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Which song about space travel do you prefer; Rocket Man or Space Oddity?
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I'm singing a mash up of these two songs at a kareoke event on Friday, and I wondered which song people prefer. I prefer Rocket Man, mainly because I prefer Elton to Bowie
Which song about space travel do you prefer; Rocket Man or Space Oddity? 52 votes
Rocket Man
26%
14 votes
Space Oddity
73%
38 votes
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I like the witticisms of both songs.
Are both songs concerned with the isolation and the boredom of space travel?
Ashamed to say I only took notice of it when it was used in Family Guy.
The brass arrangement appealed to me.
Brass arrangements of popular songs are always fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zGJ9N7c6pE
Star Trekkin - The Firm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE&feature=kp
There are many songs that I don't like, but this is the only one that I HAVE to turn off because it gets more and more shrill...It does my head in and I can't listen to it. Awful, awful song! ^_^
My favourite late 60s, early 70s space pop is the Stones '2000 Light Years from Home'..........and the Carpenters 'Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft'
Actually 'Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft' is a song by the Canadian prog rock band Klaatu, who are worth a listen at some time if you are into prog.
And my favourite space travel song is 'Telstar' by The Tornados.
She packed my bags last night, preflight.
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on -
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then.
(Seven, six)
I miss the earth so much
(Five, four)
I miss my wife
(Three, two)
Check ignition
(One)
And may God’s love be with you
(Blastoff!)
And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time -
You've really made the grade!
I'm not the man they think I am at home -
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare -
Ah, no no no!
This is major Tom to ground control -
I’m a rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone.
And the stars look very different today.
Here am I sitting in a tin can -
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do -
And there's no one there to raise them if you did.
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles -
All this science I don't understand.
I think my spaceship knows which way to go -
It’s just my job five days a week.
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows -
I’m a rocket man burnin' out his fuse up here alone.
A rocket Man… (Here I am sitting in a tin can…)
Never heard that Carpenters song
And that is a very good mash up
And my top 5 Elton songs are as follows if anyone's interested;
1. Rocket Man
2. Crockodile Rock
3. I'm Still Standing
4. I guess that's why they call it the blues
5. Are you ready for love?
"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo and "I lost my heart to a Starship Trooper" by Andrew Lloyd Webber's ex-wife.
Yeah, I always thought that "I'm Still Standing" never got enough credit for being a damn great pop-rock song. Not a massive Elton John fan, but I liked that one when it came out and I still do.
I liked Daniel and Your Song and Candle In The Wind.........and he had a little purple patch in the mid 70s with Crocodile Rock, Saturday Night and Benny and the Jets
I only know one of his songs from the last 30 odd years.........'I Want Love' from around the turn of the century
I did, however, think he was magnificent at Diana's funeral
That was performing under pressure !
I think that mine is:
1. Candle In The Wind
2. Rocket Man
3. Healing Hands
4. Daniel
5. Passangers
I had forgotten about both of those songs
My favourite cover artists(at the moment) have done a good job on both these songs though:
Rocket Man
Space Oddity
Just two guys singing in a Pizza Parlour :kitty:
My favourite Elton song is Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GYI6XJH9Ss&list=PLBC90E9378EA05EDC
Peter Schilling - Major Tom, which is a tribute to Space Oddity.
or
Dune - Million Miles From Home