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| titletext = All music is just performances of 4'33" in studios where another band happened to be playing at the time. | | titletext = All music is just performances of 4'33" in studios where another band happened to be playing at the time. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | ''{{w|4'33"}}'' is a 1952 composition by American avant-garde composer {{w|John Cage}} consisting of four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence. More specifically, 4'33" consists entirely of faint ambient sounds coming from the environment. It is Cage's most famous work, and the subject of many music jokes. (PSA: John Cage wrote plenty of other [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fPSz-o4zzY non-silent things].) | |
− | ''{{w|4'33"}}'' is a 1952 composition by American avant-garde composer {{w|John Cage}} consisting of four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence. More specifically, 4'33" consists entirely of faint ambient sounds coming from the environment | ||
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− | + | [[Megan]] is using an app on her smartphone that records music and uses an online database to figure out what it is. She does this in an empty room, correctly matching ''4'33"''. ([[Cueball]] attempted to use the same app in [[1192: Humming]], but Megan hacked it there.) | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== |