Enchilada
10-01-2009, 08:16 AM
After reading Jen's musical "Songs to do with Space..." thread, made me think of some of the retro space vids that I've sometimes seen on T.V. or over the Internet.
1) The first that came to mind was the British group M.A.R.S. "Pump Up the Volume" (1987). I saw this again on ABC TV's Rage a few weeks ago, and I recall the quality of the vid and sound was always absolutely dreadful. I found a very good quality version at ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPhUr-T6UM , and this contains retro videos and animations taken from NASA.
2) Another one that I fondly remember seeing was once on ABC TV during September 1979 as a late-night filler. This was an interesting collection of NASA footage and animations set to the Album "Incantations" by Mike Oldfield. I never thought i'd see it again, but low and behold, I found it on YouTube, and the memories come flooding back...
Part 1 up to 2:28 was ripped-off by the 1983 movie "The Right Stuff". This is at; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3aKsTa7h7U&feature=related
Part 2 is probably the best bit, which I have attached here, which some the older IISer's might recall seeing it on television as .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4WcLMeZwAc&feature=related
Are there an other favourites others might know about or recall having seen over the years?
These two are the only ones I remember of hand at the moment...
Comment: The music in the last half of the Incantations vid are the words from Benjamin Jonson (1573-1637) "Hymn to Diana" of 1855. The lyrics/ words are;
"Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
Now the sun is laid to sleep,
Seated in thy silver chair,
State in wonted manner keep:
Hesperus entreats thy light,
Goddess excellently bright.
Earth, let not thy envious shade
Dare itself to interpose;
Cynthia's shining orb was made
Heaven to clear when day did close:
Bless us then with wished sight,
Goddess excellently bright.
Lay thy bow of pearl apart,
And thy crystal-shining quiver;
Give unto the flying hart
Space to breathe, how short soever:
Thou that mak'st a day of night -
Goddess excellently bright.
1) The first that came to mind was the British group M.A.R.S. "Pump Up the Volume" (1987). I saw this again on ABC TV's Rage a few weeks ago, and I recall the quality of the vid and sound was always absolutely dreadful. I found a very good quality version at ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPhUr-T6UM , and this contains retro videos and animations taken from NASA.
2) Another one that I fondly remember seeing was once on ABC TV during September 1979 as a late-night filler. This was an interesting collection of NASA footage and animations set to the Album "Incantations" by Mike Oldfield. I never thought i'd see it again, but low and behold, I found it on YouTube, and the memories come flooding back...
Part 1 up to 2:28 was ripped-off by the 1983 movie "The Right Stuff". This is at; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3aKsTa7h7U&feature=related
Part 2 is probably the best bit, which I have attached here, which some the older IISer's might recall seeing it on television as .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4WcLMeZwAc&feature=related
Are there an other favourites others might know about or recall having seen over the years?
These two are the only ones I remember of hand at the moment...
Comment: The music in the last half of the Incantations vid are the words from Benjamin Jonson (1573-1637) "Hymn to Diana" of 1855. The lyrics/ words are;
"Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
Now the sun is laid to sleep,
Seated in thy silver chair,
State in wonted manner keep:
Hesperus entreats thy light,
Goddess excellently bright.
Earth, let not thy envious shade
Dare itself to interpose;
Cynthia's shining orb was made
Heaven to clear when day did close:
Bless us then with wished sight,
Goddess excellently bright.
Lay thy bow of pearl apart,
And thy crystal-shining quiver;
Give unto the flying hart
Space to breathe, how short soever:
Thou that mak'st a day of night -
Goddess excellently bright.