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

[alagbon.livejournal.com]

Excellent! As a mellotron addict I hate to admit this but I think I prefer Bowie's demo arrangement to the familiar one.

*puts Folk Music Nerd hat on* Incidentally, I suspect the Byrds' melody isn't quite original to them.

*doffs Folk Music Nerd hat*

Also, the Beeb seems to have also commissioned a piece from Pink Floyd for the occasion as well:

[browncoat2x2]

Ah, I've always loved the demo version of Space Oddity, love it way more than the commercial release. Also the demo of Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud too, very cool stuff.

I didn't realize it was the mellotron though, I always though he'd played the minimoog... Learn something new every day :o)

[alex-kraine.livejournal.com]

Quite a proper music for the date - what else can I say? :)
The Demo-version of David the Elf-Martian's 'Space Oddity' is really peculiar.

*loves a bit of bowie*

[willowtreedance.livejournal.com]

My brother and mother both think the moon landing was a fake and they got there later. I have a nice normal family. :)

[i-am-nyman.livejournal.com]

wow, never heard this demo version of Space Oddity. Very Good shtuff! :)