Thou Shalt Diggeth The Relaxation

October 25, 2008 8:52 PM

Calgon! (Gregorian Chants) Take Me Away!!!!!

WARNING: Boredom will ensue unless you are ready to RELAX!!!11! (Of course we ALL need some time to relax and reflect.) This is not a religious post. Just a calming one.

posted by snsranch (13 comments total)

I thought the monks were going to singing about Calgon... oh well.
posted by geos at 9:03 PM on October 25, 2008

I too was lured by false promises of monks singing about bath and beauty products.
posted by christopherious at 9:43 PM on October 25, 2008 [1 favorite]

A Gregorian Chant Tribute To Abba
posted by netbros at 10:00 PM on October 25, 2008

A little mix of this and hip hop to transition into getting hyped.
posted by cashman at 10:34 PM on October 25, 2008

Monks take baths.
Some of them.
posted by Balisong at 11:23 PM on October 25, 2008

Felonius monks don't stand a Gregorian chance.


Huh? WTF am I talking about?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 11:33 PM on October 25, 2008

god, weird. i was just looking at that dies irae link like 20 minutes ago. i watched rebel without a cause tonight, so i was reading about james dean, who was referenced in the song american pie, which contains the line "and we sang dirges in the dark." on the wikipedia page for dirges, dies irae is listed first, and that link comes up when you google the title. small internets.

that is really pretty though.
posted by sergeant sandwich at 1:02 AM on October 26, 2008

People don't remember the old Calgon commercials. For the most part, Calgon doesn't exist anymore.

Back in my day, people used to rhapsodize about the benefits of sodium hexametaphosphate, which in water would complex with ambient calcium ion and certain other cations, preventing formation of unwanted salts and interference by those cations with the actions of soap or other detergents.

The kids today don't appreciate how relaxing this whole chemical reaction was; how we would sit in our tubs and gleefully say "complex chemical reaction... take me away!"
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:06 AM on October 26, 2008

Annnnn-cient Chiiii-nese Seeee-cret, Huh_uhuh^uhuh_uhuh?
posted by Horace Rumpole at 6:25 AM on October 26, 2008

You're soaking in it.
posted by horsemuth at 6:39 AM on October 26, 2008

You got me wondering about that water softener I grew up with. When it needed servicing, the soap just didn't work. Seems Calgon started in Pittsburgh, my hometown.

Apparently acid rain caused by the steel mills would get into the water supply, and cause damage to pipes and appliances. The water supply was treated with lime to neutralize it. The added calcium made for especially hard water, and reduced the effectiveness of soap.

So water softeners were really kind of a Pittsburgh thing. I wonder if they are still used there.
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:48 AM on October 26, 2008

Nice Sunday morning post. Thanks.
posted by toastedbeagle at 7:19 AM on October 26, 2008

Diggin' it. The chant/images from space mix might just send me right into nirvana.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:32 AM on October 26, 2008