19 October 2014

The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 65 (1999)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 65 (1999 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 XX
Selection TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1See You Space CowboyMai Yamane1999
2Interstellar HardriveMan or Astro-Man?1999
3Mariner 4Penetrators1999
4SpacewalkS.P.O.C.K1999
5Космос
Kosmos
ПЕП-СИ
PEP-SI
1999
6STS-103 - LaunchMission Audio1999
7Космонавт Петров
Cosmonaut Petrov
Red Elvises1999
8War of the SatellitesSir Finks1999
9Мiй брудний космос
My Messy Space
Скрябiн
Skryabin
1999
10Wolf in the FoldS.P.O.C.K1999
11Journey to the StarsSpace Cossacks1999
12Outer SpaceVetivers1999
13И зовёт нас в дорогу «Спутник»
And Calling Us on the Way, Sputnik
ВИА "Пламя"
VIA Plamya
1999
14Космос
Space
Елена Дединская
Yelena Dediskaya
1999
15Марсианска
Martian
Жанна Агузарова
Zhanna Aguzarova
1999
16They Are HereS.P.O.C.K1999

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