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14-03-2006, 11:57 PM
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on the highway to Hell
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Adelaide
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all grand stuff mentioned so far - :-))
was thinking there is two trains of thought here - one is music to listen too while enjoying astronomy, and the other one is songs that have an astronomical theme or motif to them.
I have two for selection tonight, although i could do a pretty long list if i had to, one recent, great mainstream songs that fit the second bill, and they are
Train with 'drops of jupiter'
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/train/140408.html
and my all time favourite pick is from aussie band 'the church' (i think one or two were from adelaide even?)
'under the milky way' which should be the aussie amateurs theme song i think 
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/church,-the/31267.html
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15-03-2006, 12:02 AM
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The hall of the mountain king...
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15-03-2006, 12:04 AM
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Hapkido = Pain
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newcastle NSW
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Depeche Mode The darkest star is one of my favourite songs
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15-03-2006, 12:21 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Monto
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"Time" by the Allan Parsons Project. A beautiful piece of prose with a haunting melody, you can imagine in the last verse, the feelings you would have, leaving your loved ones to venture out to space. The analogy with the old days of exploring the new world by ship works very well.
The album "I Robot" is also outstanding.
Time
Flowing like a river
Time
Beckoning me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river
To the sea
Goodbye my love
Maybe for forever
Goodbye my love
The tide waits for me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river (on and on)
To the sea, to the sea
Till it's gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forevermore
Goodbye my friends (goodbye my love)
Maybe for forever
Goodbye my friends (who knows when we shall meet again)
The stars wait for me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river (on and on)
To the sea, to the sea
Till it's gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forevermore
Forevermore
Forevermore
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15-03-2006, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by sheeny
yeesss...
"Set the controls for the heart of the sun"...
Al.
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How about this for a new title to a Floyd song.
"Several Species of Small Bespeckled Mammals Sitting Together in a Field and Viewing With a Scope" 
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15-03-2006, 12:44 AM
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Carbon Star Junkie
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: North Carolina - USA
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Tim Conrardy over in California does a lot of original compositions - MOST with an astronomy theme:
http://tconrardy.wusik.com/
Great to listen to on the MP3 player while at the EP!!!
Cheers!
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15-03-2006, 07:35 AM
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Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
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anything on the radio, as long as its not rap or heavy metal. something to keep you awake and sing with it.
Nothing comes close to that Monty Python classic Volans!!!
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15-03-2006, 08:40 AM
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knows where his towel is
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Maitland, NSW
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I second "I Robot" by the Allan Parsons Project.
Also "Oxygene" by Jean Michel Jarre.
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15-03-2006, 10:35 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
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26-02-2011, 10:32 AM
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Oh, I See You Are Empty!
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Laramie, WY - United States of America
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The Screen Behind The Mirror
Was pulling up some old tunes and Enigma's song "The Gate" came up... jogging my memory about the album, "The Screen Behind The Mirror" (Album that contains "Gravity of Love")
Lyrics from the 1st two song, most people, if not all should be able to guess what they are talking...
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Originally Posted by "The Gate" Lyrics
Closest approach to earth:
34,600,000 miles.
Mean distance from the sun:
141,600,000 miles.
Period of rotation around the sun:
1.88089 years.
Sideral rotation period:
24 hours, 37 minutes, 22.66 seconds.
Mean surface atmospheric temperature:
-23 degrees.
Visual albedo:
0.159.
Pole Star:
BD 52, Degrees 2880.
Visual magnitude at mean opposition:
-2.01.
Mass:
0.10174.
Density:
3.93.
Diameter:
0.532.
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Originally Posted by "Push The Limits" Lyrics
Inclination of equator to orbit:
24.936 degrees.
Gravitational escape velocity:
3121 miles per hour.
Inclination from Orbit.
(Voice fades out)
Basic instincts, social life.
Paradoxes side by side.
Don't submit to stupid rules.
Be yourself and not a fool.
Don't accept average habits.
Open your heart and push the limits.
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26-02-2011, 10:59 AM
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Searching for Travolta...
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brisbane, Australia.
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Mike Oldfield!!!
"The Songs of Distant Earth" album. The song, "Let There be Light"is beyond awesome, and so is the presentation in this clip put to the music of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFGB9...eature=related
Last edited by Suzy; 26-02-2011 at 02:37 PM.
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26-02-2011, 11:01 AM
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Silence is golden.
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26-02-2011, 11:34 AM
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Oh, I See You Are Empty!
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Laramie, WY - United States of America
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Originally Posted by Suzy
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Took me a while to figure out where I've seen this name before and then "BAM!" ... oooohhhhh of course... "Tubular Bells", one of the greatest songs of all times.
BTW: Your link is malformed... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFGB9...eature=related
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26-02-2011, 02:38 PM
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Searching for Travolta...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OICURMT
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Fixed, thanks OIC. 
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01-03-2011, 09:42 PM
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Where is the dark?
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Deep Purple - Space Truckin
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01-03-2011, 10:05 PM
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I've got an astro themed playlist set up on the ipod 
Ian Brown - My Star
Crowded House - Distant Sun
Van Morrison - Moondance
OMD - Walking on the Milky Way
The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
David Bowie - Life on Mars
Train - Drops of Jupiter
The Beatles - Across the Universe
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
David Bowie - Space Oddity
U2 - Staring at the Sun
CCR - Bad Moon Rising
The Stranglers - Always the Sun
Queen -Flash
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