With Monday marking the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, here's a 10-song set celebrating the final frontier and the achievements of Armstrong, Aldrin et al. Sort of, anyway. Alas, I could not find a clip of the B-52s' "There's a Moon in the Sky Called the Moon."1. The Police, "Walking on the Moon"
2. The Beach Boys, "Surfer Moon"
3. Dennis DeYoung, "Desert Moon"
4. Duran Duran, "New Moon on Monday"
5. Paul McCartney and Wings, "Jet"
6. Vik Venus, "Moonflight"
7. Kate Bush, "Rocket Man"
8. David Bowie, "Space Oddity"
9. Peter Schilling, "Major Tom (Coming Home)"
10. Nina Simone, "Everyone's Gone to the Moon"
4 comments:
Thanks for the decidedly odd Nina Simone version, which I'd never heard. I do love the b&w clip of Jonathan King's version, tho'.
"Odd" is indeed the word. In hindsight, I should have included either the original you note or Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon."
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Don't forget Ray Steven's "The Streak," which prominently features a moon.
-D*
Haha, nice. Actually, D*, I have one more "moon" surprise for Monday. You'll like.
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