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β | [[File:1970's-airliner.jpg|230px|thumb|right|A 1970's airliner]]
| + | Near the end of this song is an aural collage of shortwave radio noise. Morse, teletype, and various data signals can be heard including a radio modem (called the Harris RF-5710) used by hobbyists and naval military services. |
β | {{Infobox Song|
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β | | name=Slow This Bird Down
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β | | runtime=6:09
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β | | appearson=[[The Campfire Headphase]]}}
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β | == Comments ==
| + | "Slow this bird down" is pilot jargon for reducing speed during a landing. |
β | * Near the end of this song is an aural collage of shortwave radio noise. Morse, teletype, and various data signals can be heard including a radio modem (called the Harris RF-5710) used by hobbyists and naval military services. The Morse code heard at 05:20 decodes to "CQ de GM3DP" (a Scottish callsign). A further noted Morse call-sign was interpreted as 'GM3DSK', discovered by [http://Twoism.org Twoism] user '[http://www.twoism.org/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2777&sid=452167b9dc34dbd71cfd63a0128012fa akrotiri]'. He also noted that despite a search for the owner of the call-sign initially yielding no results, when removing the 'M' (allegedly a callsign extension used in Scotland), the call-sign can be traced back to the name 'Ra Lord'. It has been speculated that as 'Ra' (Egyptian sun god) takes on the form of a bird in mythology, it relates neatly back to the title of the track - 'Slow This Bird Down'. A second check of UK records showed the GM3DSK callsign to belong to an individual with the initials R. A. Lord, suggesting the connection is pure coincidence.
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β | ==Samples / Lyrics==
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β | ==Trivia==
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β | * "[[Slow This Bird Down]]" is pilot jargon for reducing speed during a landing.
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β | * The vocalist [[wikipedia:Solange|Solange]] sampled this track in its entirety on her 2008 album: ''Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams''. Using the track as a basis for multi-layered vocals, she even referred to the original title in the title of her adaptation: "[[This Bird]]".
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β | ==Videos==
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β | === Original ===
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β | {{#widget:YouTube|id=UsOZ1NKInsE}}
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β | {{#widget:YouTube|id=JnlkSqcEJb8}}
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β | === Cover ===
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β | {{#widget:YouTube|id=BMaE6WUkKsc}}
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β | ==External Links==
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β | ==References==
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β | [[Category: Released tracks]]
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β | [[Category: The Campfire Headphase tracks]]
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