Geek Rock!

[squeequeg]

So I'm thinking about putting together a Geek Rock cd sometime, and I'd like some suggestions.

At the moment, I'm defining geek rock as:
- songs that in themselves are inherently geeky ("Homecomputer," "Mandelbrot Set," Always the First to Die")
- songs that refer to or are tied to geeky media ("The Pants Song," "Obey the Fist!", theme from The Tick)
- songs that confer a geeky mood ("Birdhouse in Your Soul," "Turntable TV")

I'm having the most trouble with the last category, as it's a very vague one.

Any ideas as to what should go on this? Anyone interested in a copy?

Comments

[magdalene1.livejournal.com]

I want a copy, and "I wish I had an evil twin" by the Magnetic Fields is a strong contender.

[coraline]

i want a copy!

a list i came up with a while back:

kraftwerk               pocket calculator
kate bush               experiment IV
ron laskey              molecular chapergroans
                        little phosphates
animaniacs              the planets
                        parts of the brain
TMBG                    the sun is a mass
                        dinner bell
                        triangle man
                        mammals
moxy fruvous            entropy
                        mitosis waltz
tribe                   supercollider
broadside electric      ampere's law
tom lehrer              new math
schoolhouse rock        little 12 toes
david bowie             space oddity
thomas dolby            she blinded me with science
honest bob              organism
boiled in lead          microorganism
warren zevon            run straight down
oingo boingo            weird science
timbuk3                 the future's so bright, i gotta wear shades

specifically space-related

moxy fruvous            you will go to the moon
                        laika
david bowie             space oddity
elton john              rocket man
queen                   time dilation song
monty python            the galaxy song
REM                     man on the moon
smashing pumpkins       spaceboy

pick and choose as you will :)
(and if you need to hear any of these...)

[ellinor.livejournal.com]

ooh! me! me!

In the First:
She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby
The Sun and James K. Polk by TMBG (although it would be easy to just come up with a whole album of TMBG, and whilt hat may be fun it's not what you're looking for)
I'm Just a Bill by Deluxx folk Implosion
Go Ahead And Split, Mr. Amoeba Man, by Betty
Quick by Eddie From Ohio (another gread band for this)
My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors by Moxy Fruvous (ditto)

In the third category, A few come to mind (althoughI'm not sure whether this is exactly what you're looking for)
If I Had a Million Dollars by BNL;
"lvis is Everywhere by Mojo Nixon;
Coffee, by Jim's Big Ego;
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything Song;
Frontier Psychiartist by The Avalanches;

On a sort of diffuse note, "The Sweater" and "Home Ec" by Meryn Caddell seem to fit, and yet . . . I don't know. If you don't have them, I can send.

This is so much more fun than work.
:)

[ellinor.livejournal.com]

great list!
:)

[cincodemaygirl.livejournal.com]

tom lehrer's periodic table song

[minyan.livejournal.com]

Mee to! Me too!

The Elements, Tom Lehrer
Dweeb, Drew Bunting
Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Tears for Fears (may just be association; it's the theme to Real Geniuses)
This Is Me in Grade Nine, Baby, BNL
Find the River, REM (It's the only song I've ever heard with bergamont and miniver in the lyrics.)
Shot Heard Round the World, Ween (on Schoolhouse Rock)
In the Garage, Wheezer (includes six-sided dice)
Peter Paul & Mary's cover of Puff the Magic Dragon
Beam me Up Scotty, Tom Rush
Star Trekkin' across the Universe - Sanj, help! Google's let me down on this one.
Title of the Song, Da Vinci's Notebook (They also have one called Internet porn that I haven't heard...)
Speaking of, The Internet is for Porn, Avenue Q
Also from above: Schadenfreude
Fine, Fine Line
and my favorite...
What Do You Do with a BA in English!
The Streak, Ray Stevens
Y-O-D-A Yoda! and The Saga Begins, Weird Al

Much, much more fun than working!

[minyan.livejournal.com]

Christine Lavin has a song about Pluto - Planet X; the lyrics are cool, but I can't get it to play on my computer *g*

[kmunson779.livejournal.com]

Peter Paul & Mary's cover of Puff the Magic Dragon
Isn't PP&M the original?? and other guys are covering them?? (sorry, I'm a big PP&M freak, 'cause my dad is too).

I like "Banditos" by the Refreshments for geekitude (Picard and stupid people!)

[minyan.livejournal.com]

Maybe they are - I guess I assumed Puff was an older song than that, but why not. I mostly remember Paul's intro to it. The dragon is a large mythological beast with five separate and therefore quite distinct nostrils and a monstrous... scale. And thousands of tiny legs?

Oh, and there's the Philosopher's Song too, Monty Python.
And Normal's Just a Setting on the Washing Machine, Bernice Lewis.
And maybe in the third category, Waiting for Gilligan, Vance Gilbert.

Hey a movie! Hey it's gonna be terrific, starring everbody (and me!)

[ellinor.livejournal.com]

I just realized that the Jim's Big Ego song is actually called Stress. You'd think I'd know that. It's only like pretty much my theme song, you know?
;)

[cmprince.livejournal.com]

Yay Seatbelts!

[anacrucis.livejournal.com]

i recommend freezepop (http://www.freezepop.net/main.html).

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

Minsc's Baldurs Gate song
The Techno Remix of the Hamsterdance
Queen--Flash Gordon
The TV theme to Blackadder

[shimonrura.livejournal.com]

Good god, you really found something that resonates with this LJ community! I'd love to see your final playlist.

suggestions:
anything by Tom Lehrer (not really rock, perhaps)
"It's all about the Pentiums" by Weird Al

I've always thought "Space Oddity" by David Bowie had a geeky feel.

I have many of the suggested songs in my mp3 collection. Email me if you'd like access to the secret location...