"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke
June 25, 2017, 08:21 AM
ArtieS
1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky.
Played by the Boston Pops every year at the 4th of July Concert. It has cannons!
ETA: While popular for the 4th, it represents the Russian defeat of Napoleon's forces before Moscow.
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Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
June 25, 2017, 08:22 AM
JALLEN
1812 Overture.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
June 25, 2017, 08:50 AM
sigmonkey
You're not from around here, are you?
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא עוד
June 25, 2017, 08:57 AM
sigfreund
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey: You're not from around here, are you?
Much better to ask than not know—especially something like that.
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June 25, 2017, 08:58 AM
egregore
A very old joke: an intellectual is a person who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger. This is another one of those pieces I've heard for many years but didn't know.
"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke
June 25, 2017, 09:04 AM
braillediver
Music that includes a 105mm Howitzer has to be good.
The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart.
June 25, 2017, 10:26 AM
Mutiny
Music that was written to commemorate defeating the French in battle has to be good.
June 25, 2017, 11:41 AM
Jim Shugart
quote:
Originally posted by braillediver: Music that includes a 105mm Howitzer has to be good.
When I was in OCS in the late 60s at Ft. Benning, they actually tried that once.
It was Infantry Appreciation Day or something. They set up bleachers, invited all of the brass, etc. They had a display of force (gunships, artillery, firing M-60s until the barrels glowed, etc.) They had a band there to perform the Tchaikovsky 1812 overture. Sure enough, the cannon was a 105mm behind the bleachers. Everyone's ass was elevated about a foot into the air. Combat veterans dived into the dirt.
I doubt if they did that again.
Edited to add: If anyone wants to listen to the entire piece, here is the best version I could find on YouTube (it is really excellent).
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
June 25, 2017, 12:07 PM
flashguy
Many years ago I attended a July 4th concert by the Richardson Symphony and they had real howitzers firing blanks. It was awesome. They used only 3 guns and their timing was absolutely flawless! You could say we had a blast! (And no one had a heart attack that I know of.)
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth
June 25, 2017, 01:22 PM
trapper189
That's the music from Caddyshack when Carl Spackler blows up the gophers. He didn't even need a reason.
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June 25, 2017, 01:33 PM
sigcrazy7
At first I thought that was the red M&M. That's worse than not knowing Tchaikovsky.
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June 25, 2017, 01:54 PM
Eponym
It's the jingle from an old commercial. "Quaker Oats - it's the cereal that's shot from guns."
Heard it at Wolf Trap once when they actually used vintage cannon. And another time when there was a thunderstorm outside.
I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm.
June 25, 2017, 06:17 PM
Alpine79830
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
quote:
Originally posted by braillediver: Music that includes a 105mm Howitzer has to be good.
When I was in OCS in the late 60s at Ft. Benning, they actually tried that once.
It was Infantry Appreciation Day or something. They set up bleachers, invited all of the brass, etc. They had a display of force (gunships, artillery, firing M-60s until the barrels glowed, etc.) They had a band there to perform the Tchaikovsky 1812 overture. Sure enough, the cannon was a 105mm behind the bleachers. Everyone's ass was elevated about a foot into the air. Combat veterans dived into the dirt.
I doubt if they did that again.
Edited to add: If anyone wants to listen to the entire piece, here is the best version I could find on YouTube (it is really excellent).
Thanks, excellent performance. This makes me wonder what the spirit was in the minds of the composers of the time? WTF, nothing better to do so I'll write the score on a few thousands pages for an orchestral piece that will last centuries...
June 25, 2017, 06:33 PM
mr kablammo
Eponym, that is comic relief.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
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