I am making a rocket related playlist and need some suggestions

[tc2982]

I am working on a playlist with a rocketry type theme. I am looking for songs that mention rocket/rockets, flying, describes the rocketry crowd, etc. I am not a big country music fan but I am open to anything. So give me some suggestions.

 

[eedetail]

Space oddity - David Bowie; Rocketman - Elton John; A lot of Pink Floyd....

 

[Joe V]

Countdown - Rush

 

[SteveA]

"Ascent" (An Ending) Brian Eno (Apollo Album) "Silver Morning" Brian Eno (Apollo Album) "Deep Blue Day" Brian Eno (Apollo) Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling

 

[ClayD]

•"Making Love Out of Nothing At All"
Written by Jim Steinman
Performed by Air Supply
Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc./EMI Music Australia

RFLMAO:dark:

 

[Tronman]

Every song on "The Ventures in Space".

 

[K'Tesh]

Rocket... Def Leppard
The Launch... Boston
Cool The Engines... Boston
Major Tom... Peter Schilling
Learning to fly... Pink Floyd
Learn to fly... Foo Fighters
silent running... mike and the mechanics
The Final Countdown... Europe
Down to Earth... Peter Gabriel
The Planets... Gustav Holst
Faith of the Heart... Russell Watson
Faith of the Heart... Rod Stewart
Fresh Aire V (entire album) Mannheim Steamroller

 

[JPVegh]

Black Sabbath - Into The Void

 

[gdiscenza]

Francis Scott Key - The Star Spangled Banner ("and the rockets red glare....")

G.D.

 

[tc2982]

Good suggestions so far, I already had some of these on the playlist. I use spotify and can share this playlist I'm working on if anyone uses that service and is interested.

 

[brianc]

From the archives-

https://www.rocketryforumarchive.com/showthread.php?t=16320

 

[tc2982]

•"Making Love Out of Nothing At All"
Written by Jim Steinman
Performed by Air Supply
Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc./EMI Music Australia

RFLMAO:dark:

Now that is an awesome suggestions. Haha. I will add this. When I come across this on the playlist it will put a smile on my face. LOL

 

[Rocketjunkie]

Higher and Higher - Moody Blues. Most of the album "To Our Children's Children's Children" is space themed.
Much of Klaatu's music is space or SF themed.

Then there are the groups - Love and Rockets, Modern Rocketry, The Bottle Rockets, and The Rocket Scientists

 

[SteveA]

Can't believe I forgot this..."Magic Carpet Ride" Steppenwolf.

 

[dlazarus6660]

If John Denver is not too mellow for you, Flying For Me, dedicated to the crew of the Challenger.

 

[JPVegh]

Not really rocket related but Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds is friggen awesome. I had this one on cassette back when, I wore it out.

 

[closet astronaut]

Rocket Man by Elton John, Children of the Sun by Billy Thorpe.

 

[RWmarlow]

"Rocketcathedrals"- Be Bop Deluxe (from Axe Victim 1974)

 

[bubamech]

Has anyone heard William Shatner do rocket Man?

 

[SteveA]

"Spaceman" The Killers...oh, "Come Sail Away" Styx....It's about aliens!:sigh:...

 

[docK]

"After the Gold Rush" Neil Young

...Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun"

"Eight Miles High" The Byrds

and if you do the Star Spangled Banner, do the version by Jimi Hendrix

 

[tc2982]

OK here is a link to what I have so far. I will continue to keep adding the great suggestions. If the link doesn't work let me know. For those that have spotify you can play this and if you don't have it you should be able to see what I've added so far.

https://sharemyplaylists.com/rocket-music

 

[K'Tesh]

Calling America... ELO
Thus sprach Zarathustra... Strauss
Can You Take Me Higher?... Creed
Can You Take Me High Enough...Damn Yankees
Higher and Higher... Jackie Wilson
Fly Me to the Moon... Frank Sinatra

 

[jadebox]

"Spaceman" by Harry Nilsson.

-- Roger

 

[K'Tesh]

Into the Mystic... Van Morrison
Fly Like an Eagle... Steve Miller
Somewhere Over The Rainbow... Iz
Mr Blue Sky... ELO
Rhiannon... Fleetwood Mac
Flight of the Valkyries... Wagner
Daniel... Elton John
Firebird Suite... Stravinsky
All Time High... Rita Coolidge
Moonraker... Shirley Bassey
Skyfall... Adele
Rocket... The Smashing Pumpkins
Mars Forever... Fantastic Plastic Machine (Cartoon Network Groovies)
Cloud 9... George Harrison
Cloud Nine... The Temptations
Eye in the Sky... The Alan Parsons Project

 

[pepe]

Major Tom by David Bowie

 

[jadebox]

The Ventures recorded an entire album of rocket/space-themed songs to commemorate NASA's 25th anniversary. I have the clear LP around here somewhere.

-- Roger

 

[closet astronaut]

"After the Gold Rush" Neil Young

...Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun"

You may have to be careful of some of these songs, they may be talking about a trip, just not necessarily an interstellar trip.

 

[JPVegh]

Judas Priest - Invader

Brownsville Station - Martian Boogie

 

[BEC]

From the Synergy album "Audion": Orbit Five, Revolt at L-5. From "Sequencer": Phobos and Deimos Go To Mars, Full Moon Flyer, Terra Incognita

The entire album by Jon Anderson called "Olias of Sunhillow" is about a space journey of a mythical sort.

The Jean-Michel Jarre album "Rendevous", which also has a Challenger connection as it includes a piece for Ron McNair.

Glad to see the mention of "Fresh Aire V".....