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10 Science Fiction Inspired Songs

 

The realm of science fiction has long intruded on art forms. Futuristic prose, painting and lyric have all been attributed to rises in interest towards science fiction. Music has been influenced by the concepts of sci-fi in many ways. Conceptually, musicians have tried to venture deep into organic and electronic noises, seeking to replicate the zany sounds of the future. Lyrically too, artists from folk to metal have sung about plots and themes that are set to radical new-world dystopias. We have compiled a list of 10 such science fiction inspired songs, picked completely at random, for you to check out.

 

Iron Maiden – Brave New World

 

As a concept album based around Aldous Huxley’s novel, every song is crafted to an idea or concept from the book. As Maiden’s comeback album, their science fiction motifs have run deeper since, but this album, crafted in unison as a single concept, remains one of the bands finest to date.

 

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Styx– Mr. Roboto

 

Complete with a futuristic prison for rock n’ roll misfits, this seemingly out of date number, is quite catchy nonetheless and brings with it a sense of 1980s nostalgia. With the famous catchphrase, “Dōmo arigatō, Mr. Roboto”, this track became a regular at clubs for almost a decade.

 

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David Bowie– Space Oddity

 

The song evolved out of a failed attempt to stage a musical adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. Heavily inspired by futuristic principles, reflected in countless other songs too like Ziggy Stardust, Bowie was THE man for solo sci-fi music of the age.

 

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Kraftwerk – Computer Love

The German electronic music pioneers of Kraftwerk were obsessed with technology’s transformative power over human life, as reflected through their heavily electronic sound. This concept album sees a dynamic that isn’t all too common in today’s ‘trance’ era, and the title track best portrays this vibe.

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Black Sabbath– Iron Man

 

The Marvel Comic has captured the imagination of the modern generation with the new trilogy of Iron Man films. But Black Sabbath’s much earlier rendition paved the way for much of the early British metal scene.

 

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Radiohead– OK Computer

 

Another concept album, OK Computer’s psychedelic viewpoint on the modern condition is metaphorical throughout most of the songs, but is brought out more directly through Subterranean Homesick Alien. As bemused aliens hover over earth videotaping humans for the folks back home, our narrator wishes he could join them, though he realizes that his apprehensive friends would doubt the veracity of stories of space travel.

 

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Sufjan Stevens – Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland

 

An apparent alien space crash results with an alien incarnated in the form of three stars. It heads to the small town of Illinois near the Missouri border and St. Louis, where it causes quite a stir. Conceptually, Sufjan Stevens ventures outside his normal bounds, and into the science fiction-themed lyric.

 

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Rush– 2112

 

With lyrics from the drummer Neil Peart, the futuristic album got the audience to dub them sci-fi space rockers. With usage of –at-that-time- advanced electronic gear like the ARP Odyssey synth, the title track 2112, a whole side of the album, lyrically focuses on a dystopian futuristic realm.

 

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Elton John– Rocket Man

 

An immensely famous number, whose lyrics need no introduction. Strongly echoing the theme of Bowie’s Space Oddity, the song is emotional, especially when dealing with a Mars-bound astronaut, leaving his family to go do his job.

 

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Flight of the Conchords – The Humans Are Dead/Robots

 

This fun-loving duo from New Zealand have this one masterpiece that humorously satires the absurdity of our modern/dystopian condition. With a hilarious “binary” solo and innovative rap wordplay, their niche as comedy duo works quite well in the science fiction realm too.

 

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