Tim Minchin Brian Cox Galaxy Song with lyrics

I do not own this music nor the video. I added the lyrics to the song by the great duo done at Stargazing Live 2018. This is for Yr10 Science. Our girls will be amazed by our anthropocentric ideology and sing along. Professor Cox, thank you for inspiring the next generation of astronomers in Australia. Tim Minchin, thank you for the music.

[@Georgexb]

This is the purest friendship there is.

[@RicardoDinizPortugal]

Just when you thought you couldn't love/respect/admire Brian any more than you already did.

[@chrishughes3405]

I sing the galaxy song as a lullaby for my daughter.

[@bertusackerman]

I wish I'd thought of that... I stuck to "starry starry night"...at least it's the same discipline... well nearly...

[@almagirimai8931]

You could give her a complex...

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Yeah it's so sweet until that day when she's grown up and you realize she's smarter then you. Lol. Jk.

[@deltanovember1672]

Better than a hymn.

[@1220b]

I sing it for my baby son...

[@uknowispeaksense7056]

There were actually a couple of really good (unintentional I reckon) harmonies in there. Love it.

[@cherrymcgregor535]

Don’t forget that brian cox was in a band before he did this , played keyboard and sang in D:Ream

[@toddstewart5]

Doesn't happen often.....- But right here is at least 1 example of the perfect balance between science and art (or art and science - depending on perspective) .. and how collaboration trumps egotism -for the greater good. More of this for the world please

[@peteabrh-fairest9463]

Professor Brian Cox CBE FRS , a gifted musician and a national treasure when it comes to particle physics.. 🗡️🇬🇧🗡️

[@EthanBorsboom]

this makes me so happy i was just watching monty python and i love brian cox and tim minchin as well

[@ploppysonofploppy6066]

As a dim wit trying to read "A Brief History of Time " I found this song really useful to remember the various facts therein.

[@deltanovember1672]

ploppy son of ploppy Me too.

[@Snyde91]

I read that book, one of the first books I ever read in its entirety. I cannot recall anything at all, not one thing from it.

[@ploppysonofploppy6066]

@@Snyde91 I've got to read bits of it again. That chapter on the uncertainty principle. Not sure about that one at all?

[@loafersheffield]

Bloody hard going innit? After trying to read that there Lawrence Krauss book, A Universe From Nothing, I thought that it would be a doddle.

[@nellewelly]

This is my default song I sing to myself, usually while I’m out walking. I crossed Svalbard on skis earlier this year and probably sang it about 250 times over 10 days.

[@lindaj5492]

Glad it kept the Polar bears away from you!

[@mrcydonia]

Man, the concept of there being 2 trillion galaxies is impossible to truly comprehend.

[@jedistu5323]

That's in the observable Universe only. (As he keeps telling us)

[@staley101]

I got to see this song performed live by Monty Python in London a few years back, bloody amazing.

[@soulsistersam7]

❤No you didn't!!❤

[@staley101]

@@soulsistersam7 oh yes I did, bought a mug & everything.

[@soulsistersam7]

@@staley101 my dearest Mate. (For real, I know you did♥️👍💪) But the proof Dept is down the hall!!! Hey Staley101...Monty Python's Flying Circus was one of my Dads most favourite tv show. He was usually miserable but every Tuesday night at 9.30 -10 pm on BBC 2, MP would start and his rapturous laughter filled the house. If I'd done my chores, sometimes he'd let me watch it with him. Effin phenomenol... Tell that to the folks these days and they won't believe ya.....

[@staley101]

@@soulsistersam7 That they won't!

[@TheMimifur]

A Python classic and a head worm but the friendship here with Tim and Sir Brian Lord of the Galaxy is lovely to see

[@Wimpoman]

This is... my Earth... and I live in it...

[@chrisofnottingham]

now that's a song

[@mads4it555]

I love this!! TIM and BRIAN are both brilliant in this, together. For anyone who doesn't know, or can't remember, the name of the tune is... It's called... THE SAILOR'S HORNPIPE!

[@alee_enn]

I D:Ream of a day when Brian Cox tells us things can only get better. :P

[@deltanovember1672]

Alee Enn That day was in the 1990’s.

[@samsowden]

Minchin-Cox duo has a nice ring to it I must say

[@1969Kismet]

Is there a limit to Brian Cox's many talents or are they just like the universe, constantly expanding?

[@andrewm2399]

What are his many talents exactley?

[@1969Kismet]

@@andrewm2399 He is so good at spelling! You wouldn't believe it.

[@andrewm2399]

@@1969Kismet lol that is impressive all right. Or should I say that the ity gift guy day if. Only a complete moron criticises spelling on you tube.

[@1969Kismet]

@@andrewm2399 Now that's a sure sign of intelligence. Mighty impressive. Of course, you'd know about morons criticising spelling on KZbin.

[@andrewm2399]

@@1969Kismet it's what people do when they have nothing else. They criticise spelling and grammar. Very sad. You know that some of the most intelligent people have been dyslexic.

[@TD71859]

I listen to the galaxy song any time life gets me down, and it always helps

[@doriensutherland8893]

Every time life gets you down? Suggestive of another song .. humm

[@janicecole9465]

Brilliant! Love the Pythons, and Rock Star Cox, lovely cover ❤

[@deltanovember1672]

Janice Cole And Tim!

[@janicecole9465]

Yes of course, and Tim, a brilliant man! X

[@shaynebergwever6268]

Two of my favourite people singing my fav tune, from my favourite Comedy team! Cool😆✌💖

[@sharonmary]

I’m an so happy after watching this. Made my day.

[@thescapegoatclub]

These two together make me so happy!

[@TheClassicWorld]

JOYGASM.

[@Theknobby7]

Brian Cox the wifes mentor your the best and tim minchin you both ought to do this more often its great thankyou

[@deltanovember1672]

Tony Robinson Don’t you have a cunning plan for that..?

[@HeVn7LaO]

I always go back to this just to smile…

[@theeaselrider4032]

Brian Cox might be the smartest human alive right now. When I hear this song, I am reminded of just how clever Eric Idle is. Remember, it's always better to be clever, than smart. Being too smart gets you into trouble. Being clever gets you out of trouble.

[@tomsmith6878]

Brian Cox is not the smartest human alive right now.

[@Codex7777]

What about being, 'too clever by half'? ;) :)

[@boggers]

@@Codex7777 That's where being clever get's you out of trouble so effectively that it starts a whole other kind of trouble.

[@almagirimai8931]

Really? so that's why the whole planet is in so much trouble... well, bring on clever then, because we're in a sh*tload of trouble from being so smart. Thus I totally agree with the last line of the song; absolutely bugger-all intelligence (in the dominant dominator culture at any rate).

[@NotDuncan]

@@almagirimai8931 Yeah humanity is 'too smart' that's the problem, only the exact opposite.

[@kayreeve.author]

I needed that laugh 🤣 I'm wondering why I've never heard this song before, but will definitely be listening again and sharing it with my grandson.

[@BadladTim]

It's from Monty Python's the Meaning of Life film

[@fivish]

@@BadladTim its a classic

[@NoseyNick]

"Going to form a duo" OH HELL YES! DO IT!

[@sporkfindus4777]

I'm so glad that Tim got him to play, even just a little

[@johnmunro4952]

" harmony " ....dogs howling!

[@mrgclark]

My new all-time favourite KZbin video.

[@deltanovember1672]

mrgclark Love it too. What was your previous favourite?

[@mrgclark]

@@deltanovember1672 This, but for entirely different reasons kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKDJep6rr5mCsKs

[@philippawiles5643]

Brilliant! ❤

[@SoldierBoy3848]

I love professor Brian Cox Jesus I remember when he was in blur how times change

[@renejean2523]

lol Blur.

[@SoldierBoy3848]

@@renejean2523 add a t to blur even funnier

[@ReallyGottaTap]

Thank you for giving us the chance to enjoy this. Love it.

[@mmgeigle5728]

You could see how much rage tim had

[@billyjoejimbob3120]

Love it! Brilliant rendition of a Python classic. Thanks, Eric!

[@TheCheshireCat2190]

Brian cox is absolutely amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gwenrees7594]

My heart is warmed

[@tedsmith6137]

Definitely my favourite M.P. song.

[@robyncalder8254]

Enjoyed this live with Briand Robin Ince at Brian's live show Horizons here in Melbourne a week ago.

[@rustycherkas8229]

If you hadn't noticed (in the MP film "Meaning of Life"), the housewife (Terry Jones) brings something with her on her Galactic Tour... A towel... This was years before DNA wrote Hitchhiker's Guide...

[@mrsdiana324]

Love both of.these.guys

[@jamesfoo8999]

I like Brian, nice a scientist has a sense of humour while explaining crazy complex stuff to mortals :D

[@lindarosa7707]

Thank you!

[@jennywilson5812]

Brilliant comic timing.

[@darrenpyper9689]

THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER

[@lesfield7504]

Two genius together 👍🎃

[@ProfittNoel77]

This made my year

[@vvinicius100]

~Harmony-==~ Too good

[@terryperring104]

Missed the unique and gorgeous re-modulation

[@arnesaknussemm2427]

I would just interject and remind everyone that the Universe is actually expanding faster than the speed of light.

[@coolhacker1025]

The commentary on this song made it almost funnier than the actual Python song/performance

[@FadingFires]

This was great.

[@XaurreauX]

Wow, two for one!

[@Wimpoman]

Tim - "Do you know how everyone thinks you're really smart, but I've known you for a lot of years, and everyone also knows you're a brilliant musician? I want you to prove to the audience of Australia how smart you are by playing and singing at the same time." Brian - *Can't.* You really did Brian dirty there, Tim. XD I guess the audience now knows how smart he is and how smart you are in comparison. XD

[@KeithJDavies]

'Billion' vs. 'trillion'... In short scale 'billion' is 1,000,000,000, yes, but in long scale 'billion' is 1,000,000,000,000, which is called 'trillion' in short scale. The Pythons are old enough that even though the Galaxy song was released in 1983, after the UK formally adopted short scale in 1974, 'billion' is a not-unreasonable word to use. #wordnerd

[@aDifferentJT]

But they use short scale billion earlier when they say “Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars”

[@KeithJDavies]

@@aDifferentJT I had to check, but yes, google says 250B +- 150B, so... okay. I'd chalk it up to poetic license, then.

[@vacri54]

Regardless of which scale you're using, "millions of billions" is more than one trillion. Long scale, a million of a billion is a trillion.

[@alvessail4718]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏two genius

[@JanaBuvari]

that was amazing!

[@Scylla2112]

Tim Minchin is probably the smartest man around, Brian Cox ain't far behind.

[@happivaras]

😊😅😂Wonderful ❤❤❤

[@blairribeca5858]

The speed of our solar system as it orbits the Milky Way is nearly 450,000 miles per hour not 40,000(a mere one magnitude error).

[@daremba]

Fanbloodytastic :)

[@suegreenmeadow2345]

Wow

[@justbeenlooking3165]

The lyrics have changed i swear? When he says "in the outer spiral arm" He used to say "in the outer sagatarian spiral arm" Is it just me that has noticed this?

[@BeasleyStreet]

Quality.....

[@sweetsyerra]

So, in an alternate universe somewhere, I'm married to Tim Minchin. A girl can dream. :)

[@user-ke5nw9mm7l]

Pretty soon there will be a corrected sequel to this sequel...Not that it will matter because of the sun. "SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN"- Gabe, the office. Hopefully that show makes it to the next round of civilization and they will figure out how to play it. Also monty python of course!

[@johndray2326]

Just worked that that means there are approx 1.3 moles of stars.

[@FinbarMagee]

cool

[@IronicSonics]

2 to 400 billion is quite the margin

[@JamesScouseGames]

Tha was funny and awesome

[@weirding_123]

In the few keys played on the piano when Brian was walking over I thought Tim was going to play the penis song😂

[@martijndekok]

Now Hawkins can't run him over again, Cox dares to criticize Pythons genius again. LOL

[@sabacapalot]

0:40 2:04

[@DEVILDOGG705]

Doesn't the galaxy bulge to 6 thousand light-years thick and not 16?

[@sebmatthews0781]

HI ST AIDANS

[@PhilRounds]

Good job Brian didn't pick music as a career! :P

[@perishcouncil]

he was in a band in his youth. had a rockin' haircut too

[@KlaudiaSkoczylas-wh2uq]

😂 super

[@markwarne5049]

God made the universe.

[@renejean2523]

There's no evidence any gods exist.

[@markwarne5049]

@@renejean2523 the universe and everything in it is evidence of God just like a car or computer obviously has a maker an couldn't get here by itself.

[@renejean2523]

@@markwarne5049 - Yeah. We *know* who makes the cars and the computers though. We can *prove* it too. We can even go and watch them being made. So that analogy doesn't work, obviously. The truth is that the origin of the universe is currently beyond human knowledge. Regardless of what some people claim their various "gods" once did.

[@BLADE_RISE]

Bullshit.

[@loafersheffield]

Well, that was good! You can start bidding for my liver now. (Real Python fans will get that reference) Well pickled and only one previous owner. Buuuuuuuurp!

[@Pugiron]

slow down

[@RobMacKendrick]

Now I can die.

[@cynthiaestrada8318]

😂❤

[@clairefuzipeg1983]

I love Tim, but I'm not that fond of Brian. Nice to see him being genuine.

[@ragereset2795]

Isn’t millions of billions actually trillions anyway? And since it’s plural, that equates to 2 trillion? So I’m as smart as Brian Cox? No. I’m definitely not.

[@valobrien9596]

Brilliant...but just not as brilliant as the universe! 😊

[@theTommyWaters_]

Are you sure?

[@valobrien9596]

@@theTommyWaters_ I'm fairly sure, though I can't be 100% sure. 🛰️

[@deltanovember1672]

Val O'Brien Did you measure it yourself?

[@valobrien9596]

@@deltanovember1672 No, it's too big for that, immeasurable really. 🌌🌌

[@deltanovember1672]

Val O'Brien It’s just a line from the song. Don’t worry about it.

[@suegreenmeadow2345]

🌏🌎🌍🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌏🌎🌍💌💌💌

[@fourslottoaster65]

The problem is he is ruining a song that was great by correcting it, but the facts were true when written

[@JaniceLHz]

I agree that the estimates of those quantities have changed since the song was written. (The facts - the quantities and rates themselves - have not changed.) I enjoyed this version, with the updated information and humor. I also enjoy the original.

[@kawippel8256]

All they need is to invoke Stephen Hawking.😏

[@potterpotty01]

11 dislikes! How?

[@Wimpoman]

Shit aim.

[@deltanovember1672]

Religionists.

[@timmcc6899]

It would be the creationists that hate Minchin, so they follow in droves just to have their daily dose of their horrendously need to hate a man that couldn't give 2 shits about them.

[@deltanovember1672]

Tim McC Sad but true.

[@davel9514]

@@timmcc6899 Why would creationists hate Tim Minchin? Brian Cox, maybe, but isn't Minchin a comedian? Have I missed something?

[@Simon-390]

😂

[@brewitbear]

Very nice, but Brian Cox was wrong to state the earth's rotation speed is closer to 1000 miles per hour than 900. The composer would have been told that the circumference of the earth is 21600 nautical miles (360 degrees x 60 nautical miles per degree). In 24 hours (approximately) per revolution, that gives 360 x60 / 24 = 900 nautical miles per hour. Using land miles (statute miles, where 1 mile = 1.609344 km) the speed would indeed be about 1000 mph (40000 km / 1.609344 / 24 = 1035.6 mph approx.), but as 'a thousand miles an hour' scans just as well as '900 miles an hour', the composer, or, at least, his adviser, clearly had nautical miles in mind.

[@i-rabbi-t9302]

We are not spinning. Such a simple explanation.

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@i-rabbi-t9302 Simple, yes. Explanation .... no.

[@FoxDren]

Except mi and NM are distinctly different units and you would not say miles when referring to nautical miles. Nor would you use it as a unit of speed when referring to nautical miles but instead would use knots

[@rosscayley8773]

Autism can really get in the way of music appreciation.....

[@brewitbear]

@@FoxDren Good points, but when referring to a distance which is the result of rotation, it makes sense to use the distance specifically created for such action, and not necessarily with qualification. Therefore, 'miles' should be readily understood to be 'nautical miles'. Admittedly, I don't know whether rocket scientists have ever used nautical miles, and, if they have, if they have ever just referred to them simply as miles. But in a song lyric, I am sure that the omission is acceptable. If Brian Cox wants to attack any ambiguity, well and good, although I would still argue that as the speed is not necessarily wrong, the lyric has not been compromised. Also, as the knot is just a shorthand way of saying nautical mile per hour, it does not have to be used all the time, especially when composing a song lyric. The expression '900 miles per hour' is not wrong; it is just longer than '900 knots'. Brevity is not always desirable (although I wish I could achieve it; I probably should simply have said at the start that the song refers to nautical miles per hour.)

[@e.m.b.5090]

YOU ARE BEING PEDANTIC.

[@dkmac549]

It sounds so fake, so it has to be....!

[@reganwales2064]

YUCK!! POISON!!

[@chriskelly3481]

TERRIBLE "harmony"! 😜🤣🤣🤣👍❤

[@adriandaprano9361]

Yay to ruin a killer song.

[@robertanderson2142]

Brill brian