From: aigdi@castle.ed.ac.uk (Gavin Inglis)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Songs about UFOs summary
Keywords: strange beams of light and hairs standing on end
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:26:14 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

Thanks to everyone who responded to my strange query on UFO visitations.
Since quite a few people wanted one, here's a summary of the results.
The topic seemed to extend to "spacey"-type songs in general, but I've
just posted them all.

Stars indicate those that I know or guess to be specially relevant to
the creepy, "visitation" theme I was looking for. 

Top came the Pixies and Blue Oyster Cult:

Pixies:
* "The Happening" from Bossanova
* "Motorway to Roswell" from Trompe Le Monde
  "Planet of Sound" from Trompe Le Monde
  "Manta Ray" from Tame EP and Monkey... single
  "Allison" from Bossanova (about how blues artist came to Earth from space)

Blue Oyster Cult:
* "E.T.I. (Extraterrestrial Intelligence)", from Agents of Fortune
  "The Vigil", from Mirrors
* "Take Me Away", from Revolution by Night
  "Sole Survivor", from Fire of Unknown Origin

The Stranglers did well too:
* "Waiting for the Men in Black" from "The Raven" album
  "The Gospel according to the Men in Black" entire album.

and A Flock of Seagulls:
  "I Ran"
  "It's Not Me Talking" and anything from their first two albums

Pink Floyd had a few, but dunno how relevant they are:
  "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun"
  "A Saucerful Of Secrets"
  "Interstellar Overdrive"

Other miscellaneous:
* "Calling Occupants" by Klaatu; later covered by The Carpenters
  "Sail Away" by John Fogerty
  "Terra Nova Cain" by The Church
  "Books about UFOs" by Husker Du, from "New Day Rising"
  "I've seen the Saucers" from Goobye Yellow Brick Road (artist?)
* "It Came Out of the Sky" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
  "Praying to the Aliens" by (Gary Numan?)
  "Aliens" by Rheostatics from "Melville"
  "Rapture" by Blondie, from Greatest Hits and others
  "Come Sail Away" by the Styx, on "Grand Illusion"
  "A Spaceman came Travelling" by Chris De Burgh
  "Planet Claire" by B52s
* "Hangar 18" by Megadeth, from "Rust in Peace"
  "Invader" by Judas Priest
  "Strange Town" by The Jam
  "When I Turned Into a Martian" by the Misfits
  "Telepathic Surgery" album by Flaming Lips
* "The War of the Worlds" album by Jeff Wayne
  "Star Blind" by Dave Stewart (not Euryth.) and Barbara Gaskin
  "Little Green Men " by Steve Vai from the album "Flex-able"
  "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" by Bowie
  "Another World" by the Hoodoo Gurus
  "For Science" by They Might Be Giants, on "Miscellaneous T" compilation
  "Voyager From the Future Race" by Eloy
  "Earth Girls are Easy" by Julie Brown
  "Brainiac's Daughter by the Dukes of Stratosphear, from "Psionic Psunspot"
  "Momma Hocus" by Ignorance, off "Confident Rat"
  "UFOs Are Real" by MC 900 Foot Jesus and DJ Zero
  "Aliens" by Mondo Rock
  "Space Race" by Mi-Sex
  "I Married A Monster From Outer Space" by John Cooper-Clarke
  and in addition lots of songs by Nina Hagen.


Thanks again to all who replied. Comments, queries, additions etc. are
welcomed, but please keep major ones to the board; I have no desire to
become the "UFO song archive site" X^{

I'd be interested to hear from anyone who actually makes a tape up,
regarding what songs they used.

chuff,
-- 
Gav                     | "Hur hur hur hur"
<aigdi@uk.ac.ed.castle> |                   - Dr. Octopus
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