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[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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

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

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

People with coulrophobia find this song incredibly intimidating

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Fear of clowns for the uneducated like me.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I knew it was going to be this song

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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

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

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

Still better than Fučková or Šitler (pronounced shitler).

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

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude's got the face of a circus ringmaster.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Or a mall cop.

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

What thinking about the Roman Empire does to a mf

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

I want that music at my funeral.

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

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

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