![]() ![]() As disco began to emerge from the underground clubs of the early ‘70s, it brought with it notions of electronica, especially in the work of Giorgio Moroder, whose use of the Moog set the template for the synth-heavy style of the ‘80s.Īmerican jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman and his critically acclaimed 1972 album Science Fiction. Disco also became a reaction against more down-to-earth, self-consciously “real” movements like prog or Northern Soul.Īfrofuturism began to experiment with mixing space-age sounds with African-American art, in tracks such as Ornette Coleman’s Science Fiction (1972) and LaBelle’s ‘Lady Marmalade’ B-side Space Children’ (1974). Prog rock also set the template for later space disco, as they incorporated synthesizers into songs that sought to break away from a restricted idea of space, inner and outer, whilst of course, glam rock artists such as Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars took influence from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1962) into their art. From Sid Bass’ From Another World (1956) to Joe Meek’s Telstar (1962), the musical conventions and iconography of space and science fiction were already leaking into the musical mainstream. This was not, however, a completely isolated phenomenon: retroactively termed ‘Space Age Pop’, many artists of the late 50s and early 60s replicated the electronically driven sounds of films such as Forbidden Planet (1956) within their work. In short, the 1970s was the decade where science-fiction went pop when sci-fi went disco. Some pop videos also took visual cues from sci-fi, from costumes to blue screen and early video effects, which were then replicated on television pop shows such as Top of the Pops. ![]() Others received disco or pop treatment at the same time, creating a feedback loop between the two. Just look at the theme to Space: 1999 Season 2, with its pounding, over-dramatic disco beat and electronic score. But the influences of disco music and fashion cannot only be felt within their series: many theme tunes and instrumental scores took influence from disco. It seemed inevitable that the two most integral types of pop culture at the time should join together.ġ970s science-fiction, particularly the live-action series of Gerry Anderson ( Space: 1999, of course, but also UFO), Blake’s 7 (1978-1981), Star Wars (1977), the 1979 Star Trek film, and other properties such as The Six Million Dollar Man (1973-1978), has been given the name ‘disco sci-fi’ by many outlets such as PopMatters and Disco Mania. The musical genres also began to make themselves felt in TV and film as diverse as Starsky and Hutch (1975-1979) and Space: 1999 (1975-1977), both through their theme tunes and their content. ![]() Pop albums with covers featuring robots and girls in silver dresses began to appear. This was also true in musical terms, as prog and folk rock began to fall by the wayside in both the United Kingdom and America in favor of the more image-focused glam rock and disco. Gone were (for the most part) the hard-hitting social satires of the 1960s: instead jumpsuits, monster-of-the-week, and pop culture influences abounded. įeel free to add any songs or other items that you have and Ill try to put them up here.Science fiction in the 1970s was like everything else: groovy. thisiscreheZīuthere'smynumbber.socallme, maybe We'rewhalersthemoonwecarryaharpoonīut thereaint nowhalesso wetell talltales and Mamma mia, poppa pia, baby got the dyreeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaa The birth parents you are trying to call do not love you, please hang upĭram matic coirnawith jonh Hi, can i order a pizza? no! why? cuz you are john madden! *Important Note*Unfortunately you can only copy one line of the song on use that :(Ī-team *Disclaimer*I did not make any of these songs and these belong to their respectful owners. So I thought I might post a list of songs that you can copy/paste into the moon base alpha chat to sing! I also have put some other non singing items in here for your own amusement. So I remember a time when playing Moon Base Alpha online and two other players were singing. ![]()
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