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earworm alert

I've been on an "oldies" kick recently with ELP and Gordon Lightfoot etc. and a friend of mine sent me a link of the 100 most significant Sci-Fi albums of all time and The Alan Parsons Project actually came up for "I Robot" which intrigued me. I always loved that "Eye in the Sky" song but I had no idea that they were influenced by science fiction.

Anyhow I bought a 2 disc set of their best songs and I'm really impressed! They're reminiscent of something like early Porcupine Tree crossed with an old sci-fi epic movie soundtrack. But what shocked me was Time - I loved that song as a kid and had no idea it was they who wrote it until today. What a haunting and beautiful tune wow. Anyhow, I thought I would share. Cheers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhRzORqNa0E

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/russtopher/io9s_100_albums_every_science_fiction_and_fantasy_fan_should_listen_to/

Interesting list - even Aphex Twin and Orb is on it.

So, I’ve begun digging up old CDs and listening to the rock that really matters. I detest the age of “I’m a loser, why don’t you kill me”, and “down in a hole”, and the like. All of that music is designed to repress, oppress, depress, and possess you. Negative messaging, I want it out of my music, out of my life. Even “welcome to the jungle” is a terrible message, about drugs and crap. It’s all no good.

I want to listen to rock without messaging and agendas. The blues for instance, can’t beat Stevie Ray Vaughan. AC/DC, no agenda there. Even Pink Floyd is fucked up.

https://x.com/ronin21btc/status/1788505235213738083

Close your eyes and sip your drink in a dark room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMOKamtpUA8

I found a picture of you oh
what hijacked my world that night
to a place in the past
we've been cast out of oh
now we're back in the fight
we're back on the train yeah oh.

A circumstance beyond our control oh
the phone, t.v. and the news of the world
got in the house like a pigeon from hell oh
threw sand in your eyes and descended like flies
put us back on the train yeah oh
back on the chain gang.

The powers that be
that force us to live like we do
bring me to my knees
when I see what they've done to you.

But I'll die as I stand her today
knowing that deep in my heart
they'll fall to ruin one day
for making us apart.

I found a picture of you oh
those were the happiest days of my life
now we're back on the train
oh back on the chain gang.

Like a break in the battle was your part oh
in the wretched life of a lonely heart
now we're back on the train
oh back on the chain gang.

not mine, found here thanks to gunner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B4pzGlUHnk