I remember watching the video for this song in 1980 and thinking that it was the weirdest thing that I had ever seen. The striking visual imagery of David Bowie in the clown outfit and purple sky as well as the bizarre use of a JCB and padded cell added up to something quite strange that I found very appealing.
I had long been a fan of David Bowie and had ‘Space Oddity’, ‘John I’m Only Dancing’ and ‘Heroes’ in my singles collection but I remember thinking that this song was really something quite new and I loved it instantly. I remember that it was number one for weeks and weeks as well, and I recall watching it on ‘Top Of The Pops’ each Thursday. At that time there were no video recorders or MTV and so if you liked a song and wanted to watch the video the only place you could do that was on ‘Top Of The Pops’ and so we waited to see if it was still number one and would get another showing each week as we sat down to watch.
This is a great song and a great video…
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