# Best Songs about the Future **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144 "2008-07-29T21:12:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Walpurgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/41 "2008-08-02T07:50:03Z")
Another vote for Jonathan Coulton’s _The Future Soon._ It’s the geeks’ revenge on the normal world: \*I’ll probably be some kind of scientist Building inventions in my space lab in space I’ll end world hunger I’ll make dolphins speak Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends Perfecting my warrior robot race Building them one laser gun at a time I will do my best to teach them About life and what it’s worth I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the Earth Cause it’s gonna be the future soon And I won’t always be this way When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away It’s gonna be the future soon I’ve never seen it quite so clear And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it’s already \* ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/42 "2008-08-02T13:36:01Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] _Blows Against the Empire_ was technically the first Jefferson Starship album, although it was really a vanity project by Paul Kanter. [/QUOTE] No, it wasn’t a Jefferson Starship album at all. Although that name appeared on the front cover as a joke, the album was properly credited to Paul Kantner alone. The rotating cast of players on that album (and a couple of other Airplane-related projects) were informally referred to as the Planet Earth Rock & Roll Orchestra (PERRO), but never Jefferson Starship. When the remaining Airplane members (minus the Hot Tuna contingent) first regrouped in 1974, Kantner and Grace Slick wanted to call the band something different, but their manager convinced them to retain the Jefferson Airplane connection, so they compromised by adopting the Jefferson Starship moniker for real. ---
**Author:** ![chicken\_wire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@chicken\_wire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicken_wire)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/43 "2008-08-02T13:58:40Z")
I dunno, see, you’ve got the immediate future, like next Wednesday, or just later on, and the whole sort of sci-fi futuristic future… I like Talking Heads’ _Road to Nowhere_ (and _Nothing But Flowers_ as already mentioned). A little more obscure, Faith No More’s _Land of Sunshine_: _You have a winning way, so keep it Your future You are an angel heading for a land of sunshine And fortune is smiling upon you Prepare for a series of a comfortable miracles From fasting to feasting And life to you is a dashing, bold adventure So sing, and rejoice And look for the dream that keeps coming back Your future Pat yourself on the back and give yourself a handshake Cuz everything is not yet lost…_ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/44 "2008-08-02T14:08:08Z")
“When I’m 64”. So there. ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/45 "2008-08-04T00:24:20Z")
I’m a committed Christian. One of my favorite songs about the future is Avalon’s _Picture Perfect World_. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIw1VE6Df1s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIw1VE6Df1s) The first verse is about the Utopian/Universalist/Communist/ Humanist (name your own idealogy dream). The last verse is about the future, after the Millenium: “In a picture-perfect world there will be no pain, In a picture-perfect world we’ll be free In a picture-perfect world love is not is not in vain, And I know we’ll be cared for, I know a world is prepared for, I know sooner or lateer we’ll be…in a picture-perfect world.” The Bible says it, I believe it. Works for me. Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/46 "2008-08-04T00:33:57Z")
_ElvisL1ves_, I was thinking about “When I’m 64” today. Sir Paul McCartney is 66 or so, so two past his “64” due date, do we still need him, do we still lead him now that he’s older? Personal note…I think about this because “When I’m 64” came out in 1967 or so (when I was 17 or so, so 64 was “like, ancient.” Now, I’m 55, so the age of 64 is looking at me from the horizon. How about you, “ElvisL1ves”, how far are you from the age of 64? Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/47 "2008-08-04T01:23:44Z")
[QUOTE=phil417] Personal note..I think about this because “When I’m 64” came out in 1967 or so (when I was 17 or so, so 64 was “like, ancient.” Now, I’m 55, so the age of 64 is looking at me from the horizon. [/QUOTE] Hey, no fair. If you were 17 in 1967, you’re like me. If you’re 55 today, then you’re cheating! ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/48 "2008-08-04T02:51:10Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Hey, no fair. If you were 17 in 1967, you’re like me. If you’re 55 today, then you’re cheating! [/QUOTE] Okay, sweetie, will the still need you, will they still lead you when you’re 64? Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/49 "2008-08-04T19:15:16Z")
In the hope that something similar might happen in the future, I will vote for _Imagine_ by John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![Octalcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Octalcode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octalcode)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/50 "2008-08-04T19:28:46Z")
**Wouldn’t it be nice** Beach Boys ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144/51 "2008-08-05T03:42:49Z")
From Be Bop Deluxe, _“Life in the Air Age”_: > [@](#): > > Life in the air age, it’s all highways in the sky… > Life in the air age, all the oceans have run dry… > Life in the air age, it’s grim enough to make a robot cry… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-about-the-future/458144.md?page=2)