CERN Choir Sings "The Particle Physicists' Song" (Video Link)CERN -- the European Center for Nuclear Research -- has a choir. Here's their performance of "The Particle Physicists' Song", set to the tune of a Flanders and Swann song.via GearFuse | Flanders and Swann Information Comments (5) Newest 5 Newest 5 Comments Awesome! Thanks for posting this. Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.) Thanks, soubriquet. Fixed now. Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.) The tune is by Flanders and Swann, it's The Hippopotamus, although the words are obviously a new version.Rolf Harris singing the Hippopotamus song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFUQasY3stA Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.) So far as I know, Flanders and Swann never wrote any song about particle physics. However, they did write a song about a hippopotamus, the music being used in the Cern choir's song, and lyrics written by Danuta Orlowska of Cern.The Hippopotamus song is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0WPwFD9is&feature=related Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.) Wasn't this song featured on Gilmore Girls? Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.) Login to comment. Click here to view up to the first 100 of this post's 5 comments
The tune is by Flanders and Swann, it's The Hippopotamus, although the words are obviously a new version.Rolf Harris singing the Hippopotamus song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFUQasY3stA Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
So far as I know, Flanders and Swann never wrote any song about particle physics. However, they did write a song about a hippopotamus, the music being used in the Cern choir's song, and lyrics written by Danuta Orlowska of Cern.The Hippopotamus song is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0WPwFD9is&feature=related Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
Rolf Harris singing the Hippopotamus song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFUQasY3stA
However, they did write a song about a hippopotamus, the music being used in the Cern choir's song, and lyrics written by Danuta Orlowska of Cern.
The Hippopotamus song is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0WPwFD9is&feature=related