Read how the surprise success of David Bowie's '2001'-inspired 1969 hit "Space Oddity" led to his disjointed LP of the same name.spent a couple of years regrouping. He sang Velvet Underground covers and rip-offs with a rock band called the Riot Squad; he started a folk trio called Feathers with his then-girlfriend Hermione Farthingale. And, inspired in part by Stanley Kubrick’s, he wrote a five-minute mini-musical about an astronaut floating off into space.
“Space Oddity” was recorded in June 1969, and it was released a month later to cash in on the imminent moon landing. A few months after that, the song became a hit, and a second album – titled, like his debut, – was recorded to showcase it. “I didn’t like the idea of capitalizing on the man on the moon,” producer Tony Visconti said years later. “I thought it was a cheap shot.”, mostly backed up by members of a band called Junior’s Eyes, is Bowie in full-on hippie-folkie mode: waving farewell to Farthingale ; waxing messianic about an outdoor concert he’d played the same weekend as Woodstock ; noticing that girls would like him better if he got a haircut .
Rotobahn He was the man
Mrs. Major Tom, Space Oddity cont'd (covered by Sheryl Crow), here's the K.I.A. original: davidbowie spaceoddity majortom
.bld2411 .Sappho31Apples
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: TMZ - 🏆 379. / 59 Read more »
Source: VanityFair - 🏆 391. / 55 Read more »
Source: TMZ - 🏆 379. / 59 Read more »
Source: papermagazine - 🏆 409. / 53 Read more »
Source: Variety - 🏆 108. / 63 Read more »
Source: DEADLINE - 🏆 109. / 63 Read more »