In 1997, two composers created âThe
Most Unwanted Songâ by issuing a public
opinion survey and compiling all the
lyrical and musical elements that most
people found annoying. The song features
a harp with an accordion, out-of-tune
children singing about Christmas and
Walmart, lots of high-pitched flutes with
tubas and keyboard demos, someone
yelling random political terms through a
megaphone, and an operatic soprano
rapping over cowboy music, bagpipes,
and screaming. Itâs 22 minutes long. SourceSource 2
Florence and the Machine at last nightâs Spotify event in Brooklyn. As Florence began to sing Sky Full of Song a literal storm began to hit, she never faltered and embraced the storm.
These stunning photographs were commissioned by the Chamber Orchestra of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Andreas Mierswa and Markus Kluska letâs us see inside musical instruments, cleverly lit, narrow places become cavernous space, almost like concert halls.
Look at this lad. Image: THX, Ltd.The Deep Note, the distinctive synthesized crescendo that is THXâs audio trademark, is one of the most iconic sounds in all of film. For the effects firmâs 35th anniversary, theyâve now shared the sheet music behind the sound.
I donât know that Iâve reblogged anything faster in my entire tumblr life. Â
I want to know the story behind this?
Like. Look at the movement of the water. The color. Theyâre not in a tank. Thatâs the motherfucking ocean. Or at least, a large closed off area in the ocean. The man in the video is on some sort of raft.
But those dolphins know the dude well enough to beach right next to him, and while Iâm no expert in dolphin-ese, I know enough to make a pretty solid guess that those dolphins are trying to communicate with that clarinet (dolphins have their own languages! And I think the fast, lilting notes of the song combined with the clarinetâs natural sound mimics a dolphinâs clicks and chirps pretty well, all things considered)
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