Music to land on the Moon by

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landings, Beatriz De La Pava researches how real life events are reflected in the lyrics of popular songs, and shows how music can paint a vivid picture of the social, political, economic, and cultural landscape. She plays the music that chronicles the history of the space race, and speaks to the people who knew it, made it and loved it.

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0:00.0	The eyes of the world now look into space.
0:11.2	Some of you witnessed it and perhaps some of you like me didn't.
0:15.9	To the moon and to the planets beyond.
0:21.6	But during this hour I'm going to bring alive the space race history from when it was
0:26.1	just a dream up until today through music.
0:29.6	And we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest but
0:37.2	by a banner of freedom and peace.
0:41.0	Because each time we made a giant step there was normally a songwriter somewhere in
0:45.2	the world to recall that historic moment and put it into words.
0:49.4	The space is there and we're going to climb it and the moon and the planets are there.
1:04.1	I am Beatriz de la Pava this is the BBC World Service and my mission today is to make you
1:10.7	feel what millions of ordinary people felt witnessing this extraordinary moments of history
1:18.0	out there in the depths of outer space.
1:24.6	There have been moments of great excitement in this space race.
1:28.0	Five, four, three, two, one.
1:32.0	The music reflects that excitement but also moments of tragedy and comedy.
1:38.0	That's right comrade Elvis.
1:40.0	Go on.
1:42.0	Shake your hips.
1:43.0	Why do we need something like that?
1:53.0	Okay, let's go.
2:01.0	And while for many years it was American and Russian astronauts who dominated the space
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