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Best Sci-Fi rock songs
June 12, 2011 | Vanity

Posted on 06/12/2011 1:02:56 PM PDT by gymbeau

Hi, FRiends. Was just looking for little levity and dreamed up this thread for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Please ignore if you don't want to play.

So what is your favorite science fiction-themed rock (or other musical genre) song? There are the obvious ones such as "Rocket Man" or "Space Oddity" but I'm curious as to what else is out there.

My choice is Queen's "39" from "A Night at the Opera," a bittersweet Brian May tale of the potential heartbreak among loved ones when some of them go on an interstellar voyage looking for a new planet. Probably my favorite Queen tune.

Your mileage - especially in light years - may vary.

Cheers, Jim


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; Science; TV/Movies
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To: gymbeau
E.T --Katy Perry
OK...maybe not that rock....
121 posted on 06/12/2011 3:59:44 PM PDT by Fawn (No--bama 2012)
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To: freedumb2003

You are truly evil. lol


122 posted on 06/12/2011 4:03:00 PM PDT by LexRex in TN ("A republic, if you can keep it.......")
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To: jtal

When I read this the first two songs that came to me were,

Black Blade

Veterans Of the Physic Wars

Then two others came to mind.

Don’t Pay The Ferryman ( Chris de Burgh) &

Renegade (by Steppenwolf)


123 posted on 06/12/2011 4:08:23 PM PDT by jdietz (God is great, beer is good and people are crazy, (which is why guns are necessary))
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To: All
MAJOR TOM (Coming Home)--Peter Schilling

124 posted on 06/12/2011 4:11:01 PM PDT by Fawn (No--bama 2012)
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To: mitch5501

Hawkwind is cool!

I have two of their 8 tracks.

Boy that dates me.


125 posted on 06/12/2011 4:11:18 PM PDT by jdietz (God is great, beer is good and people are crazy, (which is why guns are necessary))
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To: Artemis Webb

Just watched Rocky Horror Friday Night on Netflix — it was too many years ago (25? 30?) that I used to go to the Midnight Friday showing in Hollywood so I was fortunate to find a cheat sheet with all the responses. It included some I didn’t recall but I am sure I looked strange alone in my apartment yelling “A**HOLE” to no one in particular.. :)


126 posted on 06/12/2011 4:13:17 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Then how does he hit the ...

Well, that's what sci-fi about it!

127 posted on 06/12/2011 4:27:23 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: jdietz

Does “Woodstock” by Joni Mitchell and “The Joker” by Steve Miller count?


128 posted on 06/12/2011 4:29:08 PM PDT by MikeSteelBe ( "Failure to speak out against evil is evil itself" - Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
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To: LexRex in TN

>>You are truly evil. lol<<

Yeah, ain’t I something?

Have a look at this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioH0POPyeEQ I know it word for word...


129 posted on 06/12/2011 4:29:13 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: gymbeau
3rd Rock From the Sun!
130 posted on 06/12/2011 4:29:40 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: MikeSteelBe

How about “Stonehenge” or “Rock and Roll Creation” by Spinal Tap?


131 posted on 06/12/2011 4:31:08 PM PDT by MikeSteelBe ( "Failure to speak out against evil is evil itself" - Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
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To: mitch5501
Hawkwind~Damnation Alley/Your Secrets Safe With Me.
132 posted on 06/12/2011 4:35:30 PM PDT by mylife
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To: JoeProBono

133 posted on 06/12/2011 4:39:03 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: jdietz
HAwkwind~Night Of The Hawks
134 posted on 06/12/2011 4:50:16 PM PDT by mylife
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To: gymbeau

Exodus by Fates Warning


135 posted on 06/12/2011 4:58:49 PM PDT by Free in Texas ("Islam is the religion of peace"...Yes, those murdered by Islamists are ever so peaceful.)
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To: gymbeau

136 posted on 06/12/2011 4:59:47 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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Hawkwind in 77~ Uncle Sam's On Mars
137 posted on 06/12/2011 5:04:18 PM PDT by mylife
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To: Revolting cat!

138 posted on 06/12/2011 5:08:04 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: RIghtwardHo
Tangerine Dream did some great sci-fi/fantasy soundtracks back in the 80's. I think their influence is pretty evident in one of my favorite recent film soundtracks...

Atticus Ross - Panoramic (The Book of Eli)

139 posted on 06/12/2011 5:09:02 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: mylife
Kraftwerk - The Robots

Pressurehed - Shockneck

Dr. Octagon - Earth People

Black Sabbath - Iron Man

And ya gotta throw Devo in there...

140 posted on 06/12/2011 5:13:52 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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