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Space Radio
Tune in here to songs that are inspired by space or space travel.
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Gustav Holst produced a whole suite of classical music inspired by the planets of the solar system. Click on the planet to hear Mars, followed by the others.

Ground control to Major Tom...

Space Oddity - Listen to David Bowie singing about an astronaut in space.

July

1969

11

 

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Space Oddity Lyrics

Ground Control to Major Tom

Ground control to Major Tom.
Ground control to Major Tom.
Take your protein pills
and put your helmet on.
Ground control to Major Tom.
Commencing countdown,
engines on.
Check ignition and may God's love be with you.

[spoken]
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff

This is ground control to Major Tom.
You've really made the grade
and the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare.
This is Major Tom to ground control.
I'm stepping through the door
and I'm floating in a most peculiar way
and the stars look very different today.

For here am I sitting in a tin can,
far above the world,
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do.

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles,
I'm feeling very still,
and I think my spaceship knows which way to go,
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows,

Ground control to Major Tom.
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong.
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....

Here am I floating round my tin can,
far above the Moon.
Planet Earth is blue
and there's nothing I can do.

 

What do you think Bowie was trying to make us feel or think in this song?
Isle of Tune

Click on the pictures to hear the music composed by Y5 on Isle of Tune.

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Tristan's tune
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Kit's tune
Pink Floyd made an album called Dark Side of the Moon - You can listen to one of the tracks here...

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