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Chroma Key — Astronaut Down
Album: You Go Now
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Released: 2000
Length: 4:51
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you look so mysterious
but you sound so serious
you should have told me on the phone
i'm sorry i'm sorry i don't know what i'm saying

i guess you tried to let me know
by leaving notes on the stereo
it's not the typical way to go
i'm sorry i'm sorry i don't know what i'm saying

'cause i found myself
back in the bachelor scene
feel like an astronaut
in a submarine
if i fall asleep
i could fall out of bed
maybe the helmet helps
but it hurts my head

let's not get hysterical maybe you need a sabbatical
you get so angry when you're wrong
i'm sorry i'm sorry i don't know what i'm saying

you know it came as quite a shock to find your note in the cereal box
and why'd you have to change the locks
i'm sorry i'm sorry i don't know what i'm saying

and i found myself
back in the bachelor scene
feel like an astronaut
in a submarine
if i fall asleep
i could float out of bed
maybe the ceiling helps
but it hurts my head

cause i found myself
back in the bachelor scene
feel like an astronaut
in a submarine
if i fall asleep
i could fall out of bed
maybe the helmet helps
but it hurts my head
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 CrackerjaxATX wrote:
how about some homage to Laika in the slideshow?
 
That'd be cool. You got any photos?
Posted 7 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Yawn. Massively boring and uninspiring. 
Posted 8 years ago by bb_matt    [ Reply ]
 nutrod42 wrote:
I sense a theme with these last few. What's next, Telstar?

 
I love themes.. :)

This last sequence: Space Oddity (DB)/Major Tom (PS)/Yuri (OVV) and now Astronaut Down.
Posted 8 years ago by RoelantSiekman    [ Reply ]
or Stars Die by PT?
Posted 8 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
I sense a theme with these last few. What's next, Telstar?
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
Thanks to ground controls instructions, this time my space capsule did worked out.
 
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Kevin Moore (Chroma Key) is just great.  His Chroma Key series of albums are great low key Floydian influenced music, and his other band, OSI, is so awesome I can't contain myself.  OSI is prog rock in the family of Porcupine Tree, but with an occasional harder edge.  If you like PT, you should check out OSI.
Posted 10 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
Forgot to add Daft Punk's "Contact" to the space theme medley.
Posted 10 years ago by Krakus    [ Reply ]

We need Bowie's "Space Odyssey" and we will have "Space Theme Monday."


Posted 10 years ago by Krakus    [ Reply ]
Well, that's different...
Posted 11 years ago by flight750    [ Reply ]
Major Tom, Yuri and then this.... {#Think} Astronaut theme today I guess? {#Eek}
Posted 11 years ago by steppr    [ Reply ]
please don't refer to him as that Canadian guy. we're still getting over that canadian gal. can we just pretend they are from somewhere else?

tkelley wrote:

Oh, maybe that Canadian guy........

 


Posted 11 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
 tkelley wrote:
So where do you go next, Bill?  Elton? Bee Gees? 

 
Oh, maybe that Canadian guy........
Posted 11 years ago by tkelley    [ Reply ]
So where do you go next, Bill?  Elton? Bee Gees? 
Posted 11 years ago by tkelley    [ Reply ]

Boring.


Posted 11 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
how about some homage to Laika in the slideshow?
Posted 11 years ago by CrackerjaxATX    [ Reply ]
this is bad.  really bad.
Posted 11 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]
great
Posted 11 years ago by 900mp    [ Reply ]
I just Love Astronaut Rock,,, quite a niche
Posted 11 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
the cosmonautical trifecta - bravissimo
Posted 12 years ago by C57BL6    [ Reply ]
Just an annoying piece of noise. Can't say "ANNOYING" enough.
Posted 12 years ago by jimj    [ Reply ]
Adrian Belew-ish?  
Posted 12 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Hah for a second I mixed these guys up with Chromeo, who I first saw on Yo Gabba Gabba. Nice space theme by the way.
Posted 12 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
The vast musical wasteland of the 80's had small, sickening tendrils that extended till 2000!
Posted 12 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 peyotecoyote wrote:
Loving the new format guys :)
 
Time for HAL.
Posted 12 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Loving the new format guys :)
Posted 12 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]

 

Very cool in the post NASA years!


Posted 12 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Love this set. Every time.
Posted 12 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]

" feel like an astronaut
  in a submarine "

a memorable line.  
Posted 14 years ago by r0ric    [ Reply ]
ouch.... this is why I keep coming back, can not say I love it, but I like it a bunch......?
Posted 14 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
 dunno wrote:

or "fred vom jupiter" by the doraus & marinas.
https://www.documentaryevidence.co.uk/diedoraus1.htm

 
{#Good-vibes}  hahaha

Fred vom Jupiter, Fred vom Jupiter
der Traum aller Fraun,
Du machst mich schwach.
Fred vom Jupiter, Fred vom Jupiter
Bleib für immer hier,
geh doch nicht fort!


Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
I was just viewing images of aviation crashes and then noticed this songs title...quite a co-wink-e-dink.
Posted 15 years ago by Shaker    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Agreed. What an excellent segue. All we need now is the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band's Urban Spaceman ;-)

 
or "fred vom jupiter" by the doraus & marinas.
https://www.documentaryevidence.co.uk/diedoraus1.htm

Posted 15 years ago by dunno    [ Reply ]
Now if Bill would just follow up with Porcupine Tree's 'Stars Die' it would make a perfect set.
Posted 15 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
 meloman wrote:

Songs with astronauts talking in the backgroud are shit, that's all. In fact, songs about space travel pretty much suck in a major way. Yes, EVEN Pink Floyd's Astronomy Domine, which is coming right up.


 
Rush's Countdown from Signals would fit nicely here as well. It plays back the liftoff of the first shuttle launch. The band had been invited to attend and you get the real feel for the scene. Musical journalism, via Peart!
Posted 15 years ago by spichanator    [ Reply ]

Good Follow-up  Dr Octagon-Earth People


Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
 Imkirok wrote:
Had the speakers down at the beginning, and thought this was C.W. McCall - "breaker, breaker 1-9, we got ourselves a convoy!!!"

/need more coffee

 

That was one of my favorite tunes when I was about 11 or 12 ! Whatever happen to ol' C.W. Why is he not in the Country Music Hall of Fame or something ??

Posted 15 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
Could you turn down the "music" so I can hear the astronauts talk? That would be more interesting.{#Whistle}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
All weird songs, mixed beautifully.
Posted 15 years ago by kallistok    [ Reply ]
 kyleminor wrote:
Schilling's Major Tom (Coming Home), then O Va Voy's Yuri, now Astronaut Down... now this is one of the big reasons I love RP so much. DJ mixed is best!  Genius, Bill.
 
Agreed. What an excellent segue. All we need now is the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band's Urban Spaceman ;-)

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Schilling's Major Tom (Coming Home), then O Va Voy's Yuri, now Astronaut Down... now this is one of the big reasons I love RP so much. DJ mixed is best!  Genius, Bill.
Posted 15 years ago by kyleminor    [ Reply ]
Hey the gentleman just sang it - if "singing" is really what it is - "This hurts my head"
{#Beat}
Posted 15 years ago by acidreflucks    [ Reply ]
Chroma Key - Astronaut Down
Oi Va Voi - Yuri
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)

Liking the space theme.
Posted 15 years ago by CortezTheKiller    [ Reply ]
what happened today? have you decided play all poor quality songs??{#Stupid}
Posted 16 years ago by spiritual76    [ Reply ]
This would pair up nicely with Hotel Parallel from Alpinestars.  Similar sound and vocals.
Posted 16 years ago by malvey254    [ Reply ]
 Imkirok wrote:
Had the speakers down at the beginning, and thought this was C.W. McCall - "breaker, breaker 1-9, we got ourselves a convoy!!!"

/need more coffee

 

I said "Big Ben this here's a Rubber Duck, I say we ain't gonna pay no toll.  So we crashed the gate goin' 98, saying LET THEM TRUCKERS ROLL, 10-4"

Ahh, the 70's was a great decade for CB music!
Posted 16 years ago by Rafter101    [ Reply ]

Songs with astronauts talking in the backgroud are shit, that's all. In fact, songs about space travel pretty much suck in a major way. Yes, EVEN Pink Floyd's Astronomy Domine, which is coming right up.




Posted 16 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
The perfect segue from Oi Va Voi - nice one! 8 from the Nottingham jury.
 
I'm not in love with either song, but you're right, it's a perfect segue.

Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
The perfect segue from Oi Va Voi - nice one! 8 from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 16 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
rascal420 wrote:
why is this good?
...this track is kevin moore at his (second) best...it's an understated sort of brilliance; give it a few listens to really sink in...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
why is this good? Please essplain
Posted 17 years ago by rascal420    [ Reply ]
Had the speakers down at the beginning, and thought this was C.W. McCall - "breaker, breaker 1-9, we got ourselves a convoy!!!" /need more coffee
Posted 17 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
I love this guy's music (Kevin Moore); I have his 3 Chroma Key albums, and his two OSI albums. OSI happens to be one of my favorite bands. Very similar to this, but with a little more heavy guitar work (Jim Matheos). I just submitted an OSI track to Radio Paradise the other day ("Once") which is a great song....check it out. It is currently on rotation here....
Posted 17 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
So the background chatter isn't crosstalk! Huh! Oh. It's part of the song? Someone wanted it like this? Huh. Nnnnzzz...
Posted 17 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I like it, sounds like some guy in his basement recording studio messing around.
Posted 17 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
mdalston wrote:
astronauts! we get it! gee, you guys sure are creative... bloody hell
Well lets see what you've put out music wise lately........ohhh wait you haven't have you? awwwww
Posted 17 years ago by Fiji5555    [ Reply ]
fretman wrote:
What's that say? When the segue is a "10" and both songs are lousy? We got a DJ with great talent, but no taste? I don't buy that. I guess he just picks a few clinkers, but boy can he spin 'em! It wouldn't be eclectic if it were all 10s, would it?
You are correct.
Posted 17 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
What's that say? When the segue is a "10" and both songs are lousy? We got a DJ with great talent, but no taste? I don't buy that. I guess he just picks a few clinkers, but boy can he spin 'em! It wouldn't be eclectic if it were all 10s, would it?
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
10/10 for transition from Mike Oldfield's "Ascension." 4/10 for actual song.
Posted 17 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of something I have heard before.
Posted 21 years ago by eval    [ Reply ]
Great tune! Hope it will get better rated :) great \"space\" sound!!
Posted 21 years ago by bass000    [ Reply ]
Catchy in a dark sort of way, interesting use of Apollo astronaut audio.
Posted 21 years ago by giraffefan    [ Reply ]