I just love that Ashes to Ashes tune - and Bowie's "Major Tom" space character. So much so that I made a song, way back in 1994 or thereabouts - which I called "Major Tom". It's just one of those tunes that got stuck in my hard disk - and never got published... The theme of these lyrics revolved around a wild fantasy I had back then - of an asstronot (Major Tom) who saw the world explode from his spacecraft - thus remaining the only survivor of the human race... So here it is:brianv wrote:
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-IkC3isMoc
http://www.septclues.com/SIMON%20SHACK% ... OM%202.mp3
Woah - that's some nostalgia allright! That tune sounds pretty cheesy to me today - yet it's kinda funny considering the "space conquests" we have done right here on this forum of ours!MAJOR TOM - (lyrics and music by Simon Shack)
intro:
Several thousand light years ago,
Major Tom was affected by a vicious cosmic disease
That goes by the name of "nostalgia"
Sadly, planet Earth is no more on the map
Major Tom! Major Tom!
Oh Mother Earth I miss you badly
Major Tom - Your planet's gone!
I'm spinning round in circles madly now
Major Tom to ground control
There's no reply at all
Major Tom to ground control
There's no reply at all
Major Tom! Major Tom!
Looking for an island in outer space now
Major Tom! You must get on!
Mercy for the lone survivor of the human race
Major Tom to ground control
There's no reply at all
Major Tom to ground control
There's no reply at all