11 November 2014

The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 88 (2006)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 88 (2006 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 88
Selection TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1Outer Space (She Wants Revenge mix)Тату
t.A.T.u.
2006
2Star Trek: Deep Space NineLLDS2006
3Млечный путь [Большое космическое путешествие]
The Milky Way [The Great Space Journey]
Л. Берлинская, E. Камбурова, ВИА Верные Друзья
Lyudmila Berlinskaya, Ye. Kamburova, VIA Vernyye Dru'ya
2006
4Космос
Space
Мартини
Martini
2006
5Fly Me to the MoonMatt Dusk2006
6Soyuz TMA-9 - Docking to ISSMission Audio2006
7Rocket to the MoonPatrick Cleandenim2006
8Sirenitas en el Espacio
Mermaids in Space
Polka Madre y La Comezon2006
9CountdownPortland Jazz Orchestra2006
10RocketshipRed Elvises2006
11Schiess mich doch zum mondRoger Cicero2006
12Yuri's NightScott Rodell2006
13Я - Космонавт (melodika remiks)
I Am a Cosmonaut
Тина Чарльз
Tina Charl'z
2006
14STS-116 - EVA 3Mission Audio2006
15Night on MarsThomekk2006
16Fly Me to the MoonBart Howard2006
17AstronautUnheilig2006
18Super NovaWeather Report2006

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