Some Budding Yeast I Used to Grow 
(Parody of Somebody that I Used to Know by Gotye feat. Kimbra)

Lyrics, Vocals, Editing:  Nathaniel Krefman

Submission for UC-Berkeley MCB Follies 2012-2013
(UC-Berkeley, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology)

Watch music video on YouTube: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odxvp-3nSw4

Some Budding Yeast I Used to Grow

In the UC
(Parody of "Under the Sea" from the Little Mermaid)

Vocals: Nathaniel Krefman
Backing Vocals:  Sun Hae Hong & Akemi Kunibe
Concept: Akemi Kunibe
Lyrics:  Eric Lewellyn

Submission for UC-Berkeley MCB Follies 2012-2013
(UC-Berkeley, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology)

Watch music video on YouTube: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xpSjMhPuOM

In the UC!

"I Want to Graduate (Live at MCB Follies)"
(Parody of I Want it That Way by The Backstreet Boys)

Vocals, Editing:  Nate Krefman
Lyrics:  Meru S. & Nate Krefman
Concept:  Meru S.

Watch music video on YouTube: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWn1W7WfTW0

Submission for MCB Follies 2012-2013
(UC-Berkeley, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology)

I Want to Graduate

"I Want to Graduate (Live at MCB Follies)"
(Parody of I Want it That Way by The Backstreet Boys)

Pre-Recorded Vocals:  Nate Krefman
Live Vocals:  37 Degrees (Nate Krefman, Phil Cleves, Andrew Glazer, Alec Sexton, & Brock Roberts)
Concept:  Meru S.
Lyrics:  Meru S. & Nate Krefman
Live Audio Recording:  David McCleary

Live performance on January 18, 2013 at MCB Follies 2012-2013
(UC-Berkeley, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology)

Watch music video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI6ZNyRCJjY

I Want to Graduate (Live at MCB Follies 2012-2013)

"Barbra Meyer"
(Parody of "Barbra Streisand" by Duck Sauce)

Lyrics, Vocals, Editing: Nathaniel Krefman

Submission for UC-Berkeley MCB Follies 2011
(UC-Berkeley, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology)

Barbra Meyer

"Lab God"
(Parody of "Rap God" by Eminem)

Lyrics, Vocals, Editing: Nathaniel Krefman

Submission for UC-Berkeley MCB Follies 2013
(UC-Berkeley, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology)

Watch music video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsrl9mI2xis

Lab God

"The Common Good" is a rap about the state of US politics that I wrote the 2012 federal presidential campaign.

Lyrics, Vocals: Nathaniel Krefman
Music: "The Fallen Interlude" by Blink 182.

The Common Good

"Shrubbery" is a rap song about George W. Bush that I wrote in 2003.

Lyrics, Vocals, Music: Nathaniel Krefman

Shrubbery

The song of The Swamp boys at Van Buren Youth Camp, based on the classic folk song "When it's Lamplighting Time in the Valley."  Recorded circa 2003-2004.

Guitar, Vocals: Nathaniel Krefman

The Lamplighting Song

I went to Kalamazoo College at the same time as Steven Yeun, the actor from The Walking Dead.  He lived in 311 Crissey Hall during his sophomore year (class of 2005).  I was a freshman and lived on the first floor.  Somehow I obtained this song during my time there.   Mike Vasas, who collaborated on this track, was another student at K who was a singer-songwriter.  His fans know that Steven was active in the improv comedy group Monkapult while at K College, but they may not know that he also dabbled in songwriting and performed on campus at least a couple times.

Steven Yeun (feat. Mike Vasas) - Living It Up In 311

I'm Nate Krefman! I post parodies and humorous songs about science, biology, and grad school at www.youtube.com/skarefamena. You can download my parodies and other original songs here.

In "real" life, I'm a Ph.D student in Molecular & Cell Biology at Berkeley who's passionately curious about mechanisms of cell cycle control and accurate chromosome segregation.

Please subscribe, comment, share, and follow! I'm always happy to receive a note, and I'm open to collabs, gigs, and ... ehem ... post-docs or tenured faculty positions!

Barbra Meyer

Nathaniel Krefman

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