Celestial: sun, moon, stars and space show 2.21.08

as an ode to the full lunar eclipse the night before, this show featured songs about celestial bodies, astronomical objects, the sun, moon, stars, and space.

1) Sunshine Today- Sagittarius, Magic Time (Disc 2)
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2) Age Of The Sun- The Sunshine Fix, Age of the Sun
3) Hebridean Sun- Vashti Bunyan, Another Diamond Day
4) Sun Arise- Ballroom, Magic Time (Disc 2)
5) Some Sunny Day- The Millenium, Begin
6) Sun King- The Beatles, Abbey Road
7) Good Morning Sun- Magna Carta, Songs From Wasties Orchard
8) Look Into The Sun- Jethro Tull, Stand Up
9) Midnight Sun- Badfinger, Magic Christian Music
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10) Moonlight In Glory- Brian Eno & David Byrne
11) Moonshine- Martin Simpson, V.A. The Folk Collection Vol. 1
12) Pink Moon- Nick Drake, Pink Moon
13) The Moon Shines Bright- Shirley Collins, Fountain of Snow
14) Harvest Moon- Neil Young, Harvest Moon
15) Moonshadow- Cat Stevens,
16) Blue Moon of Kentucky- Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, Smithsonian Folkways: American Roots Collection
17) I Wished On The Moon- Billie Holliday, Travelin' Light, Travelin' All Alone
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Derivations: I'm not sure which of these versions came first. In the Folk Revival there was a lot of borrowing of formerly English-turned American folk songs by British bands, and that may be the case with the Waterson's version of "Heavenly Aeroplane". The song is a gospel hymn, dating back to at least 1920. It was sung in Holy Roller meetings in the 1930s in Missouri and Arkansas, which the 2nd version is from--a sort of sung sermon. Stay tuned next week as we continue in this line and explore the hymn 'Mary Don't You Weep' which borrows verses, melody lines, and similar fire and brimstone sentiments from 'Heavenly Airplane'
18) Heavenly Aeroplane- The Watersons, Sound, Sound Your Instruments Of Joy
19) The Heavenly Airplane- John Byrd & Washboard Walter, 1929-1943 Rare Country Blues
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20) Child of the Universe- The Byrds, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde
21) Innerspace- Apples In Stereo, Fun Trick Noisemaker
22) When The Stars Begin To Fall- Preston Smith, Hobart Smith, & Texas Gladden, Southern Journey Vol. 4: Brethren, We Meet Again
23) The Red Dust- The Dumb And Ugly Club, Mars, 1967
24) B2 Ciel de Cimes- Patrice Sciortino, Chronoradial
25) The Lovely Universe- Circulatory System, S/T
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26) Darkness To Light- Judy Dyble, Spindle
27) Teenage Spaceship- (Smog), Knock Knock
28) Starship- Paul Kantner-Jefferson Starship, Blows Against The Empire
29) Longer Boats- Cat Stevens, Radio Sessions 1971-1973 "I'd like to sing a song...I think it's about...SPACESHIPS, this one..." In this live version, Cat adds a special verse, something to the effect of, "Raise your mind up and look around, you may see them, yes they're looking down, on a lonely asteroid, in a vacant void, dying but not destroyed"??!?
30) Bright Morning Stars- Incredible String Band, Across The Airwaves
31) Journey to Mars- The Dumb and Ugly Club, Mars 1967
32) Stars- Circulatory System, S/T
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33) Sunflower Constellation Seeds- The Blades of Grass