{"id":7235,"date":"2011-01-26T03:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=7235"},"modified":"2011-01-26T03:00:28","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T08:00:28","slug":"impossible-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/7235","title":{"rendered":"Impossible Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That post about <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/7226\">Science on the Simpsons<\/a> made me think about science in music.  More specifically, science that&#8217;s wrong in song.  This is actual problematic physics, not some mention of fantasy or fiction, in which the rules of science might not apply.  Here are a few I can think of off the top of my iPod:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Creedence Clearwater Revival,  Up Around the Bend<\/p>\n<p><em>You can ponder perpetual motion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>OK, so <em>pondering<\/em> perpetual motion may not be impossible, but is ultimately fruitless<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson Starship,  Girl With the Hungry Eyes<\/p>\n<p><em>I like to move at the speed of light<br \/>\nAlbert says I can&#8217;t, but I can<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>B-52s, Planet Claire<\/p>\n<p><em>She drove a Plymouth Satellite<br \/>\nFaster than the speed of light<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Barenaked Ladies, It&#8217;s All Been Done<\/p>\n<p>The whole song is about immortality<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A  Google search shows there are a lot of lyrics using speed of light as a literary device, like &#8220;living at the speed of light,&#8221; but I don&#8217;t think those count.  But I did find this one:<\/p>\n<p>Coldplay, Speed of Sound<\/p>\n<p><em>Look up, I look up at night,<br \/>\nPlanets are moving at the speed of light.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to add more in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That post about Science on the Simpsons made me think about science in music. More specifically, science that&#8217;s wrong in song. This is actual problematic physics, not some mention of fantasy or fiction, in which the rules of science might &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/7235\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}