And Cobain, Can you hear the spheres,
singing songs off station to station?
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there’s nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool
I try to be still in a moment
And I’m hoping for a never ending odyssey
Of Monsters and Men
Stuck in gravity
I don’t wanna fake it,
Wish I could erase it,
make your heart believe
Imagine Dragons
Bad Liar
You make the change
You rearrange me till I’m sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
And there’s someone in my head
but it’s not me
Pink Floyd
Brain Damage
Somebody I never met
But in a way I know
Didn’t think that you could get
So much from a picture show
Big Audio Dynamite
E=MC2
I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you
that I almost believe that they’re real
The Cure
Pictures of You
Feet they hardly touch the ground
The Police
Walking on the Moon
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change, the less you feel
The Smashing Pumpkins
Tonight, Tonight
The impossible is possible tonight
The Smashing Pumpkins
Tonight, Tonight
Newton got beaned by the apple good
As fruit drops, flesh it sags
Everything will fall right into place
Modest Mouse
Gravity Rides Everything
Hook me up a new revolution
‘Cause this one is a lie
Foo Fighters
Learn to fly
Mind is a battlefield
All hope is gone
Trouble to the right and left
Whose side you’re on?
Foo Fighters
The Sky Is a Neighborhood
Don’t believe the church and state
And everything they tell you
Mike + The Mechanics
Silent Running
Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments and they wander off through equation after equation and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. 3
Nikola Tesla
Believe in me,
I’m with the high command
Mike + The Mechanics
Silent Running
And we’ll all float on anyway, well
Modest Mouse
Float On
I got the message and the message is proof
Men Without Hats
I Got The Message
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask
As a scientific theory, Darwinism would have been jettisoned long ago. The point, however, is that the doctrine of evolution has swept the world not on the strength of its scientific merits, but precisely in its capacity as a Gnostic myth. It affirms, in effect, that living beings create themselves, which is in essence a metaphysical claim. 4
Teilhardism And The New Religion
Wolfgang Smith
Gotta another theory
You want me to hear?
Taking your refuge in your reason
Just to beat the fear
That we don’t know why we’re here
Kongos
I Want to Know
Got two good eyes but they still don’t see
Grateful Dead
Casey Jones
Believe
Believe in me
Believe, believe
The Smashing Pumpkins
Tonight, Tonight
Space may be the final frontier,
but it’s made in a Hollywood basement.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication
The satellite’s gone up to the sky
Things like that they drive me out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV
Porno for Pyros / Lou Reed
Satellite of Love
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Jane Taylor
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Everything that keeps me together
is falling apart
Modest Mouse
3rd Planet
You flirt with suicide
Sometimes that’s okay
Korn
Falling Away from Me
I need stars to light the colony
Of Monsters and Men
Stuck in gravity
Sometimes the sun goes
‘round the moon
Vanessa Williams
Save The Best For Last
And everything under the sun is in tune,
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon
Pink Floyd
Eclipse
Sometimes the very thing you’re lookin’ for
Is the one thing you can’t see
Vanessa Williams
Save The Best For Last
Here’s a Little Agit for the Never-Believer
Feelings are intense,
Words are trivial
Depeche Mode
Enjoy the Silence
Now the fuzzy stare from not being there
on a confusing morning week
Impaired my tribal lunar-speak
Len
Steal My Sunshine
Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box
Religion is the smile on a dog
I’m not aware of too many things
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
What I Am
Here’s a little ghost for the offering
Satellite in my eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How I wonder
Dave Matthews Band
Satellite
Notes & References
- God and the State
↩︎ - There is no God, soviet propaganda poster, 1961, via BBC News
↩︎ - Modern Mechanix and Inventions “Radio Power Will Revolutionize the World” (July 1934)
↩︎ - Teilhardism And The New Religion
↩︎
Songs:
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
Of Monsters and Men – Stuck in Gravity
Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar
Pink Floyd – Brain Damage
Big Audio Dynamite – E=MC2
The Cure – Pictures of You
The Police – Walking on the Moon
The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight
Modest Mouse – Gravity Rides Everything
Foo Fighters – Learn to Fly
Mike + The Mechanics – Silent Running
Men Without Hats – I Got The Message
Kongos – I Want to Know
Grateful Dead – Casey Jones
Porno for Pyros / Lou Reed – Satellite of Love
Korn – Falling Away from Me
Vanessa Williams – Save The Best For Last
Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
Len – Steal My Sunshine
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians – What I Am
Dave Matthews Band – Satellite
R.E.M. – Man On The Moon
