Things that are tagged Mega-Tune

Beethoven's Fifth

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - KURT: Ve call de process Mega-Tune. It accepts a piece of music, und returns dat piece of music simplified to a single note. |comic strip | panel 2 - KURT: So, here ist Beethoven’s 5th. SOUND: Complicated music. |comic strip | panel 3 - KURT: Und here is Mega-Tuned version. SOUND: Single note. |comic strip | panel 4 - KURT: Compelling, ja? JOEL: It’s HORRIBLE. BART: I like it. It’s HOOKY. |

A single vord

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - KURT: Vit Mega-Tune, we not only simplify music, but also lyrics. |comic strip | panel 2 - KURT: Each song reduces to a single vord. Observe. |comic strip | panel 3 - MEGA-TUNE: AMERICA! LOVE! PENIS! |comic strip | panel 4 - KURT: Dat was de National Anthem, “Something” by de Beatles und, of course, Aerosmith’s “Dude Who Look Like de Lady”. JOEL: Oof. |

Songwriters

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - MEGA-TUNE: STATUTORY! KURT: Dat was early Taylor Shvift song. JOEL: Ugh, sir, what’s the point of reducing these songs to single notes? |comic strip | panel 2 - BART: Joel, each year our label loses billions. Why? SONGWRITERS. Due to arcane copyright laws, they rake in cash, hand over fist. |comic strip | panel 3 - BART: Do you know they sometimes get paid almost THREE CENTS per dollar!? Just because they “wrote” the song. DisGUSTing. |comic strip | panel 4 - BART: Well, Joel… you can’t copyright a note. MEGA-TUNE: MONEY! KURT: Dat was dat Pink Floyd song. |