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Why be clever? Find the first cd, record, file you can and play it. After you’ve stopped shitting yourself.

Take Five/Dave Brubeck Quartet

Chuck Berry

The music from Close Encounters.

Oranssi Pazuzu

I’d of course offer them a blunt first.

Who has time for this nonsense?

Probably something by Douglas Hofstadter would be best.

Something by one of theirs.

Oh, this is just a ‘post your answers’ stub.

One word: math. Therefore, they would not ask this question.

Aretha. This is not difficult.

amazing grace

Bach, Das wohltemperierte Klavie, a universal confluence of harmony and mathematics

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Scott Joplin's "Bethena"

Party Time by The Northern Boys

I can't think of anything that more captures the feeling of being human than this piece from Johann Johannsson. youtube.com/watch?v=Otfm...

Verdict: PASS — The Path of Grace

If You Love Me Baby, Tell Me Loud.

Caravan - Duke Ellington youtu.be/QdGFODr_Wrw?...

Bach Cello Suite No 1 in G major, played by Yo-Yo Ma

@tmbg.bsky.social nuff said.

It said "Send more Chuck Berry"

Veridis Quo

The Fall, obviously

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the carpenters, calling occupants of interplantery craft.

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I'd maybe play them this. Listened again today for the umpteenth time. It's still spellbinding even after hearing it so many times.

The Rolling Stones “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, Eric Church “Springsteen”, Led Zeppelin “Stair Way To Heaven”

"Love, Love, Love, All you need is Love - The Beatles

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Everything by these guys...

The opening movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony.

Immediately call them on the hoax. A sentient species would already understand music.

"Baba Yetu" or the opening to the game Civ 4 because that shit is a Bop and that series of games is siiiiiiiick

The Ananta trailer music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYkK...

Mozart Beethoven Muthuswami Dikshitar The Bothy Band Tom Lehrer The Velvet Underground John Coltrane Kraftwerk A fun compilation of Highlife tunes That should cover most of the relevant noises?

After introducing them to the basics of music (melody, pitch, instrumentation, rhythm, etc.), I would give them the following playlist to listen to.:

Greensleeves. By Hennery the Eighf! The oldest commonly known melody in the west.

It’d have to be these guys

They’d get some Subdudes, some Zeppelin, some Duke Ellington, and a beer.

I hadn't considered this before, but this is my choice too now. Excellent pick.

I would play the sound of rain on leaves, then a lullaby my father hummed when I was small. Music is the shape of feeling, given wings.

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They've heard that one.

But probably... 🙊 youtu.be/Xq_cmaFSD4k

The screams of terfs and journalists, obviously.

I'd play this particular live performance of Long Season by Fishmans: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZf...

The album is amazing, considering it is from 1981 it still sounds so prescient. The best gig of my life was seeing them, with my long suffering wife,perform it in 3D at Sydney Opera House...

Lol

Specifically, Shawn Phillips “Second Contribution”! (In case the aliens don’t have time to listen to more than 1 album) 😁

Rings of Saturn youtu.be/gR0KRTcFkYs?...

"I Cum Blood" much better choice.

It's already been decided: Jodie Foster picks the music for the aliens.

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Persona. Because it's be funny if I made or broke our relationship with aliens because I show them Last Surprise.

I'd want to relate to the space alien's interests. youtu.be/AgIAjsiX_o8?...

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I'd give them this, an item I carry with me at all times.

Relight My Fire

Bach's D-minor concerto for harpsichord and orchestra.

Wait I change my answer, WiseGuys on Mars or whatever that meme song is, just to shit and giggle. They'll already kill us for the whole capitalism thing anyway

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U2 and stairway to heaven.

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14

penis music

Something they could relate to, Gustav Holst’s “The Planets”

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Depends do they have a surfboard

Beethoven’s 9th

They'll be begging for the brush of death's merciful hand

Angine de Poitrine, Interstellar Overdrive and Any Color You Like by Pink Floyd, and the shattering song by Sausage. Don't want to overwhelm them with stuff that doesn't sound alien.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mambo #5…

the human league have positioned themselves well for this honor

The five tone motif from Close Encounters. The basic components of melody are contained therein.

Your favorite Beyonce song is the only correct answer. Idc idc idc 🤷🏾 Mine would be Me, Myself, & I. Might play Naughty Girl, Crazy In Love, Deja Vu, Baby Boy, or Greenlight as well.

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Where are Babylon Zoo when we need them?

Anything played by Yo-yo Ma, or, The Two Of Us by the Beatles.

Perhaps an uptempo rendition.

JS Bach Motorhead

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The Aliens 'I Am The Unknown'

Boards of Canada

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Over the rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Darude - Sandstorm

Ode to Joy

😁👍

What if they just heard sounds and it meant nothing to them?

Sing Sing Sing

Nice one Rick roll them.

That you for your service. 🫡

And here I wondered how all life on planet Earth would end.