Tony Carey, who continues to produce music today, named his early-80s experimental New Wave band "Planet P" after the bug-infested world in Heinlein's Starship Troopers novel (and Paul Verhoeven's excellent 1997 film). That fact alone is all kinds of awesome. The lead single from their 1983 LP Planet P Project was "Why Me?" a song that does a good job getting across the absolute loneliness and anxiety an astronaut waiting for launch must feel. With an awesome combination of synths and electric guitar, "Why Me" nabs the #184 slot on my Top 200 list.
Bonus! Just because.
"he won't be back this way till 2010"
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