Cap’n Jazz – We Are Scientists (<1998)
| “now my tongue has tangled me toothless. and we don’t have a thought between us. in this one light room in this neon museum the walls itch in closer.” |
Mose Allison – Your Molecular Structure (1968)
| “Your molecular structure is really somethin’ swell,/ A high-frequency modulated jezebel,/ Thermodynamically you’re gettin’ to me,/ Your molecular structure baby, ooh wee!” |
Mastodon – Megalodon (2004)
From molecular biology to paleontology:
| “Myth or legend/ Nymph tale washed ashore/ Near the kraken sleepeth stirs coral and bone/ Infinite city/ No sexy sneer/ Hideous creation/ Human and animal” |
Boards of Canada – Music Is Math (????)
| “the past inside the present. be careful.” The nice thing about electronic music: these are the full lyrics! Nice, even I can remember that. |
Kate Bush – “π” (2005) and Cloudbusting (1985)
Everybody knows the number Pi, but cloudbusters are less well known. It is a device designed by Austrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich that could – according to the pseudoscientific principles of orgone theory – manipulate orgone energy present in the atmosphere in order to produce rain. Kate Bush’s song ‘Cloudbusting‘ is based on the autobiography of Reich’s son.
| “3.14159265…” Geek test: Did you notice that she only gets the first 53 decimal places right? |
“I still dream of Orgonon. I wake up cryin’. You’re making rain, And you’re just in reach, When you and sleep escape me.” |
Look up the tag mixed tape for a list of all science-themed music collections at Scientific B-sides.
Florian
PS: Kate Bush’s Pi is also part of a collection of best songs about mathematics I just found.
How the hell did you manage to extract the lyrics from the Mastodon clip? All I can hear is screaming, seriously. EEEhhhhh, eeeeeeeh, Iiiiiiiihhhhhh. And some guitar riffs.
The same way I “extract” all other lyrics – Google!
Ahaaa, no one actually writes lyrics directly from a song anymore (except me: http://wp.me/p1ZpT1-uM). OK, and Helen.
Cloudbusting…last time I saw that video I was dancing in my Nana’s living room. I think I was 3?
Thanks for the nostalgia and the Pi song, (despite the error) it really made my day!