41 P3: 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.
41 P3: Sci-Fi References in Music List
Powell, Roger:
Former keyboard player with Todd Rundgren's Utopia; has a solo
album ("Cosmic Furnace"?) with tracks like "Sandworm of Arrakis".
Praying Mantis:
British metal, the LP "Time Tells no lies" has an amazing fantasy cover and contains
the song "Beads of ebony"
Prince:
"1999" (album version), released in late 1982, starts off with
God saying, "Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I only want you to have
some fun." And then Prince sings about how he's going to party and have
fun like it's 1999 -- the year before the end of the world; thus, "2000
zero zero, party over, oops, out of time!" The song ends with a child
asking, "Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?" And then an explosion.
In 1989, Prince was inspired to write the soundtrack for the first
Batman movie. In fact, the Batman theme song was one of the very first
songs Prince learned to play on the piano. The enclosed lyrics to
Prince's soundtrack album show the listener which character(s) are
singing which songs (Bruce Wayne, Vikki Vayle, Batman, Joker, and Gemini -- half
Batman & half Joker). "Batdance" includes clips from the movie.
Prince's 1992 album, _O(+>_ (the symbol) a.k.a. _The Opera_ includes
a song called "The Morning Papers." At the beginning of the song is a
clip from one of Prince's favorite movies, _Barbarella_. It's the part
in the movie where Barbarella destroys the pleasure making machine, and
the scientist says he will punish her and show her pain like she has
never known -- "You will learn the whistle of the lash!" And then
Prince's song begins. Also of note: one of the members of Prince's band,
The New Power Generation, is named Tommy Barbarella (keyboardist).
Prism:
"Take Me to the Kaptain" was a minor hit for this Canadian band on
AOR stations in 1977-78. The singer falls asleep and wakes up on
a starship -- thus his plea to see the "Kaptain"!! The record was
released in the U.S. under the Ariola Records - America label.
Propaganda:
On the album "A Secret Wish", the song "p: machinery" is about people
commanded/directed by machines.
Punishment of Luxury:
"The Laughing Academy" is the name of the album containing a track
about receiving signals from an alien civilization. The track itself is
called "Message Received" (I think...). See also "Radar Bug/Metropolis"
from the same album. The track "Brainbomb" (B side of the single
"Secrets") is about telepathy.
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