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Death Discs (Entry 319.MK1610)

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History, Society & Culture

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In which the gruesome deaths in early 1960s teen ballads are variously blamed on capitalism, Marlon Brando, chastity, and giant clams. Certificate #34312.

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0:00.0

Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

0:23.0

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Piando Ferries, there is another way. We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

0:41.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

0:46.0

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:51.3

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

0:55.6

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:58.9

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

1:05.0

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

1:11.0

this is our legacy to you.

1:13.4

This is our time capsule.

1:15.4

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 319 dot m.k1610 Certificate number 34312.

1:56.0

Death discs. If it's true, John, as Damien Hurst once said, but all art is about dying. That has certainly never been more true than

2:15.5

between say 1960 and 1964 in American popular music. Oh so American popular music.

2:23.0

Oh, so American popular music during this era was all about death?

2:27.0

Well, it's kind of a fallow period in rock, right?

2:31.0

Elvis is in the army as of 1958.

2:34.1

Right, the Beatles haven't quite hit yet.

2:36.6

Yeah, British invasion won't happen until 64.

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