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that's cool as hell!

Haha awesome

Brass Band != Chamber Orchestra...where are the strings???

How young are you all guys?

It is just a cover version of a famous sketch by Jerry Lewis from the 1970s:



And it is not even a good cover version: those old mechanical keyboards had a buil-in bell which signalled the carriage had reached its end point and had to be pushed back. How silly it is to just put a bell on the table instead!

Didn't realise that, and I'm 20, so it's a little before my time

It was so famous and successful he still showed it on stage years later:

kbdfr wrote:And it is not even a good cover version: those old mechanical keyboards had a buil-in bell which signalled the carriage had reached its end point and had to be pushed back. How silly it is to just put a bell on the table instead!

Your point being? This was the live version...

JBert wrote:

kbdfr wrote:And it is not even a good cover version: those old mechanical keyboards had a buil-in bell which signalled the carriage had reached its end point and had to be pushed back. How silly it is to just put a bell on the table instead!

Your point being? This was the live version...

They could at least have taken one of those typewriters with a built-in bell.
But well, nowadays even disc jokeys are considered artists

kbdfr wrote:How young are you all guys?
It is just a cover version of a famous sketch by Jerry Lewis from the 1970s:...

Actually it ain't. It's a piece Leroy Andersson wrote in the 50s. He was famous for bringing exotic "instruments" into his classic compositions to create a sound corresponding to the theme of the piece. These light hearted, yet classic songs where later on often chosen as backround music for TV or, like the typewriter layed the base for a sketch.
That's why he often doesn't get the credit for his compositions although almost everyone knows them.

Reason for them using a reception bell instead of the typewriter bell is the latter is rather silent and the doorbell gives a better sound. Also notice how the percussionist playes by notation instead of just hammering on the writer.
The tuning of the typewriter beforehand however is a joke no orchestra playing this tune would drop out.

kint wrote:

kbdfr wrote:How young are you all guys?
It is just a cover version of a famous sketch by Jerry Lewis from the 1970s:...

Actually it ain't. It's a piece Leroy Andersson wrote in the 50s.

How old are YOU then?

He was famous for bringing exotic "instruments" into his classic compositions to create a sound corresponding to the theme of the piece. These light hearted, yet classic songs where later on often chosen as backround music for TV or, like the typewriter layed the base for a sketch.
That's why he often doesn't get the credit for his compositions although almost everyone knows them.

Thanks for crediting him - he deserves it.

Reason for them using a reception bell instead of the typewriter bell is the latter is rather silent and the doorbell gives a better sound. Also notice how the percussionist playes by notation instead of just hammering on the writer.
The tuning of the typewriter beforehand however is a joke no orchestra playing this tune would drop out.

Funny thing, no doubt