It’s Music Monday again.
Today: evolutionary biology!
Here’s the Finnish heavy-metal band Nightwish, with Endless Forms – quite likely the only heavy-metal song ever to quote Darwin and mention Tiktaalik:
Beyond aeons we take a ride
Welcoming the shrew that survived
To see the Tiktaalik take her first walk
Witness the birth of flight
My parents would have assumed that every metal song is about drugs, sex, violence, or most likely, all of those at once. Continue reading