# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/21 "2017-02-26T22:09:20Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_YL7ALghfi8/maxresdefault.jpg "Children Of The Sun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YL7ALghfi8) is 1978 too late? billy thorpe’s children of the sun! mc ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/22 "2017-02-26T22:12:55Z")
[Planet Caravan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O63COyZlTyU) (1970) and [Into the Void](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCjZcG-pH-c) (1971) by Black Sabbath ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/23 "2017-02-26T22:13:50Z")
> [@2Bits](#): > > Or by Klaatu: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URM\_5R-vWk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URM_5R-vWk) Or their album, Hope. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/24 "2017-02-26T23:01:37Z")
The Kinks: “Supersonic Rocket Ship” Montrose: “Space Station #5” Police: “Walking on the Moon” Jonathan King: “Everyone’s Gone to the Moon” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/25 "2017-02-26T23:10:41Z")
Impossible to link to, but there is an entire concept album out there nobody has ever heard of called the [Intergalactic Touring Band](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergalactic_Touring_Band). Albums people have heard of are ones like [Blows Against the Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blows_Against_the_Empire). ETA: What do you know? Some of the songs are actually on Youtube! [Reaching Out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMEUQchxgjE) featuring Annie Haslam on vocals. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/26 "2017-02-27T00:56:18Z")
Kak – “[Electric Sailor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHHhtWQanA)” And, of course, [Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of War of the Worlds.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne's_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds) The Ran-Dells: [The Martian Hop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veSLdNos7q8) ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/27 "2017-02-27T01:09:24Z")
Anyone remember [Mr Spaceman](https://youtu.be/dZGr6nQRLNc) by the Holy Modal Rounders? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/28 "2017-02-27T02:07:27Z")
Jimmy Webb’s [The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress](https://youtu.be/dXgkDuQAf5c) was covered by many. The link is to Linda Ronstadt’s version. I’m not sure about The Byrds “Eight Miles High” being included. It’s about flying across the Atlantic for their first European tour. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/29 "2017-02-27T02:52:16Z")
I know it’s too early to fit your time criteria, but I gotta mention the classic from 1935: [Dancing on the Moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqNEuFJxOIE). ---
**Author:** ![arara123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@arara123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arara123)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/30 "2017-02-27T03:14:50Z")
From 1977, so slightly past the cut-off date, ‘Cygnus X-1’ by Rush. > **[Cygnus X-1 (song series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_X-1_(song_series))** > > "Cygnus X-1" is a two-part song series by Canadian progressive rock band Rush. The first part, "Book I: The Voyage", is the last song on the 1977 album A Farewell to Kings, and the second part, "Book II: Hemispheres", is the first song on the following album, 1978's Hemispheres. Book I is ten minutes and twenty-five seconds long (10:25), and Book II is eighteen minutes and seven seconds (18:07). > It was released as a limited-edition extended play on April 22, 2017. > A black hole, known as Cygnus ... ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/31 "2017-02-27T05:08:53Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > “Come Sail Away” by Styx I though that they were angels… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/32 "2017-02-27T06:14:51Z")
“Mission (A World Record)” by the Electric Light Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/33 "2017-02-27T12:22:22Z")
CCR: “It Came Out of the Sky” (it’s about a UFO that lands in a farmer’s field, but we never find out what it was) And how’d I forget “Children of the Sun” by Billy Thorpe? ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/34 "2017-02-27T12:40:38Z")
'39 by Queen Chance for a lifetime by Kayak ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/35 "2017-02-27T13:47:42Z")
Pink Floyd’s _A Saucerful of Secrets_ Any song by Jefferson Starship. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/36 "2017-02-27T14:01:04Z")
[quote=“2Bits, post:18, topic:780732”] Good one! Or Floating from the same album: [/QUOTE] I'll see "Higher and Higher" and "Floating" and raise you "[Gypsy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWuwUhSis1U)," "[Eternity Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLrSw0jr2zw)," and "[The Best Way To Travel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoYbGPO\_KKs)." And maybe toss in their instrumental, “[Beyond](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdiVSQj3ZFg).” ---
**Author:** ![arara123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@arara123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arara123)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/37 "2017-02-27T14:27:31Z")
Another one just past the cut-off date: ‘Olias of Sunhillow’ by Jon Anderson. Released in July 1976. > **[Olias of Sunhillow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olias_of_Sunhillow)** > > Olias of Sunhillow is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Jon Anderson, released on 9 July 1976 by Atlantic Records. When the progressive rock band Yes took a break in activity in August 1975 for each member to record a solo album, Anderson, having established himself as their frontman, decided upon a concept album that tells the story of four tribes of an alien race and their journey to a new planet after their home is threatened by a volcanic eruption. Olias, a magician, buil... ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/38 "2017-02-27T16:10:52Z")
First thing that came to mind, since I just watched **The Martian** , was David Bowie’s [“Starman”](https://youtu.be/tRcPA7Fzebw). 1972. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/39 "2017-02-27T16:27:53Z")
Maybe, maybe not: “I’m The Urban Spaceman” by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (1968) ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732/40 "2017-02-27T16:42:17Z")
A bit late for your time period, but “Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)” by Q-Feel is a lot of fun. And…how has nobody mentioned Parliament/Funkadelic? Pretty much every album from Mothership Connection on is adding to the [P-Funk Mythology.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-Funk_mythology) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-oddity-rocket-man-spaceman/780732.md?page=1)