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Sep 10, 2008

Being a list of songs relating to the switching on of the LHC

Because every pivotal scientific moment needs a soundtrack.

  1. Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
  2. Ray of Light – Madonna
  3. Supermassive Black Hole – Muse
  4. It’s the end of the world as we know it (I feel fine) – R.E.M
  5. You spin me round (like a record) – Dead or Alive (et al)
  6. Songs from the black hole EP – Weezer
  7. The tunnel song – trad
  8. Intergalactic Proton Song – Family Guy
  9. Lazer Beam – Super Furry Animals
  10. Quark, Strangeness & Charm – Hawkwind
  11. Dark Matter – Johnny Berliner
  12. Supercollider – Fountains of Wayne
  13. Until the End of the World – U2
  14. 2 Atoms in a Molecule – Noah and the Whale

(in progress – add your suggestions in the comments)

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  1. sarah says:
    September 10, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    Have you seen the LHC rap? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
    Marvellous…..

  2. Adrian says:
    September 10, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    Probably wouldn’t be out of place to have

    Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys

  3. Adrian says:
    September 10, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    oh yeah and

    Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker would be perfect.

  4. Clair says:
    September 10, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    I’m thinking “Beautiful Collision” by Bic Runga

  5. Cliff says:
    September 10, 2008 at 9:55 pm

    Atomic by Blondie

    and just for fun –
    Physic-al by Olivia Neutron John

  6. Meg says:
    September 10, 2008 at 11:27 pm

    All good!

    Also, “Crash” – The Primitives?

  7. Alexander says:
    September 11, 2008 at 10:44 am

    Definitely. And why not also
    Particle Man – They Might Be Giants
    Accelerate – R.E.M.

  8. chrislunch says:
    September 11, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    Perfect Circle – REM
    There aint half been some clever bastards – Ian Dury

    Einstein can’t be classed as witless.
    He claimed atoms were the littlest.
    When you did a bit of splitting-em-ness
    Frighten everybody shitless

  9. gord says:
    September 11, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    This is the end …. the Doors

  10. u07ch says:
    September 11, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    particle man , they might be giants

  11. Claire says:
    September 12, 2008 at 11:06 am

    Landscape – Einstein a-go-go
    Europe – The Final Countdown
    Terrorvision – Oblivion
    Wham – The Edge of Heaven
    The Fresh Pince and Jazzy Jeff – Boom! Shake the room

    and, for the 80s nuclear explosion fear video:

    Ultravox – Dancing with Tears in my Eyes

  12. cyclops79 says:
    September 13, 2008 at 8:30 am

    I’m sure there’s plenty of options to choose from in the vast collection of sci-fi titles from Man or Astro-Man

  13. halincoh says:
    September 14, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    I was bummed because a couple of you beat me to PARTICLE man, bit I think I’ve trumped everyone. I decided to do a search on iTunes for “boson, not thinking I’d fine anything. But ta-dah, I found a jazz artist. So with no further ado I give you:

    Big technology by the artist , I kid you not, Higgs Boson!!!

  14. hotphysicsboy says:
    September 14, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    On 09.10.08 sarah said:

    Have you seen the LHC rap? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
    Marvellous…..

    OMG friggin’ hilarious. totally made my sunday morning.

  15. killyosaur says:
    September 14, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    I’ve mentioned this on a similarly themed thread, and I’ll mention it here:
    “Supertheory of Supereverything” – Gogol Bordellos

  16. News From Around The Blogosphere 9.14.08 « Skepacabra says:
    September 15, 2008 at 6:32 am

    [...] Being a list of songs relating to the switching on of the LHC – The Large Hadron Collider gets its own soundtrack. [...]

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