Astronaut Performs David Bowie's Space Oddity While Orbiting the Earth
by Gregg Chadwick Tonight, a stunning cover of David Bowie's Haunting song Space Oddity was released from space by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station. The imagery is stunning, reminiscent of the film Moon directed by David Bowie's son Duncan Jones. Sometimes life really does imitate art, even while orbiting earth in a tin capsule in space. UPDATE: Since I posted this last night, Chris Hadfield's video has gone viral with over a million views and counting! David Bowie's Facebook editors loves the clip stating," It’s possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created." Their Facebook posts continues : you may recognise the name of one of those involved in its creation. We’re talking about Chris's fellow Canadian, the lovely Emm Gryner, who was a part of the Bowie live band in 1999/2000. Here’s what she said on her blog ( http://smarturl.it/EmmBlog ) regarding her involvement: “The task was in front o...