Music
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| + | I seldom listen to music: generally it is imposed on me by others. But sometimes I browse some on YouTube, and I do have some childhood favorites from when I listened to records while home sick. | ||
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| + | ==Ode to Joy== | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)#IV._Finale Now the anthem of the European Union.] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)#IV._Finale Now the anthem of the European Union.] | ||
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: Unbelievably beautiful. Including the audience reaction. | : Unbelievably beautiful. Including the audience reaction. | ||
| − | + | ==La Marseillaise== | |
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; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQ-SC9bmp4 La Marseillaise, sung by Mireille Mathieu. American English subtitles.] | ; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQ-SC9bmp4 La Marseillaise, sung by Mireille Mathieu. American English subtitles.] | ||
: The French national anthem; very stirring and a bit bloodthirsty. | : The French national anthem; very stirring and a bit bloodthirsty. | ||
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| + | ==Yodeling== | ||
| + | The closest I have to ancestral music: my father was Austrian. Though he was raised in Vienna and only spent summers in the countryside. | ||
; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeqHMLT27o Franzl Lang - Happy Yodeling (25mins long mix)] | ; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeqHMLT27o Franzl Lang - Happy Yodeling (25mins long mix)] | ||
: Give it a try. Some of the most amazing yodeling ever. | : Give it a try. Some of the most amazing yodeling ever. | ||
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| + | ==Gilbert and Sullivan== | ||
| + | 'Nuff said. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2OcbeGqbpU I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General] | ||
| + | :From The Pirates of Penzance". | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcXlbihJilM I'm the Monarch of the Sea] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCBxI9yKLgw When I Was a Lad] | ||
| + | : From HMS Pinafore. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSr3pCqs1ns A More Humane Mikado Never in Japan Exist (My Object All Sublime.)] | ||
| + | : From The Mikado. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZgDtWhNP6c Nightmare Song] | ||
| + | : From Iolanthe. | ||
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| + | ==Humorous Songs== | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R3cHcQfomE Daffy's Rhapsody] | ||
| + | : Based on Hungarian Rhapsody. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA7383noev8 National Lampoon - Deteriorata] | ||
| + | :A fitting mockery of the pompous and vapid Desiderata. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_leJMmyTEo Dr. Demento Theme] | ||
| + | Unbelievably cool. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk Galaxy Song] | ||
| + | :From Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. | ||
