Space Cowboy

Vic Holman

Genre: Rock

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Haven't heard a song about space and spacemen for a while?

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Lyrics

Space Cowboy

drifting blind in darkness
sailing in the sea of space
the farther that i go
all the memories fade
old photo of me
i look so tiny
does the photo remember me

space cowboy rides on
searching for setting suns
thought i had a mission
purpose long forgotten
i'm set adrift alone
million light years from home
how i miss that third stone

chorus 1

i'm just a space cowboy
darkness more that i can stand
i'm just a space cowboy
riding the milky way

stars and sun come and go
lost radio contact years ago
blackhole drifter goes numb
where did i go wrong
captain kirk would be proud
foggy as a nebulus cloud
i wish i could come down
major tom how he fell
he burned up just as well
this could be my graveyard
my coffin at warp speed
the universe is determined
from now til the end of time
i'm looking for a sign

chorus 2
darkness more than i can stand
i'm just a space cowboy
space cowboy rides the milky way

chorus 2
i'm just a space cowboy
darkness more than i can stand

Song Stats

Hits: 3661
Comments: 21
Fans: 7
Plays: 350
Downloads: 139
Votes: 10
Uploaded: Dec 21, 2006 - 09:47:43 PM
Last Updated: Dec 21, 2006 - 09:47:43 PM Last Played: Aug 14, 2012 - 11:18:05 AM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Keywords:

space (219), cowboy (33), darkness (38)

Hardware:

ibanez acoustic, electric, bass, shure 57 mike, drum loops

Software:

logic express

Comments

	said 2343 days ago (December 21st, 2006)
	yeah!!! Space cowboy, A hero fixing solar panels while the world watches he almost drops his wrench. Man when the lead came in I swear i had a flash back I though I was trippin in the bondocks while the water in hoboken said your on the wrong side of the river very cool Its off to the ipod for this one

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 2343 days ago (December 22nd, 2006)
	merry christmas from space you know i didn't even think of the recent space station repairs. that would of been a good approach on lyrics. i'm going to keep that in mind somewhere down the road. thanks for enjoying and have an excellent holiday! Check out my latest song called Darkest Skies

Ed Hannifin

Ed Hannifin said 2343 days ago (December 21st, 2006)

Those jangling guitars I always love...
...are keeping their jangle and bite, while also getting smoother as regards production....

The whole production is smoother and tighter...

Vocals, lyrics, melody are all strong....

Gotta label those mp3's, though, and put your graphics, which are cool, in the file... For those of us growing a collection....

Ed

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Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 2343 days ago (December 22nd, 2006)

thank you vey much ed
since i didn't post a holiday tune i guess the jingle jangle will have to surfice. your comments and direction does help me in achieving better production and mixing. the mp3's i load up are labeled. odd if you're not seeing it as such. file on song graphics? i'm clueless. hope you and your's have a wonderful holiday season.

Vic

Check out my latest song called Darkest Skies

jiguma	jiguma said 2343 days ago (December 22nd, 2006)
	lovely lead Really nicely produced - very Bowie - very, very Bowie! Maybe a bit muddy in the chorus, but I'm sure that's the feel you were after. The acoustic guitar part works well, and the echoey guitar fits perfectly. Neil Check out my latest song called News Is Gonna Break

Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 2343 days ago (December 22nd, 2006)

thank you very much neil
you can't create a space man song without a bowie influence. partially intentional also. (note the major tom reference). the back vocals where intenional set back for ambiance more then up front. there are alot of guitars at those points doing different things. sometimes you can't have your cake a nd eat it to. Thanks and have a happy holiday.

Vic

Check out my latest song called Darkest Skies

jgurner	jgurner said 2342 days ago (December 23rd, 2006)
	Oh man.... ....a total New Wave flashback. I agree with Neil, but maybe Bowie doing a cover of Peter Shilling's "Major Tom." Love the sound and the lyrics. Very haunting really. Loved it. Definitely coming home to live in my iPod. Check out my latest song called Anniversary

Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 2342 days ago (December 23rd, 2006)

thanks from the milky way
"major tom" that was the song i was trying to remember. goes to show you can't do a spaceman tune without the bowie guidelines. funny coincidence, last night i saw a concert clip of bowie performing "hello spaceboy" or was it "welcome". totally forgot that one too. thanks for taking the time to comment and listen. & have a happy holiday.

Check out my latest song called Darkest Skies

bud	bud said 2341 days ago (December 24th, 2006)
	Open the iPod doors Hal This one's docking! Way to go Vic - space is the place. Check out my latest song called ditto

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 2341 days ago (December 24th, 2006)
	sorry dave i can't do that er, back to earth. thanks for beaming in. laid down all the tracks very quickly. but it took a while to come up with lyrics. the music had a space sound to it but i kept trying to write a high plains drifter thing that wasn't fitting so well. finally hit me. Check out my latest song called Darkest Skies

Mcboy	Mcboy said 2341 days ago (December 24th, 2006)
	at first i thought it might be a joker from steve miller offshoot...but no...this is an original......love it ...and that spacey guitar solo too......kool.! Check out my latest song called Bluesphemy (MJRF 2010)

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 2341 days ago (December 24th, 2006)
	had a hunch.. that might come up. it is a catchy term though. i'm happy and sad about the solo. it was the first pass and turned out well, that was the happy part. for the fact that i couldn't keep playing was the sad part. you know how it goes. Thanks very much and have a happy holiday! Check out my latest song called Darkest Skies

MJG	MJG said 2338 days ago (December 26th, 2006)
	Spacey....boy Cool sound Vic, always enjoy your songs, very nice overlining lead, I have a sneaky suspicion we could come up with a dueling spanish guitar frenzy-MJG Check out my latest song called Shadow of the Moon II (Studio)

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 2338 days ago (December 26th, 2006)
	thanks! A lot of delays, reverbs and auto swells make for a good spacey song! then theres the eq'ing so it doesn't go dark (like in space). thanks for the time to listen! frenzy to frazzled. Check out my latest song called Darkest Skies

Youra	Youra said 2338 days ago (December 27th, 2006)
	In my iPod directly, for my daily trip to my cutting room ! A great song that will shorten it by half. I really dig the lyrics and the guitar solo. Great job, Vic. Check out my latest song called Fortin Blues

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 2336 days ago (December 28th, 2006)
	live long and prosper of course if you play it twice in a row then you'll be at the cutting room in now time. kind of like a transporter. thanks for the listen(s) and comments. gratfully appreciated. Check out my latest song called Darkest Skies

	said 2334 days ago (December 30th, 2006)
	This is lovely... Lighters up!!! I can't believe I missed this one. Thanks for calling my attention to this Vic. Vintage Vicar. Lots of Floyd and Moodies here. Mid lead solo is wonderful! Absitively love the outro.... Be well bro!

SmokeyVW

SmokeyVW said 2285 days ago (February 17th, 2007)

spacetime
how odd. i was just writing elsewhere about "third stone from the sun" - and i come across this space song. it must be time for space for me right now.

i like what you did with the vocals not quite sure what i'm hearing, a mild flanging perhaps? but it works nicely.

i'm glad i found this! i'm exploring older songs, there's SO MUCH MUSIC HERE. it's rather overwhleming...

thanks!

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Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 2283 days ago (February 19th, 2007)
	yea we where posting on that i can't remember but i may have added a stereo modulation effect there --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Darkest Skies

	said 2261 days ago (March 14th, 2007)
	Wide sound I get a "Bowie" feel when I hear this. I like the solo. I also dig that synth guitar thang. Great song!!

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 2260 days ago (March 14th, 2007)
	bowie thanks, as a fan of is for way to many years i appreciate the compare. a good influence. true at times no effect is sacred. :-) --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Darkest Skies

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Name: Vic Holman
Location: spokane washington usa

I work as a creative/art director for a advertising agency in Spokane, Washington. i always wanted to record my own music, like forever. i started, a long time ago, by using a reel to reel and a cassette deck and bouncing back and forth on those.... [see more]

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