It's true, it will remind us that we are, after all, not God. And your father's name will shine again like a beacon in the galaxy. Then, having reached the heights, this all-but-divine race perished in a single night, and nothing was preserved above ground.Īlta, about a million years from now the human race will have crawled up to where the Krell stood in their great moment of triumph and tragedy. Ethically and technologically they were a million years ahead of humankind, for in unlocking the mysteries of nature they had conquered even their baser selves, and when in the course of eons they had abolished sickness and insanity, crime and all injustice, they turned, still in high benevolence, upwards towards space. The song was released on Stax Records Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US. In times long past, this planet was the home of a mighty, noble race of beings who called themselves the Krell. Shortly after recording the song, Redding died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, and the song became the first posthumous number one record in chart history. Template:Other uses Kids '(Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay' is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper.It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967, including once just days before his death in a plane crash.
United Planets Cruiser C57D, now more than a year out from Earth Base on a special mission to the planetary system of the great main-sequence star Altair. Last month we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the release of Otis Redding’s signature song, (Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay, and next month we’ll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the single hitting 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. And so, at last, mankind began the conquest and colonization of deep space. Its also incredibly depressing, and maybe even a little bit frightening. Almost at once there followed the discovery of hyperdrive through which the speed of light was first obtained and later greatly surpassed. 'Dock of the Bay' is the most serene, impressionistic three-minute pop song youve ever heard. By 2200 A.D., they had reached the other planets of our solar system. In the final decade of the 21st Century, men and women in rocket ships landed on the moon.