Exactly why I would have liked to see him in some scene listening to "Jumpin' Jack Flash" with Rolling Stones or something similar.
Why no rock music in Star Trek?
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Neelix is another one for Rock'n Roll. He would have enjoyed it immensely. And he would have danced around like a fool - a cute fool that is. With real instruments it would be more authentic.
I remember the one guy in TNG they saved from the cryopods. He asked for a guitar. I wonder what happened to him......
You mentioned Lady Gaga of all people!I referenced Gaga in a TOS novel once. Some people liked it; some people didn't.
Oh, dear! Now I have to re-read "The Black Shore" AGAIN to get my respect for you back.
I mean, that talent-less woman will be totally forgotten in 5 years.
You could at least have mentioned Janis Joplin instead. Almost 50 years since her tragic death and people still like her, even kids of today.
Unknown? It charted in the top 100 twice. Once in 1959 (The Flamingos) and again in 1975 (Art Garfunklel.) It's a pop standard.
Then I have to apologize for my lack of musical education. 1959 and The Flamingos was too early for me and I haven't even heard the Art Garfunkel version, even if I'm familiar with and like some Simon & Garfunkel songs.
In fact, when I watched the episode, I tried to listen to the song to see if I recognized it. But I didn't so I thought it was something composed just for this episode.
It's been used in MANY TV shows and films, and will more than likely continue to be. But as to your overall point, I have to acknowledge that the biggest reason the appearance of that song in the Voyager episode stuck with me is exactly because of how rare the on-screen appearance of contemporary music (the Top 40 era, 1955 - present) has been in Trek. Basically, we've got that one. Plus "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf, "Oobie Doobie" by Roy Orbison, "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys, and "I Hate You" by Edge of Ettiquette - but all of them were in movies with a movie budget, as @CRM-114 pointed out, and except for "Sabotage", those all appeared in time travel stories where the characters weren't in the 23rd or 24th centuries when they made their appearance.
Composers: J.S. Bach. C.P.E Bach. Handel. Telemann. Pachelbel. Haydn. Mozart. Salieri. Beethoven. Mendelssohn. Tchaikovsky. Orff. Dvorak. Johann Strauss. Richard Strauss. Chopin. Liszt. Copland. Stravinsky. Schoenberg. Stockhausen. Ravel. Dukas. Couperin. I could keep going.
Performers: Perlman. Stern. Zuckermann. Thibaudet. Biggs. Again, if I had time, I could keep going.
The Flamingos version peaked at #11 on the Hot 100 in 1959; #3 on the R&B chart; and is #157 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Because they didn't have any rock musicians or composers on the payroll? With all due respect to, say, Bannon Braga or Ron Moore, I'm not sure we can assume that they were also talented songwriters . . .
Because they didn't have any rock musicians or composers on the payroll? With all due respect to, say, Bannon Braga or Ron Moore, I'm not sure we can assume that they were also talented songwriters . . .
They should have hired Iggy Pop!
I referenced Gaga in a TOS novel once. Some people liked it; some people didn't.
I'm boycotting your novels
It's funny. I actually got at least one piece of fan mail complaining about it, and another piece that was thrilled that that I had referenced Gaga in a TREK book. More proof that there are as many opinions as there are Trekkies.
I like pop culture references. Makes the universe feel more real. Shows like Stargate are full of them.
Sure it’s 400 years into the future, but we still talk about Shakesphere and Beethoven today. I’m sure that will be true in the future.
It’s a safe bet that the Simpsons will still be on.
Sure it’s 400 years into the future, but we still talk about Shakesphere and Beethoven today. I’m sure that will be true in the future.
It’s a safe bet that the Simpsons will still be on.
Wasn't the teenager in TNG Suddenly Human listening to a sort of rock-like music while in Picard's quarters?
I like pop culture references. Makes the universe feel more real. Shows like Stargate are full of them.
Sure it’s 400 years into the future, but we still talk about Shakesphere and Beethoven today. I’m sure that will be true in the future.
It’s a safe bet that the Simpsons will still be on.
And if "Dixon Hill" detective novels still have fans in the 24th century . . ..
Seriously, I always loved the idea of Picard having a weakness for old hard-boiled detectives stories, in part because it ran counter to the assumption that the "evolved" humans of the 24th century were only into Shakespeare, chamber music, Gilbert & Sullivan, and other highbrow pursuits. One likes to think that people don't only watch PBS in the future . . ..
Tom Paris being a "Captain Proton" fan was also great.
