Seiler%MIT-XX@sri-unix.UUCP (06/16/83)
From: Larry Seiler <Seiler@MIT-XX>
In 1968, Jefferson Airplane recorded "Crown of Creation", which is a
direct quote from REBIRTH by John Wyndham. I wonder if they had permission?
Probably not, since they don't list the credit.
-------butenhof%orac.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (07/24/85)
From: butenhof%orac.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (Those who can't do, emulate) > ... The background music of most of The > Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio programs is that from the > Oxygene album. Actually, it's "Journey of the Sorceror" From the Eagles' One of These Nights album. By the way, another heavily sf group I haven't heard mentioned is the group Klaatu ... an obscure Canadian band which rocketed to sudden and brief fame in the late seventies, after their first album, Klaatu, had sat on shelves gathering dust for a year, when someone started a rumor that they were the Beatles, secretly reunioned ... and which rocketed back to obscurity when the rumor was discredited. Actually, it was a really good album. Their second, Hope, was also reasonably good. The third (and as far as I know, the last) didn't quite make it, although it did have a video for a while ... One of their songs (Calling Occupants of Interstellar Craft, from the Klaatu album) was later visciously mangled by Helen Reddy. I think someone else re-did it, too. Most of the stuff on the first two albums which wasn't distinctly sf was distinctly fantasy; with a few mundane items thrown in. /dave
maxwell%speedy.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (09/13/85)
From: maxwell%speedy.DEC@decwrl.ARPA Back in V 10 #277 (July), druxo!knf@topaz.arpa mentions a song "Children of the Sun", which I believe is actually a reference to the song "After the Gold Rush", on an album by a group called (I think) Gold Rush. This song is particularly memorable to me, is the first cut on the album, and is sung [excellently] acappella. It [at least the last part?] goes something like: I was lying in a burned out basement with the full moon in my eye. I was hoping for a replacement, when the sun burst through the sky. There was a band playing, in my head, and I felt like getting high, thinking about what a friend had said, I was hoping it was a lie. "Well, I dreamed I saw the silver spaceship flying, in the yellow haze of the sun. There were people crying, and banners flying, all around the chosen one. All in a dream, all in a dream, the loading had begun. Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun. Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun." The song is very haunting, both in its content and its execution. The remainder of the album struck me as being mildly religious.... -+- Sid Maxwell, DEC @ Spit Brook Rd, Nashua NH
emery@gypsy.UUCP (09/16/85)
It just happens that a song with the same name, music and lyrics is the title track of Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush". (Neil wrote it...) However, I much prefer the a cappella version. I remember when it came out, it almost became a hit. Dave Emery Siemens Research ..princeton!siemens!emery
jims@hcrvax.UUCP (Jim Sullivan) (09/17/85)
> From: maxwell%speedy.DEC@decwrl.ARPA > > > Back in V 10 #277 (July), druxo!knf@topaz.arpa mentions a song "Children of > the Sun", which I believe is actually a reference to the song "After the > Gold Rush", on an album by a group called (I think) Gold Rush. This song is > particularly memorable to me, is the first cut on the album, and is sung > [excellently] acappella. It [at least the last part?] goes something like: > > I was lying in a burned out basement > with the full moon in my eye. . . . > Flying Mother Nature's silver seed > to a new home in the sun." > > The song is very haunting, both in its content and its execution. The > remainder of the album struck me as being mildly religious.... > Yes, the album is After the Gold Rush, the artist? Neil Young ! This shall go on record as the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone call Neil Young's singing 'excellent'. As for mildly religious....:-) Jim
barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) (09/21/85)
In article <1960@hcrvax.UUCP> jims@hcrvax.UUCP (Jim Sullivan) writes: >> From: maxwell%speedy.DEC@decwrl.ARPA >> >> Back in V 10 #277 (July), druxo!knf@topaz.arpa mentions a song "Children of >> the Sun", which I believe is actually a reference to the song "After the >> Gold Rush", on an album by a group called (I think) Gold Rush. This song is >> particularly memorable to me, is the first cut on the album, and is sung >> [excellently] acappella. >Yes, the album is After the Gold Rush, the artist? Neil Young ! This shall >go on record as the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone call Neil Young's >singing 'excellent'. > >Jim For the sake of clarity, I'll just mention that two versions of this song were released back in the '70s. Neil Young wrote the song, (I think) and released a version which was backed with piano and trumpet. A bit later, a group whose name I don't recall had a mild hit with the a capella version mentioned in the original posting. Of course, "Children of the Sun" was a different beast altogether, being neither well sung nor memorable. Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 -- barnett@sally.UTEXAS.EDU, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett