Second chord sounds in world's longest lasting concert

Yahoo ^ | 1/6/05

[RightWhale]

Sales were surprisingly good in restaurants and bars that have jukeboxes.

[don-o]

I vaugely know the name. Filed with Jackson Pollock and Maplethorp.

[EveningStar]

Scroll down.

[Wolfstar]

Jonny, you have just got to see this. It's hilarious. Maybe we should introduce Camille to this John Cage dude. So what if Cage is dead. If we can get her onto singing his "classical" works, the world will be a more mellow place. ROFLMAO!!!

[perfect stranger]

It's notated for piano.

[Borges]

Suckers!

[Chode]

just noise...

[xsmommy]

sounds like your cuppa tea ping ; )

[Miss Marple]

Even funnier to me is the comment about people at a concert July 4th attended "getting it" and then listening to the sounds in the room.

Puh-leeze. Using the same principle, I could put a picture frame around an open window. And copyright that as well!

[Cyclopean Squid]

Cage is lame. 4' 33'' is his most famous work--in which the pianist sits there and does nothing for, you guessed it, 4' 33''. The catcalls and boos of the audience are supposed to be the "music." Whoever said decadent was right.

[Borges]

From Wikipedia:

Cage was also an avid amateur mycologist and mushroom collector.

Like far out man.

[EveningStar]

From that link:

...The premiere of the three-movement 4’33’’ was given by David Tudor on August 29, 1952, at Woodstock, New York as part of a recital of contemporary piano music. The audience saw him sit at the piano and lift the lid of the piano. Some time later, without having played any notes, he closed the lid. A while after that, again having played nothing, he lifted the lid. And after a further period of time, he closed the lid once more and rose from the piano. The piece had passed without a note being played and without Tudor having made any deliberate sound, although he timed the lengths on a stopwatch while turning the pages of the score...

[Borges]

And the joke on everyone...David Tudor didn't know how to play piano. He was the Janitor.

[EveningStar]

I'll bet he had a lot of fans during the '60s.

[don-o]

Jackson Pollock

May have the name wrong - the dude that slattered paint on canvas. Pollard?

[EveningStar]

LOL

[Borges]

It was Pollack. And he was a great Artist compared to Cage.

[ErnBatavia]

"), the performance began on September 5, 2001 and is scheduled to last until 2639.

I wonder what the threat of a Union slowdown sometime during the next 6 centuries would do?

[don-o]

Thanks. May do some Googling later. Off to here some actual music tonight. Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Band at the Down Home.

[freedumb2003]

Now, my own two cents. Why? Why bother?

Sounds like something that would be done as a result of a bet made while consuming a large bottle of whiskey.

The most important part of the bet is getting someone to even think this is serious.