Mr D.J., I have just one request: ‘The sound of silence’
I love music.
From Beethoven’s piano sonatas to trash metal: I’m not exactly a one tune audience.
There are times, however, that I wish there was less of it. Not necessarily less music but less of what pretends to be music.
Or, in cases that it could be called music, when it comes with terribly abusive lyrics.
So, from bad pop by the likes of Britney and most of the commercially made R&B and House, through the hate-filled gay-bashing lyrics of Jamaican reggae to the disgusting misogyny of American hiphop…
All of that I would gladly do without.
So, I had to smile when I read the following story a bit earlier in the day:
A song that is completely inaudible to humans has become such a top-selling hit in New Zealand it is about to be released globally.
“A Very Silent Night”, said to have been recorded at such a high sound frequency that it can be heard only by dogs, was issued as a CD by the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals just before Christmas to raise funds.
To the surprise of everyone in the music industry, the novelty production quickly rocketed to become number one in the charts - or “top of the pups” as it was dubbed.
It has sold 6,000 CDs, a considerable achievement in the tiny New Zealand market, at £1.50 each.
Now distributors in the United States and Australia are vying for the rights to international sales, the society has announced.
Although dog owners sit through several minutes of silence while the disc spins on the CD player, the dogs they own are reported to wag their tails, prick up their ears, and even dance in delight at the recording.
I couldn’t help thinking though that the human market could do with a lot more of those silent recordings as well…
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