Tonight, Barack Obama referred to a past generation's “Sputnik moment” during the State of the Union address, and mentioned the lack of one for this generation.

We disagree–they might have had a Sputnik moment, but we had a Sigue Sigue Sputnik moment.

And it's still awesome after all these years. Even David Bowie agrees!:

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