Music Video #55 (Day 26 of 2008)

As this month winds down we get another appearance by David Bowie. Maybe Lita's trying to bait him to reply to this blog. Today's song is Fame '90 and is four minutes long.


This video reminds me of picture in a picture television, except this looks more like Press Your Luck vision.

This video starts with a warning. It's directed by Gus Van Sant the same guy who thought that Psycho was missing something. Ahem. We start the song with David wearing a suit in black and white. The background is bare and David does stuff like play the sax. The screen superimposes fire, because David Bowie is that hot. He starts to spin around and he plays a guitar at some poin. We finally see him with a blonde wrapped around him spinning around. This video was made in 1990, but her hair seems to be from the eighties. Finally we see the screen shrink so we see several other videos border the middle video.

The lyrics start, and it's mostly just Bowie saying fame over and over again. When he doesn't say fame, he sings about it, saying that it makes a man hollow and hard to control themselves. The smaller windows show Bowie from several poins in his career, so I'm sure it's suppose to be poking fun at himself. Blonde rolls on Bowie's back while he stays still. Oh, geez. I'm getting a Rick Astley vibe when Bowie is in the distance. I hope Lita isn't pranking me.

Bowie goes on about how fame is fleeting. Well, except for the fame I'm getting from my blog. I'll live forever. Bowie then does a cool bit that's like The Robot, but not so overdone. Then the blonde and Bowie continuing the miming while Bowie says that fame drives people to crime. That explains Hollywood in a nut shell.

Our couple dances during the break, including a poin where Bowie twirls the blonde briefly in the air. Finally we lose the extra windows and go back to color. Blonde's dress is a little too tight. I feel a bit sorry for her as she dances and jumps around. End song.


Not exactly a deep song, but fun nonetheless. The video is worth watching with an attractive woman and several images from Bowie's career.

The awesome thing is the miming part. The second awesome thing is the way the blonde twirls around a couple times when Bowie spins her.