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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:41 PM Original message |
Most commercially overused piece of classical music? |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Pachelbel's Canon |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I vote Canon. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. 2nded. |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Hell yes.. so cool! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yeah, a lot of songs have a very simple basic chord progression. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. That was excellent! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. That is a funny rant! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I found his comment about which parts get the pretty solos especially funny... |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I associate that with weddings more than commercials. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. yep. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:53 PM Original message |
So Commercialized it's now Taco Bell's Canon............. |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Dang! Ya beat me to it! nt |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
54. Another vote |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ad from years back... |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. That's ironic! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Or else they use "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
60. Bwahaha!! |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. Whatever it is that Keith Olbermann uses |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's a theme from Beethoven's 9th Symphony |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Beethoven's 9th symphony. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Beethoven's 9th would have been my second choice. |
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democrat in Tallahassee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
63. Keith uses Toccata Fugue in D Minor n/t |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
73. It's a nod to Walter Cronkite, I think... |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Were they only to use Deodato's arrangement... |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. Thanks for posting that Telly! That is an excellent version of this song! |
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vogonity (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. "The Nutcracker" |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. Nobody mentioned Orff's O Fortuna? |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Don't forget about movie trailers... |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. If ya ever wondered what the lyrics mean... |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Oh, I know what it's all about |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You say... |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I'm Carmina Burana and I'm here to say... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
42. you beat me to that joke. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I once attended a very long choral concert... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #48 |
69. well, if they only belt, they ain't doing it right |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wagner, Ride of the Valkyrie |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. They never use horses on stage any more |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
59. LOL!! At least sometimes you can see real fire... |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Spring |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. In Edmonton? |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. We live in hope... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
66. LOL! |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. And the western exodus to Ontario ceased |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Yeah, I was listening to the classical station on my way home from work one night |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. Barber's Adagio for Strings |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. fine piece, but not 'commercially' over used... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. "Gymnopedie" played while flying slowly over a devastated disaster area |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. "William Tell Overture," "Russian Dance" or "Flight of the Bumble Bee" advertising cleaning products |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
35. Handel's "Messiah". |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
36. . |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
38. DU Please! Greig? Flight of the Bumble Bee? Pachelbel's Canon? It's Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerti!!!! |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
39. Fur Elise |
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Colorado Progressive (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
72. Yup. nt |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
40. Hands down, without a doubt: Carmina Burana |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I agree! |
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formerrepuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. Not strictly 'classical' but an American classic: Rhapsody in Blue... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
43. Bach's Polka in g-minor for scrap metal, banjo, and vomiting leprechaun. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. That sounds like something P.D.Q. Bach might do. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. Wait, I forgot Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers." |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Although it was used rather brilliantly in an episode of Daria that I just watched... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
52. The overture to "The Marriage Of Figaro". It pops up EVERYWHERE. |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. How true... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. I LOVE "What's Opera, Doc?"! |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. Ode to Joy |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
56. "WM. Tell Overture?" Naw, actually that's about right... |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
61. Funniest thread in a long time... thanks n/t |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Awww; someone thought a thread of mine was funny! |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
62. There's really no excuse for this kind of thing |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Here's a really cool website if you're lookin for mood music |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Niiiiiice. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
65. Bach - Air on the string of G |
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