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I had a copy of the boxed set that came out when Ryko disc upgraded David Bowie's catalogue in the nineties. It contained the original version of the song, which (believe it or not), was planned as a duet. The other guy backed out at the last minute, so Bowie went ahead by himself.
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OK, according to the Sound+Vision set's liner notes, the guy was one John Hutchinson, a guitarist and vocalist. The two had planned to record an entire album of Bowie tunes as duets, for an act called Bowie & Hutch. (Seriously.) Both had performed with a ballerina doing "interpretations" of Bowie and Jaques Brel songs in a sort of pop art outfit called Feathers. The dancer (named Hermione Farthingdale) left, so the duo went onward. "Space Oddity" came about in early 1969 after Bowie took in a screening of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (hence the title) and included it in some sort of film called Love You Til Tuesday. The movie flopped, but the moon landing mission was coming up for July, so Mercury records signed Bowie and Hutch to record the song with Paul Buckmaster doing the strings and Gus Dudgeon producing (these two performed the same thing for Elton John a short while later). Hutchinson did show up on the demo track, but was married with a kid, so he chose to bail out a few days before recording was to begin. Apparently (based upon the recording), this was a good decision.
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ROTH ARMY MILITIA
Originally posted by EAT MY ASSHOLE
Sharky sometimes needs things spelled out for him in explicit, specific detail. I used to think it was a lawyer thing, but over time it became more and more evident that he's merely someone's idiot twin.Comment
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Reopening.ROTH ARMY MILITIA
Originally posted by EAT MY ASSHOLE
Sharky sometimes needs things spelled out for him in explicit, specific detail. I used to think it was a lawyer thing, but over time it became more and more evident that he's merely someone's idiot twin.Comment
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Why??Originally posted by vandeleurE- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first place
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.Why?Trolls take heed...
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Oh, why?Originally posted by vandeleurE- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first placeComment
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