There's a been a small
battle of the planets going on in the night sky this past month.
Mars has been spoiling for a fight since December. You might have seen him up there, an orange-y little blot amongst the stars: Mars,
Bringer of War, with an army of little green men always at hand, ready to board their UFOs and launch a Martian invasion.
But then, sometime in March,
Venus came to our salvation. I caught sight of her the other night, a blinding white thing she was, and she outshone everything in the sky except the man-in-the-moon: Venus,
Bringer of Peace, our "sister planet", named after the Roman god of love and beauty and cloaked in swirling, brilliant white clouds.
So, it's Mars, 'The Red Planet' VERSUS Venus, 'The Evening Star'. But which is better
? There's only one way to find out... FIGHT!!!!!!!!
Up pops
Mercury,
the Winged Messenger, to lend the serene Venus a hand. Together they will endeavour to protect us and halt the impending
War of the Worlds...
Where's
Richard Burton when you need him?
Let's settle this thing with a nice old
cliché: "Little men are from Mars, girls are from Venus".
Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gershon Kingsley - The Little Man From Mars
Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gershon Kingsley - Girl From Venus
[buy
Perrey &
Kingsley:
iTunes |
Amazon.uk]
But as for Mercury, I'm afraid Mercury is going to feel a bit left out. I don't have a song for Mercury. Sorry
Mister Mercury.
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If you want to keep an eye out for those little men from Mars, or fancy gazing at the bright-white beauty of Venus, pay a visit to
Jodrell Bank.
