Moon Songs 2 (Oh, What the Heck...Let's Bring in the Rest of the Solar System!)

NASA via Wikimedia Commons

It's another Hump Day here on Kayo Kyoku Plus, but I have to admit that it's looking really nice outside although the temperatures are still below seasonal. Anyways, let's a little whimsical with another Author's Picks, and this week, I just wanted to give my tribute and congratulations to the astronauts aboard Artemis II (along with Nutella) who are now en route back to Earth after doing that whip around the Moon.

Back in September, I'd already done my first batch of Moon Songs commemorating the autumn lunar festival, so this will be Moon Songs 2, but I don't have quite enough moon-themed songs that I know off the top of my head (although some of them may have already been posted on the blog...my memory isn't that good anymore). As such, I've cordially invited some other tunes with titles of a planetary nature within the Sol System.

(1988) Chiyono Yoshino -- Tsukiyo no Monologue （月夜のモノローグ）

(1995) Yumi Tanimura -- Moon　（ムーン）

(1986) Yoko Nagayama -- Venus （ヴィーナス）

(2003) Ayaka Hirahara -- Jupiter

(1986) Seiko Matsuda -- Ruriiro no Chikyuu （瑠璃色の地球）