Can I get an Amen Break?

June 29, 2013 10:15 AM

"But when we listened to it, a drum break beat, I recognized the rhythm right away. I'd heard it in television commercials and the music of James Brown, and elsewhere. You probably have too. I became intrigued when I saw an image of the audio waves themselves because I immediately recognized the Golden Ratio in the structure of its timing. And I was surprised to find an even deeper relationship to the structure of the human body."
posted by liketitanic (8 comments total)

Demands a link to this video.
posted by roll truck roll at 10:19 AM on June 29, 2013 [1 favorite]

Oh for heaven's sake. More nonsense about things that vaguely appear to match the golden ratio, kind of.
posted by xil at 10:25 AM on June 29, 2013 [6 favorites]

I am hoping to see a snark-to-comment ratio of about 1:1.618 here.
posted by mazola at 10:31 AM on June 29, 2013 [10 favorites]

golden ratio or no, the amen break is an important (and awesome) part of musical history. everyone should take the 20 minutes and watch roll truck roll's video.
posted by nadawi at 10:31 AM on June 29, 2013

Confirmation bias much?
posted by unSane at 10:39 AM on June 29, 2013 [1 favorite]

Someone needs to do a 3 minute track that's nothing but alternating Amen Breaks and Wilhelm Screams. Maybe throw in a peal of Castle Thunder after every fifth pair.
posted by radwolf76 at 10:41 AM on June 29, 2013

What Xil said. There are 15 panels of golden ration proportions sitting on my tablesaw right now and I'm rolling my eyes here.

This looks like a job for Fourier transform!
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 10:46 AM on June 29, 2013

yeah, this is basically bs, and I think it's been posted before.
posted by empath at 10:49 AM on June 29, 2013