The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 74 (2002)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 74 (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 74

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Открытый космос Extravehicular Activity	Pavel Kashin	2002
2	Imperial March metal remix [Star Wars]	Rage Against the Machine	2002
3	Space Anthem nr. 42	Photophob	2002
4	Fly Me to the Moon	Ray Brown Trio	2002
5	Earthshine	Rush	2002
6	Cat Martian	Schnaider	2002
7	Mars	Scum of the Earth	2002
8	Mars	Staff of Life	2002
9	Star Trek Life	Sudden Death	2002
10	STS-112 - EVA	Mission Audio	2002
11	Sto Vo Kor	Warp 11	2002
12	Surfing Swamp Monster From the Planet Zon	Vampire Beach Babes	2002
13	Satellite	Video Kids	2002
14	Men in Black	Will Smith	2002
15	Космические Рейнджеры muz No 6 Space Rangers No 5	Григорий Семёнов Grigorij Semyonov	2002
16	Fly Me to the Moon	Johnny He	2002
17	Warp Core On the Dance Floor	Warp 11	2002
18	Soyuz TMA-1 - Docking to ISS	Mission Audio	2002
19	Soyuz TMA-1 - Leonid Meteor Shower	Mission Audio	2002
20	Imperial March [Star Wars]	Rage Against the Machine	2002
21	Do the Picard	Rusty Humphries and the Boneheads	2002