New Symphony of Science song!!!!!!

January 9, 2010 10:03 PM

New Symphony of Science song!!!!!! SYLT (Previously and previously).
posted by Lobster Garden (16 comments total)

Thank you!!!!!! (I hadn't seen these two previouslies, previously). This is a gorgeous thing and only serves to further my inappropriate crush on Sagan and his turtlenecks. I just watched all of the videos in a row and it's great how much better the makers of these are getting at taking advantage of the quirks of the autotune thing.
posted by Mizu at 10:34 PM on January 9, 2010

Not to be too much of a dweeb about it, but I'm surprised every time at how emotional I get while watching these. It certainly is an amazing opportunity, being a human being.
posted by so_gracefully at 10:40 PM on January 9, 2010 [3 favorites]

Can someone please make a Symphony of History of Science with James Burke autotuned?
posted by benzenedream at 10:41 PM on January 9, 2010 [3 favorites]

I liked the 1st SoS video, but they're sort of loosing their originality (to me).

And yeah, like benzenedream said ...
posted by Relay at 11:10 PM on January 9, 2010

I have seen David Attenborough autotuned. My life is complete.
posted by Jon_Evil at 11:38 PM on January 9, 2010

I love these, and they just add evidence to my hypothesis that everything in life would be made better if it was autotuned.
posted by selenized at 11:43 PM on January 9, 2010

Okay, there's now enough of these songs and videos that I think we can all get together, drop some e and get all huggy and kissy with each other with these videos playing on giant screens surrounding us and our glowsticks.

or did we already do that on Big Gay Tuesday?
posted by WolfDaddy at 11:56 PM on January 9, 2010 [1 favorite]

Honestly, I think these are getting even better with each one, more developed and complex. I still love A Glorious Dawn, but the other two are amazing, this new one particularly. And if you haven't check out some of the remixes! Those are really nifty! I really particularly am liking the Triobelisk remix.
posted by strixus at 4:08 AM on January 10, 2010

Beautiful!!!
posted by njbradburn at 4:56 AM on January 10, 2010

Carl Sagan came to my 3rd grade class to present his book "Dragons of Eden". To 8 year olds. He was awesome that way. (Plus, his son Nick was in the class).
I consider my not being a scientist just based on that day a personal character flaw.
posted by signal at 5:32 AM on January 10, 2010 [3 favorites]

these make me so happy. There's something infectious, especially about Sagan's absolute enthusiasm and love for what he's talking about.
posted by kalimac at 5:48 AM on January 10, 2010

New Symphony of Science song!!!!!!

That makes me want to grab people in the street and say, "HAVE YOU HEARD THIS?"
posted by Ian A.T. at 6:33 AM on January 10, 2010 [3 favorites]

... drop some e and get all huggy and kissy with each other with these videos playing on giant screens surrounding us and our glowsticks.

At Burning Man.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 7:27 AM on January 10, 2010

Just when you thought Sagan couldn't get any cooler you find out that autotuned he sounds a lot like Kermit the Frog.
posted by Muddler at 10:36 AM on January 10, 2010

I love these, and they just add evidence to my hypothesis that everything in life would be made better if it was autotuned.

I hope you still feel that way when the autotuned creditors and telemarketers start calling.
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:32 PM on January 10, 2010

I really love these (as is obvious from my posting the first one on the blue). I think the awe and beauty they express is a side of science that everyone needs to see.

Still, I think they have been declining in quality a bit. This last one is the only one that I didn't listen to dozens of times in the first day it came out.
posted by Earl the Polliwog at 12:46 AM on January 11, 2010