What are some popular science songs and albums?

[TheStatutoryApe]

http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/links.html
This site has a lot of links for the songs my friend had on his CD.
This is a great one...
http://www.uky.edu/~holler/CHE107/media/first_second_law.mp3
"First and Second Law(of thermodynamics)"

 

[gnome]

http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/links.html
This site has a lot of links for the songs my friend had on his CD.
This is a great one...
http://www.uky.edu/~holler/CHE107/media/first_second_law.mp3
"First and Second Law(of thermodynamics)"

 

[Danger]

"old geezer songs"?

? With an attitude like that, you expect to make to my age?

 

[gnome]

How do you know I haven't already?

 

[Moonbear]

Since I know how much Danger loves Country music , I'll add to the list Trace Adkins' "No Thinkin' Thing" (and I think I'll also dedicate this to Franz).

Here are some of the lyrics since I don't suppose too many of the folks here listen to country music.

I've reached the only illogical conclusion,
That love ain't supposed to make sense.

It ain't no thinkin' thing.
Right brain, left brain,
It goes a little deeper than that.
It's a chemical, physical, emotional devotion,
Passion that we can't hold back.

There's nothing that we need to analyze,
There ain't no rhyme or reason why.
'Cuz this ain't, this ain't, no thinkin' thing.

Forget mathematical equations,
Self-help psychology,
Gray matter don't matter much darlin',
When it's gettin' down to you and me...

 

[Danger]

'It Came Out of the Sky' CCR

 

[Danger]

Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future) Elton John

 

[Danger]

'Levitate' Dr. Hook

How do you know I haven't already?

Because your profile says that you're a student. I'm too old to learn.

 

[gnome]

You rummaging through all your LP's??

Ziggy Stardust (Bowie).

Alley-Oop (look at that caveman go) Hollywood Argyles

(never too old to learn)

 

[Danger]

Since I know how much Danger loves Country music , I'll add to the list Trace Adkins' "No Thinkin' Thing"

Of course it's no thinkin' thing...it's cowboy s***!

'Right brain, left brain,' Of course with that damned twangy voice it's 'rat brain'. Mix it up with some o' them squirrel heads and you'll have an Ozark salad.

 

[Danger]

You rummaging through all your LP's??

yeah...

 

[Moonbear]

Of course it's no thinkin' thing...it's cowboy s***!

'Right brain, left brain,' Of course with that damned twangy voice it's 'rat brain'. Mix it up with some o' them squirrel heads and you'll have an Ozark salad.

Rat brains I can provide! Though, I actually do like that song. It's not as twangy as some, and the tune is pretty catchy.

 

[Danger]

Rat brains I can provide!

You should keep a closer eye on them. I strongly suspect that some of them are posting.

 

[Moonbear]

You should keep a closer eye on them. I strongly suspect that some of them are posting.

*squeak* You caught me. When my blonde roots start causing me trouble, I sometimes just swap in one of the rat brains to give the roots more room while my own brain takes a breather.

 

[gnome]

Rat brains I can provide!

Can I borrow one? I have a test tomorrow.

 

[Moonbear]

Can I borrow one? I have a test tomorrow.

Well, unless your test involves running through a maze, they're not very good for test-taking.

 

[Danger]

*squeak*

Not so loud! Now Lucy's trying to get into the monitor...

 

[gnome]

Well, unless your test involves running through a maze, they're not very good for test-taking.

Distributed algorithms. Pretty much the same thing.

 

[Moonbear]

Not so loud! Now Lucy's trying to get into the monitor...

*squeak* *runs as Lucy swats monitor*

 

[Danger]

Distributed algorithms.

Sounds nasty. I didn't realize that you were studying immunology.

 

[Math Is Hard]

This is obscure, but it's one of my favorites...

Biology
by Jane Child

I’m attracted anatomically
Need to know you scientifically
Strange confusion has come over me
Need the fusion between you and me
Mother Nature’s legislature, Mother Nature takes her course
Gravitation of the nation, Gravitation to the source

I’m distracted biologically
My attention dominating me
I’m a victim of Divine design
I’m a victim of a one-track mind
Gut reaction, satisfaction, Gut reaction’s never lie
Need I mention my intention, Do I need an alibi

It happens every time you’re next to me,
Biology

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh uh oh,
Biology

I’m defenseless, lacking all control
It’s relentless, longing of my soul
I am driven, I’m completely yours
It’s a given, I’ll be back for more
It’s instinctive, so distinctive, and on that you may depend
Don’t go mess with Mother Nature, she’ll defeat you in the end

It happens every time you’re next to me,
Biology

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh uh oh,
Biology

Need I mention my intention, Are you willing to supply
Gut reaction, Satisfaction, Gut reaction’s never lie

It happens every time you’re next to me,
Biology

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh uh oh,
Biology

 

[Danger]

*squeak* *runs as Lucy swats monitor*

Okay, you can relax now. She's tyoooepooti g again.

This is obscure, but it's one of my favorites...

See, Moonbear? The woman who lists her occupation as 'cowgirl' isn't quoting cowboy s*** at me.

 

[Moonbear]

Okay, you can relax now. She's tyoooepooti g again.

Phew!

See, Moonbear? The woman who lists her occupation as 'cowgirl' isn't quoting cowboy s*** at me.

Hmph! Her occupation changes every time she gets a new outfit!

 

[Danger]

Her occupation changes every time she gets a new outfit!

So we're back to the bit about the pole position...

 

[Chi Meson]

Chi meson, Particle Man is a clever song!

That's right! IT's "Particle Man." After all "particle man hates triangle man."


Oh, and Danger? "Space Oddity" is not really about space! It's about (gasp) drugs! . "Rocket man" too, I'm afraid.

Cast my vote for Eric Idle's Galaxy song, BTW. If it wasn't for that last line, I'd have all my classes memorize it.

 

[BobG]

How about this one. These two have a kind of folk/country style.

[quote="Gentle Arms of Eden" by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer]

on a sleepy endless ocean when the world lay in a dream
there was rhythm in the splash and roll, but not a voice to sing
so the moon shone on the breakers and the morning warmed the waves
till a single cell did jump and hum for joy as though to say

this is my home, this is my only home
this is the only sacred ground that i have ever known
and should i stray in the dark night alone
rock me goddess in the gentle arms of eden

then the day shone bright and rounder til the one turned into two
and the two into ten thousand things, and old things into new
and on some virgin beach head one lonesome critter crawled
and he looked about and shouted out in his most astonished drawl

this is my home ...[/quote]

 

[Danger]

Oh, and Danger? "Space Oddity" is not really about space! It's about (gasp) drugs! . "Rocket man" too, I'm afraid.

Sorry... I never really noticed. I was always a little stoned when I listened to them... (Actually, if I understand the original topic properly, the request was for songs with science-sounding titles or words. That's why I didn't mention 'Hotel California', which has neither, but is kinda spacey...)

 

[Danger]

'Telstar' by the Ventures

 

[meteor]

Wow, great thread...

-Schrodinger's cat (Tears for fears)
-Astronaut (Duran Duran)
-Gas giants (Tears for fears)
-Astronomy domine (Pink floyd)
-Champagne supernova (Oasis)
-Einstein on the beach (Counting Crows)
-Speed of light (Stratovarius)
-Light years (Kylie Minogue)
-Tesla girls (OMD)

There are a lot more...

 

[Danger]

How about 'Earth' by Starship? The sleeve has a nice picture from space.

 

[Danger]

Oh! 'The Time Warp'!

 

[rygar]

i don't know about pure science songs, but if we're taking a little liberty here, how about the velvet underground - lady godiva's operation?

it's about a patient who wakes up during brain surgery

the last verse is:

The ether tube's leaking says someone who's sloppy
Patient it seems is not so well sleeping
The screams echo up the hall
Don't panic someone give him pentathol instantly
Doctor removes his blade
Cagily so from the brain
By my count of ten -
The head won't move!

the velvet underground rules

 

[infidel]

James Taylor has a few mentions...

Drifting through time and space on the face
Of a little blue ball falling around the sun
One in a million billion twinkling lights
Shining out for no one

There We Are

Now the thing about time is that time
Isn't really real
It's just your point of view
How does it feel for you?
Einstein said he could never understand it all
Planets spinning through space
The smile upon your face
Welcome to the human race

Secret O' Life

 

[samoth1]

Bad Religion - Entropy
Vintersorg - Lots of his work uses themes from astronomy and science, eg.


Formulas of an ethereal intellect strayed through black and empty
planes, into the auditorium of evolution. In devious ways magic
came and created a spectra of fiery celestial bodies.
Since then they've been a cynosure to ulterior worlds,
beyond the fifth element.

The bodies are like a stratum of dust on a dark livid background,
spherical architectures womiting coronas.
The sacred hemispheres are the compass to eternity,
my notion is unison with its sidereal modesty.

Rise! solar spirits in the caravan of supernovas,
give me the palmist visual sensation.
I'm a newborn in this omnipotent laboratory,
fulfilled with balance and harmony in a timeless nexus.

Cosmic Genesis, galatic powers astir
Cosmic Genesis, as the magnitude expands.
Cosmic Genesis, I watch the vista transform
Cosmic Genesis, blessed by the stellarwind.

Somehow it seems to be built on mathematics,
but it hides in the dress of obscurity.

Quantum questions rests, since dawn of chronology
in the arms of the spiralgalaxy.

 

[Danger]

'The Sacro-Iliac'; 'Clockwork Creep' both by 10cc
'Spiders & Snakes' Jim Stafford
'Sea of Time & Sea of Holes' Beatles

And of course 'Armaggedon' Prism