Beatles in Space - Part 3 of 4
BEATLES IN SPACE / Part 3 of 4
Although EMI Records put the kibosh on The Beatles being on the Voyager Golden Record, they still managed to get into space.
Many space objects end up being named after astronomers and other scientists, but some discoverers have named celestial object after celebrities. The Beatles as a group and all four individual Beatle have their names on asteroids (minor planets). An Arizona Research Lab named them in the mid-1980’s. Only about 5% of numbered asteroids have been given names. ( Source: AsteroidDay.org, Wikipedia)
This is the list of the numbered minor planets and the naming citation:
8749 Beatles (The Beatles, band).
4147 Lennon (John Lennon)
4148 McCartney (Paul McCartney)
4149 Harrison (George Harrison)
4150 Starr (Ringo Starr)
American Girl
A track from the first Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers album, "American Girl" was never a hit, but it became one of their most popular songs. The Heartbreakers recorded that track on the July 4, 1976.
Also on that day…the United States Bicentennial festivities culminated on Sunday, July 4, 1976, which celebrated
200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Observances paid tribute to the historical
events leading up to the creation of the United States of America as an independent republic from Great Britain.
It was a central event in the memory of the American Revolution.
Ironically, even though Petty and his band were from the US, the song caught on in England long before it got any
attention in America. As a result, Petty started his first big tour in the UK, where this was a bigger hit.
Cadillac Ranch - Amarillo, Texas
Standing along Route 66 west of Amarillo, Texas, Cadillac Ranch was invented and built by a group of art-hippies imported from San Francisco. They called themselves The Ant Farm, and their silent partner was Amarillo billionaire Stanley Marsh 3.
He wanted a piece of public art that would baffle the locals, and the hippies came up with a tribute to the evolution of the Cadillac tail fin.
In 1974, ten Caddies were driven into one of Stanley Marsh 3's fields, then half-buried, nose-down, in the dirt
(supposedly at the same angle as the Great Pyramid of Giza).
They faced west in a line, from the 1949 Club Sedan to the 1963 Sedan de Ville, their tail fins held high for all
to see on the empty Texas panhandle. ( Source: RoadsideAmerica)Type your paragraph here.
Reminisce the old & Discover something new
Vinyl records have a value that stretches far beyond the artist, band, song or album cut into them. They formed part of a memory, of a time in life, and the experiences connected to that time.
Trivia jogs the memory and provide an opportunity to take a little walk down memory lane.
It’ll be fun to see what you can remember!
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August 1,2017 marks the first in this new series of sure to be charming, anything but trivial online posts. These trivia posts will be touching on topics of LP history, artists and music we feature in our play list. Hey, you never know when the answers to these questions might come in handy… Q: What’s an awesome way to spend an evening? A: Flipside Band of Syracuse
Golden Records – Who’s on it? Part 2 of 4
The contents of the record were selected for NASA by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University. The selection of content for the record took almost a year.
Carl Sagan suggested that The Beatles song "Here Comes the Sun" be included on the record, but the record company EMI, which held the copyrights to the song, declined.
Chuck Berry’s hit “Johnny B. Goode” is one of the 27 songs that was sent into space. The inclusion of
"Johnny B. Goode" was controversial, with some claiming that rock music was "adolescent", to which
Carl Sagan replied, "There are a lot of adolescents on the planet."
In a Saturday Night Live segment ("Next Week in Review") in episode 64, originally aired 1978),
Steve Martin's character, a psychic named Cocuwa, announced that extraterrestrials had responded
to the record with the four words "Send more Chuck Berry.” (Source: DiscMakers, Wikipedia)
Mellencamp: Artist
Mellencamp's interest in painting began in early life, but was superseded in the 1980s by his skyrocketing musical career. "The songwriting and the painting are very closely knitted together," says Mellencamp, who often will pick up his guitar or start a canvas without premeditation and see what suggests itself to him. "Everything is a possible song. Everything is a possible painting."
An accomplished painter, one of his paintings hangs in the Governor's Mansion in Indiana.
Earlier in his life, Mellencamp once owned a tattoo parlor. This led to many family members getting tattoos they wouldn't have otherwise asked for, like the "Hurts So Good" tattoo on his aunt.
WAKE-UP MUSIC OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE'S FINAL MISSION (Part 4 of 4)
Use of music to awaken astronauts on space missions dates back to the Apollo Program, when astronauts returning from the moon were serenaded by their colleagues in mission control with lyrics from popular songs that seemed appropriate for the occasion. Usually picked by flight controllers or by crew members,’ friends and family members, most wake-up calls are musical. The recording is usually followed by a call from the CAPCOM in Mission Control, wishing the crew a good morning.
November 2005 marked the first time NASA astronauts were treated to a live wake-up call in a first-ever concert linkup to the space station.
On Earth, former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney performed the hit “English Tea” and “Good Day, Sunshine” in concert
before a cheering crowd as part of his “US” tour.The performance was beamed from the West Coast to the space
station crew 220 miles above Earth and broadcast on NASA television, which showed live feeds from space.
The rock icon came up with the idea after learning that NASA’s Mission Control used “Good Day Sunshine” to wake
up the Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts with word that conditions were favorable to return to Earth.
(Source: NASA.gov)
The Widest Distribution in the Universe
Perhaps the most famous records in the universe are the two copies of the Golden Record placed aboard the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts launched by NASA. The Golden Records feature musical selections from different cultures and eras, spoken greetings from Earth-people in fifty-five languages, and other messages.
The record is constructed of gold-plated copper and is 12 inches (30 cm) in diameter. Each record is
encased in a protective aluminum jacket, together with a cartridge and a needle. Instructions, in
symbolic language, explain the origin of the spacecraft and how the record is to be played.
Voyager 1 was launched in 1977, passed the orbit of Pluto in 1990, and left the solar system
November 2004. It’s traveling at a speed of 38,000 mph and today, Voyager is nearly 13 billion miles
away from Earth. Today, marks its 40th anniversary in space. (Source: DiscMakers, Wikipedia)