfu you cockhead... Learn about music before you have a big fucking mouth... Yes Bowie made absolute crap music, but this was in his later productions.. The first few albums he made are generally considered to have made quite some impact on society en the world of music... Listen to 'Cygnet Commitee' a few times, analyze the texts and tell us what you think of Bowie then..

[TTFLS]

@310sucks Stfu you cockhead... Learn about music before you have a big fucking mouth... Yes Bowie made absolute crap music, but this was only in his later productions.. The first few albums he made are generally considered to have made quite some impact on society en the world of music... Listen to 'Cygnet Committee' a few times, analyze the texts, the way he plays around with his voice and tell us what you think of Bowie then..

[skabbonica]

@310sucks I'm just gonna guess that was a very successful troll. Any other assumption causes painful cognitive dissonance.

[ZefWaddy]

Karl, you're an idiot, play a record.

[baljot1231]

As Ricky Gervais would say, the "beautiest" of songs ever written

[kjsh987]

hermione was gorgeous.not much but she has something that make her interesting.may be her cat eyes

[Pastor9764]

@kjsh987 "gorgeous.not" :)

[smotherboy001]

1.think of your crush

2.make a heart with your hands

3.then kiss your hands while still making the heart

4.then put the heart where your real heart is

5.tomorrow your crush will ask you out

6.this will only work if you post this to your favorite love song

[FourGirlRumba]

@smotherboy001  7. then fuck off

[liwiathan]

The Harry Potter fan must be going nuts!

[THEprincessFirefly]

@liwiathan lol!

[liwiathan]

@THEprincessFirefly Thanks! A lot of "people" are saying mean things.

[THEprincessFirefly]

@liwiathan welcome! it was a very funny comment

[xSobhan]

@liwiathan I'M GOING FUCKING NUTS!!!

[MrThinwhiteduke1]

I was on an Outward Bound program and they leave you on a small island for 3 days.Anyway,I sang this song aloud to my girl back home.

[mrtyles]

I love you Banafsheh, and I miss you so much.

[jupitorman]

this was me and my girls fav song we split up 10 years ago stayd frends then she passd away three months ago age 42 this is for my burn xx

[GUNNAHZ70]

@jupitorman .... Sorry to hear that fella. 

[ProfToke420]

@jupitorman i am so sorry... I don't know what else to say...

[sfb211]

He has done so very much, but did he ever write anything so beautiful and heartfelt?

[iDeathEater]

LMAO Does anyone else see this as Ron singing about Hermione? hahahahaha

[jamesgerrardart]

@iDeathEater

no because david bowie rules but harry potter sucks (realllllly sucks!) :P

[Katerinaa212]

Hi guys, This song is really meaning a lot to me at the moment. I've had a 'break up' and i need this right now to seal the gaping wound. She was hermione like the song. and like the song i feel the sweet harmony it projects. Today is a new day now and yesterday was just school and such. Now i look at the snow and see her face....life is new ...life is special.. LU...XX JRT

[Pcoxy123]

Can the world fall?

[Katerinaa212]

@Pcoxy123 yes

[ArtypNk]

Head like a fucking orange.

[Ehinesnwi]

@ArtypNk Round headed mank

[DanBlabbers]

@ArtypNk ?

[ArtypNk]

@DanBlabbers

Reference to Ricky Gervais show. Karl Pilkington has a "head like a fucking orange". It's an inside humour.

[DanBlabbers]

@ArtypNk What does this have to do with this song besides the fact Ricky Gervais is a fan of Bowie?

[ArtypNk]

@DanBlabbers

Nothing. It's just an obscure inside humour. Ignore it.

[dan11009]

@DanBlabbers - People have been listen to the old ricky gervais radio tapes - where he plays this song like every week - thats how i found out about it atleast

[silentben1234]

@ArtypNk Love it XD

[HaydnFitzsimons]

@ArtypNk whats he got to do with it?

[Briteeesh]

@ArtypNk Those three made me love Bowie.

[TheShawnSolo]

@ArtypNk

THIS IS TOO fking awesome!!!!!!!

[whitepanther84]

Karl's like a virus sweeping the web and infiltrating everything RSK have ever expressed an opinion on. FUCKING MONG! :)

[mrfundah]

haha so funny how many people are brought here from the xfm shows! Head like a fucking orange!

[Nicomagic6]

The lyrics could stand on their own without any music. Having said that the music would work with out the lyrics. Magic.

[themaypole]

Love the song, also, "you thump a monkey, and people go, you thumped a monkey?!"

[mrfundah]

@themaypole haha

[themaypole]

Love the song, also, "you thump a monkey, and people go, you thumped a monkey?!"

[branymor1]

One of many fine songs to appear on the Space Oddity album - can't believe that it is now over 40 years since its release

[cooperjc8]

It'll get to a point, when were all so ugly, that no-one will have it away, and were just gonna die out

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8 chickeeenn you believe it!

[itsallcool100]

nothing special but very special

[TheTrilnp]

he may be a lover of aliester crowley but

he can write a bloody good song.

[putte2006]

check out a cover me and my friend made of Letter to hermione :)

myspace.com/ jeanjeanandthejuiceblogs

[charliefarlie20]

hang on a minute! Who put you in goal!?

[cooperjc8]

@charliefarlie20 The great wall goes on for miles....but so does the m6!

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8

'man-moths!?'

[cooperjc8]

@charliefarlie20 Did I tell you about the Immune system?

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8 what were those things in gremlins called?

[cooperjc8]

@charliefarlie20 Could the world fall?

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8 if its a potato or a nut..its a foodage

[cooperjc8]

@charliefarlie20 How would I know which one I was?

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8 blew it up... never saw the manhole cover again!

[cooperjc8]

@charliefarlie20 He got the one that was causing trouble, and put it in a wheelie bin

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8 there's this airy chinese kid...

[cooperjc8]

@charliefarlie20 It wasn't like that, it was straight to the point, he was like get ya knickers off

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8 if its all about arse, why don't gays like a bit of tit!?

[cooperjc8]

@charliefarlie20 They just age over night it's like a pear

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8 it was a baby... that had a baby

[cooperjc8]

@charliefarlie20 Yeah but what is he, is he an artist or a fishmonger

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8 she boiled her brain

[cooperjc8]

@charliefarlie20 Is head was in great condition...it just wasn't attached to his body

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8 she ad a problem with er marrow and that, so i thought what's the point in spending time n money on her if shes just gonna die on me.

[cooperjc8]

@charliefarlie20 No, cause there not my hands either

[charliefarlie20]

@cooperjc8 he got so hot his lips fell off!

[mrtyles]

I love you Violet.

[bassben04]

I like the inconsistent and improvised qualities the vocals have. The high end palmed guitar in the chorus adds a great quality also. Nice.

[Trogdorwillrise]

God, that last chord - I came up with it by accident one day and was looking for uses of it in songs. It's a really dissonant chord, leaving you feeling like the song isn't over yet...

[electricburlesque]

Beautiful song. Bowie's early, pre cut-up lyrics were so good. 

[djaypee]

Everything special, not just the song. My all-time Bowie favorite. This version, not the "Bedroom tape" version. I repeat : THIS VERSION!!!

Call me fussy...

[spanky46758]

definitely annoying trying to find this song on youtube and its nothing but harry potter videos -_-

[zaynzaynzayn]

a fave early bowie song. was considered one of his best during the time.

[mattrusty15]

"They put a manhole cover on one (nuclear bomb), blew it up and they never saw that manhole cover again"

[aihjah]

Apples and oranges Chimps and baboons Man-moths and munchies and gormless cartoons Round heads and weirdness And foodage and ants Ghosts, flies and condoms And tits, cocks and Kants Manchester, England A horse in a house A congress tart, pieclets And a monkey-balled mouse Wonder, amazement, Depression and spleen And wet trouser sickdays In Pilkie convene

[careca56]

Too many years ago i memorize the words to make a "serenade" to my first lover, still one of the best lovesong ever...

[adric137]

a great song

[lol2614]

Worse Than Terrible

[Canopusify]

My first born is named in honor of this work of art x

[shipscuknfuk]

Only a Bowie fan would have heard this song....whidh is a shame because it is the most beautiful love song I have ever heard - truly Bowie at his best.......Thank you for putting it on :)

[Holdenmx]

@shipscuknfuk I dont think this is a love song...

[arabiansanchez]

@Holdenmx It's about a lost love that he's still pining over. It's a love song of sorts I'd say, although a bitter sweet one.

[2010jamic]

@arabiansanchez so true and bitter sweet is sometimes the best and the most difficult.

[adric137]

great song!

[jupitorman]

this was my first love song to my girl frend and wife wno passed away 3 sundays ago, love who you love who you love we ae not here for ever x

[averilleX]

@jupitorman So true. Sorry for your loss. Music helps, doesn't it?

[aradioactivedonut]

@jupitorman Boo hoo.

[Ntona]

"But did you ever call my name

Just by mistake?"

[BATTLETOADxONLYONEx]

with the song space oddity and cygnet commitee and this are the best of his album of 1969 SPACE ODDITY

[pontello3]

LTH is one of the best bowie's song...

it makes  me feel sad everytime i listen for it....but is such a great song

[DarkIsis80]

but did you ever call my name...just by mistake?!

[eyesintheroad]

I care for no one else but you...

and i'm not quiet sure what we are supposed to do

[Bellasimpson]

Beautiful!

[hotturleduck]

This is probably my favorite David Bowie song ever.

[THEHITPACK]

good song for a first love

[groovyweasel]

Fucking amazing! Listening to this on meph ftw!!

[liviacca]

many txs for not ruining it putting images from harry potter.

Gosh how i hate these ppl that think there is only one hermione in the world.

[TheAmbitiousOutsider]

Bowie in 1969 is already at his best !! And you are right, this simple image is good, no need to focus other than the song itself, a song so amazing,

[MusicthirstyGirl90]

he sings like an angel...

[lildoeidgrl45]

This is a classic that I hope will last forever..Just beautiful!

[bonbon1995]

Oh well, he's got Iman now so i'm sure he's very happy. I bet Hermione regrets ever leaving him though! Serves her right, you'd have to be crazy NOT to want him

[kinaice]

@bonbon1995

[Kingdra]

Nothing special???

[grogtgs]

I think he meant nothing special as in there is no special video, just the song.

[JasnoGT]

I wonder if she ever regrets breaking up with him...

[pbreton99]

Fav bowie tune

[christinavlad]

That is terrible! I hope you find somebody very special.

[kaatje58]

life saver...

[metrosfan]

Another overlooked Bowie masterpiece. Though I don't like the Space Oddity overall this along with the title track and Freecloud are all brilliant.

[kablaamee]

wow. ive never seen so many nice comments on one youtube vid.

great music brings out the best in humanity it seems.

[naumnn]

@kablaamee I think that they are pretty easy to find on all David Bowie videos. His fans love him. :-)

[cccustard]

kablaamee

That's because it's the greatest thing he ever did.

[greatunknowableevil]

@cccustard Cygnet Committee definately gives it some good competition though.

[HamburgerHobos]

I love how whenever I look up this song, your video is the 1st to pop up. Love you, Daun.

[Proneural]

I'm so sorry. I hope you are doing well too.

[DaveyKidda]

Thats always awful to hear. I'm really sorry for that. Music of this kind can invoke such emotion

[spookmonster52]

no song has ever described a situation in my life so perfectly.

[lildoeidgrl45]

Beautiful,wonderful, awesome song!

[baciamiilculolawl]

Thats terrible. I'm so sorry.

I hope you're doing well.

[aweskerpro]

bowie ... the best

bowie ...el mejor

bowie ...forever

bowie...por siempre

bowie... my idol

bowie...mi idolo

[mangaandskunksrock]

the story for this is really sad

but i love it all the same

it actually makes me feel quite melancholy yet i can't stop listerning to it

[sjenitzer]

im 15 and i listen to this. its not just for my mum. :P

[Signifer82]

I think I started to love English language with these Bowie songs. How wouldn't I! He takes the music that's already in the words.