I was unable to work the rant this weekend because of "Life", but I did get my Monday Music up, so I got that going for me. Here is one of my favorite songs, from one of my favorite soundtracks, the music made the movie and the movie made the soundtrack, LOL
"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" is a song by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, written by Eric Bloom and British author Michael Moorcock (creator of Elric of Melniboné). The song first appeared on the album Fire of Unknown Origin from 1981; an extended live version appears on the 1982 album Extraterrestrial Live. It also appears on the soundtrack of the 1981 animated film Heavy Metal.
The phrase "...veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars" is from the Hawkwind song "Standing at the Edge," from the album Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975), which also dealt with the myth of the Eternal Champion and contained lyrics written by Moorcock. Prior to that, it appears as a line in the poem "Far Arden" by Jim Morrison of The Doors.
The song has been covered by the Finnish metal band Tarot, Metallica at the Bridge School Benefit, and Arjen Anthony Lucassen.
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I went with this video, it features the song and it ties in a bunch of stuff from the terminator movies. Actually pretty well done.
Sigh... another one I missed...
ReplyDeleteYour experience was the same as mine--I first heard it during "Heavy Metal," which film I still love to this day, and it was the first time I had ever heard a song by BOC that I paid attention to. That soundtrack is pure gold from start to finish, and made a fine backdrop to many a late night Traveller session.
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