From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 18:31:35 MDT
Hi all,
My a capella trio, Three Blue Fish (go look us up on mp3.com!), is
performing on ABC radio on Tuesday night. It's a broadcast from the local
Planetarium (Plane'arium?), with a night/star theme.
We've been asked to do a couple of songs which are thematically consistent,
and light. For one of these, Jodie (my wife and our composer) has put
together a beautiful new 3-part arrangement of twinkle twinkle little star.
It's quite short though, so I came up with the idea that we could sing it
through twice, with a kind of exposition about stars in the middle.
I could probably write this, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the list
can do a lot better (this means you!).
This is where a bit of extropian content can leak in. Here are the lyrics
for those who grew up on an asteroid:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
The lyrics ponder the nature of a star. However, it strikes me that these
days we have a pretty damned clear idea of what stars actually are. Given
that we are singing at the planetarium, who vetoed the idea that they bring
in astrologers for part of the show (yes!), I'd really like to do them
justice by bringing a touch of the age of science to this piece.
So what I'm looking for is some verse which talks about the reality of
stars, chuck in some fun cosmology ponderings or transhumanist content,
whatever takes your fancy. While it needs to be poetic, it doesn't
necessarily need to fit the original melody, even rhythmically; this section
can be musically unrelated to the original. As long as it scans nicely
somehow.
I reserve the right to merge different responses together, or ignore them if
they really suck (!), or modify them. However, I'm more than prepared to
give the author credit for the lyrics on air, and of course an on-going
partial ownership of the song (a quick hint though; you wont make any money
out of this :-). I'll even record the finished product and put it online
for everyone to listen to.
So please help me out; let's spread the memes in a time otherwise marked by
regression into superstition, ignorance and fear.
Emlyn
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