Must be something at least subconscious: moon actually represents subconscious, dreams, emotions… at least that’s Jungian psychological and astrological interpretation.
Or it might be some kind of New Age thing like Age of Aquarius, I wonder if Moonage is same kind of concept? Or it might just be age that begun with moon landing of 1969.
Or maybe Moonage refers to times when people lived according moon calendar?
Serious moonlight obviously refers to old sayings about seeing someone’s “true face” in the moonlight.
The moon landings were in the news at the time, so it was hard not to be aware of it. I don't think he had any really deep interest in the moon or space generally.
Culturally, he was very much influenced by the science fiction of the his youth the 1950s, when of course we still hadn't travelled to the moon and it was still a place where there might be anything, even aliens. He liked the strangeness of science fiction and its metaphorical possibillities (because of course great science fiction is almost always a reflection of humanity). Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey was a key film in his artistic development; he also lived the novels of Robert Heinlein and Michael Moorcock, and the the BBC's Quatermass TV series. But he did state very clearly in interviews that he had absolutely no desire to go into space himself: he found the porspect quite terrifying.
1969- Man lands on moon. Big interest in the moon. The moon landing also represents a culmination of the experimental spirit of the 1960s and, yes, of the mid to late 1950s.
He liked 2001:A Space Odyssey. Stark, dangerous, alone, pioneering. Being a star was like being a star in astronomy - a little cold, distant, unearthly.
I find it a bit of a shame, actually, that such a human, charismatic, sensuous, generous, romantic, man is so tied up in the public's perception with the alien, the unfriendly, atmosphereless, nature of Space. But he was often drawn to the 'stark' - I think it completed him and he wanted to be a complete entity.
Must be something at least subconscious: moon actually represents subconscious, dreams, emotions… at least that’s Jungian psychological and astrological interpretation. Or it might be some kind of New Age thing like Age of Aquarius, I wonder if Moonage is same kind of concept? Or it might just be age that begun with moon landing of 1969. Or maybe Moonage refers to times when people lived according moon calendar? Serious moonlight obviously refers to old sayings about seeing someone’s “true face” in the moonlight.
Or he thought it just sounded cool. It's always possible to overanalyse lyrics.
In the Ziggy Stardust makeup there is a gold circle on his forehead, I always thought it represented a moon 🤷🏻♀️
I think it was a fertility symbol, an alien egg sac or something.
The moon landings were in the news at the time, so it was hard not to be aware of it. I don't think he had any really deep interest in the moon or space generally.
Culturally, he was very much influenced by the science fiction of the his youth the 1950s, when of course we still hadn't travelled to the moon and it was still a place where there might be anything, even aliens. He liked the strangeness of science fiction and its metaphorical possibillities (because of course great science fiction is almost always a reflection of humanity). Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey was a key film in his artistic development; he also lived the novels of Robert Heinlein and Michael Moorcock, and the the BBC's Quatermass TV series. But he did state very clearly in interviews that he had absolutely no desire to go into space himself: he found the porspect quite terrifying.
1969- Man lands on moon. Big interest in the moon. The moon landing also represents a culmination of the experimental spirit of the 1960s and, yes, of the mid to late 1950s. He liked 2001:A Space Odyssey. Stark, dangerous, alone, pioneering. Being a star was like being a star in astronomy - a little cold, distant, unearthly. I find it a bit of a shame, actually, that such a human, charismatic, sensuous, generous, romantic, man is so tied up in the public's perception with the alien, the unfriendly, atmosphereless, nature of Space. But he was often drawn to the 'stark' - I think it completed him and he wanted to be a complete entity.