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*** rec.music.info - List of Usenet Musical Newsgroups

This forthnightly posted list of newsgroups is maintained by the current
rec.music.info moderator, Leo Breebaart, who can be reached at
[e-mail].
All comments, updates, new additions, etc. are more than welcome.

If you do not know what newsgroups are, or how to read them, check out the
introductory articles found in news.announce.newusers and news.answers, or
ask somebody more experienced to help you.


USENET MUSICAL NEWSGROUPS

At the moment there are over 30 newsgroups on Usenet that deal
with some genre, or artist, or aspect of music. These groups can be
divided into four categories: moderated rec.music groups, unmoderated
rec.music groups, alt groups and 'other' groups. Groups in the 'alt'
hierarchy are 'unofficial' in that they are not created by standard
Usenet voting procedures. Therefore, some sites prefer not to carry
(all) of the alt newsgroups. 'Other' groups are those groups that
do not reside in the rec.music or alt hierarchy, but which nevertheless
might be of interest, musically.

Here follows a brief description of each of these newsgroups. An '[FAQ]'
behind the group name means that for this group a so-called
Frequently Asked Questions article is maintained, which you really
should read before attempting to post to the group in question.


 --- Moderated Groups

-- rec.music.reviews
Reviews of albums, singles, movies, books, concerts -- anything as long
as it has to do with music. Moderator: Stewart Evans ([e-mail])

-- rec.music.gaffa
Kate Bush, Kate Bush, Kate Bush, some other women performers, let's not
forget about Kate Bush, some other 'arty' performers, and did we mention
Kate Bush yet? Moderator: Bill Wisner ([e-mail])

-- rec.music.info [FAQ]
This group. Moderator: Leo Breebaart ([e-mail])


 --- Unmoderated Groups:

-- rec.music.afro-latin
Latin American music (Salsa, Merengue, etc) in general, with sidesteps to
other forms of World music.

-- rec.music.beatles
Beatles' music.

-- rec.music.bluenote [FAQ]
The newsgroup for Blues and Jazz.

-- rec.music.cd
Discussions of the *music* should go elsewhere, but all other aspects
of CD's, including non-(technical/hardware) ones, are discussed here.

-- rec.music.christian
Christian music, both traditional and contemporary.

-- rec.music.classical [FAQ]
Classical music.

-- rec.music.country.western
Country & Western music.

-- rec.music.dementia
Weird, strange, twisted, demented music (as in comedy & novelty). Ah-aaah!

-- rec.music.dylan
Bob Dylan's music.

-- rec.music.early
Early music, as in *before* classical.

-- rec.music.folk
Folk music, from sea shanties to singer-songwriters.

-- rec.music.funky
Dance, rap, funk and other 'black' music forms.

-- rec.music.gdead
The Grateful Dead's music

-- rec.music.indian.classical
Classical Indian (as in Asian) music.

-- rec.music.indian.misc
Other Indian (still as in Asian) music.

-- rec.music.industrial [FAQ]
Industrial, 'techno' music.

-- rec.music.makers
A group for people who make music instead of just listening to it.

-- rec.music.marketplace
Got something for sale? Looking to buy something? This is the place.

-- rec.music.misc
Main musical discussion group. Musical omnivores read and post here.

-- rec.music.newage
New Age music.

-- rec.music.phish
Cult group Phish's music.

-- rec.music.synth
Another group for music makers: synthesizer players, in this case.

-- rec.music.video
Video clips and music video's.


 --- Alt Groups:

-- alt.emusic
Music about things that start with an 'e' (as in electronic, exotic, ethnic,
etc.) No joke...

-- alt.exotic-music
World music, mostly Asian-oriented.

-- alt.fan.enya
Enya's (as in 'Orinoco Flow') music.

-- alt.fan.frank-zappa
Frank Zappa's music.

-- alt.fan.jimmy-buffett
Jimmy Buffett's music and tour information.

-- alt.fan.peter-hamill
Peter Hamill's music.

-- alt.music.alternative
Alternative or indie music. Generally defined as That Which Is Not Top 40.

-- alt.music.category-freak
Currently an empty group..

-- alt.music.enya
Enya's (as in 'Orinoco Flow') music. Don't ask me about the difference
between this group and alt.fan.enya...

-- alt.music.filk
Folk music, with usually funny or parody lyrics, often having to do with
Science Fiction.

-- alt.music.karaoke
Currently an empty group.

-- alt.music.machines.of.loving.grace
Currently an empty group.

-- alt.music.pop.will.eat.itself
Currently an empty group.

-- alt.music.progressive
Progressive Rock, as it was defined in the 70's (i.e. what non-experts might
call 'symphonic'): groups like Yes, Gentle Gint and Genesis. Don't confuse
'progressive' with 'alternative'!

-- alt.music.rush [FAQ]
Rush's music.

-- alt.music.the.police
The Police's music.

-- alt.music.the.police.ctl
I have no idea what this group is for.

-- alt.rap
Rap music.

-- alt.rap-gdead
For fans of both rap music and the Grateful Dead. Really.

-- alt.rave
Rave music, parties, and the whole associated scene.

-- alt.rock-n-roll
Rock music, of the 'soft' or 'classic' kind.

-- alt.rock-n-roll.acdc [FAQ]
AC/DC's music.

-- alt.rock-n-roll.hard
Rock music, of the classic 'hard' kind, e.g. Guns 'n Roses,
Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple.

-- alt.rock-n-roll.metal
Heavy Metal music, as in *real* metal (Slayer, Venom, Motorhead).
Definitely *not* for Classic Rock or for Def Leppard.

-- alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy
Death metal and other REAL metal, even realer than that discussed in
a.r.metal.

-- alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive
Progressive metal. They tell me groups like Queensryche, Fates Warning
and Crimson Glory belong here.

-- alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica
Metallica's music.

-- alt.thrash
Hardcore, alternative (metal) thrash music.


 --- Other Groups

-- bit.listserv.emusic-l
Technical discussion of electronic music.

-- bit.listserv.allmusic
Discussion of all forms of music.

-- comp.music
Applications of computers in music research.

-- rec.folk-dancing
A group not only about folk-dancing, but also about the dance music itself.

-- rec.games.trivia
This group often has lyrics or other musical quizzes.

[ I'm looking for folks to give me some good, reliable info on some of
the other 'other' groups, most notably the .radio and the .makers
groups. Anybody? ]


 --- Local Groups
Your site may carry local newsgroups (as in: local to your site, your area,
your country, your continent -- anything that does not have world-wide
distribution) that may very well be about music. Check with your news
administrator for more info on those groups.

--
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Submissions & other mail to: rec-music-info @ cp.tn.tudelft.nl
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Subject: REC.MUSIC.INFO: List of Internet Musical Resources
Summary: This is a bi-weekly article that lists and describes places where
        music-related information can be found on the Internet.
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*** rec.music.info - List of Internet Musical Resources ***

This forthnightly posted list of resources is maintained by the current
rec.music.info moderator, Leo Breebaart, who can be reached at
[e-mail].
All comments, updates, new additions, etc. are more than welcome --
I rely entirely on reader feedback to keep this list up-to-date.

If you are not familiar with some of the concepts mentioned below (e.g.
mailing lists, finger), check out the introductory articles found in `
news.announce.newusers and news.answers, or ask somebody more experienced
to help you.


INTERNET MUSICAL RESOURCES

*** Mailing Lists

At the moment of writing there are over 165 mailing lists one can
subscribe to for in-depth discussions about specific artists or specific
musical genres.

Jason Kraley and John Rowland from the Cleveland Free-Net Music SIG are
maintainers of a canonical list of information about these mailing lists,
including the addresses to write to if you want to subscribe.

This list is called the Musical List of Lists (or mlol), and is itself
appropriately distributed through a mailing list.
The latest version of the list can always be found in the Music FTP
Archive as /pub/music/misc/mail.lists.music, and is also regularly posted
to rec.music.info.


*** Mail Servers

-- [e-mail] (Sid's Music Server)

Music Man (also [e-mail]) maintains this server
and database for "rare live recordings and unreleased demos". For more
information, send e-mail to the server's address with a subject of "boothelp".

-- [e-mail] (Used CD Server)

[e-mail] maintains this database of CD's, cassettes, and (gasp) LP's
for sale or trade.  For more information, send e-mail to the server's
address with a subject of "HELP".


*** Finger Daemons

-- [e-mail] (Rec.music.info Moderator)

Finger this address for information about the moderator's whereabouts
and his favourite albums of the moment.

-- [e-mail] (Rondel K. Buckmire)

Finger this address for the most recent Billboard Top 10 charts.
These charts are also posted to r.m.info each week.

-- [e-mail] (FUNG Alexander Yok-Wai)

Finger this address for the most recent Radio & Records Top 40 chart.
This chart is also posted to r.m.info each week.


*** Buying stuff through e-mail

-- [e-mail] (Robert Steinberger)

Disaster Area
Industrial, Noise, strange, experimenta and Punk.


-- dante![e-mail] (Mason Jones)

Charnel House Productions
Noisy, percussive and experimental.


-- [e-mail] (Ranjit Padmanabhan)

Ranjit Padmanabhan
Specializes in import CDs pertaining to Progessive Rock and Electronic music.


-- [e-mail] (Spike Pierson)

CD's We Bee
Sells all kinds of CD's, pop & classical.


-- DISCLAIMER

I suppose it's necessary to make this explicit: these addresses are
provided as is, and I accept no responsibility for what these people may
or may not do with your precious money. All risks are yours.

There are other e-mail addresses around. I have included here only
those people who replied to my e-mail enquiry.


*** Gopher links

-- gopher.micro.umn.edu (University of Minnesota)

The directory 'Fun & Games/Music' contains a number of interesting
services, including heavy metal information, discographies, lyrics
and a gopher link to cs.uwp.edu (see next entry).

-- cs.uwp.edu (University of Wisconsin-Parkside)

The directory '(dir) Files available for public access/(dir) Music FTP
archives' contains the gopher version of Dave Datta's Music FTP
Archives (see the "Internet FTP Sites" article).


*** WAIS Sources

There are a few WAIS music-related databases. So far, they are few
enough so that I can include the entire WAIS source description
here. This may change as the list grows larger.

(:source
   :ip-name "enuxva.eas.asu.edu"
   :tcp-port 8000
   :database-name "music"
   :cost 0.00
   :cost-unit :free
   :maintainer "[e-mail]"
   :description "

   Database of CDs of Indian Classical Music.
   You can search using keywords containing Ragas or Musician's name
   or anything that is present as a word in the database.

   Try Ali or Khan or Ravi or Shankar or Krishnan  as a
   first search and see what format the database is in. Perhaps you
   might get an idea on what to search for.

   At present, this database contains mainly CDs of Hindustani
   Musicians. But please be patient. This database is still in
   development.

   This database eventually would be a collection of all Hindustani
   and Karnatic (or Carnatic) CDs available.

   Your feedback and input is highly valued and is appreciated.

   Sridhar ([e-mail])
"
)

(:source
   :version  3
   :ip-address "131.210.1.4"
   :ip-name "cs.uwp.edu"
   :tcp-port 210
   :database-name "lyrics"
   :cost 0.00
   :cost-unit :free
   :maintainer "[e-mail]"
   :subjects "liberal arts music lyrics songs singers"
   :description "Server for the Lyrics archives.

The lyrics archives consists of complete lyrics to over 3000 songs made
up of over 500 artists. All lyrics are gracefully donated by USENET
readers and archive users. Please send any contributions or questions
to [e-mail]. If you would like to get lyrics by artist instead
of via wais searches, you can ftp cs.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4) and look in
the /pub/music/lyrics directory for an Index file. I will also service
e-mail requests.

Search for the word 'index' to get the index file.

"
)

(:source
   :version  3
   :ip-address "129.120.1.42"
   :ip-name "sol.acs.unt.edu"
   :tcp-port 210
   :database-name "/usr/local/data/wais/midi"
   :cost 0.00
   :cost-unit :free
   :maintainer "[e-mail]"
   :subjects "liberals arts music computers MIDI musicial instrument digital "
   :description "MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) documents
It is commonly used to connect keyboards and sometimes computer together.
"
)

--
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From: [e-mail] (Rich Kulawiec)
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Subject: SF-references-in-music List
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Keywords: science fiction, sf, music, fantasy
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This is the revised SF-in-music list.  It isn't comprehensive, but
it does try to cover rock, jazz, folk, classical and electronic music.
Most of the items listed here fall pretty well into these categories.
There is also a list of SF-based operas, which was assembled by
Evelyn C. Leeper and is reproduced here with permission.  I've attempted
to list everybody who helped in the large (and growing) montage at the end.

One thing that I've changed since the last revision: I'm now listing
purely instrumental pieces along with everything else, rather than
bundling them at the end.  This is mostly due to the large number
of updates that folks have sent in which list instrumental pieces.
I guess we'll see how it goes.

In most cases, I've relied on the contributions that have been sent in;
in others, I've verified spellings and attributions.  Thus, the accuracy
of the information is uneven; so be it.  Corrections (VIA MAIL ONLY)
are quite welcome, as are additions.  I will be maintaining this list
and re-sending it periodically.

--
Rich Kulawiec, [e-mail], [e-mail], pur-ee!rsk
--


1919:
Has an EP "Machine".

AC/DC:
"Who Made Who" from the Maximum Overdrive soundtrack.

Acen:
Has a song called "Trip II the Moon (The Darkside)".

Adolphson & Falk:
This Swedish band had a hit with "Control is Flashing Blue", a song
about how computers/sensors say everything is okay, but something
is crawling in the shadows.

After the Fire:
"Suspended Animation" is either about weightlessness or genuine
suspended animation, and "Starflight" describes interstellar flight.

Alan Parsons Project:
Albums "I, Robot" (but not based on Asimov) and "Tales of Mystery and
Imagination (Poe).  The title track from "Ammonia Avenue" is about a
world destroyed by pollution.

Alice Cooper:
On "School's Out", the words "Klaatu barada nikto" occur in background
vocals near the end of "My Stars".  The album "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell"
is a fantasy.  "Clones (We're All)" appears on "Alice Cooper '80: Flush
the Fashion".

Ambrosia:
"Nice, Nice, Very Nice" is from the 53rd Calypso of Bokonon from
Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut.  Also "Time Waits for no One"; both
are on "Ambrosia", which also contains a reading of Jabberwocky.

Amin Bhatia:
Has an entire album entitled "Interstellar Suite" about space travel.

Amon Duul II:
Some sf-oriented material; German band from the mid-seventies.
Two of their albums are "Made in Germany" and "Vive La Trance".

Anderson, Ian:
His 1983 LP, "Walk Into Light" contains a notable SF-related track,
"User Friendly".

Anderson, Jon:
Solo album, "Olias of Sunhillow", from 1976.  "Olympia" from "Animation"
seems to discuss a futuristic world; "Boundaries" from the same album
may be about the aftermath of a future war.

Anderson, Laurie:
Surrealism & sf-type music.  Try "Oh, Superman" and "Language is a
Virus From Outer Space", which I seem to recall is derived from
Burroughs (William S., that is).

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe:
The eponymous album includes "Fist of Fire", a song about some sort
of acension after death, and "Birthright", about an atomic bomb that
was detonated in Australia before all of Aborigines could be evacuated.

Android Sisters, The:
"Songs of Electronic Despair".

Androids of MU:
A punk band that never got anywhere; their album "Blood Robots"
includes a track called "Lost in Space".

Ange:
(French progressive group) "Au-dela du delire" is a time-travel story.

Ant, Adam:
"Apollo 9" is about a trip to the moon.

Anthrax:
The album "Among the Living" contains "I Am the Law" (about Judge Dredd,
the 2000 AD hero) and "Among the Living" (about the antihero of Stephen
King's "The Stand").

Anvil:
"Mothra", about the monster from the "Godzilla" movies.

Aphrodite's Child:
The album "666" is the veritable armageddon waltz; it is a musical
retelling of the Apocalypse (Book of Revelations).  Vangelis was
in this band back then.

Apocrypha:
"West World" is presumably about the film.

Art of Noise:
"Paranoimia" features Max Headroom.

Asia:
"After the War", from "Astra" refers to post-WW III era.
"Wildest Dreams", from the first album, might also be about a war that
is yet to happen.  "Sole Survivor", also from the first album, seems
to be in a similar vein.

Athletico Spizz '80:
LP "Do A Runner".

Automatic Man:
Two albums of SF-ish mystic stuff; notable track "I.T.D."
(Interstellar Tracking Device).

B-52's:
"Planet Claire", and "53 Miles West of Venus" from "Wild Planet".
"Cosmic Thing" and "Planet" (is this the correct title/album?)
from "Cosmic Thing"  Also see the soundtrack to "Earth Girls Are Easy".

B.A.L.L:
"Little Tex in Trouble" and "Little Tex's Prelude" from "Trouble Doll"
are about a cowboy who sees his cattle being taken by aliens.

Banks, Tony:
See "Man of Spells" from "Fugitive".

Bauhaus:
Did a cover of "Ziggy Stardust", and the song "Bela Lugosi's Dead",
which opens the film "The Hunger" (they perform in it, too).  Their lyrics
are obscure enough so that most of their songs can be taken for SF - or
anything else, for that matter.  They broke up in '83. 3 members became
Love and Rockets, the other, Peter Murphy, got a solo career.  (See below)

Be Bop Deluxe:
Tracks include "Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus" (vague reminiscences
about '50s British SF-comics, also thought to be poking a little fun
at Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars) and "Life In The Air Age" (a time
traveller stranded in a Gernsbackian future).

Beatles:
The "Yellow Submarine" movie and accompanying soundtrack probably deserve
a mention as an example of an interesting animated fantasy experiment.

Bedford, David:
Albums include "Star's End"; could this be a reference to Asimov's
Foundation series ("Star's End", "Tazenda")?
He also wrote a sort of Rock Opera, "Rigel 9", to text by
Ursula le Guin. And "The Dark Nebula" to words by Arthur C Clark.

Belew, Adrian:
"Phone Call from the Moon", as well as "Looking For a UFO" from "Young
Lions" - a message of hope that aliens will come and save us
from destroying ourselves.

Benatar, Pat:
"My Clone Sleeps Alone".

Black Sabbath:
Sort of.  Tends to black magic et. al.  See "Paranoid" for
"Iron Man" (mechanical golem?), "Plant Caravan" and "Electric Funeral"
(nuclear war?);"Black Sabbath" (1st LP) for demented ravings like
"Behind the Wall of Sleep" (Lovecraft).  "Heaven and Hell" is all fantasy.
Some speculation that "Iron Man" refers to the comic book hero (paraplegic
w/special iron alloy suit and powers far beyond...)

Blake, Tim:
Electronic New Age.  Albums "Crystal Machine", "Blake's New Jerusalem",
both SF.  Was in Hawkwind 1979-80.

Blitzkrieg:
The song "Blitzkrieg" talks about aliens arriving and some sort of war.
Song was covered by Metallica.

Blondie:
SF themes in some songs: e.g. the "Man from Mars" in "Rapture";
also "Dragonfly" from "The Hunter", which is a half-spoken half-sung
description of a race between spaceships that uses a collage of
sf buzzwords.  See also "The Attack of the Giant Ants".

Blue Oyster Cult:
Many tracks on many albums with SF themes; "Veteran of the Psychic
Wars" (which also was on the "Heavy Metal" soundtrack) from "Fire of
Unknown Origin", "E.T.I.", "The Subhuman", "Flaming Telepaths" and most
of the rest of the LP's "Tyranny and Mutation" and "Secret Treaties".
Later work includes "Godzilla" (from "Spectres" and "Some Enchanted
Evening"), which about our favorite Tokyo-bashing reptile; "Monsters"
(from "Cultosaurus Erectus"), which is about a small group of people
who escape a ravaged Earth but wind up battling each other over one of
the women; "Black Blade" (from "Cultosaurus Erectus" and "E.T. Live"),
a song done with Michael Moorcock; "Nosferatu" (from "Spectres"), which
is a retelling of the Dracula story; "Vengeance (The Pact)" (from "Fire
of Unknown Origin), which retells the "Tarna" segment from the movie
"Heavy Metal"; and "Sole Survivor" (also from "Fire..."), tells the
story of the last man alive on earth, who runs away when aliens come to
rescue him.  The LP "Imaginos" tells the story of a sorcerer attempting
to release the demonic other-worldly beings called "Les Invisibles".
"The Great Sun Jester" from "Mirrors" is based on the novel
"The Fireclown" by Michael Moorcock (also released as "The Winds
of Limbo"). "Joan Crawford" from "Fire..." might be SF depending
on how you feel about wire hangers.  Incidentally, a couple of
Karl Edward Wagner's "Kane" series contain direct references to
the BOC song "Astronomy" (from "Secret Treaties"); in particular,
there's a chapter entitled "On the Origin of Storms".

Boney M.:
"Night Flight to Venus" (title track of LP), and "Stepenvolf" ("Steppenwolf"?
does anyone know whether they used the Anglicized or European spelling?),
a werewolf story, on the same LP.

Bonzo Dog DooDah Band:
"Urban Spaceman" from "The Best of the Bonzos",
and "There's a Monster Coming" from "Gorilla".

Bored Games:
Song "Joe 90".  Classic Kiwi underground pop.
This schoolboy band was one of the early proponents of the "Dunedin Sound"
associated with the Flying Nun label, and band members went on to play
in virtually every important Dunedin band, including the Chills,
the Verlaines, the Clean, Straightjacket Fits etc.

Boston:
The LP "Third Stage" has a track emulating a spaceship take-off.
(All three of their album covers tell the story of the Guitar Spaceship
and its quest for a new home.)

Bow Wow Wow:
Punk.  "I want my baby on Mars", "Giant sized baby thing!".

Bowie, David:
"Space Oddity" (most emphatically NOT "Major Tom") discusses eerie
experiences in orbit.  Also has a film, "The Man who Fell to Earth".
See also "Diamond Dogs" (mutated life on earth after the bomb)
and "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars", about a rock band on
an earth with five years left; this LP also contains "Five Years"
and "Starman".  From "Hunky Dory", see "Life on Mars", and from "Station
to Station", see "TVC15".  See also "Ashes to Ashes", "Memory of a
Free Festival", and "1984".  Also, "Cat People (Putting out the Fire)"
from "Let's Dance", the title song to the movie.

--- Some commentary on Bowie...

Bowie, David:
A lot of his albums contain at least a few sf songs.  The major ones are:
"Space Oddity", the title track (often mistakenly referred to as "Major Tom")
was apparently played on the BBC broadcast of Neil Armstrong's moon walk;
"The Man Who Sold the World"; "Hunky Dory" which contains 'Life on Mars';
"The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars", the first
side has sf songs, the second is about a rock band whose lead singer self-
destructs (presumably the band which sang the first side); "AladdinSane";
"Diamond Dogs", a sort of Orwellian '1984' album which contains the song
'1984' and other songs about big brother; "Heroes", "Scary Monsters (and
super creeps)" which contains the title track and 'Ashes to Ashes', a
followup to 'Space Oddity'. Also, 'Cat People (Putting out the Fire)'
(tenuosly sf) from "Let's Dance", the title song to the movie of the same
name.  "Tonight" contains a song, 'Loving the Alien" and his latest
album, "Never Let Me Down", has another.  "Station to Station" was originally
written, but not used, as the soundtrack to one of his films, "The Man who
Fell to Earth", a classic about an alien stranded on earth.  Bowie has done
a couple of other sf films, "The Hunger", about vampires, and "Labyrinth",
where he plays the goblin king who has kidnapped a young girl's baby brother
after she brattishly announces, "I wish the goblins would take him away!"

    -- Scott Butler
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Brightman, Sarah
"I Lost my Heart to a Starship Trooper", "Love In A U.F.O.", and
"The Love Crusader" (not quite sf, but has many snips of supposed
intergalactic radio conversations, etc.) and "Lost in Space"
are all from a 1979 album.

Broderna Brothers:
Swedish band, with an song "Karlek i rymden" ("Love in Space") about
the boyfriend of a female astronaut.

Brown, Julie:
"Earth Girls are Easy". :-)

Buckner and Garcia:
"Hyperspace", "Defender".  (These *are* the guys that did
that awful Pacman song.)

Buggles, The:
The LP "Age of Plastic" contains many SF themes;for instance, the title
song has the lines "They send the Heart Police to put you under
cardiac arrest" (1984 meets Harlan Ellison's Ticktockman?) Also "I Love
You, Miss Robot".  See also "Johnny on the Monorail".  See also
"Adventures in Modern Recording", with SF tracks such as "Vermillion Sands",
"Inner City", "Rainbow Warrior", and maybe "On TV".
For trivia fans: "Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first video shown
on MTV.

Bunnydrums:
"PKD", for Phillip K. Dick.

Burnett, T-Bone:
"We Are Humans From Earth" from the soundtrack of "Until the End of
the World".

Bush, Kate:
"Breathing", about breathing the fallout following a nuclear blast, (supposed
to be sung by an unborn child) is from "Never For Ever", and "Experiment IV"
from "The Whole Story" about designing a sound that can kill.
"Cloudbusting" is about a boy (played by Kate in the video) whose father
builds a rain-making machine and is kidnapped by the government.

    (This song was inspired by Peter Reich's "The Book of Dreams".
    The lines "I hid my Yo-yo/In the garden/
        what made it special/made it dangerous"
    is a reference to the fact that the rainmaking energy was inhibited
    by radiation, so Peter's father made him throw away his yo-yo.
    Peter buried it in the garden instead.  -- Theo O'Neal)