You are visited by representatives of an alien race tonight. After some small talk, they ask you to impress them with your species' best piece of music.
There's a sense of dread in the air; you know, without being told, that unless they're impressed they will destroy us all without second though.
You can only play them one track. What is it? Don't let the human race down, Sup Forums.
>Beethoven's last piano sonata Like, ALL of it? they probably have better things to do and are just polite, give them something short and to the point.
At the very least that gives me an hour and a half to live still.
Jeremiah Jackson
aliens are just humans from the future
Dylan Brown
something complex and nuanced, maybe avant-garde jazz or modern classical even if they don't like it musically, they should at least be impressed by the sheer ability / complexity
David Ward
>implying our musical taste won't evolve along with the rest of what we are
Instrumental: youtu.be/udeeqbCI9mM A better musical representation of humanity's existential angst over life and death I have not heard.
Vocal: youtu.be/lhNxvoXOKcI Spoken human language is irrelevant in the context of music directed towards an extra-terrestrial audience. Therefore the best choice is something that relies entirely on glossolalia to communicate its message.