He kept it only between his family and friends apparently

+andyjay729 Wikipedia haven't acknowledged that the first music video was actually not produced in 1981 but was ashes to ashes in 1980 and Bowie used the latest video processing.

I don't blame him the press can be like vultures at times

+MsFanmail a lot of his music dealt with how much of a bad thing fame was, it comes as no suprise that that it was kept quiet

+garyoptica Music videos existed long before 1980, believe me. We simply didn't have cable channels devoted to music videos before then. The Beatles did at least one, "Hello Goodbye" which ran on the Ed Sullivan show in November of 1967. The program had advertised that the Beatles were appearing on that program, which I made a point of watching. Then Ed read a letter to the TV audience, that was supposedly from the Beatles, explaining that they couldn't make it that night. I was only 10, but recognzied that as pure b.s. and a false advertising of the worst degree. so the Beatles were dressed in their Sgt. Pepper's outfits, miming along to the song, with hula dancers coming on at the end. I'd already heard the song on the radio and found the video only mildly interesting. But, it was a music video and many others followed, assuming some had not preceded it.

Agreed

Agreed 2 / Love your handle!

thanks!

People do not overstand he was so innovative he started new wave movement

It's not just him, he was enough of a pure artist that each "phase" in his career he would seek out the most talented people in the field of whatever he was working on. When he wrote his more blues album, he handpicked some of the best blues performers he could find out of nightclubs sometimes. And for this song there's actually a cool behind the scenes about the guy who was able to create all these effects for the video, it actually was way ahead of it's time video editing wise, & they actually had to basically distort like 2 cameras to even get that look, its really interesting

I don't remember how old i was when i first saw this video(just turned 60)but was just mind blown that an artist could be this creative with the art form. I had already admired Bowie and loved his work but this particular video for some reason always stood out for me.... Still don't know why to this day. As a young African American from a poor urban environment, i was often teased for my choices in music....😁 Friends and family thought i was so weird(still do....😁) Ashes to Ashes both the song itself and the video represents for me true artistry.... What we can accomplish when we are completely open and free. Bowie(RIP) to this day remains one of my favorite artists of all time! Hope you still keep your Nan in your thoughts and heart! Be well my friend!!

says a lot about you that u had this deep reflection . I saw this has a child and had to find everything EVERYTHING about him... later, i ran away from orphenage to see him. worth what came after (!)

top 5 musicians in history

David Bowie is irreplaceable.

Still have the album, i think I was 14 when I was bought it and was called "gay" at school for it..........

There’s Quicksand Heroes and a couple of others which just are so amazing and no other artist could have written them.

Haunting,* if one is an X gen like myself

The best!

I was 20 in the new romantic era and Ashes to Ashes was one of my favourite tracks 😎

Meiner auch.

agreed you cant do anything but praise the man

Agreed, but Once In a Lifetime by Talking Heads is a close runner up.

@@allanalogmusicat78rpm yeah David Byrne has a place on that mantle, as well.

They both have the initials DB 🙀

@@Rob-zv1oz you are dangerous Rob

Yes, you know it! Dark and experimental for it’s time. Just a absolutely brilliant song!

@@djpeekay25 It is superb, you are right. n

that synth still sends a shiver down the spine even 40+ years later

@@jokarogames3504 Incfredible isn't it...

yup, so addictive!

Never stop listening to Bowie!!! 😊

Io😊😊😊😊😊 Cagliari

​@@zisikaragiannis2390😊😊😊mai😊

Me!

U know it lol. He’s so missed

RIP.....❤️ Everything you said......perfection!!

So true.

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

@@funlittlefish - Not even close.

True, but I think this was his last great album though.

Ultra- legendary, perhaps...

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie

"I'll stay clean tonight"

Genius writing? Maybe JD Souther was involved.

​@@LoneLee2022Ha!

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie

Thank you for this ❤

...takes one to know one... ...RIP David Bowie - definitive R&R poet laureate...

L'umiltà e l'ironia di un artista immenso e straordinario ❤

@@LoredanaLanzo-iq8ux ...un'elegia in prima persona delle conseguenze del pasticcio con la polvere da sparo colombiana ma anche della speranza di ripresa...

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

I do too he was very very talented ......he had a big impact on the music industry.....truly miss him. RIP Mr Bowie

Great football player too...

Hey you should look up The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie

I saw him live at the Milton Keyned bowl. Worst live performance by any artist apart from Faithless I ever saw. Within an hour I reckon 25% had left. Utter garbage.

I saw him also in 1983 for the first time , in Paris , great memories

The Serious Moonlight Tour! Yes!! Awesome!!!

3:22: a beach from beginning of Wizardry VIII, techno-fantasy RPG video game. Coincidence?!

Awesome assessment of David Bowie

Hey you should look up The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie

Amazing artist sorely missed just loved him ❤

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My mother said a lot of things I never took notice of

@@paulmckean5692 why?😳

100% truth like Roxy Music & Moody Blues, Yes & Hawkwind.

David Bowie e o cantor solo internacional que mais gosto

Também é uma das minhas favoritas😊

The day the video came out is the official real start of the 80s

no Genius, it is pure "inspiration".

The other white artist was another genius (along with Bernie Taupin of course) Elton John

He got inspiration from earlier periods such as the 1920s and the Renaissance. Every Age thinks its the first when the “latest thing” turns out to be as old as time itself.

@@CraigColburn-kz6cc Anyone can be inspired. Almost no one can make a song/video like this, at a time like that. That's the difference.

It's my favourite song in 55 years

@@paulhughes1038 Amazing song. I even recall first time I heard it, about 40 years back, in a friends car. Immediately loved it.

I’m so incredibly jealous

@@mrworm1716 First concert Bowie was better, but Duran Duran in it's hayday was damn good too!

Saw him 3 times. Just incredible.

Pay private. Better experience

Mine was too ,but I expanded it with my mind😂😅

Well, so, how do we get a bigger one. Only ask 'cause I'm on my way. 😂❤😂

Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

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if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is stu morris

M2❤

Not one of my favorite Bowie songs but ad the video & it's one of the best combo's ever. Exactly how I imagined 'The Mule' to be from the Isaac Asimov 'Foundation' trilogy sci-fi novel series.

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like David Bowie

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Bowie

Did a doctor conclude he was born prematurely or what?

True dat ❤️

I heard a (BBC?) radio interview with producer Tony Visconti a couple of years after Ashes To Ashes came out,and he was saying something along the lines of congratulating Bowie for "finally killing off that Major Tom character (which had garnered a bit of idolatry all of its own)" with this song. He also said something along the lines of record company suits having the mindset of sending "all the weird ones" (Bowie,Bolan,Sparks,etc.) over to him artist-wise,something which Visconti was only too happy with because it gave him better chance for innovation,exploration and boundary-pushing music-wise.

Really? I will try to look for the interview and listen to it, because it sounds pretty fascinating.

Sugar Dust I'm pretty sure it was part of a series about well-known producers,about half a dozen of them,aired around 1982. I remember hearing the ones about Glyn Johns and Tom Dowd as well.

Thanks!! I'll be on the lookout for it.

Sugar Dust I'd be interested it hear it again after all this time!

I still can't believe he's gone. It doesn't feel like it... This song's making me cry. :'(

Biscuit0100 He's one of the first musicians I really ever loved. Such a charismatic and creative person...Well as I said, I truly feel that there's a part of him still here

Muhammad Farrukh Yep. He's the Starman waiting in the sky... :')

+Muhammad Farrukh Starman had to go back home, is all.

Grace Mitchell I can't help but imagine him on Mars....

That's classic!

I needed that laugh!

digglyda 😂😂😂

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digglyda YES! I think of that every time I watch this!