"“Space Oddity” is an officially sanctioned beginning: Bowie’s first single for Philips/Mercury; his first Top 10 hit (and, years later, his first UK #1); lead-off and title track of the subsequent LP; lead-off track of every greatest hits compilation from ChangesOneBowie on; lead-off track on his Sound and Vision career retrospective. When Bowie dies, the TV tributes will lead off with it.
So it’s “classic” Bowie, its now-iconic status won slowly and circuitously, but then “Space Oddity” has always seemed slightly out of time (its biggest chart placings, both in the US and the UK, came years after its first release). It began as a novelty song with a sell-by date (the first moon landing in July 1969), something like a grandiose, more dignified “Laughing Gnome,” and Tony Visconti, for one, refused to have anything to do with it, considering the song a cynical sell-out. Which it was. “Space Oddity” is close company to early Bee Gees hits like “New York Mining Disaster 1941” and Zager and Evans’ dire “In the Year 2525”: it’s a gimmicky folk song dressed up in extravagant clothes.
“Space Oddity” has come to define Bowie, perhaps because it’s as protean as its creator has tried to be. It’s a breakup song, an existential lullaby, consumer tie-in, product test, an alternate space program history, calculated career move, and a symbolic end to the counterculture dream—the “psychedelic astronaut” drifting off impotently into space (Camille Paglia suggested the last); it’s a kid’s song, drug song, death song, and it marks the birth of the first successful Bowie mythic character, one whose motives and fate are still unknown to us."
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Round 6 : Launching a Career! Our 16 intrepid contestants were asked to send in either a song used as a single for a band or solo artist or a B-side from such a release. After working the club circuit with their small, intimate performances and conquering the reality music competition show genre, the contestants were now to focus on rafting their first album. Their single would serve to be an opening salvo announcing the presence of a promising new musical voice. The first of three related Round themes focusing on albums before the first elimination sing-off, the results of this round will be instrumental in determining who is safe and who is at risk.
So, without further ado, here are the scores for
Round 6 : Launching a CareerIn 13th place, earning a score of 13 points, is a contestant that sent us a wistful song to listen to when we're a little bit under the weather...
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Richlen vs. Letty Whiterock!!! who doesn't hide his love of good music, passing it on with the legendary Gordon Lightfoot's Rainy Day People!!!
With 14 points including his team leader's +3 bonus and landing in 12th place, is a contestant that always takes us to the edge with his musical picks...
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Heald!!! who is a die hard rabble-rouser, selecting the politically charged Club Foot by live music standouts Kasbian!!!
Coming in 11th place, with a total of 15 points, is a contestant that seemed to find inspiration with the Bowie-Space theme...
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aka Cthulhu!!! who went into orbit with the ginchy throwback anti-cigarette tune Astro/Astro Cigarettes by Filipino jazz fusionists Radioactive Sago Project!!!
Breaking into the top ten, garnering 16 points, are THREE contestants!!! The competition is tight with...
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Futureraven: British Beta!!! who channeled the Bard, imagining Shakespeare as an OG with Akala's flowing Shakespeare!!!
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Dub H is cosplaying as Tyger!!! who is a true webslinger, sending forth the bouncy hip-hop groove of Post Malone and Swae Led's Sunflower!!!
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Danny Rand!!! who was born to win and born to win, carrying Portland, Oregon's the Thermals and their Pillar of Salt!!!
Sliding into 9th place, rounding up 17 crucial points including his team leader's +3 bonus, is a contestant who should celebrate with his hardcore funky self...
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Strykerbacksilence!!! who got all the candy, smashing the round with Australia's own Mammal and their Smash the Pinata!!!
Keeping it close, coming up with 19 points and sewing up 8th place, is a contestant that, fitting for Mr. Bowie, chose a true chameleon act...
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Kevin Hamilton!!! who played dress up with Garth Brooks' Australian rocker alter ego Chris Gaines and his Lost in You!!!
Pouncing on 7th place and keeping the pace up with 20 points is a contestant who chose a song that helped signal a musical revolution...
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Produceman!!! who continues to the woo the judges, using the big guns with cultural icons the Beatles and their earworm Love Me Do!!!
Cashing in this round with 22 points... a piece!!! and taking 6th place are TWO contestants that are on the upswing...
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Clash Respects The Fist!!! who used mind over matter with the 90's Pop wizardry of Go West's king of Wishful Thinking!!!
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The Brad!!! who graced this round with Pop Music Cuisenart Weird Al Yankovich and his silly but scathing
Don't Download This Song!!!
In 5th place all by himself with 24 points, is a contestant that employed a bittersweet song about love lost with a haunting sound...
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J!!! who just might be the one this game, even as he selects multi-talented Renaissance woman Sky Ferreira's You Are Not the One!!!
Amid razor thin rankings and just shy of the top three with 25 points, fourth place finds an aggressive contestant who has yet to ease up...
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Brainbustaaah!!!!! who continues to mix his musical palette up, dipping into American punk with the incendiary Thrash Unreal by Against Me!!!!
Breaking into the top three, taking home 26 points including his team leader's +3 bonus, is a contestant that scored big with a contemporary British artist with a unique sound...
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Rad2019!!! who, even when we're all stars, is made up of true star stuff, staying a soaring comeback with Cosmo Luke's Chronic Sunshine!!!
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BrodietheSlayer.
Zack Morris is Insane..
Please step forward.
You two are the biggest scoring contestants of
Round 6 : Launching a Career. As the round name implies, this round is crucial in setting up the first Sing-Off of our competition. With just two more rounds to go before then, this round also helps set up our amazing players in great positions to succeed as the game progresses. Scoring high in this round, as wide open as the theme is, is quite the accomplishment.
In First place, scoring 29 points, is...
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BrodietheSlayer!!! Congratulations on your win! BrodietheSlayer scored big with Ben Folds Five's Army, a song inspired, in part, by Ben Folds literally throwing his drums into a lake!!!
Not to be outdone, in second place with 27 points is...
Zach Morris is Insane.!!! who made us feel some awesome emotions, winning favor with the King of Pop's the Way You Make Me Feel, by Michael Jackson!!!
Great job, you two!
Round 6 Song Scores:
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1st.
BrodietheSlayer (83 pts) - Army - Ben Folds Five
Spider-5, Chaos-N/A, fw-12, Jazz-12 = 29 pts
2nd
Zack Morris is Insane. (106 pts) - The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Spider-9, Chaos-10, fw-N/A, Jazz-8 = 27 pts
3rd.
Rad2019 (72 pts) - Chronic Sunshine - Cosmo Pyke
Spider-N/A+3, Chaos-2, fw-10, Jazz-11 = 26 pts
4th.
Brainbustaaah! (90 pts) - Thrash Unreal - Against Me!
Spider-7, Chaos-N/A, fw-11, Jazz-7 = 25 pts
5th.
J (80 pts) - You're Not the One - Sky Ferreira
Spider-11, Chaos-8, fw-N/A, Jazz-5 = 24 pts
T-6th.
Clash Respects The Fist (74 pts) - King of Wishful Thinking - Go West
Spider-10, Chaos-N/A, fw-2, Jazz-10 = 22 pts
T-6th.
The Brad (69 pts) - Don't Download This Song - Weird Al Yankovich
Spider-12, Chaos-4, fw-N/A, Jazz-6 = 22 pts
7th.
Produceman (86 pts) - Love Me Do - The Beatles
Spider-N/A, Chaos-9, fw-9, Jazz-2 = 20 pts
8th.
Kevin Hamilton (84 pts) - Lost In You - Chris Gaines
Spider-8, Chaos-3, fw-8, Jazz-N/A = 19 pts
9th.
Strykerbacksilence (79 pts) - Smash the Pinata - Mammal
Spider-3, Chaos-5, fw-6, Jazz-N/A+3 = 17 pts
T-10th.
Futureraven: British Beta (77 pts) - Shakespeare - Akala
Spider-N/A, Chaos-11, fw-1, Jazz-4 = 16 pts
T-10th.
Dub H a.k.a Becky is an Angel (59 pts) - Sunflower - Post Malone and Swae Led
Spider-1, Chaos-12, fw-3, Jazz-N/A = 16 pts
T-10th.
Danny Rand (74 pts) - A Pillar of Salt - the Thermals
Spider-2, Chaos-7, fw-7, Jazz-N/A = 16 pts
11th.
aka Cthulhu (74 pts) - Astro/Astro Cigarettes - Radioactive Sago Project
Spider-N/A, Chaos-1, fw-5, Jazz-9= 15 pts
12th.
Heald (83 pts) - Club Foot - Kasbian
Spider-4, Chaos-N/A+3, fw-4, Jazz-3 = 14 pts
13th.
Richlen vs. Letty Whiterock (94 pts) - Rainy Day People - Gordon Lightfoot
Spider-6, Chaos-6, fw-N/A, Jazz-1 = 13 pts
Overall Contestant Scores:
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1st.
Zack Morris is Insane.- 106 + 27 = 134 pts
2nd.
Brainbustaaah!- 90 + 25 = 115 pts
3rd.
BrodietheSlayer- 83 + 29 = 112 pts
4th.
Richlen vs. Letty Whiterock - 94 + 13 = 107 pts
5th.
Produceman- 86 + 20 = 106 pts
6th.
J- 80 + 24 = 104 pts
7th.
Kevin Hamilton- 84 + 19 = 103 pts
8th.
Rad2019- 72 + 26 = 98 pts
9th.
Heald- 83 + 14 = 97 pts
T-10th.
Clash Respects The Fist- 74 + 22 = 96 pts
T-10th.
Strykerbacksilence- 79 + 17 = 96 pts
11th.
Futureraven: British Beta- 77 + 16 = 93 pts
12th.
The Brad- 69 + 22 = 91 pts
13th.
Danny Rand- 74+16 = 90 pts
14th.
aka Cthulhu- 74+15 = 89 pts
15th.
Dub H a.k.a Becky is an Angel- 59 + 16 = 75 pts
Contestant Scores by Team:
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Team Spiderfab4
1st.
Produceman - 106 pts
2nd.
Rad2019 - 98 pts
3rd.
Futureraven: British Beta - 93 pts
4th.
aka Cthulhu - 89 pts
Team chaos X effect
1st.
Brainbustaaah! - 115 pts
2nd.
BrodietheSlayer - 112 pts
3rd.
Heald - 97 pts
4th.
Clash Respects The Fist - 96 pts
Team fw91
1st.
Zack Morris is Insane. - 134 pts
2nd.
Richlen vs. Letty Whiterock - 107 pts
3rd.
J - 104 pts
4th.
The Brad - 91 pts
Team Jazzman
1st.
Kevin Hamilton - 103 pts
2nd.
Strykerbacksilence - 96 pts
3rd.
Danny Rand- 74+16 = 90 pts
4th.
Dub H a.k.a Becky is an Angel - 75 pts