Not my Art Post

[minoanmiss]

If I can't summon up my own creativity I might as well adorn my wee corner of the Interwebs with other people's

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I listened to this about eight times in a row last night. I especially love the set dressing/encouragement to the choir (you'll know him when you see him).

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[sovay]

I listened to this about eight times in a row last night.

I just heard it the other night! It was deeply charming and reminded me of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

[full_metal_ox]

I especially love the set dressing/encouragement to the choir (you'll know him when you see him).

Spoiler: gur pebjavat gbhpu jbhyq’ir orra gb pbapyhqr gur frg ol fubbgvat gur cbbe thl ybbfr.

This TikTok by thisaintjay sets Mundane-Made-Awesome hyperbole to “The Ecstasy of Gold”, to masterful dramatic/comedic effect:

https://www.tiktok.com/@thisaintjay/video/6743045086235413766?lang=en

[minoanmiss]

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah bwee

[full_metal_ox]

Seeing “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” performed live sheds light on why the song’s so bloody difficult to whistle solo: the whistles and eagle and coyote noises are in fact coming from different musical instruments as well as a human voice. (Fun Fact: the three chief musical motifs, the coyote sound, human whistle, and gruff masculine chorus are intended to symbolize the three main characters, and bounce back and forth off one another like Angel Eyes, Blondie, and Tuco respectively.)

(I can use the opening flute/ocarina whistle to ping my 26-year-old nephew-of-sorts, if he’s within earshot: he’ll reliably reply with “Wah-WAH-Wah!”)

[minoanmiss]

reads in delight

[hitchhiker]

hah, that's delightful :)

[minoanmiss]

I love the way human voices are used as instruments here.

[full_metal_ox]

“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
Composed by Ennio Morricone
Various flutes: Hans Ulrik, Russell Itani
Vocals: Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo; whistling and wah-wah) and Christine Nonbo Andersen (soprano)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Concert Choir
Conducted by Sarah Hicks
Orchestral arrangement/adaption from original recording: Martin Nygård Jørgensen
Set design: Nikolaj Trap
Light design: Mikael Sylvest
Director of photography: Karsten Andersen

A bunch of predominantly Danes performing an Italian’s quintessential theme song of the American Wild West.

[anna_wing]

That is one of the all-time great theme tunes.

[full_metal_ox]

Isn’t it, though? It’s the musical distillation of the Mythic Wild West, with portrayed rather than literal coyotes and redtails and canyon echoes and cavalry charges and whips and gunshots.

[anna_wing]

Indeed. And to get that mythic quality, it probably had to be a non-American creating it.