The Beatles, maybe? I wonder if any of them were Trek fans.
The Hippie Songs from 'Way To Eden'
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The Beatles, maybe? I wonder if any of them were Trek fans.
Now I could actually envision Janis Joplin as one of the space hippies.
About two years ago, the British literature (college) class I was teaching was discussing utopias (we were reading Iain M. Banks), and to establish some context, I had the class generate a list of utopias on the board. Star Trek was suggested by one student, causing a second to argue that if it was a utopia, why were there dissatisfied people like the space hippies?
At which point a third just shouted out "Herbert!"
One of my proudest moments as an educator.
Maybe the Mamas and the Papa, to get the co-ed element.
Herbert! Herbert! Herbert! Herbert! Herbert!
Nancy Sinatra sings "These Starfleet Boots Are Made For Walking".
Which Beatle would have played Dr. Sevrin?
Now I wanna see Spock smashing his Vulcan harp...or setting it on fire....
That would have been awesome!Why did Roddenberry want Spock to kill JFK when we could have had...
...wait for it...
WoodSpock!
They should have brought Davy Jones in to play Chekov's brother who joined the space hippies and stole Irina from him. Now that would have made a great story.
Spock Jam is excellent fun, and Heading Out To Eden is a great example of music-writing for the screen: a versatile song that supports a variety of tones. Chuck Napier belts it out with gusto early, then we hear it slow and soft and wistful, then a very creepy overlay before the last commercial when the "Hey-ayyyyy Brother" plays over the prone bodies of Enterprise crewmen. Finally a little chiming elegy as we see Adam's dead body.
Heading Out To Eden is just a strong tune. I still hum or sing it sometimes, randomly, and it's approx 45 years since I heard it for the first time, so I'm going to say it's quite solid.
I don't remember any of the rest of the music. So the rest of it was probably just filler. But that's fine: it's tough to make good music (I assume
), so getting two strong tracks out of this effort is a fine accomplishment.
That's my verdict. Two hits, and the rest filler, and that's a solid outcome.
Heading Out To Eden is just a strong tune. I still hum or sing it sometimes, randomly, and it's approx 45 years since I heard it for the first time, so I'm going to say it's quite solid.
I don't remember any of the rest of the music. So the rest of it was probably just filler. But that's fine: it's tough to make good music (I assume
), so getting two strong tracks out of this effort is a fine accomplishment.That's my verdict. Two hits, and the rest filler, and that's a solid outcome.
FWIW, I always enjoyed this episode and its songs. It gets a bad rep for being the "Hippie Episode", but their general concept for 23rd-century hippies as people who rejected Trek's high-tech society made perfect sense to me. (The "Planet Eden" element, less so.)
To me, this episodes seemed more about cults than space hippies, and foreshadowed some of the more deadly ones, not only to others but to themselves. Sevrin willing to kill the crew is Manson-like, and following their leader to a death trap (Eden) is somewhat like drinking the Kool-aid in People's Temple or Heaven's Gate. In this case it applies to Sevrin himself more than the others, because the others didn't willingly eat the fruit.
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