Songs with Astronomical Themes No. 8: “Sail to the Moon,” by Radiohead

No. 8 in our Songs with Astronomical Themes: Radiohead’s lovely “Sail to the Moon,” from their 2003 album “Hail to the Thief.”

Gustave Doré - A Voyage to the Moon from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1868

(Illustration by Gustave Dore, “A Voyage to the Moon,” for, I think, Theophile Gautier’s French edition of “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,” 1868).

Wiki tells me that “Sail to the Moon (Brush the Cobwebs out of the Sky)” was written by Thom Yorke of Radiohead for his infant son, Noah. The title of the album, “Hail to the Thief,” refers to the 2000 US election stolen by President (cough) George W. Bush.

Here it is, though not with any kind of official video: