The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 84 (2005)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 84 (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 84

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Launch	Matt Sommers	2005
2	Fly Me to the Moon	Olivia Ong	2005
3	Space Victory Theme	Space Cossacks	2005
4	Planet Caravan	Mercury Rev	2005
5	Star Wars Imperial March	Metallica	2005
6	I Turned Into a Martian	Misfits	2005
7	Moonwalk	Moon Taxi	2005
8	Soyuz TMA-7 - Undocking From ISS	Mission Audio	2005
9	Ghosts of Mars	Mythril Nazgul	2005
10	Man on a Mission	Warp 11	2005
11	Лунный ТВ Lunar TV	Odyssey and Chestnuts	2005
12	Lunar Bass	Origin Unknown	2005
13	Gagarin	Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra	2005
14	Outer Space	Тату t.A.T.u.	2005
15	Colour Space	Paul Cooper	2005
16	Moon Rock	Phil Maynard	2005