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Marvellous. There's also John Lennon's Nutopian International Anthem from Mind Games (three seconds of silence)

aug 29, 2025, 9:33 am • 2 0

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adskankster.bsky.social @adskankster.bsky.social

Sonic Youth’s The Whitney Album (as Ciccone Youth) has a 1:03 track as tribute- IIRC they did say at one point that it was a cover, but they played it faster.

aug 29, 2025, 10:12 am • 4 0 • view
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Nigel Wallis @mole9.bsky.social

The album "Giving Up" by Stock, Hausen and Walkman includes several suggested playing orders, one of which ("Wise up") includes a few seconds of silence repeated several times, followed by a single blast of laughter and then more silence.

Page from the CD booklet for the album Giving Up With Stock, Hausen and Walkman. Includes four suggested playing orders for the tracks (Wake Up, Feet Up, Wise Up and Fucked Up). The Wise Up order is a silent track repeated six times, followed by track 27 (a burst of laughter) and then two further repetitions of the silent track. The Fucked Up order is simply given as
aug 29, 2025, 9:44 am • 1 0 • view
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𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖌𝖌 𝖒𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖔 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖘 @clinteldorado.bsky.social

Lennon also recorded “Two Minutes Silence” with Yoko Ono, and Soundgarden covered it – but only John’s half (according to Chris Cornell they “appreciated the Lennon arrangement so much”). youtu.be/jaSIJrWQeHc

aug 29, 2025, 9:57 am • 3 0 • view