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[[File:cat-piano_4126.jpg|link=Values Dissonance|right| [http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/28/cat-piano.html In the days before PETA, people could get away with this].]]
[[File:cat-piano 4126.jpg|link=Values Dissonance|right| [http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/28/cat-piano.html In the days before PETA, people could get away with this].]]




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** Later on, in the ''Inquisition'' scene, he uses the knees of Jews as a xylophone, and a victim's head as a bongo.
** Later on, in the ''Inquisition'' scene, he uses the knees of Jews as a xylophone, and a victim's head as a bongo.
* In the 1999 Disney film ''[[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]]'', the song "Trashin' the Camp" is this trope, with instruments ranging from a typewriter and glass bell-jar percussion to an (elephant-enhanced) gramophone trumpet.
* In the 1999 Disney film ''[[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]]'', the song "Trashin' the Camp" is this trope, with instruments ranging from a typewriter and glass bell-jar percussion to an (elephant-enhanced) gramophone trumpet.
* The 2010 movie ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo6atXeqyMQ Sound of Noise]'' features a supposed terrorist group using [[Everything Is an Instrument]] as their weapon of choice.
* The 2010 movie ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo6atXeqyMQ Sound of Noise]'' features a supposed terrorist group using Everything Is an Instrument as their weapon of choice.
* In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', the Ewok celebration scene at the end shows one Ewok using sticks hitting stormtrooper helmets as a drum set.
* In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', the Ewok celebration scene at the end shows one Ewok using sticks hitting stormtrooper helmets as a drum set.
* In a flashback scene in ''The Russia House'' [[Sean Connery]] and some Russian friends play a tune using improvised instruments such as matchboxes.
* In a flashback scene in ''The Russia House'' [[Sean Connery]] and some Russian friends play a tune using improvised instruments such as matchboxes.
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* On Big & Rich's debut single "Wild West Show", the percussionist shakes a peanut can at the end.
* On Big & Rich's debut single "Wild West Show", the percussionist shakes a peanut can at the end.
* [[Dolly Parton]] clicks her fingernails rhythmically on "9 to 5".
* [[Dolly Parton]] clicks her fingernails rhythmically on "9 to 5".
* Matmos is well-known for making music out of found sounds. On one album they only used squicky medical sounds -- just guess what the songs "California Rhinoplasty" and "Lipo Studio" sample most.
* Matmos is well-known for making music out of found sounds. On one album they only used squicky medical sounds—just guess what the songs "California Rhinoplasty" and "Lipo Studio" sample most.
** "For Felix (And All The Rats)" from the same album - ''A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure'' - uses the bowed bars of their deceased pet rat's cage as the primary sound source. [[Tear Jerker|It is truly heartbreaking.]]
** "For Felix (And All The Rats)" from the same album - ''A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure'' - uses the bowed bars of their deceased pet rat's cage as the primary sound source. [[Tear Jerker|It is truly heartbreaking.]]
* This is basically the entire premise of the group ''Stomp''.
* This is basically the entire premise of the group ''Stomp''.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFybwg4wadI This] techno song made using the sounds from a Jeep.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFybwg4wadI This] techno song made using the sounds from a Jeep.
* "Blades" by Pig used sounds of knife sharpening.
* "Blades" by Pig used sounds of knife sharpening.
* Infocalypse uses weird samples. On album "[[Raygun Gothic]]" this includes adjusting radio receiver and telegraph keys (or synthesizer emulating these), and "[http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/759454 Jam the Death Star]" is a whole song performed on two keys -- in stereo.
* Infocalypse uses weird samples. On album "[[Raygun Gothic]]" this includes adjusting radio receiver and telegraph keys (or synthesizer emulating these), and "[http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/759454 Jam the Death Star]" is a whole song performed on two keys—in stereo.
* [[Ween]]'s "Never Squeal" features a ''[[Crazy Awesome|chainsaw solo.]]''
* [[Ween]]'s "Never Squeal" features a ''[[Crazy Awesome|chainsaw solo.]]''
* [[The Paper Chase]] used scissors as the percussion in "We Know Where You Sleep".
* [[The Paper Chase]] used scissors as the percussion in "We Know Where You Sleep".
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