And the papers want to know…
Today’s Sunday Times has a nice piece by Dan Cairns regarding David Bowie’s 1969 epic, Space Oddity, in the paper’s regular SONG OF THE YEAR column.
Here are a couple of lines from it…
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In 1969, Bowie needed a breakthrough. Yet nowhere on Space Oddity do you hear tentativeness. On the contrary, the assurance on display is breathtaking. A lyric ? inspired by space exploration, say some; an allegory for drug addiction, contend others ? that could, in almost anyone else?s hands, have seemed cheesy and wince-inducing became, thanks to Bowie?s performance and narrative pacing, the first intimation of his genius.
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You can read the whole article online