Hot tramp, I love you so.
chefdaddy:
My thirteen year old tells me that hipsters are on their way out and preppy clean shaven dudes are the next cooler than thou trend setters on the rise.
elizathetroll:
It's always useful to have a teenager or two at hand to inform one about the latest trends. Alas, I failed to make good use of that opportunity when I had it.
So ... there's a new X-Files thing going on, apparently. I thought this song might fit.
chef:
I like it too :)
Everyone who has read Orwell's 1984 will be familiar with the quote that this song takes its title from. To me, the sequences of scenes it evokes is probably one of the most bone-chilling in all of literature.
pumpkin:
Probably the most emotionally gripping of the album. Absolutely in love with this song.
Space Oddity was the first Bowie song I ever heard. It must have been in seventh or eighth grade, when our English teacher occasionally played us pop songs. I loved this song so much that I looked for other Bowie records to buy, but unfortunately there was no proper record store anywhere near where I lived. So it wasn't until several years later that I...
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Leora awoke from the strangest dream. As she slowly opened her eyes and looked around, there was that familiar moment of confusion, disorientation. Where the hell was she this time?
[Add a sentence in the comments, continuing from all the previous comments.Thanks @missy @rambo @lyxzen for the awesome homework idea.]
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alienne:
She awoke once again, even foggier than the last time, and terror flooded her very being when she discovered she was bound to an observation table, tools meticulously placed on a tray beside her. Again she let out a bloodcurdling scream, and the distant hum of a mysterious object of torture alluded to the horror that awaited.
elizathetroll:
Enough with this, Leora told herself.
Instrumental time.
pumpkin:
Yes! I still want to hear this song in a sci-fi movie. And Warsawa.
And the price for weirdest song title goes to...
In many ways, this song to me is quintessential Bowie.
pumpkin:
Oh it certainly is. One of the first of his I truly loved.
This is Bowie's version of a Jonathan Richman song. From his 2003 album "Reality".
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elizathetroll:
@1akbrian Silliness is always nice when one doesn't have the time or energy to engage in any deep discussions but still doesn't want to go fully M.I.A. :-) I'm really glad that it's no longer ruled by a militant fun guerilla.
1akbrian:
I've been slacking a lot on here lately, been trying to catch up on some reading