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In memory of David Bowie 1947-2016. FULL EPISODE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/chris-hadfield-lessons-from-an-astronaut/ “Ashes to ashes, dust to stardust. Your brilliance inspired us all. Goodbye Starman.” - Chris Hadfield in tribute to David Bowie. The death of David Bowie impacts us all. When we lose a great artist, we lose part of ourselves. Only weeks before the passing of this creative genius, I was fortunate enough to sit down with astronaut Chris Hadfield, who is famous for covering the legendary Bowie song Space Oddity in space. In this clip you hear Chris talk about the visionary power of David Bowie. Space Oddity was written before human beings had landed on the moon, but Bowie’s eerily accurate song captures the thrill and the loneliness of what it must be like to look down upon planet earth from the heavens. Chris talks about how just singing the song in a different environment opened up new resonances for him, made him think about himself and his job in a completely different way. When you watch the video Chris made in space, you get a real insight into what it must be like to be confronted by your own insignificance in the vastness of space, to be part of something much bigger than yourself. Chris told me that the power of the song brought out the human element of space travel, and opened people’s minds to the fact that life in a space station is more than just a dry, lonely, scientific process. As well as being a consummate scientist, Chris Hadfield also has the heart of a poet, and the sensitivity of the way he sang Bowie’s song seem to update it for modern audiences. The works of great artists outlast them, and listening to this version of Bowie’s song after hearing the tragic news of his death, reminds me that songs like Space Oddity are a gift to us all. Chris told me that the power of poetry is how you relate to the words, your interpretation of what is being said. And that’s what he tried to convey in the cover. David Bowie created countless works of art that were not only visionary and prophetic, but which opened up ways for us to express what we might never have expressed otherwise. Bowie’s influences were far reaching, and he was a master of the creative intersection, fusing rock and roll with theatre, opera, space technology, literature - you name it. The very fact that a real-world astronaut discovered more about himself through one of Bowie’s songs shows that the man’s music will last the ages. RIP David Bowie, and thank you Commander Hadfield. David Bowie's Space Oddity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYMCLz5PQVw Chris Hadfield's cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo
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This year won't stop. Every one great keeps passing away. Bowie was sadly one of them.😭
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🌹🥀❤
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Illuminati puppet who's never been to space, like all the rest of the Masonic mind-controlled slaves in NASA.
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Would have loved to have seen this song performed by David Bowie and Chris Hadfield on stage together! That would have really been a 'space walk'!!
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You left us too soon Bowie .. way too soon :-( Tears ...
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when did chris hadfield return home?
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Brilliant! Thank you, Major Chris!!! <3
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it is a very old Russian station!
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Brian Rose,
I came across your interview with Denis McKenna a few days ago. Just got done watching your TEDx talk, and now this interview here...
Your life is full of beauty, passion...
I think the word "inspiration" has become dangerously common these days.
But I think you are leading a wonderful life.
And it's helped me through a very rough time myself...I traveled the country homeless for six years after being kicked out of my home at 18...Like you, a turning point took place when I crossed paths with very well-known intellectual -- he is the Anarchist thinker and political philosopher named Noam Chomsky.
I got involved in many anti-war activities, Occupy Wallstreet protests, many things...Eventually fell into despair and burned out...But, a few more experiences of-unorthodox nature -revealed to me something about the mystery of life itself...I am sure you know what I mean.
My story is my own -- very long, but certainly something worth sharing one day...
Currently I am working a minimum wage job, and have stabilized my life. It's peaceful, though I am not so happy with the way people treat one another. It is as if we have made misery our ethic, as a society...
I am in the process of making a few changes in my life...
Your talk has helped me find the courage to go within myself, and bring out whatever I can with all of the love I have left.
Thank you for Living.
I am sure you have touched more lives than you are aware of, even though I am sure you are conscious of your current success.
Keep going, going, going! -
Great job Chris!
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SPLENDID SURPRISE!!!!★
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Technically Major Tom doesn't die in Space Oddity. They continue some of his story in Ashes to Ashes and kind of in Hallo Spaceboy.
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Chris Hatfield is the biggest liar ISS is all a hoax people are waking up every day
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I guess most people don't get metaphors... Bowie is'nt actually singing about people going into space!
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Are any of you aware of what the lightning bolt painted on his face symbolizes?
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So sad how such a great song is being used for propaganda and selling a lie
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I can't stand that guy....spoiler alert, he's an actor, pretending to be an astronaut. He feels very still after traveling a hundred thousand miles because ...well he is "still".... here
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I think he did not sang about dude in space.
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I heard he died of a combo of AIDS and Bum cancer.
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I never really interpreted that it was about dying...but I was young and love the space program. I would like to point out that this was released right before moon landing Apollo 11. We lost Gus Grissom and crew on Apollo #1! And I saw the space museum in Moscow in 1984. A lot of their astronauts had died, including Yuri Gragarin (in an airplane crash), most died in space. So he wasn't just making stuff up.
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