The answer to this is in an excellent article on the links between space travel and music in american culture.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6021883.ece
Hope all's going well with the song writing...
Protons! Neutrons! Superheroes of Science Live
15 years ago
That's amazing! Armstrong listening to classic theremin! I can't believe it. And Alan Bean listening to Astrud Gilberto!!!! Nice.
ReplyDeleteI think Astrud would be on my moonmix. Kinda makes sense. I was fascinated by Armstrong's taste - did he take theremin tapes because he loved the music? did he take them becase they were somehow appropriate to space travel? was he as forward thinking in his music tastes as he was in his achievements? I want to know more! Might have to buy Moondust, by the author of the article:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/apr/24/biography.features