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Who is 'Major Tom'?

Posted over 3 years ago
How did David Bowie's mother know about Major Tom? Why is Major Tom stopping things getting done? Who is he anyway - some kind of class A drug? He''s gotta be. I love Ashes to Ashes? And I love trying to decipher lyrics.'My mother saidTo get things doneYou better not mess with Major Tom.'
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  1. Anna
    Anna says I don't know but may be if we asked ground control,they could shed some light into it:P
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  2. Anna
    Anna says I don't know but may be if we asked 'ground control',they could shed some light into it:P
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  3. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says You're right. I wonder how we'd get in contact with 'ground control' - they've probably got his number.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  4. Anna
    Anna says ahahhAHAH :p
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  5. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Hilarious Bowie lyric - 'I know when to go out I know when to stay in Get things done'.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  6. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Anna - I love you!!
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  7. Anna
    Anna says ahahha I love u too Helen! I think there is an excellent choice I might have lost my mind though. MEH!Minds are overrated.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  8. Dale
    Dale says Same Major Tom from "Space Oddity", natch. Pretty cool of Bowie to reference his own lyrics. Unfortunately, "songmeanings.com":http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=13035 seems to think it's heroin. Of course. I like a song b/c it's about getting away from the crowd, and ol' smack has to enter in the picture.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  9. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says I lost mine a while ago - but I'm doing okay.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  10. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says I think it's heroin too. Many wonderful songs have been written whist on heroin - Golden Brown - Perfect Day. I've never tried it myself but I know a fair few people who have. A good friend of mine died of a methodone overdose. She had wealthy parents and spent all her time partying. She'd taken a cocktail of drugs and ended up in a coma and dying. It was very sad.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  11. Anna
    Anna says Now the body is a different thing. If u lose your mind,there's an excellent chance that no one would notice. But everybody would notice the lack of the body. And I'm not even drunk.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  12. Dale
    Dale says Whew, good thing.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  13. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says It would definitely be more obvious if you lost your body.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  14. Anna
    Anna says Now if I had 2 Cosmopolitans I would probably say that not having a body would not matter.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  15. Anna
    Anna says And if I had 3 I would probably try to prove it too.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  16. Dale
    Dale says ... and this is why MOGing and drinking are dangerous This Public Service Announcement courtesy of MADM (MOGers Against Drunk MOGing)
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  17. vacasmagras
    vacasmagras says There might be clues to be found in Peter Schilling's 1983 song/tribute/sequel Major Tom (I'm Coming Home). Earth below us Drifting falling Floating weightless Coming coming home... Home.....
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  18. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Good idea - but I've just had some wine AND I'm having fun. It should be MAMM. MOGers Against Mortal MOGing - and you know what mortal means - don't you?
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  19. Dale
    Dale says I know the dictionary definition.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  20. Anna
    Anna says I want a Cosmopolitan.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  21. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Good stuff.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  22. Dale
    Dale says QoH, is there another meaning for 'mortal' I should be aware of? Now I'm nervous, like I'm using the word wrong.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  23. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Nothing to be scared of darlin'. Mortal in Geordieland means very drunk. One would say - 'S**t - I was mortal last night'. Or 'God - he was mortal' or 'One time - when I was mortal' - which was a kinda catchphrase of an ex of mine.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  24. Dale
    Dale says Ah, I feel enlightened, as well as 0.001% more Geordie than before. Very well, MAMM it is. Make it so!
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  25. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says You can be an honourary Geordie, Dale - I grant you that- but it means that you have to say 'Hawez!' every now and again.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  26. Viva La Britt
    Viva La Britt says Yay, I'm done with the writing so I can join in on the drinking! *goes to retrieve wine from cabinet*
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  27. Anna
    Anna says Can u make me a Cosmopolitan? :(
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  28. Viva La Britt
    Viva La Britt says I wish I could, Anna! Can I interest you in some Jagermeister instead?
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  29. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Would love to - come to London and I'll take you to my favourite cocktail bar. I don't have any of the ingredients - only have whisky left. It's Colin's and it makes me pull a hideous face. By the way - shit Brit Lad bands include Hard-fi and The Feeling. Saw them live on tv today and they were dreadful.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  30. Viva La Britt
    Viva La Britt says It _hurts_ me how bad Hard-Fi is live...such a shame 'cause their record is pretty nice.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  31. Viva La Britt
    Viva La Britt says No fair! Anna and Helen are on the same continent, so they get to go bar-hopping together.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  32. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Well - I hope so.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  33. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says Major Tom is a fictional astronaut created by David Bowie. He appears in the songs "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes" by Bowie, the song "Major Tom" by Peter Schilling, and the song "Mrs. Major Tom" by K.I.A.. Due to some similarities in Elton John's "Rocket Man", some presume this song might also be an allusion to Major Tom. Bowie's lyrics in Ashes to Ashes reinterpreted Major Tom as an oblique autobiographical symbol for himself, who was addicted to cocaine throughout the 1970s. oooh everybody thats sombody is here i want tha drink now ya'll since i've arrived lol
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  34. Dale
    Dale says aww, lucky! So, I need some context for Hawez, so I don't mess it up and have my Geordie license revoked :)
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  35. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Thank you for being so informative Rock'n'RollPIMP!! It's hard to explain - it's like saying 'come on'. People would say 'Howez man!' if someone they were waiting on was taking too long to do something. Or they would say it if they were p**sed off. It can be used in numerous ways. Wikipedia has a good explanation under 'geordie'. My husband can't get his head around it either.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  36. Sethpian
    Sethpian says Annas English gets better with each Cosmopolitan
    Permalink posted 08/27/2006
  37. Anna
    Anna says ahahaaahahaha Seth LOL LOL LOL LOL That's the best compliment I have received on MOG! Bar hoppin' with Helen...sounds like a plan! Viva La Britt,Jagermeister will do ;)
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  38. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Most definitely!
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  39. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Most definitely!
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  40. Joxley
    Joxley says Helen, you forgot to tell whosyrdad about the other requirement for an honourary Geordie- thinking this guy is god...
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  41. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says SHEAR - ER! SHEAR - ER! I know. They even have a bar called Shearer's there. My brother is fanatical about the Toon Army (whosyrdad - Toon Army is what Geordies call Newcastle United - because they pronounce town - toon. Don't ask why). Thanks for that! It was good to watch.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  42. Joxley
    Joxley says WTF!! A bar bamed after him! lol I hope it only serves Newcastle Brown Ale. Still he is a legend... (Newcastle are my second team)
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  43. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Probably. I've never been there. Glad you support the Toon!
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  44. Joxley
    Joxley says Hey, it's only to annoy the Middlesborough supporters in my family, I'm "Wednesday":http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10304,00.html till I die
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  45. Anna
    Anna says I have 2 requests from my English friends here. 1.Can u hook me up with Clive Owen? 2.Can you find me a for sale haunted castle in Scottland surrounded by a forest full of foxes?
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  46. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Anna - check out Glengorm castle on Mull. Col and I stayed there last year and I totally fell in love with it. I yearn to live there - or at least have a holiday home there. Would you like to go halfers?
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  47. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says My dad was a Sunderland supporter but was ridiculed so much by the rest of the family that he became a turncoat. My mum used to call him a 'fat maccem bastard'. Charming.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  48. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Newcastle football chant - so amusing yet scary. Toon, Toon, Hate the Mackems, Toon, Toon, Hate the Mackems. When I was a little bitty boy, My grandmother bought me a cute little toy, Two Sunderland fans, hanging on a string, She told me to kick their f*cking heads in. Mackems on a string, Mackems on a string, She told me to kick their f*cking heads in. Mackems on a string, Mackems on a string, She told me to kick their f*cking heads in. The famous Man. United went to Rome to see the Pope, The famous Man. United went to Rome to see the Pope, The famous Man. United went to Rome to see the Pope, and this is what he said, "F*CK OFF", Who the f*ck are Man. United, Who the f*ck are Man. United, Who the f*ck are Man. United, as the mags go marching on on on.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  49. Anna
    Anna says Is it haunted?Go halfers,u mean like live together&share the expenses? I'm in.Might have to check with Clive though first,he's married with children. :P
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  50. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Yes - exactly that. There are forests neary and loads of rabbits and cows so I expect that there are foxes too - although I didn't see any. I saw a buzzard though which was exciting. It looks like it could be haunted. If you want to stay somewhere haunted my ex boyfriend's parents live in an old chapel and once I dared to sleep in the room where dead bodies used to be kept. I was a sceptic until then because pretty weird things were happening. Perhaps it was the power of suggestion.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  51. Joxley
    Joxley says You gotta love football chants, here some great ( and scary) ones from Hillsbrough... Neil Warnock's illegitimate, He aint go no birth certificate He's got AIDS and cant get rid of it, He's A PIGGY B*STARD B*STARD. Go to Pub have a drink, Get fucking plastered, Go back home beat the wife, We're the Wednesday Bastards. and from the MUFC scum... Build a bonfire!Build a bonfire! Put City on the top, Put the scousers in the middle And then burn the f*cking lot
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  52. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says They're great too. I wonder what whosyrdad will think of these.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  53. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says They're great too. I wonder what whosyrdad will think of these.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  54. Joxley
    Joxley says I'm not sure, probably that everyone who goes to football games is a hooligan (not that far from the truth). I know someone who took an American to a Sunderland game and it confused the hell out of him, I think the only chant americans have is "D-Fence! D-Fence! D-fence!"
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  55. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says I'll bet. Yeah - it would be interesting to find out. Any sports fans from the US - please let us know if you have any chants other than 'D-Fence'? I haven't got a clue.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  56. Dale
    Dale says Nope, that's pretty much it. Sad, really. OK, there are a few more, like Duke Unibersity chanting "bullsh*t" after a foul on their basketball team. Can't think of any others offhand. This is great info; I needed a reason to choose a Premier League team, so I could keep up with football after the World Cup. Obviously, I have no hometown bias so that meakes things harder. I recently read an article from an American who made "the same decision":http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060719 on ESPN.com. He about talked me into Liverpool based on "this clip":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWzQn-FpEOU of Steve Gerrard. But I'm easy like this, so here goes: (clears throat) SHEAR-ER! SHEAR-ER! SHEAR-ER! Now I'm ten times more excited to move to the UK! And, since my wife got home last night, I told her my plan, and she's totally onboard. Now to find work ...
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  57. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Fantastic!! SHEAR-ER! Toon Army fans are about as passionate and loyal as they come. Yes - come on over. By the way, I looked at your photos and your kids are dead (means very) cute!
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  58. Dale
    Dale says One condition: I have to be able to chant without the profanity, b/c that's how I roll. It's sad, really; I feel like I've missed out on so much, because no American teams get this kind of passion from their fans. OK, maybe the Oakland Raiders, but they suck, so they don't count. (I've been a Denver Broncos fan for a long time.)
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  59. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says You're certainly allowed to omit the profanities if you wish Dale.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  60. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says You're certainly allowed to omit the profanities if you wish Dale.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  61. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says You Americans must be more civilised than us Brits. 'Mags' is short for magpies which is another nick name for them because the strip is black and white.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  62. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Oh Anna - I should have been more specific about the halfers - when you go halfers you split the cost in two.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  63. Anna
    Anna says Will do :*
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  64. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Did you look up Glengorm castle on the net?
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  65. Joxley
    Joxley says Has no-one told whosyrdad that Shearer is, you'know, retired? And Micheal Owen only has one working leg left? Also if you don't want to use profanities (which is fair enough) how do you feel about beating people up just because they support a different team?
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  66. Anna
    Anna says OMG OMG OMG IS THIS IT? WE HAVE TO GO THERE NOW! NOW! NOW!
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  67. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Yes. I'd go back there in a flash. It's so beautiful - I felt that I had a spiritual experience when I was there (not relating to ghosts) but the scenery was amazing. We spent six hours on a boat looking for whales and didn't see anything but birds - but the landscape was so incredible and dark - sublime - that I could have stayed on that little boat for a lot longer. And I'm serious, one of my main aims is to have a home on the beautiful little Isle of Mull.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  68. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Yeah Joxley - I kinda forgot about that. I don't really follow it but my family does - so some of the information rubs off on me but often it doesn't stick. He might not mind. It's not cool to be a gloryseeker is it.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  69. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says www.glengormcastle.co.uk has some great photos of the castle.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  70. Dale
    Dale says Yeah, I knew that much. Sheesh. I also know that two Mags got in a fight on the pitch last year (it's on youtube). Not too keen on beating people up, either. A guy has to have his limits. I'll whoop and holler and cheer like I'm crazy, and I'll even follow the chants, but no swearing and no violence. Hope that doesn't make me too much of a stick in the mud.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  71. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says No - I agree with you. The troublemakers are in the minority but I expect most of the fans swear.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  72. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says No - I agree with you. The troublemakers are in the minority but I expect most of the fans swear.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  73. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says No - I agree with you. The troublemakers are in the minority but I expect most of the fans swear.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  74. Dale
    Dale says apparently, you feel very strongly about this point ;)
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  75. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says It seems I do - I have a tendency to repeat the comments - I don't know how I manage it.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  76. Dale
    Dale says If you click Publish, and the comments don't show up right away, I copy the comments from the comments box, and refresh the screen. If they're there, cool; if not, I paste the comments back into the comments box and click Publish again.
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006
  77. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says Thank you!
    Permalink posted 08/28/2006

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