PERFECT PITCH

I have perfect pitch. It's a blessing. It allows me to be able to walk up to a piano and bust out the intro to 'Hold the Line' by Toto. It allows me to know which notes are played on a telephone for a dial tone (F & A) and the three consecutive notes when you call a disconnected number (Bb, E, A). The Gilligans Island theme song is in D-minor.

I can re-create the piano line that Bugs Bunny plays in the cartoon where Yosemite Sam has wired the hi-C note on the piano with dynamite (Bugs hits the C#. What a maroon!) In essence, it's a party trick. There's an online test, if you have some music background, try it out:

Popular notable musicians who also possess it:

Bach. Ritchie Blackmore. Paul Shaffer, which means he KNOWS how out-of-tune he sings. Phil Lesh, in case Jerry was too fucked up to remember that Sugar Magnolia goes from A to D. Florence Henderson. (Does anyone have an mp3 of the Wesson commercial?)

Anyway, you don't need perfect pitch to appreciate these:

Van Halen plays 'Jump' with the synth loop playing at the wrong sampling speed.
(via Travelers' Diagram)

Star Wars + trumpet.