I love ex- Steely Dan's Donald Fagen's 1982 album The Nightfly - sleek sounds for an Atomic age. Like he says 'We've got to have some music on the new frontier'. Listen to a snippet here to the lyrics of the brilliant International Geophysical Year (IGY):
"Standing tough under stars and stripes
We can tell This dream's in sight You've got to admit it
At this point in time that it's clear
The future looks bright
On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail Ninety minutes from New York to Paris Well by seventy-six
we'll be A.O.K.
What a beautiful world this will be What a glorious time to be free
Get your ticket to that wheel in space
While there's time The fix is in You'll be a witness to that game of chance
in the sky
You know we've got to win Here at home we'll play in the city Powered by
the sun
Perfect weather for a streamlined world There'll be spandex jackets one for
everyone
What a beautiful world this will be What a glorious time to be free On that
train all graphite and glitter Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris (More leisure time for artists
everywhere)
A just machine to make big decisions
Programmed by fellows with compassion and vision
We'll be clean when their work is doneWe'll be eternally free yes and
eternally young
What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free"
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