MA-22 - A Star to Steer By: Music from the Great Beyond

Here's another in our series of songs about space, the universe, and visitors therefrom.

1 -  (When You) See Those Flying Saucers     The Buchanan Brothers     1947

2 -       Rocket    Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones 1957

3 -       Tiny Space Man     Bill Carlisle      1957

4 - The Flying Saucer Goes West   Buchanan and Goodman      1958

5 - Outer Space Santa The Lennon Sisters 1958

6 - Mope-itty Mope Boss-Tones 1959

7 - Asteroid Hop Jimmie Haskell And His Orchestra   1959

8 - Beep Beep Loiuis Prima 1959

9 - Beep, Beep Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans 1959

10 - UFOs Soul, Inc 1967

11 - Have You Seen the Saucers Jefferson Airplane 1970

12 - Supersonic Rocket Ship The Kinks 1972

13 - UFOs Undisputed Truth 1975

14 - Waiting for the UFOs Graham Parker 1979

15 - Flying Saucer Safari Suburban Lawns 1981

16 - The Alien Song (for those who listen) Milla Jovovich 1994

17 - Subterranean Homesick Alien Radiohead 1997

18 - Fell in Love With an Alien The Kelly Family 1997

19 - Space Robot Five   Brave Saint Saturn 2000

20 - Outer Space Song Pinky and Perky 2002

21 - UFOs, Big Rigs and BBQ Mojo Nixon 2005

22 - Devil Woman from Outer Space Rezurex 2006

23 - Space Craze Rick McGuire 2006

24 - Pluto Clare and The Reasons 2007

25 - The Planet Mars The Corillions 2007

26 - Robot Monster Damon Alexander & the Ten Cent Rentals 2008

27 - The Ballad of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)   They Might Be Giants 2009

The central image of our cover art is based on Marjorie Fish's star map, which was produced in order to try & make sense of what Betty Hill claimed she saw on the wall of the alien ship she claimed she and Barney were taken into.

Hope you enjoy the serendipity.  Blast off!

See you Monday.

 

The Horn Meets “The Hornet”

This little bit of riffed heaven is from 1966, via a thrift store.  As some of  you younger hepcats may not know, Rimksy-Korsakov's "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" is the piece that was adapted for the title theme of this show.  It ran on ABC-TV for one season, 1966-67 and starred Van Johnson as the hero, with a then-unknown-in-America Bruce Lee as the sidekick Kato.

Here's the goods:

1. “Green Hornet” Theme
2. The Hornet’s Nest
3. Night Rumble
4. “Get Smart” Theme
5. Theme from “Run For Your Life”
6. “Batman” Theme
7. The “King Kong” Theme
8. The Monkees
9. Tarzan’s March
10. T.H.E. Cat
11. (Theme from) Run Buddy Run

Happy tootlin'! 

  

MA-45 - Joy and Noise, Disc 1

It is no secret that the Lord saved my life from worthlessness and he's the source of all good things.  I bunched together a clump of songs that reinforce my thankfulness.  Some of these songs are specifically about God, some are not.

1 -     Not the Same      Crystal Lewis

2 -    King of My Life    T-Bone, Natalie Larue, djMAJ

3 -    I Am  Ginny Owens

4 -    This Mystery      Nichole Nordeman

5 -    Freedom    Nicole C Mullen

6 - Sleep   Riley Armstrong

7 - If You Really Knew Out of Eden

8 - We Rock This Mic KJ52

9 - Hands and Feet Audio Adrenaline

10 - Remains of the Day Say-So

11 - Cartoons Chris Rice

12 - Use Me Here Miranda

13 - All Over Me/Do Not The Benjamin Gate/John Reuben

14 - Waiting Room   LaRue

15 - Stranded Plumb

16 - Lukewarm II Hot Emcee One

17 - The Rumor Weed Song The W's

18 - Gone Switchfoot

19 - Karaoke Superstars Superchick

20 - Why Can't I Be on MTV Calibretto 13

21 - Dandelions   Five Iron Frenzy

I tell you one thing, Track 21 is one that makes me tear up every time, because the analogy is so apt.  Anything I can give to the Lord is nothing more than "weeds to be burned" in comparison with TRUE goodness.  What gives it value is that he is willing to accept them!

Dandelion music

Music Was Happening Then

In an earlier blog post we came across the first two "pop" albums conducted by David McCallum.  These are the latter two.

It's Happening Now was released in 1967.  McCallum came out in 1968.

01. A Man and a Woman (2:34)

02. If I Were a Carpenter (2:09)

03. Louie, Louie (3:15)

04. Love Is a Hurtin' Thing (2:21)

05. Winchester Cathedral (2:07)

06. I Can't Control Myself (3:03)

07. Who Am I? (2:40)

08. Cherish (3:47)

09. Carnegie Ball (2:03)

10. On a Weekend (1:44)

11. Alfie (2:53)

12. House of Mirrors (2:22)

13. 98-Point-6 (3:25)

14. I'm a Believer (3:23)

15. Mellow Yellow (2:36)

16. Penny Lane (3:28)

17. 59th Street Bridge Song (2:29)

18. Strawberry Fields Forever (3:05)

19. California Dreamin' (2:33)

20. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (3:39)

21. B.B. (2:56)

22. White Daisies (1:41)

23. Oh My! (2:09)

So, after listening to this, you too may emulate Star Trek's Mr Sulu:  Oh My!

See you Thursday.