Now I am an adult, so it takes a bit more to make me laugh...but not much. I happened to find an "orchestral version" of this song on YouTube. There are several of these videos, which are completely man-made and rather hysterical. I especially love reading the comments when they say "Hey--they're not really playing this. This is fake. This is so dumb!" Well, yes, they are not really playing "this," and that is why it's so funny. This particular video is a mash-up of parts of the San Francisco Symphony performing Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (the composer's names are misspelled in the YouTube notes, unfortunately). Anyway, for classical music geeks like myself, it is amazingly funny. Michael Tilson Thomas is one of the greatest conductors out there, which makes it even funnier. So, I hope you will enjoy this clip. I've added the original Human League video and the "orchestral version."
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Don't You Want Me - Part II
Now I am an adult, so it takes a bit more to make me laugh...but not much. I happened to find an "orchestral version" of this song on YouTube. There are several of these videos, which are completely man-made and rather hysterical. I especially love reading the comments when they say "Hey--they're not really playing this. This is fake. This is so dumb!" Well, yes, they are not really playing "this," and that is why it's so funny. This particular video is a mash-up of parts of the San Francisco Symphony performing Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (the composer's names are misspelled in the YouTube notes, unfortunately). Anyway, for classical music geeks like myself, it is amazingly funny. Michael Tilson Thomas is one of the greatest conductors out there, which makes it even funnier. So, I hope you will enjoy this clip. I've added the original Human League video and the "orchestral version."
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