longplayer- the 1,000 year song/longest song

[Surprise Panda!]

This started December 31st, 1999 and isn't ending until Decemeber 31st, 2999.

longplayer.org

[cheesemonkey]

not as much a song as just ringing notes...

[cheesemonkey]

oh and did they take into account leap years?

[Mark Wilson]

Cool Idea I guess.

[SpankyPants]

Hell if that counts as a song, then there are things that could be considered just a musical that have outlasted that by far... Like breathing. Weather... Windchimes. Oceans. Birds. Construction sites. Subways. Traffic...

[warwick.hoy]

That's actually pretty cool.

I have a large singing bowl myself and it is a great way to meditate. Also a good way to learn patience and prepare oneself for hanky panky with ones wife.

[lexxmexx]

one word - SPOOKY!

[funkalicious101]

Isnt John Cage doing some super long song too?

[D.Don]

If you take in account all people on earth and what the play in this exact moment, I am sure stairway to heaven or sweet home alabama is longer ...



D.Don

[SpankyPants]

Ooooh, that's a good one.

Try to imagine how many instances have occurred in which no one on Earth was playing Stairway or something...

I like that idea a lot better.

[D.Don]

hehehe indeed!

Sorry to ruin your vision though, but I am sure there are quite a few lousy troubadours and cover bands playing STH right now ... all over the planet...



D.Don

[moomoocajoo]

Isnt this just a copy of what they're doing in germany - a performance of a song that'll go on for 600 years or something. I think the peice is called "slow as you like".

[DigMe]

I actually enjoyed listening to that when I was up way too late last night. It was kind of calming after playing fast-paced video games before bed.

bc

[Mark Latimour]

Originally Posted by DigMe

I actually enjoyed listening to that when I was up way too late last night. It was kind of calming after playing fast-paced video games before bed.

bc

Pong can get pretty hectic.

[DigMe]

Originally Posted by Mark Latimour

Pong can get pretty hectic.

Pong....psssht... it was solitaire, smart guy.

bc

[hbarcat]

4′33″ (Four minutes, thirty-three seconds) is a three-movement composition by American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912–1992). It was composed in 1952 for any instrument (or combination of instruments), and the score instructs the performer not to play the instrument during the entire duration of the piece. Although commonly perceived as "four minutes thirty-three seconds of silence", the piece actually consists of the sounds of the environment that the listeners hear while it is performed. Over the years, 4′33″ became Cage's most famous and most controversial composition. ... Cage has stated that 4′33″ is, in his opinion, his most important work. - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3



If this is an important piece of music, then my butt is a wind instrument and I can compose a masterpiece by eating a can of pork and beans.

[Ripper]

Originally Posted by hbarcat

4′33″ (Four minutes, thirty-three seconds) is a three-movement composition by American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912–1992). It was composed in 1952 for any instrument (or combination of instruments), and the score instructs the performer not to play the instrument during the entire duration of the piece. Although commonly perceived as "four minutes thirty-three seconds of silence", the piece actually consists of the sounds of the environment that the listeners hear while it is performed. Over the years, 4′33″ became Cage's most famous and most controversial composition. ... Cage has stated that 4′33″ is, in his opinion, his most important work. - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3



If this is an important piece of music, then my butt is a wind instrument and I can compose a masterpiece by eating a can of pork and beans.

im still trying to get our band director to play this!!

and As long as you like is a cage song too IIRC being blayed at a cathedral in germany... im to lazy to look it up..

and this "longplayer" page isnt loading for me

[Mark Wilson]

I think John Cage was a genius artist.

[funkalicious101]

Originally Posted by moomoocajoo

Isnt this just a copy of what they're doing in germany - a performance of a song that'll go on for 600 years or something. I think the peice is called "slow as you like".

Yeah, thats the one I was thinking of.

[Ripper]

and wiki saves the day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible