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7 responses so far ↓
Penn76 // July 15, 2008 at 11:27 pm |
Love the blog! Good analysis, interesting read.
sevensevendy // August 11, 2008 at 9:32 am |
Organic Chem…sung to the tune of Breakfast At Tiffany’s by Deep Blue Something
You say, “What these two atoms have in common
Is this shared pair of electrons
To keep them from falling apart.”
You say, “A bond is formed between them –
A covalent bond connects them –
Now I wonder where I learned that.”
CHORUS:
And I said, “What about Organic Chemistry?”
She said, “I think I remember the class,
And, as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it.”
And I said, “Well, I can tell that you passed.”
“I see,” she said. “So we’ve got this carbon compound
Of unknown chemical structure
With an unknown set of bonds.”
“These bonds,” she said — “if you want to detect them,
you should take an IR spectrum.
I once had a lab like that.”
CHORUS
You say, “What these two atoms have in common
Is this shared pair of electrons
To keep them from falling apart.”
You say, “A bond is formed between them –
A covalent bond connects them –
Now I wonder where I learned that.”
jken // March 10, 2009 at 7:47 am |
I assure you, I only ask out of interest… do you analyse lyrics for yourself or others? I am studying english, and sometimes I want them to stop telling me what the poetry means and explaining metahpors- sometimes I think that things- like poems and songs- are best left to the individual to interpret… what do you think? On the other hand, I found this website by trying to understand what bon iver means by “kumran”, so maybe I’m being a hypocrite, haha.
aowrya // May 5, 2009 at 11:55 pm |
Just wanted to say that I also found this website by searching for Bon Iver’s “kumran” (and immediately learned I’m not the only one) haha. Anyway, interesting blog. Bookmarked. :)
sharikay // May 26, 2009 at 10:37 am |
wow! @jken & aowrya. Your is the same reason I’m looking more into lyrics than usual for a song–because of Bon Iver’s re: stacks. In addition to wanting to know the meaning of kumran, I am also very curious about his variations on the back/rack/stacks lines.
Great website!
sharikay // May 26, 2009 at 10:38 am |
to moderator: oops, meant to say “Yours is the same reason…”
Kath // October 22, 2009 at 7:12 am |
Ha! Seems lots of us ended up here searching for the meaning of Bon Iver’s “kumran”… me too :-)
So thank you for the explanation. I love that song and your interpretation has given it depth.