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GodBen (The Magical Astronomer) - 00000011
Started conversation Jan 5, 2004
Great work! I don't usually respond to these things but in this case I think you deserve it. I mean this is just fantastic, all the lyrics to the Galaxy Song. I've been looking for those for ages. It's a pity about all that science getting in the way though. 
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Post 3
Posted Mar 18, 2004
Traveller in Time 
on top
"Congratulations. You are a star hmm, should be mentioned in the song somewhere. "
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Post 4
Posted Mar 18, 2004
great work, danny! 
that's the song from the organ donor sketch, isn't it? (it would never do for my mum to watch that bit - she'd tear up my donor card in a trice 
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Post 5
Posted Mar 18, 2004
Thanks, guys 
Yes, it is the song from the organ donor sketch, with Eric Idle emerging from the fridge wearing a a pink tuxedo 
And my mum has a bit of a thing about organ donation as well...
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Post 8
Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive
Posted Mar 18, 2004
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Post 9
Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs
Posted Mar 18, 2004
It's great! D'you know, this song always reminds me of the Total Perspective Vortex on Frogstar World B from the Restaurant at the end of the Universe.
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Post 10
Posted Mar 18, 2004
Great article, but I need to point something out:
/ PEDANT
nuclear power doesn't owe anything to the sun. The energy comes from splitting heavy atoms such as uranium that were forged in supernovae (and possibly the big bang IIRC) before the solar system even formed.
/ * PEDANT
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Post 11
Posted Mar 18, 2004
Yes... but (he says, thinking rapidly) the fact that those radioactive elements ended up as part of the Earth is due to the process of formation of the planets of the solar system, in which the sun was heavily involved. Or something...
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Post 12
Posted Mar 18, 2004
I didn't know that the lyrics had too much to do with actual measurements! I thought they were just as they are as they sound good...
Justin
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Post 14
Posted Mar 18, 2004
Thanks for everyone's kind comments 
Justin - never underestimate Eric Idle (or any Python, for that matter)!
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Post 18
schrodingers_cat (Am I dead or alive? sometimes even i can't tell)
Posted Mar 18, 2004
Please, Please can anyone tell me where i can get this song?
Its always been a favorite, love to get a copy!
BTW Uranium would not have been formed during the big bang, as conditions were not stable enough for even light atoms to form for a while. But otherwise good point about nuclear energy.
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Post 19
Posted Mar 18, 2004
The song is available on the Meaning of Life soundtrack, and also on the albums "Monty Python Sings" and "The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off". You can probably get these from places such as Amazon.