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The official music video for David Bowie - Space OddityTaken from Bowie's 2nd studio album 'David Bowie' released in 1969 (aka Space Oddity), of which this w...
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Official video for Space Oddity by David Bowie.Subscribe now: http://bit.ly/2lO9yQo On 2 February 1969, David Bowie went in to Willesden’s Morgan Studios to ...
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Produced by Gus Dudgeon and recorded at Trident Studios in London, it is a tale about a fictional astronaut named Major Tom; its title and subject matter were partly inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Bowie's feelings of alienation at that point in his career.
The song is a “lost in space” story, which generated later more songs and sequels about the character by David Bowie (“Ashes to Ashes” and “Hallo Spaceboy”) and even other artists ...
- “I Was Out of My Gourd… It Got The Song Flowing”
- “David Wrote ‘Space Oddity’ For The Two of Us to Sing”
- “It Was Clear That He Had Composed Something Extraordinary”
- “I Have Always Dealt with Alienation and Isolation”
Space travel dominated popular culture in the late 60s, ahead of the first mission to land on the Moon. Bowie’s iconic character Major Tom was based on director Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. David Bowman, who was played by Keir Dullea in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Bowie began writing “Space Oddity” six months after seeing the movie, which came out in ...
In February 1969, Bowie went to Morgan Sound Studios on Willesden High Road to record a 28-minute film called Love You Till Tuesday, the title of a song Bowie had recorded for Decca in 1967. The film had been suggested by Günther Schneider, producer of German TV show 4-3-2-1 Musik Für Junge Leute. The promotional film was an attempt by Pitt to brin...
Despite the disappointment over the film’s non-release, Pitt was convinced that the 22-year-old Bowie had created a truly special song about a fictional astronaut. “It was clear from this first ‘public’ outing of the song that David Bowie had composed something extraordinary,” said Pitt. Bowie subsequently demoed further versions of the song in an ...
Bowie said that most people presumed the song was written about the space landing, without knowing the original inspiration of Kubrick’s film. He would later revisit his Major Tom character in the songs “Ashes To Ashes” and “Hallo Spaceboy,” and the music video for “★.” “Thematically, I have always dealt with alienation and isolation. I have often ...
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Jun 20, 2021 · In the darkness of London’s Casino Cinerama, a 21-year-old David Bowie stared at the space embryo floating across the theatre’s huge, 70mm screen. It was summer 1968, and this was the third time the singer-songwriter had been to see 2001: A Space Odyssey, released in April that year.
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Dec 3, 2018 · David Bowie's breakout hit, 'Space Oddity', was released in 1969 to coincide with the first lunar landing. It remains Bowie's biggest-selling single in the UK, and introduced the recurring character Major Tom.
