# Geeky/Nerdy Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221 "2009-01-07T14:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/1 "2009-01-07T14:15:09Z")
I’m trying to put together a compilation of geeky/nerdy songs, and I need your help… Please no (_not that there’s anything wrong with these, I’m just looking for the less immediately obvious suggestions_): [ul] [li]Weird Al[/li][li]Tom Lehrer[/li][li]Weezer[/li][li]They Might Be Giants[/li][li]Ozma[/li][/ul] If it isn’t clear why your suggestion has geek/nerd appeal, please post a brief explanation of why you recommend it. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/2 "2009-01-07T14:22:05Z")
Try Dr. Steel’s Fibonacci Sequence. ---
**Author:** ![happ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@happ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happ)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/3 "2009-01-07T14:23:17Z")
Pretty much anything on [thefump.com](http://thefump.com) would qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Ruminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Ruminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruminator)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/4 "2009-01-07T14:25:04Z")
My favorite anthem and magnum opus for geeks: Thomas Dolby – [She Blinded Me With Science](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o) ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/5 "2009-01-07T14:27:46Z")
[Marin Call](http://www.myspace.com/mariancall) makes nerdy songs. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/6 "2009-01-07T14:31:22Z")
The Reverse Engineers - Mercury in Retrograde How about Rush? Are you already familiar with their catalog? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/7 "2009-01-07T14:38:30Z")
[Jonathan Coulton](http://www.jonathancoulton.com/) has a ton of wonderfully nerdy songs, “Code Monkey” being my personal favorite. Scroll through his mp3 section and you’ll see why I’m recommending him. The titles alone should convince you. 🙂 I mean, a song called “Mandelbrot Set”?? [Flight of the Conchords](http://www.conchords.co.nz/) do some funny stuff too. You can see their stuff on YouTube - “Business Time” and “The Humans Are Dead” are awesome. ETA: You can also look into [MC Frontalot](http://frontalot.com/index.php/), and all the other “nerdcore” rappers. Not my thing, but should definitely qualify for what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/8 "2009-01-07T14:38:40Z")
> [@Trocisp](#): > > [Marin Call](http://www.myspace.com/mariancall) makes nerdy songs. Playing it now. Excellent - My compilation could do with some female presence! Like Thomas Dolby too (though I prefer ‘Hyperactive’). Dr Steel will fit on there as well. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/9 "2009-01-07T14:39:28Z")
Kate Bush - Pi (from the Aerial album). ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/10 "2009-01-07T14:43:32Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > [Jonathan Coulton](http://www.jonathancoulton.com/) has a ton of wonderfully nerdy songs, “Code Monkey” being my personal favorite. This song caused me to laugh out loud in the office :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/11 "2009-01-07T14:52:32Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > ETA: You can also look into [MC Frontalot](http://frontalot.com/index.php/), and all the other “nerdcore” rappers. Not my thing, but should definitely qualify for what you’re looking for. On that note, [MC Lars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Lars) is awesome. Just look at the geeky song titles: [ul] [li]“Download This Song” [/li][li]“The Roommate from Hell” (rap battle between MC Lars and a nerdy Satan)[/li][li]“21 Concepts” (features samples from Tetris)[/li][li]“Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock”[/li][li]“Ahab”[/li][li]“iGeneration”[/li][li]“If I Had a Time Machine, That Would Be Fresh”[/li][li]“Internet Relationships”[/li][li]“Space Game” (MC Lars pines for hottie sci-fi women)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/12 "2009-01-07T14:54:02Z")
Early **Barenaked Ladies** (see “Grade 9” and “New Kid” from _Gordon_) has a lot of geekiness to it. Less so after their first album but it still pops up now and then. Same thing w/ **Moxy Fruvous** (listen to “King of Spain”)… very geeky with their \*Bargainville \*album but then less so with later releases. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/13 "2009-01-07T14:56:33Z")
MC Lars - iGeneration There is a whole host of songs by artists called “MC Frontalot” and “MC Hawking” that are grouped into a genre called “nerdcore”. Generally it’s a hip-hop type of Music, but Front has a lot of jazz influence on his backing music. I’m a fan of the pr0n song by Frontalot, for sheer geeky angst. eta: beaten to the punch. Curse my needing to log in! ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/14 "2009-01-07T15:00:54Z")
Wow, keep the suggestions coming. When I put the compilation together I’ll post the track-listing. Loving Jonathan Coulton, especially. As I’m a biologist, ‘That Spells DNA’ is a front-runner to be track 1. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/15 "2009-01-07T15:09:56Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > [Jonathan Coulton](http://www.jonathancoulton.com/) has a ton of wonderfully nerdy songs, “Code Monkey” being my personal favorite. You beat me to it. “Code Monkey” is brilliant. [Moxy Früvous](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxy_Fr%C3%BCvous); start with _My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors_, _Green Eggs and Ham_, and _Entropy_. Songs from **Animaniacs** , particularly _Yakko’s World_ and _Wakko’s America_. [Uncle Bonsai](http://www.unclebonsai.com/); start with _Cheerleaders on Drugs_, _Lois Lane_, _Isaac’s Lament_, the Doug songs, and others. [God Monkey Robot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53VpNgpt3QA), (video link) by **The Apparitions**. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/16 "2009-01-07T15:13:37Z")
What could be more nerdy than a song about a particle accelerator? [https://www.msu.edu/~mcalpin9/lhc\_rap/largehadron.html](https://www.msu.edu/~mcalpin9/lhc_rap/largehadron.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/17 "2009-01-07T15:25:37Z")
How funny. Code Monkey’s been my morning earworm today. Great song. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/18 "2009-01-07T15:30:15Z")
There’s always the old favorite: \*[It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus\*](http://www.panix.com/~felicia/biopoem.html). Unfortunately the only version I know is Sam Hinton’s. I know you can get the album via Folkways, but I have no idea where you could go to listen to the whole track. Then I’d also suggest _[Dawson’s Christian](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3fIu2OdWn8)_. Songs about space ships are geeky. Songs about ghosts are geeky. Songs that combine the two are über-geeky. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/19 "2009-01-07T15:32:51Z")
I highly recommend [Schaffer The Darklord](http://www.myspace.com/schafferthedarklord) as another nerdcore artist. I see he’s got a remix of “Nerd Lust” on his MySpace page…the original is better but, eh 🙂 Also check out my buddy Brent at [Nerd Punk](http://nerdpunk.com/). You can download most of his songs for free. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-nerdy-songs/480221/20 "2009-01-07T15:35:24Z")
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