Haa! Ok, thanks. I see everything now. I was just to hype and excited to pay proper attention.
I know that Sagan’s voice really is built for this thing, but my favorite parts are definitely Nye and deGrasse.
Nye almost seems to have chosen words and phrasing that are catchy as hell, as if he knows someone will be making a hot song with his words!
ETA: Boyo Jim, I am all over getting my hands on that book. Thanks.
I had seen Glorious Dawn before, and that’s still my favorite. But thanks for sharing this one, it’s beautiful.
Agreed, Glorious Dawn is the best one.
I can’t get the similarity to Autotune the News out of my head! Makes it hard to appreciate the video seriously. Still, I spent the last hour or more looking up the original clips on youtube, and find them much more moving. This series of Feynman was especially fun–what a brilliant mind…
That’s great, I know what you mean. I’ve played both of them about 20 times.
Day to day life can become so tiresome, not to mention hearing bad news on just about everything; economy, politics, climate, etc. It’s so nice to take a step back and look at the big picture, and let it envelop you. Music has such a direct tap into our emotions, it’s so refreshing to apply it to science and let the profundity of it all wash over your emotions. Too bad it’s not utilized more often.
I don’t, however, have a crush on Carl Sagan. Just respect. 
Thanks for posting the links.
As recently as last week I watched all 13 Cosmos episodes for the first time in my life, and was really taken away by Sagan’s excitement, enthusiasm and joy towards nature and science. He has surely been a great inspiration to many, and continues to do so even after his unfortunate death. I was literally moved to tears at several places of the documentary, and it is very encouraging to hear other posters express a similar feelings here.
Thank you for the link! So joyful!
Sometimes the world seems so heavy and torn with conflict. But then, there are these ideas and discoveries from science that make things seem all new and shiny and full of possibility.
Speaking of joyful, I know it’s been linked to before, but I can’t resist this.
I would assume this one has as well, but the “Where the Hell is Matt?” video is filled with joy for me. I especially like the one moment in India.
I thank you too, cmyk. I thought I’d just listen once or twice but I can’t help coming back again and again.
I’ve often heard people argue that science is just another religion and I’ve always vehemently denied it but I have to admit it can give you a real spiritual feeling (whether or not you think that implies anything supernatural or not.)
I had a short email conversation this weekend with John Boswell, the creator of the Symphony of Science videos. He says he’ll be coming out with a third video in the near future, so keep your eyes on the site.
Man, the warm loving wit mixed with the past tense is just so bittersweet. I got all choked up over those two sentences, imagining your a father out there somewhere writing that with enormous love and affection to his son/daughter, smiling to himself as he penned those words, now indelibly in the past. Those two sentences have almost a William Carlos Williams quality.
Reduced to tears by two sentences- I am such a girly man. In any case, your dad sounds like he was a cool, funny, intelligent guy and loving father, Freckafree.
Thanks a lot for that link! What a guy. Gone, and how times have changed.
Update: There’s a new song, featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, Michio Kaku and Robert Jastrow up on www.symphonyofscience.com
I don’t find it as good as the previous two, though Dawkins’ speech seems to work quite well with the auto-tune software, sounding somewhat more natural.