AChO 2006 Chemistry Song

[silverhand01]

can you post the whole lyrics? thanks cool video, btw :)

[alpjester]

Congrats! Very well done and awesome!

[PigeonHolePrinciple]

Love the Song. Well done Eman. That is probably Perry's laugh (who else laughs like that).

[cloisterina]

Pretty awesome guys, and was that Perry's unmistakeable laugh I heard at 5.23?

[TheLordEman]

Yes, yes it is...

[HamtaroScrote]

Nice work

[HamtaroScrote]

Post lyrics, its not very loud or clear, atleast from my laptop anyway, where was this video taken?

[TheLordEman]

This was filmed in Canberra in December 06 - January 07 at the Chem Olympiad summer school, so theres quite a few injokes. Nevertheless, here it is:

[TheLordEman]

A long long time ago, I can still remember

I sat the NQE and wanted more

And then somehow I got the chance for a little chemical romance

Though only ever with an open door

The evil tutors made me shiver with every lecture they'd deliver

Bad news on the doorstep, expansions three-and four step

I can't remember if I cried when we learnt about tri-iodide

But I thought of taking cyanide the day the news arrived.

[TheLordEman]

CHORUS: I was singing:

My, my, little chemistry guy

Understanding's so demanding but I'll give it a try

We made it through by kissing sleeping goodbye

And we bonded like a sigma or pi

Bonded like a sigma or pi.

[TheLordEman]

I went with nineteen other men to become a part-time Canberran

Just because Mark told me so

Do you believe in delta G, 'cause it's not really clear to me'

So can you teach us all again real slow?

Well, I'd never heard of Bob before 'til he battered down my bedroom door

"This is not a pleasure cruise, go and get some closed-in shoes"

Get a volumetric and burette, do a quick dilution with a small pipette

That's a lesson that I won't forget, the day the news arrived.

[TheLordEman]

[CHORUS]

The fun tests I could never pass, but the bonus questions saved my arse

With jokes and pictures crafted by Anne Trinh

And when I saw the past exam it made me want to K-stab Sam

And quantum numbers made my eyeballs spin

You know, I'm fed up with sigma star, going back to VSEPR

I thought Dusty's stuff was great, though I still can't integrate

I thought orbitals were a pack of lies, especially when they hybridise

Until Mark cut me down to size, the day the news arrived.

[TheLordEman]

[CHORUS]

The second week began anew with substitution via Sn2

And whether ortho, meta, para's best

They made me draw cis-decalin and then nitrate phenacetin

The biochem I couldn't quite digest

The champagne would have made me shout but the ethanol was taken out

Rules I didn't quite abide, got kicked off the water slide

And Trent was always nice to me when I woke him for the master key

But his actual job's a mystery, the day the news arrived.

[TheLordEman]

[CHORUS]

[TheLordEman]

Fifteen days, I can't believe it's finally gotten time to leave

I've really grown to love this place

I don't know how prepared I'll be when it's time to sit the FQE

And my memory disappears without a trace

I know the friendships I've made here will continue on from year to year

Though I thought it was a hoax, they were actually good blokes

So let's all raise a glass and toast the three men we admire the most

The Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and the day the news arrived

[TheLordEman]

[CHORUS] x 2

[zaguar321]

At 2.51 you can see me!  I'm famous!

[zaguar321]

Ladsy

--Sugar Ray