David Bowie - Space Oddity - 1969

Space Oddity is a song from David Bowie's 1969 album Space Oddity. It contains a mix of folk, balladry, and prog rock. Space Oddity is about the launch of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut. The BBC featured the song in its television coverage of the lunar landing.

Bowie would later revisit his Major Tom character in the songs "Ashes to Ashes" and "Hallo Spaceboy".

Still considered one of Bowie's best-known songs, "Space Oddity" was a largely acoustic number augmented by the eerie tones of the composer's Stylophone, a pocket electronic organ. The title and subject matter were inspired by Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey and introduced the character of Major Tom. Some commentators have also seen the song as a metaphor for heroin use, citing the opening countdown as analogous to the drug's passage down the needle prior to the euphoric 'hit', and noting Bowie's admission of a "silly flirtation with smack" in 1968. His 1980 hit "Ashes to Ashes" declared "We know Major Tom's a junkie".

Held to be "the first Bowie album proper", and his first deemed worthy by record companies of regular reissue, Space Oddity featured a notable list of collaborators, including session players Herbie Flowers, Tim Renwick, Terry Cox, and Rick Wakeman, as well as cellist Paul Buckmaster, multi-instrumentalist and producer Tony Visconti, and bassist John Lodge.

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[KarlMarkis]

I just google image searched "David Bowie Major Tom" a few years ago and downloaded a bunch of pics I found, so I have no idea where I found this one in particular but do a search and you should find it, check Deviant Art too

[TehProgresses]

Lmao at u spamming.

[KarlMarkis]

Literally every account that posted comments 1-9 on this and all my other Bowie vids are my own accounts... and yes, I went through an hour of commenting the lyrics of each song, song by song, account by account... I am insane

[TehProgresses]

No I meen the newbs who type in one word at a time.

Its Sad..

I wasnt on about you xD Nice Video :)

[KarlMarkis]

I like you

[SlaydPendragon]

About to type in "space oddity" into youtube. Type "space" and see space oddity at number 7. See "space bound eminem" at number 1. I am dissapoint.

[Simigami9]

where did you get the picture? plz answer.

[chi1100st]

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[shockedj98]

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[giantfruitapple]

David Bowie is the sexiest man in the world.