SF&F themed pop and rock songs
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The Pretenders "Show Me" for its verse that addresses (speaks to) extraterrestrials.
Jedi Drinking Song by the Dust Rhinos. The imagery in the video is not great, but the song is:
With their long association with Michael Moorcock, almost anything by Hawkwind is SF&F related. I enjoy it more than I probably should. Perhaps I need to get me an orgone accumulator.
There was also the Hawkwind album The Chronicle of the Black Sword, with another co-writing credit for Michael Moorcock.
From the niche band "Shakespear's Sister" (probably best known for "Stay"), an interesting ditty titled "Catwoman". Not to be confused with DC's infamous cat burglar, Selina Kyle, this tune describes an alien seductress hailing from Earth's oversized, natural satellite.
Dorky as it may seem, I can easily imagine the lead character, Mzzkiti, from my long defunct web-comic absentmindedly humming this as she goes about her duties, getting ever more "into it" until she finally notices her crew-mates staring at her near "bump'n'grind" routine.
I don't know if this is the kind of thing you're talking about, but I'm a big fan of the Trek themed band, Warp 11.
They're stuff tends to be a bit crude and definitely NSFW, but it's fun.
She Make it So
Everything I do I do with William Shatner
One of my favorites from a more mainstream band is Imagine Dragon's Radioactive
They're stuff tends to be a bit crude and definitely NSFW, but it's fun.
She Make it So
Everything I do I do with William Shatner
One of my favorites from a more mainstream band is Imagine Dragon's Radioactive
Yes were another band who had phases of major SF&F influence, most famously paired with Roger Dean's cover art. Jon Anderson had a very successful album with a theme apparently based on the same mythos of a civilisation having to seek a new world after their homeworld fragments. Yes also did an excellent title track for the game Homeworld back in 1999.
More David Bowie:
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Wow, didn't know this thread existed. Where to start?
Well, obviously Hawkwind, been a huge fan since I bought Roadhawks, a kind of best of, in early/mid 70s.
More recent stuff: It's All Lies (I could hear the Sex Pistols covering this, as they did 'Silver Machine')
(can recommend the album too)
Older: Damnation Alley (based on the Zelazny novel of the same name, and there was a film too)
Spinoff band the Hawklords have a great song, 'Dream A Dream':
Too many Hawkwind songs, just go to YT and rummage
Well, obviously Hawkwind, been a huge fan since I bought Roadhawks, a kind of best of, in early/mid 70s.
More recent stuff: It's All Lies (I could hear the Sex Pistols covering this, as they did 'Silver Machine')
(can recommend the album too)
Older: Damnation Alley (based on the Zelazny novel of the same name, and there was a film too)
Spinoff band the Hawklords have a great song, 'Dream A Dream':
Too many Hawkwind songs, just go to YT and rummage
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Some of these are more horror-centric.
I'm not a big fan of the Friday the 13th franchise, but this is pretty great. NSFW for some mild nudity and blood.
Janelle Monae's just released sci-fi short film/music video compilation Dirty Computer is absolutely brilliant. NSFW for brief nudity and some salty language.
Kate Bush motherf---er!
And some sweet, sweet 80s slasher film tunes.
I'm not a big fan of the Friday the 13th franchise, but this is pretty great. NSFW for some mild nudity and blood.
Janelle Monae's just released sci-fi short film/music video compilation Dirty Computer is absolutely brilliant. NSFW for brief nudity and some salty language.
Kate Bush motherf---er!
And some sweet, sweet 80s slasher film tunes.
Demon Days by Gorillaz is pretty much all an SF dystopian nightmare - especially the video of Shaun Ryder's decapitated head forced to sing for Noodle's entertainment.
"Walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm" is a reference to Dune, of course. How about a flying Walken?
"Walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm" is a reference to Dune, of course. How about a flying Walken?
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