Songs About Spacecraft

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"Death Star"(Atari Teenage Riot), "Columbia" (Oasis), "Starship" (MC5), "Space Station #5" (Montrose), "Sputnik" (Roky Erickson), "UFO" (Blonde Redhead)

― dave q, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I would've done "Songs about Lawnmowers" but I don't think there are any. Maybe the Manics and George Jones could collaborate on one?

― dave q, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i prefer various space works by sun ra, tomita, joe meek, queen (flash gordon soundtrack)...stereolab, peter thomas sound orchestra, equivel. ..figurine's "ufo" track is hilarious (a ufo sighting occurs in the middle of the song...)

― msp, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Silver Rocket" by Sonic Youth, "Rocket Ship" by the Blue Explosion, "Unfunky UFO" by Parliament, "Space Oddity" by Bowie

― Alex in NYC, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What abt 'The Human Being Lawnmower' by the MC5?

'Teenage Spaceship' - Smog

― Andrew L, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Arthur to thread!

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Is "Teenage Spaceship" the only one sung from the point of view of the spaceship? I love that song.

― Mark, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Lawnmower Deth has a song "Lawnmowers For Heroes, Comics For Zeros" which I've never heard. I've actually not heard a note from this band despite some of the greatest song titles ever, including my all-time favorite "I Don't Want Your Problems, Commit Suicide"

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Peter Schilling Major Tom
Tons of George Clinton/Bootsy stuff

― Siegbran Hetteson, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Duane and Norman Phay to thread!

Patti Smith's "Birdland" features tractors and spacecraft.

Also:
Carpenters-"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
Nina Hagen-"Flying Saucers"
Billy Lee Riley & the Little Green Men-"Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll"
Suicide-"Rocket USA"
Legendary Stardust Cowboy and now David Bowie-"I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spacecraft"

― Arthur, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

happy flowers did an album track called: my frisbee went under a lawnmower. disturbing shit, generally.

― dbini, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Carpenters-"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
Which was, of course, a cover of Klaatu.

― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Surely the greatest Lawnmower Deth title is "Got No Legs? Don't Come Crawling To Me!"

― phil, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Opal - "Rocket Machine"

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ramases had a whole album called "space hymns" with a big, throbbing silver rocket on the cover (designed by roger dean, no less). best prg-pop album by a heating salesman from sheffield who thought he was a reincarnation of ramses (with an embryonic version of the 10cc as backing band) EVER.

― your null fame, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'my first ufo' by figurine the 3ds did 'outer space' but i don't know if they ever mentioned spaceships, still a fantastic song.

― keith, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Pixies - "Motorway to Roswell"
Model 500 - "No UFOs"

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Husker Du - "Books About UFOs"
Rush - "Countdown"

― Chris Barrus, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

no-one said 'silver machine' yet? crikey!

― unknown or illegal user, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

David Bowie, "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship" (from Heathen)
Red Sleeping Beauty, "Rocketship"

― Curt, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

no-one said 'silver machine' yet? crikey!

But that's why I summoned you up there, Duane, I thought you should have the honor.

― Arthur, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Grifters "Get Outta That Spaceship and Fight Like a Man"

― earlnash, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Action Packed (Ronnie Dawson - he plans to buy a rocket ship); Life Pod (Teebee); A Trip To The Moon (Gary US Bonds); Space Oddity (David Bowie); You Are My Starship (Norman Connors); Black Starliner Must Come (Culture); Apollo 13 (Force & Styles); Hundreds Of UFOs (Future Boy); Apollo 9 (Jo); UFO (Ray Keith, Jeff Mills, Photek); Mr UFO Man (Kelis); Supersonic Rocket Ship (Kinks); Starship (MC5); Mothership Connection (Parliament); Flying Saucer Attack or Thunderbirds Are Go! (Rezillos); UFO Man (Jonathan Richman); Mothership (Ed Rush & Nico); Andromeda (Saucer Crew); Space Shuttle (Gil Scott-Heron); Moonwalk (Joe Simon); Voyager (Skynet & Stakka); Flying Saucer (Little Walter); Deep Space Glider or Flying Saucer (Wedding Present).

― Martin Skidmore, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I was going to mention the Kinks' "Supersonic Rocket Ship," but Mr. Skidmore beat me to it. But no-one has (till now) mentioned Frank Zappa's "Inca Roads."

And I've puzzled by the absence of any mention of the oeuvre of Mr. Clinton. Especially puzzling since motherships and UFOs were his schtick.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

George Clinton, of P-Funk fame. Though y'all are savvy enough to have known that without my making that more clear, no doubt ;-p

(tho' the absence of any P-Funk from this list is still puzzling to me.)

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"flying saucers rock'n'roll" by billy lee riley, "3rd stone from the sun" by jimi hendrix, "into the void" by black sabbath