The Riot of Spring
Nice animated score for a piece of complex music, so outlandish at the time, there was a near riot at the first performance - on this day in 1913.
Now it sounds rather like a film score.
Also: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZ7lfdhVQw
- a drama-doc on the development and riot themselves.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sun 29 May 2016, 9:18,
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Try that on Guitar Hero.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sun 29 May 2016, 9:23,
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nice one
love this.
can't imagine a performance today being so out there that it had a similar effect.
(the docu link is a bit mangled though, but usable)
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When Sonic Youth performed their 'Goodbye 20th Century' album, instead of the usual noisy rock their fans were hoping for,
the atmosphere was similarly testy.
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fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Sun 29 May 2016, 10:45,
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The LA riots of 1992 were directly attributable to a Maroon 5 concert
All the more remarkable since the band weren't to be formed for another 9 years. That's how riot-inducing they are.
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Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Sun 29 May 2016, 11:27,
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wow
i can totally see why that caused such a reaction at the time, parts of it sound like an orchestra having a nervous breakdown.
Weird how its impossible to hear it now without imagining corresponding movie scenes, in fact it sounds like a lot of bits have been cribbed over the years by movie composers.
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mutated monty, Sun 29 May 2016, 11:21,
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Totally cribbed by John Williams for Star Wars!
The start of part two (about 15 mins in), compared with the Dune Sea from Star Wars. You can blend them seamlessly.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sun 29 May 2016, 13:08,
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It wasn't so much the music that caused the consternation
It was Najinsky's choreography, which culminated in him, dressed as a Satyr, humping the cast-off dress of a nymph in the grand finale.
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Wasn't that Debussy's L'apres-midi d'un faune?
I've seen the Rite of Sproing as ballet so could be wrong
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fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Mon 30 May 2016, 8:55,
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Curse my faulty memory of avant-garde ballet, you're right.
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