Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!ealbert@BBN-UNIX From: ealbert%BBN-UNIX@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Science-fiction and music Message-ID: <2514@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 10:46:08 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2514 Posted: Fri Jun 24 10:46:08 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jun-83 04:41:18 EDT Lines: 12 From: Eric AlbertI'm not sure that "Rocket Man" by Elton John/Bernie Taupin is particularly related to the story by Heinlein, though it might have been inspired by it. I do know that the song "Rocket Man" by Thom Rapp and his group Pearls Before Swine (on the "Sunflowers" album(???)) is taken EXACTLY from the story: very well done and quite moving. I recommend it to anyone who liked the story and can find the album (usually in cut-out bins). Also, on the first album (???) by Ambrosia, there's a very pretty cut that has a chorus taken directly from Vonnegut (Cat's Cradle, as I recall), word for word. Catchy tune, too... -- Eric Albert@BBN-UNIX