Aug 262012
 

I read that Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, died on Saturday. In celebration of his feat, an event I remember watching in the middle of the night with my family in some hotel room in Ocean City, New Jersey and then falling out of the top bunk in my sleep later that night, let’s have a Last Man Standing for songs specifically about travel to the moon (or at least into space, where the traveler will at least pass the moon). The song can’t simply be about the moon; someone’s got to be going there, living there, what have you.

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  47 Responses to “Last Man Standing: Songs About Traveling to the Moon”

  1. H. Munster

    Let’s start things off with Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon.”

  2. ohmstead

    “Walking on the Moon” by the Police. Since that was a bit of a gimme…here’s a bonus – a little space travel treat from Mr. William Shatner:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hARDXYz2io&feature=youtube_gdata_player

  3. “Everyone’s Gone To The Moon” by Jonathan “Pop Svengali” King.

  4. ladymisskirroyale

    Radiohead’s “Sail To The Moon”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goROlLKTFLs

  5. The Dukes of Stratosphear’s “Bike Ride to the Moon.”

  6. ladymisskirroyale

    I’m breaking the rules here at bit (the travel is implicit) but posting this song anyways due to it’s clear reference to Neil Armstrong.

    The Mekons “Ghosts of American Astronauts”:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DMlxrGIi8U

  7. hrrundivbakshi

    I’ll see your Shatner and raise you this excellent image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dixonbaxi/3221580734/lightbox/

  8. ohmstead

    Whoa – that’s scary…Chekov looks like he’s doing a Jim Morrison impersonation.

  9. If anyone should play a pointy guitar it is Spock.

  10. I know it’s Last Man Standing but doesn’t putting forth The Byrds’ Armstrong, Aldrin, & Collins – whether first, middle, or last – trump all competition?

  11. That entry is accepted!

  12. In a Battle Royale that may only be topped by Dion’s Armstrong, Aldrin, Abraham, and Collins.

  13. ladymisskirroyale

    Lucia Pamela’s “Walking On The Moon.”

  14. ladymisskirroyale

    Wow! That should inspire a thread: Shatner’s best worst moments.

  15. ohmstead

    Well…guess I am not getting any work done today…a recent re-make of Mr. Shatner’s famous rendition of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds:

    http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/29841/detail/

    And for Mr. Mod, a little something from Mr. Spock:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6uTmdhLK8k&feature=youtube_gdata_player

  16. BigSteve

    The police have a song called Walking on the Moon as well.

  17. Slim Jade

    John Coltrane- “Giant Steps”

    ????

  18. H. Munster

    Ricky Nelson “Cradle of Love”

    “The cow jumped over the moon”

  19. mockcarr

    For Michael Collins, Jeffrey, and Me – Jethro Tull

  20. mockcarr

    Collins being the guy who was left behind in orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin walked.

  21. cliff sovinsanity

    “Neil Armstrong was a catchy minor indie hit from a band from Niagara Falls Ont. called Starkicker.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1du7T9cU0PM

  22. Slim Jade

    Spectrum (Sonic Boom, formerly of Spacemen 3) has a song called “(I Love You) To The Moon and Back”.

  23. bostonhistorian

    The B-52s “There’s a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)”

  24. ladymisskirroyale

    Wow, that Lucy rendition and video was…amazing.

  25. Slim Jade

    One of my favorite pieces of music – – EVER!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ifS2nP53Zs

  26. ladymisskirroyale

    This is really charming: made for kids but adults will like it too:

    Raymond Scott’s “By Rocket to the Moon”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nDk_EQQnS8

  27. ohmstead

    AWESOME! I am huge fan of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation…remember the Thunderbirds? Each of the five sons was named after a Mercury astronaut…Scott, Virgil, Gordon, Alan, and John.

    F-A-B!

  28. ohmstead

    Yeah – it’s the kind of vocal artistry we jusy don’t see much of anymore (and for good reason).

  29. Which brings to mind this; possibly the greatest “music video” ever conceived: http://youtu.be/Y5zVq0wTNfM

  30. Wreckless Eric – “Walking on the Surface of the Moon”

    http://youtu.be/fUszNYtJaNQ

  31. ohmstead

    Daughter of Ohmstead thanks you.

  32. “I’ll meet you on the dark side of the moon” Pink Floyd. Maybe some of you have heard of that one?

  33. ladymisskirroyale

    OMG Bobby. That must be the winning entry. Best music video and it does double duty as a “space odyssey.”

  34. ladymisskirroyale

    Destination Moon – They Might Be Giants

  35. Jack Bruce – Rope Ladder to the Moon

  36. H. Munster

    Joe Simon — “Moon Walk (Pt. 1)”

  37. The Cramps – “Rock On The Moon”

  38. I’m really surprised that, as far as I know, no other band swiped that idea and built a video around it…

  39. Yes…which is why I didn’t use it.

  40. See entry #2.

  41. Dogs count. “The Day that Lassie Went to the Moon” CVB.

  42. bostonhistorian

    Scruffy the Cat “Moons of Jupiter”

  43. ohmstead

    If we’re going to bring cats into it…”Moonshadow” by Cats Steve (I know, I know…but the shadow of the moon projects from the moon…it originates on the moon…no moon – no moon shadow).

  44. Happiness Stan

    Stranglers – Rok it to the Moon

  45. Bo Diddley – ‘Moonman’

  46. alexmagic

    ELO, “Ticket To The Moon”

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