From: Randy Smith (randysmith101@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 25 2000 - 23:16:17 MDT
>From: "Stirling Westrup" <sti@cam.org>
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.com
>To: extropians@extropy.com
>Subject: Re: should Extropianism have an Anthem?
>Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:58:33 EST
>
>Emlyn (pentacle) wrote:
>
> > Surely the anthem has already been written...
>...
> > Fame
> > I'm gonna live forever
> > Light up the sky like a flame (fame)
> > I'm gonna make it to heaven
> > So baby remember my name
> > Remember remember remember remember
>
>
Yeah, that's a good one, but for an Extropian anthem, there is only one
transhumanist musical group, AFAIK, and that would be Kraftwerk.
There are 2 musicians in Kraftwerk, and they BOTH play synthesizer.
Here is an illustrative URL:
http://www.textalk.se/~rikard/
And here are some excerpts of some of the lyrics from some of their many
albums:
disc.]
THE MAN MACHINE Capitol CDP 7 46039-2 ??
[
COMPUTERWORLD Warner Brothers WS 60789-2 ??
COMPUTERWORLD Warner Brothers 0 3549-2 ??
COMPUTERWORLD Elektra 9 3549-2 ??
[
) Intermission (0.15) The Voice of Energy (0.54)
Radioactivity (6.44) Airwaves (4.53) News (1.31) Antenna (3.45)
Radioland (part 1) (1.30) Transistor (2.15) Radio Stars (3.38)
Ohm Sweet Ohm (5.40) Uranium (1.24)
Turn the dials with your hand
Till you find the short wave band
Electronic music sounds from Radioland
We are turning dials of the Radio
We are hearing the sound of transmission
By pressing a button fast
We reach the short wave band
After fine tuning by hand
We are listening to the Morse band
Electronic sound from Radioland
Airwaves
When airwaves swing
Distant voices sing
The Voice Of Energy
This is the Voice of Energy
I am a giant electrical generator
I supply you with light and power
And I enable you to receive Speech,
Music and Image through the Ether
I am your servant and lord at the same time
Therefore guard me well
Me, the genius of Energy)
[R A D I O A C T I V I T Y ]
Radioactivity
Is in the air for you and me
Radioactivity
Discovered by Madame Curie
Radioactivity
Tune in to the melody
Radioactivity
Is in the air for you and me
Morse:
Radioactivity is in the air for you and me
Radioactivity discovered by madame curie
Radioactivity tune in to the ... Kraftwerk
Translation
Turn the dials with your hand
Till you find the short wave band
Electronic music sounds from Radioland
We are turning dials of the Radio
We are hearing the sound of transmission
By pressing a button fast
We reach the short wave band
After fine tuning by hand
We are listening to the Morse band
Electronic sound from Radioland
Airwaves
When airwaves swing
Distant voices sing
Wenn Wellen schwingen
Ferne Stimmen singen
The Voice Of Energy
Hier spricht die Stimme der Energie
Ich bin ein riesiger elektrischer Generator
Ich liefere Ihnen Licht und Kraft
Und ermoegliche es Ihnen Sprache, Musik und Bild
Durch den Aether auszusenden und zu empfangen
Ich bin Ihr Diener und Ihr Herr zugleich
Deshalb huetet mich gut
Mich, den Genius der Energie
Translation
This is the Voice of Energy
I am a giant electrical generator
I supply you with light and power
And I enable you to receive Speech,
Music and Image through the Ether
I am your servant and lord at the same time
Therefore guard me well
Me, the genius of Energy)
Antenna
I'm the Antenna
Catching vibration
You're the transmitter
Give information!
Wir richten Antennen ins Firmament
Empfaengen die Tone die Niemand kennt
I'm the transmitter
I give information
You're the antenna
Catching vibration
Es Strahlen die Sender Bild Ton und Wort
Elektromagnetisch an jeden Ort
I'm the Antenna
Catching vibration
You're the transmitter
Give information!
Radio Sender und Hoerer sind wir
Spielen im Aether das Wellenklavier
[repeat to fade]
I'm the antenna catching vibration
You're the transmitter give information
I'm the transmitter I give information
You're the antenna catching vibration
Heim Computer
[repeat]
I program my home computer
Beam myself into the future
It's More Fun To Compute
[repeat]
It's more fun to compute
Computer World
Computer World
The Man Machine
The Robots
We're charging our battery
And now we're full of energy
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots
We're functioning automatic
And we are dancing mechanic
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots
Ja tvoi sluga, (I'm your slave)
ja tvoi Rabotnik (I'm your worker.)
we are programmed just to do
anything you want us to
we are the robots
we are the robots
we are the robots
we are the robots
we're functioning automatic
and we are dancing mechanic
we are the robots
we are the robots
we are the robots
we are the robots
Ja tvoi sluga, (I'm your slave)
ja tvoi Rabotnik (I'm your worker.)
Ja tvoi sluga, (I'm your slave)
ja tvoi Rabotnik (I'm your worker.)
Pocket Calculator
I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
I am adding and subtracting
I'm controlling and composing
I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
I am adding and subtracting
I'm controlling and composing
By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody
By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody
I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
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