Thursday, October 18, 2007

An Early Clue to the New Direction

Here's an interesting historical artifact -- from 1969, it's the original video for David Bowie's "Space Oddity."



A coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded the first reader to divine the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.

7 comments:

  1. Songs that remind you of other songs? In this example, a song that reminds you of Peter Schilling's, Major Tom?

    Now, it's off to the Big Apple with my lovely wife, Monica.

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  2. To phrase it better: Songs that inspired other songs.

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  3. Original songs that rocks stars make for rock movies that are about themselves?

    That sounds REALLY coherent in my head :D

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  4. Could this relate to Gender Chameleons: Androgyny in Rock 'N' Roll?

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  5. Dave said...
    Could this relate to Gender Chameleons: Androgyny in Rock 'N' Roll?

    Totally not.
    :-)

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  6. Favorite pre-mtv music videos?

    Jim

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