53 T3: 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.
53 T3: Sci-Fi References in Music List
Pete Townshend:
"Uniform", from "All The Best Cowboys have Chinese Eyes" discusses
the use of computers in the service of the state.
"The Iron Man" LP/rock opera is about an (alien?) robot who eats
everything in sight that's made of iron, including tanks and guns;
features the song "Heavy Metal". It also involves a dragon from space,
flying to the sun, etc.; it's based on an SF-style children's book by
Ted Hughes called "The Iron Giant". "Early Morning Dreams" from "Psychoderelict"
is about virtual reality; the whole album contains materials from the Who's
abandoned Lifehouse project. See also The Who.
Toyah:
"Sheep farming in Barnet" - Near future high tech (mind to machine transfer)
Messianic story. "Anthem", story of a girl growing up in the present, but
uses *lots* of SF imagiary. "The Changling" seems to be a pre-post holocaust
story but is open to other interpretations. See also "Martian Cowboy"
from "Love is the Law". Her Second Album "The Blue Meaning" (1979)
features a Song called "Tiger Tiger" after Alfred Bester's novel
"The Stars My Destination". The track "Vision" of "The Blue Meaning"
has also science fiction aspects. The Song "The Vow" from her
album "Love is the Law" has SF aspects as well.
Transvision Vamp:
Several SF-themed songs, notably "Hanging Out with Halo
Jones", about the character from the British comic "2000 AD"; the same song
also has a reference to William Gibson's "Neuromancer".
Tresspass:
New wave of British heavy metal again - they have the songs "Visionary"
and "Stormchild" as a couple of examples.
Tubes:
"Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman", on "Completion Backward Principle";
also "Space Baby" and "Cathy's Clone".
Turner, Tina:
"Private Dancer" has the track "1984". She also sang the two theme
songs from "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome", "One of the Living" and
"We Don't Need Another Hero", as well as acting in the movie.
Twelfth Night:
"We are Sane" from "Fact and Fiction" is about state control of thoughts
by the implantation of a "component".
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