Following the Brandenburg on the Golden Record are court gamelan from Java, percussion from Senegal, Pygmy girls song from Zaire, Australian Aboriginal songs, Mariachi from Mexico, Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode,” Japanese shakuhachi. Then more Bach, Mozart’s Magic Flute, Georgian S.S.R. Chorus, panpipes from Peru, Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven, Azerbajian bagpipes, Stravinsky, still more Bach, Beethoven Bulgarian music, Navajo Night Chants, Early Music Consort of London, Solomon Islands panpipes, Wedding Song from Peru, “Flowing Streams” from China, a raga from India, Blind Willie Johnson, and ending with Beethoven.
In addition there were greetings from world leaders and a broad range of other people who recorded greetings. The languages are:
Akkadian, Amoy (Min dialect), Arabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Bengali, Burmese, Cantonese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hittite, Hungarian (Magyar), Ila (Zambia), Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada (Kanarese), Kechua (Quechua), Korean, Latin, Luganda (Ganda), Mandarin Chinese, Marathi, Nepali, Nguni (Zulu), Nyanja, Oriya, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Sotho (Sesotho), Spanish, Sumerian, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Wu
What music would you like to have heard on the Voyager Golden Record that they did not include? Or put another way, what list of music would you want to represent all of humanity and human history that might be launched on a future Golden Record that would travel through space for the next 5 billion years?
Join the discussion on a chat room during the streams, register and include your suggestions, or email us with your ideas. We will endeavor to list all of them. please provide links when you can so we can all listen to them.
Suggestions so far:
From Students:
California State University Monterey Bay, Music and Performing Arts Department, class titled “Monterey Jazz Festival”
Allana
Alyssa
Oh, What a World, Kacey Musgraves
Caila
Caroline
Lewis Del Mar, Painting (Masterpiece)
Chris
Our House by Crosby. Stills, Nash & Young
Peace Throughout the World, by Maxi Priest
Connor
Everyday People, Sly & the Family Stone
Destinee
Can’t Stop The Music, Village People
Erika
Sweet Child O’mine, Guns N’Roses
Hailey
Where is The Love, Black Eyed Peas
Haley
One Tribe, The Black Eyed Peas
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), Marvin Gaye
Ivan
Joanne
What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
When you’re Smiling/The Sheik of Araby, Louis Prima
Jordynne
Treat People With Kindness, Harry Styles
Karsyn
Let the Good Times Roll, Louis Jordan https://youtu.be/66GJkwobMuU
On the Sunny Side of the Street, Louis Armstrong
Laura
We Are the World, U.S.A. For Africa
Raymond
Ryan
Samantha
Sign of the Times, Harry Styles
Sandy
Broken Finger Blues, Richard Swift
Spencer
Trapped in the American Dream, Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science
Zeus
This House Is Not For Sale, Bon Jovi
70th Birthday Concert, Duke Ellington, suggested by John Clayton
A Love Supreme, John Coltrane, suggested by Christian Sands, and Juan Sanchez
All You Need is Love, The Beatles. Suggested by PJ
Amazing Grace, Aretha Franklin, suggested by Christian Sands
Aretha Franklin performance of “Nessum Dorma” at the Grammy’s
Bird and Diz (1952), Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, suggested by John Clayton
Bob Dylan, Blowin in the Wind, suggested by anonymous, Big Sur
Brandenburg Concerto #2, 3rd movement, Wynton Marsalis
Cesaria Evora, Live d’Amor (2004 Cape Verde), suggested by Christian Sands
Desafinado, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Suggested by Juan Sanchez
Descarga de Hoy, Cubanismo, Suggested by Juan Sanchez
Conference of the Birds (Dave Holland), suggested by Nate M, Los Angeles
Ella and Louis, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, suggested by John Clayton
From Here to the Moon and Back (Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton)
Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra version), suggested by Ted G, San Diego
Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto, suggested by John Clayton
Gracias a la vida, Violeta Parra (sung by Mercedes Sosa), suggested by Juan Sanchez
Gözüm & Kulağım, Taksim Trio, Suggested by Juan Sanchez
Here’s to Life, Shirley Horn, suggested by John Clayton
I Have a Dream, anything by Martin Luther King, suggested by Christian Sands and Bob Danziger
I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton, and Whitney Houston)
I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor, suggested by Bruno C
Imagine (John Lennon), suggested by Ted G, San Diego
Kachucha featuring Ibrahim Maloof, Roberto Fonseca, Suggested by Juan Sanchez
KAULANA NĀ PUA, by Ellen Prendergast, Peter Moon Band Version, suggested by Larry K, Hawaii
Kind of Blue, Miles Davis, suggested by Christian Sands, Biff Smith and John Clayton
La Llorana, suggested by Bruno C
Latcho Drom soundtrack, Suggested by Juan Sanchez
Life Forum, Gerald Clayton, suggested by John Clayton
Mahk Jchi – Ulali, Suggested by Juan Sanchez
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E min, Anne-Sophie Mutter suggested by Juan Sanchez
Mi Gente, by J Balvin, Willy William, suggested by Sasha
Mississippi Goddamm, Nina Simone, Suggested by Juan Sanchez
Moms Mabley at Geneva Conference, suggested by Christian Sands
Monkey Chant (Bali), suggested by Nate M, Los Angeles
Piano Starts Here, Art Tatum, suggested by John Clayton
Art Tatum – Someone to Watch Over Me
Art Tatum – Sophisticated Lady
Return To Forever, Chick Corea, suggested by John Clayton
Rhapsody in Blue, suggested by Bonnie I, Hawaii
The Ripple Effect, Bela Fleck and Toumani Diabete, suggested by Christian Sands
Rite of Spring – Igor Stravinsky
Secret Life of Plants, Stevie Wonder, suggested by Christian Sands
Simple Gifts (Yo-Yo MA and Allison Krause)
Short Ride in a Fast Machine” by John Adams, suggested by Carl Chistensen
Someday My Prince Will Come, Miles Davis, suggested by Christian Sands
Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder, suggested by Christian Sands
Space Oddity, David Bowie, suggested by Christian Sands
Time Out, Dave Brubeck, suggested by Christian Sands
Tunga, Mamadou Diabate, Suggested by Juan Sanchez
Universal Consciousness, Alice Coltrane, suggested by Christian Sands
Watermelon Man, Herbie Hancock (1962 and 1973 versions)
Well You Needn’t (Thelonious Monk)
Wonderful World (Lewis Armstrong)
Yollotl Xochitl, suggested by Sasha Z
How a Jazz Musician Found Family Stories He Never Knew, suggested by Christian Sands
Sounds on the Golden Record
Sounds on the Golden Record
• Music of The Spheres
• Volcanoes, Earthquake, Thunder
• Mud Pots
• Wind, Rain, Surf
• Crickets, Frogs
• Birds, Hyena, Elephant
• Chimpanzee
• Wild Dog
• Footsteps, Heartbeat
• Laughter
• Fire, Speech
• The First Tools
• Tame Dog
• Herding Sheep, Blacksmith, Sawing
• Tractor, Riveter
• Morse Code, Ships
• Horse and Cart
• Train
• Tractor, Bus, Auto
• F-111 Flyby, Saturn 5 Lift-off
• Kiss, Mother and Child
• Life Signs, Pulsar
