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Carl Sagan - "A Glorious Dawn" Featuring Stephen Hawking - Symphony of Science
Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed) from Levo75 on Vimeo.
"The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise. In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival. I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we understand this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky."
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos (1980)
Lyrics:[Sagan]
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch
You must first invent the universeSpace is filled with a network of wormholes
You might emerge somewhere else in space
Some when-else in timeThe sky calls to us
If we do not destroy ourselves
We will one day venture to the starsA still more glorious dawn awaits
Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise
A morning filled with 400 billion suns
The rising of the milky wayThe Cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths
Of exquisite interrelationships
Of the awesome machinery of natureI believe our future depends powerfully
On how well we understand this cosmos
In which we float like a mote of dust
In the morning skyBut the brain does much more than just recollect
It inter-compares, it synthesizes, it analyzes
it generates abstractionsThe simplest thought like the concept of the number one
Has an elaborate logical underpinning
The brain has it's own language
For testing the structure and consistency of the world[Hawking]
For thousands of years
People have wondered about the universe
Did it stretch out forever
Or was there a limitFrom the big bang to black holes
From dark matter to a possible big crunch
Our image of the universe today
Is full of strange sounding ideas[Sagan}
How lucky we are to live in this time
The first moment in human history
When we are in fact visiting other worldsThe surface of the earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean
Recently we've waded a little way out
And the water seems inviting
---------------------------------------Watch Cosmos for free on Hulu:
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"For the first time, we have the power to decide the fate of our planet and ourselves. This is a time of great danger, but our species is young, and curious, and brave. It shows much promise."
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos (1980)
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos (1980)
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Tenacious D - The Pick Of Destiny Ending (Spoiler)
"To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs." - Sri Aurobindo (born 15 August 1872), also Independence Day of India (15 August 1947)
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Leonard Cohen - Bird On A Wire (1972)
"I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
it's just that I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too.
Like a baby, stillborn,
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry no more. It's over now, it's over babe, don't cry no more. I say don't cry, don't cry, don't cry anymore. It's over. It's finished. It's completed. It has been paid for.
Oh like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free."
The Kinks - Lola (Top Of The Pops)
"I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [LP version:
Coca-Cola]
C-O-L-A cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a DARK BROWN voice she said Lola
L-O-L-A Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said little boy won't you come home with me
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Well I looked at her and she at me
Well that's the way that I want it to stay
And I'll always want it to be that way for my Lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Well I'd left home just a week before
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said little boy I'm gonna make you a man
Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and IN BED I'm a man
And so is Lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo Lola l-lo-lo-lo Lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola"
The Sopranos - The Kinks - Living On A Thin Line
"All the stories have been told
Of kings and days of old,
But there's no England now.
All the wars that were won and lost
Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore.
All the lies we were told,
All the lies of the people running round,
Their castles have burned.
Now I see change,
But inside we're the same as we ever were.
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Living this way, each day is a dream.
What am I, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Now another century nearly gone,
What are we gonna leave for the young?
What we couldn't do, what we wouldn't do,
It's a crime, but does it matter?
Does it matter much, does it matter much to you?
Does it ever really matter?
Yes, it really, really matters.
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Now another leader says
Break their hearts and break some heads.
Is there nothing we can say or do?
Blame the future on the past,
Always lost in blood and guts.
And when they're gone, it's me and you.
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line."
Mike Oldfield - Pictures In The Dark
"The voice of the individual artist may seem perhaps of no more consequence than the whirring of a cricket in the grass, but the arts do live continuously, and they live literally by faith; their names and their shapes and their uses and their basic meanings survive unchanged in all that matters through times of interruption, diminishment, neglect; they outlive governments and creeds and the societies, even the very civilization that produced them. They cannot be destroyed altogether because they represent the substance of faith and the only reality. They are what we find again when the ruins are cleared away." - Katherine Anne Porter
"Follow the light that glows
Through your bedroom window.
Tonight, tonight, the fading twilight.
There's a hollow deep in the woods
Where you know you're crazy
To go, to go, not even meant to know
There are...
Pictures in the dark, I see all around.
Voices calling underground
And I'm watching the stars since the
World was found.
One, two, three.
[ Chorus ]
Pictures in the dark, I see
Morpheus comes to me.
Pictures in the dark, I see.
Aurora sets you free.
And in the deepest dark
You come to a maze in.
The night, the night, the fading twilight.
And you shiver the glistening path
Where you know you're crazy
To go, to go, not even meant to know.
There are...
Pictures in the dark, I see all around.
Voices calling underground
And I'm watching the stars since the
World was found.
One, two, three.
Lost in my dreams.
This night will never end.
You can only fly in your dreams.
Midnight will be your friend.
Drift away on starlight beams.
Clocks are ticking the night away.
You can only fly until dawn ascends.
[ Repeat Chorus ]
The moon shines starlight beams
And you'll be flying in your dreams.
[ Repeat Chorus ]
The moon shines starlight beams
And you'll be flying in your dreams."
Ringo Starr - The Concert For Bangladesh - It Don't Come Easy [HD] - Joshua Oakley - Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination Beauty
"Wait until the world is free before you write a creed.
In this creed there will be but one word — Liberty."
- Robert G. Ingersoll
Monday, August 9, 2010
John Lennon - Stand By Me
"When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
So darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh, stand, Stand by me, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
All the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh, stand now, Stand by me, stand by me
Darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me.
Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me, oh now now stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me
Darlin', darlin', stand by me-e, stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me"
Posted via email from Joshua Oakley - Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination Beauty
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Mike Oldfield - Pictures In The Dark
"Follow the light that glows
Through your bedroom window.
Tonight, tonight, the fading twilight.
There's a hollow deep in the woods
Where you know you're crazy
To go, to go, not even meant to know
There are...
Pictures in the dark, I see all around.
Voices calling underground
And I'm watching the stars since the
World was found.
One, two, three.
[ Chorus ]
Pictures in the dark, I see
Morpheus comes to me.
Pictures in the dark, I see.
Aurora sets you free.
And in the deepest dark
You come to a maze in.
The night, the night, the fading twilight.
And you shiver the glistening path
Where you know you're crazy
To go, to go, not even meant to know.
There are...
Pictures in the dark, I see all around.
Voices calling underground
And I'm watching the stars since the
World was found.
One, two, three.
Lost in my dreams.
This night will never end.
You can only fly in your dreams.
Midnight will be your friend.
Drift away on starlight beams.
Clocks are ticking the night away.
You can only fly until dawn ascends.
[ Repeat Chorus ]
The moon shines starlight beams
And you'll be flying in your dreams.
[ Repeat Chorus ]
The moon shines starlight beams
And you'll be flying in your dreams."
Posted via email from Joshua Oakley - Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination Beauty
John Lennon - Instant Karma
"Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead
What in the world you thinking of
Laughing in the face of love
What on earth you tryin' to do
It's up to you, yeah you
Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna look you right in the face
Better get yourself together darlin'
Join the human race
How in the world you gonna see
Laughin' at fools like me
Who on earth d'you think you are
A super star
Well, right you are
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Ev'ryone come on
Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brothers
Ev'ryone you meet
Why in the world are we here
Surely not to live in pain and fear
Why on earth are you there
When you're ev'rywhere
Come and get your share
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
Come on and on and on on on
Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
On and on and on on and on
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun"
Posted via email from Joshua Oakley - Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination Beauty
Queen - Live At Wembley - Part 01 (01/14)
"Tis true, my form is something odd
but blaming me, is blaming God.
Could I create myself anew
I would not fail in pleasing you."
- Joseph Merrick
"(God works in mysterious ways)
(I had a dream..)
Hey!
One man one goal Har! one mission.
One heart one soul just one solution
One flash of light yeah one god one vision
One flesh one bone
One true religion
One voice one hope
One real decision
Wowowowow gimme one vision
Eh!
No wrong no right
I'm gonna tell you there's no black and no white
No blood no stain
All we need is one world wide vision
One flesh one bone
One true religion
One race one hope
One real decision
Wowowowow oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah!
I had a dream
When I was young
A dream of sweet illusion
A glimpse of hope and unity
And visions of one sweet union
But a cold wind blows
And a dark rain falls
And in my heart it shows
Look what they've done to my dreeeeaaam...yeah!
One vision
So give me your hands
Give me your hearts
I'm ready
There's only one direction
One world one nation
Yeah one vision
No hate no fight
Just exultation
All through the night
It's a celebration
Wowowowow yeah
One one one one...
One vision...
(hey!)
One flesh one bone
One true religion
One voice one hope
One real decision
Gimme one light, yeah
Gimme one hope, hey
Just gimme, ah
One man one man
One bar one night
One day hey hey
Just gimme gimme gimme gimme
Fried chicken
Vision...vision..."
Posted via email from Joshua Oakley - Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination Beauty
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Queen - Live Aid - Part 3 (3/5)
"I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You've brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses no pleasure cruise
and I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
That I ain't gonna lose
And I need to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fightin' till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the world"
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