‘Ode to Joy’ has an odious history. Let’s give Beethoven’s most overplayed symphony a rest

Toronto Star ^ | 6/26/2018 | John Terauds

[TexasM1A]

These fools have WAY to much time on their hands.

[gov_bean_ counter]

No kidding.

[Stravinsky]

What happened to the previous thread?

[Paal Gulli]

There was some sophistos from the TV studios around the corner, laughing an govoreeting. The Devotchka was smecking away, and not caring about the wicked world one bit. Then the disc on the stereo twanged off and out, and in the short silence before the next one came on, she suddenly came with a burst of singing, and it was like for a moment, O my brothers, some great bird had flown into the milkbar and I felt all the malenky little hairs on my plott standing endwise, and the shivers crawling up like slow malenky lizards and then down again. Because I knew what she sang. It was a bit from the glorious 9th, by Ludwig van.

[9YearLurker]

Let’s give these PC idiots a rest.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Oh, I like this kind of leftist logic. "It's bad because Hitler liked it."

Can't wait to spring that on all those ectomorphic vegetarians out there.

[BenLurkin]

Oh good grief!

[C210N]

I’ve listened to the 9th at least 100 times. Hope to listen to it at least 100 more times.

Who cares Hitler liked it... Hitler probably liked apple pie too. Besides, the 9th was played at the tearing down of the Berlin wall.

[dfwgator]

Hitler was a vegetarian.

Ban Vegetables!

[Olog-hai]

No no no, droogie. Not to be talking about Ludwig Van like that, especially his lovely Ninth.

[NorthMountain]

This simpering faggot John Tourettes can go sodomize himself.

[jagusafr]

Or maybe just enjoy it as a piece of music...

[dfwgator]

LOL, of course “A Clockwork Orange” forever ruined “Singin’ In the Rain” for me.

[Borges]

I screwed up the article text.

[NorthMountain]

Oh, I like this kind of leftist logic. "It's bad because Hitler liked it.",

Hitler liked extreme government control of society, socialist economics, and killing Jews. AND …

He hung around with queers.

Make sure the leftists know this …

;'}

[PGR88]

The EU statists and central planners have made “Ode to Joy” their de facto national anthem. Destroy the corruptocrats in Brussels and the situation will return to normal.

[Jack Hammer]

Baloney from Canada.

[Hatteras]

I heard there’s a studio recording out there somewhere of Beethoven singing “That’s Why Darkies Were Born”...

[circlecity]

"Oh, I like this kind of leftist logic. "It's bad because Hitler liked it."

And while we're at it we'll have to get rid of the Beatles' "White Album" because Charlie Manson made it the centerpiece of his racist "Helter Skelter" ideology.