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Extrapolating these trends would suggest that all popular songs will just be repetitions of single sentences in the year 2140.
by talltimtom 8y ago
Extrapolating these trends would suggest that all popular songs will just be repetitions of single sentences in the year 2140.
- askvictor 8y agoSo you're saying that Daft Punk was 150 years ahead of its time?
- lake99 8y agoBut still centuries behind liturgical music. Sing "Kyrie eleison" in this manner for 5 minutes, and then sing "Kyrie eleison" in a different manner for 10 minutes. Sing "Christe eleison" in between for a few minutes. Let's end the day singing "Osanna in excelsis" in a couple of different ways, for a few minutes each.
- michaelt 8y ago$ echo "GlooOOooooOOooooOOooooOOooooOOoria" | wc --bytes 35 $ echo "GlooOOooooOOooooOOooooOOooooOOoria" | gzip | wc --bytes 34 Unexpected!
- W4ldi 8y agoActually not. Zipping itself produces some headers and metadata. Zipping can actually increase filesize. But the effect decreases the bigger the file you're zipping is.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoThe raw deflate stream is more in line with expectations: echo "GlooOOooooOOooooOOooooOOooooOOoria" | gzip --no-name | tail --bytes=+11 | head --bytes=-8 | wc --bytes 16
- isoskeles 8y agoOr how about a single word, e.g. Emotion.
- krapp 8y agoEntire sentences? In 2140 all popular songs will just be tag spam generated by AI. We'll look back on the days of "Versace" and "Gucci Gang" like they were poetry.
- bregma 8y agoTag spam? No. In just 2040 lyrics of pop songs will consist of nothing but a string of emojis.
- mikeash 8y agoActually they’ll be fragments that sound like bursts of static but are actually adversarial constructions that induce an unquenchable thirst for the great taste of Diet Pepsi(tm).
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- dingaling 8y agoSentences would be a luxury by then! I'd guess just one phrase and a catchy motif. I remember my mother tutting at The Police in the 80s for repetitive lyrics such as 'Message in a bottle'