# Songs About SPAAAACE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780 "2009-06-15T00:12:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/81 "2009-06-15T22:02:13Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > “Bike Ride to the Moon” – The Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC in psychedelic drag) > “Another Satellite” – XTC “We’re All Light” might round out the XTC space tunes. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/82 "2009-06-15T22:03:26Z")
I love that song. Thanks for help with the link btw, I was relying on [Bing.com](http://Bing.com) for that. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/83 "2009-06-15T22:23:28Z")
[The Songs of Distant Earth](http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Distant-Earth-Mike-Oldfield/dp/B000002MZ6) by Mike Oldfield - a CD based on the Arthur C. Clarke book. [Blows Against the Empire](http://www.amazon.com/Blows-Against-Empire-Paul-Kantner/dp/B000AADYUI/ref=pd_sim_m_12) is about hijacking a starship, a la Methusaleh’s Children. And we can’t forget the Purple People Eater. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/84 "2009-06-16T01:13:13Z")
On a somewhat different note, Coil has _Musick to Play in the Dark_ [Vol. 1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musick_to_Play_in_the_Dark_Vol._1) and [Vol. 2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musick_to_Play_in_the_Dark_Vol._2). For example: “[Broccoli](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkeGkdxbwzk)” “[Something](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PnuwVUPSo0)” Cheery, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/85 "2009-06-16T03:00:37Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > [Blows Against the Empire](http://www.amazon.com/Blows-Against-Empire-Paul-Kantner/dp/B000AADYUI/ref=pd_sim_m_12) is about hijacking a starship, a la Methusaleh’s Children. Shazbot! I wanted to mention that. Oh well, don’t forget “Have You Seen the Saucers?” by Jefferson Airplane, and “Light the Sky On Fire” by Jefferson Starship. Also, “Space Is the Place” by Sun Ra, “2000 Light Years From Home” by the Rolling Stones. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/86 "2009-06-16T03:19:48Z")
Ooh, I thought of another one. It’s kind of Anti-space, but it mentions space, so I think it fits the OP. It’s “Spaceman” from Journey’s third album _Next_, before Steve Perry joined the band. Greg Rolie sings lead. He sings: “I’m not a spaceman, no”. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/87 "2009-06-16T03:25:34Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > [Walking on the Moon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxAPmKLWIyA&feature=related) – The Police _Walkin’ on the Sun_ – Smashmouth ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/88 "2009-06-16T05:48:38Z")
I love these playlist threads… Aesop Rock [“Bring Back Pluto”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG8bD28Ek84)(definitely fits in here, but good luck deciphering the verses!) At The Drive In - [“Cosmonaut”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n4dfFOkvfE&feature=related)(a live version where Cedric only even sings about half the lyrics, but his intro makes worth posting.); [“Hourglass”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8hOrhv_VAA)(a rare slower song(album version) by AtDi, also has an astronaut theme); [“Proxima Centauri”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKsj9efM9Uo) (particular song starts at 3:25) Built To Spill - [“Built to Spill”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS3NmClfaZU)(another nice one from BtS) Busdriver - [“Sun Showers”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW7Bkivb-kI&feature=related)(official video, but very chopped; the full version of the song is on the right); [“Unemployeed Black Astronaut (Nobody Remix)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhRHfO2H5Fk)(i like the remix better, but the original on the right is good too) CYNE - [“Starship Utopia”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5QW7UfGUgI) (space-based all the way through; awesome sample at 1:40) Dr. Octagon - [“Earth People”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc8zdLQuZp0)(hip-hop sci-fi all the way through; [lyrics](http://lyricwiki.org/Dr._Octagon:Earth_People)) Eric Cartman - [“Come Sail Away”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOWK7Tam01M)(the Styx song, but I am much more partial to this version, ‘you guys’) Illogic - “1000 Whispers”(one of my favorite songs -period-. [lyrics](http://www.urbanlyrics.com/lyrics/illogic/1000whispers.html)); [“Walk Into The Sunset”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R_9UDfRBJE&feature=related)(one of my favorite lyricists -period-. no lyric sheet, but lots of space lines) Incubus - [“Summer Romance(Anti-Gravity Love Song)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT7aDgdPDYQ)(one of my favorites of theirs, i really dig the bass grove) Jimi Hendrix - [“Astro Man”](http://www.last.fm/music/Jimi+Hendrix/_/Astro+Man)(last.fm link, use the audio player on the right) Linda Scott - [Every Little Star](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QYtyyKgqp0)(a nice change of pace for this list) MC Hawking - [“Big Bizang”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20LWam5KMQg) (the nerdiest of nerdcore; anyone of his songs works, but this is the most ‘spacey’) Old 97s - [“In The Satellite Rides a Star”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU2-VU-l3hE)(lovely song, but _yawn_ probably better for the end of your shift) The Pillows - [“Ride On Shooting Star”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9rrVZIlpJA&feature=related)(awesomely weird video and the theme from the even weirder anime series FLCL) Porno for Pyros - [Tahitian Moon](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tahitian+moon&docid=662303015259&mid=1867F8EAE5A4E79B02231867F8EAE5A4E79B0223&FORM=VIVR)(more seas than space, but a good song) The Raconteurs - [“Yellow Sun”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnWLVIQuctk)(live from Lollapalooza) Sage Francis - [“Sun vs Moon”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvt062uFnl4)(the sun and the moon face off in a dj battle) There are also the entire albums of Del the Funky Homosapian’s [Deltron 3030](http://www.amazon.com/Deltron-3030/dp/B001F3S3WI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1245130471&sr=8-2)and DJ Q-Bert’s [Wave Twisters](http://www.amazon.com/DJ-Qberts-Wave-Twisters-Q-Bert/dp/B000060PDJ/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_1_txt?pf_rd_p=304485601&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-2&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00008G5X0&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0VQFXDQDAT9MDGR1C8KS); epic hip-hop/science-fiction masterpieces. The later is even a full length [animated film](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHS44U6FDlo); and [here](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=deltron+3030&aq=f)are the Deltron vids. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/89 "2009-06-16T06:17:13Z")
Oldies: [Telstar](http://www.last.fm/music/The+Tornados/_/Telstar) [Fireball XL5](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VQNCYjswJA) (And now I’ll have to spend most of tomorrow going through this thread and playing everything!) ---
**Author:** ![Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Levolor_the_Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/90 "2009-06-16T07:06:27Z")
[Pluto](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptgSD2ilzEo) by Clare and the Reasons. [Pluto On the Rebound](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR1BVetyGbA&feature=fvw) by Rhett and Link ---
**Author:** ![The\_Raven\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/91 "2009-06-16T13:24:26Z")
Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun (album of the same name) Has a trippy widefield stereo synth and drum intro with big-sweeping pans that is very cool, Highly recommended. Rush - Countdown (Signals) Didn’t notice this one mentioned… It’s about the maiden launch of Columbia, it has a lot of NASA radio traffic and audio clips embedded in it. ---
**Author:** ![mj\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mj\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mj_2)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/92 "2009-06-16T13:32:53Z")
Spaceship - Angie Aparo This song is on the greatest album you have never heard. There’s another song on there called gravity which sort of fits. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/93 "2009-06-16T13:34:50Z")
Russian Satellite by Mighty Sparrow Forgotten in Space - Voivod ---
**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:** [June 16, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/94 "2009-06-16T15:21:10Z")
> [@kitemaker\_chuck](#): > > **Calling Occupants (Of Interplanetary Craft)** > by The Carpenters The original was by Klaatu. Not only is is better, but the group’s name has science fiction connotations. Klaatu had other space themed songs like “Anus of Uranus.” ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/95 "2009-06-16T15:41:01Z")
Here are some more I thought of. They might not have enough space references in them, but you can decide: [Moonage Daydream](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxc6TX3k0g0) - Cybernauts (orig. by David Bowie, but this is my fave version) [Paper Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEmP8MMFXTg) - Def Leppard [Gravity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3A7Z7uNioY) - Def Leppard [Sky Blue](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSzZEj-jjF0) - Peter Gabriel This one’s a bit of a stretch, but it would work, I think: [Celestial Soda Pop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4uM2uMVqsM) - Ray Lynch ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/96 "2009-06-16T16:36:35Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The original was by Klaatu. Not only is is better, but the group’s name has science fiction connotations. > > Klaatu had other space themed songs like “Anus of Uranus.” Post 46 ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/97 "2009-06-16T16:55:16Z")
Just noticed I forgot the link for Illogic’s “[1000 Whispers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aavBigXvy4)”, there are a few good ‘space’ lines in there, but the spaciest thing just might be the beat made with a sample from The Who. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/98 "2009-06-16T17:11:05Z")
> [@athelas](#): > > [Jonathan Coulton](http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/downloads/)’s “Space Doggity” Also by Jonathan Coulton: **I’m Your Moon** - in which Pluto’s moon Charon consoles Pluto over the IAU’s revocation of its planetary status **Chiron Beta Prime** - in which an enslaved family still finds holiday cheer while sentenced to hard labor on a mining asteroid ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780/99 "2009-06-16T18:46:25Z")
[It’s a great big universe and we’re all really puny. We’re just tiny little specks, about the size of Mickey Rooney. It’s big and black and inky and we’re small and dinky. It’s a big universe and we’re not!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_J5rBxeTIk) ---
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> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “Yakko’s Universe” by the Animaniacs At least I provided a link. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-spaaaace/499780.md?page=6)