Space Odditylyrics David Bowie
music David Bowie
Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God's love be with you
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five,
Four, Three, 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 a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a 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."
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昨天以前對David Bowie的認識僅止於Life on Mars，後來又胡亂聽了點其他曲子，竟然又再一次被震撼了，看來大衛鮑伊是個值得研究的人。
好聽到整個下午都在聽這首歌，一時興起就去查了歌的介紹。
Bowie wrote this after seeing the 1968 Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. "Space Oddity" is a play on the phrase "Space Odyssey," and the title does not appear in the lyrics. The song tells the story of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut who cuts off communication with Earth and floats into space.1969年發行的Space Oddity這張單曲，一舉躍上英國音樂排行榜的第五名，可說是David Bowie的成名曲。
其實第一次聽然後完全愛上這首歌的是下面這個版本。另外還有一個類似MV的正式版本，大衛鮑伊在裡頭同時扮演太空人與地面指揮中心人員的角色。
David Bowie - Space Oddityhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-u-9oUWXRg很喜歡這首歌的很多細節，像是歌名的部分故意把作為啟發的電影名字Space Odyssey改成Space Oddity，其中Odyssey為古希臘人荷馬所著的史詩《奧德賽》，因為故事時間涵蓋很廣所以又被引申為長遠的旅途，所以台灣的電影翻譯才會翻成太空漫遊，而Oddity意指古怪的人事物。
不知為何覺得這種小小修改的部分就像小孩子惡作劇一樣可愛。
曲子一開始出現平淡的吉他聲引人進入歌詞之中。
Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on用平淡的嗓音唱著這開頭的一小段感覺起來就像是真的冷靜沉著的指揮人員一樣，同時也小小聲的倒數發動引擎，接著反差似的，太空人成功進到天空，慢慢激昂的旋律就像是對這成功的喜悅一樣，歌詞就像是敘說著一個故事一樣，除了地面指揮中心與太空人的互相呼叫之外，沒有任何一段重複的歌詞。
每次聽到為了增加音節而故意將different念的很分明的部份就覺得很可愛，不像一般的美式發音一般匆忙帶過，真的很好聽。
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." 非常非常喜歡這段。
地面指揮中心人員慌張的叫喊"Can you hear me, Major Tom?"，一直到最後漸漸失去訊號，故事又轉向太空人，平靜的旋律可以感覺到Major Tom似乎了解了些什麼，又或者是被月球或是什麼未知的事物給迷惑了，安詳的享受著這寧靜無比的外太空。
不知為何聽完後有種無法言喻的感覺，不知是惋惜於Major Tom的失訊，或者是對於Major Tom找到歸屬的安心。既然無法釐清便隨之漂蕩也不無不可。
後來又找到了一份資料。
In 1980, Bowie released a follow-up to this called "Ashes To Ashes," where Major Tom once again makes contact with Earth. He says he is happy in space, but Ground Control comes to the conclusion that he is a junkie.
總覺得這樣也挺好的。
