David Bowie - Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud

[carolj47au]

Thank you for posting this. An often missed gem from Bowie.

[druidlololol]

great song.

[joehiggs100]

Thanks, first heard it and bought it on the 'B' side of Space Oddity when it came out excellent,wonderful lyrics, 'the hangman plays his mandolin etc., tremendous positive change to major chord emphases in second half then the sad cadence. A concept track I doubt anyone had done before since maybe Elgar, who obviously didn't have the few minutes available on a 45rpm single.

[LIBERTYTREE98]

What a superb musical arrangement!

[kevinandrewmoore]

@LIBERTYTREE98 Arrangement by the amazing Tony Visconti. Ive just been reading about how he persuaded Bowie it needed a full symphonic score. They inspired each other to fabulous creative highs.

[LIBERTYTREE98]

@kevinandrewmoore,I agree.David Bowie and Tony Visconti were a brilliant team.

[ARunnerNamedClay]

Sounds like Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

[MichaelinSF]

This brings me back to my high school days. I have loved this man ever since!

[expatinch]

why are we drawn to early bowie? fan since 75, saw him at roseland in nyc with only 300 people and he did this song in 1996, and 14 other times. the point is his real fans are out of synch with the common man, misunderstood, seeing, feeling and relating to things that they dont sense or understand. this song captures that, what we feel, the forces we are connected with, how we are protected on our paths. peter gabriel salsbury hill is the same vein, if you really get this, you will like that

[eichman21]

This is breath-taking! - the string arrangement is a thing of wonder!

[lakegl]

This is brilliant. In the early seventies I lived Bowie. I even signed my letters (yeah, letters, remember them?) with 'I bless you madly, sadly as I tie my shoe' at the bottom!! Saw him at Oxford in1972. Can well believe you got an A for these lyrics!!

[clonecomanderfox]

it's, bizarre listening to David Bowie sing prog

[lisalucian]

i've always said he was the greatest poet since poe, Just imagine what he could have done with that!

[lisalucian]

i've always said he was the greatest poet since poe

[mcwsearch]

star of his own play

[carmichael2411]

Marc Bolan's favorite bowie song!!!!!!

[aqajahua]

Back in 1994 a Kibbutz down to the Golan Heights. I did get this song so much into my ears after days work..

[noproblem53]

as influentiall as beatles or elvis -nothing more needs to be said

[SuperNevile]

Bought Space Oddity and found this gem on the 'B' side ~ lyrically and poetically one of his best. Great story telling (as is Space Oddity). Before he got into writing lyrics on the back of cards and picking them at random to create songs. Actually prefer the single version which is sparse and un-orchestrated (apart from a cello), just Dave, an acoustic guitar, and claps ~ song around the campfire at night stuff!

[fabriziosantini57]

CHE bello



[ezramead]

superb

[Mods130]

im 13 and not a lot of people in my lessones dont no who bowie is and when i die this is the song i wood have to have at my fonrall i love bowie all i have on mt ipod is david bowe,the who,frankmusik,and a bit of ragay and when people hera me lishing to it thay alway ask me who it is because thay dont know who it is abd sometimes thay like it but how can you not love david bowie :D

[MrMackenziie]

@Mods130 I realise your 13 and all but thats terrible spelling, my 10 year old sister spells way better than you xD

[Mods130]

@MrMackenziie sorry my friends have muked my keys on my laptop so i will spell stuff ring because i have to geas what keys are what letters sorry (:

[JimmyLeeVanDePutte]

@MrMackenziie what is her "13"? Check your spelling. Great, no! Beautiful song.

[ThePistolpete1963]

awesome!!

[vunderground1]

It's not his song u know? BUT he is awesome and I once tripped all night repeatedly watching the concert on VHS and this song made me soo sad, especially as he acts it out in mime. Ahh memories.....

[ziggy95]

@vunderground1 what are you talking about!! of course it's his song

[moonagedaydream100]

Wrote the words to this as a story for my English exams in 1974 and got away with it and got an A how cool was that.

[Mods130]

@moonagedaydream100 i may try that if i have a english ewam and i dont now wat to do tank you :D

[Mods130]

@moonagedaydream100 this was a good thing i did too but like a bit ago and i just get it back and it had A* on it so thank you a lot and thank you david bowie and thank you alluurpo for puting this up

[pogolander]

@moonagedaydream100 hey me too! ccol

[electricburlesque]

@moonagedaydream100 LOL Rubbish

[BaalZobel]

@moonagedaydream100

Damn, I never thought of that. I knew this song and all from this record by heart, still do. It makes me sad a little that he does not recognise these songs. But I guess creativity moves ever onward, This I understand. It is for us left in the wake of this wave of beauty to pine for what was

[ultrakool]

@moonagedaydream100 plagiarist

[refforendum]

why the hell does this only have 4 and a half stars? this is spectacular.

[eggzy43]

if you like this song you'll love a salty dog by procul harum

try it

[KristinaBrooker]

Rock and Roll the meaning:

1) REACT

2) MARRIAGE then COMFORT RANK

(instant money printing, laugh prints instant, prof kid, bit0h, 3000 days celibate, no guilt by association, cherry)

ans:safe engineering (maple graphing) use functions for distribution,

[daisyandsteve]

im always really freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee really you and really meeeeeeeeeeee

awesome

[PockyBebop]

This is one of my favorite Bowie songs. Hearing him sing with an orchestra is simply epic. It's a hidden gem that truly shines.

[bonbon1995]

I only found out about this and the other songs from this album cos I recently bought the score for the album and I am so glad I did (even though as such I can't play any of the songs on there)

[Pandapple1995]

Space Oddity is amazing but this song is riduculously amazing~!!!!

[frankty67]

This IS a great Bowie song but he does a (hard to believe) even better version of this song you can actually see and hear LIVE on the Ziggy Stardust Movie on dvd. Which was the last Bowie/Spiders show ever. It was filmed in London 1973.

[artscoff]

@frankty67

went to the show at birmingham town hall that year, my first ever live concert, how could anything follow that, effing amazing.

[livewire1989]

Love this song. To me, Space Oddity is the best album that has been or will be ever released. It has been with me as a young child, though my youth and now with me into the future. It means more to me than any other music. God bless my mother and father for introducing me to this music!

[braybeatles]

space oddity IS a very good album. perhaps cos of its innocence, it's pre-fame status, the fact that the songs on it are not and never have been mainstream (aprt from the title track). perhaps its cos of the the words, the poetry and the underlying loneliness. perhaps it's bowie's voice. above all, it might be cos of its simplicity.

[pimpetteleanda]

my personal opinion the best song bowie ever did i absolutely love it

[frankty67]

Then check out the Ziggy Movie version of this song on dvd if you havent yet. Its Fantastick

[davidbowiegirl1]

Love, love, love this song <3

[metrosfan]

Listening to this song all night long. How come this not more famous???!!! This is fucking brilliant.

[crowbarofdeath]

Anyone know where I could get just the instrumental music?

[junkhop]

One of his gems, hidden. I love all of his epic story stuff.

[microwavebr]

smemily is that you? o whatty woo.

[Thomaspwgy]

To good to be a B-side!

[dlilgeneral]

One of the best songs Bowie ever wrote. Anyone who says that Space Oddity is his best song obviously never heard this.

[Finalfantasypianos14]

This is one of the truely overlooked Bowie songs, even on the Space Oddity Album. I always listen to this on long car/bus rides.

Thanks for posting this

[GIJOE221294]

I've been looking for this for ages, Cheerz!

[britanicaa]

This is so cool. Thanks!

[doctorw2]

this song gives me the creeps for some reason.

[wichtelkoenigin]

yeah, thank you, it's my favourite Bowie song

[alluurpo]

That's great! yea you're very welcome :)

[chainedpunkgirl]

thanks for posting this.

[alluurpo]

You're welcome =)

[beeb1992]

i love david bowie!

and this song, well all of his songs !