28 October 2014

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 TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1Открытый космос
Extravehicular Activity
Pavel Kashin2002
2Imperial March metal remix [Star Wars]Rage Against the Machine2002
3Space Anthem nr. 42Photophob2002
4Fly Me to the MoonRay Brown Trio2002
5EarthshineRush2002
6Cat MartianSchnaider2002
7MarsScum of the Earth2002
8MarsStaff of Life2002
9Star Trek LifeSudden Death2002
10STS-112 - EVAMission Audio2002
11Sto Vo KorWarp 112002
12Surfing Swamp Monster From the Planet ZonVampire Beach Babes2002
13SatelliteVideo Kids2002
14Men in BlackWill Smith2002
15Космические Рейнджеры muz No 6
Space Rangers No 5
Григорий Семёнов
Grigorij Semyonov
2002
16Fly Me to the MoonJohnny He2002
17Warp Core On the Dance FloorWarp 112002
18Soyuz TMA-1 - Docking to ISSMission Audio2002
19Soyuz TMA-1 - Leonid Meteor ShowerMission Audio2002
20Imperial March [Star Wars]Rage Against the Machine2002
21Do the PicardRusty Humphries and the Boneheads2002

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