"Strange Stories from Space": Wandering among the stars, I live in my own way
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I can read your favorite books a thousand times without getting tired of them; and I can listen to and sing touching songs over and over again. I still remember that in the early days, I heard the tape of a certain singer cut off… Some people say that Capricorns are paranoid and extremely kind. Maybe I am like that?
Whether I’m walking or doing some work that doesn’t require special concentration, I always like to put on my headphones and listen to my favorite songs. Listening to music not only relaxes my body and mind, but also opens up a diverse space of imagination, and even allows me to try to talk to songwriters in different time and space backgrounds.
Perhaps because of my paranoia, my playlist is not growing very fast, but for the songs above, I can proudly say that each song has a completely different reason for liking it. For example, British glam rock singer David Bowie’s 1969 masterpiece “Space Oddity” (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space Oddity) impressed me deeply.
I am not a prophet or a Stone Age person, I am just a mortal with the potential to become a superman: I live in my own way.
The meaning of the lyrics of Space Strange Tales
The [Lyrics](https://ghoster000.com/2020/04/13/[Lyric Translation]david-bowie-space-oddity/) of “[Space Oddity](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space Oddity)” is easy to understand. At first glance, it tells the story of an astronaut, Major Tom, lost in space. As the Apollo 11 moon landing program was launched in the same year, this song was also selected by the BBC as the theme song for the moon landing program. Not only was it loved by fans, but sales were also impressive.
But if you examine the lyrics carefully, you can actually feel a vague sense of sadness. Some people say that David Bowie wrote this song to satirize the space race between the two major powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, in the 1960s. They were competing to see who could send humans into space faster, so they ignored the safety of astronauts.
Later, in 2012, when Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield was preparing to return to Earth after his space mission, his son asked him to sing this song. His son adapted the lyrics and asked Chris to sing “Space Oddities” in the space capsule before bidding farewell to the vast space. He also filmed the MV as a souvenir.
In the 5 minute and 30 second long MV, the character Chris plays and sings to himself on the guitar, showing the free and easy mind of an astronaut. The original sadness in David Bowie’s version seemed to be replaced by the pioneering spirit performed by the real version of the astronaut, which also brought back many memories for me while listening to the song.
I still remember that when we were children, everyone had many aspirations, whether they wanted to be scientists or doctors… everyone always had huge dreams for the world when they grew up. To be honest, astronauts are not among the many options, but I seem to have an indissoluble bond with the vast space.
I still remember that when I was a child, I went to the Air Force Women’s Federation Kindergarten (https://m.xuite.net/blog/bryan7633/twblog/161096197). Some teachers and uncles from nearby military villages would always ask when they met our group of children: “Will you join the Air Force when you grow up? Right!” Although I was young at the time, I did have great ambitions. Even at that time, some elders said that I was small and that if I couldn’t become a pilot, I would be very suitable for repairing airplanes!
You want to wake up in the morning and think about how great the future will be, what a space exploration civilization is. It’s about believing in the future and having the belief that it will be better than the past. I can’t imagine anything more exciting than going into space and wandering among the stars.
Although time flies, the children back then are now middle-aged, and the author of this song, David Bowie, has also passed away for more than five years. Listening to this song over and over, I think of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, and more recently, Elon Musk’s Mars plan, and I can’t help but have many feelings.
Today, I happened to see a friend on Facebook remarked with emotion: “Although each of us is just a temporary passerby to the earth, the question worthy of our serious consideration is: I sincerely want to leave the footprints that my life’s efforts will leave on the earth?”
Live in your own way
Although I admire Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, I don’t have that much ambition to change the world at the moment. I just want a less cruel world - choose what I love, love what I choose; everything starts with changing myself.
Instead of asking myself what footprints I want to leave for future generations, I would rather give more warmth to the world and give more help to my relatives and friends while I am alive. Read more books, participate in activities that interest you or do meaningful things, and learn to face yourself and the unknown world calmly.
These should be actions that I am capable of and willing to practice - wandering among the stars and living in my own way.
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