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Science Songs as MP3

Posted by timothy on from the don't-frighten-the-children dept.

oll writes: "Swedish state radio (P1) had a feature a couple of days ago about science songs. There are about 80 diffrent mp3's about nature, space, physics and meteorology. Real good for children and a good laugh for everybody else. Do you know what rhymes with 'atomic energy'?"

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  1. TMBG covered one of these songs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    One of these songs, "Why does the sun shine?", has been covered by the indie-pop band They Might Be Giants, who are more famous for songs such as "Birdhouse In Your Soul" and the theme to Malcolm in the Middle.

    There are actually two versions of their cover; one is the album version, which pretty much sounds like the original, and one is a live version, that is a true rockfest. You've never heard solar fusion explained until you've heard it explained to the sound of a really rippin' electric guitar!

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  2. This is called... by JabberWokky · · Score: 3, Informative
    There used to be a band of wives and girlfriends of Cern physicists called Les Horribles Cernettes.

    Yes, they are. They were performing at the Ignobel awards recently.

    BTW - there are many many people performing works like this - I have several (purchased) CDs full of such songs, and I write them all the time. The larger set of music devoted to Science, Science Fiction, subculture and such is called "Filk". Do a google search for "Filk", and you'll find loads of stuff out there. Some Filk is set to original music, some to tradional music, and others to modern music (for instance, my song "Fibonacci ( Oh, one one, two three five eiiiight)" is set to the tune of the 80's song "Jenny (867-5309)"). Most of my Filk (as most out there is) is about Science Fiction from the popular (I have a Neon Genesis Evangelion Filk, a few Klingon Filks, etc) to the obscure (I did a filk about Sadie Corrie's Transylvanian, a background character in the Rocky Horror Picture Show), to the moving (Julia Ecklar's The Phoenix is a wonderful, heart jerking tribute to exploration, and Leslie Fish's Hope Eyrie is incredible).

    Check it out if you haven't seen it. I'd recommend Tom Smith as a good starting point, other than the simple Google search.

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