Best Ever Interplanetary Exploration Songs

[ZombieCake]

Seeing as we're now all going to the moon, 'cos moon caves are now official, we'll need a compilation tape to put into the cassette player of the space ship as it is slightly more of a trek than from Mendip to Yorkshire (bring a packed lunch).
So I'd thought I'd start with a classic crooner song. As ever, thoughts, comments, and contributions most welcome.

 

[shotlighter]

 

[hyweldavies]

Does this count?

The nowadays unjustly neglected composer is rather better know for his discovery of Uranus, doubling the then known size of the solar system. To my knowledge only four of his twenty plus symphonies have been recorded.

He gave up a successful and well rewarded musical career to pursue astronomy full time and take up an appointment as astronomer royal at a considerable pay cut

I see some parallels with Dr Brian May who gave up astrophysics to take up music full time for considerably more pay in his case.

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Shame not to have an entry by the everyoung, genre bending and magnificent Sparks.

 

[pwhole]

 

[pwhole]

See what you've done now.

 

[alanw]

I'm surprised no-one has yet mentioned Sting's Walking on the Moon

 

[AR]

At one point there was a great video on Youtube of Hawkwind's "Space is Deep" set to Hubble images, but I can't seem to find it now sadly.

Let's go for the Stones at their trippiest instead -

 

[Mark Wright]

The Whole of the Moon by the Waterboys, featuring the late, great, Karl Wallinger on keyboards.

We named the large cave high up on the Benarat cliff, opposite Camp 5 in Mulu 'The hole of the Moon' after this track.

Moon Cave is about 400m below it. There are lots of passages named after Waterways tracks inside Benarat.

 

[paul]

 

[owd git]

Intergalactic laxative , Donovan. look it up or learn to play it/and sing. it's fun!!

 

[Graigwen]

I suppose I should follow up Bowie's "Life on Mars?" with the Tornadoes "Life on Venus".

Tornadoes "Life on Venus"

 

[paul]

Another one:

 

[The oil king]

 

[The oil king]

Great for making that big space cave discovery with friends

 

[AR]

Another one:

Guess we should include "Interstellar Overdrive" too!

 

[pwhole]

I guess this makes the cut too. My youthful years exposed

 

[Graigwen]

Back down to Earth, recorded today.

 

[pwhole]

 

[ZombieCake]

Here's the official NASA response