Comments on: Animated Alphabet Letters

Animated Alphabet Letters

jonson — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:00:02 -0800

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q s t u v w x y z
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By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:01:13 -0800

Man I'm dumb. R!

By: amyms

amyms — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:07:56 -0800

Man I'm dumb. R! You should have sung the alphabet song to yourself while you were posting, jonson, then you wouldn't have missed it :)

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:31:14 -0800

Naw, should have done the traditional missing of the 'P'.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:32:15 -0800

Sobriety test failed. Into the paddy-wagon with you.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:28:24 -0800

I guess this post covers everything. We can all go home now; there's nothing left to post here.

By: doplgangr

doplgangr — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:12:52 -0800

WTF?

By: the painkiller

the painkiller — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:19:36 -0800

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

By: tehloki

tehloki — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:41:15 -0800

Thanks, I was looking for something to keep me amused until the 2C-T-7 kicked in.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:42:00 -0800

Can anyone with a music theory background explain what's so distinctive/disturbing about the music and vocals in that pinball counting video? Is it something to do with minor chords? Please help, I'm a drummer.

By: tehloki

tehloki — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:55:40 -0800

Eideteker: It's probably all the LSD-based imagery, and the fact that pinball is a scary game played by people from the 70's.

By: Brittanie

Brittanie — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:41:47 -0800

Man I'm dumb. R! Yes, but where is the letter "elemino"?

By: Jon Mitchell

Jon Mitchell — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:48:26 -0800

I can't find the letter where the composer explains this, but apparently a lot of the improvised number shouts, like "3 ee-ee" were recorded outside of the context of the backing track, in whatever key the Pointer sisters happened to hit, then layered back in later on....so, likely some of them aren't in the same key as the main track, or at least use some freaky intervals you're not expecting to hear. Even in LSD-inspired jazz fusion. IANA(proper)Musician, though.

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:49:21 -0800

There's also the short version.

By: konolia

konolia — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:57:14 -0800

Eideteker, I'm not sure but those chords sound like they might be diminished chords. IIRC that would be flatted third and flatted fifth. I could be wrong.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:31:03 -0800

Please help, I'm a drummer. That one sentence explains so much.

By: washburn

washburn — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:28:23 -0800

I am being driven insane by watching and rewatching X. I can only be saved by the lower-case N.

By: RokkitNite

RokkitNite — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:28:55 -0800

Here's my personal favourite: I.

By: rmmcclay

rmmcclay — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:41:23 -0800

Sesame Street.

By: vbfg

vbfg — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:11:16 -0800

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 I hated Sesame Street. We didn't start getting it in the UK until the 80s when Channel 4 started and I was too old for it by then really. Even then it represented cheaply imported TV rather than something indigenous and home grown, and it didn't bode well for this new channel that was supposed to provide us with quality programming that no other channel could or would provide. And then I saw this segment, and I changed my mind so completely and utterly. I still, to this day, sometimes find myself singing the music when I see numbers written in order somewhere. There's a shop down the road from where I work that has the address 123. I sing that song every time I go in and I haven't seen it since I was about 13 or something. I don't want to wax too lyrical about it but it really is one of the best things that has ever been put in front of young kids on the TV.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:20:40 -0800

Ooh, I remember when I took music theory liking diminished chords. If I ever get a band, we'll have lots of those.

By: D.C.

D.C. — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:08:34 -0800

More specifically, I think you're noticing the tritones in that song.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:39:22 -0800

From D.C.'s link:

The tritone retains its "Devil in Music" character in popular music, specifically heavy metal. The opening of Black Sabbath's signature song "Black Sabbath" makes heavy use of the tritone. The entire opening riff of Rush's instrumental song "YYZ" is made up of two notes in a tritone interval. Other metal songs with prominent tritones in their main riffs are Diamond Head's "Am I Evil?", Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Enter Sandman". Thrash metal band Slayer, known for their occult references and themes, released an album entitled Diabolus in Musica.

That is entirely possible, since I was basically raised on my father's knee while he played YYZ on the drums (which would explain a lot, cerebral damage-wise), and later 'matured' into Black Sabbath, Metallica, and related bands. Bring on the tritones!

By: inturnaround

inturnaround — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:51:33 -0800

That's the most remarkable word I've ever seen!

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:18:29 -0800

Sesame Street was ok. But I'm sorry people... my heart belongs to Easy Reader. Outtasite!

By: bkiddo

bkiddo — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:30:12 -0800

Remember teeny little super guy? WTF? A plastic cup with a weird looking drawing on it...

By: Kudos

Kudos — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:35:22 -0800

Now I know my A B C's, won't you post on metafilter with me!

By: Artifice_Eternity

Artifice_Eternity — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:43:53 -0800

Evidently the drugs were good at Children's Television Workshop in the '70s...

By: Artifice_Eternity

Artifice_Eternity — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:12:47 -0800

This one is Thomas Pynchon's favorite.