Apparently when Col. Timothy Korpa blasts off next month for the Space Station he’ll be taking along his copy of Echo and the Bunnymen’s CD Ocean Rain to rock the space walk. Wired magazine has a nice post about their 5 picks for a space walk. It’s a new spin on the old desert island discs question, ‘what 5 albums would you take along if you were stranded on a desert island?’
Here’s my 5 tunes for rockin’ the spacewalk. I’m sure you can do better.
- Space-Age bachelor pad music — Esquivel
- Major Tom — David Bowie
- Brand New Cadillac – Clash – just for the amazing bass line
- Rocket Man — Elton John
- Space Cowboy — Steve Miller
Got a song or five? Leave a comment
posting by jim
4 responses so far ↓
Nancy // May 27, 2009 at 5:46 am
How about “Walking on the Moon”?
Anne // May 27, 2009 at 8:37 am
Not a song off the top of my head, but a band ~
Spacemen 3
http://www.last.fm/music/Spacemen+3
jeanne // May 27, 2009 at 11:05 am
Peter Schilling, Major Tom, a great song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl5GI59MmmE
YouTube has many versions of this song, including the original German. Apparently it was featured in a car commercial.
It’s also interesting to read about the interconnectedness of this song, David Bowie’s Major Tom, and even Rocketman
David // May 27, 2009 at 2:05 pm
You may remember “Ashes to Ashes”, the follow-up that Bowie recorded: “Ashes to ashes/funk to funky/we know Major Tom’s a junkie/Strung out in heavens high/hitting an all-time low”. Another reason astronauts need good health insurance.