Redbeard Rocks the Solar Eclipse! Playlist

Here In the Studio one of our favorite things is to share playlists made with musical themes about big annual events and holidays, but I must admit that in over four decades of doing those, I had yet to construct a playlist for watching a total solar eclipse. And since experiencing an eclipse is a dynamic event with amazing anticipation and preparation, then with only about four  minutes of totality followed by a lengthy return to full brightness, this almost ninety minute playlist takes you on that celestial musical arc.

Some of the songs are obvious (Pink Floyd “Eclipse” ), some obligatory ( Beatles “Here Comes the Sun”), some whimsical ( ZZ Top “Cheap Sunglasses”), some a bit of a stretch ( the late Jim Steinman’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” sung by the late Bonnie Tyler). But it turns out that the late Chris Cornell liked the subject alot, so that Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” and Audioslave’s “Shadow on the Sun” are spot on for the big lunar-solar cosmic event.
And remember: if the geography, weather, or your schedule don’t cooperate today for solar eclipse viewing, there’s another really big celestial show tonight for the annual Perseids meteor shower! –Redbeard