David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (Official Video)

The official music video for David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes.
Taken from Bowie's 'Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)' album released in 1980, which featured the singles Ashes To Ashes, Fashion, Scary Monsters and Up The Hill Backwards.
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Lyrics
Do you remember a guy that's been
In such an early song?
I've heard a rumor from Ground Control
Oh no, don't say it's true
They got a message from the Action Man
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too
I've loved all I've needed, love
Sordid details following"
The shrieking of nothing is killing, just
Pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I
Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair
But I'm hoping to kick but the planet it's glowing
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low
Time and again I tell myself
I'll stay clean tonight
But the little green wheels are following me
Oh no, not again
I'm stuck with a valuable friend
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too"
One flash of light but no smoking pistol
I never done good things (I never done good things)
I never done bad things (I never done bad things)
I never did anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh
Want an axe to break the ice
Wanna come down right now
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low
My mother said, to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said, to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said, to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said, to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
About David Bowie:
David Bowie redefined musical genres and the potential of live performance for generations of music lovers. Creating and discarding a variety of personae and restlessly challenging musical boundaries, Bowie released timeless albums including Space Oddity, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust…, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, "Heroes,” Let's Dance, Heathen, The Next Day and many more. Blackstar, Bowie’s 28th and final studio album, was released on his 69th birthday, January 8, 2016. David Bowie died on January 10, 2016, two days after the release of Blackstar. His body of work, his influence on the worlds of music, art, fashion, film, theatre and beyond, and his legacy of innovation and reinvention will live forever. 2022 kicks off with Bowie at 75, a celebration of his 75th birthday with the Brilliant Adventure box set, the previously unreleased Toy, the 50th anniversary of Ziggy Stardust and a series of special events.
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Who's listening in 2024?

[@MrDinger60]

A hundred years from now, Bowie will be thought of in the same way as Mozart or Beethoven.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

He died around the same time, as my Dad and Alan Rickmann. It's a nice suggestion, to think they met perhaps at the gate...

[@Serai3]

"I'm stuck with a valuable friend." Damn, that is such a weird and clever way to say drug addiction.

[@Jamie0175]

It's shocking to me so many people cant see the obvious dark side to this.

[@Rigel-xy2ki]

Rescue me of the drugs :,(

[@thesoundoftoulouse]

The Eighties Start Here

[@ejnorman8781]

David didn’t die. He went home.

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One of the most influential and experimental musical artists ever

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[@theultimatejoost]

“The filming was interrupted at one point by an old man walking his dog, looking for driftwood. Mallet asked him if he wouldn’t mind moving, and pointed out Bowie sitting outside the catering van. ‘Do you know who this is?’ he asked. Sharp as a tack, the old man responded with, ‘Of course I do. It’s some cunt in a clown suit.’ Sometime later, Bowie remembered, ‘That was a huge moment for me. It put me back in my place and made me realise, “Yes, I’m just a cunt in a clown suit.”

[@lunaolson2529]

Currently struggling with a cocaine addiction. I know it's weird but it's extremely comforting to listen to his songs about cocaine. I have very little support so Bowie's music helps me get through the struggle

[@BjarneBlom]

When pop is art. What a mark he left in music.

[@standavis3165]

2021, 40 years after this was released and it still feels fresh

[@keithbunyan2321]

The synthesizer part near the end turns the song from a classic into a masterpiece. Great track.

[@calvinist_cody]

“My mother said to get things done. You’d better not mess with Major Tom.”

[@DemonWarp65]

Christ, this song helped me through some of the darkest times of my life. RIP David. You will live forever through your music.

[@sarahs.982]

Legends never die!

[@hifrommike2120]

With music videos like this, Bowie virtually invented the MTV era.

[@punknarcissus]

writing a song about addiction, producing it as a demented lullaby, and revisiting the beloved character that brought your fame to heaven highs as an allegory to falling low to the trappings of said addiction. this man had such an ability for world building in his music, and making it feel so real, sonically and visually. something he didn't lose up to his death. a true artist.