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30 Oct 2003, 02:20 AM | #1 |
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Melodic Morse
I've heard of four tunes with Morse-code messages hidden in their rhythms. All are unconfirmed but plausible (to me anyway).
Anyone know any more? Or any other Easter Eggs in tunes, software or wherever? (Please don't tell me about the Wolfsites; I've learned the hard way that they have tabloid ethics, i.e. as long as it's sensational who cares if it's true. I gave up on all three sites long ago.) |
29 Nov 2003, 03:55 AM | #2 |
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I don't know about "YYZ", but the Rush track of that name certainly contains plenty of Ys (- · - -). So it's feasible...
(Z is - - · ·) |
19 Apr 2005, 04:32 AM | #3 |
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The title song from Radiooactivity by Kraftwerk contains lots of Morse; I think one word is KRAFTWERK, but I have no idea about the others...
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I know there is a song "Morse Code of Love" by the Capris but the lyrics of the song are actual morse code.
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19 Apr 2005, 06:09 AM | #5 |
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nobody mentioned the most famous...the DUM DUM DUM DUMMMMM beginning of Beethoven's 5th Symphony, which is the letter "V" (for victory?) in Morse... (ok ok I know that Beethoven came way before Morse code but still... )
(edited) and yeah, before anybody catches it...I'm well aware that Beethoven was German and that therefore it would be "der Sieg" and not "victory" to him I think I read somewhere that the theme of the Fifth Symphony became a sort of underground "cheer" among Nazi- conquered populations in Europe during WWII. Last edited by rmns2bseen : 19 Apr 2005 at 06:20 AM. |
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I just remembered something else — but I'm not sure if I have a copy of Police's Synchronicity — is there any Morse Code in "Sending Out an S.O.S.?" (Is that the actual title of the song?)
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The song title you're thinking of is Message in a Bottle, and I don't think there's any Morse in the tune (although the lyric "I'll send an SOS to the world" has approximately the rhythm OOS, but this may have been accidental)... |
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20 Apr 2005, 04:46 AM | #10 |
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The opening of Beethovens 5th is a fate motif, not victory, so it seems unlikely that morse would have assigned V for that reason.
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20 Apr 2005, 04:51 AM | #11 |
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^ The hypothesis (on my part anyway) is that the Roman numeral for 5 is V, hence as Beethoven's 5th has the very distinctive "···–" as its first bar, Morse assigned this pattern to V for that reason.
Incidentally, the usual spelling in music is "motiv" (the German spelling, still pronounced "motif")... |
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Actually, my copy of the COED gives motif as the only correct spelling, but are we going to start picking up spelling mistakes
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I saw Oliver Postgate on TV recently and he told a funny story about the clanger's scripted whistling noises. Part of it is here
but he went on to say that when they later produced the clanger toys, they had them say that line when you squeeze them. |
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"motif" is French, "motiv" the same word with a German flavor (as in the Wagnerian "leitmotiv"). We can use the word "theme" to mean much the same thing
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Our Public Service had a rule to not use such music containing ... --- ... on their shortwave transmissions due to risk of rescue operation being charged on them for sending it.
Not sure of if this still apply. several goups use SOS in morse as a dramatic message in their songs. trew PS I failed to learn morse or CW as we name it. I coudl ahve been a HAM radio operator. |