Insane in the membrane NASA lady alluded to in current rap hit

LILY ALLEN WEARS INSANE NASA IN COMMON’S LATEST MUSIC VIDEO “DRIVIN’ ME WILD”

Sooooo remember how Anna had that article deconstructing that lethal NASA love triangle? You know where Lisa Marie Nowak wound up driving 900 miles in diapers down to Orlando Florida to try and kill of the apple of her crush’s eye.

To make a long story short she was busted (with an embarrassing and intriguing list of supplies: see article). But obviously her story resonated with the greater world because many moons later lo and behold, the rap artist Common comes out with a hit song “Drivin’ Me Wild” featuring the doe eyed Lily Allen that alludes to Nowak’s krazy stint.

Not only does the song refer to Nowak’s madness ("All thinkin’ she number one where she was just a jumpoff. Doin’ all she can for a man and a baby. Drivin’ herself crazy like the astronaut lady") but in the music video itself at the “crazy astronaut lady“‘s mention the camera zooms out of Common’s limo to find a full fledged NASA astronaut standing on the roof of his car gesturing “why me?” with Michelin man arms. It’s funny. And touching. If anything Common sounds like he’s empathizing with Nowak. “I guess we all been through it where we try too much,” he raps to us wearing his “ROBOT IS THE FUTURE” t-shirt, pressed pants, and ornate and dapper facial hair formation. And you know what, maybe, maybe he’s right.

Anyways, it’s kinda catchy. And worth a listen. And the image of a NASA astronaut flipping back her face shield to reveal Lily Allen in redundant aviators singing the chorus ("It’s this thing now, that’s drivin’ me wild. I gotta see what’s up before it gets me down") is entirely delightful and absurd.

Credit goes to S/FJ for flagging this hit to my sheltered self at his BEST OF 2007 site.