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Lou Reed to Stage Concert... For Dogs

'High-frequency' tunes will be inaudible to humans

By Emily Rauhala,  Newser User

Posted Jun 1, 2010 8:56 AM CDT

(Newser) – American musician Lou Reed and his wife, performance artist Laurie Anderson, are planning an "inter-species social gathering"—otherwise known as a concert for dogs. Yes, a dog concert. The show, aptly titled Music for Dogs, will be held outside the Sydney Opera House in June and will feature "high-frequency music" composed for canine ears, reports the BBC. Humans, sadly, won't hear much.

The recital, which will last only 20 minutes because "dogs don't have a giant concentration span," won't be the couple's first stab at animal entertainment. They already make sweet, sweet music for their rat terrier, Lollabelle. "She likes things with a lot of smoothness but with beats in them,'' Anderson says. And you thought cat people were crazy.

Lou Reed and his wife, Laurie Anderson, want to make sweet, sweet music — for dogs.
Lou Reed and his wife, Laurie Anderson, want to make sweet, sweet music — for dogs.   (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Ready to rock or, um, roll.
Ready to rock or, um, roll.   (Shutter Stock)
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sailor86
Jun 1, 2010 8:46 PM CDT
Good. I never cared for anything he put out for us humans.
DanielGrak
Jun 1, 2010 7:13 PM CDT
The poor guy has lost it. How are they composing the music if humans can't hear it?
Disillusioned
Jun 1, 2010 3:04 PM CDT
Just what I need, now my Pug wants his own sound system :(
 

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