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June 17, 2004 #
Hello MIDI Chris Gage hasn't turned in his weekly column so I am forced to work overtime at half the minimum wage. Yes, I am thinking what you are. He's an asshole. Since we always get what we pay for (that's code for: I'm about to pull something out of my ass) I offer a look into the world of MIDI songs and its synthesized glory. Yeah, it was pretty funny the first time I heard Pink Floyd's "Bike" in MIDI format back in the 90's but then it just got plain annoying when stumbling upon the website of a small business - say, an upstate bed & breakfast - and you were confronted with a speaker-bursting MIDI showtune or Sinatra selection. Ever since the Internet pipes widened like The Rose of Tralee after a bottle of Jameson's, we've been able to enjoy MP3's and other full-featured song formats. But let's revisit MIDI because apparently it hasn't gone away. Feast your eyes and ears on the MIDI Database. People are really cranking this shit out, often to hilarious effect. Here are two of my favorites: Fugazi - Waiting Room Coincidentally, I posted the original song here on a particularly uninspired day last week. I dunno, this version cracks me up. The use of the "horns" as vocals is what we like to say around here, AWESOME. Operation Ivy - Knowledge Again, I can't stop laughing when I listen to this East Bay punk rock classic. I want to bust out and join right in the beginning with "IT'S LOOKING FUCKIN' NARROW!!" Ah, memories. High school senior skip-day in 1989 at the Heyls house when Randy Kim knocked over my drum because I couldn't keep a beat after my fourth Milwaukee's Best. Asshole. (See: Chris Gage.) Truth be told, I never played the drums before that day and I couldn't keep a beat while sober. Hey. Ho. Hum. So yeah, thanks for reading. That'll be five bucks. Archives "The Other Page" powered by Removable Hype. RSS. Copyright © 2003 La Otra Página, Inc. All nights observed. Feel free to email "info(at)krucoff.com" for questions, comments, stock tips, and family gossip. |
