One of the great rock voices of all time. Karen Carpenter died on this day in 1983 from complications related to anorexia. Over the years, people have released her songs with isolated--or almost isolated--vocal tracks. This is my favorite KC tune.
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft is unquestionably the nuttiest song The Carpenters ever recorded. . .so out there it qualifies as an Alien Lore entry on All This Is That. Aside from Sun Ra, not a lot of modern music has focused on "visitors" alien lore, or close encounters, and for the clean-cut mainstream Carpenters to perform this song was, even in those wacky times, a real mind-f***er!
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft is a song by Klaatu, originally released in 1976. It was covered by the Carpenters with a crew of 160 musicians.
John Woloschuk, a member of Klaatu and one of the song's composers, said: The idea for this track was suggested by an actual event that is described in The Flying Saucer Reader, a book by Jay David published in 1967. In March 1953 an organization known as the "International Flying Saucer Bureau" sent a bulletin to all its members urging them to participate in an experiment termed "World Contact Day" whereby, at a predetermined date and time, they would attempt to collectively send out a telepathic message to visitors from outer space. The message began with the words..."Calling occupants of interplanetary craft!"
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
In your mind you have capacities you know To telepath messages through the vast unknown Please close your eyes and concentrate With every thought you think Upon the recitation we're about to sing
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft Calling occupants of interplanetary craft Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft
You've been observing our earth And we'd like to make a contact with you We are your friends
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft Calling occupants of interplanetary ultra emissaries
We've been observing your earth And one night we'll make a contact with you
We are your friends Calling occupants of interplanetary quite extraordinary craft
And please come in pace we beseech you (Only of love we will teach you) Our earth may never survive (So don't come we beg you) Please interstellar policemen Won't you give us a sign give us a sign that we've reached you
With your mind you have ability to form And transmit thought energy far beyond the norm You close your eyes, you concentrate, together that's the way To send a message we declare World Contact Day
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft Calling occupants of interplanetary craft Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft
Calling occupants Calling occupants Calling occupants of interplanetary, anti-adversary craft
