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"Space Oddity" tells the story of an astronaut named Major Tom, the first of Bowie's famous characters. [17] Major Tom is informed by Ground Control that a malfunction has occurred in his spacecraft; but the astronaut does not get the message. [17] He remains in space "sitting in a tin can, far above the world", [18] preparing for his lonely ...
In "Space Oddity", from the album David Bowie (1969, later retitled Space Oddity), Major Tom's departure from Earth is successful and everything goes according to plan.At a certain point during the travel ('past one hundred thousand miles'), he claims that "he feels very still" and thinks that "my spaceship knows which way to go" and proceeds to say: "Tell my wife I love her very much."
Actor William Shatner released a cover in 2011 on the space-themed album Seeking Major Tom. Apoptygma Berzerk released an EP in 2013 titled Major Tom that contains a cover and several remixes. [30] The outsider artist The Space Lady also covered the song on the 2013 release "Major Tom/Radar Love". [31]
David Bowie (commonly known as Space Oddity) [a] is the second studio album by the English musician David Bowie, originally released in the United Kingdom on 14 November 1969 through Mercury affiliate Philips Records. Financed by Mercury on the strength of "Space Oddity", the album was recorded from June to October 1969 at Trident Studios in ...
In 1984 and 1985, Schilling released the albums 120 Grad and 120 Grad's English-language version, ... "Major Tom 2000" (Ground Control vs. Major Tom) [No. 83 Germany]
Topics about Major Tom's albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories This category contains studio albums released on the Major Tom's label. Please move any non-studio albums to an appropriate subcategory per WikiProject Albums guidelines .
Beat poet icon William S. Burroughs wrote the play, one of his last major works, basing The Black Rider on a German folktale. The album consists of studio recordings of all the music Waits wrote ...
Atomic Bomb is the third studio album by Filipino rock band Rivermaya. It has 16 tracks and was released by BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc. on 31 January 1997. It was reported that the album had gone gold before it hit the stores on January 31. Basing on initial orders from Metro Manila record bars, BMG shipped out 25,000 cassettes.