25 H3: 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.
25 H3: Sci-Fi References in Music List
Helloween:
Two loosely-related albums, "Keeper of the Seven Keys" Parts 1 & 2. The
first has songs about a future world, including "Twilight of the Gods"
which is about a planet that makes their own computerized gods, and the
new and old fight, and the whole planet gets trashed. In the credits, it
says thanks to Herman Frank for INSANIA 2016, which is mentioned in the
song, that's possibly what it's based on. Also, on "Pt. 1" there is a
song called "Halloween" (with an 'a' not an 'e') that is like a part one
to the song "Keeper of the 7 Keys" which is on "Pt. 2". The second LP
also contains "Dr. Stein", a comic Frankenstein, and the song of the
title, which is some sort of fantasy adventure.
Hendrix, Jimi:
Delta blues, except that the delta is on Mars. See "1983...A Merman
I Should Turn to Be","Hey Baby", and "Third Stone from the Sun",
"UFO", and lots of other stuff. "Third Stone from the Sun" has a half-speed
sound clip of a scout ship reporting to the mother ship on the.... 3rd planet
(3rd stone from the sun). He ends by saying that there shall be no more surf music.
Hillage, Steve:
His album "Green" includes an instrumental called "UFO over Paris".
Many albums have SF tinge, e.g. "Earthrise" from album "OPEN". See
also Gong and Khan.
Hitchcock, Robyn:
See "The Fly", "Man with the Light Bulb Head".
Holdsworth, Allan:
Fusion guitar, for the most part. "Atavachron" is the instrumental title
track about the Atavachron, a time machine from a "Star Trek" episode
which an entire race used to escape from their sun which was about to
go supernova. "The UnMerry Go-Round" from "Metal Fatigue" is a conceptual
"soundtrack" to a story about a space traveler who must leave for a
distant star, never to see his beloved ones again because his ten-year
voyage, by Einstein's laws, will last several hundred earth years.
The succeeding track, "In the Mystery" is about some sort of quest.
Holy Modal Rounders:
"Mister Spaceman", complete with yodeling.
Hoodoo Gurus:
Have a song called "Another World" which is about an alien. Also
see the song "Mars Needs Guitars".
The Horse Flies:
"Human Fly" from album of the same name--a cover of the Cramps' song.
Horslips:
Their 1970's album "The Book of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony" (IMHO one
of the most underrated albums ever produced --Dave Weingart) is one long
suite of magick and faerie. Good solid Irish rock 'n' roll, with nary
a bad cut. (Horslips has produced some other similar works; would anyone
like to add to the list? ---Rsk )
Huey Lewis & the News:
"Back in Time" from the "Back to the Future" soundtrack.
Human League:
"I Am the Law", also from Judge Dredd (futuristic cop) comic. Process
of apprehension, trial, conviction, and sentencing telescoped into a
very short time period. (This reminds me of the short story, "10:01 AM"
by Alexandar Malec; it appears in a hard-to-find collection called
"Extrapolasis" ---Rsk.) Also "Black Hit of Space" from the "Travelogue"
album. Top 40 hit songs arrives from space and takes over the charts.
"Circus of Death" from "Reproduction" (and misc EPs) mentions that the
last verse is spoken by "the last man on earth"...it is actually a drug song.
(And, to top it of, it mentions Steve McGarret from Hawaii 5-0.)
Also "Seconds" from "Dare!", possibly about a scientist blinding the dictator
of an African country with a laser. (The lyrics don't make direct reference
to it, but the tour slide show does...on the other hand, some folks report
that the tour slide show contained stills from the Zapruder film of the JFK
assassination. Much dispute and confusion on this point.) See also
"Tom Baker", on the CD of "Reproduction", which might be about Dr. Who.
Husker Du:
Song "Books about Ufoes" on their "New Day Rising" release.
Hypnotic Clambake:
"Chef Mobie's Gumbo Gator" is more nonsense than SF, but one verse
talks about "a huge aligator on the planet neptune drinking wine".
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