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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: there goes my Wagner/Prodigy mashup idea (fwd) |
| Date | Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:16:30 -0500 |
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Back when Dennis Miller was funny, he told a joke that I'll paraphrase:
A study has shown that 5,000 Americans died after falling asleep while
driving. 90% of them had John Tesh in their CD player.
Mike Bennett
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>From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: there goes my Wagner/Prodigy mashup idea (fwd)
>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:00:20 -0400
>
>This study doesn't address the very real danger that you'll fall asleep and
>crash to a fiery death if you try driving to Gary Jules' version of "Mad
>World."
>
>-------------------------------------
>
>LONDON, England (AP) -- When Richard Wagner composed his powerful "Ride of
>the Valkyries" in the 1850s, he surely wasn't thinking of any danger he was
>posing to 21st-century motorists.
>
>Britain's RAC Foundation for Motoring on Wednesday named the strident
>classical piece the No. 1 tune not to play while driving, based on research
>it says shows loud music can cause accidents.
>
>The "Dies Irae" from Giuseppe Verdi's "Requiem" was also considered a
>no-no.
>
>The top five list of tunes to avoid while behind the wheel was rounded out
>by three modern songs -- "Firestarter" by the Prodigy, "Red Alert" by
>Basement Jaxx and "Insomnia" by Faithless.
>
>To help music-loving motorists, the foundation also provided a top five
>list of songs that may safely be played while driving, "albeit quietly."
>
>Norah Jones' smash hit "Come Away with Me" was deemed calm enough, as was
>"Mad World" by Gary Jules. Other songs on the safe list were "Another Day"
>by R&B singer Lemar, "Too Lost in You" by girl group The Sugababes and
>"Breathe Easy" by boy band Blue.
>
>It's not the first time the RAC Foundation has warned of the dangers of
>driving with Wagner.
>
>"Ride of the Valkyries" topped the RAC Foundation list of dangerous songs
>two years ago, when the issue was the peril of fast tempos. Verdi's "Dies
>Irae" was No. 3 on that list.
>
>
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