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Raygun Gothic

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Raygun Gothic refers to any creative work from 1900 through about 1959, predicting the future before it became possible. Think rockets and rayguns, flying cars and futuristic cities - especially if the vision never quite panned out in reality. We find this aesthetic in product design, book covers, films, radio & TV. "A tomorrow that never was". The same style as in the Fallout games, The Jetsons and so on but focused on the time period through the 50s.

See also: Raygun Gothic at TVTropes

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Official music of this community (www.youtube.com)

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I just decided.

Music To Watch Space Girls By

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy_Presents_Mr._Spock%27s_Music_from_Outer_Space

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[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago

Maybe you should think it over a bit. There are a lot of good candidates in the SK system...

[–] klu9@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

What about... Esquivel! The King of Space Age Lounge and Bachelor Pad Music

YouTube - Esquivel - More of other worlds,, other sounds (1961)

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[–] perishthethought@piefed.social [S] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

Sounds great, very loungey, but not very spacey, eh?

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[–] klu9@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago

Ten Forward is a lounge, and it's in space.

Hence, thusly, QED: lounge music = space music!

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