Two more apocalyptic/dystopian songs:
194. Rush, “Red Sector A” (1984):
195. Leslie Fish, “The Day It Fell Apart” (1989):
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SciFi SongFest, Songs 190-193
Four songs about sex robots (whether literal or metaphorical):
190. Miracles, “Love Machine” (1975):
191. Prince, “Automatic” (1982):
192. Loverboy, “Lovin’ Every Minute of It” (1985):
193. Aqua, “Barbie World” (1997):
SciFi SongFest, Songs 188-189
Two mournful songs about space travel:
188. Rolling Stones, “2000 Light Years from Home” (1967):
189. Julia Ecklar, “Ballad of a Spaceman” (1983):
SciFi SongFest, Songs 181-187
Six more songs about alien visitation, plus one song about a mistaken case of such:
181. Woody Guthrie (composer, 1950), Billy Bragg and Wilco, “My Flying Saucer” (1999):
182. Pink Floyd, “Let There Be More Light” (1968):
This song references the 11th century English rebel Hereward; A.E. Van Vogt’s novel War Against the Rull; the 1956 Mildenhall airbase UFO incident; and the Beatles:
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Goethe’s dying words were also “more light!” – though he seems to have been asking only for the window to be opened.
183. Ramones, “Zero Zero UFO” (1989):
184. Porno for Pyros, “Pets” (1993):
185. Killers, “Spaceman” (2008):
186. Jimi Hendrix, “Third Stone From the Sun” (1967):
187. Joe Diffie, “Third Rock From the Sun” (1994):
As noted above, this one’s about a mistaken case of alien visitation. But it’s still sort of science fiction, because it’s about … causality!
SciFi SongFest, Songs 179-180
Two futuristic calls to revolution:
179. Leslie Fish, “Rhododendron Honey” (1989):
180. Janelle Monáe, “Many Moons” (2008):
Her and the Snow and the Seine
