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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.08,0:00:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning John. Earlier this week I was\Nlistening to some oldies and I was like ‘These
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.99,0:00:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are oldies, but how old is the oldest song?’\NOn the scale of things, really, oldies are
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.57,0:00:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,newies. They’re very new. Of course, this\Nis an impossible question to answer. The oldest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.32,0:00:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,song was probably sung by a bird, maybe a\Ndinosaur, you don’t know! But I don’t
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.18,0:00:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think anybody else has got, like, the music\Nin their soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.27,0:00:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing) ‘Music gonna make you wanna move\Nit all night long, all night long!’
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.69,0:00:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s just us, and it is innate, like there\Nare no cultures on Earth that do not sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.28,0:00:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All humans sing that, well… all cultures\Nsing. There are some humans, particularly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.06,0:00:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ones named John Green, who probably should\Nmaybe just not.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.91,0:00:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Definitely the first human songs are well\Nand truly lost. They were probably improvised,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.23,0:00:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the first melody was probably lost immediately\Nafter it was created. But the oldest song
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.86,0:00:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can still play today is called Hurrian\NHymn #6. It’s incomplete but it was pressed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.07,0:01:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into cuneiform tablets 3500 years ago and\Nyou can still listen to it. There’s clips
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.68,0:01:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of it on YouTube. That’s amazing! Archaeologists\Ncan let us get a glimpse at what the past
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.76,0:01:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looked like: the buildings and the tools people\Nused and their pots and their weapons, but
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.62,0:01:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being able to hear back in time... For some\Nreason that makes these people who existed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.86,0:01:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distantly in the past much more real to me\Nand, like, much more human to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.17,0:01:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the oldest song that we have in its\Nentirety is a brief composition. The coolest
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.07,0:01:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thing about it is not only is it music, it\Nalso the lyrics, which is really unusual.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.63,0:01:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s on a burial cylinder, probably placed\Ninto the grave of a man’s wife by the man.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.72,0:01:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not originally played with an acoustic\Nguitar accompaniment, but that is how I’m
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.33,0:01:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gonna play it because I don’t have a lyre\Nnor do I nor how to play one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.29,0:01:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hoson zēs phainou\NMēden holōs sy lypou
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.67,0:02:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pros oligon esti to zēn\NTo telos ho chronos apaitei
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.15,0:02:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hoson zēs phainou\NMēden holōs sy lypou
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.34,0:02:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pros oligon esti to zēn\NTo telos ho chronos apaitei
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.61,0:02:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While you live, shine on\NBe joyous and dance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.26,0:02:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And seize the day\NWe’re only here until we’re gone
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.61,0:02:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And time, time demands to be paid
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.31,0:02:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hoson zēs phainou\NMēden holōs sy lypou
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.14,0:03:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pros oligon esti to zēn\NTo telos ho chronos apaitei
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.59,0:03:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s the oldest song we have, and the\Ntheme is basically YOLO. The more things change!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.35,0:03:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have some news. In the scope of musical\Nhistory, the first album of Hank Green and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.17,0:03:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Perfect Strangers, which is called Incongruent,\Nis not going to be significant. It is, however,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.01,0:03:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to come out at the end of April or beginning\Nof May, and I’m very excited about it, it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.67,0:03:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rocks. I feel weird talking about how great\Nmy album is but you will hear more of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.35,0:03:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s already some of it on my Tumblr.\NIf you want to check that out there’s a
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.33,0:03:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,song called ‘I F$*%king Love Science’\Nand it is available to pre-order at dftba.com.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.38,0:03:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John, I will see you on Tuesday.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.96,0:03:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Song at end)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.96,0:03:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,T-shirt and jeans that’s right\NIt doesn’t mean anything
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.96,0:03:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who don’t know that I\NTry not to say too much just with my clothes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.83,0:03:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you wanna get to know me, man\NWe’re gonna have to talk about…