Songs Artemis II should have played

League 9 (Apr 2026) · Houston, we have a playlist

Song	Artist	Submitted by	Votes
Twilight	Electric Light Orchestra	judd.baker	7 SamRobertsND +1 Joseph Harvey +1 — This is a great “welcome back to Music League” song and I can picture it playing in space. Claire +1 — Of the three ELO submissions this one struck me the most—it has this futuristic, frenetic energy without necessarily being explicitly about space travel, and I feel like if I were an astronaut this would be a great hype song shea nowicki +1 Brad Stalcup +1 — Excellent, enjoyable, and cosmic pick. Regina Scime +1 Spicey Riche +1 — I’m fionmul 0 — Unspecial to me
Move on Up - Single Edit	Curtis Mayfield	Claire	5 Peter Seeley +2 — The trumpets and drums are great ared56 +1 SamRobertsND +1 judd.baker +1 — This was awesome and clever. fionmul 0 — I wasn’t feeling this for this round Joseph Harvey 0 — Not a space vibe to me Claire 0 — Real ones know that this song is sampled in Touch the Sky by Kanye West, which would also be a great pull for this category
'39 - Remastered 2011	Queen	Regina Scime	5 ared56 +1 fionmul +1 — I liked the vibe and it was new for me. The oldies here remind me of the guardians of the galaxy mixtapes. Joseph Harvey +1 — A great example of why Queen is the greatest rock n roll band of all time. Beautiful, poignant, musically excellent. Best song about relativity Peter Seeley +1 — Enjoyable Claire +1 — Incredible pull for this category judd.baker 0 — I really enjoyed this. Really like the Brian May vocals. Just not quite as resonant to me as some other submissions.
Mission (A World Record)	Electric Light Orchestra	SamRobertsND	4 shea nowicki +1 Brad Stalcup +1 — I feel like ih ave to upvote every ELO song I hear in this one. Regina Scime +1 Spicey Riche +1 fionmul 0 — It sounded like he was saying sacred heart haha if only Joseph Harvey 0 — I love this song (possibly my favorite ELO), but I think there are better ELO choices for this round here. Not hype enough Claire 0 — Thought about submitting this one. The most obviously space-y lyrically, but musically it also has a space vibe. Then again I guess this round has shown that ELO’s musical style just is the quintessential space vibe. Narrowly beat out
Who Built the Moon	Shinyribs	Peter Seeley	4 ared56 +1 SamRobertsND +1 Brad Stalcup +1 — i dug this one. This is the sort of storytelling that should make it to space. Musically, this was by far my favorite one on the list. Spicey Riche +1 judd.baker +1 — Consummate Juddbait. I loved every part of this. Lyrically perfect, sort of mystical fit to the category as well. Perfect score, Dr. Roberts (I assume). fionmul 0 — I like this too and I think it being last is a disadvantage but I ultimately liked a couple of other similar genre ones better. Not enough notes etc Joseph Harvey 0 — Nice enough, I just can’t picture this playing in the capsule Claire 0 — This is for sure topical but musically it was just okay Regina Scime -1
Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 in E-Flat Major	Joshua Bell	Joseph Harvey	3 Peter Seeley +1 — Outside the box. Claire +1 — I LOVE JOSHUA BELL Brad Stalcup +1 — Beautiful. This would also be a great submission for "great songs to die in space to" judd.baker +1 — I can in fact literally imagine this being played as Artemis II careens past the far side of the moon. fionmul 0 — I’m ngl I dont understand this theme besides the space theme and moon theme but sure this is a nice piece ared56 -1
Moon River (From Breakfast at Tiffany's) [Remastered]	Audrey Hepburn	fionmul	3 Joseph Harvey +1 — This would have tears floating around in the microgravity environment Regina Scime +1 judd.baker +1 — This is a fun read of the category fionmul 0 — Basic but a banger; you know it is
Space Oddity - 2015 Remaster	David Bowie	Brad Stalcup	1 fionmul +1 — I tried to submit this one and maybe it’s “obvious” but it’s one of the obvious ones that is also super good imo so it’ll get a vote from me Regina Scime +1 Spicey Riche +1 Peter Seeley 0 — Fun song, but probably NOT what an astronaut wants to hear while going up into space Claire 0 — It’s so good. I feel like it’s a bit too obvious a pick tho Brad Stalcup 0 — I feel like this was the most obvious pick for this category. I hope I'm not punished for being basic. judd.baker 0 — I cannot reward this as I think it is the most obvious possible pull for the category, and yet I am forbidden from downvoting, because this song is spectacular. Played it twice just out of reverence. Crazy he did this on only his second album. David Bowie one of the greatest to ever do it. Joseph Harvey -1 — This is way too obvious, and today I feel like punishing that. If this is Shea I’m sorry shea nowicki -1
Constellations	The Oh Hellos	shea nowicki	1 ared56 +1 SamRobertsND +1 fionmul +1 — Cute I like the idea of a sweet song like this as you drift through the stars Peter Seeley -1 judd.baker -1 — I want to think The Oh Hellos are a more inventive take on stomp clap slop, but every song I’ve heard other than Rio Grande and Soldier Poet King leaves me underwhelmed. This song is also not really at all the vibe I was picking up for this category.
Ripple - 2020 Remaster	Grateful Dead	ared56	1 fionmul +1 — I liked this too Claire +1 — I see the vision. 70s music just feels right for space. And the motif of still water/no wind blowing fits nicely too shea nowicki +1 Joseph Harvey 0 — I enjoyed this more than other Grateful Dead I’d heard Brad Stalcup -1 — Don't really get what you were going for with this one. Spicey Riche -1
Mr. Blue Sky - 2012 Version	Electric Light Orchestra	Spicey Riche	-1 Joseph Harvey +1 — Senior launch engineer Sammy, lighting up an early morning cigarette in the Houston haze, turns the ignition on his 1969 Corvette droptop. As the small block roars to life and settles into a contented gurgle, he gazes up through his thick-rimmed glasses to the moon on the horizon, almost invisible as the sun begins its climb into the soft blue sky. It’s going to be quite a day. shea nowicki +1 Brad Stalcup 0 — Sorry, this ELO song doesn't quite work as a song to play judd.baker 0 — I can get the idea (literally saying hello again to the blue sky after returning to Earth) but this seems like simultaneously the least imaginative ELO submission and also the least lyrically fitting. SamRobertsND -1 — Party foul against ELO, this is the 2012 re-recording which is worse. fionmul -1 — Sorry I just dont like it enough for it to cancel out the more obvious pick it is Claire -1 — Great song but it’s the most predictable of the ELO songs in this round (in part bc of the guardians of the galaxy association)