Enjoy Stuff: A Space Odyssey
It’s time to space out with an episode featuring songs about space! Jay and Shua list some of their favorites on a cosmic episode of Enjoy Stuff.
Humans have always been fascinated by the cosmos. And when popular artists were recording in the space race era, they jumped on the bandrocket and a new era began. Do your favorites make our list? Let’s find out.
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What we’re Enjoying
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Enjoy Music!
We love our space songs. Not soundtracks from sci-fi (although those are great too) but songs that artists have written specifically about space. This week we examine some of our favorites throughout history. From Lounge to Classic Rock, there is no shortage of cosmic music that you can use to imagine you are peacefully (or dramatically) floating through the starscape.
Songs we include are:
The Planets – Gustav Holst
2000 Light Years from Home – The Rolling Stones
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
Cygnus X-1 – Rush
Starman – David Bowie
Children of the Sun – Billy Thorpe
Rocket Man – Elton John
Slime Creatures from Outer Space – Weird Al
Flash – Queen
Astronaut – Duran Duran
Across the Universe – The Beatles
Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop) – Q-Feel
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Countdown – Rush
Space Invaders – Uncle Vic
Major Tom (Coming Home) – Peter Schilling
Interplanet Janet – SchoolHouse Rock
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
The Galaxy Song – Monty Python’s Meaning of Life
Space Cowboy – Steve Miller
Walking on the Moon – The Police
Major Tom (Coming Home) – William Shatner
Space Oddity – Astronaut Chris Hadfield from the International Space Station
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Did we list a song you like? What are some of your favorite space songs? First person that emails me with the subject line, “I’m a Space Cowboy” will get a special mention on the show. Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com
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