The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 53 (1994)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 53 (1994 г.)

The annual global celebration of "Yuri's Night," commemorating the April 1961 flight of Vostok 1, increases in popularity every year. As we enter the second half-century of human spaceflight, it is a time to reflect on the development of global space culture. It began in the 1950's as two distinct cultures--Soviet and American--reflecting the Cold War rivalry that fueled the Space Race. In the intervening decades there has been a blending of these two initial cultures, other nations have added their cultural voices, and the center of the emerging global space culture has shifted. National space cultures have displayed different emphases on science fiction and UFO themes versus devotion to national astronautic accomplishments. These and other factors may be leading cultural indicators of the vigor of national space efforts and their relevance to the global thrust into the final frontier.

The researcher seeks co-researchers with backgrounds in cultural anthropology and musicology with a strong interest in space history. Of particular interest is collaboration with researchers who are familiar with space-themed music from non-English speaking cultures.

At present, the music collection of nearly 1500 tracks is organized chronologically into 100 segments, each approximating the running time of a compact disc (CD), which include voice clips of important events to provide historical context. The play lists are being rolled out incrementally as research continues. Most of the music can be found online and downloaded free of charge. In addition, a library of song lyrics is in development.

This is music to fly to Mars by. If you listened to one hour every day, you would almost be there at the end of this collection!

CD 53

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Наши Ours	Игорь Чижик Igor' Chizhik	1994
2	Astronauta Astronaut	Joao Gilberto	1994
3	Asteroid	Kyuss	1994
4	Песня заправщиков The Fueler's Song	Игорь Чижик Igor' Chizhik	1994
5	Rocketship XL-3	Man or Astro-Man?	1994
6	Fly Me to the Moon	Michael Bolton	1994
7	Песня космонавта Song of the Cosmonaut	Игорь Чижик Igor' Chizhik	1994
8	Supernova	Mike Oldfield	1994
9	STS-68 - Pad Abort	Mission Audio	1994
10	Песня Протона Song of the Proton	Игорь Чижик Igor' Chizhik	1994
11	Fantasy Flight	Mike Pinder	1994
12	Space Cowboy	Jamiroquai	1994
13	Секс-рэп Р7 R7 Sex Rap	Игорь Чижик Igor' Chizhik	1994
14	Destination Moon	They Might Be Giants	1994
15	A bailarina e o Astronauta The Dancer and the Astronaut	Ti	1994
16	Уезжаю с космодрома... Going Away From the Cosmodrome…	Игорь Чижик Igor' Chizhik	1994
17	Fly Me to the Moon	Yasmine Meguid	1994
18	Я помню 83 год... I Remember 1983…	Igor' Chizhik	1994