Now, if I may digress momentarily from the main stream of this evenings symposium, I'd like to sing a song which is completely pointless but is something which I picked up during my career as a scientist. This may prove useful to some of you some day perhaps, in a somewhat bizarre set of circumstances. It's simply the names of the chemical elements set to a possibly recognizable tune.
There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,
And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium,
And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium,
And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium,
Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium,
And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium,
And gold and protactinium and indium and gallium,
And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium.
There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium,
And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium,
And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium,
And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium.
Isn't that interesting?
I knew you would.
I hope you're all taking notes, because there's going to be a short quiz next period.
There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium,
And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium,
And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium,
Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium.
And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium,
Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium,
And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium,
And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium.
There's sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium,
And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium,
And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc, and rhodium,
And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin, and sodium.
These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard,
And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered.
Now, may I have the next slide please?
Got carried away there.
Calle 13 No hay nadie como tu
En el mundo hay gente bruta y astuta,
hay vírgenes y prostitutas,
ricos pobres clase media,
cosas bonitas y un par de tragedias,
Hay personas gordas medianas y flacas,
caballos, gallinas, ovejas y vacas,
hay muchos animales con mucha gente,
personas cuerdas y locos de mente.
En el mundo hay mentiras y falsedades,
hechos, verdades y casualidades,
hay mentalidades horizontales,
verticales y diagonales.
Derrotas y fracasos accidentales,
medallas, trofeos y copas mundiales,
en el mundo hay vitaminas y proteínas,
marihuana, éxtasis y cocaína.
Hay arboles, ramas, hojas y flores,
hay muchas montañas de colores,
en el mundo hay decisiones divididas,
entradas, salidas, debut, despedidas,
Hay inocentes, hay homicidas,
hay muchas bocas, y poca comida,
hay gobernantes y presidentes,
hay agua fría y agua caliente.
En el mundo hay micrófonos,
y altoparlantes,
hay seis mil millones de habitantes,
hay gente ordinaria y gente elegante,
pero pero pero...
No hay nadie como tu,
no hay nadie como tu mi amor,
no hay nadie como tu.
no hay nadie como tu,
no hay nadie como tu mi amor,
no hay nadie como tu.
En el mundo siempre se mueve la tierra,
hay tanques de oxigeno y tanques de guerra,
si el sol y la luna nos dan energía,
se duerme de noche, y se vive de día.
Hay gente que rectifica lo que dice,
hay mucha gente que se contradice,
hay algarrobas y algas marinas,
hay vegetarianos y carnicerías.
Hay tragos amargos y golosinas,
hay enfermedades y medicinas,
hay bolsillos llenos, carteras vacías,
hay mas ladrones que policías.
Hay religiones, hay ateísmo,
hay capitalismo, y comunismo,
aunque nos parecemos no somos los mismos,
porque porque...
no hay nadie como tu
no hay nadie como tu mi amor
no hay nadie como tu
como tu
no hay nadie como tu
no hay nadie como tu mi amor
no hay nadie como tu
como tu
En el mundo existen muy buenas ideas,
hay don quijotes y dulcineas,
hay sexo en el baño, sexo en la cama,
sexo sin ropa, sexo en piyama.
Hay cosas reales y melodramas,
hay laberintos y crucigramas,
hay chiste en llamadas que nadie contesta,
hay muchas preguntas y pocas respuestas.
Hay gente valiente, gente con miedo,
gente que el mundo no le importa un bledo,
gente parada, gente sentada,
gente soñando y gente despertando.
Hay gente que nace, gente que muere,
hay gente que odia, y gente que quiere,
en este mundo hay mucha gente
pero pero pero....
No hay nadie como tu,
no hay nadie como tu mi amor,
no hay nadie como tu...
Animales (Bob Dylan / versión Los Parchis)
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal that liked to growl
Big furry paws and he liked to howl
Great big furry back and furry hair
"Ah, think I'll call it a bear".
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal up on a hill
Chewing up so much grass until she was filled
He saw milk coming out but he didn't know how
"Ah, think I'll call it a cow".
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal that liked to snort
Horns on his head and they weren't too short
It looked like there wasn't nothing that he couldn't pull
"Ah, I'll think I'll call it a bull".
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal leaving a muddy trail
Real dirty face and a curly tail
He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big
"Ah, think I'll call it a pig".
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
Next animal that he did meet
Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet
Eating grass on a mountainside so steep
"Ah, think I'll call it a sheep".
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal as smooth as glass
Slithering his way through the grass
Saw him dissappear by a tree near a lake .....
Leonard Cohen: Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Juan Antonio Canta // El viudo del submarino
El viudo del submarino (Juan Antonio)
Mi novia se fue en un barco
En la segunda guerra mundial
Y un submarino de hitler
Mandó ese barco al fondo del mar.
Mi novia era bonita
El barco era español
Por un error de distancia
Rodolfo hitler me destrozó.
Nunca he podido olvidarla
Mi novia era fenomenal
Siempre que pelo una gamba
Recuerdo su forma de besar
Y cuando pelo un centollo
Langosta o langostino
Me acuerdo de que soy viudo.
Yo soy el viudo del submarino.
Y en el fondo del mar tengo yo
Una novia en silencio
Y un poquito de pescaito frito
Me trae su recuerdo
Le pregunto a todas las almejas
Si alguna la ha visto
Es mi pena más larga que la barba de jesucristo
Y cuando llega el verano me voy
A llorar hasta fuengirola
Soy un preso que tiene la bola
En el fondo del mar
Corre ven alma de na'
Sabes que no quiero na'
Más que ver a mi novia volver
Del fondo del mar.
Estudio cartografía
E hice la mili como hombre-rana
Y sé más nombres de peces
Que el dueño de una pescadería
Me enrolé el el calipso
Me ha adoptado jaques cousteau
Y cuando bajó al abismo
Su batiscafo
Dentro iba yo.
Nunca he podido ovidarla
Tal vez ya sea sólo coral
Tal vez alguna ballena
La haya cubierto de gris ámbar
Que las mantas la arropen
Que las estrellas la alumbren
Que sean los equinodermos
Dulces y tiernos
Como es costumbre.
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Calle intergalactica, nos interesa lo que sale después del minuto 3:45
Lou Reed: take a walk on the wild side
Holly came from Miami FLA
Hitch-hiked her way across the USA.
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her leg and then he was a she
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
Said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
Candy came from out on the island,
In the backroom she was everybody's darling,
But she never lost her head
Even when she was given head
She said, hey baby, take a walk on the wild side
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
And the coloured girls go, doo doo doo, doo ...
Little Joe never once gave it away
Everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here and a hustle there
New York city is the place where they said:
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I Said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side
Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo
You should have seen him go go go
They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
Jackie is just speeding away
Thought she was James Dean for a day
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that dash
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
And the coloured girls say doo doo doo, doo ...
Traducción de Albert Pla
Spinetta: Resumen Porteño
Ricky está listo
(listo del bocho)
y encima le tocó Marina
y para zafarse
solo toma pastillas
y ya no toca un libro
y no quiere que le digan nada
Y es que Ricky se va
solo, sin hablar
pero se va
par de pilas nuevas,
para el walkman
y un boleto en micro,
hacia Río
y un cassette de días
Agueda baila
baila y se cae
y no adelgaza nunca
los psicoanalistas,
la están usando
y dicen que ya no hay caso ya
será por su mejilla verde?
y esto siempre se da
nadie vibrará
su desconsuelo
solo está feliz en los conciertos
y siempre se lo llevan detenida
como a un ángel
y en el infierno inflacionario
y entre los líderes del mundo
tu corazón se abrirá (tal vez)
Cacho está muerto (muerto de risa)
y ya no siente nada
él va con su caña
y con su portátil
y arma con el alba
no sé si habrá de enloquecerse
o es que así quedará
aunque se disuelva el horizonte
pero la verdad,
es que da impresión,
ver los blancos peces,
en un nylon
cuando en realidad es tan temprano
usualmente: solo flotan cuerpos
a esta hora.
Maria Elena Walsh: Canción de tomar el te
Tomi: Los chicos del ciclo independiente
