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New Math
Posted by Miss Cellania


17-year-old Bo Burnham sings about math. It makes about as much sense as new math does, but way more entertaining.

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Bah. Tom Lehrer already wrote a song called New Math and it's much, much better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a81YvrV7Vv8

said RumorsDaily on June 5, 2008 5:08 PM.

It's kind of unfair to compare even a very talented 17-year-old to a master like Tom Lehrer. I'd say Bo still comes off fairly well in the comparison. His main problem here is the very repetitive three-note melody and the hackneyed chord sequence. The kid has writing chops and timing, the rest - like longer, more adventurous melodies, the occasional key change and the importance of a strong middle eight - he can learn.

said Jay on June 11, 2008 9:54 AM.
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