Space Oddity
Clip: 4/29/2025 | 2m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Aeliza Hibbs performs David Bowie's Space Oddity at Green Bank, West Virginia.
In Green Bank, West Virginia, Aeliza's performance of David Bowie's Space Oddity fills her father Tim with pride. Tim reflects on the profound impact of the pandemic, drawing parallels between the isolation of an astronaut and the forced separation of loved ones. The poignant lyrics resonate deeply as Sasha remains at home isolated from her family, further emphasizing the distance between them.
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Space Oddity
Clip: 4/29/2025 | 2m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
In Green Bank, West Virginia, Aeliza's performance of David Bowie's Space Oddity fills her father Tim with pride. Tim reflects on the profound impact of the pandemic, drawing parallels between the isolation of an astronaut and the forced separation of loved ones. The poignant lyrics resonate deeply as Sasha remains at home isolated from her family, further emphasizing the distance between them.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle ukulele music) ♪ Ground Control to Major Tom ♪ ♪ Ground Control to Major Tom ♪ ♪ Take your protein pills and put your helmet on ♪ ♪ Ground Control to Major Tom ♪ ♪ Commencing countdown, engines on ♪ ♪ Check ignition and may God's love be with you ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ Though I'm past a hundred thousand 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 ♪ ♪ Planet Earth is blue ♪ ♪ And there's nothing I can do ♪ (gentle ukulele music) (gentle ukulele music continues) - [Aeliza] I think you can catch on.
But yeah, that's it.
Yeah, you know.
- [Tim] Nice.
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