Who else remembers "Major Tom"?

[ErVikingo]

the one on the floating tin can taking protein pills not the one that had problems with the thrusters

[herr_oberst]

[stevej37]

[Zeke]

That hit me about the way Elton John's "Rocket Man" did. Stupid as he!!

[Shaun @ Tru6]

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Zeke

That hit me about the way Elton John's "Rocket Man" did. Stupid as he!!

Both were part of the soundtrack of my yoot... EJ's was playing constantly during my last year of LL baseball.... I muttered that one line singing along for decades too

Any guesses?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by KC911

Both were part of the soundtrack of my yoot... EJ's was playing constantly during my last year of LL baseball.... I muttered that one line singing along for decades too

Any guesses?

Well, there's only one long sentence, but I'd guess this not what you muttered, "And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home."

Maybe it was this one. "And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then."

[KFC911]

^^^ LOL .... I was only 12

"...rocket man... burning out muttermuttermutter "

EJ had a way with enunciation that was outta my zone ... and on the radio constantly

Never knew he was part of "The Troubadour" scene either .... being a Honkey Cat

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by Zeke

That hit me about the way Elton John's "Rocket Man" did. Stupid as he!!

And yet....both of those songs live on in the public consciousness 50 years later. So I guess you could say Bowie and Taupin tapped into something that the species needed or wanted at the time...

Neither of 'em hit me as stupid at all; it was thought provoking as hell. It strengthened my realization that it was OK to see life as grey areas, I didn't have to choose black or white.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by Zeke

That hit me about the way Elton John's "Rocket Man" did. Stupid as he!!

Milt, were you born a grumpy old man or did it hit during puberty?

[gumby]

Really miss Bowie...if he were alive today he would drive a Tesle plaid with a plaid wrap and of course a silver jumpsuit

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

Milt, were you born a grumpy old man or did it hit during puberty?

Lay off.

[Crowbob]

The stars are looking different today…

[ErVikingo]

and there was the lesser known Major Tom:

[wdfifteen]

I liked both songs. It wasn’t until disco and punk rock came along that I became a curmudgeon.

[RRico]

Thanks for the reminder Juan...
It brought back some incredible memories!

[Steve Carlton]

I want to know who the man who sold the world was. I heard Bowie wrote that one when he was 19.

[berettafan]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

And yet....both of those songs live on in the public consciousness 50 years later. So I guess you could say Bowie and Taupin tapped into something that the species needed or wanted at the time...

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Love that you give the right guy credit here. Sometimes the singers job is to just not screw up the song. I remember reading that EJ thought Benny and the Jets was terrible. It was, IMO, his best. Without Bernie none of us would ever have heard of Elton John.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

I want to know who the man who sold the world was. I heard Bowie wrote that one when he was 19.

That would have been 1966 but it was released in 1970 as was Width of a Circle. Space Oddity was in 1969. Can't confirm when he wrote Man Who Sold the World but at least very young, certainly.

I love both subject songs but Bowie's the best.

+1 for Bernie. Saying Elton alone for credit is like saying Erwin Komenda had nothing to do with designing the 911

[Bob Kontak]

Starman from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in an Audi commercial.