https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/ Ben's Songs - Dreamwidth Studios Sun, 02 Jul 2023 18:47:33 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios bn_songbook community https://v2.dreamwidth.org/14040894/3652610 https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/74431.html Sun, 02 Jul 2023 18:47:33 GMT https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/74431.html Posted by: <span lj:user='bnewman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>bnewman</b></a></span><br /><br />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.<br /><br />In my version, it's inspired loosely by the account, in James Gleick's book <em>Chaos</em>, 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.<br /><br /><div>lyrics by Benjamin Newman</div><div>ttto: &quot;Never Ever Getting Back Together&quot; by Taylor Swift</div><div>&nbsp;</div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/14whgAFQqsecsOvoQgdEuRHjww6z-LrM9/view?usp=share_link">listen to this song</a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/74431.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bn_songbook&ditemid=74431" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/74431.html topic_physics audio_posted tune_pop_rock public bnewman 1 https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/47062.html Wed, 29 Jul 2020 02:17:02 GMT https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/47062.html Posted by: <span lj:user='bnewman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>bnewman</b></a></span><br /><br />I got the chorus of the source song stuck in my head, and this was the only way to get it out.<br /><br /><div>lyrics by Benjamin Newman</div><div>ttto: &quot;Brighter than the Sun&quot; (chorus) by Colbie Caillat and Ryan Tedder</div><div><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ng8EIjUSq3LUtGiSL1ymNoMreQHthTVz/view?usp=sharing">listen to this song</a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/47062.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bn_songbook&ditemid=47062" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/47062.html topic_physics topic_space audio_posted tune_pop_rock public bnewman 0 https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/24589.html Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:08:04 GMT https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/24589.html Posted by: <span lj:user='bnewman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>bnewman</b></a></span><br /><br /><div>A somewhat kinky song about the physics of simple machines.<br /><br />lyrics by Benjamin Newman</div><div>ttto: &quot;Take Advantage of Me&quot; by Seanan McGuire</div><div>&nbsp;</div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HZqg62i42_GaWIQzuZ_O_Uy_Ht2YDXPb/view?usp=sharing">listen to this song</a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/24589.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bn_songbook&ditemid=24589" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/24589.html audio_posted tune_filk topic_physics public bnewman 0 https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/20046.html Sun, 12 Jul 2020 21:40:30 GMT https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/20046.html Posted by: <span lj:user='bnewman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>bnewman</b></a></span><br /><br />A love song for the Sun and an eccentric comet &mdash; this one won't be coming back.<br /><br />lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman<br /><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ckqeqIinyz7R52nDELydYIduFMguZMdd/view?usp=sharing">listen to this song</a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/20046.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bn_songbook&ditemid=20046" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/20046.html topic_space tune_original audio_posted topic_physics topic_love public bnewman 0 https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/12314.html Sun, 12 Jul 2020 16:47:36 GMT https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/12314.html Posted by: <span lj:user='bnewman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>bnewman</b></a></span><br /><br /><div>lyrics by Benjamin Newman</div><div>ttto: &quot;The Colors of the Wind&quot; from Disney's <em>Pocahontas</em> by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/12314.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bn_songbook&ditemid=12314" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/12314.html topic_physics audio_none tune_showtunes public bnewman 0 https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/1475.html Tue, 23 Jun 2020 00:56:45 GMT https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/1475.html Posted by: <span lj:user='bnewman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>bnewman</b></a></span><br /><br />Written for the Confluence 2005 song contest, with the prompts &quot;arpeggio&quot;, &quot;prism&quot;, and &quot;On Top of Old Smokey&quot;.<br /><br />lyrics by Benjamin Newman<br />ttto: &quot;On Top of Old Smokey&quot;, trad. American<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/1475.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bn_songbook&ditemid=1475" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/1475.html audio_none topic_physics tune_folk_trad public bnewman 0