# Astronomy songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326 "2019-10-05T20:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/1 "2019-10-05T20:23:10Z")
Let’s check out the music of the spheres. I’ll start the ball rolling with “[Cassiopeia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op64PNMzM_Y)” by Sara Bareilles. “Anchored home in her interstellar sea but Poor lonely Cassiopeia So she sighs and she burns with desperation Learns to cry over love of constellations” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/2 "2019-10-05T20:37:44Z")
_'39_ by Queen ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/3 "2019-10-05T22:03:49Z")
“The Stars that Play with Laughing Sam’s Dice” - Jimi Hendrix ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/4 "2019-10-05T22:19:06Z")
\*\*Planet X \*\* (about Pluto) by Christine Lavin [https://christinelavin.com/songs/Shining\_My\_Flashlight\_on\_the\_Moon/233](https://christinelavin.com/songs/Shining_My_Flashlight_on_the_Moon/233) Also **Shining my Flashlight on the Moon** from the same album [https://christinelavin.com/songs/f/Shining\_My\_Flashlight\_on\_the\_Moon/221](https://christinelavin.com/songs/f/Shining_My_Flashlight_on_the_Moon/221) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/5 "2019-10-05T22:52:19Z")
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/6 "2019-10-05T23:01:57Z")
[Astronomy Domine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJh9OLlXenM) ---
**Author:** ![Dobbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Dobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dobbs)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/7 "2019-10-05T23:13:10Z")
Grateful Dead, \* Standing on the Moon \* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j0wCPXpRoWQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Grateful Dead - Standing On The Moon 7-7-89") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0wCPXpRoWQ) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/8 "2019-10-05T23:23:38Z")
Frank black - places named after numbers [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YW1nbALCBlk/hqdefault.jpg "Places Named After Numbers - Frank Black") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW1nbALCBlk) ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/9 "2019-10-05T23:36:10Z")
“The Galaxy Song” from Monty Python’s Meaning of Life. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/10 "2019-10-06T00:23:20Z")
That’s amore ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/11 "2019-10-06T01:18:11Z")
"Theme to _ **Fireball XL-5."** _ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/F8C8pyuOO5U/maxresdefault.jpg "FIREBALL XL-5 TV THEME (NEW ENHANCED VERSION) STEREO 720P") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8C8pyuOO5U) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/12 "2019-10-06T01:37:36Z")
Does instrumental music count? Gustav Holtz’s suite _ **The Planets** _ covers all members of the Solar System (except Earth) that were known in 1913. Minor nitpick: The music is supposed to represent each planet’s _astrological_ aspect, but what the hell. A planet is a planet. Mars, the Bringer of War is my favorite. I once fell asleep listening to this through headphones. Scared the crap out of me! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cXOanvv4plU/maxresdefault.jpg "Holst: The Planets, 'Mars' - BBC Proms") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXOanvv4plU) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/13 "2019-10-06T01:53:50Z")
Blue Oyster Cult Astronomy [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzRVm65lNdU) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/14 "2019-10-06T02:20:46Z")
Yakko Warner’s “It’s a Great Big Universe” They Might Be Giants’ “The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas”, and its sequel “The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/15 "2019-10-06T02:24:18Z")
Does the theme song for _The Big Bang Theory_ count? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/16 "2019-10-06T03:39:27Z")
Been there done that recently… [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=879075](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=879075) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/17 "2019-10-06T03:43:43Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > “The Galaxy Song” from Monty Python’s Meaning of Life. And, as covered by Stephen Hawking: :D ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/18 "2019-10-06T03:51:02Z")
[Interplanet Janet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGgajx1pGPU) – Schoolhouse Rock (Lynn Ahrens) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/19 "2019-10-06T05:24:22Z")
It’s astronomy from the right perspective… [Third Stone From the Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA3aBf5oEh0) - Jimi Hendrix Experience ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/20 "2019-10-06T05:27:26Z")
Two more instrumentals: Debussy’s “Claire de Lune” and, by association, “Arabesque No. 1,” which was for many years the theme to PBS’s \*\*\*Star Hustler \*\*\*series (later known as _ **Jack Horkheimer, Star Gazer** _). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVYH-7QGE-A [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eSB5RCQUfOA/hqdefault.jpg ""Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer" 5 Minute Aug. 16 - 22, 2010") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSB5RCQUfOA) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326.md?page=2)