Love Honk

September 23, 2023 11:52 PM

“I had a dream last night that there was a new popular form of music called Love Honk. Every song was basically just smooth jazz or soft rock instrumentals, but where the lead singer or main instrument should have been playing, there was just a loud, constant car horn.” My fellow Nordics will probably be reminded by Silverspots’ Cohost post of the Ylvis sketch Car Horn Classics (English subtitles in captions).
posted by Kattullus (21 comments total)

Arguably the first of this genre (SLYT)
posted by faceplantingcheetah at 11:59 PM on September 23, 2023 [5 favorites]

the "ooh" at the end really seals it

❤️🚗📯🤘
posted by nightcoast at 1:35 AM on September 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

Needs more cowbell
posted by chavenet at 1:37 AM on September 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

Previously in Honk
posted by But tomorrow is another day... at 2:12 AM on September 24, 2023 [3 favorites]

In 2019 or 2020, I had a dream that the then-President of the United States had composed a piece of classical music for symphony and chorus. The score called for one of the percussionists to rhythmically smash full bottles of champagne. (Not a soloist — the champagne-smasher sat in the back of the orchestra with the rest of the percussion section.) The composer, who had a reputation for confusing price with value, believed that expensive champagne bottles made a better sound when smashed than cheap champagne bottles. Rehearsals were a challenge, because every time the conductor said "let's run that section again" it cost thirty thousand dollars in wine.

My dream was probably inspired by Tan Dun's Water Concerto, which I had heard on the radio, starting from a low-splashing section in the middle (as linked), but without any explanatory context.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 3:31 AM on September 24, 2023 [12 favorites]

Sounds like someone fell asleep at the wheel....
posted by deusdiabolus at 5:07 AM on September 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

Oh man But tomorrow is another day..., that rubber bulb horn Careless Whisper cover was somehow more indecent than the original cocaine sax version.
Misplaced honks have a certain lewdness about them.
posted by droro at 6:25 AM on September 24, 2023 [7 favorites]

“Ode to My Car (Car Honk Censored Version)”—What the Hell Happened to Me?, Adam Sandler, 1996
posted by ob1quixote at 6:44 AM on September 24, 2023

I laughed so hard I started to gurgle. Nothing like a good audio shitpost. Nothing like dream humor, either -- a lot of times, other people's dreams are tiresome, but when the jokes land it's just the best.

Previously also: Horn Honk Depot, which also made me laugh until there were physical side effects
posted by Countess Elena at 6:49 AM on September 24, 2023 [5 favorites]

...The Most Wanted song has some Love Honk, it's the RV, they're in the RV with the ketchup, reading Wittgenstein! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK~
posted by y2karl at 8:02 AM on September 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

Sounds like someone fell asleep at the wheel....

Asleep At The Wheel : The Greatest Love Honk Hits of the 90s
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 11:41 AM on September 24, 2023

Arguably the first of this genre

I knew what song it was going to be before I even clicked on the link!
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:09 PM on September 24, 2023

Would a car horn player be seated in the brass section of a classic orchestra, or are they better placed in a modern orchestra with the synthesizers?
posted by rh at 2:10 PM on September 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

Of that which we do not know,
we must HONK.
posted by y2karl at 3:23 PM on September 24, 2023

HONK though your heart is aching
HONK even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll HONK by
posted by Greg_Ace at 3:38 PM on September 24, 2023 [2 favorites]

That was so incredibly stupid, and exactly what I needed
posted by BekahVee at 5:18 PM on September 24, 2023 [2 favorites]

Yet another candidate for tag line just above.
posted by y2karl at 5:24 PM on September 24, 2023

Wendy Chambers Performs Star Spangled Banner on the Car Horn Organ
posted by jonp72 at 5:30 PM on September 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

*makes Taylor Swift Goat Noise of joy*
posted by bartleby at 8:10 PM on September 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

I have been laughing at this all day. It will never not be funny
posted by Skrubly at 10:38 PM on September 24, 2023 [2 favorites]

16 years ago Folkways released the CD Por Por: Honk Horn Music of Ghana by The La Drivers Union Por Por Group which -- to quote NPR -- features "the unique combination of drums, singing, bells and squeeze-bulb horns." Highly recommended!
posted by soundofsuburbia at 8:20 AM on September 25, 2023 [1 favorite]