54 U: 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.
54 U: Sci-Fi References in Music List
U2:
Bono and The Edge did the score for a new stage production of
"A Clockwork Orange." One song is available on the single of
"The Fly" -- no relation to the horror movie.
They say their latest album, "Zooropa," is inspired by William Gibson/Cyberpunk.
It's set in a very shallow, Godless world etc. Babyface is about a guy who
falls in love/believes he has a relationship with a model through his tv. (lots
of good puns in that one... 'coming home late at night to turn you on...'...
Stay (faraway, so close) is another Wim Wenders title track, and in the video
the band members play guardian angels for 4 Berlinners. Lemon is about using
technology to watch yourself. Oh, and "Even Better Than The Real Thing"
from "Achtung Baby" is about virtual sex.
Ubangi:
Swedish band wrote "Monster ombord" (Monsters on board,
something has invaded the space ship) Some of their albums
have English lyrics...also, the LP "Disco Baby" has a song
"They Came From Outer Space".
UFO:
British hard rock band from the early 70s to the 80s. Lots of SF stuff,
most predominant in their first two LPs (UFO and Flying). Tracks like
"Unidentified Flying Object", "Star Storm", "Flying", etc.
Ultravox:
"All Stood Still" is apparently about an accident at a nuclear power
station. "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" is about a nuclear attack.
Futuristic/surrealistic tracks from the Foxx era include "Slow Motion" and
"The Man Who Dies Every Day". Also, "Hiroshima Mon Amour" and "I Want
to be a Machine".
Underground Zone 0:
A Hawkwind-connected band, did a song "Canes Vanatici" about a very
powerful alien telling us to clean up our act.
Uriah Heep:
"The Magician's Birthday", and "Demons and Wizards". Both are
concept albums, although the former is more cohesive than the latter.
Musical quality varies from subtle to bombastic wretched excess...
but then again, I tend to like bombastic wretched excess. :-)
Utopia:
(See also Todd Rundgren, Roger Powell.)
"Winston Smith Takes It on the Jaw" from "Oblivion". (Orwell's 1984)
Possibly "Adventures in Utopia". Also "Utopia", "Abandon City" from
"Oops, Wrong Planet" and "Emergency Splashdown" (which also appears on
one of Roger Powell's solo albums). "RA" is heavily fantasy, including
the epic "Singring and the Glass Guitar, an Electrified Fairy Tale".
"Zen Machine" from "POV" is cyberpunkish. "The Seven Rays" from
"Another Live" might be SF.
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