Understanding "Life On Mars?"

Published: 02 February 2018
on channel: 12tone
186,977
6.9k

There weren't many artists in rock music more unique than David Bowie. His work spanned a variety of styles, and he brought his own voice to each one. His passing two years ago was a great loss for the art world, but at least he left us with over 40 years of music to appreciate, so to commemorate one of the titans of the genre, we're looking at one of his first big hits, Life On Mars?. It's a really cool piece of harmony that combines advanced devices with iconic progressions to create an unforgettable, ambient soundscape.

Patreon:   / 12tonevideos  
Merchandise Store: http://12tonevideos.storenvy.com/
Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/bCTDaj
Facebook:   / 12tonevideos  
Twitter:   / 12tonevideos  
Instagram:   / 12tonevideos  
Email: [email protected]

Last:    • What Was David's Secret Chord? Q&A #4  
Life On Mars?:    • Video  
Secondary Dominants video:    • Building Blocks: Secondary Dominants ...  
Functional Harmony video:    • Building Blocks: The Job Of A Chord  
Chromatic Mediants video:    • When Chords Won't Share  
Modal Interchange video:    • Building Blocks: Borrowing Chords  

Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K...

SOURCES:
https://kupdf.com/download/david-bowi...
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia...

Huge thanks to our gold-level Patreon supporters:

Susan Jones
Jill Jones
Ron Jones
Howard Levine
Elaine Pratt
Ken Arnold
Gabi Ghita
Kaylor Hodges
Mark Yachnin
Brian Etheredge
Joe Mensor
William (Bill) Boston
Irvine Garrett
Nicolas Mendoza
Justin Donnell:    / jsterj1  
Khristofor Saraga
Jeff Hook
Josh King
Gene Lushtak
Anton Smyk
Michael Hutcheson

And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Logan Jones, Eugene Bulkin, Dialup Salesman, Abram Thiessen, Anna Work, Oliver, Jc Bq, Adam Neely, Jon I, nico, David Zahara, Michael Fieseler, Rick Lees, Ben LaRose, rhandhom1, Marc Himmelberger, Chris Borland, jason black, Dutreuilh Olivier, Olivia Andersson, Nick Olman, Joey Strandquist, Daniel Gilchrist, billy roberts, Elliot Burke, Alex Atanasyan, Davis Sprague, Amlor, Dakota Williams, Miles Strand, Greg Borenstein, Tim S., David Tocknell, Elias Simon, Jordan Nelson, StarsServant, Steven Kapor, Dave Mayer, Thomás, Jerry D. Brown, Luciano Baez, Christopher Wright, Sportlunch, David Conrad, MasterDslay, blalo'u, Adil Abdulla, Lauren Steely, Justin Bronstein, Justin Aungst, Michelle Young, Fabian, Josiah R. Hazel, Ohad Lutzky, Bate Goiko, Jon White, Eivind Vatshaug, and Nuno Tiago! Your support helps make 12tone even better!

Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold and Jade Tan-Holmes for proofreading the script to make sure this all makes sense hopefully!


Watch video Understanding "Life On Mars?" online without registration, duration hours minute second in high quality. This video was added by user 12tone 02 February 2018, don't forget to share it with your friends and acquaintances, it has been viewed on our site 186,977 once and liked it 6.9 thousand people.