tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763367257909118409.post7112531899642102262..comments2023-09-28T02:56:35.520-07:00Comments on I THINK I HATE MY 45s: David Bowie - Space Oddityithinkihatemy45shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04731469673786156299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763367257909118409.post-88700976700635858982009-08-15T22:19:16.489-07:002009-08-15T22:19:16.489-07:00Everytime this was re-released on 45rpm (which hap...Everytime this was re-released on 45rpm (which happened 4 or 5 times from '69-'80) it was in a different edit, take, or mix. Some have quicker, seque'd intros; some have quick fade-outs, some have the vox mixed higher, some have more acoustic guitar, in Italy it had the vox sung in Italian, one has a different ending tacked on. Some had exclusive b-sides.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763367257909118409.post-33296993355628378102008-03-08T11:15:00.000-08:002008-03-08T11:15:00.000-08:00I got this 45 at the time -- didn't realize till l...I got this 45 at the time -- didn't realize till later (after I bought the repackaged "debut" album, now dubbed "Space Oddity" and equally ziggified -- though I always liked that picture on the back) that it actually dated from '69.<BR/><BR/>Both songs are eerie, each in their own way, and, despite the fact that it was Ziggy that became his trademark, they are both definitive Bowie to me.<BR/><BR/>As to fun and the Thin White Duke, well... Boys Keep Swinging? Teenage Wildlife? Panic in Detroit? Golden Years? Young Americans? Andy Warhol? TVC15? Suffragette City??? Not your idea of fun?<BR/><BR/>As the (Main) Man sez: "take your glasses off and don't act so sincere."Donald Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391024449222256377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763367257909118409.post-89985058051465591782008-03-06T22:15:00.000-08:002008-03-06T22:15:00.000-08:00Say, 100th review!Say, 100th review!ithinkihatemy45shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04731469673786156299noreply@blogger.com