![]() Scary Monsters (1980) [ larger cover art ] |
Do you remember a guy that's been
In such an early song
I've heard a rumour 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 to 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
[CHORUS]
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's 4
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 bad things
I never did anything out of the blue,
Want an axe to break the ice
Wanna come down right now
[CHORUS]
My mother said
to get things done
You'd better not mess
with Major Tom
In such an early song
I've heard a rumour 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 to 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
[CHORUS]
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's 4
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 bad things
I never did anything out of the blue,
Want an axe to break the ice
Wanna come down right now
[CHORUS]
My mother said
to get things done
You'd better not mess
with Major Tom
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: May 07, 2013 - 07:39 Play Something Different .. etwas anders . millab00 wrote: What does PSD mean? |
| millab00 (Lancaster, Pa) | Posted: May 07, 2013 - 07:32 blackjackshellac wrote: Go ahead and PSD haters, more glorious music bits and bytes for the rest of us. 8/10 What does PSD mean? |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: May 04, 2013 - 18:04 suggettsmiss wrote: This is good. The lad has a future. Spot on, mate. |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Mar 19, 2013 - 21:12 Oh, the memories that come clanking back with the beat of that exquisitely FUNKY BASS...me and a gal from the town I was distractedly studying Engineering in used to try to get as high and Zen-like as our cats and laze around with this and a few of his other early records on the stereo for hours on end...fun stuff! |
| suggettsmiss (Bucks, U.K.) | Posted: Mar 03, 2013 - 03:15 This is good. The lad has a future. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 11:55 ![]() |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Dec 30, 2012 - 11:21 Rockin on a Sunday afternoon |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 10:36 ...solid 10...only for the memories ;-)..... |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 10:34 Bill, You Rock !! |
| colt4x5 (under the scree field.) | Posted: Sep 29, 2012 - 20:12 blackjackshellac wrote: Go ahead and PSD haters, more glorious music bits and bytes for the rest of us. 8/10 Is that 8/10, as in eight-tenths, as in 0.8? In that case, I agree. |
| tulfan (Still in SE MI) | Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 06:46 marcferre wrote: Me too! Me too but there are gems all along including the Heathen effort... |
| bluecshells | Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 12:40 msymmes wrote: This is NOT 'Classic Rock'. This is timeless. Way to go Bill !! Thanks RP! |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 12:40 This is NOT 'Classic Rock'. This is timeless. Way to go Bill !! |
| cmarcan | Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 12:39 Kill me now. Thank god for PSD. |
| blackjackshellac (Montreal) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 07:14 Go ahead and PSD haters, more glorious music bits and bytes for the rest of us. 8/10 |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 07:13 horstman wrote: I'll have to check it out. But my comment stands. "Good Stuff" on Reality - Sure, but Scary Monsters still stands as the end of an era in all things Bowie. Truly one of my favorite artists,especially in my youth. Enjoyed Reality, and Heathen before it even more. Saw him 5 times over the last couple of tours. But I have to agree with everything horstman says about Scary Monsters being the end of an era.. |
| marcferre (Angers, France) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 07:13 shellbella wrote: This could be my favorite Bowie song.... ![]() Me too! |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 08:35 This could be my favorite Bowie song.... ![]() |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 14:24 mgoldman wrote: PSD. Bowie is just torture for me. wow..really ? |
| mgoldman (Wherever you Go, There You Are) | Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 22:07 PSD. Bowie is just torture for me. |
| olivertwist (Atlanta GA) | Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 09:50 rdo wrote: PSD Aw, c'mon. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: May 26, 2012 - 13:53 PSD |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 09:26 musickat wrote: Have you heard his last album.....Reality I think was the name. Lots of good stuff there. I'll have to check it out. But my comment stands. "Good Stuff" on Reality - Sure, but Scary Monsters still stands as the end of an era in all things Bowie. Truly one of my favorite artists,especially in my youth. |
| musickat (Lake of the Ozarks) | Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 16:16 meinthecorner wrote: Whoa, kurtster, I think you've probably missed out on a lot of really great Bowie music over the years. Personally, I don't think his best stuff made it to many radio playlists. For me, quite a few of his albums took several listens to grasp or get comfortable with, all worth the effort, though. Just my 2 cents! absolutely true. MOST of Bowie is like that. His latest which I believe is called Reality is a very good album. |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 17:14 Papernapkin wrote: I give him props for doing his own thing. It's just time to move on. How about some new music? You do realize this album is over 30 years old right? |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 09:44 I give him props for doing his own thing. It's just time to move on. How about some new music? |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Feb 04, 2012 - 01:07 kurtster wrote: Bowie is pretty cool with lots of great tracks. Seems that after Ziggy though, I didn't find the albums listenable all the way through. It wasn't worth spending hard earned bucks for a couple of tracks, especially when it was on the radio all the time. Whoa, kurtster, I think you've probably missed out on a lot of really great Bowie music over the years. Personally, I don't think his best stuff made it to many radio playlists. For me, quite a few of his albums took several listens to grasp or get comfortable with, all worth the effort, though. Just my 2 cents! |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Jan 18, 2012 - 04:17 Bowie is pretty cool with lots of great tracks. Seems that after Ziggy though, I didn't find the albums listenable all the way through. It wasn't worth spending hard earned bucks for a couple of tracks, especially when it was on the radio all the time. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 15:10 fredriley wrote: I never understood the lyrics when it was released, and still don't have the faintest idea what they're about, but wtf, Bowie was and still is the acme of cool and it's a fine song. Fred - I'm going to steal your "acme of cool" phrase - love it. As a ridiculously devoted Bowie fan for 37 years, I can confirm that easily understood lyrics were never among DBs attributes. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 15:05 EssexTex wrote: Nope...still sounds like two mating foxes to me. Need to search the internet for audio of mating foxes then. |
| musickat (Lake of the Ozarks) | Posted: Dec 17, 2011 - 11:22 horstman wrote: Surely the last "great" album by Bowie. After Major Tom, there can be no other. Have you heard his last album.....Reality I think was the name. Lots of good stuff there. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 20:33 Stingray wrote: Is the "thin one" still available on Wall Street? Possibly the last good song of Bowie. Surely the last "great" album by Bowie. After Major Tom, there can be no other. |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, SC) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 11:21 You're poppin' now, Bill! Nice mix. You went from funk to funky, baby. :P |
| dingleberry | Posted: Nov 15, 2011 - 18:30 Anyone else find the phrase after "ashes to ashes," __________ a bit, shall we say androgynous? meaning it can sound like things other than the offical "funk to funky." ?? |
| EssexTex (Above and Beyond) | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 05:59 Nope...still sounds like two mating foxes to me. |
| toomanyollys (51.7663,-0.9270) | Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 03:51 allabout wrote: Where would this man be without T-REX?. Think,,,check this one out. David has woodwork to perform + he sold his soul to the compamy stall. The devil being money. I'll have what he's having |
| allabout | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 06:52 Where would this man be without T-REX?. Think,,,check this one out. David has woodwork to perform + he sold his soul to the compamy stall. The devil being money. |
| phlattop | Posted: Jul 30, 2011 - 21:25 tomfchzboi wrote: Bowie is a genius.! video is one of the most bizarre I've seen! I always think of this as the first music video I ever saw. It predates MTV. Bizarre? perhaps. Striking for back the? Absolutely. |
| arserocket (S.O.B in an S.U.V) | Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 08:43 magnificent and uplifting, especially after a week of working with pigs |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 21:41 PING ! - Stingray wrote: Is the "thin one" still available on Wall Street? Possibly the last good song of Bowie. |
| linzie | Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 21:39 I like it, I like it ALOT! |
| RickyBobby (Oxford Mills, Ontario - We have a Wal-Mart you know) | Posted: Jun 29, 2011 - 11:28 Ahhh the 80's. Man I love this song. Reminds me of my '73 Dart and a girl I was dating then. She turned out to be a class 'A' bitch. Still love the song though. |
| jhorton | Posted: Jun 13, 2011 - 16:08 31 years old, but still sounding fresh! |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jun 13, 2011 - 16:05 coloradojohn wrote: Oh, the JOYS of hearing this after not hearing it for awhile...all the funky slap-bass, whispering, reverb, allusions...I always hit an all-time high when he croons "Hitting an all-time LOW..." and wow, how perky, how jaunty, how spectacularly disjointed yet delightfully symphonic this whole glorious sound collage is! LOVE IT! Maybe my favorite DB song! yeah! |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Jun 11, 2011 - 05:52 Oh, the JOYS of hearing this after not hearing it for awhile...all the funky slap-bass, whispering, reverb, allusions...I always hit an all-time high when he croons "Hitting an all-time LOW..." and wow, how perky, how jaunty, how spectacularly disjointed yet delightfully symphonic this whole glorious sound collage is! LOVE IT! Maybe my favorite DB song! |
| aelfheld | Posted: Jun 11, 2011 - 05:49 Stingray wrote: Possibly the last good song of Bowie. Possibly the most stupid utterance of the decade. |
| Jomeo (New England) | Posted: May 27, 2011 - 07:45 bachbeet wrote: This is an OK Bowie song that is not in the same territory as some of his other stuff. Definitely not worth an average of 8.1. That's a pretty ignorant statement. The 8.1 Average is exactly where it is supposed to be. I for one think that this is one of his best songs and gave it a rating of 10. Considering it has almost 1200 ratings, more people like if than dislike it. |
| bluecshells (Texas) | Posted: May 10, 2011 - 15:14 I'm happy when I hear Bowie. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 06:23 Is the "thin one" still available on Wall Street? Possibly the last good song of Bowie. |
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