Why Is Old Music So Creepy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-S3uoeTXg&list=FLCdITz5zYiN8VpE1iw-vN2g&index=10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7AZIvDD5Lw&list=FLCdITz5zYiN8VpE1iw-vN2g&index=3

something about old music is absolutely terifying. maybe its because how trippy the world was back then..or maybe its because it poorly recorded and the crackle and hiss add to the ambience. who knows. something about it is creepy though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-S3uoeTXg&list=FLCdITz5zYiN8VpE1iw-vN2g&index=10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7AZIvDD5Lw&list=FLCdITz5zYiN8VpE1iw-vN2g&index=3

something about old music is absolutely terifying. maybe its because how trippy the world was back then..or maybe its because it poorly recorded and the crackle and hiss add to the ambience. who knows. something about it is creepy though

black_chamber99

1. The first one is sung by a castrated male (I'm not explaining what that means) which is kind of creepy

2. Fallout 3, nuff said

3. Most old music is pretty cheerful.

I think older music is much better tha alot of modern music. For example, Led Zeppelin is the greatest band to ever have walked the earth.

Hey now, most old music is really good. However those songs you posted are kind of creepy....

For the first its probably due to the overall sound and pitch of the guy singing it and about the guy who sung it (google him, i probably shouldn't go into detail here but it's pretty disturbing)

The second is creepy because of what it's about, just strikes me as strange. Probably the combination of older and fuzzy sounds make them creepy lol :P

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-S3uoeTXg&list=FLCdITz5zYiN8VpE1iw-vN2g&index=10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7AZIvDD5Lw&list=FLCdITz5zYiN8VpE1iw-vN2g&index=3

something about old music is absolutely terifying. maybe its because how trippy the world was back then..or maybe its because it poorly recorded and the crackle and hiss add to the ambience. who knows. something about it is creepy though

Reed_Bowie

1. The first one is sung by a castrated male (I'm not explaining what that means) which is kind of creepy

2. Fallout 3, nuff said

3. Most old music is pretty cheerful.

he was castrated? damn, that makes the whole thing even darker

Because it's old. Old people are creepy. Old houses are creepy. Old music is creepy. If it's old, it's creepy.

I think older music is much better tha alot of modern music. For example, Led Zeppelin is the greatest band to ever have walked the earth.

turtlethetaffer

Because it's old. Old people are creepy. Old houses are creepy. Old music is creepy. If it's old, it's creepy.

Oleg_Huzwog

I think older music, especially songs like the second one you posted, is awesome. The first one was creepy, especially the story of the guy singing it, but yeah... I love the feeling of older songs.

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

Because it's old. Old people are creepy. Old houses are creepy. Old music is creepy. If it's old, it's creepy.

Franklinstein

It's covered in spots and shoots out flares that look like tentacles. You bet it's creepy.

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

Because it's old. Old people are creepy. Old houses are creepy. Old music is creepy. If it's old, it's creepy.

Franklinstein

Actually yeah. It's going to destroy earth one day after all.

Ace6301

Well... that's hardly the Sun's fault, I mean... the Earth does rotate around it, not the other way around.

It's covered in spots and shoots out flares that look like tentacles. You bet it's creepy.

Oleg_Huzwog

You got me there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-S3uoeTXg&list=FLCdITz5zYiN8VpE1iw-vN2g&index=10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7AZIvDD5Lw&list=FLCdITz5zYiN8VpE1iw-vN2g&index=3

something about old music is absolutely terifying. maybe its because how trippy the world was back then..or maybe its because it poorly recorded and the crackle and hiss add to the ambience. who knows. something about it is creepy though

black_chamber99

Great part of the "creepiness" of those particular recordings comes from the recording technology itself, which left the recordings with a characteristic sound.

Well, I don't find the beach boys creepy, but I just listened to "tiptoe through the tulips" by tiny tim and after watching insidious it's even creepier than it was before.XilePrincess

I have Moreschi's complete recordings (he only did a handful) and I find it quite interesting. It's an archaic form that is not really something that I find pleasurable to listen to, but it's interesting as a time capsule of sorts.

Think of all those people alive back then who are no longer with us in the living world. Quite a haunting feeling when I think about it.

Maybe that's why ghost movies often come with old music.

the songs you chose are kind of creepy, but there's some really enjoyable old music

Because it's old. Old people are creepy. Old houses are creepy. Old music is creepy. If it's old, it's creepy.

Oleg_Huzwog

yeah probably

[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

I think older music is much better tha alot of modern music. For example, Led Zeppelin is the greatest band to ever have walked the earth.

Franklinstein

umm not sure if serious... if so then :|

I think older music is much better tha alot of modern music. For example, Led Zeppelin is the greatest band to ever have walked the earth.

turtlethetaffer

nah Pink Floyd is better imo.

but Zepp is a close second.

Don't find it creepy at all.

Love the ink spots, sounds dreamy, relaxing.

I 100% agree with this. i just listened to here comes the sun by the beatles. sent shiveres up my spine.

Get Rick Rolled at least thrice in your lifetime - I think your view would change drastically.

Seriously though - how can old music be creepy? Some of them perhaps but that's the same for the 2000s era - some music aren't really creepy but their so absolutely horrible that I feel my ears piercing , goosebumps erupts all across my body and I feel as though I've been put through a ghostly visage of the destruction of mankind - whilst others are stereotypical to the extence of which you can fall asleep before you can count the fourth sheep.

'Nuff said.

No. Those are just examples of how they can be creepy. But usually they are not.

recording quality is bad back then compaired to now.

Old music isn't creepy, but old music can be bad, just look at the 60s. I don't consider drug indused music to be innovative in any way (i.e. Hendrix is very over rated as is Dylan and a lot of other 60s musicians). The 50s and 40s had some great music. Maybe you're just not used to it or the lack of processing (not putting down effects/processing since I'm a huge Ke$ha fan, but a lot of people are used to it now as the norm). Just check out some Frank Sinatra or Vera Lynn and you'll see old music isn't bad/creepy.

music from the 20s - 40s... very creapy.

The second song was pretty good. Reminded me of something I saw in a movie once. You need to quit watching so many horror movies. They play songs like these in horror movies about ghosts sometimes or like in the Shining with Big Band era music from the 40's. Music is music. There's some good and some bad from every era. Either you like it or don't, but it isn't creepy except for some songs I watched on YouTube that were based on Halloween themes and were made strictly for Halloween and had creepy pics to accompany them.

I love old music.

I 100% agree with this. i just listened to here comes the sun by the beatles. sent shiveres up my spine.

taterfrickintot

The recording quality is extremely poor. You can almost tell what decade something was recorded in just by the quality alone.

[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

I think older music is much better tha alot of modern music. For example, Led Zeppelin is the greatest band to ever have walked the earth.

deathtarget04

nah Pink Floyd is better imo.

but Zepp is a close second.

Nah, the Original Black Sabbath is the best with those guys following behind them lol. Seriously though, all of them are fantastic bands and are all great examples of what great music is. What I would give to have todays music still be like that time period, where there were many bands that could be called "number 1". So many of today's people don't even appreciate it, which is depressing.

But more on topic, how old of music are we really talking about? I would say kinda creepy for the really old early 1900's stuff, but once the 50's hit I don't really find any of it creepy sounding.

[QUOTE="taterfrickintot"]

I 100% agree with this. i just listened to here comes the sun by the beatles. sent shiveres up my spine.

YoshiYogurt

This sounds creepier...

The first time the human voice was ever recorded:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkkK7a_ePAU&feature=related

Apparently the composer and his relatives or friends or something committed suicide soon after listening to this song and was banned untill recently... I don't know if it's genuine then again I don't really look in to suicidey stuffhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIOat9w8Mtk&feature=related

Apparently the composer and his relatives or friends or something committed suicide soon after listening to this song and was banned untill recently... I don't know if it's genuine then again I don't really look in to suicidey stuffhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIOat9w8Mtk&feature=related

shadowkiller11

Because cheerful old timey music fits with today's bleak era apparently..

Cracked.com supports this claim

http://www.cracked.com/article_17625_7-songs-from-your-grandpas-day-that-would-make-eminem-blush.html

Cracked.com supports this claim

http://www.cracked.com/article_17625_7-songs-from-your-grandpas-day-that-would-make-eminem-blush.html

mrbojangles25