The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 68 (2000)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 68 (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 68

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Tsar Wars	Space Cossacks	2000
2	My House on Mars	Ayreon	2000
3	Walk in to Space	Nexus	2000
4	Space Opera	Warp 11	2000
5	Space Cowboy Yippie-Yi-Yay	Nsync	2000
6	Galaxy Detour	Phenomenauts	2000
7	Komarov	Regis	2000
8	Spock Me Shock Me	Warp 11	2000
9	One Small Step	Ayreon	2000
10	STS-92 - Launch	Mission Audio	2000
11	Space Race	Space Cossacks	2000
12	Surf Trek	Rubinoos	2000
13	Zero Gravity Mini-Skirt	Seksu Roba	2000
14	Moon's Theme	Sir Finks	2000
15	Wesley Crusher-Yeah!	Warp 11	2000
16	Fly Me to the Moon	Utada Hikaru	2000
17	Come and Play in the Milky Night	Stereolab	2000
18	To the Solar System	Ayreon	2000
19	Wormhole	Warp 11	2000