"Scott Badger" <wbadger@psyberlink.net> writes:
> When I remembered 2525 though, I was reminded that
> music is another powerfully *engaging* medium useful for infecting the
> populous with Extropian memes. We need catchy Extropian dittys that people
> can't get out of their heads. We've discussed Extropian musicians
> before...I recall Phillip Glass, Robert Fripp, and others....but I seem to
> recall that most of the musicians mentioned were primarily instrumentalists.
One song that impressed me in my early youth was "The Final Countdown" by Europe. I remembering spending a summer working on a design for an interstellar multigeneration solar sail craft listening to it on the radio.
But as for transhumanist lyrics, I would recommend Vacuum. "Symphonic synth pop" with themes about science, religion and individualism. Perhaps hard to get in the states, but quite fun:
BIG IDEAS GRAND VISION
(HANSSON/WOLLBECK/BARD)
Big ideas grand vision big ideas grand vision
Visions of the grandeur grandeur of the past touch me at the bottom of my heart Visions of the future tunnels built to last born to be creator grand has gone to greater Big ideas grand vision big ideas grand vision Rock the constitution room is for the rage every generation goes to war Rise to the occasion grow a golden age born to be creator grand has gone to greater Big ideas grand vision big ideas grand vision Seance af the chaebol Asia's rapid economic advancement will outpace the rest of the world's growth Making Asia a more formidable influence in the global economy experienced managers agree That the human element Is the single most important factor for business success Still the business community hasn 't yet developed a means of fully capitalizing on individual capacity Big ideas grand vision big ideas grand vision Walk across the border cities of the night wide awake we hail the rising sun Houses of the holy tunnels to the light born to be creator grand has gone to greater Big ideas grand vision big ideas grand vision big ideas grand vision big ideas grand vision
Or their hit I Breathe:
I BREATHE
(WOLLBECK/BARD)
I breathe clouds beneath my window I see rockets in the sky
I feel satellites in limbo I breathe oxygen up high
I load lead inside my engine lead and alcohol on the radio depending I sign the protocol Hail the audience the media people everywhere in the hours ahead I'll see your Green Biosphere clean Biosphere castles in the air climbing the stair way to heaven when I breathe clouds beneath my window I see rockets in the sky I feel satellites in limbo I breathe oxygen up high I've been trained to navigate my futurist balloon after years a week will see me landing on the moon Raise a banner on the planets life grows everywhere in the manner of the mission Green Biosphere clean Biosphere castles in the air climbing the stair way to heaven when I breathe clouds beneath my window I see rockets in the sky I feel satellites in limbo I breathe oxygen up high Green Biosphere clean Biosphere castles in the air climbing the stair way to heaven when I breathe clouds beneath my window I see rockets in the sky I feel satellites in limbo I breathe oxygen up high I breathe clouds beneath my window I see rockets in the sky I feel satellites in limbo I breathe oxygen up high
Other fun transhumanist songs are Nuclear India (a celebration of the Indian nuclear program: "When we control the fire // control the great
divide // design // extropica // the pride of nuclear India"), Science
of the Sacred ("Adam and Eve // must have been mistaken // science has
awakened // all living things // Our pleasuredome // science of the
sacred // covering the naked // like a renaissance. // One scalar
field // answers are demanded // laws have been abandoned") and many
songs about space exploration.
> I must give note here that I have already downloaded Max M's MP3 files.
> This is probably the most blatantly Extropian musicology of which I'm aware.
> The tunes have grown on me quite a bit (even though I had to download the
> lyrics to understand what he's saying) and I play the tunes often. Thanks
> for making them available Max!
I certainly agree!
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