The theme of the conference party in Aarhus reflected our wish to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Tensions of Europe Conferences! To do that, conference participants split in four teams in order to adapt four songs into ToE cover songs. In addition to that, the teams’ performances had to live up to the expectations of the past competitions (and for sure, they did!).
As a way both to honor and to keep in mind the ToE spirit and all that it brings from the past as well as our views toward the future, we would like to share the lyrics of the songs. We thank all the participants and the organizers for their best effort.
Team 1: ‘10 years’, a song by Daði og Gagnamagnið
We've been researching for two decades now
Still everyday we're lovin' it more
We got together, in Laapenranta
To do history like never before
We wanna know what a Cha-re-ta-pot is
And we wanna study technopolitics and waste
We wanna open all the nucle-ar black boxes
We think about all things… and more
We started out in Europe
Now we take on the world
We write about time, and think about time, it takes a lot of time
As we age as fine wine
We are the tensions of Europe
Everyday we find new ways to look at the world
How we work together
Hmm is really unique
We got a good thing going
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And just when I thought that my head was full
I found topics that I never explored:
So ma-ny re-sour-ces
I can't remember what most of them are called
We wanna find all hidden integrations
And we wanna know why robot fish are made
We don't wanna know what happens when our funding ends
We don't think about that… at all.
We are the tensions of Europe
Everyday we find new ways to look at the world
How we party together
Hmm, is simply insane
Tensions just keeps getting better
Everyday, we find new ways to look at the world
The meetings we spent together
Hmm, simply were great
We got a good thing going
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Team 2: ‘Fly on the wings of ToE’ by The Tension’ Sisters (original song ‘Fly on the wings of love’ by the Olsen Brothers)
In the summernight, when our minds are bright
We make strong conclusions
When the morning comes, and the session’s on
They’re no more illusions
The one thing that saves us at this time
That is turning tensions into wine
Fly on the wings of ToE
Fly scholar fly
Research is where we go
H-index high
And as time’s gone by, we have reached the sky
And have made real progress
Working hand in hand, on technology
Making things more complex
The one thing that saves us at this time
That is turning tensions into wine
Fly on the wings of ToE
Fly scholar fly
Research is where we go
H-index high
Technology
Fly on the wings of ToE
Research is where we go
H-index high
Etc.
Team 3: ‘Tensions wins it all!’ (original song ‘The winner takes it all’ by the Abba)
Now I wanna talk
About things we´ve gone through
It is pleasing me
We´we made history
For twenty years we´ve met
Discussing most important things
We have more to say,
More for every day!
Our network wins it all,
We´ve grown so big and tall!
Pursuing victory
That´s our destiny!
We´ve written history
through lense of technology
We figured it made sense,
Crossing national fence.
Building social bonds,
across all of Europe.
But it´s also true,
there were Tensions too!
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We overcame them all,
all problems big and small.
And now we meet again
at conference number ten!
Budapest was first,
next was Lappeenranta
Then came Rotterdam,
Copenhagen next.
Sofia and Paris,
Stockholm and then Athens
Luxembourg came then,
and now we meet again!
Our network wins it all,
We´ve grown so big and tall!
Pursuing victory
That´s our destiny!
Our network wins it all,
We´ve grown so big and tall!
Pursuing victory
That´s our destiny!
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Team 4: Save the Seabed for us by MotherHood of Fish (winning team!)
We are just some tiny fish
Something you don’t like to kiss
There’s a story we would like to tell to you
We’re worried, you know
Seabed mining could be bad
Have you never heard of that?
It’s destroying our homes
And it’s going on and on
But we really want to keep this habitat
We’re worried, its bad
We want the power to change
Will you promise us to save?
Seabed for us, save all the seabed for us
We’ll die, maybe, we’ll die
Goodbye, humans, goodbye
Don’t you dare us to say
That your business is okay
Seabed for us, save all the seabed for us
We’ll die, maybe, we’ll die
Goodbye, humans, goodbye
Don’t you dare us to say
That your business is okay
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Cobalt, nickel, manganese
A moratorium will freeze
The extraction of sulfites and cobalt crusts
We’re worried, we lost
Oceans for us, save all the oceans for us
We’ll die, maybe, we’ll die
Goodbye, humans, goodbye
Don’t you dare us to say
That your business is okay
Oceans for us, save all the oceans for us
We’ll die, maybe, we’ll die
Goodbye, humans, goodbye
Don’t you dare us to say
That your business is okay
The seabed for us, save all the seabed for us
We’ll die, maybe, we’ll die
Goodbye, humans, goodbye
Don’t you dare us to say
That your business is okay
So long and thank you for all the fish!
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