> Salut,
>
> >>>>> "Gerald" == Gerald Molumby (Softrans) <v-geralm@MICROSOFT.com> writes:
>
> Gerald> spin it. Bug in the Bassbin - Innerzone Orchestra The
> Gerald> original '3's the magic No.' - Seasame St. honky tonk
> Gerald> style! Oscilator - This is brilliant. Does anyone know
>
> Could someone say more about this one? I only know one version on a
> comp called "sound of the weird" or something like that, which starts
> slowly with a few rhodes (if I remember well) chords and then gets
> funkier and funkier, but always with a smooth voice on top... is it
> the original version, and if not, which one is, and where can it be
> found?
The original version is from the U.S. children's TV program, "Schoolhouse
Rock" - it wasn't really a program, but it consisted of brief
musical cartoons with an educational twist (dealing with mathematics,
history, government, grammar, etc) that the network (ABC) would show in
between cartoons on Saturday mornings. They were popular in the 1970s (and
many American listees grew up on this), and were brought back in the past
couple of years due to the recent "generation X" nostalgia trend. "The
Magic Number" was one of those shorts, which obviously dealt with
mathematics.
BTW, De La Soul sampled it and made a track ("3 Is The Magic Number") on
their debut album, "3 Ft. High and Rising."
"No more no less..."
Elson
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