27 J: 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.
27 J: Sci-Fi References in Music List
Jackson, Joe:
"In the T.V. Age" from "Night And Day" (aliens as TV sets).
The album "Blaze of Glory" is a concept album with two album-side
long song sequences about (among other things) human interaction
with technology, and living with myths of the future.
"Tommorrow's World" especially deals with images of science and the
future seen by those growing up in the sixties.
Jackson, Michael:
"Thriller", with narration by Vincent Price. Also, "Another Part of Me"
written for a 3D SF short called "Captain Eo"; the lyrics are a message
from aliens.
Jad Fair and Kramer:
"Nosferatu" (vampire) and "King Kong" from "Roll Out the Barrel".
Jade Warrior:
LP "Horizon" contains "Images of Dune: a) Prescient Dawn, b) The Fremen, c)
Journey on a Dream". Other albums contain fantasy and SF themes; like
Mannheim Steamroller, another prototype "New Age" group. Most work done
1974-1978; other LP's include "Kites", "Waves", "Released", and "Way of
the Sun". Frequent references to Oriental and Egyptian mythology.
Jam and Spoon:
Have a techno-industrial song entitled "Stellar" with apparent spaceship
homing sounds.
Jazz Butcher:
Has a song called "Harlan" on the album "Condition Blue",
which is about Harlan Ellison's short stories and contains references to
his story "Jeffty", amongst others possibly (not sure).
Jefferson Airplane/Starship:
"Blows Against the Empire" (album) done by JA+Crosy, Nash, Freiberg.
etc. "Have you seen the Saucers?" from"Thirty Seconds Over Winterland".
Also did Crosby, Stills, & Kantner's "Wooden Ships" (post-nuclear holocaust)
and "Crown of Creation" from Wyndham's "Re-Birth". Finally, "War
Story" from "Bark" tells of rebellion in the US, mind control.
"Hyperdrive" from "Dragonfly", "Modern Times" and "Alien" from "Modern
Times", "Lightning Rose", "Awakening", "Freedom at Point Zero" from
"Freedom at Point Zero", "Back from the Jaws of the Dragon" from "Winds
of Change", "Connection", "Rose goes to Yale", "Champion" from "Nuclear
Furniture". See also Paul Kantner's "The Planet Earth Rock and Roll
Orchestra", a followup to "Blows...". The 1971 LP "Bark" has a
track called "War Movie" in which Kantner rants about a revolt against
the government in 1975. Incidentally, "Re-Birth" was later revised
and edited, and published under the title "Chrysalids".
Jesus Jones:
Besides *sounding* like science fiction, Jesus Jones' third album
"Perverse" begins with the song "Zeros and Ones", about computer technology.
Jethro Tull:
"Passion Play" is about the afterlife (from the vantage point of
the first person singular). There's some speculation that "War Child"
is similarly constructed. "Dun Ringill" on "Stormwatch" is about some kind of
druidic rites ("We wait in stone circles/'til the force comes through.")
Folk tale "Jack in the Green" from "Songs From the Wood", and the songs
"The Clasp", "BroadSword", "Beastie" from "Broadsword and the Beast".
B & tB is probably their most fantasy-oriented album; nice cover art.
"Orion" and "Flying Dutchman" off "Stormwatch", "Fylingdale Flyer"
(Flyingdale is an ICBM early warning station in the UK, and this seems to
be about the possibility of false alarms leading to a nuclear exchange),
"Protect and Survive" (nuclear war), "Batteries Not Included" (android
child), "And Further On" from the album "A". "Astronomy" on the CD
version of "Under Wraps", and "Apogee" (either version). Also see
"March, the Mad Scientist" from a 4-song EP (untitled, also contained
"Ring Out, Solstice Bells" and two other songs).
Jobson Eddie/Zinc:
"The Green Album" has some interesting SF-style tracks; for instance,
"Listen to Reason" and "Through the Glass".
Joel, Billy:
"Miami 2017" from "Turnstiles"; a backwards reflection on our own future.
(Incidentally, "We Didn't Start the Fire" mentions "Stranger in a
Strange Land".)
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