Let's see if this topic has any traction: I was driving home listening to a home-made CD. Heard the song "Spaceman" by Harry Nilsson, and it got me to thinkin'. Why? Well, it immediately brought to mind two other 'reluctant astronaut' songs: "Space Oddity" and "Rocket Man". Interesting, thought I, that there were three reasonably popular rock/pop songs on this seemingly somewhat obscure topic.This profound insight (note: this is sarcasm) led me to think of other pop/rock songs with unusual subject matter. I'll offer a few more as seeds:
"Timothy" cannibalism
"Cousin Dupree" incest
"Year of '39" Einsteinian relativity (space/time dilation)
"Angie Baby" umm... weird girls with voyeuristic neighbors living in their radios?Let's see what else y'all can think of?
all the best,
mrh
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Topic - a trial balloon: rock/pop songs with really weird subjects - mhardy6647 13:57:58 08/04/06 (20)
- Arnold Layne had a strange hobby - DAT 11:31:25 08/07/06 (0)
- "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds....." - Todd Krieger 23:08:02 08/05/06 (0)
- don't know if the Cramps are weird or just old fashioned rock and roll - tunenut 19:12:40 08/05/06 (0)
- Warren Zevons had a bunch of those songs - Raiderman 06:56:43 08/05/06 (2)
- how could I forget Warren Zevon!?! - mhardy6647 08:34:51 08/05/06 (1)
- Re: how could I forget Warren Zevon!?! - jimmycj 17:24:56 08/05/06 (0)
- Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft. The Carpenters. nt - dave c 01:32:34 08/05/06 (0)
- "Calling Occupants..." was originally by Klaatu. - axolotl 12:20:40 08/05/06 (0)
- good one: not-so-reluctant astronauts, I guess (nt) - mhardy6647 08:35:41 08/05/06 (0)
- More "reluctant astronaut" songs - mishmashmusic 19:59:43 08/04/06 (1)
- Re: More "reluctant astronaut" songs - jimmycj 17:28:58 08/05/06 (0)
- Zappas Illinois Enema Bandit - YECH 17:41:28 08/04/06 (0)
- Roky Erickson, "I Walked With A Zombie..." - olddude55 15:59:29 08/04/06 (5)
- Got a lot of his stuff on Vinyl!! - LWR 19:31:53 08/04/06 (1)
- Me, too... - olddude55 20:00:55 08/04/06 (0)
- Two-headed Dog! - plantsman 18:37:27 08/04/06 (0)
- Kinks' "Sleepwalker", too (nt) - mhardy6647 16:03:15 08/04/06 (1)
- how 'bout "Art Lover" ?-nt - Bassetized 00:16:21 08/05/06 (0)
- A few "happy" returns - axolotl 14:58:20 08/04/06 (1)
- ooh, ooh, "Don't Fear the Reaper"! - mhardy6647 15:36:13 08/04/06 (0)