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[Brainbox]

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a·bi·o·gen·e·sis  (b--jn-ss)
n.

The supposed development of living organisms from nonliving matter. Also called autogenesis, spontaneous generation.

What do we want to do in order to continue? Now we have it, what do we want to do with our consciousness?

[brokenportal]

A lot of the lyrics of this song remind me directly of the work toward indefinite life extension.

[Connor MacLeod]

I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) by Donald Fagen of Steely Dan fame. ;-)

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On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from new york to paris
(more leisure for artists everywhere)
A just machine to make big decisions
Programmed by fellows with compassion and vision
We'll be clean when their work is done
We'll be eternally free yes and eternally young
...

[brokenportal]

That reminds me of this awesome song, which would make a good theme for indefinite life extension too.

[Droplet]

brokenportal, on 19 December 2011 - 01:38 AM, said:

That reminds me of this awesome song, which would make a good theme for indefinite life extension too.

I dislike that song largely for a reason related to aging. Here in UK, it was the theme for a TV programme called A Life Of Grime about council workers that I watched when I was younger. In it was an old Polish war vetran called Mr Trebus who was a compulsive hoarder because his experiences led him to believe he had to hold onto everything  lest it be taken. Locals complained about his home and piles of rubbish. He died alone amongst his squalor and that song reminds me of old people forgotten, discarded and dying alone. :(

[Droplet]

A sad, beautiful song about loss and grief. Although it could be viewd as somewhat deathist, it does bring home the pain and misery of losing someone:

[Droplet]

A beautiful song mourning the loss of youth:



A comedy song about getting older:

[Mind]

Droplet, dropping some good tunes in here. Thanks for sharing. The Division Bell is an underrated Pink Floyd concept album (IMO) - many good tunes.

Not sure if this one was posted earlier but it kind-of fits. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac (although I think I like the Smashing Pumpkin's version better). Some people like it. Some people hate it because the lyrics are kind-of dreamy mumbo-jumbo.

One key lyric: "But time makes you bolder, even children get older, and I'm getting older too". This one isn't inspirational for me, it just reminds me of how deeply the deathist meme is ingrained within modern society.

Edited by Mind, 29 December 2011 - 10:52 PM.

[The Immortalist]

IT'S NOW OR NEVER! WE AIN'T GONNA LIVE FOREVER!

[Droplet]

The Immortalist - I love your choice!

Here's one about the very thing we're trying to prevent:

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Not sure if this one was posted earlier but it kind-of fits. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac (although I think I like the Smashing Pumpkin's version better). Some people like it. Some people hate it because the lyrics are kind-of dreamy mumbo-jumbo.

One key lyric: "But time makes you bolder, even children get older, and I'm getting older too". This one isn't inspirational for me, it just reminds me of how deeply the deathist meme is ingrained within modern society.

I cannot stand that Fleetwood Mac song but The Smashing Pumpkins version is more bearable and less whiny even if it's not something I'd wish to go and listen to of my own volition. You're right about that lyric though.

Edited by Droplet, 30 December 2011 - 01:13 PM.

[Droplet]

Longer lives and a world without aging...it would mean longer periods with the people we love:

[brokenportal]

The haunting quality of this song grows on me:

Speaking of Bon Jovi, I love the intensity in the "I swear, I'm going to live forever" part of this song here:

[Droplet]

If you want the lyrics, visit the original You Tube link:



Can't find the lyrics for this one but they are easy enough to understand.


Another sort of transhumanist idea of machines and humanity fusing. Saw this band live and they were ace! :D

Edited by Droplet, 02 January 2012 - 09:56 AM.

[Droplet]

Another classic olden days tune:


A song about how we try to forget we're going to die. Beautiful one too.

[Droplet]

Amusing and sums up why I'm agnostic and no longer Christian in beliefs.


This one is THE why I'm agnostic song. I do love Depeche Mode. It sort of about death and God perhaps not being as loving as we'd imagine. I think that God does indeed have a sick sense of humour given he gave us the suffering of aging, our wonderful minds AND an awareness of our mortality. Not to mention all the shit that goes on in the world.

Edited by Droplet, 02 January 2012 - 02:37 PM.

[Droplet]

Awww! :(



A story of love doomed by death by the same artist:

[Droplet]

Personally I think that being the ONLY human left would suck a bit. Oh well, good song about not dying even if everything else has.



A superb song about how there is nothing greater than this life.

Edited by Droplet, 02 January 2012 - 01:06 PM.

[Droplet]

A fun song of the joys of days to come. :p A good advert for curing aging.

[jdkasinsky]

OK, here I am, thanks Droplet for telling me about this thread

The song is from a fictitious band (Steel Dragon from the movie Rock Star), but it has some good lines:

It makes my stomach turn
And it tears my flesh from the bone
How we turn a dream to stone
And we all die young

[brokenportal]

I find that the songs I like the most are ones that I dont like the first time I hear them for some reason. I think I read somewhere that this is a common phenomenon. I didnt like this We All Die Young song the first time through but now I think its awesome. This song conveys one of the best pro indefinite life extension spirits that Ive heard.

[brokenportal]

What the F, and because of its movie origin, thats Marky Mark on vocals...

[jdkasinsky]

brokenportal, on 12 January 2012 - 10:48 PM, said:

What the F, and because of its movie origin, thats Marky Mark on vocals...

This is the original song, with the real singer Mike Matijevic from the band Steelheart with lyrics (I like the movie "cover" better )



PS: don't know what's going on, but I had to stop the browser from sending me to the youtube website everytime I try to post a message in this thread

Edited by jdkasinsky, 13 January 2012 - 12:11 AM.

[Cuyan]

Ultra Sheriff - Make me a cyborg       they have other songs about this, but couldn't find them on youtube.



Fortify my constitution
Liquid platinum infusion
Cybernetics consummate
My mind will reach a higher state
Bones replaced by alloy steel
Implants determin how I feel
Humanoid anatomy, a problem solved with surgery
Let's go!

Make me a cyborg!
Make me a cyborg!

Welded to my spinal chord,
subatomic circuitboard
Monitoring nanobots acting in synchronized accord
Cable and tissue intergration
Microchips for calculation
Hydraulics enhance the sinew
Soon i will be born a new!
Ok!

Make me a cyborg!
Make me a cyborg!

I do not want to be human anymore
being a robot is better, that's for sure!

Fiberoptic arteries
Mechanical anomalies
Reactor in the (??? can't for the life of me hear what he's saying :P)
Wireframe beneath the skin
Compas for supreme direction
Scrambler to avoid detection
Flesh and steel in unity
Superior agility

I do not want to be human anymore
Being a robot is better, that's for sure!
Not compromised by emotion anymore
No, I don't want to be human, that's for sure!

Do it!
Come on, Make me a cyborg!
Cut me open.
Make me a cyborg.

[brokenportal]

We used to listen to Onyx when I was a kid. I see that they came out with a half way decent song with a related theme in 2008. I cant find the lyrics on it.

[Droplet]

I interpret this as being about death and going to die. I may be wrong but it's an amazing song.


A haunting song about love and how time always catches up with us. "it's only time who passes between us"...

[Droplet]

This appears to be about death/perhaps going to Hell. It's quite creepy but absolutely brilliant. "Check the hand of the watch for time for time but do not say this time is mine..someone bright appears and says "your time is mine.""


This one is posted solely for the brilliant quote "breath is just a cloick...ticking."

Edited by Droplet, 19 January 2012 - 07:02 AM.

[Droplet]

I know it's a cover but it is upbeat in sound even if it is dealing with the passing of time/youth.

[Droplet]

So very fitting.

[brokenportal]

Hazy shade of winter reminds me of cruel summer, which has long given me a feel of the urgency of the situation of getting a move on. If we dont get indefinite life extension done in our lifetimes then its going to be a cruel lifetime that is going to feel like one brief summer fling here with existence.

Unless we go into cryo, then I suppose it might become like a hazy shade of winter again.

[Droplet]

Two songs by the same band. The first about finality and the second about not fearing to be different:


I think the fear of being different/the cause not being popular enough is one reason that holds people back.