The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 79 (2004)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 79 (2004 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 79

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Astronaut	Duran Duran	2004
2	Satellite	Dynamite Boy	2004
3	Elvis in Space	Elite Inner Echelon Blood-Circle	2004
4	На Марс To Mars	Елизиум Elizium	2004
5	Neptune City	Phenomenauts	2004
6	Death in Space	Freezerman	2004
7	Звезда Вселенского Разума Star Universal Mind	Галина Яшина и Доминика Бойкова Galina Yashina & Dominika Bojkova	2004
8	Space Man	Glenn Case	2004
9	Space Marathon	Igor Belsky	2004
10	Progress vs. Pettiness	Phenomenauts	2004
11	Is There Love in Space	Joe Satriani	2004
12	Soyuz TMA-5 - Launch	Mission Audio	2004
13	Тьма, космос и звезды [Космические рейнжеры] Darkness, Space and Stars [Space Rangers]	Ксенья Ларинова Ksen'ya Larionova	2004
14	Rocket Roll	Phenomenauts	2004
15	Космос Space	Лена Кауфман Lena Kaufman	2004
16	Fly Me to the Moon	Matt Monro	2004
17	New Planet	Medeski, Martin & Wood	2004
18	Mars Mission	Nerd Processor	2004
19	Jupiter	Presidents of the United States of America	2004
20	Space Fight	Phenomenauts	2004