2001: A Space Odyssey's use of the song “Daisy Bell” (Bicycle Built for Two); life imitates art or...
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In Kubrick's movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey (IMDb), the computer HAL is heard to sing the song "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built for Two") as David Bowman is disconnecting HALs higher memory functions.
I just happened to run across a real recording of a real IBM computer singing the same song in the video The Incredible Machine (1968) at about 09:27.
I would like to know which came first; which inspired the other. Did Kubrick know of the work at IBM and use it in the film, or did he think of it first and IBM, playing catch-up, teach their computer to sing the same song?
For comparison, here is the bit in the film:
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In Kubrick's movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey (IMDb), the computer HAL is heard to sing the song "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built for Two") as David Bowman is disconnecting HALs higher memory functions.
I just happened to run across a real recording of a real IBM computer singing the same song in the video The Incredible Machine (1968) at about 09:27.
I would like to know which came first; which inspired the other. Did Kubrick know of the work at IBM and use it in the film, or did he think of it first and IBM, playing catch-up, teach their computer to sing the same song?
For comparison, here is the bit in the film:
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In Kubrick's movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey (IMDb), the computer HAL is heard to sing the song "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built for Two") as David Bowman is disconnecting HALs higher memory functions.
I just happened to run across a real recording of a real IBM computer singing the same song in the video The Incredible Machine (1968) at about 09:27.
I would like to know which came first; which inspired the other. Did Kubrick know of the work at IBM and use it in the film, or did he think of it first and IBM, playing catch-up, teach their computer to sing the same song?
For comparison, here is the bit in the film:
2001-a-space-odyssey
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In Kubrick's movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey (IMDb), the computer HAL is heard to sing the song "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built for Two") as David Bowman is disconnecting HALs higher memory functions.
I just happened to run across a real recording of a real IBM computer singing the same song in the video The Incredible Machine (1968) at about 09:27.
I would like to know which came first; which inspired the other. Did Kubrick know of the work at IBM and use it in the film, or did he think of it first and IBM, playing catch-up, teach their computer to sing the same song?
For comparison, here is the bit in the film:
2001-a-space-odyssey
2001-a-space-odyssey
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Actually it was Arthur C. Clarke who knew of the work and was inspired by it
Who can forget HAL being reduced to drivel while singing composer Harry Dacre’s 1892 classic standard “Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)”? Clarke got the idea for the scene from a 1962 visit to Bell Labs; where, as Benson explains, he’d heard voice-synthesizer experiments with an IBM 7094 mainframe computer. One of the researchers had coaxed the computer to sing the 1892 marriage proposal—the first song ever sung by a computer.
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I've enjoyed the whole article, time to look for a copy of the book now Thanks!
– uhoh
55 mins ago
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Also, HAL moved one letter up the alphabet becomes IBM.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
48 mins ago
@KlausÆ.Mogensen someone in the second book specifically denies that that was the inspiration.
– Daniel Roseman
25 mins ago
I know - but are they telling the truth? It seems like a huge coincidence.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
2 mins ago
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Actually it was Arthur C. Clarke who knew of the work and was inspired by it
Who can forget HAL being reduced to drivel while singing composer Harry Dacre’s 1892 classic standard “Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)”? Clarke got the idea for the scene from a 1962 visit to Bell Labs; where, as Benson explains, he’d heard voice-synthesizer experiments with an IBM 7094 mainframe computer. One of the researchers had coaxed the computer to sing the 1892 marriage proposal—the first song ever sung by a computer.
answered 1 hour ago
MachavityMachavity
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I've enjoyed the whole article, time to look for a copy of the book now Thanks!
– uhoh
55 mins ago
2
Also, HAL moved one letter up the alphabet becomes IBM.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
48 mins ago
@KlausÆ.Mogensen someone in the second book specifically denies that that was the inspiration.
– Daniel Roseman
25 mins ago
I know - but are they telling the truth? It seems like a huge coincidence.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
2 mins ago
add a comment |
Actually it was Arthur C. Clarke who knew of the work and was inspired by it
Who can forget HAL being reduced to drivel while singing composer Harry Dacre’s 1892 classic standard “Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)”? Clarke got the idea for the scene from a 1962 visit to Bell Labs; where, as Benson explains, he’d heard voice-synthesizer experiments with an IBM 7094 mainframe computer. One of the researchers had coaxed the computer to sing the 1892 marriage proposal—the first song ever sung by a computer.
answered 1 hour ago
MachavityMachavity
25.3k576143
I've enjoyed the whole article, time to look for a copy of the book now Thanks!
– uhoh
55 mins ago
2
Also, HAL moved one letter up the alphabet becomes IBM.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
48 mins ago
@KlausÆ.Mogensen someone in the second book specifically denies that that was the inspiration.
– Daniel Roseman
25 mins ago
I know - but are they telling the truth? It seems like a huge coincidence.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
2 mins ago
add a comment |
Actually it was Arthur C. Clarke who knew of the work and was inspired by it
Who can forget HAL being reduced to drivel while singing composer Harry Dacre’s 1892 classic standard “Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)”? Clarke got the idea for the scene from a 1962 visit to Bell Labs; where, as Benson explains, he’d heard voice-synthesizer experiments with an IBM 7094 mainframe computer. One of the researchers had coaxed the computer to sing the 1892 marriage proposal—the first song ever sung by a computer.
answered 1 hour ago
MachavityMachavity
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Actually it was Arthur C. Clarke who knew of the work and was inspired by it
Who can forget HAL being reduced to drivel while singing composer Harry Dacre’s 1892 classic standard “Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)”? Clarke got the idea for the scene from a 1962 visit to Bell Labs; where, as Benson explains, he’d heard voice-synthesizer experiments with an IBM 7094 mainframe computer. One of the researchers had coaxed the computer to sing the 1892 marriage proposal—the first song ever sung by a computer.
answered 1 hour ago
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I've enjoyed the whole article, time to look for a copy of the book now Thanks!
– uhoh
55 mins ago
2
Also, HAL moved one letter up the alphabet becomes IBM.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
48 mins ago
@KlausÆ.Mogensen someone in the second book specifically denies that that was the inspiration.
– Daniel Roseman
25 mins ago
I know - but are they telling the truth? It seems like a huge coincidence.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
2 mins ago
add a comment |
I've enjoyed the whole article, time to look for a copy of the book now Thanks!
– uhoh
55 mins ago
2
Also, HAL moved one letter up the alphabet becomes IBM.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
48 mins ago
@KlausÆ.Mogensen someone in the second book specifically denies that that was the inspiration.
– Daniel Roseman
25 mins ago
I know - but are they telling the truth? It seems like a huge coincidence.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
2 mins ago
I've enjoyed the whole article, time to look for a copy of the book now Thanks!
– uhoh
55 mins ago
I've enjoyed the whole article, time to look for a copy of the book now Thanks!
– uhoh
55 mins ago
2
2
Also, HAL moved one letter up the alphabet becomes IBM.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
48 mins ago
Also, HAL moved one letter up the alphabet becomes IBM.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
48 mins ago
@KlausÆ.Mogensen someone in the second book specifically denies that that was the inspiration.
– Daniel Roseman
25 mins ago
@KlausÆ.Mogensen someone in the second book specifically denies that that was the inspiration.
– Daniel Roseman
25 mins ago
I know - but are they telling the truth? It seems like a huge coincidence.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
2 mins ago
I know - but are they telling the truth? It seems like a huge coincidence.
– Klaus Æ. Mogensen
2 mins ago
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