Tangled Up With You

A theoretical physicist walks into a bar. Specifically, Jim Al-Khalili walks into a recreation of a in 1920s speakeasy where a prohibition-era band is performing. It's a scene from The Secrets of Quantum Physics, episode 1: "Einstein's Nightmare" in which quantum entanglement is the theme. While Al-Khalili lists a few details to chronicle the zeitgeist while enjoying a beverage from his table, the club's chanteuse croons lamentingly of a love she cannot leave.

But careful observers quickly realize this is no ordinary torch song. It's infused with subtle physics cues. I appreciate the production team going the extra mile to create a gem that might be lost on many viewers. So after watching the episode, I hit the Internet to track down the details. 

Enjoy the fruits of my post-viewing web quest:

Tangled Up With You by Eliza's Uncertainty

I found lyrics to Nick Goodman's ditty online. They had a few errors, so here's my corrected accounting. 

Tangled Up With You

You got a heart but there's no way of knowing

Can see where you are but can't see where you are going

And I'm stuck here still

I'm tangled up with you

I know I deserve you

I know you're my savior

But when I observe you

You change your behavior

So I'm stuck here still

I'm tangled up with you

This whole world can be...

So uncertain

But you can bet that I'll still be hurting

When you say our wedding vows to somebody else

Well I've seen some things

I've been around

But darling there ain’t a finer thing that I've found

I'll always be so tangled up with you

I'll always be so tangled up with you

Eliza's Uncertainty - Voice: Eliza Shea, Bass: Misha Mullov-Abbado, Clarinet: Anthony Friend, Trombone: Vij Prakash, Guitar/Composition: Nick Goodwin

And I did manage to craft a question set for The Secrets of Quantum Physics. Episode 1, "Einstein's Nightmare," gets us up to speed on quantum entanglement ("spooky action at a distance"). Episode 2, "Let There Be Life," takes us into the nascent world of quantum biology. Many people might not even know quantum biology is a thing.

The Heat Playlist of Phyz

I fear I might be the last high school physics instructor around still teaching heat and temperature. I don't get any sense that NGSS needs me to teach it. AP Physics doesn't need me to teach it. I teach it in AP Physics 2 before delving into the curious realm of thermodynamics. But that's because I think the topics and demonstrations are so groovy.

In any case, here's my playlist.

The Heat Playlist of Phyz
SONG	ARTIST	YEAR
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave	Martha Reeves & the Vandellas	1963
Burn Down the Mission	Elton John	1970
Burnin' for You	Blue Öyster Cult	1978
Burning Down the House	Talking Heads	1983
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)	David Bowie	1982
Cold as Ice	Foreigner	1977
Cold Cold Heart	Norah Jones	2002
Dark Fire	Strunz & Farah	1994
Don't Stop Me Now	Queen	1978
Feels Like Fire	Santana (feat. Dido)	2002
Fire	Sara Bareilles	2019
Fire	Ingrid Michaelson	2012
Fire And Fury (Fuego Y Furia)	Oscar Lopez	1997
Fire And Rain	James Taylor	1970
Fire Lake	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	1980
Flamethrower	The J. Geils Band	1981
Gypsy Flame	Armik	1995
Heat of the Moment	Asia	1982
Heat of the Sun	Strunz & Farah	1994
Heat On the Street	Phil Collins	1989
His Latest Flame	Mary Lou Lord	1998
Hot Blooded	Foreigner	1978
I'm On Fire	Bruce Springsteen	1982
Ice Cream	Sarah McLachlan	1995
Long Hot Summer	Style Council	1983
Paper in Fire	John Cougar Mellencamp	1987
Rattle And Burn	Jesse Cook	2005
Set Fire to the Rain	Adele	2010
She's So Cold	The Rolling Stones	1980
Some Like It Hot	The Power Station	1985
Steam	Peter Gabriel	1992
Still On Fire	Aztec Camera	1984
Strange Fire	Indigo Girls	1987
The Fire Down Below	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	1976
The Fire Inside	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	1991
The Rhythm of the Heat	Peter Gabriel	1982
The Warmth of the Sun	The Beach Boys	1965
This House Is On Fire	Natalie Merchant	2001
Warm Sound	Zero7	2001
Warm Ways	Fleetwood Mac	1975
We Didn't Start The Fire	Billy Joel	1989
World On Fire	Sarah McLachlan	2003
You're My Flame	Zero7	2006

The Forces Playlist of Phyz

The Forces Playlist of Phyz
SONG	ARTIST	YEAR
Carry That Weight	The Beatles	1969
First Push	DeVotcKa	2005
Force of Nature (Bonus Track)	Lenka	2008
Force Ten	Rush	1987
Forces ... Darling (Featuring Earl Zinger)	Koop	2006
Friction	Imagine Dragons	2014
Friction	Morcheeba	1998
Friction	Shame	2018
Friction	Tauk	2014
Friction	Television	1977
The Girl With the Weight of the World in Her Hands	Indigo Girls	1990
Grace In Gravity	The Story	1991
Gravity	Against The Current	2015
Gravity	Daughtry	2018
Gravity	Jesse Cook	2005
Gravity	John Mayer	2006
Gravity	A Perfect Circle	2003
Gravity	Sara Bareilles	2008
Gravity	With Confidence	2017
Gravity (feat. JMR)	Jai Wolf	2016
Gravity (Stripped)	Wage War	2017
Please Push No More	Gary Numan	1980
Pull	Blind Melon	1996
Pull	Microwave	2019
Pull Shapes	The Pipettes	2007
Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)	Squeeze	1980
Push	Matchbox Twenty	1996
Push	Sarah McLachlan	2003
Push on for the Dawn	Corinne Bailey Rae	2016
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	1981
Tension Is A Passing Note	Sixpence None The Richer	2002
Weightless	Adam French	2017
Weightless	Blondfire	2004
Weightless	Brina Eno and Daniel Lanois	1989
Weightless	Chris Burkich	2016
Weightless	City And Colour	2011
Weightless	Third Eye Blind	2016
Weightless	Washed Out	2013
Weightless	311	2011
Weightless (feat. Shungudzo)	Hayden James	2019

The Motion Playlist of Phyz

The long-awaited Motion Playlist of Phyz is now here. Enjoy!

This playlist is long. You might want to break it up into two smaller playlists for better results. Or you could pare it down. You could also add to it; I'm sure I missed a few gems. Please let me know in the comments.

Click the "playlist" label in the column to the right to see the playlists for Waves, Electricity, Magnetism, and Light.

SONG	ARTIST	YEAR
Built For Speed	Stray Cats	1982
Don't Stop Me Now	Queen	1978
Don't Stop Now	Crowded House	2007
Don't Try To Stop It	Roman Holliday	1983
Drive	The Cars	1984
Drive	R.E.M.	1992
Drive My Car	The Beatles	1965
Everyday Is A Winding Road	Sheryl Crow	1996
Fast Car	Tracy Chapman	1988
Get Around	The Beach Boys	1966
Go	Indigo Girls	1999
Go Your Own Way	Fleetwood Mac	1977
Going Going Gone	Maddie Poppe	2018
I Feel Speed	Love and Rockets	1989
I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King	1971
I'm Not Moving	Phil Collins	1981
Just A Song Before I Go	Crosby, Stills, and Nash	1977
Keep Moving	Ivy	2005
Life In The Fast Lane	The Eagles	1976
Long Distance Runaround	Yes	1972
Long Train Runnin'	The Doobie Brothers	1973
Motion	Khalid	2018
Motion	Emotional Oranges	2019
Move	MercyMe	2010
Move	Saint Motel	2016
Move On	Karen Matheson	1996
move!	NIKI	2019
Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5	2011
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)	Billy Joel	1977
Moving In Stereo	The Cars	1977
Night Moves	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	1976
On the Road Agian	Canned Heat	1968
Out On the Road	Norah Jones	2012
Real Gone	Sheryl Crow	2006
Road To Nowhere	Talking Heads	1985
Rockin' Down The Highway	The Doobie Brothers	1972
Roll Me Away	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	1982
Roll On	The Little Willies	2006
Runnin' Down A Dream	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	1989
Running On Empty	Jackson Browne	1977
Silent Running	Mike + The Mechanics	1985
Slow Down	The Beatles	1964
Slow Pony Home	The Weepies	2005
Slow Ride	Foghat	1975
Something	The Beatles	1969
Something In The Way She Moves	James Taylor	1968
Speed of Sound	Coldplay	2005
Speedball Tucker	Jim Croce	1973
Speeding Motorcycle	Yo La Tengo	1990
The Long And Winding Road	The Beatles	1969
Train In The Distance	Paul Simon	1983
When The World Is Running Down...	The Police	1980
Your Move (Single Version)	Yes	1971