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Given that the release date was 11 July 1969, days before the first Moon landing, it’s easy to assume the song was inspired by Apollo 11, but it was actually inspired by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which David Bowie had watched multiple times. This isn’t to say that the record company didn’t rush through the release in order to cash in on the space theme.

Ten things you might not know about Bowie's Space Oddity.

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20 June: Space Oddity

On this date in 1969 David Bowie recorded Space Oddity at Trident Studios London. 10 facts about the song. Given that the relea...

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50+ Music 6h ago

55 years ago today, Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: #DavidBowie headlines; other performs include: #JoanBaez, Hawkwind, Melanie, Traffic, Fairport Convention, and Quintessence.

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Musical biopics often trade complexity for myth. From Leadbelly to Stardust and A Complete Unknown, these films turn collaboration, labor, and historical context into stories of solitary genius, revealing how the genre prefers legend over reality.
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The Pathology of the Sublime: Mythmaking, Trauma, and the Erasure of Artistic Labor in the Musical Biopic

The musical biopic is a problematic genre. Its blend of corporate management, nostalgia, and narrative conventions simplifies artistry into a digestible fairy tale and replaces psychological inquir…

The Colorado Sound Playlist 20h ago

10:39am Moonage Daydream (2012 Remaster) by David Bowie from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2012 Remaster)
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🎶 4:38am Subterraneans - 1999 Remaster by David Bowie from All Saints.
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