Starman is what young people feel, the new proposal, their future. It is a Bowie-proposed image that is assimilated by each of us. Everyone has their own starman. And so did Bowie: he threw important messages through a light image, allowing to us the possibility of a personal interpretation.
Hereof, what is David Bowie's Major Tom about?
The lyrics describe the fictional Major Tom who blasts off into space, but then loses connection with ground control, and gets lost. Bowie was a known drug user at the time, so many have speculated that the song could be metaphor for a drug overdose.
Also Know, why did David Bowie call himself Bowie? Dissatisfied with his stage name as Davy (and Davie) Jones, which in the mid-1960s invited confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, Bowie renamed himself after the 19th-century American pioneer James Bowie and the knife he had popularised.
In this regard, when did David Bowie release Starman?
28 April 1972
What song is Starman playing?
Space Oddity
