The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 71 (2001)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 71 (2001 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 71

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Satellite	Natalie Imbruglia	2001
2	Знаете, каким он парнем был? Do You Know What a Guy He Was?	Николай Диденко и Больжой детский хор под управлением Виктора Попова Nikolai Didenko and Grand Children's Choir under the direction of Viktor Popov	2001
3	Space Cowboy	Red Elvises	2001
4	Where My Heart Will Take Me [Star Trek: Enterprise]	Russell Watson	2001
5	Hogyssey	Spacehog	2001
6	Satellites (single version)	S.P.O.C.K	2001
7	STS-105 - EVA	Mission Audio	2001
8	Drops of Jupiter	Train	2001
9	What Planet Is This?	Yoko Kanno	2001
10	Where Rockets Fly	S.P.O.C.K	2001
11	Космическая хора Space Choir	ЗДОБ СИ ЗДУБ ZDOB SI ZDUB	2001
12	JT in Space	Thomas Detert	2001
13	Space Trip Steps	Tomoya Ohtani, Hunnid-P	2001
14	The Awakening/Reactivated	S.P.O.C.K	2001