Clapping music - Steve Reich

[alkalait]

HOW CAN SHE CLAP?

[detoth67]

I don't know about anyone else, but my lights keep going on and off.

Clap on, clap off, clap on clap off, the clapper!

[robjacksontop]

This vid gave me the clap! YEH, Steve, thanks a lot!

[xXFamousMusicXx]

Oh man we heared id in music lesson ^^

[benritmato]

Best remix ever...

[umbmaf]

-Q: Which instruments do you play?

-A: I play husband.

[zarkus6]

A day in the life of any man, especially if he's married or has a female boss.

[zarkus6]

A day in the life of any man.

[Aeeyawn]

Brilliant!

[emmanuel08ish]

i saw this in music class

[abqcleve]

Brilliant!

[cr1msonking93]

Holy shit, this is awesome!

[CodyRicheson]

This is immediately awesome.

[smove97]

awesome dude

[misterbamboostick]

And still, after almost 7 minutes being beaten, Lee Marvin looks like nothing happened, just a fly that landed on his jacket. :p

[hakijikin]

fucking brilliant

[cheremushki]

After I watched/heard this, I decided to try this on my boyfriend.

[doitbabyfactory]

brilliant !

[mafurock33]

Brilliant!

[florentghys]

This is a great idea !

I love the breathing in the middle of the pattern and the end is awesome.

[Movielunatic]

Great rhythm!

[alack87]

It's a really cool idea, but a bit too repetitive! That makes it a bit boring after a while...

My attention needs some variety to keep going to the end.

If there were other clips of slapping (etc) combined, I think it could be even better - personally! :)

But as I said, original idea! Great starting point! :)

[SiKedek]

@alack87 You're missing the point: with Steve Reich's original piece, all you would get is phased clapping. At least this has a bit of musical texture.

[mafurock33]

@alack87 "too repetitive?" "boring?" "great starting point?" tell that to the composer, steve reich who is one of the greatest pioneering composers of the 20th century.

[johnvonahlen]

Total Genius. This really inspires me :)

[NorthWriter]

This might be one of the greatest pieces of film I've ever seen. Seriously. I haven't laughed in pure amazement for a very long time, but I did after seeing this vid. I love the way Angie collapses at the end of it, too.

[NorthWriter]

Ha ha. This is genius!

[avatealover15]

She must be so tired.

[tzuk]

this belongs in the tiff lightbox

[Stimulator7]

oh baby this is sick and awesome just jizz in my panties yes...

[mcylinder]

Starting off with Lee Marvin you get 70 points. And then throw in Angie Dickinson is another 75 points. Because it's an homage to Reich another 80. So out of 100 points on the awesome scale you score a 225. Well done.

[DanielGaHoTam]

THat is blooody clever.

[kismyder]

Awesome !

[DangerBird]

we GOT the rhythm..why cant we dance?

[pauldodo1]

Bloody Genius!

[brightorangestudios]

One of the greatest things I've seen and heard on YouTube. Thank you.

[untrustus]

you should show this

[indierickenbacker]

Sounds like the new radiohead album..

[ishMEMan]

thats one crazyyy bitch

[ishMEMan]

crazy bitch

[umberct]

" I bet you're a big Lee Marvin fan aren 't ya."

(Reservoir Dogs, 1992)

[bricktop37]

Very cleverly done.

[StookieBill]

IMDb lists Franklin Milton as the original sound recordist (there's no mention of a foley guy). he has a monster CV...

[Sk1nnyV1nny22]

This is cool. Its interesting when each beat sounds different. Thankyou so much!

[sofrimento92]

this should have ended with him just knocking her the fuck out haha * HADOUKEN!*

[smithslastoption]

The longer that I watch this, the more inclined I am to think that that man is going to have some serious bruises tonight. I love unorthodox things turned music!

[cutswift]

Nerdy but awesome.

[Drabkikker]

GE-WEL-DIG! Peter, u bent mijn held voor vandaag.

[jmeshel1]

Wow. Really brilliant, the concept, the execution. I'm a member of the cult followings of both Steve Reich and "Point Blank". Wowowow!

[Narutoniano]

En serio alguien se ha entretenido en esto? xD

[alguiendice]

Lol its hipnotic xD

[hjotto]

THX for posting!

[whoitisnot]

Clever - but the differing timbres really change the piece from what was it was originally. Wonder what Mr. Reich would think? He's a really nice guy in person, so I'm sure it would be polite at least. ;)

[autostoppeur]

Lee Marvin sound good

[arkoenig]

@apchilds94: I saw Steve Reich perform this piece a few years ago, and he also did only 6 repetitions of each cycle.

[puffinwrangler]

A great use of 'instrumental music-theatre,' but 12 repetitions of each bar is too much. What's the minimum in Reich's score, 8?

[JuniorSamplesUndead]

Lee Marvin makes an excellent drum kit.

[mrmcdoodles]

I can't decide whether to feel sorry for or be jealous of that guy...

[gaurdboy23]

I like the idea but i really wish you would have only repeated each sequence maybe 3 times. It got really hard to keep listening to after so much repetition.

[mrmcdoodles]

@gaurdboy23 That's Steve Reich for you.

[petermhz]

Would it have been so hard to mention that this snippet is from the classic American neo-Noir film POINT BLANK?

[RobinParmarSound]

Completely and utterly brilliant.

[kongming819]

THIS IS FSCKING HILARIOUS BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I wonder what Reich would say

[WhiteBoy41]

Hit HIM  AGAIN !!

[dudeohyeahable]

great stuff!

[DaigojiGai]

One person doesnt' realize Lee Marvin was a GOD

[suune]

I liked the part where she slaps him

[vasconcelloscynthia]

@suune :))

[vasconcelloscynthia]

@suune :))

[ItBurnsSomehow]

his shoulders must be SO SORE

[gittar]

.... go Angela, good beats... and to Lee, for taking the beats.

[mjoseff]

Spousal abuse: The Musical.

[Nerklin]

I like the party where she hits him.

[MCPetruk]

Can you tell me how you edited this?What software? I assume image followed sound - did you edit it for sound? Make a tutorial!!!

Thanks

[petervanderham]

@MCPetruk

I used Adobe Premiere. I edited one pattern of Clappng Music. repeated it, then shift the pattern bij one beat,'till both video sequences were in sync again. Pretty easy once you have the first pattern. The sound is actual from the movie.

[dawpat07]

Look up "Clapping Music - Animation" on YouTube -- a video posted by petervanderham. It's a really easy-to-grasp illustration.

[dawpat07]

It's just one part -- two performers starting off together, then they separate by one pulse ... then by two ... then by three, etc., until they're back together again. That's what the video is showing you -- one part, played by two people, becoming more and more out of synch (by one beat each time), until they realign.

[LeftyPhil01]

awesome. any chance you could upload the two separate parts, so we can learn to clap them? thanks so much.

[jaywiltho]

the longer i watch, the more seriously i'm inclined to take it. it works on so many levels of cultural reference, musicality, hollywood portrayals of male/female roles and domestic violence, etc. i could easily imagine watching this in a museum.

[heyguysinternet]

@jaywiltho agreed!

[SomeShows]

@jaywiltho Actually, Aphex Twin had an exhibit in many museums called "Flex", which there's a short trailer for. If you want to see more of it, search for his Torino Street Festival performance with Chris Cunningham visuals, and you'll see the man and woman from Flex beating each other senseless in the same rhythmic way on this video, except it's to Aphex's track "Elephant Song". Cool stuff.