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What I would like to know is, how come David Bowie uses the term "space invader" in his 1971 song Moonage Daydream, when the game didn't come out until 1978? Th
by Joeboy 7y ago
What I would like to know is, how come David Bowie uses the term "space invader" in his 1971 song Moonage Daydream, when the game didn't come out until 1978? They don't seem to me to be words that naturally belong together. Glitch in the matrix?
- deepnet 7y agoSpace Invader Arcade Equipment from 1954, probably pinball https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xB4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&dq=%22space+invader%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBgtDyl_7mAhWHXsAKHazOAggQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22space%20invader%22&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xB4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&dq=...
- Luc 7y agoIt's actually a shooting game: https://strangewars.livejournal.com/21891.html https://strangewars.livejournal.com/21891.html
- Joeboy 7y agoGood answers! I feel slightly more confident in the integrity of the universe now.
- Symbiote 7y agoThe Oxford English Dictionary has let me down, it doesn't have anything prior to the 1979 game. https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/185414#eid21541915 https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/185414#eid2154...
- adamsea 7y agoThat’s a great link. And the gun in the shooting game is very very similar to Han Solos ...
- khazhoux 7y agoWow, that 1954 issue of "The Billboard" magazine was absolutely fascinating. Industry info on music charts, jukebox sales, pinball machines, TV, radio, film... full of history!
- dylan604 7y agoWhen did the term "space invader" become popular for people that encroach someone else's personal space?
- Zenst 7y agoMany 50's and 60's movies that covered many Sci Fi aspects we reinvented time and time again. Actually most of those involved invaders from space, so expect the term "space invaders" got used in many a movie line by the local towns foke - though I don't believe IMDB allows you to search film scripts, that would be cool.