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21st April 2012, 08:25 AM
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The best Skeptical Songs?
I figure this might be fun:
Skeptical Songs Please share a song (ideally one found on YouTube) which reveals a skeptical attitude, or somehow features the "skeptic ethos". To better explain, I'll get the party started: "Cosmik Debris" by the immortal Frank Zappa
Since not everyone loves the Zappa as much as me, here's another example that I'm pretty sure everyone loves: "Superstition" by the awe-inspiring Stevie Wonder
Hopefully the "writings on the wall" and y'all can see what I'm going for. Let's boogie. |
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21st April 2012, 09:09 AM
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Monty Python "Universe/galaxy song"
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21st April 2012, 10:50 AM
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Stripped, Raped and Strangled by Cannibal Corpse.
Not much in the way of fairytale thinking here. A man goes on a murdering spree in which he rapes, kills and rapes lots of women, gets away with it and has no fear of cosmic justice catching up with him. It'll make a sweet campfire song at one of Dawking's Quest Camps, no doubt. 
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21st April 2012, 10:12 PM
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George Hrab has a song title "Think for yourself"
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21st April 2012, 10:16 PM
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Logical song by Supertramp
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21st April 2012, 10:23 PM
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Great thread topic. I'm surprised I haven't thought about this topic for my own lyrics. The closest I ever got was a song about being stardust ala Sagan.
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21st April 2012, 10:29 PM
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Tim Minchin - "Storm".
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21st April 2012, 10:46 PM
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Can't beat Tim Minchin.
Still, "Truth is Out of Style":
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21st April 2012, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Axiom_Blade
And equally, Tim Minchin's "If you open your mind too much your brain will fall out": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXybQeRL74c
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21st April 2012, 11:16 PM
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+1 for Storm.
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A couple good ones concerning god.
Superstition is a great one. If I may play devil's advocate, here's another great Wonder track which is not so skeptical:
He's got some amazing music, although I lost interest in his work (for the most part) after 1980. |
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21st April 2012, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Reivax
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Originally Posted by Okie skeptic
Originally Posted by MG1962
Originally Posted by gabeygoat
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22nd April 2012, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by jimtron
Use this syntax: HTML Code:
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22nd April 2012, 04:46 PM
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Don Henley's "They Ain't Here And They Ain't Coming."
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22nd April 2012, 07:33 PM
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22nd April 2012, 07:49 PM
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Free Will by Rush.
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22nd April 2012, 09:42 PM
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Not a song, but I really like the Stephen Wright joke, "Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand."
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22nd April 2012, 11:16 PM
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Maybe not exactly skeptical song but it is about science.
Sound of science http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TZkKylFHDo |
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22nd April 2012, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by zaphod2016
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23rd April 2012, 03:26 AM
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The Axis of Awesome do a song called 'What would Jesus Do?'
Apologies if it's been mentioned already. Mor votes for Mr Minchin. 'Peace Anthem for Palestine' probably doesn't fit the bill, but makes me laugh. |
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23rd April 2012, 06:19 AM
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Two off the last Rush album, Snakes & Arrows.
Faithless
I've got my own moral compass to steer by A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky And all the preaching voices - Empty vessels ring so loud As they move among the crowd Fools and thieves are well disguised In the temple and market place Like a stone in the river Against the floods of spring I will quietly resist Like the willows in the wind Or the cliffs along the ocean I will quietly resist I don't have faith in faith I don't believe in belief You can call me faithless I still cling to hope And I believe in love And that's faith enough for me I've got my own spirit level for balance To tell if my choice is leaning up or down And all the shouting voices Try to throw me off my course Some by sermon, some by force Fools and thieves are dangerous In the temple and market place Like a forest bows to winter Beneath the deep white silence I will quietly resist Like a flower in the desert That only blooms at night I will quietly resist The Way The Wind Blows
Now it's come to this It's like we're back in the Dark Ages From the Middle East to the Middle West It's a world of superstition Now it's come to this Wide-eyed armies of the faithful From the Middle East to the Middle West Pray, and pass the ammunition So many people think that way You gotta watch what you say To them and them, and others too Who don't seem to see to things the way you do We can only grow the way the wind blows on a bare and weathered shore We can only bow to the here and now In our elemental war We can only go the way the wind blows We can only bow to the here and now Or be broken down blow by blow Now it's come to this Hollow speeches of mass deception From the Middle East to the Middle West Like crusaders in a holy alliance Now it's come to this Like we're back in the dark ages From the Middle East to the Middle West It's a plague that resists all science It seems to leave them partly blind And they leave no child behind While evil spirits haunt their sleep While shepherds bless and count their sheep Like the solitary pine On a bare wind blasted shore We can only grow the way the wind blows |
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It looks just like a Telefunken U47... You'll love it. |
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23rd April 2012, 07:06 AM
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Lionel Ritchie - Hello
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23rd April 2012, 07:14 AM
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They Might Be Giants also have an entire album dedicated to songs about science called Here Comes Science.
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Damn you all to hell by Peter Pan Speedrock.
Language is NSFW.
And, see signature. |
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27th April 2012, 06:19 AM
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Everybody Knows, Leonard Cohen
And of course, Yago's Credo
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To a conspiracy theorist, having double standards just means that they have twice as many standards. carlitos |
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27th April 2012, 12:18 PM
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The God that Failed by Metallica. It's about the failures of faith healing, inspired by Hetfield's mother's death from cancer and her refusal to get medical treatment because "God will take care of it."
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27th April 2012, 05:14 PM
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Tom Lehrer
Vatican Rag: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f72CTDe4-0 Sociology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX5II...eature=related |
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27th April 2012, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by crimresearch
The first several dozen times I heard it, I thought that the Black Keys' "Gold on the Ceiling" was anti-religious. I was imagining some commentary on ornate churches and hearing "ain't no GOD in my house." "Gold On The Ceiling"
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27th April 2012, 05:57 PM
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I really like the orchestrated version of The Fence by Tim Minchin.
http://grooveshark.com/s/The+Fence/3WMH9A?src=5 False dichotomies! |
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27th April 2012, 06:00 PM
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...but not JUST a LibraryLady
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Imagine, John Lennon
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What would Hüsker Dü? I am still not a political person, but I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about. Mildred Loving |
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Don't forget the brilliant MC Hawking. He's basically this guy who decided to answer the question that nobody had asked: what would it be like if Stephen Hawking were a gangsta rapper?
 Definitely NSFW.Entropy:
Best line: "The earth's not a closed system' it's powered by the sun, so f**k the damn creationists, Doomsday get my gun!" What We Need More of Is Science:
And yes, Stephen Hawking has heard of him, and approves. 
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