tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post9055156611211405170..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Keep Watching the Skies! Video Edition)NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-46553883978307046282008-06-22T20:17:00.000-04:002008-06-22T20:17:00.000-04:00look at mother nature on the run...<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdvic9cRsFM&feature=related" REL="nofollow">look at mother nature on the run...</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-39245796027384598572008-06-22T13:33:00.000-04:002008-06-22T13:33:00.000-04:00and if you're doing TMBG, you should have gone wit...<I><BR/>and if you're doing TMBG, you should have gone with "Destination Moon"</I><BR/><BR/>Couldn't find a video....steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-79850278784785773572008-06-22T13:25:00.000-04:002008-06-22T13:25:00.000-04:00Porno for Pyros "Pets" for the amusement factor if...Porno for Pyros "Pets" for the amusement factor if nothing else.<BR/><BR/>And then I'd add the theme song from "Firefly." I guess the lyrics aren't so explicitly SciFi, but well, it was for a SciFi show, right/<BR/><BR/><I>And what about Zager & Evans's musical attempt at writing the history of the future, "In the Year 2525"? Heinous, to be sure, but apt.</I><BR/><BR/>Absolutely. (On both counts).sdfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376392751167510049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-22262225961417616082008-06-22T12:11:00.000-04:002008-06-22T12:11:00.000-04:00"How did we forget Wooden Ships by Crosby and Jeff..."How did we forget Wooden Ships by Crosby and Jefferson Airplane?"<BR/><BR/>Maybe it was those purple berries...I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now, haven't got sick once...<BR/><BR/>And what about Zager & Evans's musical attempt at writing the history of the future, "In the Year 2525"? Heinous, to be sure, but apt.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-2113552568632104432008-06-22T09:57:00.000-04:002008-06-22T09:57:00.000-04:00How did we forget Wooden Ships by Crosby and Jeffe...How did we forget Wooden Ships by Crosby and Jefferson Airplane?<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-1842542925362316752008-06-21T19:14:00.000-04:002008-06-21T19:14:00.000-04:00Sprites- "Bionic Hands"Tullycraft- "The Lonely Lif...Sprites- "Bionic Hands"<BR/>Tullycraft- "The Lonely Life of a UFO Researcher"<BR/>Joe Jackson or Elvis Costello- "Invisible Man"<BR/>Figurine- "International Space Station" <BR/>Heavenly- "Space Manatee"<BR/>Luna- "Astronaut"<BR/><BR/>and if you're doing TMBG, you should have gone with "Destination Moon"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02969377532084606998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-72000963871047300812008-06-21T12:13:00.000-04:002008-06-21T12:13:00.000-04:00Neon Serpant said, "This Time Tomorrow" - weekly t...<I> Neon Serpant said, "This Time Tomorrow" - weekly token Kinks reference </I><BR/><BR/>And what better time for such? For today is Ray's 64th birthday.Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-48309660717645377242008-06-21T11:37:00.000-04:002008-06-21T11:37:00.000-04:00Having gone to a school full of nerds back in the ...Having gone to a school full of nerds back in the 70s where prog rock ruled, I would have to nominate:<BR/><BR/>Karn Evel 9 - ELP<BR/>Life in the Air Age - BeBop Deluxe<BR/>and lots of stuff from "The Wall" and "Wish You Were Here", which both at least sounded futuristic...<BR/><BR/>ElroyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55564165163328941022008-06-21T11:30:00.000-04:002008-06-21T11:30:00.000-04:00Let me add two other sources of SciFi materials, J...Let me add two other sources of SciFi materials, Jimi Hendrix and George Clinton.<BR/><BR/>Jimi had a cosmic sensibility that was way out! 3rd Stone from the Sun contains intergallactic communications, backwards and off speed of course! And the Gods Made Love was certainly weird and other worldly, then there was Bold As Love which had that bit "Just like the Axis" which I still do not comprehend. All that acid gave Jimi an otherworldy perspectice!<BR/><BR/>George Clinton did more than just Atomic Dog. There was Dr. Funkenstein and the whole Mothership Connection saga. I would have loved to have been at those Star Child and Sir Nose Devoid of Funk stage shows.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-2886696684030767022008-06-20T23:53:00.000-04:002008-06-20T23:53:00.000-04:00Tons of great choices, but I'm truly irked I didn'...Tons of great choices, but I'm truly irked I didn't nominate "Another Girl, Another Planet".<BR/><BR/>Cripes, what a great song....steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-50010066534219020012008-06-20T23:18:00.000-04:002008-06-20T23:18:00.000-04:00"Have You Seen the Saucers?"Jefferson Airplane"Have You Seen the Saucers?"<BR/>Jefferson AirplaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-84976445156917395442008-06-20T18:51:00.000-04:002008-06-20T18:51:00.000-04:00Five choices, one from each decade from the 1960's...Five choices, one from each decade from the 1960's to the current one:<BR/><BR/>1) 1960's: Pink Floyd: "Astronomy Domine" from the first LP, <EM>The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn</EM><BR/><BR/>2) 1970's: Be Bop Deluxe: "Superenigmatix", one of many sci-fi themed songs from the last Be Bop album, <EM>Drastic Plastic</EM><BR/><BR/>3) 1980's: Rather lost for ideas on this one for the moment, is "Monkey Gone To Heaven" by the Pixies sci-fi themed enough?<BR/><BR/>4) 1990's: "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead, from <EM>OK Computer</EM><BR/><BR/>5) 2000's: "The Scientist" by Coldplay--an OK song, chosen mostly for its obvious subject tie-in, but also because the band has taken its share of lumps on this blog in recent weeksTJWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312890704167853988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-45522922445302784572008-06-20T15:38:00.000-04:002008-06-20T15:38:00.000-04:00"This Time Tomorrow" - weekly token Kinks referenc..."This Time Tomorrow" - weekly token Kinks reference<BR/><BR/>"This time tomorrow<BR/>where will we be<BR/>on a spaceship somewhere<BR/>sailing across an endless sea..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-89891766831461964352008-06-20T15:14:00.000-04:002008-06-20T15:14:00.000-04:00lou reed - satellite of love(his best pop song?)lou reed - satellite of love<BR/><BR/>(his best pop song?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-29904171585963114052008-06-20T14:35:00.000-04:002008-06-20T14:35:00.000-04:00what, no love for XTC's "Science Friction"?Or even...what, no love for XTC's "Science Friction"?<BR/><BR/>Or even BOC's Godzilla?zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-26241553616012354572008-06-20T12:18:00.000-04:002008-06-20T12:18:00.000-04:00From the Court of the Scatology King (fun for the ...From the Court of the Scatology King (fun for the whole family!): <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2nggwyOcR0" REL="nofollow"> Donovan’s Intergalactic Laxative</A> will get you from here to Mars.<BR/><BR/>And I actually think Dylan’s Talking World War III Blues qualifies, and even if it doesn’t, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO3qtvsX1o0" REL="nofollow"> this is a truly great clip</A>. Only problem is it makes me want to go out & buy a pack of smokes.Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-31160429058636895532008-06-20T10:06:00.000-04:002008-06-20T10:06:00.000-04:00Trademark Dave, check the link in Skip's post up a...Trademark Dave, check the link in Skip's post up at the top.<BR/><BR/>Here's a <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zV4pJ8MwM&feature=related" REL="nofollow">link </A>to Flight of the Conchord's "Bowie's in Space" - which was also the first thing I thought of, NYMary. <BR/><BR/>There's another YouTube vid of the song where FOTC explain the background of the song - very funny.<BR/><BR/>Back in the reality-based community, I would vote for Donald Fagen's <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MyWqekqWOw" REL="nofollow">"Tomorrow's Girls"</A>:<BR/><BR/>"From Sheilus to the reefs of Kizmar<BR/>From Stargate and the Outer Worlds<BR/>They're speeding towards our sun<BR/>They're on a party run<BR/>Here come Tomorrow's Girls"<BR/><BR/>Great song, wonderful video.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-20252998353345605262008-06-20T09:52:00.000-04:002008-06-20T09:52:00.000-04:00It's a whole album, not a song, but: Jefferson St...It's a whole album, not a song, but: Jefferson Starship, "Blows Against the Empire".<BR/><BR/>I dunno, stealing the first viable star ship and getting the hell out of here still sounds like a good idea to me sometimes.<BR/><BR/>But, being human, we'd just take all our problems with us....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55152190659613590622008-06-20T09:43:00.000-04:002008-06-20T09:43:00.000-04:00ELO's "Yours Truly, 2095"ELO's "Yours Truly, 2095"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-3134567594294123362008-06-20T08:47:00.000-04:002008-06-20T08:47:00.000-04:00I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the other ob...I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the other obvious choice from "Satanic Majesties" ... "2000 Light Years from Home."<BR/><BR/>And then, of course, there's Steve Miller's "Space Cowboy".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-73983319278052358822008-06-20T08:05:00.000-04:002008-06-20T08:05:00.000-04:00Hokey smokes! How could you leave out Klaatu's "Ca...Hokey smokes! How could you leave out Klaatu's "Calling Occupants (of Interplanetary Craft)"? I realize that, since they really WERE the Fab Four recording under an alias, they might not technically qualify as "post-Beatles," but you could have always chosen the delightfully wacky Carpenters' cover (I've always loved Richard's "homage" to Lennon on the bridge)...dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-83297579561020629402008-06-20T06:55:00.000-04:002008-06-20T06:55:00.000-04:00I'd say there's a lot of bleak sci-fi elements to ...I'd say there's a lot of bleak sci-fi elements to much of Grandaddy's music -- check out <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxe40xXQKko" REL="nofollow">Jed's Other Poem</A>,<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THtzEgizLuY" REL="nofollow">He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot</A> (sorry, that's not really a video), and <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkE-TZVM4Oo" REL="nofollow">Fare Thee Not Well, Mutineer</A>, for example.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and -- Jason Lytle solo album this year! Whoop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-63068717523256146762008-06-20T06:39:00.000-04:002008-06-20T06:39:00.000-04:00XTC: "Another Satellite"The Who: "905"Flaming Lips...XTC: "Another Satellite"<BR/>The Who: "905"<BR/>Flaming Lips: "I Want My Own Planet"<BR/>Jefferson Airplane: "Have You Seen the Stars Tonight"<BR/>And dang it, I know this is pre-Beatles but I have to say "Martian Hop" by the Ran-Dells is one of the best of the Telstar era...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-24867319799265486902008-06-20T06:36:00.000-04:002008-06-20T06:36:00.000-04:00And I'm going to go out on a limb here and make an...And I'm going to go out on a limb here and make an argument for XTC's "Another Satellite," which uses cosmic imagery as a metaphor for politely turning down proffered infidelity.NYMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-18364391840367327422008-06-20T06:25:00.000-04:002008-06-20T06:25:00.000-04:00I'm not sure this counts, since it's parody, but F...I'm not sure this counts, since it's parody, but Flight of the Conchords have two v. funny Sci-Fi songs: "Bowie's in Space" and "The Humans Are Dead." "It is the distant future. The year 2000."<BR/><BR/>And in a pinch I guess one could count "Frodo, Don't Wear the Ring," though it's never been completely clear to me the connection between Lord of the Rings and science fiction, since it, you know, isn't. But they seem to share an audience.NYMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.com