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Title: What would you have as your wake up song on orbit?
Post by: SimonShuttle on 11/23/2008 02:25 pm: Big variety of wake up songs for STS-126, so what would you ask for, or get your family to choose for you on your flight day wake up song?

Mine:
All around the world - Oasis.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MywWolXGIx8&feature=channel
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Post by: qprmeteor on 11/23/2008 02:29 pm: "Don't Bring Me Down" by ELO ;D
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Post by: Chris Bergin on 11/23/2008 02:41 pm: One of my fav bands, Manic Street Preachers: Faster.

"I am, stronger than MENSA"

John Ira Petty might disapprove ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z75uaReMIQ
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Post by: Chandonn on 11/23/2008 02:43 pm: "Time Stand Still" by Rush.

I think, being in orbit, one would WANT to "freeze this moment a little bit longer"...

http://www.youtube.com/v/eRSHk3NzUro&hl=en&fs=1
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Post by: TJL on 11/23/2008 02:54 pm: "Good morning, Good morning" by the Beatles.
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Post by: rsnellenberger on 11/23/2008 03:48 pm: "Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine

(if only to watch PAO heads spinning)
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Post by: edkyle99 on 11/23/2008 04:17 pm: Quote from: SimonShuttle on 11/23/2008 02:25 pm
Big variety of wake up songs for STS-126, so what would you ask for, or get your family to choose for you on your flight day wake up song?

Magic Carpet Ride, Steppenwolf, would work just fine. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwDa5dMmfZ4

- Ed Kyle
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Post by: juleshow on 11/23/2008 06:11 pm: I'm totally non-original: Faith of the Heart, the Russell Watson version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8TVrUa2GpE&feature=related
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Post by: Bubbinski on 11/23/2008 09:30 pm: I'd have "Ain't no Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye.
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Post by: NavySpaceFan on 11/23/2008 09:48 pm: Here are a few of my ideas:

-A bosun pipe piping and the word "reveille, reveille, all hands heave out!"

-James Bond theme.

-Christopher Franke's Babylon 5 theme (fourth season).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGQ5DSzxsZU
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Post by: Colds7ream on 11/23/2008 10:08 pm: 'Hoppípolla' by Sigur Rós, or 'Beautiful Day' by U2

It'd be hard one to decide between these two, as Hoppipolla is a 'big' song, which seems suited to a situation involving the whole planet, whereas U2's tune describes orbit completely...
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Post by: vt_hokie on 11/23/2008 10:24 pm: This amazing cover of The Final Countdown! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeMDvCdrtc
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Post by: hyper_snyper on 11/23/2008 11:10 pm: I would choose "Hey Sandy" by Polaris. It was the theme song to the 90s American TV show "The Adventures of Pete and Pete." It would make a good wakeup song for Sandra Magnus as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrCkB9zzEo
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Post by: Zonarius on 11/24/2008 05:41 am: Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
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Post by: m330533 on 11/24/2008 06:15 am: "ONE" by U2
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Post by: MATTBLAK on 11/24/2008 09:31 am: Oldie but goodies: wish I had a fuller version of the 'TB5' theme... :)
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Post by: litton4 on 11/24/2008 09:50 am: For STS-126:

"Hang on to Yourself" from the David Bowie album
"The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"

:D

(It contains the line "..you're the blessed, we're the Spiders from Mars")

Elmo and Spiderman deserve a dedication now they're official crew members.
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Post by: cb6785 on 11/24/2008 09:57 am: Radio Nowhere - Bruce Springsteen
Learning to fly - Pink Floyd
The crying machine - Steve Vai
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Post by: Oh Captain, My Captain on 11/27/2008 10:57 pm: Hmmm....good question:

Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Castles in the Sky - Ian Van Dahl

Can't think of any others that fit the "really high up/epic" genre.
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Post by: waf102 on 11/28/2008 04:42 pm: Here is my picks...

"Good Morning Starshine" from Hair

Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below...

And then there is my favorite wake up song here on earth...

"More Than a Feeling" by Boston
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Post by: I14R10 on 11/28/2008 08:51 pm: Guns n' roses - sweet child o' mine
Van Halen - Dreams
or Bon Jovi - Livin' on a prayer
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Post by: AndrewSTS on 11/28/2008 11:47 pm: Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters. Always used on orbit.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BieVgyrfglQ
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Post by: Chris Bergin on 11/29/2008 10:42 am: Quote from: AndrewSTS on 11/28/2008 11:47 pm
Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters. Always used on orbit.

I'd say that's the best one they've had as an actual wake up call. Great tune and has relevance.

Snow Patrol's Run is a tune too. Jury still out on the Leona Lewis cover.

Wait for MaxQ's STS-126 video, which uses the most relevant song ever :)
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Post by: kch on 12/31/2008 04:38 pm: Not sure if I'd be the first tuba player in orbit ... in any case, my choice would be "Fnugg Blue" by Øystein Baadsvik:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHMyrhilkdo
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Post by: riney on 12/31/2008 04:55 pm: Muse - Sing For Absolution, especially the heavy bit three minutes in.

http://www.youtube.com/v/tDVqndXhPHk (http://www.youtube.com/v/tDVqndXhPHk)

The video is appropriate, too. The designer has obviously seen a Soyuz fly (watch for the booster sep!)

--riney
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Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/31/2008 05:26 pm: Quote from: riney on 12/31/2008 04:55 pm
Muse - Sing For Absolution, especially the heavy bit three minutes in.

The video is appropriate, too. The designer has obviously seen a Soyuz fly (watch for the booster sep!)

--riney

Has gained a post on a few music related threads, and it deserves it! Very good British band who've had good US interest but hasn't broken the dominance that god-awful "rap" music has in the States.

Video was produced by ARK studio in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_for_Absolution

While we're on Muse and wake up songs:

Knights Of Cydonia- live in front of 100,000 to open the billion dollar rebuild of Wembley 'soccer' Stadium:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=j8WP7aOD_9Q

There's other spacey songs, such as Super Massive Black Hole, and Plug In Baby.
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Post by: marsavian on 12/31/2008 07:50 pm: Axl and Slash showing the youngsters how Rock should be done ;)

Guns N Roses - Knocking On Heavens Door Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfa2fsrruS8
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Post by: Oberon_Command on 12/31/2008 08:01 pm: I think I'd want either Holst's "Mars" movement from The Planets or the "In Orbit" theme from SpaceCamp (which I have as my default background track for Orbiter :P):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZWOGcdC_PI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMlfitgEZ0
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Post by: Khadgars on 12/31/2008 09:05 pm: Quote from: edkyle99 on 11/23/2008 04:17 pm
Quote from: SimonShuttle on 11/23/2008 02:25 pm
Big variety of wake up songs for STS-126, so what would you ask for, or get your family to choose for you on your flight day wake up song?

Magic Carpet Ride, Steppenwolf, would work just fine. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwDa5dMmfZ4

- Ed Kyle

haha wow that video is bad ass ;D
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Post by: marsavian on 12/31/2008 10:34 pm: Quote from: m330533 on 11/24/2008 06:15 am
"ONE" by U2

yeah, a classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFWPeVfWB9o

and I like the version they did with Mary J Blige too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be0j4PbrQOI
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Post by: mike robel on 12/31/2008 10:36 pm: Nothing. I am capable of getting myself up and certainly wouldn't attach any great significance, much less a comment on TV or to the media what the song, if any, I woke up to.
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Post by: HIPAR on 12/31/2008 11:01 pm: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .. Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183/173dB, Movement one, Allegro con brio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lC1lRz5Z_s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lC1lRz5Z_s)

That would get me going but probably would put the rest of the crew and mission control back to sleep.

--- CHAS
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Post by: SpaceUSMC on 01/01/2009 03:05 am: "Eye of the tiger"

I figured its a good way to get pumped up for a great day in space.
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Post by: Orbiter on 01/01/2009 03:11 am: The Star wars theme
:D, I know I am Original.
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Post by: JLicklider on 01/01/2009 05:24 pm: "Elevation" by U2

Or depending if SAS has set in, "Vertigo" by U2.
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Post by: Jason Davies on 01/02/2009 04:25 pm: Quote from: Chris Bergin on 12/31/2008 05:26 pm

While we're on Muse and wake up songs:

Knights Of Cydonia- live in front of 100,000 to open the billion dollar rebuild of Wembley 'soccer' Stadium:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=j8WP7aOD_9Q

There's other spacey songs, such as Super Massive Black Hole, and Plug In Baby.

Damn! I know the English have been the leaders of popular music since the 60s, but that is super impressive. Great track and from 4:15 in, it just goes up a level. Must have been amazing to be at that event.
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Post by: Archibald on 01/02/2009 05:48 pm: "What a wonderful world" Armstrong

Shine on you crazy diamond, Pink Floyd

Moby - we are all made of stars
Daft Punk - Digital Love
Air - Kelly watch the stars
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Post by: bad_astra on 01/02/2009 05:53 pm: Someone said Magic Carpet Ride already.
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Post by: jimcander on 01/02/2009 06:37 pm: Blinded by the light... Manfred Mann
Dies Irae from Symphonie Fantastique (think The Shining)
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Post by: chrisfehn on 01/18/2009 04:40 pm: van halen dreams

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GjPEBunlstQ
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Post by: aurora899 on 01/19/2009 09:35 am: It's got to be "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo!

You may remember that they used the speeded up part of the song for a Levi jeans advert years ago.
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Post by: Justin Space on 03/20/2009 10:47 am: Dull wake up songs for STS-119 so far.
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Post by: psloss on 03/20/2009 11:13 am: Still waiting for a shuttle crew to get Rick Rolled.
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Post by: RafaelCE on 03/20/2009 11:29 am: I would give them three choices:

"No surrender", Bruce Springsteen

"The cradle will rock", Van Halen (because of the "get up!" part, plus I like the song)

My wife woul pick "With or without you" by U2
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Post by: Space Possum on 03/20/2009 03:08 pm: From Archibald

"What a wonderful world" Armstrong

NEIL HAS AN ALBUM???!!!!
I didn't know that!!!! ;D
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Post by: Archibald on 03/20/2009 03:27 pm: Van Hallen - Jump
During a trip to the Moon, the day Orion cross the... Van Allen belts (runs for cover)
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Post by: Art LeBrun on 03/20/2009 03:28 pm: Quote from: waf102 on 11/28/2008 04:42 pm
Here is my picks...

"Good Morning Starshine" from Hair

Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below...

And then there is my favorite wake up song here on earth...

"More Than a Feeling" by Boston

I would pick Good Morning, Starshine by Oliver 1969........
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Post by: aurora899 on 04/04/2009 02:21 pm: What's the legal position on all these wake-up calls? Does NASA have to pay royalties or fees for broadcasting music over its airwaves?
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Post by: aquarius on 04/04/2009 03:07 pm: I´d pick Down Under by Men At Work
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Post by: bigboy_99 on 04/04/2009 03:13 pm: Quote from: aurora899 on 04/04/2009 02:21 pm
What's the legal position on all these wake-up calls? Does NASA have to pay royalties or fees for broadcasting music over its airwaves?

I don't think so, but I could be wrong.

I would pick either Space man by Biff Naked, Unbelievable by EMF (cause orbiting the earth would be/is unbelievable ;D) Paradise City by Guns 'N' Roses or Amazed by Lonestar.
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Post by: qprmeteor on 04/04/2009 03:27 pm: I've changed my mind - 'Six Months In A Leaky Boat' by Split Enz. :)

Skip ahead to 1:30 in to it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar7DgREshAk
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Post by: The-Hammer on 04/04/2009 04:26 pm: Quote from: aurora899 on 04/04/2009 02:21 pm
What's the legal position on all these wake-up calls? Does NASA have to pay royalties or fees for broadcasting music over its airwaves?

Most likely yes, especially since some of the wake up calls are cablecast and webcast on NASA TV. The companies who handle this: ASCAP (http://www.ascap.com), SESAC (http://www.sesac.com) and BMI (http://www.bmi.com) are vicious about public performance fees. Radio and TV stations (including satellite and cable), bars, department stores; anywhere copyrighted music is publicly performed (whether live or from a recording) have to pay royalties. Even stores that sell musical instruments have to pay royalties to cover if a customer comes in, tries an instrument and plays a recognizable portion of a copyrighted song.

EDIT: Internet streaming is an entirely separate can of worms that is handled by a company called Sound Exchange (http://www.soundexchange.com).
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Post by: Andrewwski on 04/04/2009 04:32 pm: Yup, remember the Girl Scout camp fiasco?

ASCAP tried telling the Girl Scouts they needed to buy licenses to sing songs around campfires.

So I'd assume NASA has to either pay the appropriate royalties, or get consent of the copyright holder.
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Post by: Andy_Small on 04/05/2009 08:12 pm: Fuel - Metallica
Enter Sandman - Metallica
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Post by: Edgecrusher on 05/15/2009 01:13 pm: "Rocket Ride" - KISS
"Get Up!" - Van Halen
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Post by: thuvt on 05/15/2009 03:59 pm: Quote from: vt_hokie on 11/23/2008 10:24 pm
This amazing cover of The Final Countdown! :)
Ha ha ha, you made me LOL ;D

My favorite for wake up song on orbit is definitely this one "Witnesses' Waltz"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_GciXA-6Ag
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Post by: marsavian on 05/15/2009 11:45 pm: That's one very topical happy tune ! ;)
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Post by: Jim on 05/16/2009 04:11 am: Would stop this silly habit. I would wake up like I do now, with what every the DJ is playing. Houston doesn't need to broadcast anything until I initiate the first morning conversation.
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Post by: Orbiter on 05/16/2009 04:15 am: Quote from: Jim on 05/16/2009 04:11 am
Would stop this silly habit. I would wake up like I do now, with what every the DJ is playing. Houston doesn't need to broadcast anything until I initiate the first morning conversation.

Well its an Astronaut Tradition going back from the ole' days of Gemini.

Personally I would choose the Star Wars theme.
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Post by: Notriverse on 05/17/2009 03:22 pm: I would choose AHA-Take on me ;D
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Post by: Ron Carlson on 05/28/2009 12:06 am: "Here Comes The Sun" by The Beatles. (http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s240/pburton1014/CelebrationMusicMusicalNotesI.gif)
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Post by: Andrewwski on 05/28/2009 12:47 am: That was actually the wakeup song for CDR Polansky on FD2 of STS-116.

STS-116 had a decent selection of wakeup songs all around.
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Post by: fburnell on 05/28/2009 01:32 am: The Light Before We Land by The Delgados

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIfZZ1cQZss
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Post by: mrkmrsk on 05/28/2009 01:47 am: "Elvis is Everywhere" by Mojo Nixon
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Post by: Chris Bergin on 05/28/2009 02:14 am: Ok, alternative to my rock tastes :)....

Anything by Globus (Yoav Goren - easily the best composer on the planet right now):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTEppbm16yg

Or better still his collab with Hans Zimmer set to BSG (Frakking brilliant, so say we all):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h5rKHIcPDo
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Post by: stockman on 05/28/2009 02:20 am: Well at the risk of showing my age,,,.. I like to be gently woken up not jump started..

1) If it was early in the mission I would want

Styx - "Come Sail Away"

2) If it was late in the mission I would want

Styx - "Don't let it End"
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Post by: Patchouli on 05/28/2009 02:28 am: Maybe Ch-Check It Out by the Beastie Boys or or this cover of - Major Tom (Coming home) by Shiny Toy Guns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wddY7qCn-ig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEvAu7YM2Gs
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Post by: marsavian on 05/28/2009 02:33 am: BSG ? Those spacecraft look very familiar to the ones found in the awesome Wing Commander games, Dralthi etc. Hmmm, who copied who ? One thing not in doubt though, stirring music !
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Post by: Shadow Spork on 05/28/2009 02:45 am: Perhaps I'm one of the very few young people here, but...

Daft Punk - Around the World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9MszVE7aR4
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Post by: jaythehokie on 05/28/2009 02:59 am: definitely I would have the song "Earthshine" by Rush...

I'd be 'raising my eyes' to Earthshine every so often while in orbit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYU71JqXFq4
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Post by: wjbarnett on 05/28/2009 03:41 am: "Come Sail Away" by Styx
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Post by: Nick L. on 05/28/2009 04:16 am: Supertramp - "Take The Long Way Home" (especially on landing day)
Bon Jovi - "Wanted Dead or Alive" (being completely unoriginal there... :D )
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Post by: Thorny on 05/28/2009 04:32 am: "Standing on Higher Ground" by The Alan Parsons Project.
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Post by: mikegi on 05/28/2009 12:42 pm: "Free Falling" - Tom Petty?
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Post by: I14R10 on 05/28/2009 02:04 pm: Scorpions - wind of change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxobuyB4H38
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Post by: Captain Scarlet on 07/22/2009 12:29 pm: STS-127's wake up songs haven't been all that great so far. Personal opinion :)
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Post by: shostetler on 07/24/2009 06:32 am: How about the 80's theme song to The Great Space Coaster? lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddm5bQeKvg

Seriously tho, I'd have to agree with Van Halens Dreams... inspiring and thought provoking, atleast it was to me growing up.
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Post by: gomorrha on 07/24/2009 09:04 am: "Orion" by Metallica.
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Post by: skychaser on 07/31/2009 09:49 am: "Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun" by M83 hands down. ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2xqBP3LSa8
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Post by: JAFO on 08/16/2009 03:09 am: Enya- How can I keep from singing?

http://www.youtube.com/v/whIYv3_CvqU&hl=en&fs=1&

Or Sonny Rhodes, Ballad of Serenity

http://www.youtube.com/v/FviDxzvkMKo&hl=en&fs=1&
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Post by: Chris Bergin on 08/16/2009 03:19 am: I'd die happy if this became a wake up song ;D

The awesome Faith No More live in England a few months ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXqrGu4491A&NR=1
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Post by: Variable on 08/16/2009 03:41 am: Well its not a popular position around here, but the old wake up song ritual needs to go away. Just not necessary in the age of the iPod and video feeds. Same with the bell ringing navy tradition thing that was discussed around here someplace.

BUT, that being said, its obvious:

"Don't Bring Me Down" - Electric Light Orchestra

followed by:

"Happy to be Here" - Parachute Express

or for a nice kumbaya mood:

"Love Shack" - The B-52s
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Post by: aurora899 on 10/10/2009 01:20 pm: I've been sorting out some old vinyl 45s with a view to either binning the lot or taking them to a car boot sale - and I've found a great wake up song: "I lost my heart to a starship trooper" by Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip (1978)!!!
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Post by: Ben the Space Brit on 10/10/2009 03:34 pm: Hmmm... In order of preference:

1) "Rocket Man" by Elton John - Original, yes? ;)
2) "Life on Mars" by David Bowie
3) "Guide Me Orion" by Flaming Youth
4) "Space, Man" by Babylon Zoo
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Post by: Downix on 10/10/2009 06:07 pm: In honor of my wife, and a very fitting song, I'd use one of her favorites, which is a B-side to the single Winter:

Take to the Sky - Tori Amos
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Post by: DirtyDeeds on 10/12/2009 12:31 am: I'm looking all over the place for this song, but I can't remember who did it or what it's called or any lyrics from it. It's sung by a black woman I think, and I think the topic of the song was how she was upset that most of the promises made to us about the future of space travel have gone unfulfilled since Apollo. And I could be wrong about this, but I think that the word "Eagle" is used in the song, not that that helps much, haha. If you can think of what it is, please help me out. It's driving me nuts!
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Post by: JWag on 10/12/2009 01:02 am: R.E.M. - Get Up

Here's a live performance of the song, fittingly, from Zaragoza:
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJlb6d4cVB4] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJlb6d4cVB4).
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Post by: aurora899 on 10/12/2009 10:15 am: Quote from: DirtyDeeds on 10/12/2009 12:31 am
I'm looking all over the place for this song, but I can't remember who did it or what it's called or any lyrics from it. It's sung by a black woman I think, and I think the topic of the song was how she was upset that most of the promises made to us about the future of space travel have gone unfulfilled since Apollo. And I could be wrong about this, but I think that the word "Eagle" is used in the song, not that that helps much, haha. If you can think of what it is, please help me out. It's driving me nuts!

It's "Sleeping Satellite" by Tasmin Archer!
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Post by: DirtyDeeds on 10/12/2009 10:26 am: That's it! Thanks a lot!
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Post by: terryg on 10/12/2009 12:05 pm: Without a doubt I would choose something from Pink Floyd such as Money or Hey You from the Brick in the Wall album.
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Post by: nathan.moeller on 10/12/2009 04:45 pm: Rise Today by Alter Bridge
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Post by: MTAS on 10/12/2009 08:28 pm: Space Station #5 by Montrose! :D
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Post by: aurora899 on 10/13/2009 09:30 am: Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 10/10/2009 03:34 pm
Hmmm... In order of preference:

1) "Rocket Man" by Elton John - Original, yes? ;)
2) "Life on Mars" by David Bowie
3) "Guide Me Orion" by Flaming Youth
4) "Space, Man" by Babylon Zoo

Good call on "Space, Man" by Babylon Zoo (I wonder what happened to them?). That's actually the song I would probably choose, if only to raise a few laughs in Mission Control! Another good track might be the theme from "Flash Gordon" by Queen!
On a more cultural level, I might select "Caribbean Blue" by Enya. Although this is not space-related, the lyrics always remind me of a shuttle orbiting against the backdrop of Earth:

so the world goes round and round
With all you ever knew --
They say the sky high above
Is Caribbean blue...
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Post by: FloridaSpaceMan on 11/02/2009 05:47 pm: Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra

or

Spaceman - Babylon Zoo
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Post by: TitanFan on 11/04/2009 06:20 am: I'm going to throw another one in there for "Learn to Fly" by Foo Fighters as a wake up song.

Not a "wake up" call per se, but I think a song that would be perfect for the final shuttle mission in 2010 would be "DOA", also by the Foo Fighters, just for this line, and this line alone:

Take a good hard look for the very last time
The very last one in a very long line.
Only took a second to say goodbye
Been a pleasure, but the pleasure's been mine all mine
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Post by: Chandonn on 11/04/2009 01:13 pm: Now here's a good one: "Fire In The Sky", by Jordin Kare:

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[edit: okay, what am I doing that's leaving the tags all over the post? (first time embedding YouTube)]
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Post by: aurora899 on 12/16/2009 09:52 am: Only one wake-up song to have at this time of the year:

Chris De Burgh's "A Spaceman Came Travelling" :)
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Post by: aurora899 on 06/15/2010 04:40 pm: Great new wake-up song: "Satellite" by Lena Meyer-Landrut, the winning (German) entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest ;D
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Post by: Rabidpanda on 06/15/2010 11:01 pm: Quote from: Chandonn on 11/04/2009 01:13 pm

[edit: okay, what am I doing that's leaving the tags all over the post? (first time embedding YouTube)]

When the forum software sees a link to a YouTube video it automaticaly embeds it. So if you try and copy/paste the YouTube embed script it will just grab the link out and ignore everything else. You can just delete the code and leave the link.
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Post by: Leardawg on 06/16/2010 06:24 pm: Cold Rain And Snow by the Greatful Dead.
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Post by: rjholling on 06/17/2010 02:02 am: And here I thought this site was full of NASA employees and contractors. Nobody has mentioned the obvious choice: Space Oddity by David Bowie 8)
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Post by: mduncan36 on 06/17/2010 02:28 am: "Somewhere Over China" - By Jimmy Buffet

It sounds like Jimmy's personal dream of making a trip on the shuttle.
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Post by: Chris Bergin on 08/20/2010 03:48 pm: Aug. 20, 2010

John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
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Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
[email protected]
RELEASE: 10-193

NASA ASKS PUBLIC FOR FINAL SHUTTLE MISSIONS' WAKEUP SONGS

HOUSTON -- If you like music, the space program and are a little
nostalgic, NASA has the perfect opportunity for you. For the first
time, the public can help choose songs to wake up the astronauts
during the last two scheduled space shuttle missions.

Traditionally, the songs played to wake up the astronauts are selected
by friends and family of the crews. For the last two scheduled
missions, NASA is inviting the public to visit the "Wakeup Song
Contest" website to select songs from a list of the top 40 previous
wakeup calls or to submit original tunes for consideration. To vote
or submit a song, visit:

https://songcontest.nasa.gov

The two songs with the most votes from the top 40 list will be played
as crew wakeup calls on the final scheduled flight of space shuttle
Discovery. Discovery's STS-133 mission is targeted to launch on Nov.
1.

"We're looking forward to hearing which songs the public wants played
for us," STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey said. "It's going to be a
difficult choice, because there have been so many great songs played
over the years."

Original songs must have a space theme and be submitted to NASA by 4
p.m. CST on Jan. 10, 2011. The songs will be reviewed by agency
officials and the top finalists put to a public vote. The top two
songs will be used to wake space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 crew.
Endeavour's mission is the last scheduled space shuttle flight. It is
targeted to launch on Feb. 26, 2011.

"Space shuttle crews really enjoy the morning wake-up music," STS-134
Commander Mark Kelly said. "While we don't have the best quality
speaker in the space shuttle, it will be interesting to hear what the
public comes up with. We are looking forward to it."

The song contest campaign follows NASA's ongoing "Face in Space"
project. It invites the public to send electronic images of their
faces into orbit aboard one of the final remaining space shuttle
missions. To submit your image, visit:

http://faceinspace.nasa.gov
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Post by: kraisee on 08/20/2010 04:43 pm: Theme for Firefly: "You can't take the sky from me!"

Its the only appropriate song to commemorate the last flight of Shuttle.

Ross.
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Post by: Bill White on 08/20/2010 05:00 pm: Quote
NASA ASKS PUBLIC FOR FINAL SHUTTLE MISSIONS' WAKEUP SONGS

This looks like Stephen Colbert bait to me.
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Post by: SpaceCat on 08/20/2010 08:18 pm: OK- another old guy showing his age, but I haven't seen these old guys mentioned in this thread. Somewhat silly vid....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dq93-6isLM&feature=related
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Post by: Andysim212 on 08/21/2010 07:36 pm: Sorry about the messy post Im not sure why its showing 1 vid twice. (Only post the URL, not the embedded code)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BSGdX7eNn4 Listen to the whole thing its fantastic imho.
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Post by: Fequalsma on 08/22/2010 03:06 am: Seconded!

Quote from: juleshow on 11/23/2008 06:11 pm
I'm totally non-original: Faith of the Heart, the Russell Watson version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8TVrUa2GpE&feature=related
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Post by: Urvabara on 08/22/2010 04:42 pm: If it is a one-man trip to Mars, then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYzZPsK78Gg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYzZPsK78Gg)
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Post by: telomerase99 on 08/22/2010 06:15 pm: I am on the younger side but would still love:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKE3FSPJu-4
Space Oddity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQXVzg2PiZw&feature=related
John Murphy - Sunshine (Adagio In D Minor)

Start at 145 on Sunshine if you are in a hurry!
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Post by: Chris Bergin on 05/26/2011 12:00 am: Should have thought about this before.

Yorkshire band (and playing in their home town of Sheffield)

Amazingly accomplished guitars involved in this version, Apollo soundtrack and one armed drummer. Epic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9EYQwYbWHY
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Post by: wjbarnett on 05/26/2011 11:02 pm: Took me 3 years to finally figure out my answer, but it should have been obvious! Styx - Come Sail Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5MAg_yWsq8
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Post by: Mark Dave on 05/26/2011 11:15 pm: This. Godzilla's theme by Akira Ifukube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iI_vc7AwdI
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Post by: pippin on 05/26/2011 11:23 pm: I always find it hard to wake up in the morning, especially from music. This helps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhT_HihW30s&feature=player_detailpage
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Post by: cro-magnon gramps on 05/27/2011 03:38 am: I have thought about this and have been tempted to suggest all sorts of weird and wonderful music (Corvus Corax Breton March being one that would suit my Black Ship "RAVEN" ;) ) but I am a child of the 50's and 60's; recently I have gotten back into watching Dr. Who. after a long hiatus, (no one seemed to be as good as Tom Baker; jelly baby anyone ) but Matt Smith seems to have captured the insanity of the Doctor's life and the writers are doing the series justice; but the old theme by Delia still tugs at the heart strings; I had two 4 track reel to reel tape recorders in the same period she was working, but never got as good obviously, but it was fun; so in honor of her and the Doctor, I'm uploading the original tape, from the Manchester U. story of Delia Derbyshire: musician, composer, and woman extraordinaire; this is my choice for music to wake up to in Space
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Post by: MadameConcorde on 05/31/2011 10:48 am: I would want to hear a true masterpiece!

Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser - Overtüre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKBi98cREYA&feature=related

What can be greater than this?
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Post by: MATTBLAK on 05/31/2011 12:01 pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcIYXWyFUXw
:) :)

Or perhaps, more seriously, this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4U0y8zZm28
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Post by: MATTBLAK on 05/31/2011 12:45 pm: Somebody mentioned 'Serenity' earlier. Well, this and any links beside this YouTube clip can take you to many variations and suites of music from that wonderful show and movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv3Tt0fFJkU&feature=related

"Take me out, to the Black; tell them I aint comin' back..."