The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 66 (2000)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 66 (2000 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 66

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Baby You Make Me Crazy	Warp 11	2000
2	Fly Me to the Moon	Blue Eyed Swing	2000
3	Beyond the Third Star	Space Cossacks	2000
4	Crusher	Warp 11	2000
5	Cape Canaveral	Astronaut Wife	2000
6	My Planet Rocks	A:xus	2000
7	To the Quasar	Ayreon	2000
8	Galactic Pioneers	Phenomenauts	2000
9	STS-99 - Launch	Mission Audio	2000
10	Fly Me to the Moon	Carol Kidd	2000
11	Deanna What's on My Mind	Warp 11	2000
12	Beagle 2 (transmission remix)	Blur	2000
13	Into the Black Hole	Ayreon	2000
14	На Марс! To Mars!	Чеврона Рутта Chervona Rutta	2000
15	Help Me Spock	Warp 11	2000
16	Fly Me to the Moon	DeRienzo Brothers	2000
17	Stranded on Mars	Disco Volante	2000
18	Party on Saturn	Seksu Roba	2000
19	Cossack Rocket Patrol	Space Cossacks	2000