11: "Space Oddity" vs. "Rocket Man"

Song Vs. Song

Todd Nathanson

Comedy, Music

4.7 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Battle of the Space Race era sci-fi astronaut songs? Can Elton's Rocket Man take down Bowie's doomed man-in-a-can Major Tom?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Todd Nathanson.
0:04.0	And I'm Danny Roth.
0:05.0	This is Song versus Song.
0:06.0	Today we're tackling some really obscure characters.
0:10.0	One guy named David Bowie and another called Elton John.
0:13.0	It is the Battle of the early 70s space song, Space Oddity versus Rocket Man.
0:19.0	That was Bowie.
0:20.0	Bowie. Booy?
0:21.7	I learned to not make things so complicated.
0:26.3	What's her face?
0:27.2	She said she pronounced it Bowie once and then people made fun of her.
0:29.9	Oh, that's right.
0:31.0	Avrilavine pronounced it Bowie and got, that was a reference.
0:34.6	I remember that.
0:35.8	Poor Adva lasagna there.
0:38.2	Yeah.
0:38.6	Yikes.
0:39.9	We both have drinks cracked for this episode.
0:45.4	I think that they are for differing reasons.
0:50.0	I don't know what your reasons are.
0:51.8	For me, it's the conflicting feelings of knowing that just based on who we picked each, right?
1:01.2	Because I took Bowie.
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