Space Oddity
 

You just knew it would be the Canadian guy...This is even more cringeworthy than Bowie's new album. :blink:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...d-space-oddity

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Very cringeworthy, you would have to ask why he thought that was a good idea?

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And now for the rest of the day I can take nothing seriously :huh:

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But do you take everything seriously? ;)

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I don't know about Space Oddity, but here's an Earth Oddity - for the past week, every time I've opened the Guardian website, my Internet Explorer just closes down after about 2 seconds.

It's my work computer - many sites are just plain old blocked, fair enough - but it's only the Guardian where it will open, just enough time for me to see the headline, then poof! it kicks me entirely out of IE.

Very odd.

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Just saw it on the Telegraph site. Pretty coolio.

If you were in space, would you not want to sing "Ground Control to Major Tom"? Of course you would. It's great for us to see that they're not just being boring old boffins up there, they're having a laugh too.

Can't believe you guys are being more po-faced than a Canadian scientist. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Hadfield and his bloody guitar again!

He whips it out in front of the camera every time he can.

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I think it is pretty cool. A bloke singing? From space? Your actual space? C'mon lighten up. I believe he heads back to earth today or tomorrow. I'm going to miss his tweets and spectacular photo's on my twitter feed. I don't believe any astronaut has done more in recent times to share the experience of livign in the ISS with the world.

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Ok after careful consideration I retract my earlier cringeworty comment ;)

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The astronaut stuff is indeed cool. I just wish he'd knock off the karaoke.

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It would have been much funnier if he'd done the William Shatner version of "Rocket Man".

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In Among The Thugs, Bill Buford recounted an incident in Italy where a Canadian who’d come along to see the match asked some of the football thugs if he should bring his guitar along as he’d heard there was usually singing at these events. :rofl:

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At least he has a reasonably decent voice. That's more than can be said about most of the professional singers promoted on The Good Music Thread on this site, IMO.

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:amen: I think he's been terrific and a great ambassador for space travel and Canada. His photographs have been awe inspiring and he has done a spectacular job talking to schools, etc about his experience.

I imagine we are going to see a lot more of him when he returns to earth. In fact I do believe that he is heading out to Calgary to lead the Stampede parade!

J :)

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Or indeed "I lost my heart to a starship trooper".

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Liked it. And it seems Bowie did too.

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Stay classy.:rofl:

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Well, for starters, until I saw this thread I had never heard of him, so it probably increased his profile very considerably. :rolleyes:

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I think its pretty cool - will miss his tweets from Space

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How can you have never heard of him? Are you in Canada? Or a missionary in some country with no access to Radio or TV ?

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...or the Internet.

+1

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I'm not in Canada. I don't watch TV, and don't spend hours surfing random news reports. I guess you might say I'm in a third world country. ..... Google my location, under my Avatar. ;)

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Yeh USA is 100% a third world country ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_County,_Florida

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When I googled Dixie it came up with more than one in the US, so which one is it?

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It's not only a few specific locations, it is also a euphemism for "The South", which is viewed by much of the rest of the US, but especially the liberal heartlands of New England, and West Coast, as poor and unsophisticated.

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OK Glad thats sorted then ;)

Just to get you up to speed then, he is a Canadian Rap singer who flew to the moon in a helium balloon so he could make an out of this world, solo music cover Album. Sher only made it to the space station but still managed to duo with the Rap star on two of the cover songs.

He returned 10:30 last night, and we now await the new album release date...:thumbup:

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On the plus side, at least then they would have had a handy implement with which to beat him to death. :sneaky:

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I heard of this man's every movement, as I'm sure every parent of a school aged adolescent in Canada has. He seems to have galvanised the kids and excited them about space, which is no bad thing. I'm also pleased that someone quite so 'elderly' (53!!) (yes, I remember it well!) got to have a crack at it, and that at such a great age he even managed to Tweet about it.:thumbsup:

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Cher, you illiterate. But as Kevin O'Leary said tonight, he's creating a brand for himself.

Probably only in Canada though.

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:yield: