But when Laurie Anderson composed a drive-in concert of motorists beeping car horns, she was being creative.
As the dynamite runs out, you'll hear a beeping sound and the balls will start to jiggle, then explode when the fuse on the dynamite is completely gone.
With nurses and family members encouraging the mother to "Breathe!" and "Push!", medical machines clicking or beeping, and a TV in the background, an American birth can be pretty noisy.
The cars and trucks behind us started beeping frantically and one driver looked at us with pure fury in his eyes.
This beeping noise is the same one that is used when a text message or voicemail message is received, but users say that the sound happens even when there is no new message.