View Single Post
  #1  
Old 30-07-2019, 08:28 PM
Outcast's Avatar
Outcast (Carlton)
Always gonna be a NOOB...

Outcast is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Cairns, Qld
Posts: 1,289
I learned something rather cool today

I am unashamedly a fan of heavy metal & heavy rock.
Amongst the many bands I love listening to is Tool, there frontman, Maynard Keaning is an artistic genius; a bit of a pratt!! However, an artistic genius & gifted singer nonetheless....
Anyways, whilst cruising through useless YouTube clips, I stumbled across the information that the song Lateralus is built upon the concept of the Fibonacci sequence. Firstly it's time signature... 9/9, 8/9 & 7/9 results in 987, a Fibonnaci number!! Then, Keanings lyrics start at precisely 1.618 minutes into the track, the Fibonacci ratio & finally, the construction of the lyrics follows the Fibonacci sequence in a syllabalistic sense per line & verse....
Ie: fist line 1 syllable, line two 1 syllable, line 3 2 syllables, line four 3 syllables, line 5 5 syllables, line 6 8 syllables & then winds back down following the Fibonacci sequence backwards...

How friggin cool is that!! As a very average musician, with an interest in space & nature... mind officially blown!!

Oh, & it's a fantastic track as well.... which if you listen to the lyrics, is about lateral thinking & living in harmony with nature

For any music/math geeks out there... enjoy!!
http://https://youtu.be/uOHkeH2VaE0
http://https://youtu.be/epkG-xSYaHA
Reply With Quote