Comment on Voyager 1's Golden Record

edwardbear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Beethoven and Bach are waaaay overrepresented imo.

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  • Redrum714@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I am extremely disappointed Kardi B is not on that list. They should have made a way to remotely update it.

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    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Maybe Megatron can add some Kardi B to the record when he’s inserting his message to the Predacons.

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  • queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “Hello from Earth! Now music from about 25% of the population and landmass.”

    I get that Americans, myself included, Beethoven and Bach are important and influence, but if it’s trying to explain all of humanity, include more stuff from the nations of Africa, Asia, South America, and some stuff from the native people of Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the Americas.

    It feels at best stupid to say “this details the best of humanity in a small package” and the best is mostly western.

    I do love the “Hello from Earth” in several languages.

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    • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I mean, they did do that, include samples from many different cultures around the world, it’s just that I think 3 of Bach’s numbers and 2 of Beethoven’s is overkill. There’s more music out there.

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      • queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        3 Bach and 2 Beethoven, make it one each and now there’s 3 spots for Asia, Africa, and Native populations.

        I know it has more, but it has a bias to who made the golden record. Trust me, I’ve been a space/Star Trek nerd since my youth. I know what’s on there. I even have a replica of what’s on it on a vinyl record.

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• TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode”

  I really hope they includes Marty McFly’s famous quote:

  I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are going to love it.

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• octoperson@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve often heard that there was a specially recorded song by The Carpenters (usually in the context of jokingly complaining “why The Carpenters? The aliens are going to think we suck”). But it’s not on the list. Is it an urban myth? Were they on a different spacecraft?

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