(FANMIX) Star Trek: The Original Series - The Enterprise's Mission - There's Something about Blue
Coming over with another fanmix! This one is for the waywardmixes challenge #14: Journeys. As soon as I read the theme, the Enterprise started flying around my head, and I knew I had to try. This mix was surprisingly easy to organize! I suppose that, when you're not focusing on character specifics, it becomes easier. Hopefully it's an okay mix!
There's Something about Blue - The Enterprise's Mission - A Star Trek: The Original Series Fanmix
About why I chose the Enterprise's Mission:
There are several journeys in fiction that I like (when reflecting about the theme, I had a lot of metaphorical journeys in mind, and this mix almost became a Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE mix), but this is the one journey that stands out to me as THE journey. It's so long, and it made such a difference in History (in the real world as well as in the Trek Verse), and, even forty years later, we can still see its impact not only on science fiction, but on all of pop culture. It was a groundbreaking, visionary TV show; I love Star Trek, and, really, there could have been no other choice for me.
About Star Trek:
I highly doubt there is a person with internet connection that doesn't know what Star Trek is, but let's suppose there is: Star Trek is a long-running science fiction franchise. It spawned five live-action television series -- The Original Series, The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise --, eleven movies (going on twelve), and one animated adaptation, as well as a lot of books, comic books and videogames (not all of them considered canon). The stories are usually centered on a crew working under Starfleet, the starship fleet of an Earth-based interstellar government named the United Federation of Planets.
The Original Series is the first of those series; its three seasons ran from 1966 to 1969. We follow the crew of the starship Enterprise (NCC-1701), who explore space, its mysteries, its beauty and its ugliness (and its extremely ridiculous stuff), coming to know more about humanity and themselves in the process. Or, as Captain James T. Kirk puts it (so much better than me):
"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before."
This mix is about that mission.
SONGLIST:
A Spaceship Adventure | The Killers
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0fvW6TGeRI)
Come with us
On a spaceship adventure
Flying through the galaxy
We'll travel far to see sparkling beauty
(Starfleet's recruitment campaign.)
Blue | The Seatbelts feat. Mai Yamane
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeUQ1TkCx9E)
Free
Wanna be free
Gonna be free
And move among the stars
You know, they really aren't so far
(The pull of space: how the blue fascinates us, the possibility of complete freedom in space.)
Go the Distance | Michael Bolton
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qa-kdOXI7U)
I have often dreamed of a far-off place
Where a hero's welcome would be waiting for me
Where the crowds will cheer when they see my face
And a voice keeps saying, "This is where I'm meant to be"
(Wanting to be a hero: dreams of glory, knowing that by crossing those miles one can become a worthier person.)
Strangers Like Me | Phil Collins
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nHKoybxNAI)
I wanna know, can you show me?
I wanna know about these strangers like me
Tell me more, please show me
Something's familiar about these strangers like me
(The fascination of other cultures: to feel familiar and foreign at the same time, coming to know more about Man through what's alien to Man.)
I Will Not Bow (Breaking Benjamin)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjwFe6okyUw)
I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away
(To face danger and death: to keep one's dignity, like a soldier should.)
Space Oddity | David Bowie
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GtDPVeDKl8)
Ground control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you--
(The failed missions: too often, things go wrong.)
Uninstall | Chiaki Ishikawa
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhaHt4cCEw)
Ano toki saikou no riaru ga mukou kara ai ni kita no wa
Bokura no sonzai wa konna ni mo tanjun dato warai ni kitanda
Mimi wo fusaidemo ryoute wo surinukeru shinjitsu ni madou yo
Hosoi karada no doko ni chikara wo irete tateba ii
(It came from beyond the farthest reaches of our reality
It came to laugh at our naïve existences
I am puzzled by the truth that slips through my hands even though I cover my ears
Where in this weak body do I find the strength to stand?)
(The disease and darkness of space: the things Humanity cannot even begin to comprehend, that can drive one to insanity even as one tries to face it.)
Home | Daughtry
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2nr9oBRsRg)
I'm going home
Back to the place where I belong
Where your love has always been enough for me
I'm not running from
No, I think you've got me all wrong
I don't regret this life I chose for me
But these places and faces are getting old
So I'm going home
Well, I'm going home
(The longing for home: the anxiety of returning after a long time, the longing for familiar faces and arms.)
Home | Midnight Oil feat. Emmylou Harris
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtuHUpdQ5I)
Where is home?
Where is my home?
I've searched far and wide
Where is home?
Where is my home?
I hear my spirit cry
It's in the clear blue sky
(The feeling of displacement: not belonging to one's home, on one's planet, not belonging anywhere but to the journey.)
The Ballad of Serenity | Sonny Rhodes
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPwkDF5AxQM)
Take me out to the black
Tell 'em I ain't coming back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
(The certainty: come what may, nothing can ever take away the experiences of the journey, or the person one has become.)
I would love some feedback! \o
There's Something about Blue - The Enterprise's Mission - A Star Trek: The Original Series Fanmix
About why I chose the Enterprise's Mission:
There are several journeys in fiction that I like (when reflecting about the theme, I had a lot of metaphorical journeys in mind, and this mix almost became a Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE mix), but this is the one journey that stands out to me as THE journey. It's so long, and it made such a difference in History (in the real world as well as in the Trek Verse), and, even forty years later, we can still see its impact not only on science fiction, but on all of pop culture. It was a groundbreaking, visionary TV show; I love Star Trek, and, really, there could have been no other choice for me.
About Star Trek:
I highly doubt there is a person with internet connection that doesn't know what Star Trek is, but let's suppose there is: Star Trek is a long-running science fiction franchise. It spawned five live-action television series -- The Original Series, The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise --, eleven movies (going on twelve), and one animated adaptation, as well as a lot of books, comic books and videogames (not all of them considered canon). The stories are usually centered on a crew working under Starfleet, the starship fleet of an Earth-based interstellar government named the United Federation of Planets.
The Original Series is the first of those series; its three seasons ran from 1966 to 1969. We follow the crew of the starship Enterprise (NCC-1701), who explore space, its mysteries, its beauty and its ugliness (and its extremely ridiculous stuff), coming to know more about humanity and themselves in the process. Or, as Captain James T. Kirk puts it (so much better than me):
"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before."
This mix is about that mission.
SONGLIST:
A Spaceship Adventure | The Killers
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0fvW6TGeRI)
Come with us
On a spaceship adventure
Flying through the galaxy
We'll travel far to see sparkling beauty
(Starfleet's recruitment campaign.)
Blue | The Seatbelts feat. Mai Yamane
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeUQ1TkCx9E)
Free
Wanna be free
Gonna be free
And move among the stars
You know, they really aren't so far
(The pull of space: how the blue fascinates us, the possibility of complete freedom in space.)
Go the Distance | Michael Bolton
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qa-kdOXI7U)
I have often dreamed of a far-off place
Where a hero's welcome would be waiting for me
Where the crowds will cheer when they see my face
And a voice keeps saying, "This is where I'm meant to be"
(Wanting to be a hero: dreams of glory, knowing that by crossing those miles one can become a worthier person.)
Strangers Like Me | Phil Collins
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nHKoybxNAI)
I wanna know, can you show me?
I wanna know about these strangers like me
Tell me more, please show me
Something's familiar about these strangers like me
(The fascination of other cultures: to feel familiar and foreign at the same time, coming to know more about Man through what's alien to Man.)
I Will Not Bow (Breaking Benjamin)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjwFe6okyUw)
I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away
(To face danger and death: to keep one's dignity, like a soldier should.)
Space Oddity | David Bowie
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GtDPVeDKl8)
Ground control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you--
(The failed missions: too often, things go wrong.)
Uninstall | Chiaki Ishikawa
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhaHt4cCEw)
Ano toki saikou no riaru ga mukou kara ai ni kita no wa
Bokura no sonzai wa konna ni mo tanjun dato warai ni kitanda
Mimi wo fusaidemo ryoute wo surinukeru shinjitsu ni madou yo
Hosoi karada no doko ni chikara wo irete tateba ii
(It came from beyond the farthest reaches of our reality
It came to laugh at our naïve existences
I am puzzled by the truth that slips through my hands even though I cover my ears
Where in this weak body do I find the strength to stand?)
(The disease and darkness of space: the things Humanity cannot even begin to comprehend, that can drive one to insanity even as one tries to face it.)
Home | Daughtry
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2nr9oBRsRg)
I'm going home
Back to the place where I belong
Where your love has always been enough for me
I'm not running from
No, I think you've got me all wrong
I don't regret this life I chose for me
But these places and faces are getting old
So I'm going home
Well, I'm going home
(The longing for home: the anxiety of returning after a long time, the longing for familiar faces and arms.)
Home | Midnight Oil feat. Emmylou Harris
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtuHUpdQ5I)
Where is home?
Where is my home?
I've searched far and wide
Where is home?
Where is my home?
I hear my spirit cry
It's in the clear blue sky
(The feeling of displacement: not belonging to one's home, on one's planet, not belonging anywhere but to the journey.)
The Ballad of Serenity | Sonny Rhodes
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPwkDF5AxQM)
Take me out to the black
Tell 'em I ain't coming back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
(The certainty: come what may, nothing can ever take away the experiences of the journey, or the person one has become.)
I would love some feedback! \o