Chiron Beta Prime
Chiron Beta Prime | |
Release | Thing a Week Two |
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Length | 2:51 |
Release date | 02-17-2006 |
Related Pages | Other media |
Blog entry |
"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.
YMMD with that asnewr! TX
Trivia
- The phrase "soylent green" in the song refers to a 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
Downloads
"Chiron Beta Prime" is available for purchase in the Jonathan Coulton MP3 Store as an individual track, as part of Thing a Week II, or as part of JoCo Looks Back. Of course this song is also included as part of the "Everything" playlist.
Downloadable FLAC versions of the above are available in the Jonathan Coulton FLAC Store.
You can also download "Chiron Beta Prime" for Rock Band from the Rock Band Network store.
CD
"Thing a Week II" is available for purchase as a CD here.
Other versions
A karaoke version of "Chiron Beta Prime" is available on the 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 can be found here, and the alternate(Original) version can be downloaded here
Themes
Thing-a-Week Two |
JoCo Looks Back |
Best. Concert. Ever. |