30 K2: 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.
30 K2: Sci-Fi References in Music List
Kinks:
"I wish I could Fly (Like Superman)", and "A Gallon of Gas" from "Low Budget",
about a not-too-distant time when you can't buy a gallon of gas.
Kiss:
"(Music from) The Elder", a soundtrack for a never-made film.
Klaatu:
The group took their name from "Klaatu", the alien ambassador in "The
Day The Earth Stood Still". Their albums include "3:47 EST", "Hope",
"Endangered Species", "Sir Army Suit" and "Magenta Lane". (The first
album was original released eponymously, but picked up the title
later.) They're probably best known for "Calling Occupants of
Interplanetary Craft", and "Little Neutrino". The former was
apparently conceived as prayer to be recited all over the globe to
induce aliens to visit; it was also covered by the Carpenters. The
album "Hope" is a concept LP telling of the demise of a very earth-like
society on the planet Venus which eventually destroyed itself with
self-paranoia.
Kraftwerk:
Sf-themes occasionally. Certainly sounds sf-ish.
Albums include "Autobahn", "Radioactivity", "ManMachine",
"Computerworld", and "Trans-Europe Express"; tracks of note
include "The Robots", "Spacelab" and "Metropolis". Also,
see the track "Kometenmelodia (1&2)". (Alex Lasky claims
that Florian looks exactly like Dr. Zachary Smith from "Lost in Space".
I don't necessarily consider this an SF tie-in, but I agree with
him and think there's a great joke buried in this somewhere.)
Kooper, Al:
"Childhood's End" based on the Arthur C. Clarke novel.
A wild cover of Donovan's "Season of the Witch" appears on
the Bloomfield-Kooper-Stills "Super Session" album.
LDC:
"T-Raumreise" (Traumreise = dream-voyage, Raumreise = space-voyage)
A song about the journey through space and time in our minds and
thoughts. It also refers to the Voyager probes.
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