Large Hadron Rap


Rappin' about CERN's Large Hadron Collider! Links below...Apparently YouTube fixed the sound! Still, Will Barras made two options trying to get around the original problems:
Other YouTube:http://...
Vimeo: http://... is downloadable if you log in.

There has been a lot of interest in the original mp3, lyrics, and vocals for remixing. You can find all that here:
https://www.msu.edu/~mcalpin9/lhc_rap/largehadron.html

There's also been interest in translation. You can get a subtitle-free version from Vimeo here (downloadable):
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With backing track available here (with and without Hawking-style voice):
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Go ahead and translate, rap it, and post it! Just give us a shout-out, and it's probably a good idea to include the following credits ;-)

Images came from:
particlephysics.ac.uk, space.com, the Institute of Physics, NASA, Symmetry, and Marvel

I forgot Einstein Online, and they called me out: http://...

And I forgot Physics World (dunno what I was thinking when I put together the extra dimensions bit). Steve Abelset me to rights (but made no demands): http://...

The talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN's.

Will Barras is responsible for the killa beats:
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And thanks to MC Hawking, who first thought of using computer-voice to bring Stephen Hawking to the world of rap :-)
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The rapper has a day job (we agree this is a good thing) as a science writer.
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They'll have a lot of data to sort. 15 million GB per year, actually.Want to get involved and donate your computer's downtime? Try LHC@home:
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Channel: Tech
Uploaded: July 28, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Author: alpinekat

Length: 00:04:49
Rating: 4.82
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Video Comments:
uberhax1337 (December 2, 2008 at 4:51 pm)
I think that the only way for the LHC to be made into a weapon is to make what I call the VLHC (the Very Large Hadron Collider), which would have the same principle, only the VLHC would have to circle the whole Earth, while instead of colliding lead ions, it collides something like bowling balls, but that's just what I think would be cool, no reason behind it.
ytmoog (December 2, 2008 at 4:42 pm)
when protons collide it makes a vary small explosion. With very little energy involved.14 TeV couldn't light a bulb.
pawlopascual (December 2, 2008 at 8:07 am)
wow, a hot scientist rapper. I'm in love!!!!!!!!
lombakazi (December 2, 2008 at 7:51 am)
of course not :) i am chemist and i am also interested ;)

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