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| | Everything about 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | HAL's gradual shutdown triggers an incremental regression into his 'childhood': he plaintively informs Bowman that he can feel his mind 'going', and, eventually, he is reduced to singing the music hall song Daisy Bell, which he was taught by his instructor, Doctor Chandra. |
 | | Hal's haunting version of the popular song "Daisy Daisy" (Daisy Bell) was inspired by computer synthesized arrangement by Max Mathews, which Arthur C. Clarke had heard at Bell Laboratories. |
 | | However, on that album DG was forced to substitute Karajan's Zarathustra for a version by the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Karl Böhm. |
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