This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop
Where do we go from here?
There's something in the sky
Shining in the light
Spinning and far away
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, Boy's own
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop, (Satellite)
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, (Satellite), Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop, (Satellite)
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, (Satellite), Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop
Looking for satellites
Looking for satellites
Where do we go to now?
There's nothing in our eyes
As lonely as a moon
Misty and far away
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop, (Satellite)
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, (Satellite), Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop, (Satellite)
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, (Satellite), Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop
Looking for satellites
Looking for satellites
Satellite, Satellite, Satellite, Satellite
Looking satellites
Looking satellites
Where do we go from here?
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop
Where do we go from here?
There's something in the sky
Shining in the light
Spinning and far away
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, Boy's own
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop, (Satellite)
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, (Satellite), Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop, (Satellite)
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, (Satellite), Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop
Looking for satellites
Looking for satellites
Where do we go to now?
There's nothing in our eyes
As lonely as a moon
Misty and far away
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop, (Satellite)
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, (Satellite), Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop, (Satellite)
Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, (Satellite), Boyzone
Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop
Looking for satellites
Looking for satellites
Satellite, Satellite, Satellite, Satellite
Looking satellites
Looking satellites
Where do we go from here?
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I think this song is saying how tv has turned very zombi-ish. The chorus just seems like a bunch of brainwashed kids by Satellite TV.
i think boyzone is cool
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Shining in the light... they are making us feel important, but still - we are the same as everybody else in the crown. so it doesn't matter that you shine, when you are already 'in the light'. There's nothing in our eyes... for them, we are 'empty' - well, if you would appear in the TV, and they could make money out of you, you wouldn't be 'empty' anymore ;-)
As lonely as a moon... still we shine, but we are just reflecting the 'light', we are trying to be like those guys on the tv... 'trying to be perfect'
Looking for satellites... Looking for friends, love, support... looking the way to find ourselves.
No recent comments. Does that means no one is listening? Or just nothing to say? I love this song. I love this whole album! And I think everyone's comments are quite valid. After all, we all interpret the world through our own filters, and each of us is a composite of all we've ever seen, heard, said, or done. So, while I can see the references pointing to internet use, I also see what I consider to be typical Bowie ambiguity. Maybe it's because I belong to the same generation. But I remember a time before the internet (gasp! blasphemy!) when we used to lie out under the stars at night and try to pick out which ones were artificial. We'd watch the launches on tv, and then try to track them, like Telstar, for instance. The sky wasn't so full of our junk back then, and the man-made satellites moved differently than the stars and planets. Although sometimes we saw things we couldn't identify.... As as artist, I know that we don't always create with our conscious minds. Once someone asked me about the symbolism in one of my works, and I was surprised to see it myself. It was obvious, but unconscious when I was doing it. So probably Bowie's meanings are as veiled to him as they are to us. Or maybe he just enjoys watching us monkeys trying to puzzle out what goes on is his superior mind. Whatever he meant, I'm glad he created it, and I wish there were more like it.
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Welcome to the space age - looking for satellites or looking for Major Tom, it's grasping hold of the future either way and moving on.
The repetative chorus is basically referring to what are now the current generations "Icons" and major beliefs. Also the stuff you get on Satellite TV more often than now.
And here I thought the line was "spinning and falling". Which would make it more auspicious what with preceding many of the themes played out in the rest of the album, even the next song "The Letter(Battle for Britain).
But yes, "far away" are "satellites" which in this case are other internet users (which was what the whole of this album is essentially about).
++++++See my interpretation of "The Letter(Battle for Britain)" which has along with it an interpretation of the whole of the "Earthling" album, as well.+++++
This song is about someone staring into their bright computer screen("There's something... Shining in the light") , web-surfing through effluvium and random sites ("can't stop"; "where do we go from here"; "there's something in the sky"), and looking for signs of life, other people ("looking for satellites").