02 A: Sci-Fi References in Music List
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This article is from the SF references in music List FAQ, by Rich Kulawiec rsk@gsp.org with numerous contributions by others.
02 A: Sci-Fi References in Music List
AC/DC:
"Who Made Who" from the Maximum Overdrive soundtrack.
Acen:
Has a song called "Trip II the Moon (The Darkside)".
Adam Ant:
"Ants Invasion" (elsewhere reported as "Forbidden Zone")
from "Kings of the Wild Frontier" is about the invasion of the earth by ants.
Adolphson & Falk:
This Swedish band had a hit with "Control is Flashing Blue", a song
about how computers/sensors say everything is okay, but something
is crawling in the shadows. Most of their albums have a very dominant
SF theme. One example is 'Med Rymden I Blodet' (With Space In The Blood).
(In the same sense that one might say that a family with a seafaring
tradition "has the sea in their blood").
After the Fire:
"Suspended Animation" is either about weightlessness or genuine
suspended animation, and "Starflight" describes interstellar flight.
Alan Parsons Project:
Albums "I, Robot" (but not based on Asimov) and "Tales of Mystery and
Imagination (Poe). The title track from "Ammonia Avenue" is about a
world destroyed by pollution. "Eye in the Sky" has the title track "Sirius". "Eye in the Sky" has the title track "Sirius".
Alarm, The:
"The Stand" -- about Stephen King's "The Stand".
Alice Cooper:
On "School's Out", the words "Klaatu barada nikto" occur in background
vocals near the end of "My Stars". The album "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell"
is a fantasy. "Clones (We're All)" appears on "Alice Cooper '80: Flush
the Fashion"; it's about a collection of clones who revel against their
situation. He also refers to "the twilight zone" in "The Quiet Room"
from "From the Inside" and in "Wish You Were Here" from "...Goes to Hell".
Also, check out "BB on Mars" from "Pretties for You".
Finally, "No Baloney Homo Sapiens" from "Zipper Catches Skin" is about
a human challenege to potential marauding aliens.
Alien:
Early '80's post-disco group whose album "Sons of the Universe" has SF
themes running all through it.
Alexander, Heather:
Album "Wanderlust".
Alphaville:
The album "Afternoons in Utopia" include tracks such as "Afternoons
in Utopia", "20th Century" and "Lady Bright" (which contains an old
rhyming couplet about generally relativity). See also "For a Million"
of "Breathtaking Blue", with its reference to dancing under an alien sun.
Ambrosia:
"Nice, Nice, Very Nice" is from the 53rd Calypso of Bokonon from
Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut. Also "Time Waits for no One"; both
are on "Ambrosia", which also contains a reading of Jabberwocky.
Ambrosia is probably known to most readers for their mid-70's
hit "Holdin' On to Yesterday".
America:
"Sandman" refers to Nolan's "Logan's Run."
Bhatia, Amin:
Shawn Bird sent along this great writeup on Amin Bhatia:
Amin now composes film and television scores in Toronto, Canada.
Interstellar Suite is a soundtrack without a film, but it is easy
to follow the gist of the story from the song titles. Since 1987
when the album first came out (1987) it has been used in star shows
at several planetariums, including the Calgary (Alberta) Planetarium
and the MacMillan Planetarium in Vancouver, BC. Amin's work tends
to feature lush, orchestral sounds, all created by synthesizer, and
he masters all of the 'instruments' himself. He did not use any
digital samplings of any instruments in Int. Suite. You can hear
more of Amin's work in movies such as Iron Eagle 2, Cafe Romeo,
and John Woo's Once a Thief; as well as television shows like
Ray Bradbury Theatre, Free Willy and Tales of the Cryptkeeper.
Thankfully, after a decade wait, another album is in production;
hopefully it won't be more than a couple of years away.
Amon Duul II:
Some sf-oriented material; German band from the mid-seventies.
Two of their albums are "Made in Germany" and "Vive La Trance".
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