MUS/GralInt-TED talks-Amanda Palmer, Jherek Bischoff, Usman Riaz: "Space Oddity"

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Filmed February 2016 at TED2016

Amanda Palmer, Jherek Bischoff, Usman Riaz: "Space Oddity"



Singer Amanda Palmer pays tribute to the inimitable David Bowie with a cover of "Space Oddity." She's joined onstage by Jherek Bischoff, TED Fellow Usman Riaz and, no, your eyes are not deceiving you, none other than former Vice President Al Gore.














































Transcript:


(Music)
Amanda Palmer (singing): Ground Control to Major Tom,
Ground Control to Major Tom,
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on.
Al Gore: Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six ...
AP: Ground Control to Major Tom,
AG: Five, Four, Three, Two, One ... AP: Commencing countdown, engines on.
Check ignition and may God's love be with you.
AG: Liftoff.
AP: This is Ground Control to Major Tom,
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare.
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control,
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today.
For here am I floating round my tin can.
Far above the world,
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do."
(Music)
"Though I'm past 100,000 miles,
I'm feeling very still, and I think my spaceship knows which way to go.
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows."
Ground Control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead, there's something wrong.
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you ...
"Here am I floating round my tin can, far above the Moon.
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.
(Music)
["I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man, just a mortal with the potential of a superman ... ... I'm living on." David Bowie, 1947-2016]
(Applause)