Comments on: A Familiar Tune

A Familiar Tune

uncleozzy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:26:46 -0800

Coming soon to the closing credits of a Japanese RPG near you.

I found this in my "junk drawer" of music a couple days ago and thought it was just about the cheesiest, goofiest thing: a few familiar melodies on top of a dancepop beat, very few surprises. I think it's from 2003: an ex-roommate (whose rice cooker I inadvertently stole) and I put it together in Fruityloops. Presumably, a vast quantity of beer played a role.

By: BrnP84

BrnP84 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:37:17 -0800

Wow this is definetly different from the rest of your stuff, you could totally DDR to this.

By: danb

danb — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:23:49 -0800

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you just blended Pachelbel's Canon and Puff the Magic Dragon with a dance beat, did you not? Just making sure. :-)

Funny stuff. I went through a phase where I tried to take familiar pieces and make them into bad punk rock. Something about inappropriately changing genres appeals to me.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:44:19 -0800

I would throw down the RPG and just start to DANCE if this came on.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:02:51 -0800

danb: I believe the official list was Puff the Magic Dragon, Pachelbel's Canon, the Pet Shop Boys' Go West, and the Soviet national anthem. Really, there's no explanation for this. And yeah, you may notice that one of my obsessions is genre-bending. Mostly in the goofy punk direction, but occasionally in other directions. Like this ridiculous one.

By: phrontist

phrontist — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:30:57 -0800

This is pretty hilarious.

By: umbú

umbú — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:53:02 -0800

The thing that is so admirable about this, is that you saw it through to completion, instead of having the impulse and deciding that it would better remain a concept than a product. Please tell me you were working with loops, not actually figuring out and playing those.

By: danb

danb — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:25:12 -0800

Ah! I knew I couldn't place one of the melodies, but I didn't catch that the Soviet national anthem was in there. An even more insane mix than I had suspected!

By: February28

February28 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:31:30 -0800

electro-sure-footed brilliance

By: snsranch

snsranch — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:13:14 -0800

Wow, uncleozzy, ....in the land called honalee... I havn't heard that since I was like 8. Awesome!

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:03:01 -0800

What else is in there? The more I listen, the more I realize how brilliant this is: taking melodies that people could sing in their sleep, and turning them into something they could dance to in their sleep.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:05:30 -0800

I meant to add...
...and having all those melodies fit seamlessly over one another - that's the brilliant part. At first I only thought it was "variations on pachelbel's thingie for a euro danceclub" but upon reading the comments, I can totally pick out the Puff the Magic Dragon... neato!

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:18:01 -0800

I just realize what this is. it's the Pet Shop Boys "Go West."

I knew they where cribbing SOMETHING. I always thought it was The International.