Ashes to Ashes, Funk to Funky, We know Major Tom's a Junkie...does that mean Major Tom is strung out on smack? Not necessarily. There are many types of junkies, as Burroughs showed us in "Naked Lunch", and Bowie was a fan of Billy Burroughs. So, in the end, maybe Major Tom was just strung out on the beauty of space and how Earth looks from all the way up there. Makes sense when ya take into account, "I'm hoping to kick but the planet it glowing"
All in all, one of my favorite 80s era Bowie tunes, and I am an admitted Bowie junkie.
"Time and again, I tell myself: 'I'll stay clean tonight'..."
"Time and again, I tell myself: 'I'll stay clean tonight'..."
I reckon, it's probably more face value than quite as cryptic. It's cryptic regardless. In my interpretation, having some experience in that realm, I suspect there's at least some true reference here to the opioid.
I reckon, it's probably more face value than quite as cryptic. It's cryptic regardless. In my interpretation, having some experience in that realm, I suspect there's at least some true reference here to the opioid.
Ashes to Ashes, Funk to Funky, We know Major Tom's a Junkie...does that mean Major Tom is strung out on smack? Not necessarily. There are many types of junkies, as Burroughs showed us in "Naked Lunch", and Bowie was a fan of Billy Burroughs. So, in the end, maybe Major Tom was just strung out on the beauty of space and how Earth looks from all the way up there. Makes sense when ya take into account, "I'm hoping to kick but the planet it glowing"
All in all, one of my favorite 80s era Bowie tunes, and I am an admitted Bowie junkie.
@BigPoppaChidog Probably coke...
@BigPoppaChidog Probably coke...
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"Time and again, I tell myself: 'I'll stay clean tonight'..."
"Time and again, I tell myself: 'I'll stay clean tonight'..."
I reckon, it's probably more face value than quite as cryptic. It's cryptic regardless. In my interpretation, having some experience in that realm, I suspect there's at least some true reference here to the opioid.
I reckon, it's probably more face value than quite as cryptic. It's cryptic regardless. In my interpretation, having some experience in that realm, I suspect there's at least some true reference here to the opioid.