Obscure technical stuff in song lyrics - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2013, 10:30:48 am
content: Just listening to Casino Nation by Jackson Browne & heard the lyric :"Out beyond the ethernet the spectrum spreads DC to daylight"Not quite a lyric but somewhere in the background of an Alan Parsons track (can't recall which) are the words "Programmable Interrupt controller"Sort of related - Tom Waits "What's He building in there"Any more...?

author: deephaven
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timestamp: July 08, 2013, 10:43:37 am
content: There's always Kate Bush's 'PI' from her album 'Aerial' where she sings out the value of PI to 91 decimal places.

author: DenzilPenberthy
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timestamp: July 08, 2013, 11:10:47 am
content: 'Entropy' by Bad Religion?

author: johnwa
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timestamp: July 08, 2013, 12:51:47 pm
content: "Television, The Drug Of The Nation" by Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy: "T.V. is it the reflector or the director?"The Datsuns: "Harmonic Generator Intermodulator"Kraftwerk: "Antenna", "Ohm Sweet Ohm", and probably others...Of course, another topic again is music videos with electronics references. There are plenty with oscilloscopes/oscillograms ("Blow Up The Outside World" by Soundgarden (some sort of Tek by the looks of it), "Space Oddity" , etc ). Check out the dodgy kit construction and Funway 2 reference in Custard's "Girls Like That Don't Go For Guys Like Us".There is an animated one in the style of the Silicon Chip cartoons, with desert scenes and cacti made out of resistors, though I can't remember the artist or title. Anyone? I don't know if this was actually done by BJ Ackhurst or not.I am sure there are lots of others that I can't think of at the moment.

author: bilko
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timestamp: July 08, 2013, 12:53:59 pm
content: Todd RundgrenAnd I hate my frickin ISPHe ain't got go bandwidth left for meAnd I'll never get backNever get back the time that I wasteThat's what I hatehttp://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/todd+rundgren/i+hate+my+frickin+isp_20138351.html

author: free_electron
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timestamp: July 08, 2013, 01:26:32 pm
content: Jean michel jarre takes the cake :

author: N2IXK
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timestamp: July 08, 2013, 02:42:23 pm
content: "Vital Signs" by Rush:Quote

author: AlfBaz
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timestamp: July 08, 2013, 03:10:35 pm
content: If we're talking Rush, their album "Signals" and songs "The Analog Kid" and "Digital Man"

author: MacAttak
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timestamp: July 08, 2013, 10:47:17 pm
content: Others that I know of:Poe: "Hello?"QuoteAnd my favorite (Del is awesome)...Del the Funky Homosapien: "Virus"Quote

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2013, 11:22:38 pm
content: Muse has a set of songs about the second law of thermodynamics. I don't like it as much as their other songs (Unsustainable is kinda like dubstep... Eww). The 2nd law: Unsustainable and Isolated system.Unsustainable (contains the most lyrics):QuoteIsolated system (the best one really):

author: marshallh
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timestamp: July 09, 2013, 12:05:23 am
content: BT - Love on Haight Street(1999)Quote

author: Short Circuit
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timestamp: July 09, 2013, 01:28:59 am
content: Daft Punk, TechnologicQuoteStatic X - Electric PulseQuoteVNV Nation - Industrial LoveQuoteQuoteQuote

author: c4757p
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timestamp: July 09, 2013, 02:08:07 am
content: Quote from: Short Circuit on July 09, 2013, 01:28:59 amCheater.

author: free_electron
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timestamp: July 10, 2013, 01:06:54 am
content: The buggles video killed the radio star:Playing the second sympony, rewritten by machine on new technology....ELO Caling americaI'm talking to a satellite, 20000 miles up in the sky each nite.but all i get is -krssggg krr dingeloin-

author: oPossum
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timestamp: July 10, 2013, 02:07:40 am
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on July 08, 2013, 10:30:48 amStereotomy @ 7:15

author: mtdoc
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timestamp: July 10, 2013, 05:46:45 am
content: Not exactly obscure but ya can't miss Monty Python's

author: free_electron
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timestamp: July 10, 2013, 07:04:15 am
content: nobody mentioned Mr Roboto form Styx.MY blood is boiling, My Brain IBM

author: dexters_lab
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timestamp: July 10, 2013, 07:48:20 am
content: I'm surprised i couldn't really find anything in my music collection other than Orbital's Input Out. Which is a skewed loop of the vocal 'Input output translation'I wouldn't be surprised if Moby, or Radiohead might have something but dont know enough of their work.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 10, 2013, 12:00:27 pm
content: Although not necessarily obscure or part of lyrics: AC/DC's High Voltage song...There is a Brazilian musician (Gilberto Gil) that has an entire song about the internet (maximize the screen to see the original and translated lyrics side-by-side)Pela Internet Via InternetCriar meu web site Create my web siteFazer minha home-page Build my home pageCom quantos gigabytes How many gigabytesSe faz uma jangada Can one do ajangadaUm barco que veleje A boat that sailsQue veleje nesse infomar That sails in the info seaQue aproveite a vazante da infomaré That benefits from the ebb of the info tideQue leve um oriki do meu velho orixá That takes anorikiof my oldorixáAo porto de um disquete de um micro em Taipé To the port of a floppy disk of a computer in TaipeiUm barco que veleje nesse infomar A boat that sails in the info seaQue aproveite a vazante da infomaré That benefits from the ebb of the info tideQue leve meu e-mail até Calcutá That takes my e-mail to CalcuttaDepois de um hot-link After a hot linkNum site de Helsinque On a site of HelsinkiPara abastecer To refuelEu quero entrar na rede I want to be part of the netPromover um debate Promote a debateJuntar via Internet Put together via InternetUm grupo de tietes de Connecticut A group of fans of ConnecticutDe Connecticut acessar From Connecticut have accessO chefe da Macmilícia de Milão The boss of the "Mac"militia of MilanUm hacker mafioso acaba de soltar A mobster hacker just releasedUm vírus pra atacar programas no Japão A virus to attack software in JapanEu quero entrar na rede pra contactar I want to get in the net to connectOs lares do Nepal, os bares do Gabão The homes of Nepal, the bars of GabonQue o chefe da polícia carioca avisa pelo celular Thecariocapolice chief tells via cellphoneQue lá na praça Onze tem um videopôquer para se jogar That in the Onze square there is a videopoker to be played