Splendid

Splendid is a song by Professor Elemental and the first track on the 2009 album The Indifference Engine.

Song Facts
"This was written specifically as an introduction to the Professor's world; Sunny, silly and simple to join in with. It's also a list of some of my favourite things, which made it one of the easiest songs I've ever had the pleasure to write. There's a shout out on the second verse to 'The Las Vegas Mermaids', the strangest band you have never seen. Sadly now defunct, they were a large part of the 'Come Into My Parlour' show and their singer (Faye Grennhaulgh) duets with me on 'Sweet Cold Collation' (sic)."

Music Video
A video featuring the remix was produced by Joel Veitch of Rathergood and posted to YouTube on 4 July 2011. Among other entertaining visual quirks, the Professor becomes a rocket and flies about the screen.

Trivia

 * The reference to Marmaguin (a marmoset crossed with a penguin) refers to one of the many fanciful animals created by the Professor for his personal zoo.
 * The credits frame for the video features a crest with the motto "Vivat assam"; Assam likely refers to Camelia sinensis var. assamica, a varietal of the tea plant with large leaves, named for the Assam state in India which hosts a large number of tea plantations.