How about we take a detour into the oldies, but the goodies? No? Well, that's too bad. Last week, I was watching Futurama late one night and eating mini Kit Kat bars. I was in heaven. Fry, Bender and Farnsworth were travelling forward in time, and the episode included a segment to the reworked tune of my favourite old-song-of-the-moment. Zager & Evans' "In The Year 2525" was changed so that the years sung where further into the future, such as 125125 and one million and a half (where humankind is enslaved by giraffes). I typed the lyrics into my phone to find them later, and finally remembered where I'd put them yesterday. Oh, the stories I tell.
Sure, this song was written a long time ago, and it's possible for the people of yesteryear to consider in the year 2525, if mankind is still alive...well, that's a little close to 2011 for me. But this is what I love about the 70's. Their imaginations. Songs like "In The Year 2525," caught somewhere between rock and folk, are the gems I enjoy finding, even if it's through Futurama. This is science fiction in song, what more could you ask for?
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