My numb brain actually thought we were going to hear the song for 639 years

Ah yes, the longest song ever: lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to

"If you listen to a song, your heartbeat will sync up with the beat" Me: *listens to 4'33"*

Executioner: "Do you have a last request?" Me: "I would like to play a song".

It’s “As Slow As Possible” but they passed on the name “ASLAP”?

The "Geiger counter" shown at 1:25 is actually not a Geiger counter, but in fact a CD V-715 Survey Meter because it uses an ion chamber. The CD V-700, however, is a Geiger counter because it uses a Geiger tube. I only said this to see it in next years mistake video I honestly don't care.

So basically, this song will be played during Queen Elizabeth's life documentary.

Me: finishes this after 639 years Teacher: *play it one more time would ya?*

"You hit a sour note about 200 years back, Doug! Let's take it from the top..."

This Song: *Exists* Queen Elizabeth: Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!

just imagine aliens randomly hearing organ notes once all of humanity has perished

Gonna take a while to transcribe this one

HAI: "We won't get in trouble for showing this song" KZfaq: "I'm about to end this man's whole career"

639 year long piece: Exists Speedrunners: Finishes it in 2 1/2 minutes

Alien 1: What are they doing? Alien 2: The've been listening to a single note for over a decade

It’s scary that everyone watching this video will be dead before that thing is even close to finishing

Looking forward to seeing "Februrary" in your next "All mistakes we made"-video!

"...ENCORE!!!" -Some mad lad ,September 5 2640

I once had a piece in middle school band that didn’t specify a tempo and just said. “As fast as possible, but not faster”

Yes! I have actually been there. I had to ring a bell at the house next to the church and was given a key, then I unlocked the big church door, turned on the light and heard the tone playing. Walking around the church I noticed how it sounds in its various corners and being there all by myself in the cool darkness filled by the tone by the longest playing organ ever was certainly quite the unique experience. I allowed myself to forget the time for a bit and some twenty minutes later locked the door again and returned the key. I can recommend it. Only a single tone? But it can also be like a brief meeting with eternity, with a timescale very different from that of our daily lives.

Me at 3 a.m. : Last song before I go to bed! Also me: *_proceeds to listen to a 600 years long song_*

My dad actually was at this conference in Trossingen (I'm from Germany, he's an organist) and it was his idea. When they discussed which instrument(s) to use and they thought about an organ, he suggested you should have the song lasting a few weeks, months, or years. Then the others said, "Well that's a good idea!" But they made it even longer.

My favorite John Cage piece was Etudes Australes where he overlayed a map of stars in the sky onto 32 pieces of sheet music and played it.

HAI before every video: "This video was made possible by..." me: ...HAI

Imagine if KZfaq started handing out copyright strikes for silence

My teacher played 4'33 in class. He just sat down and waited. I thought he would start any second.

"Pianos are percussion instruments." And with one phrase I got flashbacks to heated debates in the band rooms of high school

For your next "All mistakes we made"-video: at 5:09 the written chord is ok, but in the audio after it there is an F (or E#) in place of the E...

I love how the performance is based on the idea that "this church has had an organ for the last 639 years, so why wouldnt it have one for the next 639?", which is extremely german.

You would be through this whole song and Belgium would still have no goverment

My sister: Can I play just one more song? Me: Sure My sister:

You know it’s dedication when more than 5 of your generations finish your unfinished work

I’m an organist and I consider Cage to sometimes be a bit of a meme.

I remember how we performed 4'33 with our music class on stage with a full orchestra. We tried to take ist as serious as possible with full orchestra clothing and assembly, and when we sat there (I was first violin without knowing how to play a single note) and it was so hard not to laugh. The audience was so confused.

2:10 fun fact Thomas Moore was a drummer of the Beatles during 1960 before he quit

imagine 638 year later with 1 day left for the music to stop just to have the last pipe being broken in the beginning

Gustav Mahler: "I just wrote this song that uses a big ass hammer." John Cage: "Ah, that's cute."

*the 639 year longest song ever* "this video was made possible by audible!"

"6 minute youtube videos explaining the longest song ever" "Me a big brain: *the song that doesn't end*"

A wise man once said "A song that never ends is no song at all."

This is the musical equivalent of: this is the route your father had to take to get to school

You messed up the end a little bit around 100 years ago, let’s take it from the top again

Quality video as always...keep up the good work

1:16 Exactly at that moment, My screen said that something went wrong and you need to try again later with that exact image and I thought it was a joke. It wasn’t apart fo the video.

Imagine going to church and they can’t play anymore music because some organ mains said so

"what else are they gonna talk about at a organ conference, kidney's" Made me laugh harder then it should

My favorite story of John Cage was him meeting with the visual Avante garde madlad Jackson Pollock. Pollock was an admirer and showed Cage his process, saying he was trying to do what Cage was doing. Cage flew into a rage upon seeing him work, exceptionally infuriated by the comparison, and denounced him as a hack who put no thought or effort into understanding his own work or the nature of randomness.

What timing, great minds think alike with making a video on this topic, great take on it! 😁

"Some of which involved toasters, blenders..." Me: Ohhh so he was what inspired Device Orchestra!

And here’s me thinking the longest song ever is “Echoes” or something

0:19 Ah yes, my favorite song: Nintendo Switch Mii Maker

I’m currently a percussion student, and we’ve been studying John Cage pieces. Loved the video!

almost as long as the average wait time for TSA at newark intl airport, new jersey

I can’t be the only one that thought of Lamb Chop’s Play Along when they read the title. Also, I can definitely create a way longer song. Wait and see

Lofi hip hop radio: “am i a joke to you?”

Half As Interesting’s been more enthusiastic than the last time I watched him

I can't believe I got here right when it was uploaded.

That's longer than 3 football fields

“Yo just keep listening it gets good like halfway”

“ASLSP” sounds like “asleep”

What about the LongPlayer and it's piece of music? "Longplayer is a one thousand year long musical composition. It began playing at midnight on the 31st of December 1999, and will continue to play without repetition until the last moment of 2999, at which point it will complete its cycle and begin again. Conceived and composed by Jem Finer."

Person: "This song is good, I should upload this to youtube!" Their computer: *Coffin Dance* KZfaq: *Coffin Dance*

4:58 "E major" Soon after plays an F diminished.

0:46 why is that guy sticking an almond in his ear seriously why is he doing that why

youtube 2021: john cage claims every video with a silent moment as copyright infringement

HAI: *does not put music* Me: *hears music* HAI: you were not supposed to hear anything Me: ummmm

This is the song that doesn’t end, yes it goes on and on my friend

It was fun begrudgingly putting up with this video

When your last name is based off a random town in Germany from a HAI video

That’s longer than I’ve been alive, wow!

I already knew who John Cage was and his works are hilarious, I really recommend watching his "Water Walk" performance. He said the reason why the name of the performance "Water Walk" was because there was water and he was walking around. Honestly that guy is four parallel universes ahead of us lol

The 7 year wait just ended

0:19 You could say the song is not... Audible

We need a livestream of that organ playing in Germany 😁

This give me the vibe of Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. An intergalactic highway is being plan somewhere

I bet those organists were having a right old giggle

I am going on a trip to Halberstadt today

"However, in 1997, things were taken to a whole new level..." 3:43 *But show a animation that rises from 1 to 2 hmm*

"This is the song that never ends, it just goes on and on my friend"

Imagine that it’s just the world’s longest rickroll.

0:18 - 0:44 That songs fire bro. *Does the nae nae* I'm gonna download this later

MISTAKE SPOTTED: 4:39 was right where it says the performance started in September 5, 2001 5:52 however said that the performance started in September 5, 2000

I thought he was gonna play "this is the song that doesn't end"

I was half expecting him to rickroll us

Lol, who else increased their speaker volume trying to listen to the 'awesome song' he was telling at the beginning? 🙃

Next HAI video: “how I got a copyright strike for nothing.”

Can’t wait for this one to drop

I looooove your videos man best ones ever on the KZfaq and your funny jokes are sooo well done and placed 😍😍😍

5:19 is actually an F diminished chord

"4'33" is not about the musician, but the place the piece is played. It's about all the sounds outside of a musical performance, not about the silence of the musician. When I finally understood that concept, I found the idea very intriguing. That's also around the time I started getting into avant garde art and dadaism, and not coincidentally, when my friends started getting annoyed at me during casual conversations.

That awkward moment when they mess up a note and have to start over

Modern art, an industry that regards a guy so highly that he can basically troll everyone and they all still have to sit through it and somehow come up with deep interpretation of it

It's wild how much 4'33'' sounds like the laughter after a HAI joke

It's probably can be called the "Death Music" because you're gonna have to go to sleep eventually...

This was recommended to me 3 days later

The wait is over. I chose to watch this at the best possible day.

No one : Me jamming to ASLSP : "Uh" "Yeah"

"IT'S A PIECE!!!" - Ling Ling probably

Wow he really just silently rickrolled us

Finally! A song i can listen to while waiting the line at Newark Airport