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- Space Oddity introduces Major Tom - he is an alter ego or character Bowie is creating that represents anti-establishment. Major Tom goes from obscurity to infamy by turning "Hippy" and not completing the mission. Ground Control represents the establishment Major Tom rejects and "floats away from". He is now a "junkie".
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Aug 23, 2022 · What we learn is that Major Tom – sardonically nicknamed “the Action Man” – has become “a junkie/Strung out in heaven’s high/Hitting an all-time low”, with no money, no hair, “hoping to kick” his addiction.
Ten years later Major Tom re-surfaces in Ashes to Ashes. He is back ! and wants to return to earth. However, many things have changed, including Bowie's treatment of this character. So this song represents a virtual conversation between the 1969 and 1980 Bowie, through the character of Major Tom.
Apr 27, 2024 · The lyrics “Do you remember a guy that’s been in such an early song” mark a return not only to Bowie’s past but also to his character Major Tom, whose story arc was left unfinished in “Space Oddity.”
Major Tom is a persona of David Bowie, ... In the song "Ashes to Ashes" (1980), Bowie reinterprets Major Tom as an oblique autobiographical symbol for himself.
Major Tom isn’t really a major character of Bowie or anything. He’s mentioned in Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes (although it’s really a reference to Bowie himself), and also in the Blackstar music video.
The song’s protagonist, Major Tom, first appeared more than 10 years earlier in Bowie’s first hit, ‘Space Oddity‘ – “a guy that’s been in such an early song”. Bowie explains further: “When I originally wrote about Major Tom, I was a very pragmatic and self-opinionated lad that thought he knew all about the great American dream ...
Aug 2, 2021 · “Ashes To Ashes” begins with Ground Control, who famously lost contact with Major Tom in “Space Oddity,” receiving a message from him. Their reaction is less than enthusiastic (“Oh no,...
