Editing 780: Sample
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This strip suggests that even a band with the most brilliant and catchy music would soon become the most hated band in the world if it included sound effects of car horns, cell phones, or alarm clocks in its songs. Listeners would | + | This strip suggests that even a band with the most brilliant and catchy music would soon become the most hated band in the world if it included sound effects of car horns, cell phones, or alarm clocks in its songs. Listeners would mistake the sound effects for the real thing. |
For comparison, "{{w|Indiana Wants Me}}", a 1970 hit single by {{w|R. Dean Taylor}}, had the sound of police sirens removed from later pressings because drivers were reportedly mistaking the sound effects for actual police cars and pulling over. | For comparison, "{{w|Indiana Wants Me}}", a 1970 hit single by {{w|R. Dean Taylor}}, had the sound of police sirens removed from later pressings because drivers were reportedly mistaking the sound effects for actual police cars and pulling over. | ||
This can also be a reference to an unusual anti-piracy method, where P2P and Torrent networks are seeded with altered copies of songs that contain obnoxious sounds at random points. | This can also be a reference to an unusual anti-piracy method, where P2P and Torrent networks are seeded with altered copies of songs that contain obnoxious sounds at random points. | ||
− | |||
− | |||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | : | + | :HOW TO BECOME THE MOST HATED BAND IN THE WORLD: |
− | |||
− | |||
:Record an album that's nothing but brilliant, catchy instant classics guaranteed popularity and airtime, | :Record an album that's nothing but brilliant, catchy instant classics guaranteed popularity and airtime, | ||
− | :[Cueball | + | :[Cueball at the steering wheel of a car.] |
− | :Music: So far from hooome but I can't | + | :Music: So far from hooome but I can't sto- HONK |
:Cueball: AUGH! WHAT? | :Cueball: AUGH! WHAT? | ||
− | |||
:with a sample of a car horn, cell phone, or alarm clock inserted randomly in each song. | :with a sample of a car horn, cell phone, or alarm clock inserted randomly in each song. | ||
Line 30: | Line 25: | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Music]] | [[Category:Music]] | ||
− |