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Adding to the cultural references... Jonathan Coulton wrote a superb song about Laika called "Space Doggity". The cage is very small, a tiny silver ball that m
by beat 9y ago
Adding to the cultural references... Jonathan Coulton wrote a superb song about Laika called "Space Doggity".
The cage is very small, a tiny silver ball
that makes you a hero the moment you step inside.
The world is watching you, what you're about to do
will live on forever, even though you'll be dead
and gone, buckle up we're about to turn the engines on.
Hello from Sputnik 2, I am receiving you.
Thanks for the the dog food, I'm somewhere above you now.
Guess what, Maloshenkov? I took my collar off
I'm holding my own leash, walking myself outside this door.
I don't think I want to be a good dog anymore.
Now I'm floating free, and the moon's with me
and it's bright enough to light the dark.
And it's so high up here, and the stars so clear,
Are they close enough? Will they hear me bark from here?
Hello to Sputnik 2, I think we're losing you,
Your lifesigns are fading, I can't really say that we're surprised.
It's a shame, there's always something that gets compromised
Now I'm floating free, and the moon's with me
and it's bright enough to light the dark.
And it's so high up here, and the stars so clear
Are they close enough? Will they hear me bark from here?
- dsnuh 9y agoThere is also "Laika" by Arcade Fire. Not necessarily about the dog, but the only other song I can think of that even mentions Laika. https://youtu.be/C4EmXN9xvdE https://youtu.be/C4EmXN9xvdE
- throw_away 9y agoAlso Phil Knight's film studio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika_(company) which made Coraline and Kubo.
- deadhead 9y agoThere's also "Laika" by Moxy Früvous, referring to the dog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlG-kpzMQIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlG-kpzMQIw
- geephroh 9y agoAnd Margaret Fiedler's mid-90s trip-kraut post-rock band, Laika. Their '95 debut album, Silver Apples of the Moon, holds up pretty well.
- pvaldes 9y agoAnd here is also "Laika", by Mecano (1988). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuijqjUrOS0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuijqjUrOS0
- chrisbennet 9y agoI came here to post that but you beat me to it. The song is a tear jerker. https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS690US693&hl=en-US&ei=ZMT8WfbCB4P2UtvVrOgB&q=jonathan+coulton+doggity&oq=jonathan+coulton+doggity&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.3..0i22i30k1l2.3092.4822.0.5349.9.9.0.0.0.0.454.2102.0j4j1j2j1.8.0....0...1.1.64.mobile-gws-serp..2.7.1915...0j0i20i263k1j0i67k1.150.115TdGU977s https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS690US693&hl=en... BTW: Jonathan used to be a web developer or some sort of software dev.
- JoeDaDude 9y agoAnother cultural reference, this one fairly recent. Author Nick Abadzis wrote a graphic novel about Laika's life and kept to the facts with a minimum of fictional embellishment [1]. He later got much feedback from readers who were upset at the sad fate of Laika at the end of his book. So much that he prepared alternate endings [2] to allay the tragic feelings invoked by the true ending he put in the original work. [1] https://www.nickabadzis.com/laika-graphic-novel/ https://www.nickabadzis.com/laika-graphic-novel/ [2] http://comicsalliance.com/laika-happy-endings-nick-abadzis/ http://comicsalliance.com/laika-happy-endings-nick-abadzis/