The Captain had given the crew permission to bring a turntable, receiver, and about a half-dozen Pioneer speakers out onto the helicopter flight deck after dark to play music. I was laying flat on my back, no lights around or in sight, only the running lights of the ship. The flight deck was almost pitch black, and I just was laying there, looking up at the biggest splash of stars that I had ever seen in my life.
Then one of the crewmen starting playing his collection of Moody Blues albums .. Days of Future Past, On the Threshold of a Dream, To Our Children's Children's Children, A Question of Balance, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, and The Seventh Sojourn. One after another, playing out into the blackness of the Atlantic, while I stared up at the Milky Way galaxy.
Needless to say, after that exposure, I was hooked and have remained so for the rest of my life ...
Great story! Thanks for sharing!