ASTRONOMY DOMINE
FACTS/COMMENTS

Syd Barrett: It all comes out of our heads, and it's not too far out to understand.
Info Source: Pink Floyd - Through the eyes of....by Bruno Macdonald

Nick Mason: It doesn't really have a meaning or a story. It's a very typical Syd Barrett song.
Info Source: Pink Floyd - Through the eyes of....by Bruno Macdonald

Roger Waters: Syd had one song that had anything to do with space-'Astronomy Domine'. That's all. That's the sum total of all Syd's writing about space and yet there's this whole fucking mystique about how he was the father of it all.
Info Source: Pink Floyd - Through the eyes of....by Bruno Macdonald

Comment: The first voice heard on the album, reciting the names of astronomical bodies through a megaphone, belongs to Peter Jenner, one of the band's managers. The opening Morse Code, is said to be gibberish.
Info Source: Complete Guide To The Music Of Pink Floyd by Andy Mabbett

Comment: What is said at the beginning of Astronomy Domine?
That's Peter Jenner (the Floyd's manager) shouting something that sounds like a horoscope and other stuff through a megaphone. Exactly what's being said is real hard to decipher, but here's what Mark Brown and Matt Denault have managed:
"Moon in both [houses]..."
"...Scorpio, [Arabian Skies], Libra..."
"...Pluto was not discovered until 1930..."
And then a bit that seems to be a preflight countdown:
"...[two/ten] seconds to [ignition]..."
"...all systems satisfied..."
Then, in the middle section of the song, you can hear something like
: "...just completed orbital..."
If anyone has a more complete description we'd love to hear from you.
Info Souce: Echoes FAQ Version 4 July 1999

Comment: Dan Dare was a comic book hero that Syd Barrett use to read in his teenage tears.
Info Source: Celestial Voices

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