http://www.metafilter.com/tags/takemehomemusicroads Posts tagged with 'takemehomemusicroads' at MetaFilter. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:10:53 -0800 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:10:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75087/I%2Dcan%2Dname%2Dthat%2Dtune%2Din%2D300%2Dyards <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aey7Jq0G3EU">"I can name that tune in 300 yards ..."</a> Not for much longer, though. <a href="http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_10514483">Honda prepared for an upcoming commercial </a>by cutting grooves in a road in Lancaster, California. These grooves, if driven over at just the right speed and in just the right car (one guess!) should play <a href="http://adage.com/songsforsoap/post?article_id=131166 ">something resembling the William Tell Overture</a>. But once filming was done (and I'm sure the commerical will be as impeccably produced and successful as <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/26917/Hondafilter">Honda's</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/25198/wow">other</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/49744/Vroom-vroom">ads</a>), locals and tourists were left with the driver's equivalent of that huge floor keyboard in Big, with some drivers lining up to play over and over again. Result? The city will pave over the road today. But hey, we'll always have <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt5IxDMN-I8">Anyang</a>. And <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHhGzfsqKH0">Japan</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/66505">previously</a>). And <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou-Xy5OI1kc">Denmark</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75087 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:10:53 -0800 ad advert california commercial drone honda hondablue lancaster music musicalroad road takemehomemusicroads maudlin