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David Bowie's "Space Oddity" becomes world's saddest children's book
By Peter SmithAugust 29th, 2011, 4:15 pmComments (29)
Now that I've written that headline, I'm remembering a number of sad-as-hell children's books: Babar, Charlotte's Web, The Giving Tree... although that last is more disturbing than sad, maybe. Anyway, illustrator Andrew Kolb has definitely given us a contender in the form of Space Oddity, which repurposes the lyrics of Bowie's 1969 breakthrough single as a retro-styled children's book. Spoiler alert: the astronaut dies. Just like in the song.
This is just a concept at the moment — the book has no publisher, and Kolb has yet to hear from Bowie, though I can't imagine the rock icon will be anything but chuffed about it. It's a really beautiful piece of work that (if published) will almost certainly traumatize generations of children to come.
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Yeah, not getting that for my kid.
I hope they realize that the song is about a heroin junkie.
Um, that's Elton's 'Rocket Man', methinks. Major Tom doesn't become a junkie until 'Ashes To Ashes' and, even then, it's likely metaphorical.
no, it's about an astronaut. david bowie was still pretty much making novelty records at this point.
Saddest pop song I had heard in elementary school. It's going to be a picture book?
It's beautiful.
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