This stuff is FAR!
Desde que he escuchado esta canción en el blog de Phil Plait, no logro quitármela de la cabeza. La canción es FAR interpretada por Geroge Hrab. Aquí se puede encontrar la letra (que copio después del vídeo) y el archivo como mp3 (que ya he descargado y pasado a mi iPod). Una fantástica manera de celebrar el año internacional de la astronomía. Vídeo a continuación:
You ponder the universe and a look comes ‘cross your face
You try to fathom distances of all the stuff in space
But you can’t wrap the bacon of your mind around the fig
Of all the terms required to describe how big is big
So let me get specific, and use words scientific
Go whip out your thesaurus, for this exacting chorus
This stuff is far, [it's really far] this stuff is far far far away
We’re talkin’ far, [like über far] you can’t get there by car in a day
It’s super duper crazy far but not just pulsars quasars and stars
I mean it’s far, far, far, if there’s some doubt listen to us shout [THIS STUFF IS FAR]
I sense all the explosions going off inside your brain
As your mind gets blown by what I just did explain
Sorry if my words might drive you all insane
But that’s what happens when precision is your middle name
So with an exacting factor, like some sextant or protractor
Using details quite semantic, I’ll show how huge is this gigantic
CHORUS
…far too big to explain in any concise ways,
it might just have to take 365 days
I hope that I have offered up some technical assistance
And haven’t caused your ticker too much ventrical resistance
But you have got to listen and trust my insistence
That I am very accurately describing the distance
CHORUS
