John Cage 4'33

[SIim3y]

wtf ?? o.o

[Salzano21]

I listen to this while im in the gym pumping pure iron

[awwwyeaboyeeee]

I love this song!

[GooeytheBlueBlob]

Nihilist garbage.

[0GhostHound0]

"Okay who farted?"

[0GhostHound0]

Is it just me or does this seem like a comedy sketch?

[smlhgfaz]

4 minutes of silent for the cage´s victims!

[frend420]

MAARTEN IS HOMO

[iloveseattle123]

best thing ive ever heard :)

[Groovemaster2k]

I like the part where they tact

[Groovemaster2k]

@Groovemaster2k *tacet

[FearOfStormsMusic]

4:41 how did the singer hit that note?!?!?!

[FearOfStormsMusic]

those were some pretty heavy breakdowns.

[SeaOfTranquility1]

I dont get it

[menbouWonderwall]

lol

[AmselZephlyn]

uh. This is stupid.



[Colenelly]

@AmselZephlyn It's a really funny and creative way to illustrate the Human Interaction and Perception theory.

[FoamyShowme]

the most pretentious thing in the world

[Colenelly]

@FoamyShowme is you saying that.

[TheRumpsteak]

why doesnt shazam find this?

[EclecticFilms1]

When performed with complete silence, one can fully grasp the importance of silence in a musical composition. Music would always feel empty without the emptiness of silence.

[EclecticFilms1]

It's not about the music, but actually what is usually drowned out by the music. We've forgotten about the many sounds transpiring during a live performance because they have been hidden behind melodies and rhythms of a musical composition. John Cage took these typical hidden sounds we take for granted and brought them out into broad daylight. In result, he brought the idea to the world that these non-musical sounds could potentially be a symphonic master piece.

[Impressions42]

People really love to cough. I don't think there has ever been a perfect orchestral performance of this piece

[jtpkrbkr]

I have one, very epic, extremely important question to ask the obvious and avid listeners (watchers, whatever yall are) of this quite odd genre of "music".....

WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY CLAPPING ABOUT!? Apparently intermissions are the highlight of this orchestras performance. Even Helen Keller could get paid to read this form of sheet music and be very good at it as well!

[singapore11]

 now i know why they say silence is golden

[DreamLizard]

tabs please?

[twphanley]

is this some kind of joke??!!

[truedude86]

The idea is kinda cool

[MegaDani141]

i think, thats really difficult to play xD

[MegaDani141]

the faces of the people are funny, like they are paralysed ^^

[qqqquito]

Thank God John Cage did not compose "3 days 18 hours 5 minutes 40 seconds"!

[JDMorris81]

That would be awesome if somebody just ripped a loud fart, lol

[ahz123]

@JDMorris81 His whole point was that the entire aural experience *was* the performance, so he would probably have appreciated it.



[bobzilla211]

i like the beardy people nodding to themselves and stroking their chins in the audience

[garra1300]

I feel extremely sorry for the people who are deaf.

[nabulcar2613]

I love this music. I play it every day in my life and i play every part for every instument.

[Mikbober]

Can I play it on Guitar Hero?

[ThroughCrystalEyes]

Someone has mp3?

[olaeidon]

πολύ καλύτερο από πάρα πολλά άλλα....

[TheReenix]

I hear birds, my laptop whirring, my housemate showering, and some annoying clicky-clacky noise. Oh wait, it stoppe-no, it's back again. Wait-no.

[Warmijwilf]

3:42 WHY IS THE WRITING IN COMIC SANS ;-;

[southernweather25]

haha oh my god you guys, this is not music

[poopcrapface2000]

im a fan of classical music, but this piece sucks balls

[TheRunner75]

@poopcrapface2000 No, Dude this is funny and unpredictable (the first time) but people suck by coughing all the time. I would prefer 4:33 of REAL silence.

[thinkAboutEvolution]

too bad I still hear my tinnitus

[myblackbothers]

damn that shit was deep

[calumjedi]

has anybody got a guitar tab for this?

[lluisbardet]

@calumjedi

Yeah, I have already sent it to you.

[magicoleachim]

I think this sounded (pun intended) a little too theatrical for what I understand Cage intended. There was too much deliberate noise in between the movements. When you think about it that's actually a pretty hard piece to perform well. It is only happening really when you're acting naturally, not feeling silly or self conscious, and making no deliberate noise.

[TheHerrUnwichtig]

Clearly a case for the asylum.

[graysonbreeden]

Geez, it's not a hold your breath contest. If you have to cough, cough. Cage would've liked it.

[MrKail]

I´m a DJ and I am definately going to drop this track at the next club I play in

[rabidgunfight]

=.= why the fk! do they call him a composer hes such a dip shit.

[guppy818]

what a waste of fucking time, such ballshit

[welshbird18]

dunno why, but this makes me laugh for some reason lol

[Nicar526]

@welshbird18 Even some of the players struggle with keeping a straight face.

[TheLastOfTheLadies]

The musicians must've been so nervous, in case they played the wrong note.

[MrPato61]

that's an artistic art, isn't it?

6:45 is the very best part, I'm sure of it.

[SuperSolaris]

I don't like this version, is waaaay too slow.

[carlosbjones]

i'm so touched by this piece....not being sarcastic: i cry when i hear it.

[mastersw999]

i got up in front of a crowd of 800 and performend this song. i fucked up the ending though

[lucastanley84]

Arte ma non musica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Romulus10101]

that's art!

[Racki123]

I see a bunch of people waiting for an orchestra to start. Clap when they think it's gunna then get pissed and leave.

[44kzm]

Qué chafa...

[snbeings]

its a gimmick for gimmick's sake! a completely unnecessary piece, for if I wanted to hear it I can do so at home alone. It's like trying to do everything that hasn't been done yet in music, just for the sake of it...... douche-baggery at its finest!

[drpedro98]

@snbeings shhhh i can't hear it

[WoWdeadbabies]

i can sing this whole thing a capella... all the parts... at once

[guitarguru1000]

Everyone's dying to cough at 5.30 lol

[CaoNiMa401]

I like the part where the instruments were playing.

[RandomTask3000]

Okay, I love John Cage, I love minimalism, but this is plainly ridiculous. Watching people sit contemplatively, hand on chin in introspection, the complete BS commentary afterward.

This piece is famous because it's controversial. It's emperor's new clothes in the extreme.

[mikeandbrody]

i am so getting this on my ipod

[Antisthenes1]

John Cage is one of my heroes. But I cannot help it: How much did the people pay to watch this?

[TheHyra]

the solo was epic.

[oneskater113]

@TheHyra there is no solo

[welshbird18]

@oneskater113 i think TheHyra was being sarcastic lol

[0bservathor]

@TheHyra I perform that epic solo every night

[xxMoscaxbiancaxx]

I wonder if they had to practice.

[Jojoooooow]

Kto z komiksów kciuk w górę ;D

[kingofkeyboards]

well I know one thing. it sounds a whole lot better than fucking miley cyrus, justin bieber shite etc.

[Koettnylle]

47 people are deaf

[jinsarangi]

cant believe the guys changing pages, hahahahahaaaa. Cage definitely has to be a genius to get people to do this..

[Joelipoo]

what a waste of 9 minutes of everyone involved in either making or watching this

[joel2ksweet]

it just looks like everyone is dying to laugh like they all know how stupid it all is

[jinsarangi]

@joel2ksweet i was so thinking the same thing!!

[joel2ksweet]

does anyone else just not get this?

[brrrrr12]

I just am mesmerised how he does it!

[amappou]

"amazing" " musical event" really??? absolutely pathetic load of rubbish

[amappou]

pathetic

[jorgewinck]

I wish i was in the orchestra as the triangle player, i would av just done the greatest triangle solo ever

[semlohd]

What is the point??

[SebDiesHard]

he's not a musician, rather an artist in a sound medium. he's an dumbass too.

[SebDiesHard]

@SebDiesHard hipster's paradise right there

[Joephes]

They're all getting paid to sit there and do nothing

[nervchemnitz]

@Joephes i noticed that too. they must all have dayjobs as government workers or union labourers

[Schniddo]

@nervchemnitz Do you write for the Daily Mail or something? Trade unions and the public sector are full of lazy, nasty people! What a dick...

[nervchemnitz]

@Schniddo Nope, but maybe I should

[Schniddo]

@nervchemnitz And so the cycle continues =(

[Jordzy5]

I enjoyed the breakdown at 3:37.

[Swiftbollocks]

The way he manipulates that recurring main theme is simply astounding.

[joel2ksweet]

@Swiftbollocks please tell me your being ironic

[Swiftbollocks]

@joel2ksweet

First of all, it's you're not 'your', and secondly, I was being sarcastic, not ironic.

Go back to school.

[joel2ksweet]

@Swiftbollocks first of all its youtube and i could give 2 shits about my spelling and punctuation on here. second aslong as your comment wasnt serious i couldnt give a flying fuck about the intricasies of thought behind it

[XxWildWooxX]

I hate it when people do that stupid fake cough thing. It happens everywhere when theres ment to be silence like exams and stuff. Something small happens like in this turning a page and everyone has o cough for some reason. ugh it makes my blood boil. fuckin retards.

[iejr]

@XxWildWooxX They coughed between movements the of the piece. It's appropriate to cough

[Specialbenzema]

Suddenly, as he started moving the pages.... a coughing song spurred from the crowds... ruining the moment

[lyndon1904]

Amazing. So moving.

[slamminuk]

Someone should mix a house version! ;0)

[leonwagstaffe1]

mush room

[KevalProduction]

interesting...but if i was watching this live i would start screaming

[2ndSTARMAN]

cough

[t0talnutt3r]

ARGH, TURN IT DOWN!!!

[Conrr11]

i find this hilarious for some reason :S :L

[stevemumby]

You just want somebody to say 'vaginaboob'

[joshuk666]

I dont get it.

[danrawley1]

@joshuk666 read the description

[danrawley1]

@joshuk666 read the first comment

[captainBernd1]

@joshuk666

because u are a fat american who likes wars

stupid...

[OtherAlex]

Wish I could play that well. 

[MrWarbarney]

didnt somebody else do this already years ago and he just ripped it off

[MrTinman15]

I would of felt ripped off if I paid to see this performance then had to sit through UTTER SILENCE!! All the clapping at the end surely had to be sarcastic, unless everyone in the hall is just a pretentious prick!!

[Hikikomori013]

@MrTinman15

Modern orchestral music, for many years, has consisted of listening to the musicians tune up for an hour or two, then everyone goes home. This is at least no worse than what they normally subject the audience to.

Modern music must be challenging to be good. If anyone enjoys it, it's not real music.

[MrTinman15]

@Hikikomori013 "Music is the food of love." People all have their own opinions of what constitutes good music, but it is the rhythm, lyrics and/or meaning in the song that appeals to us individually. This "song" is nothing but silence, and for it to be "performed" is just ludicrous. I would much rather hear someone tune their instrument, and prepare for the piece than listen to nothing. Playing an instrument takes skill, practice and patience, nothing that can be related to this nonsense.

[PrivateCarey]

@MrTinman15

the point of the piece is more about art than it is music. Art in the sense of the ideas, events and happenings. The 'Piece' allows us to stop and listen to everything that is around us, sometimes coughing, awkward gestures, disgruntled audience members and so on.

You musn't see this as just a fake piece of music, but look further into what is being said.

One can make a statement very clear without words.

[MrTinman15]

@PrivateCarey Yes they can, but to present it as a "piece" is an insult to true musicians who work hard and strive to be heard all over the world. John Cage could of just made a comment instead of masquerading as a musical philosopher.

[gorigalo]

@MrTinman15 You completely misunderstand the purpose. And ignore that John Cage was a musical talent, this was just one piece, used to draw attention to a great man's philosophy. Go take the pop tarts out of the toaster and go back to watching the wrestling.

[MrTinman15]

@gorigalo I just think it's pretentious, but that's my opinion, no different to how PrivateCarey and Hikikomori013 have theirs. No need to get all pissy, and I don't eat pop tarts or watch wrestling, so what the fuck are you on about?

[Hikikomori013]

@MrTinman15

PrivateCarey is right. Don't think of it as fake music. Think of it as performance art. Pretentious performance art.

I like the part where they turn the pages on the "sheet music". Don't they have it memorized by now? I can play the whole thing by memory, and I haven't even practiced.

[MrTinman15]

@Hikikomori013 I play this piece about a hundred times in my sleep!! I especially liked the part where the conductor wiped his brow, as though he himself finds it all ridiculous.

[heycharlieathome]

*fart*

[SeanyBoi86]

this is so gay... :/

[harrygib]

@SeanyBoi86 so sooo gay

[DemonkingMorgan]

How the hell do the "performers" keep their faces straight?

[ABNORMAL77]

people who cough in this are knobheads!

[scottgreve9191]

perfect time for a game of boggies.

[harrygib]

@scottgreve9191 lol

[oldmacisback]

It is pretentious, yes (I mean, why determine it should be 4'33?) but I think everyday should have a total silence. Even if just to listen to your tummy rumbling.

[xharrieteyahx]

4:00

[NGstalagmite]

i find from two minutes into the piece and onwards, it just moves me.

[rEdRoLiCa]

What a pretentious piece of nonsense. I wish people would stop saying he "wrote" this..... This is the opposite of art and creativity. There is no depth or underlying themes to explore. This is just absolute nonsense. Reminds me of the self important wanks that "ooh" and "aaah" at paintings of a big red dot in art galleries. Witty sarcasm cannot even save how ridiculous this is.

[wantage1973]

I think I might use this for my X-Factor audition next summer.

[stefomate]

cnt believe theyre actually trying to get this to Christmas number 1 lol

[BearGryllsChills]

Thumbs up if this sucks!

[mevidek]

@BearGryllsChills thumbs down if this guys a knob

[Seacube69]

Plagiarism! This work has been copied.

[HurricaneDb]

what a bunch of wankers,absolute madness,those who think that is good need their heads looking at ffs.

[iliketeatowels]

All I can hear is my housemates screaming downstairs because they have just done loads of ket. Uni is fun.

[spectrum99122]

Search on Google for Cage Against the Machine for the Christmas No 1

[richiebeebe]

I'm pretty sure someone in that hall is dying.

[saintbill]

for christs sake stop bloody coughing!

[justdonaferentes]

I used to play this when I was a busker, but nobody ever gave me anything.

[statetheobv]

ruined it 3 minutes in

[allanmunro1993]

Just bought it on I-tunes, feel kind of scammed...

[ericwfrost]

I like when he puts his arm down, like he was getting bored.

Eric

[thatsumoguy]

errmm i dont get it..

[yuutubesucks]

I always listen to this with the volume up nice and loud!

[kdito]

The greatest thing about this video is that the score at 3:37 is typed in Comic Sans.

[03lucky]

the funny thing is there is so much sound there yet we just cant hear it.... my speakers are vibrating like at low frequency....

[garrylaw]

Nono! They ruined it at 3min. This is supposed to be a serious piece!

[Puddingbat]

Ooops, listened to half before i realised my speakers were disconnected.

[pompeydude0657]

Best bit at 9:23

[hvymetlrocker]

Awww! this is my wedding song!

[57reg]

No No No. The tempo is all wrong. Sounded more like 33 minutes 4 seconds!

[ferretron11111]

this must have been the most awkward 5 minutes ever

[blargherlad]

The raw power of this piece is astounding, especially at 4:17. Simply exhilarating!

[kevindagod]

@blargherlad What? Are you taking the piss?

[GyalisAndino]

i cant believe they flipped the page lmao......this had to be free

[FlajuPL]

6:25 ._."

[poisonpixel]

Damn, i hear a slight ring in my headphones and it is giving me an absolute head ache after 4:23.

[ladistorsion]

y no se le caerá la cara de vergüenza durante el rato que está mirando el reloj y riéndose del resto del mundo...

[olbol2004]

cage must have been absolutely pissing himself

[Parkerhdeb]

alright, so from what i gather, the whole point of this piece is to show that 'nothing' is ever truly silent. If you listen, you can hear people fidgeting in their chairs, the occasional cough, a sneeze at 5:17 lol, etc etc. SOOoo what i think he's trying to do is make the people in the audience realize that they are the instruments. Idk, that's just my take on trying to put method to perceived madness. the top rated "this is going to be stuck in my head" comment had me loling pretty hard hahaha

[EarlsCourt75ProShot]

John Cage = The biggest, most successful troll in the history of mankind.

[embed000]

Still better than Justin Biebber.....

someone had to say it =P