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|release=02-17-2006
 
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"'''Chiron Beta Prime'''" is a song on [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s fifth album, ''[[Thing a Week Two]]''. It tells the story of Christmastime on a planet where all humans have been enslaved by uncaring and violent robots.
 
 
 
== History ==
 
"Chiron Beta Prime" was originally written around Christmastime 2004 at the request of a friend of Jonathan's who wanted a  "Christmas song with a futuristic theme" to send out on a CD as a holiday card.  It was later released as the twenty-first [[Thing a Week]] on February 17th, 2006.
 
 
 
== Live performance ==
 
"Chiron Beta Prime" is performed somewhat regularly at Jonathan Coulton concerts.  If performing with [[Paul and Storm]], they will usually join Jonathan by doing backup vocals for the chorus.  Also, Jonathan occasionally selects a member of the audience (or sometimes a "guest star") to do the "MESSAGE REDACTED" line. In more recent shows, that person is also given the opportunity to vocalize the keyboard solo (made famous by fan [[Andy Bates]]) and join in on the third chorus.
 
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
* The phrase "soylent green" in the song refers to a [[wikipedia:Soylent_Green|Charlton Heston movie of the same name]] where in the dark, dystopian future, an overcrowded population eats processed food wafers that are secretly made from dead people.
 
* The message is a coded cry for help because other cries for help get redacted. The Robots do not recognize the Soylent Green reference and let it slip through.
 
 
 
== Availability ==
 
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=== CD ===
 
"Thing a Week II" is available for purchase as a CD [http://cdbaby.com/cd/coulton4 here].
 
 
 
=== Other versions ===
 
A karaoke version of "Chiron Beta Prime" is available on the [[joco:store/karaoke/|Jonathan Coulton Karaoke Store]].
 
 
 
There is an alternate (possibly original) version brought to the attention of the JoCo community by a plucky little fan named Frumpy Jones.  The forum thread [http://www.jonathancoulton.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=988 can be found here], and the alternate(Original) version can be downloaded [http://www.mediafire.com/?zzz3iimmmdk here]
 
 
 
== Themes ==
 
* [[Christmas]]
 
* [[Future]]
 
* [[Outer space]]
 
* [[Robots]]
 
 
 
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Revision as of 05:09, 14 August 2011

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