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I’ve been thinking about writing about Major Tom for three years– talktooloose can testify to this. David Bowie’s character of Major Tom is one of the longest-running characters in popular music, featuring in three songs–1969’s “Space Oddity,” 1980’s “Ashes to Ashes,” and 1995’s “Hallo Spaceboy”–that are all frankly iconic songs covering a timespan of more than twenty-six years. The “Major Tom” character, as the Wikipedia article indicates, is one that has entered into broad use in |