Space Oddity, the original motion picture

Posted by Moonage | Filed under Vision

Most people consider the RCA/Mick Rock video of a shock-red-haired androgynous Bowie as the original Space Oddity video.  A lot of sources will cite it as such.  However, about three years before that, while he was still David Jones, he actually prepared a demo for Space Oddity that is a hoot to me to this day.  This is a very young Bowie showing some of the almost child-like imagination that seemed prevalant through his early years.  I actually like it more than the glitzier RCA version of 1972.  If anyone has better information on this video, I’d love to have it here.  Here it goes:

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    • 7 Squawks to “Space Oddity, the original motion picture”

    1. JeniQ Squawked:
      June 22nd, 2007 at 11:15 am

      Why does my version of “Moonage Daydream” not contain these lyrics?!
      “I’m an alligator, I’m a mama-papa coming for you
      I’m the space invader, I’ll be a rock ‘n’ rollin’ bitch for you
      Keep your mouth shut, you’re squawking like a pink monkey bird
      And I’m busting up my brains for the words”

    2. JeniQ Squawked:
      June 22nd, 2007 at 11:51 am

      Awesome awesome fabulous!! Thanks!

    3. Moonage Squawked:
      June 22nd, 2007 at 2:13 pm

      Is your version accoustic? if it is, then it’s the original Arnold Corns version which did not contain those lyrics. That’s about the only explanation I can think of.

    4. Cristin Squawked:
      June 27th, 2007 at 11:44 am

      I got this from JeniQ and am a tad surprised to see she didn’t post it. Long and interesting read in four parts. Of which I’ve only read 1 but in that first part he goes into detail about Space Oddity. “Depth of Focus”: Part 1 of 4… http://obtusity.blogspot.com/2007/05/depth-of-focus-david-bowie.html

    5. Moonage Squawked:
      June 27th, 2007 at 2:34 pm

      That is most impressive. I thought about doing something like that with Space Oddity alone, but felt it would be too big of a post. JeniQ did a fabulous job.

    6. Moon's David Bowie Webdream Squawked:
      July 24th, 2007 at 10:03 pm

      Space Oddity…

      It just suddenly struck me that in my desire to “interpret” some of my favorite Bowie tunes, I’ve forgotten probably his signature song, Space Oddity. If you don’t know the lyrics to this one by heart, you’re probably not …

    7. Moonage SpaceDream Squawked:
      March 28th, 2008 at 9:11 am

      Cancel program Genesis and open the pod bay doors…

      Arthur Clarke passed away this morning.  He was by far my favorite science fiction writer.  It was very clear to me why.  Whereas most science fiction writers wrote stories that involved completely removing oneself from reality, Clarke’s stor…

    Squawk like a pink monkey bird!