QUESTION: Science Pop Songs?
I came across two blogs that were interesting re: science pop songs.
Top 10: Science Pop Songs
and
Science Fails in Pop Music Songs
You can read the blogs but I culled their lists in the hopes that people might add to it..
I came across two blogs that were interesting re: science pop songs.
Top 10: Science Pop Songs
and
Science Fails in Pop Music Songs
You can read the blogs but I culled their lists (with a very British slant) in the hopes that people might add to it..
1. Air - "Biological"
2. Billy Bragg - "The Space Race is Over"
3. Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science"
4. The Smiths - "Still Ill"
5. Beastie Boys - "Sounds Of Science"
6. MC Hawking - "What We Need More Of Is Science"
7. Sweet - "Alexander Graham Bell"
8. Landscape - "Einstein A Go-Go"
9. Big Audio Dynamite - "E=MC2"
10. Kraftwerk- "Computer Love"
Laurie Anderson - "Big Science"
Siouxsie and the Banshees- "Placebo Effect"
Blur - "Chemical World"
Suede - "Electricity"
OMD - "Genetic Engineering"
Diana Ross - "Chain Reaction"
Monster Magnet - "Gravity Well"
David Bowie - "Space Oddity (re: Apollo 13)"
Sugababes - "Overload"
Space - "Female of the Species"
Moby - "We are all made of stars"
Semi-sonic - "Chemistry"
Lemon Jelly - "Experiment No. 6"
Muse - "Stockholm Syndrome"
Jet Plane Landing - "Atoms Dream in Technicolor"
The Shins - "A Comet Appears"
Dot Allison - "We're Only Science"
Fujiya & Miyagi - "Collarbone"
BT - "Fibonacci Sequence"
The Polecats - "Make A Circuit with Me"
Crosby, Stills and Nash - "Woodstock"
Pink Floyd - "Echoes"
Monty Python's Flying Circus - "The Galaxy Song"
They Might Be Giants song "Why Does the Sun Shine?"
Pat Benatar - "My Clone Sleeps Alone"
Coldplay - "The Scientist"
Neil Young = "Sedan Delivery" & "Computer Age"
Kate Bush - "Experiment IV"
REM - "Man on the Moon"
The Flaming Lips - "Race for the Prize"
Guided By Voices - "I Am A Scientist"
Tom Lehrer - "The Elements"
Klein Four - "Finite Simple Group (of Order Two)"
They Might Be Giants - "Mammal," "For Science," "Particle Man" and many more!
Blackalicious - "Chemical Calisthenics"
Dr. Octagon - "Biology 101" & "No Awareness"
Andrew Bird - "Imitosis"
The Five Stars - "Atom Bomb Baby"
The Animaniacs - "Parts of the Brain," "Multiplication," "The Senses Song," "The Planets'
Particle Zoo - "Pi in the Sky"
Kate McGarrigle - "NaCl"
Rush - "Natural Science"
Freeze Pop - "Science Genius Girl"
Elvis Costello: "Chemistry Class"
Tom Lehrer - "The Elements"
Wally Pleasaant - "That's Evolution"
Patti Smith - "Birdland"
Jarvis Cocker - "Quantum Theory"
Supertramp - "The Logical Song"
Jimi Hendrix - "Third Stone From The Sun"
Janis Ian - "Stars"
10.000 Manics - "Planned Obsolescense"
Warren Zevon - "Networking"
Peter Gabriel - "We Do What We're Told" (based on the infamous Milken experiments)
Pixies - "Distance Equals Rate Times Time" & "Bird Dream of the Olympus"
Ramones - "Psycho Therapy" & "Shock Treatment"
Alice Cooper - "Clones (We're All)"
Sufjan Stevens - "Dear Mr. Supercomputer"
Joy Division - "Transmission"
Rilo Kiley - "Science vs. Romance"
Obviously we would need to add Schoolhouse Rock stuff as well as TMBG Science album but this, I thought, was an interesting list. What songs might you add to it? If it takes off I will make iTunes hyperlinks!
Top 10: Science Pop Songs
and
Science Fails in Pop Music Songs
You can read the blogs but I culled their lists in the hopes that people might add to it..
I came across two blogs that were interesting re: science pop songs.
Top 10: Science Pop Songs
and
Science Fails in Pop Music Songs
You can read the blogs but I culled their lists (with a very British slant) in the hopes that people might add to it..
1. Air - "Biological"
2. Billy Bragg - "The Space Race is Over"
3. Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science"
4. The Smiths - "Still Ill"
5. Beastie Boys - "Sounds Of Science"
6. MC Hawking - "What We Need More Of Is Science"
7. Sweet - "Alexander Graham Bell"
8. Landscape - "Einstein A Go-Go"
9. Big Audio Dynamite - "E=MC2"
10. Kraftwerk- "Computer Love"
Laurie Anderson - "Big Science"
Siouxsie and the Banshees- "Placebo Effect"
Blur - "Chemical World"
Suede - "Electricity"
OMD - "Genetic Engineering"
Diana Ross - "Chain Reaction"
Monster Magnet - "Gravity Well"
David Bowie - "Space Oddity (re: Apollo 13)"
Sugababes - "Overload"
Space - "Female of the Species"
Moby - "We are all made of stars"
Semi-sonic - "Chemistry"
Lemon Jelly - "Experiment No. 6"
Muse - "Stockholm Syndrome"
Jet Plane Landing - "Atoms Dream in Technicolor"
The Shins - "A Comet Appears"
Dot Allison - "We're Only Science"
Fujiya & Miyagi - "Collarbone"
BT - "Fibonacci Sequence"
The Polecats - "Make A Circuit with Me"
Crosby, Stills and Nash - "Woodstock"
Pink Floyd - "Echoes"
Monty Python's Flying Circus - "The Galaxy Song"
They Might Be Giants song "Why Does the Sun Shine?"
Pat Benatar - "My Clone Sleeps Alone"
Coldplay - "The Scientist"
Neil Young = "Sedan Delivery" & "Computer Age"
Kate Bush - "Experiment IV"
REM - "Man on the Moon"
The Flaming Lips - "Race for the Prize"
Guided By Voices - "I Am A Scientist"
Tom Lehrer - "The Elements"
Klein Four - "Finite Simple Group (of Order Two)"
They Might Be Giants - "Mammal," "For Science," "Particle Man" and many more!
Blackalicious - "Chemical Calisthenics"
Dr. Octagon - "Biology 101" & "No Awareness"
Andrew Bird - "Imitosis"
The Five Stars - "Atom Bomb Baby"
The Animaniacs - "Parts of the Brain," "Multiplication," "The Senses Song," "The Planets'
Particle Zoo - "Pi in the Sky"
Kate McGarrigle - "NaCl"
Rush - "Natural Science"
Freeze Pop - "Science Genius Girl"
Elvis Costello: "Chemistry Class"
Tom Lehrer - "The Elements"
Wally Pleasaant - "That's Evolution"
Patti Smith - "Birdland"
Jarvis Cocker - "Quantum Theory"
Supertramp - "The Logical Song"
Jimi Hendrix - "Third Stone From The Sun"
Janis Ian - "Stars"
10.000 Manics - "Planned Obsolescense"
Warren Zevon - "Networking"
Peter Gabriel - "We Do What We're Told" (based on the infamous Milken experiments)
Pixies - "Distance Equals Rate Times Time" & "Bird Dream of the Olympus"
Ramones - "Psycho Therapy" & "Shock Treatment"
Alice Cooper - "Clones (We're All)"
Sufjan Stevens - "Dear Mr. Supercomputer"
Joy Division - "Transmission"
Rilo Kiley - "Science vs. Romance"
Obviously we would need to add Schoolhouse Rock stuff as well as TMBG Science album but this, I thought, was an interesting list. What songs might you add to it? If it takes off I will make iTunes hyperlinks!
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Permalink Reply by R. Randall on
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I actually have a math and science playlist on my computer for the students...
The Dandy Warhols "Scientist"
Death Cab for Cutie "Scientist Studies"
Counting Crows "Einstein On the Beach (for an Eggman)"
Beck "Gamma Ray"
Fountains of Wayne "Radiation Vibe"
Joseph Arthur "Speed of Light"
Coldplay "Speed of Sound"
OKGo "1000 Miles an Hour"
Aimee Mann "Momentum"
Tom Petty "Free Fallin'"
Amy Grant "Galileo"
Fountains of Wayne "Supercollider"
and some math:
Spoon "My Mathematical Mind"
The Fixx "Saved by Zero"
Of course, I really want to add these ones:
Depeche Mode "Wrong"
Coldplay "Don't Panic"
Bowling for Soup "High School Never Ends"
Weezer "Troublemaker"
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Permalink Reply by Ryan Goble on
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So cool man, thanks - the list growith!
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Check out NyeTunes YouTube Channel. All of the music videos from Bill Nye the Science Guy have been uploaded nad archived on YouTube. My personal favorite is Water Cycle Jump
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Thanks for the addl. coolness Glen!
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