@@thetruedarksoul168 No laziness involved, just miscommunication and apparently no testing between starting and finishing the project.. Honda had given them measurements for the cuts from center of the cut to center of the next cut, the road company thought the measurements were spacings from end of cut to start of cut (or the other way around). Eithery way, the specifications were either unclear or wrongly interpreted and apparently nobody thought to check the work before it was all done. I feel that last part is the biggest fail of everyone involved.
@@scootersonlyrepair6773 the only person to blame is the contractor who read something wrong, I do think that the musical road should be torn up but considering how shitty of a place Lancaster is I think their budget ought to go someplace more important
@@-TK- nope, all the keys are wrong. when making the calculations for the groove length to get the musical notes, they only accounted for the length of the grooves between each "stripe", but ignored the length of the stripes themselves. as a result, all the frequencies are offset by the exact same amount, which messes up the note they play because changing say, 50hz on a 500hz note has a different effect to changing 50hz on a 1000hz note. there's no fixing this.
I can only imagine their disappointment when they tried it for the first time. They were probably like "We've got to film that again and pretend we are happy with it. Let's even say 'it worked!' "
Kirk Meyers Same thing like how Civic owners rice up their car. To them it looks great. But in reality, it's terrible. Probably it's what this ad is about.
@@punnequraq tom scotts video is about the remade road after the city redid it in a less populated area and they fucked it up. The honda video is the way its supposed to be.
The spot they relocated it to is so much better. So many people who lived close were pissed lol I have to drive on it everyday to work, I still like it.
LMAO, I thought of this idea when I was like 10 years old. My dad even tried contacting a few cities and art institutes in California to see if they were interested, but none were.
I just went over it the other day and I forgot it was there and it scared the hell out of me So I had to do it one more time haha
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All of this is so miserable to watch. The naive presentation of an unoriginal idea, the crude, unengineerly execution, the editing after which the song is STILL OUT OF TUNE.
I remember a decade ago honda made a game where you could make your own musical road by adding grooves on the road and the chad move was putting them all cluttered in one place so when it played a piano would crash
"It worked", no it didn't. Not even close. The workers misinterpreted the measurements and didn't take into account the groove widths, so the whole thing actually sounded like garbage (even before they paved over it and moved it to another location due to resident complaints). They had to fix it in post for the commercial, and even then, it sounds off.
@keehmabreeks I gonna say your right. I've lived in the city for about 9 yrs and I have a veg memory of this ever being made. Even now in its current location its near a bunch of two story houses.
Sgr. Rossini, they performed the Second Act of your William Tell yesterday at the Opera. "Not the whole thing?" PS, it's an overture, not a song. Is anyone singing?
The wedding March would be better since it’s pretty monotone and despite the fact this did work it would be better if they just said “we are going to create a melody” because THAT wasn’t the William Tell overture and though I adore ADORE this idea and any idea that takes us from the quotidian banality of everyday life I can’t bear the elephant in the room!!
"it worked"
No it didn't
lol
MK yes it did. The road company fucked it up cause they were lazy
yes it did but u have to speed up
@@thetruedarksoul168 No laziness involved, just miscommunication and apparently no testing between starting and finishing the project.. Honda had given them measurements for the cuts from center of the cut to center of the next cut, the road company thought the measurements were spacings from end of cut to start of cut (or the other way around). Eithery way, the specifications were either unclear or wrongly interpreted and apparently nobody thought to check the work before it was all done. I feel that last part is the biggest fail of everyone involved.
@@thetruedarksoul168 yeah the song is William Tell Overture on its Silly Symphony swings steroids
And then a British guy in a red t-shirt shat all over your creation
Joseph Bleasdale
Tom Scott FTW!
Tom Scott doesn't hold back 😂
No the city of Lancaster shat all over it with asphalt and remade it in a less populated place and fucked it up. You clearly don't pay attention 🙄
actually he shat all over someone elses creation , because the british guy didnt know his ass from a hole in the ground.
@@scootersonlyrepair6773 the only person to blame is the contractor who read something wrong, I do think that the musical road should be torn up but considering how shitty of a place Lancaster is I think their budget ought to go someplace more important
0:35 PLAY ON 2X much better lol
Jared Caudill still a bit out of tune
yeah... Sorry lol
@@MrHenny they made the measurements for the grooves wrong. there's no fixing it. at least it's recognizable at 2x speed
@@GraveUypo wouldn't it work if the car drove twice as fast?
@@-TK- nope, all the keys are wrong. when making the calculations for the groove length to get the musical notes, they only accounted for the length of the grooves between each "stripe", but ignored the length of the stripes themselves. as a result, all the frequencies are offset by the exact same amount, which messes up the note they play because changing say, 50hz on a 500hz note has a different effect to changing 50hz on a 1000hz note. there's no fixing this.
Funny thing is it barely even resembles the original music.
only *honda* would celebrate such a fail
Here Here! I couldn't agree more
*Honda - the power of nightmares*
The worst part about it is that this ad is auto tuned.
Omg true. It successfully sucks burn the road pls
Yeah, basically someone mixed up the gap of the spaces with the width of the strips, and now it is children’s nightmares.
I can only imagine their disappointment when they tried it for the first time. They were probably like "We've got to film that again and pretend we are happy with it. Let's even say 'it worked!' "
This is really impressive, but I think I'd just be shouting at the road because of the wrong notes rather than being impressed if I was there.
hungary did it too, and with the correct tone. This is no longer impressive
Here because of the trending video explaining the miscalculation lol
Why did they cheer? I would have been so mad . . . Spent all that time and out of tune!
Kirk Meyers Same thing like how Civic owners rice up their car. To them it looks great. But in reality, it's terrible. Probably it's what this ad is about.
Kirk Meyers yeah it sounded bad but what did you expect out of a road
Germaine Liew the dependent variable is the speed
@@user-vz1zn7zp6r Watch Tom Scott’s video on this. The speed doesn’t change much.
@@punnequraq tom scotts video is about the remade road after the city redid it in a less populated area and they fucked it up. The honda video is the way its supposed to be.
I never heard of this till last night I drove through it on my way to Fox airport. It was trippy, i had to bust a u turn and try again. Several times.
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The spot they relocated it to is so much better. So many people who lived close were pissed lol I have to drive on it everyday to work, I still like it.
It sounds just as off-key though.
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that is not the William Tell Overture...
Tom Scott brought me here xD
We need one like this that played "Deep in the Heart of Texas" when entering the state, and "Happy Trails" when you leave.
LMAO, I thought of this idea when I was like 10 years old. My dad even tried contacting a few cities and art institutes in California to see if they were interested, but none were.
Cy Fun Me too! (Except for my dad calling anyone.) Great minds think alike.
The title should be; “How many fedoras can yo get into a civic?”
a lot! clearly!
AHHHH!!!! The tuning is awful... still cool idea though :)
even after listening to the William Tell Overture repeatedly, I still don't hear the resemblance
I didn't hear the William Tell Overture, I heard a Little Tykes toddler keyboard.
I just went over it the other day and I forgot it was there and it scared the hell out of me So I had to do it one more time haha
All of this is so miserable to watch. The naive presentation of an unoriginal idea, the crude, unengineerly execution, the editing after which the song is STILL OUT OF TUNE.
Top Gear brought me here! :P
AVE G.
It's kinda stupid because they fucked up when making the spacing for the notes and so it sounds like shit in real life.
Zudexa Did Tom Scott send you?
it's a road, how much better can you do
Chrnan6710 a lot better
Chrnan6710 A fuck ton better.
Zudexa except this is the original, and it's...much better than the new one.
*Playing it in 2x speed sounds better*
Live Fast Die Poor sent me here. Lol :p Gotta try this soon.
Me too!
Cool. :p
who needs a radio when you're driving on a musical road
"It worked!" My ass
Finally, the comment i've been looking for.
@@wolfbrian26 Finally, after 6 years!
Play at 2x speed? More like *DRIVE* at 2x speed.
This commercial freaked me out as a kid
Since there was no narrator in the advert, i can understand
I remember a decade ago honda made a game where you could make your own musical road by adding grooves on the road and the chad move was putting them all cluttered in one place so when it played a piano would crash
A game of this? What was it called if you remember?
@@Fred51701 I can't remember the name whatsoever, so it's been difficult to find for a while.
the drop wakes you up!
This should make the list of Top 10 Things Honda wants you to forget"
"It worked", no it didn't. Not even close. The workers misinterpreted the measurements and didn't take into account the groove widths, so the whole thing actually sounded like garbage (even before they paved over it and moved it to another location due to resident complaints). They had to fix it in post for the commercial, and even then, it sounds off.
The fact that this area got paved over and then redone further down the road, but wrong a second time, is kinda tragic.
It's awesome! Да это круто!!!
They should another but this time around, using the notes of "War Machine" by KISS
My personal preference would be "İn the Court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson
Just drove over it! Sooooo cool
Could you encode speech into that tho? Something like “WAKE UP MOTHERF***ER!”
Nicee, I passed the one at Lancaster. Made a cool video about it. This is so cool
ahhhhh THE POWER OF DREAMS. ..
My 8th gen civic shakes like a rocket ship over 50mph.. surprised they could even hear it
So cool ive driven on it!
Deep In The Heart Of Texas 0:37
Honda: Our cars are so boring you need a musical road.
Thank you top gear !
we.. we did it.. we found the link... remember me...
i drove over it yesterday :P still there
@keehmabreeks
I gonna say your right. I've lived in the city for about 9 yrs and I have a veg memory of this ever being made. Even now in its current location its near a bunch of two story houses.
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It was paved over, then remade in a place farther from residents so it wouldn't bother them.
hahaha thats in Palmdale and Lancaster... they did 2 roads... need to be driving about 75 mph and it sounds perfect lol
Been on it multiple times. My uncle lives 10 minutes from it.
polish road playing dubstep
I thought I was tripping but there is music attached to the vehicle
Elaborate please?
@@wolfbrian26 There is a sound when reversing etc...
Imagine it got copyright claimed
By who, the guy that died 150 years ago?
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Why is this so interesting to me??
Whent down that street today!!
Quite nice
Yeah this defiantly would work
they should do like a halo musical road or a theme from zelda
I thought it was gonna be the rocky theme at first..
I was there today.
probably because it was so hard to create and it was just an exciting moment haha
You gotta speed for this
Play it on 2x speed
@BeautifiedBrunette oh i see thank you for the info :)
same
Need an si out there. Speed it up
I'm not sure how this advertises your car, but this is still pretty awesome.
I really wish this worked properly
Sgr. Rossini, they performed the Second Act of your William Tell yesterday at the Opera. "Not the whole thing?" PS, it's an overture, not a song. Is anyone singing?
All these hate comments, I just appreciated that the video is from 2009. Maybe for that time it was innovative that's why they were cheering up!
What happens when the road needs repaired??
It was hond?!
I think civic needs a tune
And really annoying for the people who doesn't live far away from the road..
Can you put this musical Road on Jemison Alabama
Epic double fail.
you got on job
Why didn't they test it every 20 cuts or so instead of finishing the whole thing?
I did this to my card board
Sounds like: ffffffffff
@Floymin me and my dad drove on it and we were both like wtf
They should do la cucaracha song!
You know if you actually do turn the Speed to 2x it actually sounds just like it
This actually became a problem for the Area
p i c k l e b e n d e r
TOM SCOTT AGREES WITH ALL OF YOU
i wanna do this
they picked the wrong song for this
I would go off road
The titanic flute meme song sounds better than this monstrosity 🤣
I wanna drive down to soCal an drive my Honda over it
Celebrated a fail... It's like celebrating skylab, YAY IT CRASHED AND BURNED INTO AN OCEAN BUT IT WAS UP THERE!!!
The wedding March would be better since it’s pretty monotone and despite the fact this did work it would be better if they just said “we are going to create a melody” because THAT wasn’t the William Tell overture and though I adore ADORE this idea and any idea that takes us from the quotidian banality of everyday life I can’t bear the elephant in the room!!
Yeah too bad its been paved over.
Your calculations were a bit off
Wow... too bad the notes are wrong. Ouch.
They did it wrong 😂
Bruh moment
Ot was good Except, it's in the wrong key and the notes are way off and it really makes me cringe, but it was good