space week! celebrating the luna landing and 40 years of possible tomorrows... pt2.

[wytchcroft]

So, the obvious - david bowie space oddity - but this is the original and rarer demo version if you care to listen...

Inspired by the movie 2001 a space oddysey, Bowie's music was actually used by the BBC in covering the landing - i can't begin to imagine what a kick that must have given the young Martian from Bromley...
 

Over to you then dave -

Before Bowie set foot in space (!) however, one band had already boldly gone where only kubrick and clarke had gone before... and weird doesn't begin to cover it...

i hope you enjoyed these:)
 

Comments

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

LOL! no the byrds ripped it completely!:)) you can find The Handsome Cabin boy in the lj here, that's just one example of the Trad. use of the old tune.

As for Bowie - except for an odd prediliction for the Visconti remake, yeah i gotta agree, mellotrons rule!:))

hmmm... think i know the Floyd bit, might try tracking it down, i remember seeing a clip of them actually playing it - in France more than likely...

[alagbon.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I can't really fault the Byrds for that at all; it's what folk musicians did, back in the day.

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

and The Byrds were great!:))

[alagbon.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I hope, some day, to be able to afford one of those old Rickenbacker electric 12-strings.

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

it never hurt The Rain Parade!:))