# Space Oddity, Rocket Man, Spaceman... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732 "2017-02-25T13:24:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/1 "2017-02-25T13:24:01Z")
[Google](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=space+oddity&)\* [Google](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=rocket+man&)\* [Google](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=harry+nilsson+spaceman&)\* Can anyone think of other songs in this vein from this era (late 60s/ early 70s)? ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/2 "2017-02-25T13:59:20Z")
…in the vein of space rock, correct? I have a few suggestions from that era. “[Mr. Spaceman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KZMg-fvn-s)” (1966) by The Byrds “[Eight Miles High](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg)” (1966) by the Byrds “[Astronomy Domine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJh9OLlXenM)” (1967) by Pink Floyd “[Interstellar Overdrive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o2sA0vpA-4)” (1967) by Pink Floyd “[Magic Carpet Ride](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4ZROYrG8s)” (1968) by Steppenwolf “[Moonchild](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EVGR6rSu0c)” (1969) by King Crimson “[Dark Star](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xic-CHInek)” (1969) by The Grateful Dead “[Spirit in the Sky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qkQuwBJqeE)” (1970) by Normal Greenbaum “[Master of the Universe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3W7ch0oLeA)” (1971) by Hawkwind “[Galactic Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7yHe-7Q0m4)” (1972) by UFO [_Dark Side of the Moon_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HRCC-BTgo) (1973) [full album] by Pink Floyd Please be more specific if I got the wrong idea. ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/3 "2017-02-25T14:06:18Z")
> [@Enlightening\_Meditation](#): > > …in the vein of space rock, correct? I have a few suggestions from that era. > > “[Mr. Spaceman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KZMg-fvn-s)” (1966) by The Byrds > “[Eight Miles High](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg)” (1966) by the Byrds > “[Astronomy Domine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJh9OLlXenM)” (1967) by Pink Floyd > “[Interstellar Overdrive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o2sA0vpA-4)” (1967) by Pink Floyd > “[Magic Carpet Ride](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4ZROYrG8s)” (1968) by Steppenwolf > “[Moonchild](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EVGR6rSu0c)” (1969) by King Crimson > “[Spirit in the Sky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qkQuwBJqeE)” (1970) by Normal Greenbaum > “[Master of the Universe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3W7ch0oLeA)” (1971) by Hawkwind > “[Galactic Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7yHe-7Q0m4)” (1972) by UFO > [(1973) _Dark Side of the Moon_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HRCC-BTgo) [full album] by Pink Floyd > > Please be more specific if I got the wrong idea. No. All good. I actually think I wanted an excuse to provide a link to a great Harry Nilsson song. Of those you suggested that I am familiar with I think Spirit In the Sky is a song about god and Magic Carpet Ride is a song about drugs. So to be more specific… Howzabout songs with an astronaut protagonist from the late 60s/ early 70s? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/4 "2017-02-25T14:20:16Z")
“[I’'m he Urban Spaceman](https://youtu.be/WGVwreJNWlk)” (1968) by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band “[Telstar](https://youtu.be/R0jUvufQgQo)” (1962) by The Tornados (The latter is an instrumental, which seems appropriate since it’s about an unmanned satellite.) ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/5 "2017-02-25T15:22:17Z")
[https://vimeo.com/12246813](https://vimeo.com/12246813) The Rolling Stones “2000 Light Years From Home” ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/6 "2017-02-25T16:02:27Z")
> [@justmeetee](#): > > [https://vimeo.com/12246813](https://vimeo.com/12246813) The Rolling Stones “2000 Light Years From Home” Ooh! Good! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/7 "2017-02-25T16:29:42Z")
Arguably, “[Supersonic Rocket Ship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_Rocket_Ship)” by The Kinks (1972) ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/8 "2017-02-25T16:48:30Z")
If we are talking **Hawkwind** I would go for the better known UK hit single from 1972 **Silver Machine**. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/9 "2017-02-25T16:55:17Z")
[Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft by the Carpenters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teBV0EoJJY8) ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/10 "2017-02-25T16:55:38Z")
How about **Deep Purple** and **Space Truckin’** from 1972? TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/11 "2017-02-25T17:06:24Z")
[Starship Trooper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKftiJS30Cs), Yes. ['39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE8kGMfXaFU), Queen. Written by guitarist (and astrophysicist) Brian May, it’s about special relativity and a 100-year space journey. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/12 "2017-02-25T17:36:05Z")
Jimi Hendrix [Third Star from the Sun](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2xyusr) Up From the Skies ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/13 "2017-02-25T17:38:59Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > [Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft by the Carpenters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teBV0EoJJY8) Or by Klaatu: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URM_5R-vWk) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/14 "2017-02-25T17:47:10Z")
Do aliens qualify? “Children of The Sun” by Billy Thorpe “Come Sail Away” by Styx ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/15 "2017-02-25T21:24:42Z")
“Space Odyssey” by the Byrds (musical retelling of Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Sentinel”) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/16 "2017-02-25T22:17:42Z")
[Higher and Higher](https://youtu.be/f5xtL5Y2yWY?t=30s) by the Moodies might qualify. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/17 "2017-02-25T23:03:53Z")
[Extra Terrestrial Intelligence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMC2p_mWueY) - Blue Oyster Cult ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/18 "2017-02-26T12:04:49Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [Higher and Higher](https://youtu.be/f5xtL5Y2yWY?t=30s) by the Moodies might qualify. Good one! Or Floating from the same album: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J9S7BA_Orj4/hqdefault.jpg "Moody Blues:Floating") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9S7BA_Orj4) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/19 "2017-02-26T19:49:24Z")
Let’s not forget the deeply moving ode about space heroes wearing diapers: [the Intergalactic Laxative](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/donovan/theintergalacticlaxative.html) by Donovan. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/20 "2017-02-26T21:14:50Z")
[Space Cowboy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELcTJZLxhFU) by Steve Miller Band. [Sirens of Titan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WMsftmKU6s) by Al Stewart. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732.md?page=2)