Spaced Out: Favorite Songs of Infinity and Beyond!
August 10th 2007 06:43
Today I was reading an article regarding Barbara Morgan an Idaho schoolteacher turned astronaut, will fly with six other astronauts to the international space station on the Endeavour. Morgan was selected as the backup candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Program on July 19, 1985. and trained with Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger crew at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. Following the Challenger accident, Morgan assumed the duties of Teacher in Space Designee. From March 1986 to July 1986, she worked with NASA, speaking to educational organizations throughout the country. In the fall of 1986, Morgan returned to Idaho to resume her teaching career as a second and third grade teacher at McCall-Donnelly Elementary. Here is the ABC news story regarding Ms. Morgan
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This got me to thinking about some of my favorite tunes with space as a theme:
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Major Tom: Coming Home: David Bowie/Peter Schilling
Intergalactic: Beastie Boys
Eight miles high: The Byrds
Final Countdown: Europe
Space Cowboy: Steve Miller
Fly Me To The Moon: Frank Sinatra
Sunspot: Trent Reznor
Astro: The White Stripes
Planet of Sound: the Pixies
Sex Dwarf: Soft Cell
Planet Telex: Radiohead
Weightless: Old 97s
What are your favorites?
This got me to thinking about some of my favorite tunes with space as a theme:
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Major Tom: Coming Home: David Bowie/Peter Schilling
Intergalactic: Beastie Boys
Eight miles high: The Byrds
Final Countdown: Europe
Space Cowboy: Steve Miller
Fly Me To The Moon: Frank Sinatra
Sunspot: Trent Reznor
Astro: The White Stripes
Planet of Sound: the Pixies
Sex Dwarf: Soft Cell
Planet Telex: Radiohead
Weightless: Old 97s
What are your favorites?
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Comment by DuskDevi
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- 'Space Truckin' by Deep Purple
...not sure if I really like this song but...oh what the hell I do...
- 'Occupants of Interplanetary Craft' by The Carpenters
- 'Walking On the Sun' by SmashMouth...love this song!
- 'Moondance' by Van Morrison
...and...although not about space...
- 'Cloudbusting' and 'The Big Sky' by Kate Bush
Does the Star Wars theme count....??
Not a favourite but...
- 'Rocket Man' by Elton John...permanently spaced out.
Gooooo Barbara!
I believe she's also a jazz musician(?).
Hope you're well Mis...have a great weekend hon!
Dusk
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Byee
Comment by Miswanderlust
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'Star Trekkin' by The Firm?!?!
Oh yes sister!
'Occupants of Interplanetary Craft' by The Carpenters- 'Uh no thanks... but I respect other folks rights to be pro choice regarding the Carpenters
Walking On the Sun' by SmashMouth...love this song!
Me too!
- 'Moondance' by Van Morrison
Van is one of my favorite artists of all time.
... 'Cloudbusting' and 'The Big Sky' by Kate Bush
Yes please
Does the Star Wars theme count....??
Of course!
Not a favourite but...
- 'Rocket Man' by Elton John...permanently spaced out.
I do not like EJ as a rule. So I left him off the list.
Mis
Cheers and have a wonderful weekend!
Comment by Miswanderlust
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I am so glad that you of Sex Dwarf... It is a pretty obscure selection!... So glad to see you!
Mis
Comment by JohnDoe
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Zoo Babylon - Spaceman
Joe Satriani - Surfin with the Alien
The Monty Python - Galaxy song featured at the end of meaning of Life...a sample of the lyrics-
"Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
Are moving at a million miles a day
In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour,
Of the galaxy we call the 'Milky Way'.
Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars.
It's a hundred thousand light years side to side.
It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick,
But out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide.
We're thirty thousand light years from galactic central point.
We go 'round every two hundred million years,
And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding universe."
Fun topic, good work Miswanderlust
Comment by Miswanderlust
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Excellent choices....especially Monty Python...
Thanks for the kind words! Always glad to see you!
Mis
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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As a kid there was a group called something like - the Bonzo Doo Da Band - who had a hit - I'm the Urban Spaceman - what an absolute cracker of a tune.
Nice Post
MNG
Comment by Miswanderlust
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I had never heard of Bonzo Doo Dah Band.... Thanks God for YouTube who posted the I Am An Urban Spaceman video. Link to video
Brilliant!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Mis