Astronomy music

[MrB (Simon)]

MrBungle - Merry Go Bye Bye
from the Disco Volante album.
Not a song about astronomy but there's the line "And then I broke my Telescope"

[astroturf (Bryan)]

Originally Posted by fringe_dweller

one of my faves is Tom Waits, he's always throwing astro references like 'and the moons the colour of a coffee stain' in songs, but I am surprised to see the astronomical theme goes deeper than that - see this recent press conference

http://www.youtube.com/v/EOrG1r3S6ZA&hl=en

That's Hilarious!, I love Tom Waits
Have a listen to "children's story" off the more recent "Orphans" album
for some Astronomical analagies

Must say, I don't mind Brian Eno's ambient material while spending the evening observing, Daniel Lanois is a favourite as well

Bryan

[Karlsson]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

I've got more music than a sane man could use, including most of the stuff mentioned in other posts, but I'll go with Omaroo - complete silence.

Same here... I'm with the 'silence minority'. It even irritates me when music from elsewhere wafts in (often C&W) in summertime.

And like Leon, I rarely have the radio on while driving... I am a trained musician but I do value silence highly

[AlexN]

i like some mellow psytrance by sphongle and 1200mics, and as with ric, Yes is great stargazing music...

But i generally sit in silence...

[FarmerBen]

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon?

...but seriously, silence is best for me.

[ngcles]

Hi All,

Well FWIW, this was the playlist I made on my iPod (played through the car sound-system) the last time we observed at Bargo on May 3rd. About 7.5 hrs worth. I tend to be the "music co-ordinator" for our nights. Most of us have fairly similar musical "taste".

Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band -- The Beatles

The Firebird Suite -- Igor Stravinski

Fragile -- Yes

Led Zeppelin IV -- Led Zeppelin

The Milk-Eyed Mender -- Joanna Newsom

Amarok -- Mike Oldfield

Procession of the Sardar -- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

Music of the Spheres -- Mike Oldfield

Star's End -- David Bedford

The Songs of Distant Earth -- Mike Oldfield

The Planets -- Holst.


Best,

Les D

[edwardsdj (Doug)]

Originally Posted by FarmerBen

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon?

...but seriously, silence is best for me.

I'll never forget the total lunar eclipse in 2000 when one of my housemates at the time played "The Dark Side of the Moon" album repeatedly for the duration of the event.

I agree with the silence

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by edwardsdj

I'll never forget the total lunar eclipse in 2000 when one of my housemates at the time played "The Dark Side of the Moon" album repeatedly for the duration of the event.

I'd set his controls for the heart of the sun.

[venus (Lydia)]

Yellow- Cold Play
Distan Sun- Crowded House
Life on Mars- David Bowie
Drops of Jupiter- Train
Shadow of the Day- Linkin Park

May it Be- Enya...

May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
you walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home

Mornie utúlië (darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië (darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now

May it be the shadow's call
Will fly away
May it be your journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun

Mornie utúlië (darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië (darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now

A promise lives within you now

[fringe_dweller]

Originally Posted by astroturf

That's Hilarious!, I love Tom Waits
Have a listen to "children's story" off the more recent "Orphans" album
for some Astronomical analagies

Must say, I don't mind Brian Eno's ambient material while spending the evening observing, Daniel Lanois is a favourite as well

Bryan

the line i quoted is from track "bottom of the world' from brawlers CD #1 of orphans triology are you kidding!! we had orphans on order before first release, got it pre main shop release

Daniel Lanois is pretty cool, loved his work ever since bought neville brothers 'yellow moon' when it first came out - his fingerprints are stamped all over that one

[Suzy_A]

Gustav Holst's The Planets
mms://media3.abc.net.au/classic/keys/keys_17052008_28S.asf
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planets


Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C...ir_de_lune.ogg


Paul McCartney's Venus and Mars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_and_Mars

[Aidan Mc]

Shurely shome mishtake...

Can't miss out on David Bowies 'Starman' and 'Space Oddity (Major Tom)' or

The Church's 'Under the Milky Way Tonight' or

U2's 'Still haven't found what I'm looking for'

[bindibadgi]

Originally Posted by Aidan Mc

U2's 'Still haven't found what I'm looking for'

We have a die-hard star-hopper here folks.

[fringe_dweller]

tend like making my own music as well these days, last night put new strings on my locally made 'Donmo' tricone rustbucket for first time! (slack! had it since jan!), and just had to do a quick slap dash MP3 quality recording of the incredible sound with my portable zoom H4, and added revrb and eq in GB3 - a one take crappy version of ry cooders paris texas theme, i couldnt remember how it went without looking it up lol, but recorded it anyway - cant wait to get into recording proper one day - a heavier brass slide would of sounded better tho

4MB

http://southern-x.org/so_x/dm/donmo.mp3

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by edwardsdj

I'll never forget the total lunar eclipse in 2000 when one of my housemates at the time played "The Dark Side of the Moon" album repeatedly for the duration of the event.

I agree with the silence

While watching the total Lunar Eclipse last year, I played selections from Dark Side of the Moon.
Awesome music. It made it a truely memorable event.
The Galaxy Song by Monty Python is regularly dragged out at Astro events when clouds or fog have spoilt the viewing.
At the last Barambah camp I played a bit of Led Zepplin to keep myself awake.

Mostly though I like the sounds of silence. That way you can hear your spouse/children/pets and other critters creeping up from behind.

[cpoc]

I tend to observe in quiet but might be tempted to use
Vangelis "Albedo 0.39" some nice music... and a bit of astronomy thrown in

[Outbackmanyep]

PINK FLOYD...any album!.....DAVID GILMOUR (On An Island)........

Heres a song to try...."Red Sky at Night" from Dave Gilmour's "On An Island" album...Dave actually did the saxophone in that one!

I think a few people on here know my attachment to Pink Floyd....i shouldn't have to keep reminding everyone!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Thought I'd let you know you're not alone there.
My older brothers brainwashed me with Pink Floyd's music in the early '70's. Along with a lot of other groups that little girls generally don't listen to at primary school.
It's affected me for life, but I'm not complaining.

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

I love listening to the deep bass of the gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn, the mellow undertones of the Globular and Open Clusters and the rich harmonies of the chorus of the constellations and Nebulae that shine down in a symphony of beauty and tranquility.

That's enough music for me.

Chris

[bindibadgi]

Screwdriverone, you must have very good hearing.