Bakers Dozen

Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member

  1. Kansas
  2. ZZ Top
  3. Chilliwack
  4. Rush
  5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members)
  6. Cheap Trick
  7. Golden Earring
  8. Los Lobos
  9. Alan Parsons Project
    10 Van Halen

Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member

  1. Kansas
  2. ZZ Top
  3. Chilliwack
  4. Rush
  5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members)
  6. Cheap Trick
  7. Golden Earring
  8. Los Lobos
  9. Alan Parsons Project
  10. Van Halen
  11. Rolling Stones

Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member

  1. Kansas
  2. ZZ Top
  3. Chilliwack
  4. Rush
  5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members)
  6. Cheap Trick
  7. Golden Earring
  8. Los Lobos
  9. Alan Parsons Project
  10. Van Halen
  11. Rolling Stones
  12. Journey
  1. Kansas
  2. ZZ Top
  3. Chilliwack
  4. Rush
  5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members)
  6. Cheap Trick
  7. Golden Earring
  8. Los Lobos
  9. Alan Parsons Project
  10. Van Halen
  11. Rolling Stones
  12. Journey
  13. The Who

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween

Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member

  1. Kansas
  2. ZZ Top
  3. Chilliwack
  4. Rush
  5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members)
  6. Cheap Trick
  7. Golden Earring
  8. Los Lobos
  9. Alan Parsons Project
  10. Van Halen
  11. Rolling Stones
  12. Aerosmith

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween
  4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween
  4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult
  5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween
  4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult
  5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters
  6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween
  4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult
  5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters
  6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder
  7. “Starman” by David Bowie

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween
  4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult
  5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters
  6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder
  7. “Starman” by David Bowie
  8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx

After a six-minute-plus song about angels and sailing away, it ends on the throwaway line “I thought that they were angels/But to my surprise/They climbed aboard their starship/And headed for the skies.” I’m not saying they were aliens…but they were aliens. [/George Tsoukalos]

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween
  4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult
  5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters
  6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder
  7. “Starman” by David Bowie
  8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx
  9. “Space Odyssey” by the Byrds (a musical retelling of Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Sentinel,” the story that inspired the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey)
  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween
  4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult
  5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters
  6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder
  7. “Starman” by David Bowie
  8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx
  9. “Space Odyssey” by the Byrds
  10. “Earth Girls Are Easy” by Julie Brown

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween
  4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult
  5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters
  6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder
  7. “Starman” by David Bowie
  8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx
  9. “Space Odyssey” by the Byrds
  10. “Earth Girls Are Easy” by Julie Brown
  11. “Let There Be More Light,” Pink Floyd

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween
  4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult
  5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters
  6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder
  7. “Starman” by David Bowie
  8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx
  9. “Space Odyssey” by the Byrds
  10. “Earth Girls Are Easy” by Julie Brown
  11. “Let There Be More Light,” Pink Floyd
  12. “A Spaceman Came Travelling” by Chris de Burgh

Songs about aliens

  1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here)
  2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween
  4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult
  5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters
  6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder
  7. “Starman” by David Bowie
  8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx
  9. “Space Odyssey” by the Byrds
  10. “Earth Girls Are Easy” by Julie Brown
  11. “Let There Be More Light,” Pink Floyd
  12. “A Spaceman Came Travelling” by Chris de Burgh
  13. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush

Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

  1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote)

Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

  1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote)
  2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)

Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

  1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote)
  2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
  3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)

Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

  1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote)
  2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
  3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)
  4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey)