![]() Starman "would like to come and meet us but he thinks he'd blow our minds." How right he was. From " Starman" (1972) to " Life on Mars?" (1971) to " Space Oddity" (1969), Bowie was in love with the space race, humans going out there, aliens coming here, a voice against our ineptitude to deal with misfits, from this world or others. The singer David Bowie, one of the most creative performers in rock 'n' roll history, died of cancer at age 69 on Sunday two days after releasing a new album. Who better to play the part of the alien in the 1976 movie The Man Who Fell to Earth?īowie is famous for many hits, but it is to space that we go with him. A huge blow to music fans the world over, Bowie’s impact on not just music but culture in general cannot be overstated. ![]() If you don't believe me, watch the video of Ashes to Ashes. The world mourns today after David Bowie, one of the most defining and iconic figures of the last century, passed away yesterday following an 18-month battle with cancer. He didn't look quite human, then and always. There he was, incredibly elegant in a white linen suit, his androgynous face an enigma. One performance, at the satellite city of Milton Keynes, was particularly striking. He released the song the same day he relinquished command of the International Space Station, and he returned to Earth in a Soyuz capsule the following day. I remember going to a few of his concerts when I was a graduate student in London in the '80s. Ten years ago today, Astronaut Chris Hadfield released a cover of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, entirely filmed aboard the International Space Station. The singer David Bowie, one of the most creative performers in rock 'n' roll history, died of cancer at age 69 on Sunday - two days after releasing a new album. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.People pay tribute to British singer David Bowie in front of a mural by artist Jimmy C in London on Jan. ![]() Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. ![]() Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account One Reddit commenter may have spoken for many when he wrote, “You’d better freakin’ make it safely or this video will be the biggest tear-jerker on the Internet.” Roman Romanenko and Flight Engineer Tom Mars landed safely in their Soyuz spacecraft Tuesday in Kazakhstan as scheduled, according to NASA. The video clip was a farewell of sorts: Hadfield, Soyuz Cmdr. The 53-year-old Hadfield launched aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in December and in March became the first Canadian to lead a spaceship as commander of the International Space Station. But Hadfield omits that part.īowie himself acknowledged the video, tweeting, “ CHRIS HADFIELD SINGS SPACE ODDITY IN SPACE!” In the original song, Ground Control loses radio contact with the astronaut, Major Tom, implying that the mission has failed. Hadfield took a few liberties with the lyrics of the 1969 Bowie song, which became a hit upon its 1973 rerelease. “The video has none of the Hollywood fakery we are used to. That’s us, that’s our blue dot, not some stock image, or animation …,” wrote one Redditor. The Earth turning behind him in the windows is the real deal. “The floating guitar is really floating, it’s not some computer animation or trickery. Because Hadfield’s vocals and guitar were recorded on the space station (and mixed with supporting tracks by Emm Gryner, a Canadian musician who once sang backup for Bowie), some observers are calling it the first music video made in space.Ĭommenters on Reddit praised the video’s simplicity and genuineness.
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