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15 Feb 07 - 05:46 PM (#1969051) Subject: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: Little Hawk From way back in 1972... Ground Control to Major Tom.... |
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15 Feb 07 - 05:55 PM (#1969059) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: Richard Bridge Interesting - the usual YouTube buffering problems, Bowie looks really old, it is not the original recording, and he is not playing the guitar he used on the original recording, which was a Hagstrom BJ12 - the difference is both visible and audible. |
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15 Feb 07 - 06:31 PM (#1969088) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: Jeri Definitely the right era (the red hair/shaved eyebrows period), if not the exact recording. I can't quite make out the type of guitar, and the sound isn't matched to the video. From the comments ([sic]): "And even tho hes english it doesnt give him a excuse to have a mullet..." We didn't call those haircuts 'mullets', but the comment is still funny. |
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15 Feb 07 - 06:31 PM (#1969089) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: Alba Damn dial up, can't watch YouTube! Doesn't even let me have sneeky peek on this one:>(..I saw Bowie perform several times... in the olden days...*grin* Jude |
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15 Feb 07 - 07:19 PM (#1969128) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: Jeri I've got dial-up too. Click on it, hit pause and go knit an afghan. When it's done, you can click 'play' and watch the whole thing. |
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15 Feb 07 - 08:08 PM (#1969172) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: catspaw49 Aw yes, the legend of Major Tom, Psychotic Astronaut......."Ground control to Major Tom, you really are fucked up.........." What a POS Spaw |
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15 Feb 07 - 08:24 PM (#1969189) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: Little Hawk Here's a beautiful clip of Bowie in 1973 doing "Life On Mars?" Life On Mars? |
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15 Feb 07 - 09:15 PM (#1969243) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: GUEST,woodsie "Definitely the right era (the red hair/shaved eyebrows period)" said Jeri But it is NOT the right era Space Oddity was 1969 and Bowie had blonde permed hair at that time. He did re-record a crap version in 1972 but it's not that either. The original also features Kieth Christmas on acoustic guitar and Bowie playing a stylophone along with Paul Buckmaster's strings. |
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15 Feb 07 - 09:18 PM (#1969246) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: GUEST,woodsie Listening again it IS the 1969 recording with a 1972 bowie miming over it! |
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15 Feb 07 - 09:19 PM (#1969247) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: Little Hawk Right you are, woodsie. |
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15 Feb 07 - 09:34 PM (#1969263) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: GUEST,woodsie Here is an even earlier version Space Oddity This is before he permed his hair. I saw him at the beckenham arts lab festival in 1969. I sat next to him on the grass and chatted about music. he was a nice bloke they were selling his brand new single "space oddity" at a discount 5/- (five shillings) |
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15 Feb 07 - 09:42 PM (#1969273) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: Little Hawk Cool. I think he was the single most creative and innovative musician around in the late 60's-mid 70's. He did amazing stuff. |
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15 Feb 07 - 10:33 PM (#1969309) Subject: RE: Bowie performing 'Space Oddity' From: catspaw49 Sadly though, "Space Oddity" was none of the above but simply a tepid piece of chipmunk dung. Spaw |