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  • @SimonClark
    @SimonClark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1213

    Tim I sometimes come back to this because I'm angry at how good it is

    • @annesmith9642
      @annesmith9642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I just really love it!

    • @saraahmed2603
      @saraahmed2603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Literally I came back two years later

    • @vladeckk21
      @vladeckk21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me, too! Except for...happy :)

    • @nadavperry2267
      @nadavperry2267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@saraahmed2603 literally came back 3 years later :)

    • @1.4142
      @1.4142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This video is timeless

  • @besmart
    @besmart 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2732

    Dude. This is incredible

    • @joshuarieder2865
      @joshuarieder2865 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +It's Okay To Be Smart This is my 4th time watching it and I still like it! It's something that never gets old!

    • @Blindboard100
      @Blindboard100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Wow you watched this a year ago! And now you have so many subs lol

    • @aloosi
      @aloosi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      crazy how he managed to lip-sync it in reverse

    • @RSPikachuAlpha
      @RSPikachuAlpha 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Aloosi - Lilj0unior it’s not lip-syncing. He sang it reverse

    • @ysvleis
      @ysvleis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      No, he only learned to sing it in reverse for the video, in order to lip-sync to the recording which was made normally. Still doesn't mean it isn't amazing, which it is.

  • @Merr134
    @Merr134 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1994

    Once upon a time when Tim was, maybe 11, he got his first sound recording program on our out-of-date computer. One of his first multi-track projects was to record the song "Barbara Ann" in adorable, pre-pubescent 4-part harmony. Tim used his sound program to flip the song backwards, then listened to it enough times that he learned to SING it backwards.
    It sounded so funny that it became sort of a party trick - "Tim, sing Barbara Ann backwards!" For some reason Tim found that annoying, and before long he had sworn off backwards singing and would snap if we so much as mentioned it.
    But you know, they say nothing you learn is wasted.
    #OriginStories

    • @acapellascience
      @acapellascience  8 ปีที่แล้ว +681

      Sibling! y u do dis!! 😱
      I think I had the sneaking suspicion that people were not so much impressed by my ability as incredulous that I was nerd enough to accomplish such a thing.
      Ah well. #SweetRevenge

    • @tomzalatnai
      @tomzalatnai 8 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      +Mary-Jane Blais everyone thumb this up so that Tim has to see it all the time forever and ever amen

    • @charliespinoza1966
      @charliespinoza1966 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      tomzalatnai +

    • @utkarshmishra7416
      @utkarshmishra7416 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tomzalatnai just did

    • @wilrohan2985
      @wilrohan2985 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Thank you Ms. Blais. The world owes you a debt of thanks!

  • @Jabrils
    @Jabrils 8 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    I could only imagine how much work went into this. kudos.

    • @itzmeB2
      @itzmeB2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      why is there no replies in this comment?

    • @hiitsnate
      @hiitsnate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There are.

    • @iambutterpuppy1143
      @iambutterpuppy1143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      bro had to memorize the song backwards

    • @shanerooney7288
      @shanerooney7288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      * _multiple times_

  • @tomhchappell
    @tomhchappell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    I am blown away by how you can keep your singing in sync while unscrambling eggs and unpopping balloons!

    • @testwowee1647
      @testwowee1647 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      his singing is time symmetric

  • @xylafoxlin
    @xylafoxlin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    I think I watch this every month when I need an example of the genius that exists on this website

    • @sebastianjost
      @sebastianjost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here. This is absolutely incredible!

    • @RadeticDaniel
      @RadeticDaniel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hey =D
      I've been watching your videos since the collab with veritassium in the wind-powered faster-than-wind vehicle
      After the rocketry and space crown videos my sister is following as well.
      Just know your content is equally inspiring, albeit in a diferent way \o/

  • @acapellascience
    @acapellascience  8 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    I totally forgot to credit the awesome camera and production assistant work done by Tom Zalatnai in this video. He's hilarious and extremely sharp. Everyone go give him a follow: @tomzalatnai across various platforms :)

    • @jacobeisner1697
      @jacobeisner1697 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +acapellascience Do you think you could do a song on the Falcon 9 landing?

    • @tomzalatnai
      @tomzalatnai 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      +acapellascience it me

    • @jchoi5407
      @jchoi5407 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +acapellascience Wow. Getting those consonants and vowels to sound proper when played backwards would have been so hard... good job!

    • @joshuarieder2865
      @joshuarieder2865 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +acapellascience 4th time watching it and it's still awesome!
      Amazing job!

    • @rkpetry
      @rkpetry 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +acapellascience Then stop bemoaning and do it now in your Description already.
      (You can also remedy it with Annotation right onto your Video, better than [CC].)

  • @sandybullman2315
    @sandybullman2315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    My college chemistry teacher just showed this to my class lmao what a legend

    • @songohan393
      @songohan393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      PC1 in Mainz zufällig?

  • @OddSqodd
    @OddSqodd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1764

    You know who should cover this? ONE DIRECTION.
    (pun of the year)

    • @babatulani6361
      @babatulani6361 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      how *about you get the fuck out
      edit: *hands you had one fucking job and it's to type "about"

    • @fawkyou2001
      @fawkyou2001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +yrjosmiel73 sorry boss I probably stood to close to his cage so he stole my keys

    • @fawkyou2001
      @fawkyou2001 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +yrjosmiel73 I'm not good at comedy

    • @babatulani6361
      @babatulani6361 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Barbed Two
      it's alright mate
      neither am i

    • @em8875
      @em8875 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      From First To Last

  • @LisaLiel
    @LisaLiel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Damn. The amount of effort he must have put in to lip sync that backwards is amazing. But there was almost an "uncanny valley" thing going on with his eyes, probably because of how hard he must have been focusing.

    • @acapellascience
      @acapellascience  8 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      +Lisa Liel It was the result of secretly having to look to the side to read nonsense syllables. I knew someone would notice... working on a fix for future projects because that really annoyed me too.

    • @LisaLiel
      @LisaLiel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +acapellascience But other than that, it was freaking amazing. Kudos.

    • @benf6165
      @benf6165 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It reminds me of the Scientist by Coldplay

    • @rakeshsimpson
      @rakeshsimpson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Are you serious?
      The moment I realised that you were somehow singing properly while playing backwards, my mind was blown away. Spend time thinking of all possible camera and editing tricks one could use to pull this off and was left scratching my head.
      You took the hard-work way! Kudos!
      Also, I love your videos :D
      Brings a smile to my face.

    • @zoepaulastrassfield2664
      @zoepaulastrassfield2664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This was an amazing video and I really appreciate all the work you put into it- it’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen!

  • @waynezeller
    @waynezeller 8 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    Astonishing. Watching it I coudn't figure out how you were syncing the mouth movements. Surely, I knew, you weren't actually singing it backwards. And then I watched the making of video. Holy crap! You're singing it backwards!!!!! This is your most impressive video yet. And that's saying something because several of your videos have been really, really impressive. And congratulations on your impending TV appearance! Tell us more about that!

    • @Ikaxas
      @Ikaxas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Well you know what they say about stage magic: "No one would ever think that we would ever work this hard to fool you.That’s a secret, and a method of magic" - Jamy Ian Swiss

    • @fanofstuff1607
      @fanofstuff1607 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check the making of this video. He was or he could be lying, more likely but I mean it cooler to say he did so yea
      Edit: also sorry this is really late and u probably don’t care.

    • @YesthisisCharlie
      @YesthisisCharlie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He did sing it backwards

    • @00GHY00
      @00GHY00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah.. that's so tough n confusing.. hats off to him

    • @aniksamiurrahman6365
      @aniksamiurrahman6365 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      But I don't get it. Played backward, talking backward will always have some kind of small choking noise. You can hear it in "Hi musical scientist" said in the end. But it's not present in the song. How did he do that? No matter how you talk, you can't make air go backward.

  • @RyuuShoujo
    @RyuuShoujo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    Next time my mom tells me my room is messy I'll tell her : "blame it on the entropic time."
    Best excuse ever

    • @jameson1239
      @jameson1239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Blame it on a fundamental law of thermodynamics

    • @RuchiraDatta
      @RuchiraDatta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When he sang that, it was close to the end of making the video and thus of making a huge mess in many ways. Blame it on *the making* of "Entropic Time"! 😂

  • @xxcatcannonxx2246
    @xxcatcannonxx2246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Why isn't this one on Spotify! This song is one of the best science parodies of all time, and the lecture that inspired it is sooooo good! I've watched that lecture more than I've gone to my actual classes this week!

    • @Ruby-yn5fp
      @Ruby-yn5fp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      maybe they didnt get the rights to publish a cover of billy joels song (the structure is identical)?

  • @kellycline4655
    @kellycline4655 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I just showed this video to my college "Science and Science Fiction" class, to introduce our discussion of Isaac Asimov's short story "The Last Question." Your video won applause from my students, and clarified a difficult scientific concept! This is a truly marvelous creation!

  • @TheRealBoof
    @TheRealBoof 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    This is absolutely incredible. It's not obvious at first, but recognize the sheer amount of work that went into making this video! He filmed the entire video not just once but 5+ times, each time completing the video in one shot. On top of that, he had to move his mouth in the "reverse" direction so it looked like he was singing the song when the video was reversed! Based on the outro, he must have learned how to speak backwards, a skill showcased recently on Smarter Every Day. Learning this skill takes months, maybe even years!
    Sir, I don't know how long it took you to produce this, but this is the most dedicated film making I have ever seen. Astonishing.

  • @NieveAndrea
    @NieveAndrea 7 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    Anyone else realised that they needed to film them singing backwards in order for the video to work?

    • @monzur1947
      @monzur1947 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Nieve Andrea He learnt the song backwards

    • @anandsuralkar2947
      @anandsuralkar2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes

    • @ARCISX
      @ARCISX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ikr It must have been damn hard..

    • @JimmyEscajeda
      @JimmyEscajeda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think this may have gotten inspiration from Weird Al - Amish Paradise. I think he was the first to do this.

    • @COMALiteJ
      @COMALiteJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@JimmyEscajeda Yeah, but Weird Al only did it for like ¼ minute or so, and only one part. This guy did a whole song, five parts, doing all these stunts, each in a single continuous take.

  • @OrdinaryRobin
    @OrdinaryRobin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I love this, loved it since I first saw it, but I only just noticed today that not only did you harmonize while singing backwards, you wrote lyrics that ended in syllables that matched their place in the original. There's not a word for this much talent. Even prodigy falls short.

    • @SHOHOB2000
      @SHOHOB2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      dude keeps watching entropic time again and again and again never gets old
      it's too good to get old due to the effort put in it like shooting the whole song 5 times backwards while keeping his mouth movement reasonable just WOW

    • @matthewmitchell3457
      @matthewmitchell3457 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hate to burst your bubble, but he wasn't singing backwards, just lip-syncing backwards.

    • @Ruby-yn5fp
      @Ruby-yn5fp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@matthewmitchell3457 still, the harmonies kill, like as a song he just nailed it first of all, let alone the backwards gimmick

  • @sarahcrisp9194
    @sarahcrisp9194 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "My room was cleaner... now looks like Godzilla's been there - not my fault! Blame it on entropic time!!" BEST EXCUSE EVER. I will be using this from now on.

  • @marshallmeinema3138
    @marshallmeinema3138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The effort of syncing lip movement on backwards videos is amazing

  • @LucyRoseLuna
    @LucyRoseLuna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "my room was cleaner, now looks like godzilla´s been there. not my fault, blame it on entropic time" I actually use this reasoning. my room only is so dirty and messy because i constantly struggle to defeat the universes entropy

  • @integza
    @integza 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This is not how this works ...This is not how any of this works... This is an affront to the 2nd law xb
    Can only try to imagine hard was to make this video, just wonderful !

  • @Psion_Phoenix
    @Psion_Phoenix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Omg, did you actually mouth the words BACKWARDS the entire time? This is amazing.
    You sir are a genius.

    • @uxleumas
      @uxleumas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He didn’t just mouth them, he SANG the song backwards

    • @lucasaymeric9627
      @lucasaymeric9627 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@uxleumasyou're kidding?! I thought he had mouth the words backwards, recording the video without song and then added a normal soundtrack on top of it 😮
      If he really SANG backwards in live while recording it, this guy's a genius!! ❤️

  • @cc-vm1mw
    @cc-vm1mw 8 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I actually had to go through all the nonsense of TH-cam registration just to make this comment-however, I thought it was worth it.
    "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination" (I'm not sure Einstein really said that, but it sounds good.)
    I find your work...compelling. Like turning the pages of a riveting novel, I am intrigued by what you'll come up with next. This one is going to be hard to beat, LOL. And while I have purchased all your songs (except Eminemium), yes, you have finally motivated me to support you on Patreon; perhaps that is the true test of appreciation.
    Bravo, Tim. You make life just a little bit more enjoyable. (Loved you mom too!!)

  • @Amanda-zn7ox
    @Amanda-zn7ox 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Man taught himself how to sing backwards! Legend!

  • @JulieGaulke
    @JulieGaulke 8 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    My mind is blown!!!! OMG you are amazing! Going to watch the "making of" video now. I can't imagine the planning that went into this..... You are crazy! Love it!

  • @geowynkupferstich3233
    @geowynkupferstich3233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My new favourite song! I will be watching this for the last four years ago!

  • @squiddotmid
    @squiddotmid 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Bravo. You managed to make a video that is not only clever and fun to watch, but you simultaneously taught me (as a person who hasn't taken physics yet) about the arrow of entropic time. Seriously man, your videos are amazing.

    • @detective-c4596
      @detective-c4596 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Strongly agree... please kindly help to support my physics songs too... thank you

  • @ralphaugustus9596
    @ralphaugustus9596 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who splits his brain all day thinking about the beauty of the Universe. Then I realise I'm not alone in that venture. It keeps me right on track to see people who have that hunger for knowledge and wisdom. On top of that, You have an amazing voice and an even better talent to fit some amazing things in depth into song forms.

  • @ronaldernestpaul6159
    @ronaldernestpaul6159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Incredible! As a Billy Joel fan,(and yes, I know that dates me) and someone who also enjoyed college science, I was curious what this would be like. This far exceeded my expectations. This is one of my all time favorite videos on youTube.

  • @ProfessorWaltherKotz
    @ProfessorWaltherKotz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Greetings from Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany. We use this video for our physical chemistry education.

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a more poignant discussion of time than most educational content I've seen on youtube.

  • @zcotaweaver
    @zcotaweaver 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is amazing. Can we get a "blame it on entropic time" bumper sticker? I love that line.

  • @sairaaahmedd1306
    @sairaaahmedd1306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You’re the best human. You are everything humanity needs. You are MAN.

  • @DrFrankNStein-sf2ww
    @DrFrankNStein-sf2ww ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Has every seen the egg at 0:26 ? This guy did the "Inversion" thing 5 years before Christopher Nolan made "Tenet". 😉
    This is art !

  • @MrRolnicek
    @MrRolnicek 8 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Your videos are one of, if not THE, best things (in my opinion) I get to see in my subsciber feed.

  • @Inimation-sy8fv
    @Inimation-sy8fv 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It’s amazing that they were singing backward the whole time

  • @tabularasa_br
    @tabularasa_br 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This genuinely sparkled my interest in thermodynamics.

  • @fourdotsYT
    @fourdotsYT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow. No CGI... What genius effort!

  • @giuave5347
    @giuave5347 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My chem teacher just showed us this and i love it. I will absolutely use this while studying.

  • @alengm
    @alengm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    One day a genius Tim from an alternate universe jumping across multiverse will stumble upon a universe where 5 Tims are singing a science parody of Billy Joel backwards.

  • @LaurieSwenson
    @LaurieSwenson 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I can never get enough of this video (or the "making of" video).

  • @BassTromBen
    @BassTromBen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It’s incredibly rare for words to fail me, but you’ve succeeded. This is remarkable in so many ways. As a fellow musician, I can certainly appreciate the execution, but then I realize that you’ve memorized and mimed it in reverse... The science is on point, the video editing is great, it’s musically solid, and the best part... really fun!! I award you infinity points, and thank you for adding your light to an all too often often dull, anti-intellectual world. You’re amazing!!

  • @Rnd0mn3ss-x3f
    @Rnd0mn3ss-x3f 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Holy crap I just realized he’s singing BACKWARDS now that’s talent

  • @matthewdbeard
    @matthewdbeard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've watched this countless times over the years, but I always find something I haven't noticed before. Absolutely incredible work.

  • @andrewwhitcomb9150
    @andrewwhitcomb9150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the highest quality of content. Makes me smile every time I watch it.

  • @jeromehorwitz2460
    @jeromehorwitz2460 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Unbelievably well done, as well as insightful, almost spiritual in it implications. This is the way humans should be.

  • @Alyssav-90
    @Alyssav-90 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am absolutely obsessed with this.

  • @timp5406
    @timp5406 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My science teacher just showed us this in class. Such an awesome video

  • @tjh4115
    @tjh4115 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So, I knew of and watched your 1st accapella Science music video rolling in the Higgs, when it first came out, multiple times. Initially, the Bohemian Rhapsody parody was the only other one you had done.
    Tonite, a physicist friend posted a newer creation of yours and I am back now, just adoring your head SPACE and everything you've created over these bits of time as it's passed..
    I could only wish someone like you was around when I was young. I would have fallen head over heels. Lol! You are adorable, and smart and so talented. And you are even more handsome than when you first started doing this. You make me smile from ear to ear. I LOVE YOUR CREATIVE MIND.
    I hope you get out of life all that you wish and that success is defined however you dream it to be.
    Keep doing what you are doing. You are amazeballs.

  • @jennifermilad1943
    @jennifermilad1943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wish I had a fifth of this man's talent

  • @theodorepoulin3892
    @theodorepoulin3892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Every few months I see this video in my recommended and check it out just to admire how impressive it is on a technical level

  • @rautermann
    @rautermann 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Man. I can't bein to tell you how much you amaze me. The way you take everything that's important to me and forge it into unbelievable masterpieces makes me excited for days every time you upload a new video. My life got better by a statistically significant amount ever since I started watching you do those things I wish I could, in a way that satisfies my innermost perfectionist needs.
    This is the closest thing to a love letter I ever wrote and I'm not even gay. Thanks for everything, man. You are awesome.

  • @Ballistic2770
    @Ballistic2770 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man, i watch this video when i was like 8, and found it truly fascinating. coming back to it 7 years later it’s still a masterpiece!

  • @second0banana
    @second0banana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sooooo my 3 and 6 year olds love this video and we just used it to explain why we apologize when make mistakes or hurt someone. We can't undo things because of the direction of entropy, but we *can* say we wish it didn't happen. #hotparentingtip

  • @robdl9149
    @robdl9149 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am always looking for new acapella to listen to and you are very clever with your lyrics. You also sing incredibly well.

  • @voi3077
    @voi3077 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    My evolution during this song:
    "Wow, sounds great."
    "And looks nice, I like the colours."
    "Wait, that was kinda funny."
    "Oh my god, it´s backwards, that´s the reason why he was so wet at the beginning!"
    "One moment, does this mean, he had to sing it backwards too?"
    I watch the making-of.
    "He really sang it backwards. WHAT?" (Okay, of cause someone could also only sing it backwards for the recording of the pictures and then sing it normal for the recording of the vocals but I suppose that wasn't the case.)
    I watch the video again.
    "Still sounds grat. Woah, there are some really low tunes." (Is "low" the right word? I'm no native speaker but you don't say deep for this, do you? "Low" sounds weird, too. Well, you know what I mean, I hope.)
    "How can it sound so great and clear in language if it was sung backwards???"
    "I wanna give more than one like..."

    • @voi3077
      @voi3077 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Update: I watched the original.
      "Uh, no. Tim sings better."

    • @harmony6643
      @harmony6643 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, you can call it a low note. ;)
      I also found this video absolutely great!
      By the way, what is your native language (if i might ask)? I'm just asking this out of interest since I speak several languages and are really interested in languages.

    • @calebgerhard7313
      @calebgerhard7313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I figure he lip synced backwards

    • @calebgerhard7313
      @calebgerhard7313 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Michael Darrow NVM I watched the bts

  • @pimladac7939
    @pimladac7939 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Omg, I could practice for the length of my age and still cant do a single one of this correctly… you’re a genius! This vid is out of me brain’s understanding capability 🤯

  • @olleicua
    @olleicua 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Loved it. Had to watch several times to catch everything. The banana at the end (or beginning I suppose..) was excellent.

  • @MilicaJelenic
    @MilicaJelenic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't believe I just found out about you and your beautiful brain! A friend of mine posted A Capella Science on FB, and now my daughter (age 9) is non-stop watching you, over and over again. She said "I don't know what he is saying, but I'm learning something!"

  • @kitmarcosiii423
    @kitmarcosiii423 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is perhaps one the most creative explanations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics that I have ever seen

  • @chilly5
    @chilly5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This might just be the best thing I've ever seen on the internet. No need to say more.

  • @myleskornfeld8582
    @myleskornfeld8582 8 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    I just have to say this video is absolutely amazing. Once I watched the video, I could not believe what I was seeing -- I thought you did some sneaky cgi where you cut the top half of your body, which was going forward, with the bottom half, which was going backwards. Once I saw the behind the scenes video, and understood how much time went into singing this video backwards,was I truly amazed by the effort put into making such an amazing video. I apologize for not knowing your name, but I am truly impressed with this amazing video that you made. The thought of learning the song backwards just blows my mind, and I cannot believe that you made this video. I have already watched this video several times, and it is one of my favorite videos that you have made. You have done such an amazing job with this video. I knew I would enjoy subscribing to your channel, but this video just blows that notion out of proportion. Kudos! Such a truly, but unfortunately underrated, amazing video.

    • @acapellascience
      @acapellascience  8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +Myles Kornfeld Tim. Hi, nice to meet you :) Also thanks :D

    • @myleskornfeld8582
      @myleskornfeld8582 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +acapellascience hi Tim. Nice to meet you too. And no thanks necessary -- you deserve it.

    • @spitfeueranna
      @spitfeueranna 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      He wouldnt have to sing it backwards, the monotonous beat and timing is the same played backwards and forwards. All he has to do is lipsync it forwards, reverse the video, and match up one way-o-way with another, and all other mouth openings will match. Shrug.

    • @myleskornfeld8582
      @myleskornfeld8582 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      An Anna if you watched the behind the scenes video, then you'd know that I'm right

    • @anandsuralkar2947
      @anandsuralkar2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This video was so good and perfect to be made with CGI

  • @coloraturaElise
    @coloraturaElise 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok, awesome on so many levels! Level one.....great singing/harmony--nice full sound, good blend. Level two....that you chose one of the greatest Billy Joel songs. Level three.....the cool video effects with running everything backwards. Level four....the greatest miracle of all......you actually sang the words backwards in real time so it would look like you were singing in forward time when you ran the video back! (I didn't notice at first; about halfway through, I wondered how you were singing forward and going backward, and then I caught a word that was off. Then I noticed the finger snapping looked off.) I wish I had had this video about 4-5 weeks ago when we covered entropy in my chemistry classes....

  • @jessicalynnsaylors8905
    @jessicalynnsaylors8905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’ve listened to this song so much in the last few years but I’d forgotten JUST HOW AMAZING THE VIDEO IS WOW 😍😍😍

  • @Likely_Alucard
    @Likely_Alucard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idk how many times I have come back to this video I’ve the last couple years. I know my physics teacher showed me this back in high school. And I graduated in 2016. Just too good.

  • @elzilchoco
    @elzilchoco 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The up for discussion with Hank made me so happy. I was grinning the whole time!
    Up for discussion and Dear Hank and John are my favourite podcasts, it was so weird to see them mixed together :D
    Completely amazing video as well!

    • @tomzalatnai
      @tomzalatnai 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +elzilchoco HAHA WOOOOOOOOO

    • @acapellascience
      @acapellascience  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +tomzalatnai +elzilchoco I showed Tom this comment right after recording a podcast and he responded with characteristic eloquence. ^_^

    • @elzilchoco
      @elzilchoco 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +acapellascience Now I'm grinning again XD

    • @tomzalatnai
      @tomzalatnai 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +acapellascience I do smarts good

  • @sayurilinwane
    @sayurilinwane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Came back to this video after nearly 4 years. The fact this video haven't blown up to bigger proportions is truly surprising. This video deserve way more than 1 million views.

  • @hannajung7512
    @hannajung7512 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "my room was cleaner now looks like Godzilla's been there" this hit close to home ...

    • @christinamann3640
      @christinamann3640 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not your fault, blame it on entropic time 😁

  • @sarahcrisp9194
    @sarahcrisp9194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Concepts like this just make me so happyyyyy

  • @DevynDuffyOriginal
    @DevynDuffyOriginal 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Wow, this is stunning. So well done. A great version of one of my favorite Billy Joel songs.

    • @ditte1999
      @ditte1999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What song is it?

    • @EvilGears
      @EvilGears 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Billy Joel - The Longest Time

  • @emmyb115
    @emmyb115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My 6 yo son, blessed with a perfect pitch quirk, knows every part of this with your lyrics, though his voice cannot do the baritone and bass yet. I am SO excited for his brain to absorb astronomy and physics!
    Amended to say, he has already used the Godzilla gambit.

  • @ArcRiley
    @ArcRiley 8 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    The making-of video is great, but it'd be awesome to hear the song reversed as you sung it from the video. The few clips you included in the making-of were mighty impressive!

    • @XiaosChannel
      @XiaosChannel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i think the song here is dubbed in later.

    • @d4b
      @d4b 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +Xiao'sChannel I think he recorded the audio forward and (separately) the video "backward", singing backward so that he'd get the mouth movements to show correctly, and then simply tossed the audio from the video-recording session. (I agree with +Arc Riley that it'd be great to watch/hear that.) Then he spliced together the forward audio and backward video.

    • @XiaosChannel
      @XiaosChannel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +d4b that is exactly what i meant.

    • @XiaosChannel
      @XiaosChannel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +d4b this is so impressive btw, cant believe so few views

    • @Ferdlord
      @Ferdlord 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Xiao'sChannel no. Watch the making video. He sang the thing backwards.

  • @woodfur00
    @woodfur00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This might just be my favorite A Capella Science video, and that title is VERY competitive.

  • @zahgle
    @zahgle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    jesus this channel should be worldwide famous

  • @reimagine_life
    @reimagine_life ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy cow! This was amazing! And I grew up listening to this song on the radio/LP. WOW!!!

  • @RolandGiersig
    @RolandGiersig 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Soooo awesome!!! I've watched it several times now and just can't get enough... :-D
    One wish for future videos: Could the text precede the audio for just some more split-seconds so that we can use it to sing-along? :-) Acapella karaoke versions #FTW!!!

  • @Kl4pi
    @Kl4pi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A great effort on your part, thank you very much for this video, I have used it many times to explain to my students how time direction is basically an illusion.

  • @danielexcell-smith5488
    @danielexcell-smith5488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My dad first explained entropy to me in the form of explaining my sister's bedroom to me

  • @TheGoldenSonofAres
    @TheGoldenSonofAres หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was actually HEAT - the entire physics 2 class

  • @theveninsantosventura5687
    @theveninsantosventura5687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man, this trailer for TENET is really old :o

  • @ianbd77
    @ianbd77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was astonishingly clever and absolutely incredible. Stunned and impressed.

  • @rudranshsharma7064
    @rudranshsharma7064 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    haters will say the video is in reverse

  • @identifying.as.asovereignhuman
    @identifying.as.asovereignhuman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most under rated video on TH-cam, right here

  • @disappointedbutnotsurprised17
    @disappointedbutnotsurprised17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is so so so good. i have no words to describe it. They could never do it justice.

  • @Andrei-rp3dz
    @Andrei-rp3dz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was like meh until I realised you were lipsyncing backwards... True legend...

  • @Berkana
    @Berkana 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Dang. This is a masterpiece. Absolutely incredible. Bravo!

  • @raptormama
    @raptormama 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have now had the original song stuck in my head for days. Good job on the lyrics -- you did a really good job following the original lyrics.
    Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone!

  • @iah7264
    @iah7264 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video is amazing. I wondered how you did this and when i saw the Making Of, i was even more astonished by the amount of time and work you invested.
    Really really well done, I love this video (and your other songs)

  • @ShojoBakunyu
    @ShojoBakunyu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's funny is that both I AND my cat Lou loves this song. He comes running to listen whenever I put it on.

  • @charlesevanshughes3638
    @charlesevanshughes3638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "What the Hell happened here?"
    "Hasn't happened yet."

  • @kathrynyount2164
    @kathrynyount2164 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was effing BRILLIANT! Brain-boggling BRILLIANT! Thank you for doing something so totally outside of normal reality. I think I'm building new synapses right now -- my brain is tingling!

  • @Cabala_Original
    @Cabala_Original ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Holly Molly! This probably took -4 years to make

  • @jamesvesenka1951
    @jamesvesenka1951 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is awesomely amazing! Even before seeing the comments below I recognized he was singing backwards!!!! This is going out to all my physics colleagues!

  • @YumiSparkles
    @YumiSparkles 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Damn, that was amazing! This is by far my favourite song of yours so far, keep up the great work.

  • @tropica9238
    @tropica9238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In another world, this is a normal music video with backwards lyrics

  • @sfrn2321
    @sfrn2321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Everyone: why entropic time?
    Engineering majors: it just do be like that

  • @jgschubert4093
    @jgschubert4093 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have outdone yourself this time! Wow... Thanks again for the joy you bring into my life through your talents.

  • @specificallyarbitrary420
    @specificallyarbitrary420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is so many different layers of beautiful and amazing all at once.
    This comment may be a pun.

  • @ifly721
    @ifly721 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is probably the most amazing a capella I've ever seen

  • @Ed__Powell
    @Ed__Powell 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm proud to be a Patron supporter. This was awesome.

  • @michellem4287
    @michellem4287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Omg just found this in 2020...a bubble of joy in troubling times