On the anniversary of Climategate, RealClimate's Ray Pierrehumbert sings the CO2 blues, Chicago style

I’ve previously highlighted the accordion talents of RealClimate co-founder Dr. Ray Pierrehumbert. Now he’s formed a band with two guys named Abbot and Archer, singing the CO2 blues in a music video.

How appropriate though, given the politics employed by Ray and The Team, that they say “We are climate scientists, Chicago style”.

Mike Mann apparently wasn’t invited to the jam as the only musical instrument he can play is the percussive hockey stick. Watch the video below:

And they say skeptics are the crazy ones.

h/t to Tom Nelson and Andy Revkin

UPDATE: It is worth recalling what Dr. Ray Pierrehumbert recently wrote of skeptics:

McIntyre, McKittrick, and Watts are the Andrew Breitbarts of climate. Occasionally they may out something that is technically true, but it is always of minor consequence compared to the noise, and always a distraction from the truly important questions facing society.  That’s why, big as the IPCC tent may be, I hope there will never be a place in it for any of these clowns.

Please, someone get this man a mirror.

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November 19, 2011 10:27 am

Ufda

petermue
November 19, 2011 10:29 am

My first thought on Abbot and Archer was Abbot and Costello.
Still my favorite video is

Kev-in-Uk
November 19, 2011 10:29 am

not even musically interesting…and as for the lyrics, my dog can converse better…….

November 19, 2011 10:32 am

The music is horrible. They better cling to their gubment jobs.

Mike86
November 19, 2011 10:32 am

That was just sad. They should get with the Minnesotans for Global Warming group.

Steph
November 19, 2011 10:35 am

[Using multiple screen names violate site Policy. ~dbs, mod.]

Mike Davis
November 19, 2011 10:39 am

A song for those whose research resembles that done by the person praised in this song:

Vince Causey
November 19, 2011 10:40 am

Thanks guys – Next!

November 19, 2011 10:45 am

I’d like to hear their version of The Hockey Stick Blues…
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9363502

PaulH
November 19, 2011 10:47 am

There’s 3 minutes of my life I’ll never get back. These guys should stick to their day jobs. (What ever it is they do…)

November 19, 2011 10:49 am

Their musical skills are highly correlated with their climate science skills.

November 19, 2011 10:51 am

OMG that’s out-and-out painful.

Latitude
November 19, 2011 10:56 am

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference……………………..

Steeptown
November 19, 2011 10:57 am

It’s far worse than we thought. Send for the men in white coats.

john
November 19, 2011 10:59 am
Bill Illis
November 19, 2011 11:02 am

If they don’t care about how embarassingly bad their music is (including demonstrating that in spades to the whole world across the internet), what makes one think they care about how bad their climate science is.

Olen
November 19, 2011 11:09 am

They should apologize to Ray Charles, and The Grateful Dead. The Denier video on the other hand may have a future.

November 19, 2011 11:17 am

get a grip…that was great..lighten up

Sundance
November 19, 2011 11:18 am

While I can easily forget the display of disasters in the background of this video I may never be able to erase the epic display of disaster that I just witnessed in the foreground. I should have been warned that this video had the potential to cause irreversible damage to people with an ear for music. If you want to disband OWS idiots or extract intel out of terrorists, this video played repeatedly at high decibel levels would get the job done. 😉

November 19, 2011 11:20 am

soo sorry…I was commenting on the “I’am a denier” video..

Bruce Cobb
November 19, 2011 11:20 am

Ouch. I’ve reported him to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Accordions).

Terry
November 19, 2011 11:25 am

They should also appologise to the great Muddy Waters for their dumb reference to him. A disgrace.

Jim Barker
November 19, 2011 11:28 am

They should have modeled it first!

G. Karst
November 19, 2011 11:28 am

These guys are terrible musicians, but they are better at music than they are as climate scientists.
Therefore, contrary to everyone else, I recommend they quit their day jobs (as scientists) and become full time musicians. They can lie all they want as musicians and will do much less harm. GK

Camburn
November 19, 2011 11:29 am

Ok…..help me out here. When has the clmate been static and not changeing?
What is so alarming to these poor fellows that the clmate changes? It is almost as if they are denying climate change by asserting this is something new?
Looking at paleo data……..it seems the climate changed and quite a good thing that it has. Otherwise, there would still be a glacier covering most of North America.
And they claim they need a Phd to understand this? Or lack of understanding concerning this?

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