# Eclipse music! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183 "2017-08-20T12:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/1 "2017-08-20T12:17:34Z")
What is the soundtrack to the solar eclipse on Monday? We can start with: “Blinded By The Light” - Mama told me not to look into the eyes of the sun “Black Hole Sun” - Won’t you come, and wash away the rain “Moon Shadow” - I’m being followed by a … Literally “Dark Side of the Moon” - that’s where we’ll be, you could look it up ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/2 "2017-08-20T12:31:07Z")
Silly me - I totally forgot “Total Eclipse of the Heart” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/3 "2017-08-20T12:42:36Z")
[“Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zuEfmmCA5s) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/4 "2017-08-20T12:47:48Z")
“Here Comes the Sun” ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/5 "2017-08-20T13:25:49Z")
[Why does the Sun Shine?](https://youtu.be/3JdWlSF195Y) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/6 "2017-08-20T14:05:09Z")
> [@SuperNelson](#): > > [Why does the Sun Shine?](https://youtu.be/3JdWlSF195Y) Corrected: [Why Does the Sun Really Shine?](https://g.co/kgs/GyXtao) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/7 "2017-08-20T14:11:30Z")
It’s a cliche, to be sure, but if you time it right, [Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfe8tCcHnKY) will have incredible impact. Or, try [this jazzy version.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0rDBncLS6k) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/8 "2017-08-20T14:20:35Z")
Brain Damage/Eclipse, naturally. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DVQ3-Xe_suY/maxresdefault.jpg "Pink Floyd - Brain Damage / Eclipse") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQ3-Xe_suY) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/9 "2017-08-20T14:33:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > … > “Dark Side of the Moon” - that’s where we’ll be, you could look it up On further review, we are on the same page, in tune if you will. “All that is now And all that is gone And all that’s to come And everything under the sun Is in tune But the sun is eclipsed by the moon” ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/10 "2017-08-20T16:30:45Z")
“Total Eclipse”, Iron Maiden - [Iron Maiden - Total Eclipse - Beast Over Hammersmith - HD - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJntDzLBmfc) “Darkness on the Edge of Town”, Bruce Springsteen “Dark Side of the Sun”, John Waite “Black Sunshine”, White Zombie - [White Zombie - Black Sunshine ft. Iggy Pop - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqPClltS5k8) “The Sun No Longer Rises”, Immortal - [The Sun No Longer Rises - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_frc50rMCeU) “The Day the Light Went Out”, Genesis - [Genesis "The Day The Light Went Out/Vancouver" B side of Many Too Many vinyl single UK edition - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR0Rz5tJHUw) “Under a Darkening Sky”, God Dethroned - [God Dethroned - Under a Darkening Sky - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-UA4qRkHUU) “When the Sky Turns Black”, Graveworm - [Graveworm- When The Sky Turns Black with lyrics - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-uCrrmsJJQ) “Black Moon”, Emerson Lake & Palmer “Dark Star”, The Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/11 "2017-08-20T17:16:43Z")
[Black Sabbath ‘hole in the sky’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-PJDim8CsY) > [@](#): > > Hole in the sky, take me to heaven > Window in time, through it I fly ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/12 "2017-08-20T17:35:21Z")
Ain’t No Sunshine ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/13 "2017-08-20T18:44:15Z")
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/14 "2017-08-20T19:10:08Z")
Invisible Sun, The Police You’re So Vain, Carly Simon ("You flew your Lear Jet up to Nova Scotia/To see the total eclipse of the sun) ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/15 "2017-08-20T19:10:55Z")
“You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon has one line that states “then you flew your Lear Jet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the Sun.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/16 "2017-08-20T19:43:02Z")
“Staring At The Sun” by The Offspring ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/17 "2017-08-20T19:57:57Z")
_ **The Planets** _ by Gustav Holst: "Mars, the Bringer of War" as the Sun disappears. :eek: “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity” as it reappears. :o “Venus, the Bringer of Peace” when things are back to normal. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/18 "2017-08-20T21:50:44Z")
[Under A Raging Moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4VuUBI5gtw) ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/19 "2017-08-21T02:02:59Z")
Moon River or Who’ll Stop the Rain? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183/20 "2017-08-21T02:05:25Z")
Yeah, looking at the weather report it looks like it’s going to be “Rainy days and Mondays [always get me down]” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eclipse-music/794183.md?page=2)