What song are you listening to right now?

Arka · Post by **Arka** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:14 pm

I hate to showcase my ignorance, but... huh? What song are you talking about, here?

malictus · Post by **malictus** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:32 pm

Surely you jest!!! Have you never been privileged enough to experience Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back????

Required listening for any fan of 80's novelty hits...

blackcat · Post by **blackcat** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:52 pm

If you are not a big fan of old school rap, then you probably have not heard of "Baby Got Back." But, it is a classic. lol.

Potter's version of Baby Got Back wrote:L EIK BIG BOTTOSM AND I CANNOT SEEM TO LIE

ALL YOUR RELITIVES OF THE MALE NATURE SEEM TO NOT BE ABLE TO DENY

Actual lyrics wrote:I like big butts and I cannot lie

You other brothers can't deny...

IxI I skate IxI · Post by **IxI I skate IxI** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:57 pm

Forgotten Tragedy- I Will Not Turn Away

Potter · Post by **Potter** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:39 pm

arka,

http://69.219.72.174:82/music!/Rap/Sir% ... 20buts.mp3

i cant believe youve never gahard thaz

edit: my intarwebz have been doing the wave all day so gg with that link

danc1005 · Post by **danc1005** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:40 pm

I don't think I've ever "gaharded" anything....

-Dan

Arka · Post by **Arka** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:11 pm

Potter wrote:i cant believe youve never gahard thaz

I have also never learned how to ride a bicycle, make a spitball or play the harmonica. I can, however, remember the cubic formula on command. I can't remember *what* I was doing during the 80s (for the most part), but judging by the aforementioned collection of facts it can't have been anything benevolent.

Potter wrote:my intarwebz have been doing the wave all day

This metaphor brought tears to my eyes (and not just because it used the word intarwebz - that brought an entirely different kind of tears to my eyes). Keep 'em coming.

blackcat · Post by **blackcat** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:39 am

Arka wrote:I have also never learned how to ride a bicycle, make a spitball or play the harmonica. I can, however, remember the cubic formula on command. I can't remember *what* I was doing during the 80s (for the most part), but judging by the aforementioned collection of facts it can't have been anything benevolent.

1) I learned how to ride a bike at age 15 and people thought I was weird. So, I know what that feels like.

2) Being a math education major, the cubic formula memorization is impressive. I know the quadratic formula by heart, thanks to a clever little song.

3) I'm listening to Paul McCartney "Yesterday" - *AMAZING SONG*

Arka · Post by **Arka** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:37 pm

2) It's not as impressive as it sounds - I have a very, very strange memory. I'm one of those people who remembers every phone number I've ever learned but forgets who they go to. X-(

At least memorizing the cubic formula is more useful than memorizing several hundred digits of pi... except for the nerd boast value, of course.

Clever little song?

3) Agreed.

FWIW, I'm listening to "Beyond This Silence." I dare any of you to tell me you've heard of that song.

blackcat · Post by **blackcat** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:46 pm

clever little quadratic formula song wrote:x equals negative b, plus or minus radical b squared, minus 4ac *clap clap* all over 2a

It's a lot funnier if you hear it being sung.

As for the song I'm listening to right now....hahaha, in stark contrast to the song I was listening to earlier, I am once again listening to Lady Sovereign, "Random"

danc1005 · Post by **danc1005** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:02 pm

Isn't Lady Sovereign that one British wiggerish little white girl with the annoying voice?

-Dan

Arka · Post by **Arka** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:23 pm

clever little quadratic formula song wrote:x equals negative b, plus or minus radical b squared, minus 4ac *clap clap* all over 2a

This song apparently belongs to the school of mnemonics for which the only way to remember them is to memorize the things they're supposed to help you remember, *then* reconstruct the mnemonics themselves from that.

Curse thee, FOIL, my old nemesis!

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:48 pm

lol i learned it to the iu fight song
negative beee plus or minus the square root offff
b squared minus four a c
over 2 a, we're all for u IU!

Arka · Post by **Arka** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:59 pm

Shouldn't that be

"We're for you, IU, all [-b +- sqrt(b^2-4*a*c)]/[2*a] of us!"

?

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:20 pm

no because that's not how the iu fight song goes