Taken by the phrase, he used in in a song to acclaim both before it became a smash hit with computers with a penchant for song, and after. A friend remarked that it was lucky that he didn’t bring a bicycle built for two, or he would have had to pay double duty. Upon coming to the U.S., he was charged a duty fee for his bicycle. ‘ Daisy Bell‘ was originally composed in 1892 by Henry Dacre, and English composer. Kelly and Lockbaum programmed the lyrics, and Mathews the accompaniment. Daisy Bell is an 1892 song composed by Harry Dacre.In 1961, the IBM 7094 became the first computer able to sing a song, when it sang the classic Daisy Bell. This evidently inspired him to have HAL sing the song as an homage to the programmers of the 704 at Bell Labs, John L. There, he was treated to a performance of the song ‘Daisy Bell’ (or, ‘A Bicycle Built for Two’) by the IBM 704 computer. Clarke, who wrote the novel – and co-wrote the screenplay for the movie – “2001: A Space Odyssey”, visited Bell Labs before putting the finishing touches on the work. Click below for more on this geeky topic! Clarke made HAL’s final act in the world this song as a tribute to HAL’s great ancestor, the first IBM computer to ever sing. Okay, so this may not be important breaking news about astronomy, but it may answer a burning question posed by most people who have watched or read “2001: A Space Odyssey”: that is, why does the computer HAL-9000 sing the song ‘Daisy Bell’ as the astronaut Dave Bowman takes him apart? Well, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C.
