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Line 132: The JAMs' debut single "All You Need Is Love" includes the words "[[Immanentize the eschaton\|Immanentize the Eschaton]]!", in reference to the opening line of ''Illuminatus!'', "They immanentized the Eschaton", interpreted as "they brought about the end of the world" or "they brought heaven to Earth". In The JAMs' "The Porpoise Song", from the album ''Who Killed The JAMs?'', King Boy D and a talking [[porpoise]] converse, referencing Howard, the talking porpoise in ''Illuminatus!''. The KLF's single version of "Last Train to Trancentral" opens with the demand "Okay, everybody lie down on the floor and keep calm", which is also taken from ''Illuminatus!''. The refrain "All bound for Mu Mu land", from ~~The~~the KLF's "Justified & Ancient (Stand by ~~The~~the JAMs)" is a reference to the [[Mu (lost continent)\|Lost Continent of Mu]], which Shea and Wilson identify with the fictional land Lemuria in ''Illuminatus!''. At the end of the "Justified & Ancient" music video, The KLF exit in a [[submarine]]. Drummond and Cauty's output is also highly [[self-reference\|self-referential]], in common with ''Illuminatus!''. In particular, original vocal samples are reused in a variety of musical contexts. For example, the [[ring modulation\|ring modulated]] "Mu Mu!" sample that first appeared on "Burn the Bastards" is also to be found on "What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral), "Last Train to Trancentral (Live from the Lost Continent)" and "Fuck the Millennium".

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