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[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 years ago (1 children)

War is an idiotic thing though and only clowns glorify it, so not too far off

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Came to say this, yea war is for dummies who should be fired out of cannons.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Shouldn't have written such a jaunty song then. I couldn't imagine marching to war to that, I'd probably start skipping.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People with coulrophobia find this song incredibly intimidating

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Fear of clowns for the uneducated like me.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I knew it was going to be this song

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Honestly with a proper orchestra it sounds more suitable for old timey armies.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm not sure it's composer gave a Fučík about how it was used

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I noticed that immediately after posting it, but it stays :P

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Still better than Fučková or Šitler (pronounced shitler).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I wonder whether one of Fučková’s distant ancestors was the Bavarian nobleman Focko, after whom the Austrian village of Fugging (née Fucking) was named.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Y'know it's okay to type out those silly naughty words

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The guy who composed "Entry of the gladiators" is called "Julius Fucik".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

must have been fucky with my phone because it looked completely different... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Da da dada dada da da circus

Da da dada dada da da afro

Circus afro, circus afro

Polka dot, polka dot, polka dot afro

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Did you know you can hum the march and change midway to Yakety Sax?

Congratulations, you now have two songs on autoplay in your head.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

Joke’s on you, I have ADHD and this changes nothing from my normal resting state.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

If Streetlight Manifesto is ska, then Yakety Sax is a march

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Have you listened to the song? It sounds totally goofy. I'm pretty sure he intended it for antics.

March of the Toreadors could go either way

Dance of the Knights is serious imperialist business.

In my own opinion, Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Movement III Allegro is a righteous anthem for Europa Concordia conquering the world in glory, and is a better one than the Ninth, Movement IV Finalé but people like the chorus.

I should also nod to the Saber Dance by Aram Khachaturian, which sounds too goofy for sabres. ˂nod˃

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] cyborganism 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude's got the face of a circus ringmaster.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Or a mall cop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's a march by Czech composer Julius Fučík called "Entry of the Gladiators", written in 1897.

Edit: It gets memeier! From Wikipedia:

He originally titled it "Grande Marche Chromatique", reflecting the use of chromatic scales throughout the piece, but changed the title based on his personal interest in the Roman Empire.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

What thinking about the Roman Empire does to a mf

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I want that music at my funeral.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'd rather have pop goes the weasel...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
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