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HAPPY CANADA DAY!
Needless to say, Klaatu are not The Beatles. So we don't need to get into that. But for anyone interested, here's a link to the exact 1977 newspaper article (written by Steve Smith for The Providence Journal) that launched the rumour heard 'round the world, which proved to be both a blessing and a curse for the band. http://www.klaatu.org/fanclub/mornsun7.html
The full version of "Calling Occupants" (tabbed here) is over seven minutes long. The radio/single edit is about 3:30. One of the coolest things about the full length version of the song is the nature sound effects that open the track/album, setting the atmosphere before the music even begins (this can be heard in the audio of the song posted below). In a 1997 interview, band member John Woloschuk (on the left, above) described how this came together:
"...we knew that 'Calling Occupants' was going to open the album. We'd already decided that. So we wanted to have something that was really, you know, sort of ethereal, especially with the subject matter. And we were all into UFOs at the time, and things like that. And so, we just started building, and I think the first thing was we had some sound effects records with crickets, and animal noises, and birds, and things like that. And we layered that on, and then we had the idea of recording somebody walking – and these ideas sort of just came, you know, when you were working on the session. And we came up with the idea of having the sound of footsteps walking through the bush, and then he would come across this record player, and he'd lift – you know, he'd put the needle on the record and then 'Calling Occupants' would start. And we thought that was, you know, a neat idea. So we ended up doing all the cricket noises and stuff first, and then we did a remote recording out at Terry Brown's house in the back, in the ravine there. And we had a fellow walk through the pathway on – we put a bunch of twigs down, and we did a remote recording of him walking on these twigs, and then we just wild-bounced it into the track over the crickets and stuff. And then we got the idea of putting the scratch in the record so that people would realize that he'd put a record on the thing, because the sound of the needle touching the record was pretty subtle. So we figured, well, if we put a little scratch on the record … so we got a blank lacquer disc and scratched it, and then recorded the scratch (laughs)."
(http://www.klaatu.org/interviews/347est.html)
A year after the Klaatu release, the Carpenters had a successful single with their cover version of the song (in 1977).
The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/klaatu-callingoccupants.txt
Audio:
But congrats to the Bruins and their fans; well done. 
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Most-viewed tabs for the month of May 2011:
34 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
31 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
29 - Helix - Deep Cuts the Knife
19 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
19 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
19 - Trooper - Santa Maria
17 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
16 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
15 - Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)
15 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
15 - Max Webster - Battle Scar
15 - Max Webster - Hangover (live)
15 - Warlock - Für Immer
Total Tab Views: 999
By section: Canadian-721 Girlschool-102 Various-81 Chords-95
Most-viewed tabs overall (up to May 31/11):
880 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
864 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
670 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
644 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
529 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
519 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
513 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
470 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
462 - Harlequin - Innocence
458 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
Tabs reaching 100 overall views this month: Blowing the Blues Away
*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.
Most-viewed tabs for the month of April 2011:
40 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
32 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
27 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
23 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
21 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
21 - Toronto - Your Daddy Don't Know
20 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
18 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
16 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel
16 - Loverboy - Working For the Weekend
Total Tab Views: 886
By section: Canadian-637 Girlschool-122 Various-55 Chords-72
Most-viewed tabs overall (up to Apr. 30/11):
849 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
830 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
651 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
627 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
515 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
505 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
498 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
451 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
449 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
448 - Harlequin - Innocence
Tabs reaching 100 overall views this month: Celebration, Gasoline, You Walked Away Again
*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.
Most-viewed tabs for the month of March 2011:
44 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
34 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
31 - Helix - Deep Cuts the Knife
27 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
24 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
24 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
23 - A Foot In Coldwater - Make Me Do (Anything You Want)
23 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
23 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - I Should Have Known It
21 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
21 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
21 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel
Total Tab Views: 1,170
By section: Canadian-828 Girlschool-135 Various-86 Chords-121
Most-viewed tabs overall (up to Mar. 31/11):
829 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
790 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
619 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
614 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
503 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
495 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
475 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
442 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
442 - Harlequin - Innocence
429 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
Tabs reaching 100 overall views this month: Lovin' You Ain't Easy, The Last Time, Under the Gun, Life Is A Highway, Bomber
*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.
Most-viewed tabs for the month of February 2011:
36 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
28 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
24 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
22 - BTO - Takin' Care Of Business
22 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
20 - Steve Miller Band - Winter Time
19 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
18 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
17 - Girlschool - It Could Be Better (bass)
17 - Max Webster - Battle Scar
Total Tab Views: 931
By section: Canadian-641 Girlschool-150 Various-71 Chords-69
Most-viewed tabs overall (up to Feb. 28/11):
785 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
756 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
595 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
593 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
479 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
472 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
452 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
422 - Harlequin - Innocence
421 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
417 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
Tabs reaching 100 overall views this month: It's Over Now, Don't Call It Love
*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.
Most-viewed tabs for the month of January 2011:
48 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
41 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
38 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
34 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
34 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
28 - Trooper - Boys In the Bright White Sports Car
27 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
26 - Harlequin - Innocence
25 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
25 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
Total Tab Views: 1,610
By section: Canadian-1,070 Girlschool-210 Various-162 Chords-168
Most-viewed tabs overall (up to Jan. 31/11):
749 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
734 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
577 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
567 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
466 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
454 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
428 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
411 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
407 - Harlequin - Innocence
401 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
Tabs reaching 100 overall views this month: Running Wild, Mississippi Queen, Even the Score
*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.
Most-viewed tabs for the month of December 2010:
44 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
41 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
34 - BTO - Takin' Care Of Business
26 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
23 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
18 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
16 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
15 - Helix - Deep Cuts the Knife
15 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
15 - Trooper - Raise A Little Hell
Total Tab Views: 876
By section: Canadian-621 Girlschool-120 Various-73 Chords-62
Most-viewed tabs overall (up to Dec. 31/10):
701 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
693 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
557 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
529 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
439 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
432 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
403 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
386 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
385 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
381 - Harlequin - Innocence
Tabs reaching 100 overall views this month: Scratching the Surface, Sweet Talk
*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.
Most-viewed tabs for the month of November 2010:
38 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
38 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
34 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
27 - Helix - Deep Cuts the Knife
26 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
26 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
23 - Max Webster - A Million Vacations
22 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
21 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
21 - Kim Mitchell - That's The Hold
Total Tab Views: 1,120
By section: Canadian-743 Girlschool-187 Various-78 Chords-112
Most-viewed tabs overall (up to Nov. 30/10):
675 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
652 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
534 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
511 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
432 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
425 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
393 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
371 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
371 - Harlequin - Innocence
360 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
Tabs reaching 100 overall views this month: Emergency, Painted Ladies, Fly Like An Eagle
*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.