Space Age Love Song And Sym-Bionic Titan

A few weeks ago when we were putting together setlists for our first show I was going through and thinking about songs from bands I knew and liked that you don't here on the radio that often. For example when most people think of A Flock Of Seagulls they think of their hit "I Ran (So Far)" but not so much for their other songs. To this day "I Ran" is probably their biggest hit and almost a decade ago it experienced a resurgence in popularity by being included in the hit video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Moving on to how I discovered "Space Age Love Song" for the show, back in 2010-2011 Cartoon Network was airing a then new series called Sym-Bionic Titan, the story revolves around the life of two teenage "aliens" trying to adjust to life on earth while on the run from an evil general, they possess unique robots that can combine into a giant "Titan" so to speak. Although it was considered an animated show for kids it possessed a lot of elements that made it have a much more mature tone plus it had deeper character development and relationships than a lot of other animated series airing at the time and it pays homage to a lot of elements from Science Fiction movies and John Hughes Comedies and sad to say only one season of 20 episodes was produced before it got canceled. The scene above is how I first heard "Space Age Love Song" and I absolutely loved how it was used as a way to convey one characters true feelings for another. It's a powerful scene and it goes to show that animation is not just kids stuff, it can just as effective towards an adult audience as well.

With that being said if you want to catch Sym-Bionic Titan, it is back on the air in reruns on Cartoon Network every Saturday Night at 2AM on Adult Swim's Toonami Block.

Further Reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sym-Bionic_Titan
Watch Sym-Bionic Titan here:
http://video.adultswim.com/sym-bionic-titan/