Ground control to Major Tom...

[Neuro]

RIP David Bowie!

[Glass]

just heard this news on the way home. Never did quite get a handle on Bowie. What or who he was. I think some of his most important work was that Labyrinth movie. A movie about 'Lins. seems he died of an curable incurable disease. Shame.

[PatColo]

RIP David Bowie!


David Bowie - Space Oddity live excellent quality (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXSGocWifAg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXSGocWifAg


Uploaded on Feb 3, 2010
David Bowie, Mick Ronson (lead guitar), Trevor Bolder (bass), Mike Garson (keyboards),
Mark Carr Pritchard (guitar), Aynsley Dunbar (drums)

from the 1980 Floor Show, filmed at the Marquee Club in London, October 19-20, 1973

[ximmy]

Good Bye David...

Major Tom is a fictional astronaut (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut) referenced in David Bowie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie)'s songs "Space Oddity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Oddity_%28song%29)", "Ashes to Ashes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes_to_Ashes_%28David_Bowie_song%29)", and "Hallo Spaceboy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallo_Spaceboy)" (particularly in the remix by the Pet Shop Boys (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys)). Bowie's own interpretation of the character evolved throughout his career. "Space Oddity" (1969) depicts an astronaut who casually slips the bonds of the world to journey beyond the stars. In the song "Ashes to Ashes" (1980), Bowie reinterprets Major Tom as an oblique autobiographical symbol for himself. Major Tom is described as a "junkie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_dependence), strung out in heavens high, hitting an all-time low". This lyric was interpreted as a play on the title of Bowie's album Low (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_%28David_Bowie_album%29) (1977), which charted his withdrawal following his drug abuse in the United States. Additionally, the choked and self-recriminating tone used in the lyrics "Time and again I tell myself I'll stay clean tonight." reinforces an autobiographical and retrospective interpretation. A short time later, there is another reversal of Major Tom's original withdrawal, turning 'outwards' or towards space.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Tom#cite_note-Bowie:_An_Illustrated_Record-1)
Peter Schilling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schilling) continued the story of Major Tom in his hit single "Major Tom (Coming Home) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Tom_%28Coming_Home%29)" (1984). Other artists who have subsequently made substantial contributions to the Major Tom story include K.I.A. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Ian_Andersen) and The Tea Party (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tea_Party), among others. Due to some similarities in Elton John (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John)'s "Rocket Man" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Man_%28song%29), there is a possible connection between the Rocket Man and Major Tom, a connection notably made by Bowie himself, who while singing "Space Oddity" in concert would sometimes call out, "Oh, Rocket Man!"[2]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nP6xBFyA_aw/maxresdefault.jpg
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Tom#cite_note-2)

[Horn]

"Don't let the milk float rob your mind"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnoyiVZUxUk

[singular_me]

most romantic song of his?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fHoMw8tCzo