TOPAZ:fantods@ucbvax.UUCP (06/23/83)
Does anyone remember the musical adaptation of "War of the Worlds"
that came out a few years ago? How about "Intergalactic Touring Band"?
That one was a real strange attempt at actual science
fiction as perceived by ex-rock-and-roll stars like
Carol King and so forth. It almost worked. Not quite.
Very cutesy.
Then there's Bowie...sort of. He's more into metaphor
than actual SF, of course.
How about every funk album for two years after
Parliament/Funkadelic and Dr. Funkenstein hit the scene?
Remember all those women in silver "space suits" with
tremendous ND ("nipple definition") and those matte
painted thirties art deco space cities in the
background, on the album covers?
I remember the words from one funk tune--"OOOOoooooh baby!
How do they DO IT on YOUR PLANET?"
Does this count? Or should I put all this schlock in
the same category I stick farcicial attempts at
culturally outmoded "science fiction" like Lucasfilms productions?
Richard Moorman
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