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Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Symphony of Science)

melodysheep · Youtube · 11 HN points · 10 HN comments
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MP3: http://www.symphonyofscience.com

My own musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present: A Glorious Dawn - Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Stephen Hawking's Universe series.

RIP Dr. Sagan, you will be missed!!

This song is now out on 7" vinyl through Jack White and friends at Third Man Records! Check it out here:
http://store.thirdmanrecords.com/carlsagan.aspx

And is now available on iTunes as well (Search for A Glorious Dawn)

Enjoy :)

-melodysheep
@musicalscience

Lyrics:

[Sagan]
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch
You must first invent the universe

Space is filled with a network of wormholes
You might emerge somewhere else in space
Some when-else in time

The sky calls to us
If we do not destroy ourselves
We will one day venture to the stars

A still more glorious dawn awaits
Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise
A morning filled with 400 billion suns
The rising of the milky way

The Cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths
Of exquisite interrelationships
Of the awesome machinery of nature

I believe our future depends powerfully
On how well we understand this cosmos
In which we float like a mote of dust
In the morning sky

But the brain does much more than just recollect
It inter-compares, it synthesizes, it analyzes
it generates abstractions

The simplest thought like the concept of the number one
Has an elaborate logical underpinning
The brain has its own language
For testing the structure and consistency of the world

[Hawking]
For thousands of years
People have wondered about the universe
Did it stretch out forever
Or was there a limit

From the big bang to black holes
From dark matter to a possible big crunch
Our image of the universe today
Is full of strange sounding ideas

[Sagan}
How lucky we are to live in this time
The first moment in human history
When we are in fact visiting other worlds

The surface of the earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean
Recently we've waded a little way out
And the water seems inviting

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Required song after saying 'from scratch': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe" Carl Sagan (as in the Cosmos remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc)
If you liked this, you'll probably also like MelodySheep's Symphony of Science series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

iamjeff
This brought me to tears, literally... There is a beauty to the words that is hard to describe other than to say it gives "meaning" (for lack of a better word) to life on this rock.
jimmaswell
Another good video is Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PN5JJDh78I&feature=youtu.be
Should've used one of these as background music :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

insider03
These would have totally rocked!
Feb 08, 2015 · 1 points, 0 comments · submitted by billconan
I noticed a similar phenomenon, but I'd distinguish 3 different kinds:

1. As a child (and still as an adult) I sometimes get this tingling sensation in my scalp when someone does something very mundane (e. g. when I watch the barber cutting my hair). I definitely have to be in the mood for that. So, this scalp sensation comes mostly when I see and observe something. Sometimes, it also comes when someone tells a story in a soft voice. My father could trigger that when I was a child.

2. Some music just gives me the chills. This tingling sensation is mostly "goosebumps down my neck and spine", less in my scalp. I found that "Brutal Dubstep Drops" never fail to cause it quite strongly and fast. E. g. this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQU9RFTR_84 (edit2: this never gets old and almost always works, how weird. If you listen to it, listen at least the first 1:30 minutes)

3. If someone touches my neck or back and uses fingernails to stroke me very softly. I get goosebumps and my body doesn't get used to it for 15-20 minutes if done right.

I guess 2+3 are different from ASMR, but I definitely experienced it. Quite enjoyable.

Edit: Also this video, as cheesy as it might be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc&list=PLFC4EE4355...

I think, for me, it has something to do with fascination, mix of repetitiveness and variation, and a relaxed state of the person I observe.

ryukafalz
#2 is a separate sensation called frisson:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisson

Jan 26, 2014 · 1 points, 0 comments · submitted by mcenedella
May 02, 2011 · 2 points, 0 comments · submitted by quizbiz
Sep 17, 2010 · 1 points, 0 comments · submitted by jaybol
Sep 17, 2010 · hartror on Around the Solar System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M For those who haven't had the joy yet.

Also you if you're a Carl Sagan fan you want to watch this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

jeebusroxors
For those in the US hulu should have the entire Cosmos series.
Sep 25, 2009 · 6 points, 0 comments · submitted by camccann
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