tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post2840939240190396628..comments2023-10-24T12:36:09.209+02:00Comments on The Solaris Editors' Blog: Songs In SpaceDavid Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00886477189793178895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post-25553630398603207792007-04-28T23:52:00.000+02:002007-04-28T23:52:00.000+02:00Illinoise is the only Sufjan Steven's album I've l...Illinoise is the only Sufjan Steven's album I've listened to, but I love it due to way it mixes so many layers of meaning in the lyrics and so many layers of sound in the music. It's an album where I always discover something new every time I listen to it. If we were listing ten albums to listen to in space, it would definitely make the cut.James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post-79241384530969794452007-04-28T23:10:00.000+02:002007-04-28T23:10:00.000+02:00Dude, you're a Sufjan fan? You've just risen even ...Dude, you're a Sufjan fan? You've just risen even higher in my estimation. I think most of his stuff suits space. Not that I've tried it there.<BR/><BR/>And wow, you've really thought about that playlist...Mark Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829431641572291176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post-66365564055044911562007-04-28T14:16:00.000+02:002007-04-28T14:16:00.000+02:001.Twin Human Highway Flares--The Mountain Goats(A ...1.Twin Human Highway Flares--The Mountain Goats<BR/>(A song about the importance of remembering magical moments)<BR/>2.The Boy in the Bubble--Paul Simon<BR/>(A song about the sense of wonder that technology can instill in us)<BR/>3.Upside Down From Here--Atom and His Package <BR/>(the chorus is "I know what it feels like to be upside down from here," which seems like a sentiment appropriate to zero gravity)<BR/>4.Revolution Earth--B-52's<BR/>(A song about watching the stars from Earth makes a nice counterpoint to watching the Earth from the stars)<BR/>5.Airline to Heaven--Billy Bragg and Wilco<BR/>(contains the lyric "It's the only earthly way you can fly to heaven on time")<BR/>6.Satan is My Motor--Cake<BR/>("Airline to Heaven" has a lot of Christian imagery in it, so we need this song to sort of balance things out)<BR/>7.Recovering the Satellites--the Counting Crows<BR/>(The title sort of explains this choice)<BR/>8.I've Been Everywhere--Johnny Cash<BR/>(Ditto)<BR/>9.Rocket's Tail--Kate Bush<BR/>(Perhaps bordering on cliche, but still a good song)<BR/>10.Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run--Sufjan Stevens<BR/>(It's an intrumental, so it's appropriate for an international audience, and it has what may be the best song title ever)James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.com