Ben's Songs

Never Ever Gonna Hack the Weather

2023-07-02T18:47:33Z

Posted by: bnewman

I'll admit, this song happened because I heard Taylor Swift's original on the radio and couldn't get the catchy chorus out of my head.

In my version, it's inspired loosely by the account, in James Gleick's book Chaos, of Edward Lorenz's discovery of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in nonlinear systems, and the realization that this effectively rules out technological weather control. Lorenz was famously soft-spoken, but for this song I've retained Taylor Swift's signature snark.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift

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Brighter than the Sun

2020-07-29T02:17:02Z

Posted by: bnewman

I got the chorus of the source song stuck in my head, and this was the only way to get it out.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "Brighter than the Sun" (chorus) by Colbie Caillat and Ryan Tedder

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Mechanical Advantage

2020-07-16T22:08:04Z

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A somewhat kinky song about the physics of simple machines.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "Take Advantage of Me" by Seanan McGuire

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Hyperbolic Orbit

2020-07-12T21:40:30Z

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A love song for the Sun and an eccentric comet — this one won't be coming back.

lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

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The Flavors of the Quark

2020-07-12T16:47:36Z

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lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "The Colors of the Wind" from Disney's Pocahontas by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

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Arpeggio (Inside of a Prism)

2020-06-23T00:56:45Z

Posted by: bnewman

Written for the Confluence 2005 song contest, with the prompts "arpeggio", "prism", and "On Top of Old Smokey".

lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "On Top of Old Smokey", trad. American

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