55 V: 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.
55 V: Sci-Fi References in Music List
Vai, Steve:
"Little Green Men" and "Next Stop Earth" from his album "Flex-Able".
Vai claims his album "Passion & Warfare" is a conceptual SF story
with the plot being too detailed to publish with the CD and says that
"Passion and Warfare - The Novel" will be published soon, but until then
it's pretty disjointed. Some instrumental pieces on Steve Vai's
_Sex and Religion_ have fantasy titles or themes: "An Earth Dweller's
Return" and "The Road to Mt. Calvary."
Van der Graff Generator:
"Pioneers Over c", and others. (c = speed of light)
See also "Still Life" (immortality) and "Childhood's End" (destiny
of mankind; presumably based on Clarke's book) from "Still Life".
Also "After The Flood" (melting of polar icecaps) from "The Least Can Do
is Wave to Each Other". From "Godbluff", see "Arrow" (fantasy),
"Sleepwalkers" and "Scorched Earth" (programmed soldier?).
Vaselines:
Wrote a song called "Lovecraft", a tribute to the horror-meister.
Velvet Underground:
The song "I'm Sticking with You" from their eponymous album mentions
"Moon people flying through the stratosphere".
Ventures:
(Yes, those guys with the Fender Telecasters and Stratocasters and
Champ Amps with the tremolo turned up playing "Walk, Don't Run.")
Had an album entitled "The Ventures in Space" on which virtually all
tunes had sci-fi titles, like "Invasion of the Satellites" and "Moon Child."
Also, one of their best known tunes is "Journey to the Stars," which appeared
on "The Fabulous Ventures" and "The Ventures on Stage," and also (I believe)
as a single. (They also covered "Telstar", originally done by The Tornadoes.)
Violinski:
"No Cause for Alarm" (WW3 breaks out in your neighborhood)
Visage:
Redid Zager & Evans "2525"; also did some other SF-type material.
Visser, Ad:
A Dutch multitalent who wrote the book "Sobrietas" and released
"Sobrietas", the soundtrack to his book (!). Recommended tracks: "Head
Over Heals in Paradise", "Futurian Symphony".
VoiVod:
Their lyrics are largely SF. Most of their albums are conceptual and
loosely based around the VoiVod character. The earliest stuff is
standard post-holocaust type business, although they developed
considerably with "Dimension Hatross", an allegorical story in which
the VoiVod creates a parallel microdimension and monitors the development
of the inhabitants from tribal societies to technocratic states eventually
to apocalyptic destruction. "Nothingface", contains more surreal
cyberpunk(ish) SF lyrics with more introspective themes. "Angel Rat"
deals with a variety of concepts from Chaos theory to robot sentience.
David Vorhaus:
"White Noise III, re-entry", released 1980. The album (mostly
instrumental/electronic) "tells" the story of an astronaut deciding
to leave Earth (tracks include "Countdown", "Lift Off", "Deep Space Drift",
"Black Hole Blues").
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