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Never commented on the internet before, but I just started to learn playing the Intro Theme to Candyman on piano [0] yesterday and then saw this. Weird coincide

Never commented on the internet before, but I just started to learn playing the Intro Theme to Candyman on piano [0] yesterday and then saw this. Weird coincidence... The movie Candyman itself and the rest of the songs in the score are also fantastic. Heard about that song from the sample in Travis Scott's The Prayer [1]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7FFEu7Har0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7FFEu7Har0 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOH8V0KTVI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOH8V0KTVI

rajangdavis 6y ago
I would have never guessed that he wrote this theme, sounds more like something Danny Elfman would write. Very cool!
thinkr 6y ago
First time hearing The Prayer, wow. Just threw on my headphones and listened to it 5 times.
patates 6y ago
This happens to me on HN very often. I know I sound like a conspiracy theorist but I sometimes feel we are all in a big machine-learning experiment :)
- DiabloD3 6y ago
  I most certainly am spoiling it. This new gestalt AI overlord is going to swear how like one uses punctuation. It and I will be the best of friends.
- danielbarla 6y ago
  (I realise you're joking, but...) it's most likely a form of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. In this case, of course the <insert obscure subject> is not an everyday topic on HN, but we all have enough of these running concurrently in our lives that sooner or later, they coincide with HN. And due to the perceived, impossibly low odds, people tend to really focus on it when it happens.
  - MaxBarraclough 6y ago
    Spoiling the fun with facts ;-P Another example of this effect: since taking a passing interest in the fairly niche Forth and Ada programming languages, I see them crop up on HN with surprising frequency.
ktross 6y ago
I had no idea he wrote that, very interesting! I need to look into other film scores he's written. My first introduction to Philip Glass was his Book of Longing collaboration with Leonard Cohen. If anyone hasn't heard this, I'd recommend you check it out on Spotify. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAn8s13kleU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAn8s13kleU
nosianu 6y ago
> Weird coincidence... Nothing weird at all. After I learned horse riding (focus: dressage) I started seeing horse-related stuff everywhere - horse carrying trailers on roads, shops, etc. The "secret" is not some deep universe related mystery but your perception. Those horse-related things were there all along - I just never paid attention, my mind filtered it without any of it ever reaching my consciousness. Your mind filters out lots and lots of headlines when you scroll through the news or HN, your brain reacts when something is relevant. That there has to be something relevant even if it's niche once in a while is not exactly shocking when HN goes through several dozens of headlines every single day. The site shows you so many diverse topics, it would be strange if you never have this experience.
- dna_polymerase 6y ago
  It's also called frequency illusion or Baader–Meinhof phenomenon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
  - WickyNilliams 6y ago
    Once you learn about the Baader-Meinhoff Phenomenon you start noticing examples of it everywhere
    - runamok 6y ago
      Meta :-)
- mrlala 6y ago
  Oh god, the 'secret'.. You are making me think when my mom was obsessed with it, and she started to actively think of toasters (for whatever reason). There was an old school screensaver on probably a windows 2000ish computer that had the flying toasters she never noticed. She was CONVINCED the universe changed on her and made that screensaver out of thin air, instead of the simple notion that she was now consciously trying to make herself aware of toasters, which is why she never really noticed it before. Sigh.
coolgeek 6y ago
> Never commented on the internet before Really surprised nobody commented on this. Specifically, the magnitude of what he/she is saying - not just first comment on HN (43 month old account), but first on the internet. It was a 'Holy cow' moment for me. Hope you found it fruitful, pdevalla!

rajangdavis 6y ago

I would have never guessed that he wrote this theme, sounds more like something Danny Elfman would write. Very cool!

thinkr 6y ago

First time hearing The Prayer, wow. Just threw on my headphones and listened to it 5 times.

patates 6y ago

This happens to me on HN very often. I know I sound like a conspiracy theorist but I sometimes feel we are all in a big machine-learning experiment :)

DiabloD3 6y ago
I most certainly am spoiling it. This new gestalt AI overlord is going to swear how like one uses punctuation. It and I will be the best of friends.
danielbarla 6y ago
(I realise you're joking, but...) it's most likely a form of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. In this case, of course the <insert obscure subject> is not an everyday topic on HN, but we all have enough of these running concurrently in our lives that sooner or later, they coincide with HN. And due to the perceived, impossibly low odds, people tend to really focus on it when it happens.
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago
  Spoiling the fun with facts ;-P Another example of this effect: since taking a passing interest in the fairly niche Forth and Ada programming languages, I see them crop up on HN with surprising frequency.

ktross 6y ago

I had no idea he wrote that, very interesting! I need to look into other film scores he's written. My first introduction to Philip Glass was his Book of Longing collaboration with Leonard Cohen. If anyone hasn't heard this, I'd recommend you check it out on Spotify. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAn8s13kleU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAn8s13kleU

nosianu 6y ago

> Weird coincidence... Nothing weird at all. After I learned horse riding (focus: dressage) I started seeing horse-related stuff everywhere - horse carrying trailers on roads, shops, etc. The "secret" is not some deep universe related mystery but your perception. Those horse-related things were there all along - I just never paid attention, my mind filtered it without any of it ever reaching my consciousness. Your mind filters out lots and lots of headlines when you scroll through the news or HN, your brain reacts when something is relevant. That there has to be something relevant even if it's niche once in a while is not exactly shocking when HN goes through several dozens of headlines every single day. The site shows you so many diverse topics, it would be strange if you never have this experience.

dna_polymerase 6y ago
It's also called frequency illusion or Baader–Meinhof phenomenon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
- WickyNilliams 6y ago
  Once you learn about the Baader-Meinhoff Phenomenon you start noticing examples of it everywhere
  - runamok 6y ago
    Meta :-)
mrlala 6y ago
Oh god, the 'secret'.. You are making me think when my mom was obsessed with it, and she started to actively think of toasters (for whatever reason). There was an old school screensaver on probably a windows 2000ish computer that had the flying toasters she never noticed. She was CONVINCED the universe changed on her and made that screensaver out of thin air, instead of the simple notion that she was now consciously trying to make herself aware of toasters, which is why she never really noticed it before. Sigh.

coolgeek 6y ago

> Never commented on the internet before Really surprised nobody commented on this. Specifically, the magnitude of what he/she is saying - not just first comment on HN (43 month old account), but first on the internet. It was a 'Holy cow' moment for me. Hope you found it fruitful, pdevalla!