Because every pivotal scientific moment needs a soundtrack.
- Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
- Ray of Light - Madonna
- Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
- It’s the end of the world as we know it (I feel fine) - R.E.M
- You spin me round (like a record) - Dead or Alive (et al)
- Songs from the black hole EP - Weezer
- The tunnel song - trad
- Intergalactic Proton Song - Family Guy
- Lazer Beam - Super Furry Animals
- Quark, Strangeness & Charm - Hawkwind
- Dark Matter - Johnny Berliner
- Supercollider - Fountains of Wayne
- Until the End of the World - U2
- 2 Atoms in a Molecule - Noah and the Whale
(in progress - add your suggestions in the comments)
Have you seen the LHC rap? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
Marvellous…..
Probably wouldn’t be out of place to have
Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys
oh yeah and
Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker would be perfect.
I’m thinking “Beautiful Collision” by Bic Runga
Atomic by Blondie
and just for fun -
Physic-al by Olivia Neutron John
All good!
Also, “Crash” - The Primitives?
Definitely. And why not also
Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
Accelerate - R.E.M.
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
This is the end …. the Doors
particle man , they might be giants
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
I’m sure there’s plenty of options to choose from in the vast collection of sci-fi titles from Man or Astro-Man
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!!!
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.
I’ve mentioned this on a similarly themed thread, and I’ll mention it here:
“Supertheory of Supereverything” - Gogol Bordellos
[…] Being a list of songs relating to the switching on of the LHC - The Large Hadron Collider gets its own soundtrack. […]