I Am An Astronaut
Okay, so it's a cover. It hails from the UK bubblegum 70's classic by Ricky Wilde.
And for comparison (the original's better, surely)...
Found via this excellent compilation.
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Bottom-fed and corn-battered.
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I heard this single by Ricki Wilde while on vacation in Sweden with my mother (visiting family), presumably back in 1972 when I was just 4 years old. It was played on the radio, and apparantly resonated so much in my mind that I managed to convince my mother to buy the single for me. I had no record player, so I had to rely on my brothers to play it for me when I came home. The song stayed with me, as did the B side Hertfordshire Rock, but after a while, I suppose I stopped bothering my brothers. I haven't heard it since, until today, many many years after. Wow. It's not really great music, but the memories
it evokes are warming. Thank you for posting this, and I hope you can forgive me for not listening to your cover version first. I will do so now, I promise!
-Lasse
I first heard the Ricki Wilde original a couple months ago on WFMU's "Greasy Kid Stuff." It quickly became a favorite of my two kids, ages 2 and 4. My daughter (2)was sitting with me when I downloaded and played your version. She was clapping and singing along and demanded that I play it two more times. You have a new fan :-)
Woohoo! Glad to know my hard work wasn't in vain. Ricki Wilde fans of the world unite!
This is the only song I kept from a list of (over 200) MP3 a friend gave me.
omg my friend and i listend to this when we were younger. i loved it!! havent heard it for many years! where can i find it!!!
Those links should still be working...
I heard another cover of this song yesterday in a club and thought 'oh god it's so familiar, what is it?'
Like your cover!
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