A video of Chumbawumba performing a song about Charles Darwin (via the Guild of Scientific Troubadours and Pharyngula) got me thinking about what other songs about Darwin and evolution exist.
The Mirror.co.uk was thinking along the same lines as me and has an extensive list of songs that Darwin might have put on his iPod on their blog (compiled by Mark Pallen).
So celebrate Darwin's 200th birthday on February 12, 2009 by playing some of these songs:
* Charles Robert Darwin, by Artichoke
This is a great biography of his life (lyrics) (listen)
* Part Man, Part Monkey, by Bruce Springsteen
A song about the Scopes monkey trial (lyrics) (video)
* Dance Like a Monkey, by New York Dolls
The music video is pretty amusing (video)
* Do The Evolution, by Pearl Jam
A song with a darker view of where evolution has taken us (video)
* Hey, Charly, by Suzi Quatro
(video)
* Darwin, by Third Eye Blind
"A chromosome divides, multiply and thrive, and the strong survive" (video of a cover version)
* Line in the Sand, by Motorhead
For fans of metal and evolution (listen)
* Evolution (Use your brain), by My Poor Kevin
I can see this song getting stuck in my head (video)
* Man on the Moon, by R.E.M.
A small lyrical nod to Darwin, "Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask" (video)
And finally not to forget Richard Milner who dresses up as Darwin and sings songs about Darwin and evolution (website).
If I've forgotten a song you know about, post them in the comments!
04 February 2009
Songs about Darwin and Evolution
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2 comments:
This might not be exactly the right spirit, but Devo's "Are We Not Men?" - while explicitly about DE-evolution - does have the memorable bridge: "God made man, but he needed the monkey to do it/Hey, it's the plan, and we're all here to prove it./ I can walk like an ape, talk like an ape, do what monkeys do..../ God made man, but a monkey provided the glue."
I've also recorded a couple of songs recently where Darwin is namedropped, but they're just sort of floating around on the internet rather than being released by record companies.
(Thanks for the mention, by the way!)
I wrote a song in 1991 and rerecorded it in 2008 at Evolution by The Bicycling Guitarist
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