You Know Who... Wants the UFOs to Take Him Away

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Extraterrestrial Culture Day
is celebrated on the second Tuesday
of February
What happened today? Oh, not much, a few songs about aliens, man-boobs, and a bunch of Bertolt Brecht. Bet you weren’t expecting that last one, huh? Just keepin’ it weird.
 
Click here to check it out:
LIC Radio 2/10/2026
 

Mahavishnu
“Pacific Express”
(John McLaughlin)
Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, AT, 2/10/85
Studio version released on Mahavishnu  (Warner Bros., 1984)
 
 
Television
“Elevation”
(Tom Verlaine)
Earth Tavern, Portland, OR, 7/2/78
Studio version released on Marquee Moon  (Elektra, 1977)
 
 
Radiohead
“Subterranean Homesick Alien”
(Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood)
Hammerstein Ballroom New York City, NY, 12/19/97
Studio version released on OK Computer (Parlophone/Capitol, 1997)
 
 
Pink Floyd
Fred Smith
(Television, Blondie)
1948-2026
Photo by Michael Putland

“Let There Be More Light”
(Roger Waters)
Top Gear, BBC Piccadilly Studios, London, UK, 6/25/68
Studio version released on A Saucerful of Secrets  (EMI Columbia, 1968)
 
 
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
“(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea”
(Elvis Costello)
Paramount Northwest Theater, Seattle, WA, 2/10/78
Studio version released on This Year’s Model  (Radar/Columbia, 1978)
 
 
Talk Talk
“Today”
(Simon Brenner, Lee Harris, Mark Hollis, Paul Webb)
Paris Theatre, London, UK, 2/10/82
Studio version released on The Party's Over  (EMI, 1982)
 
 
Depeche Mode
“Now, This Is Fun”
(Martin Gore)
Paris Theatre, London, UK, 2/10/82
Studio version released as single B-side (Mute, 1982)
 
 
Alex Chilton
“Lost My Job”
(Alex Chilton)
Theaterfabrik, Unterföhring, DE, 2/10/88
Studio version released on Feudalist Tarts  (Big Time, 1985)
 
Alex Chilton
Photo by Stephanie Chernikowski


Alex Chilton
“The Letter”
(Wayne Carson)
Theaterfabrik, Unterföhring, DE, 2/10/88
First recorded by The Box Tops; released on The Letter/Neon Rainbow  (Bell, 1967)
 
 
Genesis
“Calling All Stations”
(Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford)
Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, DE, 2/10/98
Studio version released on Calling All Stations  (Virgin/Atlantic, 1997)
 
 
John Cale
“(I Keep a) Close Watch”
(John Cale)
Mountain Stage, Cultural Center, Charleston, WV, 2/10/91
Studio version released on Helen of Troy  (Island, 1975)
 
 
The Byrds
“America's Great National Pastime”
(Skip Battin, Kim Fowley)
Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 2/10/73
Studio version released on Farther Along  (Columbia, 1971)
 
 
David Lindley
David Lindley

“When a Guy Gets Boobs”
(David Lindley)
Mongo’s Saloon, Grover Beach, CA, 2/10/06
Studio version released on Twango Bango III  (Self released, 2003)
 
 
Nina Simone
“Pirate Jenny”
(Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein)
Jazzgipfel, Liederhalle, Stuttgart, 7/21/89
Simone’s first recording released on Nina Simone in Concert  (Philips, 1964)
Originally performed by Lotte Lenya in The Threepenny Opera  (1928)
 
 
David Bowie
“Alabama Song”
(Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)
Earls Court, London, UK, 7/1/78
Studio version released as single A-side (RCA, 1980)
Originally performed by Lotte Lenya in The Little Mahagonny (1927)
 
 
Ella Fitzgerald
Bertolt Brecht (!)

“Mack the Knife”
(Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein)
Festival de Jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, FR, 7/19/78
Originally performed by Kurt Gerron in The Threepenny Opera  (1928)
 
 
Return to Forever
“Space Circus”
(Chick Corea)
Wighalle, Vienna, AT, 2/3/75
Studio version released on Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy  (Polydor, 1973)

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