# The Chances Of Anything Coming From Mars ..

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 5, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chances-of-anything-coming-from-mars/311183 "2005-07-05T20:08:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chances-of-anything-coming-from-mars/311183/1 "2005-07-05T20:08:14Z")

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**… Are a million to one. But still they come!**

Every cloud has a silver lining, and here’s Tom Cruise’s. To coincide with the recently released movie Sony have re-released the seminal **Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds**. A honking big stab of 1970’s disco meets prog rock meets broadway. And wouldn’t you know it, it’s gone straight into the top 10 in the UK. Currently it’s #3 on Amazon!

If ever proof was needed that popular music goes in cycles here’s one. I loved this record when it first came out, but I’m afraid it was never, ever cool. 1978 was about punk, no-one wanted to admit that they were more interested in a musical about Martian invasion. 🙂

Has anyone splashed out on the 7 (7!) disc collector’s edition? Is it worth it? I’m severely tempted, but need someone to give me an excuse before I can part with £55

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chances-of-anything-coming-from-mars/311183/2 "2005-07-05T22:27:19Z")

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It was cool when it came out – our local progressive rock station played it, along with the various New Wave bands of the time.

**Forever Autumn** is a great Justin Heyward song, though its connection with the story is tenuous.

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**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chances-of-anything-coming-from-mars/311183/3 "2005-07-06T00:39:10Z")

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\*\*In a brave new world…  
with just a handful of men…  
we’ll start all over again… \*\*

Yeah, that was pretty cool.

I want **Forever Autumn** played at my funeral. Guess I’d better burn a CD of it and put it with my will. Hmm, what else should I put on that disc? Dust in the Wind, maybe?