From 1962, please enjoy The Tornado's Joe Meek-produced proto-electronica space age instrumental smash hit -- and reputedly Margaret Thatcher's favorite pop record ever -- "Telstar."
As reimagined with typical understated brilliance in a short video directed by the great Alan Smithee.
Okay, that's really lame, but I was stuck for a joke.
In any case, as always, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded the first reader to glean its relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.
2 guesses:
ReplyDelete- songs that reference outer space?
or
- songs that feature electronic sounds (i.e., not just amplified instruments)?
Nope!
ReplyDelete:-)
If Gummo gets 2 guesses, I'll take two as well.
ReplyDeleteSongs about the wind.
or
Songs that feature long instrumentals.
No and no!
ReplyDeleteHey, this is fun!!!
:-)
Best song by someone who ended his/her own life?
ReplyDeleteI'll take two:
ReplyDeleteSongs about space flotsam?
Songs by bands whose names were neologisms?
Songs that were criminally misunderstood by politicians?
ReplyDeleteHere's a hint.
ReplyDeleteIt's in the title.
Songs that invoke the heavens?
ReplyDeleteScience?
Song titles that you can anagram into another word (Telstar - Startle)?
ReplyDeleteSongs that got ripped off by the boss to make Born To Run?
ReplyDeleteSongs with the word star somewhere in the title.
Trey
I'm with Trey: star songs.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteDave said...
Science?
Close enough, you bastid.
Your coveted PowerPop No-Prize is headed your way via otter caravan as we speak.
:-)