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If he found out, he would probably say, “Fuč ík” and just go with it.
“Your music is still known all around the world, by billions of people in dozens of countries, 130 years later.”
“I’ll take it!”
Explanation: You’ve almost certainly heard Entry of the Gladiators even if not its name. It was originally intended as an uplifting military march, like fearless and proud gladiators presenting themselves to the crowds of the arena.
… but almost everyone who knows it associates it with clowns and carnivals anymore.
It’s kind of how “nimrod” now means idiot: source forgotten, irony lost, joke missed.
The band in my high school played it as a warm up everyday of the semester: my accounting class was right next door. I hate the song.
To be fair, clowns and carnivals were the gladiators of their age.
and football and mma are the clowns of our age.
times change but it all has the same bullshit vibe.
I thought that was the world leaders.
Topical. You should write for Leno.
Come on man, my jokes are shit, but not that shit.
nope. the leaders use the circuses and clowns to distract from their terrible policies.
and the number of people who care more about sportsball vs. the number engaged in their own democracies, proves it works.
Oh man, this is one of the songs that lots of amateur bands have in their repertoire now, because of the clown association, even though it’s actually quite a difficult piece.
So, I thought, maybe a recording on YouTube with *checks notes* 18 million views would be better. And let’s just say this: Hahaha no.🫠
Try this one https://youtu.be/kCCXRerqaJI
Nothing on PeerTube?
Unironically much better!
Wow this is a really cool TIL. Listening to it I can definitely hear how it was composed for marching.
Needs more slide whistle.
And calliope.
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I played second trumpet for this song in solo/ensemble and we went to state for it. It was one of the more fun pieces I’ve ever played.
In high school, I did solo/ensemble for vocal music, went to state and forgot the words of the piece I hated, and then basically quit classical vocal music after that. True story.
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