In Honour of the Final Space Shuttle Launch

This one’s for the final flight of the space shuttle program! Europe’s The Final Countdown was a bit too obvious and I used it recently for my departure from Microsoft [5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1], so the song I’m dedicating to Space Shuttle Atlantis is Black Sabbath’s Supernaut, in many forms. Here’s the original:

The lyrics aren’t really about astronautics, but psychonautics, but what the hey. I watched the launch with 1000 Homo DJs (essentially the industrial group Ministry, rearranged) as background music. I think it should be the background music for space launches in general:

The 1000 Homo DJs version had Minsitry’s Al Jourgensen on vocals (under the pseudonym “Buck Satan”). The original vocalist was Trent “Nine Inch Nails” Reznor, whose arrangement with his record label TVT didn’t allow for his version to be released. Here’s the version with “Der Trentster”:

And finally, a 2010 cover by Finnish folk metal group Turisas, who feature an accordion player among their number. I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks that the accordion is a true metal instrument: