The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 73 (2002)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 73 (2002 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 73

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon Utopia Planitia	Flaming Lips	2002
2	Космические Рейнджеры muz No 3 Space Rangers No 3	Григорий Семёнов Grigorij Semyonov	2002
3	Rand	Warp 11	2002
4	Planet Rock	Jason Moran	2002
5	Fly Me to the Moon	Jazzamor	2002
6	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress	John Serrie	2002
7	Countdown	Jonathan Kreisberg	2002
8	Космический полет Space Flight	Карантин Quarantine	2002
9	Lunar Landings	Kalliope	2002
10	STS-110 - Landing	Mission Audio	2002
11	Darth Vader (Who Gives a Sith)	Left Rights	2002
12	Red Alert	Warp 11	2002
13	No Echo in Space	Meat Beat Manifesto	2002
14	We Are All Made of Stars	Moby	2002
15	Saturn	Moe Koffman	2002
16	Teenagers From Mars	Network	2002
17	Космические Рейнджеры muz No 5 Space Rangers No 5	Григорий Семёнов Grigorij Semyonov	2002
18	Space Happy	Warp 11	2002