The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 81 (2005)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 81 (2005 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 81

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Космос Space	Тату t.A.T.u.	2005
2	Song for People Who Never Watch Star Trek	Warp 11	2005
3	Марсианка (remix) The Martian	Кар-мен Kar-Men	2005
4	Cossack Rocket Patrol	Space Cossacks	2005
5	Космос Space	Айвенго Ajvengo	2005
6	Transit of Mars	Alan Fraser	2005
7	Голубая планета [из к-ф Большое космическое путешествие] The Blue Planet [Grand Space Travel]	Алексей Рыбников Aleksej Rybinkov	2005
8	Starship Groove	Animusic	2005
9	Mir Rescue	Space Cossacks	2005
10	Auto Destruct	Warp 11	2005
11	Soyuz TMA-6 - Launch	Mission Audio	2005
12	На Марсе большое жизни нет On Mars There Is No Life	АЗ AZ	2005
13	Баийконур Bajkonur	Bad Sector	2005
14	Space Cowboy	Banaroo	2005
15	Martian Band	Big Eyed Beans From Venus	2005
16	My Flying Saucer	Billy Bragg and Wilco	2005
17	Flying Saucer Rock N Roll	Brian Setzer	2005
18	Rage Against the Federation	Warp 11	2005
19	Космический бездомных Cosmic Homeless	Будда Майтрайя Budda Majtrajya	2005
20	Fly Me to the Moon	Busch	2005