Here's something you might be interested in.
Everyone knows the William Tell Overture, right? It was the Lone Ranger theme.
Once on David Letterman, Siskel & Ebert went door-to-door and did weird things. It was hysterical. When they were showing what talents they have, Roger said he could play the Overture by hitting his fingers against a counter. It was so unimpressive, it was funny.
A guy I played basketball with in high school, moved up to Lancaster. I only went up to visit him once. Not much of a town, and the only thing I remember is when he and a few friends went to a bar drinking to shoot pool, I stayed at his house. And saw on the news that Sam Kinison died.
But, because there's a lack of things to do in Lancaster, some city officials decided to pull the plug on a little promotion that Honda did.
They had engineers design a section of the freeway to play the William Tell Overture, in perfect pitch, for motorists driving Civics over it at 55 mph.
No, they don't want to work on better forms of fuel efficiency. This is what science is on top of. Street songs!
Nearby residents complained about the high pitch sounds. Who didn't see that coming?
Officials say they got calls from close to 75 people that liked it. But none of the residents did.
I remember in 1992, I wrote a parody song when I was in radio. It was called "Sounds of Sirens". Mike Tyson had gone to prison. The lyrics were: Hello Tyson my old friend/You're in prison once again/And the warden's softly speaking/autographs cellmates are seeking/And the soap...in the shower always drops/I blame the cops/I hear the sounds...of sirens.
Now, at that point, I dubbed in a sound effect of sirens. Well, we had to pull the song from airplay, because there's a little FCC law about using siren sounds in commercials or bits, because it can "confuse" drivers.
And, as angry as I was about that...it made perfect sense.
Yet, I often hear commecials now, that have sirens. And...DJs do bits, or things with the traffic reporter, that have siren sound effects. Not sure why they don't follow the rules, or if the FCC law has changed.
But, it made me think...if we had to pass some insane law about using cell phones while we drive, because of the distraction....why would something like this have even passed in the first place? Nobody thought...hey, this could be a distraction for someone driving. Or some idiot putting their head out the window to get a better listen.
Well...it doesn't matter now. Lancaster city officials are paving over the quarter-mile strip.
They're replacing it with grooves that you drive over...and you hear the song "Hot Rod Lincoln."
(okay, that last sentence was a lie....but damn, that would've been so much cooler, wouldn't it?)
Everyone knows the William Tell Overture, right? It was the Lone Ranger theme.
Once on David Letterman, Siskel & Ebert went door-to-door and did weird things. It was hysterical. When they were showing what talents they have, Roger said he could play the Overture by hitting his fingers against a counter. It was so unimpressive, it was funny.
A guy I played basketball with in high school, moved up to Lancaster. I only went up to visit him once. Not much of a town, and the only thing I remember is when he and a few friends went to a bar drinking to shoot pool, I stayed at his house. And saw on the news that Sam Kinison died.
But, because there's a lack of things to do in Lancaster, some city officials decided to pull the plug on a little promotion that Honda did.
They had engineers design a section of the freeway to play the William Tell Overture, in perfect pitch, for motorists driving Civics over it at 55 mph.
No, they don't want to work on better forms of fuel efficiency. This is what science is on top of. Street songs!
Nearby residents complained about the high pitch sounds. Who didn't see that coming?
Officials say they got calls from close to 75 people that liked it. But none of the residents did.
I remember in 1992, I wrote a parody song when I was in radio. It was called "Sounds of Sirens". Mike Tyson had gone to prison. The lyrics were: Hello Tyson my old friend/You're in prison once again/And the warden's softly speaking/autographs cellmates are seeking/And the soap...in the shower always drops/I blame the cops/I hear the sounds...of sirens.
Now, at that point, I dubbed in a sound effect of sirens. Well, we had to pull the song from airplay, because there's a little FCC law about using siren sounds in commercials or bits, because it can "confuse" drivers.
And, as angry as I was about that...it made perfect sense.
Yet, I often hear commecials now, that have sirens. And...DJs do bits, or things with the traffic reporter, that have siren sound effects. Not sure why they don't follow the rules, or if the FCC law has changed.
But, it made me think...if we had to pass some insane law about using cell phones while we drive, because of the distraction....why would something like this have even passed in the first place? Nobody thought...hey, this could be a distraction for someone driving. Or some idiot putting their head out the window to get a better listen.
Well...it doesn't matter now. Lancaster city officials are paving over the quarter-mile strip.
They're replacing it with grooves that you drive over...and you hear the song "Hot Rod Lincoln."
(okay, that last sentence was a lie....but damn, that would've been so much cooler, wouldn't it?)