15. David Bowie, “Space Oddity” (1969):
Bowie’s first hit (and probably his best-known sci-fi song), released a year after 2001: A Space Odyssey and a week before the Apollo 11 moon landing, looking back toward one and forward to the other, and frequently revisited and reinvented over the course of Bowie’s career:
Another version:
And another:
And yet another:
And still another:
And one more:
16. Peter Schilling, “Major Tom (Coming Home)” (1982):
And then – partly an homage, partly a re-telling, and partly a sequel (Major Tom fanfic, perhaps):
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