Is there anyone else out there is the ST universe that thinks the songs from 'Eden' are cool?
The Hippie Songs from 'Way To Eden'
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Agreed. I'm sure some ST fans think that adding songs to this episode was foolish, but I was impressed with the quality of lyrics and music. After all, they were Space Hippies.
Yes, 'Eden' is much better than the 'Lost in Space' episode called 'The Space Destructors', which dealt with Space Bikers/Hippies that come to destroy the planet where the Jupiter 2 is marooned.
BTW, I think it was Bob Justman who stated that Herb Solow was the inspiration for the derogatory name 'Herbert', just as an inside joke for the cast and crew.
Well, the best actual hippie music at the time was written by actual counter-culture young people under 30. I'm assuming the songs in the episode were written by an old "establishment" geezer (over 30) who had no real connection with the youth movement. I always thought of them as lame attempts at rebellious youth songs by The Man. Parodies at best. Pretty painful to listen to. It's good to cleanse your pallet with some Dylan, Joan Baez, Joanie Mitchell, Jefferson Starship, Doors, or CSN afterward.
I can't shake the image of the friends in the movie "Free Enterprise" belting out "steppin' into eden, yeaaahhh brother...."
PS If you have not seen the movie Free Enterprise it is a must see.
PS If you have not seen the movie Free Enterprise it is a must see.
Well, I like the music. It doesn't really have the spirit of actual hippie music, but as a Future Hippie music, well, why not? Grab your bicycle wheel and strum along.
To bring authority into this, James Blish --- who was among other things a fairly stern music critic --- took the time to praise the construction of the episode's music in the novelization. Given that Blish wasn't actually writing the novelizations by this point, and that nobody would notice if the book said nothing about the music, I suppose that this reflects his actual opinion.
To bring authority into this, James Blish --- who was among other things a fairly stern music critic --- took the time to praise the construction of the episode's music in the novelization. Given that Blish wasn't actually writing the novelizations by this point, and that nobody would notice if the book said nothing about the music, I suppose that this reflects his actual opinion.
Charles Napier, who played Adam, wrote the songs that he sings in that episode. (And he was about 30 at the time.) FWIW.
Lol, I like the entirety of "Way to Eden" - the acting isn't terrible, and there was a hint of a good idea there. I think if the Manson murders had happened beforehand they might have addressed that aspect of Sevrin's character a bit more.
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^ CSN = Crosby/Stills/Nash
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Their songs were mostly written by Pete Townshend.
I always heard it as "Headin' Out to Eden" rather than "Steppin' In to Eden".
That's what my head-canon calls it.
Well, as long as we're being pedantic, it's Joni Mitchell. And palate. 
Lost in Space actually did two hippie episodes. The one you're thinking of is "Collision of Planets" with Daniel J. Travanti (Hill Street Blues) and Linda Gaye Scott (Little Fauss and Big Halsy). The other was called "The Promised Planet."
Nice Herbert note, btw. I never heard that.
My understanding is that the songs were co-written by Charles Napier, Arthur Heinemann, and Deborah Downey. Heinemann wrote the episode and Downey was the blonde singer.
I think the songs are pretty good, especially considering the short notice on which they were created. There really isn't much Star Trek music that I don't like. Or "dig" in this case.
You are correct. I got my LIS episodes mixed up. 'The Space Destructors' was where Dr. Smith creates an army of androids, or something like that.
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