"Grad School, I Love You (But You're Bringing Me Down)" (LCD Soundsystem Parody)

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"Grad School, I Love You (But You're Bringing Me Down)"
(Parody of "New York, I Love You (But You're Bringing Me Down) by LCD SoundSystem")

Mark Grabiner:
Music, Lyrics, Concept

Nathaniel Krefman:
Camera, Direction, Editing

Angela Kaczmarczyk:
Puppeteer

Blair Gainous:
Only briefly hospitalized for E. coli consumption...

Phil Abitua:
On-Set Masseuse

Featuring:
Beaker as Himself
Mark Grabiner on Guitar
Blair Gainous on Percussion
Angela Kaczmarczyk at the Fume Hood
Phil Abitua as Reviewer #2

Submission for UC-Berkeley MCB Follies 2011
(UC-Berkeley, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology)

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Grad School, I love you, but you're bringing me down.
Grad School, I love you, but you're bringing me down.
Like a rat in a cage running SDS-PAGE.
Grad School, I love you, but you're bringing me down.

Grad School, you're safer than getting a real job.
My lab bench will show I'm at absolute slob.
But if I go outdoors then my PI will roar.
And all my old friends, they just think I'm a snob.

Grad School, you're perfect. Oh please, please don't change a thing.
My second reviewer's now convinced he's a king.
So the crazy collect - I mean all disrespect -
In and around the non-potable sinks.

Grad School, I love you, but you're freaking me out.
If I smudge one more blot I'll just have to shout.
Like a spill in the hall that you smell through your wall.
Grad School, I love you, but you're freaking me out.

Grad School, I love you, but you're bringing me down.
Grad School, I love you, but you're bringing me down.
But I thought I was smart. Darwin, where do I start?
But you're still the gene pool where I'd happily drown.

And oh, take me off your mailing list,
For jobs you think will still exist,
By the time my degree's through.

Maybe I'm wrong.
And maybe you're right.
Maybe I'm wrong.
And maybe you're right.
Maybe you're right.
Maybe I'm wrong.
And just maybe you're right.

And oh, maybe your PI told you the truth,
And they'll always be a tenure job there for you,
And you'll pay off all your loans.

But maybe she's wrong.
And maybe I'm right,
And just maybe she's wrong.

Maybe she's wrong.
And maybe I'm right,
And if so here's this song.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• parody
• humor
• biology
• Berkeley
• science
• lab
• molecular
• comedy
• nerdy
• geeky
• song
• spoof
• MCB Follies
• LCD Soundsystem
• director

[BioTechniques]

Great video! We nominated you for the 2012 Lab Grammy for "Science Parody of the Year." Check out the rest of the nominees on our site!

[skarefamena]

@BioTechniques Thanks a lot! I'm glad you like my videos.

[yokachen]

actually, maybe only the bio kids would like this..

[yokachen]

ahahah this is amazing! forwarding to every grad student i know