Nature Songs," and "
More Nature Songs," both performed by
Marais and Miranda.
Track listing
#"Zoom a Little Zoom"
#"What is the Milky Way?"
#"Constellation Jig"
#"Beep, Beep"
#"Why Does the Sun Shine?"
#"What is a Shooting Star?"
#"Longitude and Latitude"
#"It's a Scientific Fact"
#"Ballad of Sir Isaac Newton"
#"Friction"
#"Why Are Stars of Different Colors?"
#"Why Do Stars Twinkle?"
#"What is Gravity?"
#"Planet Minuet"
#"Why Go Up There?"
Space Songs in popular media
Isaac Asimov wrote an essay called "Catskills in the Sky" which appeared in the August 1960 issue of
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher a ...
. He tells an anecdote about his children receiving this album as a present. He liked the music so much, especially the song "Why Go Up There," that he appropriated the album for his own record collection. (And in the essay, gives reasons as why mankind should "go up there.")
Japanese electronic music producer and DJ
Yoshinori Sunahara
is a Japanese record producer and DJ from Sapporo, Hokkaido. He is a former member of Denki Groove. He was also a member of Metafive.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Crossover'' (1995)
* '' Take Off and Landing'' (1998)
* '' The Sound of '70s'' ...
sampled "Zoom a Little Zoom" in his song "Journey Beyond the Stars", which featured on his 1998 album
Take Off and Landing.
The song "Zoom a Little Zoom" has notably been used in the popular online vlog
Rocketboom
Rocketboom was a daily vlog produced by Andrew Baron in the format of a newscast with a comedic slant. Since 2004 Rocketboom has presented oddities, vlog excerpts, social and political commentary. The Rocketboom weblog and Apollo Pony featured s ...
as its theme song.
On September 27, 2005 episode of
Rocketboom
Rocketboom was a daily vlog produced by Andrew Baron in the format of a newscast with a comedic slant. Since 2004 Rocketboom has presented oddities, vlog excerpts, social and political commentary. The Rocketboom weblog and Apollo Pony featured s ...
featured the songs "Why Do Stars Twinkle?" and "Beep,Beep
The band
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants (often abbreviated as TMBG) is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years, Flansburgh and Linnell frequently performed as a duo, often accompanied by a d ...
has recorded cover versions of two Space Songs, "
Why Does The Sun Shine?", and "What Is A Shooting Star? (A Shooting Star Is Not A Star)", as well as a reply to the former called "Why Does the Sun Really Shine?" which corrects scientific errors in the original.
In 2008 Chloé Leloup, Miss LaLaVox und
Achim Treu reworked the album under the title "The Space Songs - Ballads for the Age of Science". The album was released on the label Sopot Record
The lyrics of the first stanza of "Why Does the Sun Shine?" also appear verbatim in the book ''Stars: A Golden Guide'', apart from the omission of "its core is" before "a gigantic nuclear furnace".
References
External links
Information about the ''Singing Science'' seriesThey Might Be GiantsMen From Earthauthors of new songs about space.
Rocketboom
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1959 albums
Children's music albums