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Topic:	The Rentals space history-inspired songs

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]The Rentals have released a new music video for "Forgotten Astronaut (A Song For Michael Collins)": <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GkfKujfyUlY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="arial, helvetica">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">Robert Pearlman</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">The Rentals, a rock band fronted by former Weezer bassist Matt Sharp, has released their second space-history inspired songs. From the band's <A HREF="https://twitter.com/therentals/status/1222200599015346176" TARGET=_blank>Twitter feed</A>: <BLOCKQUOTE><I>Today is the 34th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. To help honor to spirit and legacy of the seven fallen heroes, we are releasing "Great Big Blue" (a song inspired by the tragedy).</I></BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HLxNZuxoLDw" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>

Last year (2019), The Rentals' released a track inspired by the Apollo 11 mission. From Space.com:

The song, called "Forgotten Astronaut," a song inspired by the writing of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins. The song is even written from the perspective of Collins as he traveled around the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took humanity's first steps on the moon.
"I started writing 'Forgotten Astronaut', while I was reading 'Flying To The Moon' (1976, MacMillan). When friends would ask if I had read anything good recently, I would tell them I was reading about Michael's extraordinary life and whomever I was talking with would simply ask, Who is Michael Collins?" Sharp said about writing the song, according to the band's Bandcamp. He wanted to bring Collins' story back into the limelight.

Robert Pearlman

The Rentals have released a new music video for "Forgotten Astronaut (A Song For Michael Collins)":

David C

I like Great Big Blue, but I’m afraid that “Forgotten Astronaut” does absolutely nothing for me either musically or lyrically, regardless of how worthy the subject may be.

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