When you re-do a song using only the English language's 1,000 most common words, "Ground control to Major Tom” becomes “Ground control to Top Space Man,” and hilarity happens.
After Chris Hadfield's cover of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity,' it seemed impossible that anyone would ever top his efforts. His version was, after all, filmed in fucking space. SPACE.
But when you re-do a song like 'Space Oddity' using only the English language's 1,000 most common words, "Ground control to Major Tom” becomes “Ground control to Top Space Man,” and Chris Hadfield's not so big and bad after all. Are you Chris Hadfiled? Are you? Okay, you are.
In the video, lyrics “Take your protein pills and put your helmet on” transforms into “take your small food, rocks, and put your head safe on." and hilarity ensues. 'Space Oddity' becomes 'Space Weird Thing' and … just wow.
The Oulipo-style experiment — created by Molly Lewis, Marian Call, Seth Boyer, and Patrick Race — is overwhelmingly awesome. We are constantly surprised by what people can do when they don't have jobs, despite the fact that they claim they're from a robotics company. God bless the human race.
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