Talk:30 Seconds Over Tokyo (song)

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Did you know... that Allen Ravenstine, who used a synthesizer to emulate the sound of an airplane's rotary engine on "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", later became an airline pilot?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 17:24, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Allen Ravenstine, who used a synthesizer to emulate the sound of an airplane's rotary engine on "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", became an airline pilot after leaving Pere Ubu? Source: "I was always interested in airplanes—I've just retired from being an airline pilot—and I especially like the sound of a rotary engine. And those Second World War airplanes with those big rotary engines, it's just a lovely sound. So the minute I heard the title of the song and what was going to be involved, the only thing that ever occurred to me was the sound of an airplane engine and also the radio bit at the end, that notion of a radio transmission with the frequency being in and out of tune, the static... I used just my ElectroComp 200 synth—it would've been the only thing I had" (Pinnock 2016, p. 54).
- ALT1:... that when the pressing plant called Pere Ubu to inform them that their debut single was pressed with too much noise, the studio engineer found it sounded identical to the master tape? Source: "We sent the record off to the pressing plant and they called us back with great concern saying, "There's noise all over this," so we went back to the engineer and he said, "No, this is what you recorded." We had to assure the pressing plant that that was what it was supposed to sound like" (Pinnock 2016, p. 54).

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Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 19:53, 28 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

The article is long enough and new enough. I assume good faith on the references that I can't access. Both hooks are directly cited. A QPQ has been completed. The technical staff parts needs to be referenced. SL93 (talk) 06:23, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SL93: Technical staff section now cited. (In case the Web 1.0 chic of the cited webpage raises an eyebrow, UbuProjex.com is the band's official site.) DigitalIceAge (talk) 22:13, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. The promoter can choose the hook. SL93 (talk) 00:18, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0 to T:DYK/P6