Music

Quotes and References Many different quotes and references to music occur in these novels. Click here for references by ExForce Novel Click here for references to Books Click here for references to Movies & TV Shows

• Also Sprach Zarathustra
• Don't Stop Believin'
• Everybody Have Fun Tonight
• Guantanamera
• I Am The Walrus
• Jeopardy Theme
• Kung Fu Fighting
• Soul Finger
• Whomp! There It Is

Also Sprach Zarathustra Opus 30 (1896) (Composed by Richard Strauss) Upon the discovery (pun intended) of the monoliths on Gingerbread, Skippy starts tunelessly singing Daaah - - Daaaah - - Daaaah - - DA-DAAAAH (the beginning of Also Sprach Zarathusthra), which you might recognize as the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey. (https://youtu.be/WufKsOhkTL8?t=41)

Don't Stop Believin' (1981) (Performed by Journey) In Spec Ops, when Skippy is crunching numbers to find out how if he can adjust a wormhole, he goes silent and plays part of this song while he's thinking. (https://youtu.be/1k8craCGpgs)

Everybody Have Fun Tonight (1986) (Performed by Wang Chang) In Armageddon, Skippy woke Joe one night and told him that he wanted "Wang Chung tonight", which is a lyric from the song. (https://youtu.be/BoXu6QmxpJE)

Guantanamera (1966) (Performed by The Sand Pipers) In Breakaway, after Joe wakes up from a dream, he calls for Skippy. Skippy appears, but swaying like he was kind of drunk and started singing "One ton of mayo, I can’t eat one ton of mayo. One ton of mayo, that’s too much may-oh-nais-oh-", which is a parody of the song. (https://youtu.be/Jm1anurhbeg)

I Am The Walrus (1967) (Performed by The Beatles) In Breakaway, after Joe wakes up from a dream, Skippy blurts out "I am the walrus", which is a reference to the song (or a line in the song of the same name). (https://youtu.be/5Q6qx97GC4I)

Jeopardy Theme (1963) (Composed by Merv Griffin) In Spec Ops, when asking Joe what the drawback of stealth field is, Skippy the Magnificent plays the theme while Joe is thinking how to answer. (https://youtu.be/0Wi8Fv0AJA4)

Kung Fu Fighting (1974) (Performed by Carl Douglas) In Armageddon, when Skippy woke Joe up and told that he wanted to Wang Chung tonight, he also questioned whether "Everybody was kung fu fighting" in reference to the main line from the song. (https://youtu.be/bmfudW7rbG0)

Soul Finger (1967) (Performed by the Bar-Kays) In Spec Ops, while searching for a Comm Node to help Skippy communicate with the AI Collective, as Joe and a Spec Ops team are about to enter an abandoned Kristang Joe hears a trilling in his helmet speaker. He halts the Op and then pauses, recognizing the trilling as a song he had heard. Skippy was blasting the song in everyone's helmet. (https://youtu.be/pEjjKNyeGt0)

Whomp! There It Is (1993) (Performed by Tag Team) In Breakaway, when Valkyrie was waiting for the senior species to arrive for negotiations and the Rindhalu appear, Joe says, "Oop! There it is", which may be a reference to the song. (https://youtu.be/gbGfhT1yehw)