2006-09-27

Monkeys don't like German Techno

In horror movies, the monster is hiding under the bed, the beautiful girl (it's always a girl) lies down to sleep, there is total silence except for the curtains rustling and the random house noises. A low deep music start as you see something glimmer under the bed, the music rises in pitch as the dark shadow starts moving under the bed. The music reaches a crescendo. You grab the edge of your seat waiting for the inevitable.

Music plays a big role in making us feel a whole range of emotions from tension to peacefulness, from happy to sad, from lazing to jumping around.

Monkeys where even tested with music and showed a preference for lullabies against German techno. Article here.

I personally like Daft Punk more than lullabies, that means there is no monkey in me.

The propeller heads scientists at MIT have devised a test for us humans too to see how music makes us feel. You can try the test here.

Here is some German techo for all the humans reading this, presenting Daft Punk with One more time

1 comment:

  1. and now we know why monkey's will never rule the world. Imagine that digging lullabies over techno. Tsk tsk tsk. Have you ever really checked out the lyrics on those lullabies?

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