David Bowie va néixer el 8 de gener del 1947 i va morir el 10 de gener del 2016. Recordem el músic, actor i compositor de rock anglès amb la cançó amb què va aconseguir arribar al Top 5 de la llista britànica de singles, Space Oddity. L’astronauta fictici, el comandant Tom, reapareix en altres cançons com Ashes to Ashes, Hallo Spaceboy i al vídeo de Blackstar.
Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom (Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six)
Commencing countdown, engines on (Five, Four, Three)
Check ignition and may God’s love be with you (Two, One, Liftoff)
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You’ve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare
“This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I’m stepping through the door
And I’m floating in the most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here am I sitting in my tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do
Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you…
Here am I floating ‘round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do.”
El grup Choir! Choir! Choir!, format per més de 500 persones, es va reunir a l’Art Gallery d’Ontario dies més tard de la mort del cantant per retre-li aquest homenatge.
