TWOK reference in punk band's liner notes

[carlmarx]

Just thought this was an interesting tidbit to share...

I don't know if anyone has heard of the band Propagandhi, they're a thrash punk band from Canada. Their latest album, "Supporting Caste" has a song that's about the singer's cat dying and how broken up he was over it and how it affected his perspective on life. The song is called "Without Love" and under the lyrics in the liner notes, it says nothing other than,

"Of all the souls I encountered in all my travels, his was the most...human." - James T Kirk.

I thought that kicked ass. Anyone else ever find little references like that?

 

[The Wormhole]

The opening of Kill Bill says "'Revenge is a dish best served cold.' -Klingon proverb"

 

[Too Much Fun]

Just thought this was an interesting tidbit to share...

I don't know if anyone has heard of the band Propagandhi, they're a thrash punk band from Canada. Their latest album, "Supporting Caste" has a song that's about the singer's cat dying and how broken up he was over it and how it affected his perspective on life. The song is called "Without Love" and under the lyrics in the liner notes, it says nothing other than,

"Of all the souls I encountered in all my travels, his was the most...human." - James T Kirk.

I thought that kicked ass. Anyone else ever find little references like that?

Hahaha, that's cute. I used to love this band, but I didn't enjoy most of their last two albums. I think the main reason I don't like them as much as I used to is because with every album they seem to get less catchy and more humourless.

Their first few albums had some killer riffs and a lot of hilarious sarcasm and satire to go with the very angry and political lyrics, but the last few albums have been a lot blander instrumentally and lyrically.

It's good to know they can still have a cool sense of humour, even if you have to look in the liner notes to find it. The only song on their new album that I think has any of the humour and catchiness I loved from their old songs was "The Bangers Embrace".

I think it's pretty obvious that Tarantino is a Star Trek fan. He also has the narration in "Kill Bill" refer to Sofie Fatale as that woman who is dressed like a Star Trek villain.

There was a fun Star Trek reference in one of my favourite episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Xander is split into two versions of himself, and his friends are going to do a spell to bring him back together. Someone asks what if it doesn't work, and both Xanders say "Kill us both, Spock!" and laugh.

 

[I am not Spock]

Are there any other bands which are Trekkies? I know of loads of SW musos, but few Trek fans.

Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave is a fan and appeared in VOY

I assume BareNaked Ladies are fans, mentioning TWOK is their song 'One Week'.

Mick Fleetwood is a fan and showed up in TNG

Iggy Pop is probably a fan, as he showed up as a Vorta in DS9.

 

[Horga'hn]

I would imagine that Spock's Beard are fans...

 

[Too Much Fun]

Don't forget that band Spizzenergi with a whole song called "Where's Captain Kirk?". And of course Nerf Herder's "Mr. Spock". I just realized for the first time that it's a band named after a Star Wars term doing a Star Trek-themed song.

 

[Steve Roby]

Spizz were also known under other names (Athletico Spizz 80, the Spizzles, etc), and also recorded the songs "Spock's Missing" and "Five Year Mission."

One that took me a while to notice: as Killing Joke's song "Mathematics of Chaos," on their album Pandemonium, fades out, a female voice can be heard reciting a string of numbers. Took me ages to realize it was Uhura giving the two sets of transporter coordinates from "The Mark of Gideon."

 

[USS Triumphant]

The song "Pure Energy" by Information Society includes a clip from TOS of Spock saying the name of the song several times. The extended version includes clips from Dr. McCoy and Nomad, as well.

The band T'Pau is named after the Vulcan High Priestess, and the radio edit of their hit "Heart and Soul" used to be preceded by a clip from "Amok Time". They claim to be casual Trek fans, but some of the other lyrics to their other songs and imagery used in their videos make me call BS.

 

[I am not Spock]

I would imagine that Spock's Beard are fans...

Naturally! Best band name ever, IMO!

 

[Turtletrekker]

IIRC, The Smashing Pumpkins delayed going out on stage for a show until they finished watching TNG's Unification part 1.

 

[I am not Spock]

There are only a few bands named after Star Trek that come to mind. The prog band Spocks Beard and pop group T'Pau, mentioned above. The film Trekkies 2 mentions a California punk band called No Kill I and a death metal band dressed as Klingons called Sto Vo Kor or something!

 

[I am not Spock]

IIRC, The Smashing Pumpkins delayed going out on stage for a show until they finished watching TNG's Unification part 1.

Yeah I think I read somewhere that the Pumpkins were fans.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

The song "Pure Energy" by Information Society includes a clip from TOS of Spock saying the name of the song several times. The extended version includes clips from Dr. McCoy and Nomad, as well.

Also "Walking Away" (also from Information Society) has what sounds like a Kirk quote. ("It is useless to resist us!", most likely from Mirror/Mirror)

 

[M'Sharak]

I ran across this example of what appeared to be album cover art several years ago, while searching for something else (I no longer recall what, exactly) and for most of the time since have known nothing about what it belonged to. Searching recently, I find this page and another which seem to suggest that the art went with a 1993 bootleg 2x7" EP set, part of which was by DC hardcore punk band Faith and the other part by Finnish thrash group Kansan Uutiset (both recordings made ten years earlier. Perhaps Crash might be able to expand upon this, if she happens to be around, as she's pretty much the resident expert in that area.)

 

[NIUPonyBoy]

Very cool examples.