> Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something I have been thinking about a lot lately is > music with Science Fictional and Fantasmal themes. <snippage>
No one's mentioned Rush yet - oh, goody, so I get to! Their concept album 2112 with the "Temples of Syrinx" speaks of the 'great computers,' the Solar Federation, and how they have made the world contented: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/9123/lyrics/2112.html Many individual songs from multiple albums use science facts or memes to elaborate various themes ; sometimes it's a pun (frex "in the dog days of summer/People look to Sirius" which I heard as "look too serious"). Data might have found this one poignant: http://www.2112.net/xanadu/lyrics/gup.html#thebodyelectric "The Body Electric" One humanoid escapee/One android on the run Seeking freedom beneath/A lonely desert sun Trying to change its program Trying to change the mode ---/Crack the code Images conflicting/Into data overload 1-0-0-1-0-0-1/S.O.S./1-0-0-1-0-0-1/In distress 1-0-0-1-0-0 Memory banks unloading/Bytes break into bits Unit one's in trouble/And it's scared out of its wits Guidance systems break down/A struggle to exist --- To resist ---/A pulse of dying power In a clenching plastic fist... (More at the above site; also check out the first song, "Distant Early Warning" w/ references to 'heavy water' and satellites.) "Chain Lightning" makes me think of the Uplift universe: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/9123/lyrics/presto.html Energy is contagious/Enthusiasm spreads Tides respond to lunar gravitation Everything turns in synchronous relation Laughter is infectious/Excitement goes to my head Winds are stirred by planets in rotation Sparks ignite and spread new information Respond, vibrate, feed back, resonate Sun dogs fire on the horizon Meteor rain stars across the night This moment may be brief/But it can be so bright On the fantasy level is "The Trees," about war between the oaks and the maples (last song): http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/9123/lyrics/hemispheres.html and "Rivendell" (next-to-last song) at: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/9123/lyrics/fbn.html Debbi Oh, There Are Many More But I'll Stifle Myself Maru :) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
