In 1969, feeling feelings of alientation - his career was taking a nose dive - and having seen Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, David Bowie wrote and recorded this classic song.
It was an initial bomb but enventually because a UK hit, his only until 1973.
It remained a bomb in the US for three years, until it was released in 1972. THEN it hit #15 on the pop charts and became a big deal.
In July, 1990, I was getting ready to go to college. I was 18, and visiting family in Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Coincidentally, and not visiting my family, David Bowie was playing at the Niagara Falls Convention Center in what he said would be his last tour playing his classic songs, such as "Space Oddity".
Naturally, I wanted to go, but I was only allowed to go if I went with my Aunt Martha, who, to be fair, wasn't terribly old herself and so was cool enough to actually enjoy the show. We had a great time and it was a great show.
My younger sister was pissed because she wanted to go. Sorry, Dawn.
This is from Santiago, Chile, on the same tour. I can tell you that this is exactly how it sounded.
By the way, David Bowie lied, because here he is, performing the song in 1997. David Bowie taught me not to believe that farewell tours are real.
But that 1990 show was still great.
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