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Azureth September 24th, 2010 3:13 PM

So what's the deal with the Lavender Town music?
 
I've heard there's some mystery around it.

Ctrl.Alt.Geak September 24th, 2010 6:23 PM

I dont really understand what you mean but I assume it has something to do with the Beta music they had for it, apparently had sounds that were at a high frequency that would cause things like nausea and headaches amoungst children. There is a thread about it somewhere here. I'll edit it into my post if I find it.

*EDIT* I couldnt find the thread sorry.
There is also this page, it has a link to the Beta music for Lavender Town http://glitchcity.info/wiki/index.php/Unused_soundtracks

Heart's Soul September 24th, 2010 6:53 PM

It's in the Creepypasta thread somewhere in this forum. I lost it.

Anyway, there's no real mystery. It just causes headaches in my head. It's all in your head.

Ilovetogepi October 2nd, 2010 10:08 AM

I'm on my cousin's account and I am ten and I LOVE the lavender town's music! What's wrong with y'all?

Kevin October 2nd, 2010 1:57 PM

It's like some type of ghost town, which is why the music is so creepy. D= I don't really like the music, and it fits more for a graveyard with some type of Death Legendary Pokemon living there, not for a town where there's a Pokemon tower, even if it has lost souls of Pokemon. >.< Creepy town. xD

shininglatios217 October 2nd, 2010 2:22 PM

Are you talking about the creepypasta? If so, I'll answer your question: It apparently has binaural_beats (sounds that can affect your mood). Apparently, those binaural beats caused some kids that played the game to become suicidal, depressed or simply scared so they altered the music a little bit in the American versions so no more kids suicided or felt depressed.

Note: This was information taken from a creepypasta so it could be false, althought they did change the Pokémon Red and Green's Lavender Town music in Pokémon Red and Blue.

Duragi October 2nd, 2010 4:26 PM

It's been messed with so many times that it's difficult to get valid info about it. I say it's a myth.

Roxichu October 4th, 2010 1:53 PM

Lavender Town's music is haunting and beautiful.

Oh, and I seriously doubt they could put binaural beats on the Game Boy's measly sound system. Especially condsidering that you need stereo headphones for any kind of effect. ;)

Legobricks October 7th, 2010 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Roxichu (Post 6202402)
Oh, and I seriously doubt they could put binaural beats on the Game Boy's measly sound system. Especially condsidering that you need stereo headphones for any kind of effect. ;)

You can set the sound to stereo in the games' options, and there is a headphone slot on a Gameboy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZOd_gFld9c — Video description has some information.
I always use stereo headphones, so I took the liberty of having this play for a while... It seems to be the parts like at 1:00–1:06 that eventually induce mild feelings consistent with anxiety. I think I'm a bit old to hear the full extent of the sounds though; and the feeling could just be me expecting it.

Sydian October 7th, 2010 1:22 PM

Yeah, you guys are referring to the creepypasta about the suicides the music caused, if I'm not mistaken. Pretty sure that was locked? And I don't think the games would have been allowed to sell past Red and Green if the music really did cause suicide. Other than that, I quite like the Lavendar Town music. It's scary.

Spikey-Eared Pichu October 7th, 2010 2:21 PM

Yepp. Not a an angsty teen's best choice in music, at all...

There's some story behind the whole Lavender Town thing too, isn't there? Something or other about some member of the development team implanting that tune to cause the deaths of thousands or something like that...

last fighter 36 October 7th, 2010 5:24 PM

Oh my Gawd

i heard the original version and i fell depressed and scared and my body fells heavy and my spine is tingling.

U.Flame October 27th, 2010 9:34 PM

That's the town that had a graveyard right? That would explain the creepiness of the music.

Dawn October 28th, 2010 8:15 AM

Aaaah... this. If you guys notice, there are comparison videos between the 1.0 Japanese version and the regular versions, because it was in fact changed due to the issues it caused. The suicide is fake/exaggerated. The notes however, are of such a frequency that people tend to have difficulty hearing them as they get older. (Your hearing gets worse.) They can cause headaches and could even cause significant pain to a sensitive person, but they will probably not directly induce suicide in anyone.

I can hear the notes that cause this. They caused very mild headaches after listening to the music for a significant amount of time.

Pretty amusing, to me anyway, but hardly horrific.

bubblewrap November 14th, 2010 6:31 PM

I think it was some Creepypasta about kids killing themselves because they heard the Lavender town music or something. I saw a fake creepy Youtube video about some guy's roommate dying because of some lost frequencies in the music, I don't know.

The Lavender town music creeped me out as a kid and creeps me out today, but it's just a weird myth.

Butterfree-Charizard November 24th, 2010 8:11 PM

I always kinda liked the creepyness to it.

femtrooper November 24th, 2010 9:30 PM

I LOVE the Lavender Town music! It reminds me of my childhood spending countless hours playing Pokémon!

Chrono November 25th, 2010 10:43 AM

Wow, o_o. Those theories are creepy, well creepypastas' are always interesting though. Well the music is suppose to sound depressing, it is a Ghost Town. All sad songs and music make people depressed, so of course children will feel depressed or scared. I didn't feel depressed when I went to Lavender Town though. o-o

sab November 25th, 2010 11:24 AM

It induces mild nausea and slight headaches to people not used to hearing such high frequencies. It also uses binarial beats to give the listener mild disease, which intensifies the symptoms. The key thing is that this only works on people who aren't used to this sort of thing (which is why it only happens for some people). you are probably refering to the creepy pasta (which takes more searching to find than it should) which is located here: http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1709422

XDragonRiderX November 26th, 2010 1:26 PM

It didn't do anything to me. I'm perfectly normal. I also don't feel any headaches.

Edit: my chest feels a little rumbly while listening to the Lavender Town: Missing Frequencies video.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK2iLnTR9V8&feature=related

Kelp November 26th, 2010 7:16 PM

The creepypasta freaked me out, even though it was a fake story.

Still, Lavender music is quite soothing though in my opinion. :3

Enigma November 26th, 2010 9:47 PM

I've never heard of any mystery behind it, but I find the actual in-game music itself to be perfectly suited, considering it's location.
I just listened to the Red and Green first version of it, and I didn't hear anything strange at all. ._.

matt steel November 28th, 2010 12:12 PM

after listening to the original tune the only difference i can hear seems to be an extended version. all i know is its the best music from the games.

AaronLeoRosenberg February 20th, 2016 6:00 AM

I listened to them both and found that I liked the japanese version better due to less echo.

Sycamorph February 20th, 2016 6:30 AM

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I don't know about beta version (does it even exist?), but everything I could find on YouTube that doesn't contain creepy pictures sounds fine to me. I'm pretty sure some people experience headaches only because they made themselves do that, it's like placebo effect. I guess it's fake (like 99% of other creepypasta). My headphones aren't bad, I can hear stuff that people with worse headphones can't hear (especially enemies on the other side of the map in CS:GO), so I would know if there were something weird with sound.
P.S. What's actually creepy is that it shows 2 pages in this thread, but I can see only one...


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