Tim Blais had to clone himself to record this song.
(Credit: Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET)
I dare you to listen to “Bohemian Gravity,” a rewritten version of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” without throwing in a little head-banging action. While you’re rocking out, you just might learn a little something about string theory.
“Bohemian Gravity” is an a capella take on Queen’s famous song redone with physics lyrics. It’s all by one man: Tim Blais, a physics graduate student at McGill University in Canada. One of his hobbies is recording science-y cover versions of popular songs.
Here’s a lyrics selection to get you in the mood: “Space is a pure void. Why should it be stringy? Because it’s quantum not classical. Nonrenormalizable. Any way you quantize. You’ll encounter infinity. You see.” Freddie Mercury would have loved this.
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Part of what makes this version spectacular, besides the lyrics, is that Blais had to multi-track himself to create the layers of vocals needed for the song. The video shows him tackling all the parts a… [Read more]
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