which 2 songs are you adding to the Voyager Golden Record? 🤔

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[jasonfanus]

Rappers Delight is a great choice. It’s a great song, it timeless, and it will make the Aliens feel like “Yah know what?…. These humans ain’t that bad.” “It’s making my legs and body move in strange ways…. And I can’t stop myself!”

[lt]

"They Not Like Us" would be very fitting.

[Last_Chance.]

Tupac "looking at the world in my rearview"

[keylime]

Rapper’s Delight is a favorite classic! Well chosen!

[Kalistofn]

N.Y. State of Mind by Nas and Lets Get It On by Marvin Gaye

[TweedleDean]

Star Trek theme (Next Generation version), and Star Wars theme. To keep both sides happy.

[stinkvingertjie]

Hearing those songs, aliens will decide not to make contact...

[gangstamaverick]

Honestly my choices would be:

Purple Rain by Prince
Well by Dj Quik

I'd also love to put some Roger Troutman in there, some 2pac, but I feel like those two songs encompass the spectrum of humanity and what music means

[Burningsnotball]

We should send them superhero movies so that way they think that we can turn green and have extreme muscles whenever we feel. They will then be terrified to attack us.

[danmarius]

"You could be mine" is one of them.

[Dippedinsilver]

I would have to include “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana. That song defined my generation.

[ignorasmus]

I have been following NDGT for more than a decade now.
It is really surprising to me that I have never heard of those songs EVER!
(I am from whole other continent, speak different language etc., but still, if it important enough in Pop Culture to be considered for the golden record, I feel like i should have at least known about it...)

[jugglaassassin]

“Nas - Speechless Pt. 2 & The Definition” are my choices

[frankcooke]

I swear before I saw this, I was thinking "Baby Got Back", Rapper's Delight isn't miles off. I think just in terms of broad represention and agreeability, I would go with a Radiohead song, because I think more than any other contemporary act, the most people agree that they're not bad/pretty good. Either that or Bohemian Rhapsody, or Everlong, for similar reasons.

[PRANKZOMBIE]

Omg he literally always has the best answers!

[UnicronTGOC]

"Breathe" "Running" from Dark Side Of The Moon because DSOTM is timeless ✨ 👌

and something from Jamaraqoui

🚀 🤠

[ikuep]

Hans Zimmer's Interstellar score and Space Cowboy by Jamiroquai 😅

[nathansaylor]

Shake It Off was my pick before I watched this. Hard to believe it's already ten years old!

[pleasebringmeback]

From the GZA Album: Liquid Swords:

Killah Priest - B.I.B.L.E

[modscientist]

"It's the End of the World" and "This is the End"