# Moon Songs (and other spaced out songs) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366 "2019-07-20T20:42:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/21 "2019-07-20T21:11:34Z")
Look At The Moon - Trip Shakespeare [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OIaCHZVxvG8/maxresdefault.jpg "Look At The Moon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIaCHZVxvG8) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/22 "2019-07-20T21:11:36Z")
[The Commander thinks Aloud](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8AisTXgAGA)–The Long Winters ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/23 "2019-07-20T21:12:38Z")
[Have You Seen the Stars Tonight?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaRlmClmEy8) - Jefferson Starship (the original) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/24 "2019-07-20T21:13:05Z")
Space Oddity - David Bowie [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iYYRH4apXDo/maxresdefault.jpg "David Bowie – Space Oddity (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/25 "2019-07-20T21:13:10Z")
Solar System - The Beach Boys [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LlwOouOHqc0/maxresdefault.jpg "Solar System (Remastered 2000)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlwOouOHqc0) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/26 "2019-07-20T21:15:27Z")
[Reaching Out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMEUQchxgjE&list=PLcDjyIMIEIKq25JwTGQBsCUjVX4jbD08L&index=7) - Intergalactic Touring Band ---
**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:** [July 20, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/27 "2019-07-20T21:16:55Z")
[Lunar Sea](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLncD0ta2jQ) – Camel ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/28 "2019-07-20T21:21:22Z")
**Blue Moon** Al Bowlly (1936) The Marcels (1961) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qoi3TH59ZEs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgXSgzMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAMOS7df3RquG4P6u-YEnKz2QRycA "THE MARCELS - "BLUE MOON" (1961)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoi3TH59ZEs) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/29 "2019-07-20T21:21:35Z")
Full Moon - The Kinks [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yYu-mwcvMJw/hqdefault.jpg "Full Moon ~ The Kinks") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYu-mwcvMJw) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/30 "2019-07-20T21:38:42Z")
And for something totally bizarre, [We Like the Moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY6insZjCfU) by the Spongmonkeys of [Rathergood.com](http://Rathergood.com). ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/31 "2019-07-20T21:43:56Z")
You weren’t kidding about that one Colibri. It does ring a bell though. I think the first person to comment nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/32 "2019-07-20T21:44:25Z")
Whole of the Moon - the Waterboys. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pu7AR0-FRro/hqdefault.jpg "The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon (HQ)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu7AR0-FRro) ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/33 "2019-07-20T22:01:46Z")
Moon Dude - Jessica Pratt [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_tycHRjBBAA/maxresdefault.jpg "Jessica Pratt - Moon Dude (Live on KEXP)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tycHRjBBAA) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/34 "2019-07-20T22:06:12Z")
[Spaceman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7xOZVBAWtw) – Harry Nilsson ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/35 "2019-07-20T22:20:08Z")
**Shine On Harvest Moon** Leon Redbone Laurel & Hardy song and dance from when they joined the French Foreign Legion. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l9hmO-wOx-s/hqdefault.jpg "Laurel and Hardy: Harvest Moon, The Flying Deuces [Skiffleboom.com]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9hmO-wOx-s) ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/36 "2019-07-20T22:29:58Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > “Whitey on the Moon” by Gil Scott-Heron > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuqU5XSo-1U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuqU5XSo-1U) [Uncle Sam’s on Mars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGyeULvpQdY) - Hawkwind, which was inspired by Gil Scott-Heron’s piece. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/37 "2019-07-20T22:34:46Z")
Harvest Moon - Neil Young Everyone’s Gone to the Moon - Jonathan King My Moon, My Man - Feist Man in the Moon - Voice of the Beehive ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/38 "2019-07-20T22:35:53Z")
Belle and Sebastian - [“Waiting for the Moon to Rise”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uERETvmoqNw) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/39 "2019-07-20T22:36:12Z")
“Please Mr. Kennedy” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lSwO-k-RqNA/maxresdefault.jpg "Inside Llewyn Davis - Please Mr. Kennedy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSwO-k-RqNA) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-songs-and-other-spaced-out-songs/837366/40 "2019-07-20T22:56:45Z")
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