一聽音樂網

60年代為了避免與當時著名的The Monkees樂隊主唱戴維·瓊斯（Davy Jones）相混淆，他把名字改成大衛·鮑伊。60年代的鮑伊并不怎么得志，還是一個等待重大突破的無名藝人。他嘗試了多種不同的音樂類型并涉獵過表演、啞劇、繪畫和劇本創作等藝術形式。直到1969年全球矚目的登月行動時，他才憑借《Space Oddity》一曲迎來商業上的成功，盡管歌詞講的是一位宇航員迷失在太空的故事，但BBC還是把它作為登月節目的主題曲，歌曲由此獲得成功。
SPACE ODDITY was originally released as MAN OF WORDS, MAN OF MUSIC on Mercury in 1969. SPACE ODDITY is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, 12-string guitar, organ, stylophone, kalimba); Keith Christmas (acoustic guitar); Tim Renwick, Mick Wayne (guitar); Paul Buckmaster (cello); Tony Visconti (flute, recorder, bass); Benny Marshall and Friends (harmonica); Rick Wakeman (electric harpsichord, Mellotron); John Lodge, Herbie Flowers (bass); Terry Cox, John Cambridge (drums). Producers: Gus Dudgeon, Tony Visconti. Engineers: Ken Scott, Malcolm Toft, Barry Sheffield. Digitally remastered by Peter Mew & Nigel Reeve (1999, Abbey Road Studios, London, England). This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Recording information: 1969. SPACE ODDITY was the first record on which David Bowie looked and sounded like the Bowie whom the world has come to know. One glance at the spooky, androgynous face that adorns the record was enough to signal that the Anthony Newley-influenced, light-pop singer who sang the novelty number "The Laughing Gnome" a few years earlier was a thing of the past. Leaving behind the mannered, English music hall-isms of his initial recordings, Bowie roughened up the sound, creating a ragged, eclectic mix of folk and rock tinged with electronic sounds. The record yielded his first American hit, and began the singer's soon-to-be meteoric rise to international rock icon-hood. The title track, a sci-fi mini-epic, is an enduring classic in which Bowie squeezes every bit of drama from both his dour low range and the soaring upper reaches of his voice. Even after decades of continued airplay, "Space Oddity" is surprising for its intricate arrangement, nifty guitar playing, and palpable sense of interplanetary estrangement. Other fine and lesser-known musical moments include the sublimely subdued "Letter to Hermione," and the sprawling and strange "Memory of a Free Festival."