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You've seen it on Youtube, you've seen it on Last Call, you've seen your mother not understanding the youth of today (again) - now buy the T-Shirt!. (Or vote for something better - the world might thank you for it.)

And hey, how often do people look at your shirt and hum?

theraccoon wrote:You've seen it on Youtube, you've seen it on Last Call, you've seen your mother not understanding the youth of today (again) - now buy the T-Shirt!. (Or vote for something better - the world might thank you for it.)

And hey, how often do people look at your shirt and hum?

El Oh El.

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Haha. Pretty funny. There's just a few too many shirts with this look on here already. Nice take on it though.

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You Sir, Win at shirts.

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Humorous shirt, and it GMV, but it's notated poorly:

You'll never see two dotted eight's barred together like that. Rather, you should have written it as a dotted eighth, then a sixteenth tied to another eighth note. Also, since the 3rd note in the full measure begins on an up beat, it should be written as an eighth tied to a quarter. The math is correct how you did it, it just looks awkward, not how true music would be written.

< /knitpicking>

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Another nitpick: Woot will probably reject the 4/4 as text.

SailorButterfly wrote:Another nitpick: Woot will probably reject the 4/4 as text.

I wondered about this, but (obviously) have no idea how pedantic they are - worth a resub without it?

matma79 wrote:You Sir, Win at shirts.

Haha, thanks - if I've made one person think this is funny then it's been worth it (which sounds trite, but is true).

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Hahahaha okay I'll admit, I'd wear it.

Plus it's simple. And I like black.

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As a music education major, and going to high schools to teach during the summer, this shirt will be awesome.

Got my vote, best of luck!

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Funny. I enjoyed it.

rcf22 wrote:Humorous shirt, and it GMV, but it's notated poorly:

You'll never see two dotted eight's barred together like that. Rather, you should have written it as a dotted eighth, then a sixteenth tied to another eighth note. Also, since the 3rd note in the full measure begins on an up beat, it should be written as an eighth tied to a quarter. The math is correct how you did it, it just looks awkward, not how true music would be written.

< /knitpicking>

Ditto.

rcf22 wrote:Humorous shirt, and it GMV, but it's notated poorly:

You'll never see two dotted eight's barred together like that. Rather, you should have written it as a dotted eighth, then a sixteenth tied to another eighth note. Also, since the 3rd note in the full measure begins on an up beat, it should be written as an eighth tied to a quarter. The math is correct how you did it, it just looks awkward, not how true music would be written.

< /knitpicking>

I'm a little surprised by this, my musical experience is fairly non-negligible (I've played the double bass for 15 years, for instance) and this doesn't look odd to me at all. I wonder if this is some difference between US and British musical teaching - a quick hunt on Google threw up http://www.mymusictheory.com/grade1/lessons/7_beaming.html, which mentions that one can beam dotted quavers (or at least heavily implies it - they beam a dotted quaver to a semiquaver, and say that "dotted quaver have one beam"), but also is apparently a 'UK version'. If this is a case of a difference across the pond, that'd be pretty interesting. Thanks for the vote.

I think im in the right forum.
Had a few questions and open for critique of initial concept.

am i missing anything?
record, 8-track, reel to reel, cd, mp3 I think thats it.

and the brown or the grey?

rcf22 wrote:Humorous shirt, and it GMV, but it's notated poorly:

You'll never see two dotted eight's barred together like that. Rather, you should have written it as a dotted eighth, then a sixteenth tied to another eighth note. Also, since the 3rd note in the full measure begins on an up beat, it should be written as an eighth tied to a quarter. The math is correct how you did it, it just looks awkward, not how true music would be written.

< /knitpicking>

I had no problem with how it was written, I have played piano for 44 years and was a Piano Performance Major in college. I could not stop laughing when I realized what tune it was. This will stump even some music people until they look at the actual tune. I hope you win. This is by far the best shirt.

rcf22 wrote:
Humorous shirt, and it GMV, but it's notated poorly:

You'll never see two dotted eight's barred together like that. Rather, you should have written it as a dotted eighth, then a sixteenth tied to another eighth note. Also, since the 3rd note in the full measure begins on an up beat, it should be written as an eighth tied to a quarter. The math is correct how you did it, it just looks awkward, not how true music would be written.

< /knitpicking>

Okay, you lost me at Humorous.
*scratches head*

ShockRide wrote:I had no problem with how it was written, I have played piano for 44 years and was a Piano Performance Major in college. I could not stop laughing when I realized what tune it was. This will stump even some music people until they look at the actual tune. I hope you win. This is by far the best shirt.

Many thanks, I'm glad it's not just me who doesn't think the notation looks squiffy, and thanks for the comment!

weird double post, disregard!

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hilarious

i love it, gmv

http://www.pdinfo.com/copyrt.php

bpr2 wrote:http://www.pdinfo.com/copyrt.php

Yeah, I did wonder about that, but presumed Woot would know better than me, so I figured I'd submit and see what happens, it's not much skin off my nose either way.

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Hee! You're hilarious! :D

arylkin wrote:Hee! You're hilarious! :D

Thanks, the fact some other people find this funny makes me :D

theraccoon wrote:Many thanks, I'm glad it's not just me who doesn't think the notation looks squiffy, and thanks for the comment!

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NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU
NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY
NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE
NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND HURT YOU

As sung by Rick Astley (1987) - As a professional musician in the US, I can guarantee you will never see two dotted eighth notes together with the stems connected.

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This make me wish I could comprehend music. Maybe next year..

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If this doesn't win, there is no justice in the world.

chetyre wrote:If this doesn't win, there is no justice in the world.

Haha, I don't think I'd quite go that far, but thanks :D

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I really don't see the appeal of this shirt. Nobody will get this. Even if everyone could read music they won't get it. Maybe if text were allowed you could put "You've just been Rickrolled!" below it and it would make some sense.

cmdixon2 wrote:I really don't see the appeal of this shirt. Nobody will get this. Even if everyone could read music they won't get it. Maybe if text were allowed you could put "You've just been Rickrolled!" below it and it would make some sense.

What I really like about this shirt is not just that people who do get it will find it funny.

Many who don't get it (because they can't read it or haven't really tried) may ask what music it is - at which point the wearer can start singing to them. That seems like a better payoff than with the folk who 'read' it in the first place. Provided, of course, they then recognise that they have been rickrolled.

jazziz251 wrote:NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU
NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY
NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE
NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND HURT YOU

As sung by Rick Astley (1987) - As a professional musician in the US, I can guarantee you will never see two dotted eighth notes together with the stems connected.

As we were all taught in our Written Theory classes in college, this would be 'disguising the beat' since in 4/4 the quarter note is to get the beat.

Sure this could have been redone with correct notation and ties. But I think the shirt as it is works for me. :D

purplehazel wrote:What I really like about this shirt is not just that people who do get it will find it funny.

Many who don't get it (because they can't read it or haven't really tried) may ask what music it is - at which point the wearer can start singing to them. That seems like a better payoff than with the folk who 'read' it in the first place. Provided, of course, they then recognise that they have been rickrolled.

it's over. even I know that.

this has to win top 3

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Eh, it should be the opening drum part. That's when people know they've been rick roll'd. But I do want one.

Bluchaosfire wrote:Eh, it should be the opening drum part. That's when people know they've been rick roll'd. But I do want one.

Haha, excellent idea (although I think expecting people to read drum notation is even more optimistic than expecting them to read this).

Thanks for the vote :D

SailorButterfly wrote:Another nitpick: Woot will probably reject the 4/4 as text.

If they know anything about music, the 4/4 is no more of a "text" context than the notes themselves.

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I don't want to admit that this is the most brilliant shirt in the derby, but I'm having a very hard time convincing myself otherwise. So... congratulations?

omnitarian wrote:I don't want to admit that this is the most brilliant shirt in the derby, but I'm having a very hard time convincing myself otherwise. So... congratulations?

Haha, thanks.

(although to be honest, I'm amazed this is doing as well as it is (as I imagine plenty of other people are, too...))

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Oi! Mosh good! I just got it. I kind of hate you and love you at the same time. That is a genius idea. GMV

Bhennain wrote:Oi! Mosh good! I just got it. I kind of hate you and love you at the same time. That is a genius idea. GMV

Heh, thanks, although now I'm beginning to wonder how many people have looked at this and *not* get it!

rcf22 wrote:Humorous shirt, and it GMV, but it's notated poorly:

You'll never see two dotted eight's barred together like that. Rather, you should have written it as a dotted eighth, then a sixteenth tied to another eighth note. Also, since the 3rd note in the full measure begins on an up beat, it should be written as an eighth tied to a quarter. The math is correct how you did it, it just looks awkward, not how true music would be written.

< /knitpicking>

Really, it should be barred as a quarter note triplet tied to another quarter note

Could you possibly re-score this for humming?

maverickprowls wrote:Could you possibly re-score this for humming?

You hum it I'll, er, score it?

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A more complete version i guess, jowever harder to hum: http://xkcd.com/389/

theraccoon wrote:You've seen it on Youtube, you've seen it on Last Call, you've seen your mother not understanding the youth of today (again) - now buy the T-Shirt!. (Or vote for something better - the world might thank you for it.)

And hey, how often do people look at your shirt and hum?

Ok, I understand this is utterly and undeniably uncool, but -- for those of us who don't read music, and don't even get what "rickrolled" means -- could someone pleeeeze explain? Pretty please with cherries on top? I do so hate being left out of the joke.

Sincerely,
An Uncomprehending Mother

abelleauc wrote:Ok, I understand this is utterly and undeniably uncool, but -- for those of us who don't read music, and don't even get what "rickrolled" means -- could someone pleeeeze explain? Pretty please with cherries on top? I do so hate being left out of the joke.

Sincerely,
An Uncomprehending Mother

Have you considered looking at wikipedia and searching for rickrolled?

another good place to see what it's about is here. Note: don't go there unless you want to be rickrolled.

abelleauc wrote:Ok, I understand this is utterly and undeniably uncool, but -- for those of us who don't read music, and don't even get what "rickrolled" means -- could someone pleeeeze explain? Pretty please with cherries on top? I do so hate being left out of the joke.

And to expand a little on what Josephus has said - the shirt shows the notation for the opening of the chorus (when he sings "Never gonna give you up // Never gonna let you dow-ow-own"). Other comments here explain ways in which this is, or isn't awesome, depending on your point of view.

(Although now I'm wondering if someone claiming they don't know what rickrolling is might just be an April Fool's...)

rcf22 wrote:Humorous shirt, and it GMV, but it's notated poorly:

You'll never see two dotted eight's barred together like that. Rather, you should have written it as a dotted eighth, then a sixteenth tied to another eighth note. Also, since the 3rd note in the full measure begins on an up beat, it should be written as an eighth tied to a quarter. The math is correct how you did it, it just looks awkward, not how true music would be written.

< /knitpicking>

I'll give a +1 to this. It's funny notation.

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Almost there....You are about to pass me. I have been in 8th this entire derby. Good luck.

Anthony3419 wrote:Almost there....You are about to pass me. I have been in 8th this entire derby. Good luck.

Haha, thanks (although whilst it's pretty obvious neither of us is going to be getting into the fog, I think I know which of us seems a more likely candidate for an honourable mention - so good luck with that!).

rcf22 wrote:You'll never see two dotted eight's barred together like that. Rather, you should have written it as a dotted eighth, then a sixteenth tied to another eighth note.

I'd've written it as a triplet.

purplehazel wrote:Many who don't get it (because they can't read it or haven't really tried) may ask what music it is - at which point the wearer can start singing to them. That seems like a better payoff than with the folk who 'read' it in the first place. Provided, of course, they then recognise that they have been rickrolled.

That's the trouble with rickrolling: it's generally only funny to people who know about it. Otherwise it's just a fairly nondescript '80s pop song; and your victim will just scratch their head at you. Too many rickrollers don't realise that it's a borderline inside joke.

It's also pretty droll in its classic implementation of simply playing the song. (Though embedding it in the help of a beta of a certain Twitter client was a good unexpected variation.)

The rule of thumb is that if the way that you mean to do it has already been done, don't bother; it isn't funny. It's an eyeroll.

But things like this offer a creative twist that makes it actually amusing. I'd actually be tempted to buy this! :D

bpr2 wrote:http://www.pdinfo.com/copyrt.php

I'd have to call fair use on this one. It's a tiny excerpt.

ueberRegenbogen wrote:But things like this offer a creative twist that makes it actually amusing. I'd actually be tempted to buy this! :D

Thanks for your comment(s) - they're all very well made, and gratefully received!

ryanwms wrote:If they know anything about music, the 4/4 is no more of a "text" context than the notes themselves.

would using C instead be better or worse? just a thought.

theraccoon wrote:Haha, thanks (although whilst it's pretty obvious neither of us is going to be getting into the fog, I think I know which of us seems a more likely candidate for an honourable mention - so good luck with that!).

Thanks but I doubt it. I have a lot of votes but it seems I have a lot of naysayers as well.

Woohoo - 500 votes, I think that's the last milestone I could reasonably expect to reach with, er, 50 minutes to go (assuming I've worked out what timezone I'm meant to be referring to...).

Just wanted to say thanks for all the votes and comments - this was my first attempt at the derby and I'm pretty overwhelmed by how well it's gone.

Edit: And I appreciate that I am now setting myself up for people to take their votes back so I fall back under 500, but hey, that would be pretty funny.

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strange notation (grouped dotted eighth notes), but clever shirt