Seth Shostak asks that question on space.com. He eventually comes to this conclusion:
So here’s my take on message construction: Forget about sending mathematical relationships, the value of pi, or the Fibonacci series. Rid your brain of the thought (no doubt borrowed from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”) that aliens are best addressed with musical [...]
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Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
Posted in Music on Nov 3rd, 2004
Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!
Space.com is running a survey of “space” songs. It features Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, and all the usual great musical sci-fi writers of all time.
I can’t get them to get serious.
They think the Carpenter’s version is good. I prefer the Klaatu version ( the original ).
I think my version of Calling Occupants [...]

