Space Oddity vs. Rocket Man

[JG1104]

Which space tune do you prefer?

[ceenew]

Two artists who turned to sausage jockeying.

[castle]

Rocket Man

[Diamondjimi]

Gotta go with Space Oddity. Trippy song....

[Blackflag]

Two artists who turned to sausage jockeying.

David Bowie isn't a sausage jockey. Take it back.

[Tanaka]

Rocket Man

[JerseyGirl]

Space Oddity

[R. Evans]

Space Oddity

[Packard Goose]

Rocket Man is a much more solid tune with harmonies second to very few.

[BeatleStone]

Rocket Man

[binnie]

The list of songs I'd pick over 'Rocket Man' is a short one, but 'Space Odity' is on it.

[beebopper]

Rocket Man for me. Noticed the poll is now tied at 6.

[Blondie]

I voted for Space Oddity FTW! Poll now at 7 for Space Oddity.

Space Oddity was first before Elton recorded Rocket Man. Trippy Lyrics and a tune that feels like you are floating away...

I believe Elton / Taupin were inspired, to say the least, to write Rocket Man from Bowie's Space Oddity.


But of course, for pure laughter, what can top William Shatner's infamous "performance" of Rocket Man?

[skeletron]

Space Oddity by an hair

[tomcat]

Bowie sucks...Rocket Man

[CrazyConnie]

Space Oddity

[Big Ears]

I always liked Rocket Man. I have no idea what Bernie Taupin meant by, "Burning out his fuse up here alone."


She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight

And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man

And I think it's gonna be a long long time...