According to the book Bowie on Bowie: Interview and Encounters with David Bowie, the “Let’s Dance” singer discussed his music in a 1973 interview with NME. NME noted the use of puns in “Space Oddity.” ...
Tony Visconti enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership with David Bowie, producing 13 of the singer’s 26 studio albums. Still, the producer made the surprising choice to turn down Bowie’s classic song ...
A sequence from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny takes place as Americans celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. Before that scene”Space Oddity” plays on the radio. On a thematic level, ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The costumes (by Jack Weitzel), lighting (by Tristan Stasiulis), and ...
B y March 1970, Major Tom was becoming something of an albatross to his 23-year old earthly counterpart David Bowie. The success of his single Space Oddity, which reached No.5 in the UK and sold ...
Major Tom was one of the first musical characters that David Bowie created. He wound up appearing in a few songs, but which ...
British guitarist John “Hutch” Hutchinson, a key collaborator in David Bowie’s early career who performed on the original version of “Space Oddity,” died over the weekend after a long illness, ...
Today is David Bowie‘s birthday — he would’ve been 77 this year — and to celebrate, Wilco have released a live cover of “Space Oddity” that was recorded at a 2016 appearance on NPR’s long-running live ...
John “Hutch” Hutchinson, who appeared in the original demo of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” in 1969 and collaborated with the artist on several projects throughout the 1960s and ’70s has died, ...
For some reason, my mother never said that to get things done, I’d better not mess with Major Tom. If she had said it—I never really understood why anyone’s mother would, but let it pass—she would ...
David Bowie was born on Jan. 8, 1947. He passed away on Jan. 10, 2016. Here are 12 songs that capture his legacy and impact. There never will be another person quite like David Bowie. Born David ...
British guitarist John “Hutch” Hutchinson, a key collaborator in David Bowie’s early career who performed on the original version of “Space Oddity,” died over the weekend after a long illness, ...