Christopher Hickman wrote:
It's not specifically "hippie music" in that sense, but if you're
playing *Icehouse* specifically, it's traditional to play futuristic,
ambient "new age" music such as Vangelis, Tangerine Dream,
and the like.
Why is that? Shouldn't you play absolutely ancient music? Icehouse is
100,000 years old. ;)
(http://www.wunderland.com/icehouse/MarsAd.html)
Indeed. But as it happens, Martian music of 100,000 years ago sounded
pretty much like the electronic/instrumental New Age music of the 1970s
on Earth.
-- Dan Efran
Martian Ambassador
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