And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
The Observer UK newspaper and Channel 4 UK TV programme have been running a reader/viewer contest to discover the 100 greatest ever No 1’s. There was an excellent four hour show at the weekend, which covered all the winners in some detail.
Gus Dudgeon, the producer of Space Oddity, was interviewed about his role, and said : –
“I always thought he was an incredible writer with an amazing imagination. The moon shot was coming up in 1969. They just thought, he’s written a song about somebody going into space. It’s a great thing to hook the record into this big thing.”
For the full transcript of David’s section of this show, and more about the other winners, go here.
Thanks, Spaceface!