Red Wolf's Room

The beginning opens with a lot of clapping which could be alluding to Lady Gaga's recent attempt at a song called "Applause" , but I don't know for sure.  The puppets in the video allude to Bowie's past work, (obviously), and the DIY atmosphere to the video could be what Bowie means by "Love is Lost", as in the professional filming and lighting, the elaborate costumes, the big name actors and the special effects are the only reasons we love a video and not for the real content such as the singer's words and message.  As for why the human Bowie is in the bathroom and washing his hands might be because he is saying he is through with dressing up his meanings and "washing his hands" of it, like Lady MacBeth.  The scene is the opposite to the one he shot in his video "Thursday's Child" where he was with a young woman and a large decorated apartment; now he is alone, in a small bare bathroom. He speaks of his beginning where eve...