those were memories
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
♥BABY-J 12:15 AM!
70years ago, it is rumored that after listening to this song 黑色的星期天 (gloomy sunday) composed by Rezso Seress, a pianist from Magyarország (an European Country), around 170 people commit suicide. What is the reason behind this? Does this song still exist? Continue reading and euu will know.
According to Meiqi, this song composed when the composer's lover broke up with him. Overcome with sadness, he composed this song. Later on, he wrote the lyrics too. When people starts to listen to this song, due to agony and emotional torment, people commit suicide. Even the people who did not commit suicide after listening to this mysterious song, they were so affected by it. They felt, gloomy like the song title has said. Hence, this song was banned by the government and no longer exists.
Some details:
If you people understand chinese, read this:
当时某天，在比利时的某酒吧，人们正在一边品著美酒，一边听音乐。当 乐队刚刚演奏完法国作曲家鲁兰斯．查理斯创作的《黑色的星期天》这首管弦乐曲时， 就听到一声歇斯底里的大喊：「我实在受不了啦！」 只见一名匈牙利青年一仰脖子喝光了杯中酒，掏出手枪朝自己太阳穴扣动扳机 「砰」的一声就倒在血泊里。
(One day in a pub, when a band plays this song 'Gloomy Sunday', one teenager drank up his wine and shot himself dead upon hearing this song. Before he dies, he said, " I can no longer tolerate this!"and, he lies dead, in a pool of blood)
一名女警察对此案进行调查，但费尽九牛二虎之力，也查不出这青年为什 麼要自杀。最後，她抱著侥幸心理买来一张那天乐队演奏过的《黑色的星期天》 这唱片，心想，也许从这里可以找到一点破案的蛛丝马迹。她把唱片放了一遍後， 结果也自杀了。人们在她的办公桌上发现她留给警察局长的信 「局长阁下，我受理的案件不用继续侦查了，其凶手就是乐曲-黑色的星期天 。我在听这首曲子时，也忍受不了它那悲伤旋律的刺激，只好谢绝人世 了。」
(There was a female investigator investigating this case, however, no matter how hard she tried, she could not find the reason of the teenager's suicide. Therefore, she went to buy that album with the song 'Gloomy Sunday', thinking that she might find some clues afterall. She played the song once, and she commited suicide too. Later on, people found a note on her desk, it says, "Sir, this case is closed; the murderer is the song, 'Gloomy Sunday'. After listening to this song, I too, can no longer tolerate the gloomy tune, hence, the only way out is death.)
在义大利米兰，一个音乐家听说了这些奇闻之後感到困惑不解，不相信 《黑色的星期天》会造成如此严重的後果，便试著在自己客厅用钢琴弹奏了一遍，竟也死在 钢琴旁，并在《黑色的星期天》的乐谱上写下这样的遗言： 「这乐曲的旋律太残酷了，这不是人类所能忍受的曲子，毁掉它吧，不然 会有更多的人因受刺激而丧命。」
(In Italy, one musician was not convinced of this bizarre news. As a result, he listened to the song and he died beside his piano. He left his words, saying, "The tune of this song is far too tormenting, is not what human beings can take it. Destroy it, if not, more and more people will die after listening to it.)
All these are the few incidents of people listening to the song. However, what causes these?
No one can really gives an affirm answer; in fact, no one knows. It is said that the tune and pitch of the song is not normal human beings can take it. It lies with the litmitation of a human being's brain. The following link is what the Japanese believed that causes these:
(*Beware. A part of the song will be played.)
The reason given by the Japanese is trill; from the start of the song till the end, there is the presence of trill due to the original singer. At least, trill is one of the many reasons. In chinese, 歌曲从头到尾都以抖音来唱出这首悲愁的歌曲，所以使人感到压迫，容易产生轻生的念头. Take note, the Japanese video is only explaining the version with someone singing the lyrics. There are people being killed by the original track without singing and with singing.
For the question, does it still exist? According to some websites, yes. However, it can only be found in an American University. In some websites, you can still hear the original version of it, however, only for 5mins. The original track is as long as 40mins. Imagine, hearing such a song for 8times longer than what it's now left. Nonetheless, there is now a singer named Sarah Brightman who sings the remix version. It is slightly different, affecting you much lesser than the original track. If anyone of you are interested, I do have the track. (: It is equally saddening, however, with lesser effect. Well, I have the English and French version. The French version
according to Meiqi, is what you heard in the video. By the way, something to take note, please note that the website given right, has many videos of the programme investigating on 'Gloomy Sunday'. So after watching the first video, scroll down for the second one and so on.Frankly speaking, I do not really know much about this in detail. The information I get, are mostly from Meiqi and Baidu.
So, is your curiousity being aroused? Other than 'Gloomy Sunday', there are still two other deadly songs being banned up till today. Here is a summary of the three songs:
《忏魂曲》
西方音乐史上被神诅咒的三曲之二.作者为美国人,曲成而亡.本是赎罪的宗教曲,但据说听此曲子而自杀的人已达千人.所以又名为《恶魔曲》.
(In the Western music history, this song is one of the three deadly songs. The composer is an American, when he finished composing this song, he died. Initially, this song is meant to be a religious reparation song, however, upon listening to this song, up to 1000 people commited suicide. Hence, it is known as one of the deadly songs.)
《第十三双眼睛》
非洲部落的一种音乐。59年前喀麦隆一个部落的人集体自杀而死，据说正是听这个音乐的原因。此曲在同年被禁，并销毁了 所有稿子。91年，有一位音乐家保留下一小段乐谱，听后从自己家的窗户飞身而坠。死前烧毁了乐谱，从此这首曲子彻底消失人间。
(A type of African music. 59 years ago, after listening to this music, one of the tribes commited suicide. As a result, this song is banned and destroyed. Later on, in the year of 1*91, a musician kept a part of the music piece. After listening, he too, commited suicide by jumping from his window. Before he died, he burnt the music piece, therefore, this music piece, 'The Thirteenth Eye' is forever lost.)
Okay, I shall end here! I shall update somemore regarding these deadly songs hopefully. Hopefully is something interesting enough to kill your boredom. (:
P.S. Sorry for my lousy translation for the chinese sentences. Hopefully, you people can at least understand what I am trying to say. =X Also, please enlarge so that you can read the chinese words. (:
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