LibGuides: MIT in Popular Culture: Music

Music

Since I Left You by Avalanches
Call Number: Lewis Music Library - Media | CD PhonCD P Av13 sin

The song "Etoh" describes MIT as "the home of complicated computers, which speak a mechanical language all their own."
Rent: Original Broadway Cast Recording by Jonathan Larson
Call Number: Lewis Music Library - Media | CD PhonCD L329 rent

The character Tom Collins was fired from MIT "for [his] theory of actual reality."
Rent: Movie Vocal Selections by Jonathan Larson
Call Number: Lewis Music Library - Stacks | SCORE Mu pts L329 rent pv a

ISBN: 1423406265

Vocal score from the film.
Rent: Vocal Selections by Jonathan Larson
Call Number: Lewis Music Library - Stacks SCORE Mu pts L329 rent pv

ISBN: 0793572290

Vocal score from the musical.
Timeless: Live in Concert by Barbara Streisand
Call Number: Lewis Music Library - Media | CD PhonCD P Str83 tim

"Nowadays you need a degree from MIT to operate your own TV," Streisand sings in "The Clicker Blues."
Who? by Tony! Toni! Toné!
Call Number: Lewis Music Library - Media | CD PhonCD P T616 who

In "Born Not To Know," someone lists his academic credentials, including a "Ph.D. from MIT," and then asks, "So, can I get a job?" Alas, the answer is "No!"
Straight Outta Lynwood by Al Yankovic
Call Number: Lewis Music Library - Media | CD PhonCD P Y15 str

Weird Al sings about MIT in "White and Nerdy."

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