Why the moon eclipses the sun when it comes to pop
Forty years after the Apollo 11 landing, the moon continues to cast its shadow over pop, inspiring decades of lunar tunesIn June, with the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaching, the second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, recorded a rap video for FunnyorDie.com about going into space. It's not very good. Thankfully, though, this is not the first song to have been inspired by that momentous occasion.David Bowie's Space Oddity was, in a masterstroke of commercial timing, released...
Guardian Music — Forty years after the Apollo 11 landing, the moon continues to cast its shadow over pop, inspiring decades of lunar tunesIn June, with the 40th anniversary of the Apollo ... more info