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Control then informs him: "Ground Control to Major Tom: your circuit's dead, there's something wrong" and attempts to reestablish contact with Major Tom. Tom's final words in the song (possibly not heard by Ground Control) are: "Here am I floating 'round my tin can, far above the moon. Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do." [3]
"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 ...
Featuring the story of a character unofficially related to "Major Tom", an astronaut depicted in British musician David Bowie's 1969 song "Space Oddity" and other releases, Schilling's track describes a protagonist who leaves Earth and begins drifting out into outer space as radio contact breaks off with his ground control team. His fate is ...
The lyrics are full of the grandeur of yesterday, the immediacy of today and the futility of tomorrow. This is well worth your attention." [ 5 ] Nancy Erlich of The New York Times , in a review published over a year after its release, offered praise, calling it, "a complete, coherent and brilliant vision".
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"Terrence Loves You" is a lounge ballad. [1] It has been described as "hypnotic", with Del Rey singing over piano, strings, and a "moaning" saxophone. The song contains an interpolation of the song "Space Oddity" by English singer-songwriter David Bowie from his eponymous second studio album. [2]
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Major Tom was a common expression in the 60s - a quintessential Brit. For example, the great English cyclist Tom Simpson was called Major Tom at times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pkel015 (talk • contribs) 10:14, 8 November 2008 (UTC) Very good point that, that I think brings everything together.