Elgar - Pomp And Circumstance No. 1 In D Major

[e0o9kii]

Oooohyeaaahhhh!!!!!!!

[e0o9kii]

I wish I had this song played in my graduation ceremony but then again I live in NZ where we didn't have a proper graduation ceremony because NZ doesn't do graduation ceremonies :(.

Well, there goes my only shot of a graduation ceremony :(. Damn, New Zealand.

[imthetruechampion]

Best graduation song

[scotplane]

It makes me want to jump into a spitfire and shoot down some nazis....

[acla9000]

Spectacular. A gem of British classics. Thanks for posting!

[PelozOzzy]

God save the Queen!

[mattitude281]

MACHOOOOOOO MADNESS! DIG IT!

[kane570003]

@mattitude281 snap into a slimjim ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[racefish]

There is so much power in the music. I think it's music like this that can inspire pride and hope. Just think of the number of people that have gone on to greater things. There are the Doctors, Artists, Academics, leaders, that have shaped the world.

[therealjoebloggs]

Land of hope and glory, mother of the free!

How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?

Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set!

God Who made thee mighty make thee mightier yet,

God Who made thee mighty make thee mightier yet!

[XaliberDeathlock]

WWF fans would know this as Randy Savage theme song lol.

[xcdubv]

@XaliberDeathlock OH YEAAAAAAAAAAH

[mpis]

This is a version of the Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 by Edward Elgar performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Zinman.

Good performance, and it is also used for commencement marches.

[06njblackburn]

Fantasia 2000 love it donald duck and all

[xit1254]

I remember when we were walking down the aisle at the end of our graduation program, there was a young girl in the audience that was so overcome by the ceremony and this music that tears were streaming down her cheeks.

[Jabronie0]

ooooo yeahhhh snap into a slim jim!!!!!!!!

[JimmyWhiffler]

If any people of the 10 people who disliked this are British, they deserve to be banned from the UK... for life.

[Flashmilkis]

Imagine waking up to the main theme everyday 1:57 or when it gets loud at 2:54

[Smileandwavelol]

They played this movie in Fantasia 2000, so every time I hear it, I can't stop imagining Donald Duck helping all the animals into the Ark. :D

[Florenciopolis]

Grande Elgar ! !

[BasilFawlty4444]

Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,

How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?

Wider still, and wider, shall thy bounds be set;

God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet!

[1oESo1]

isnt this the olympic song?

[NonmetalAlkali]

@1oESo1 no, the olympic song is "Bugler's Dream" by Arnaud

[BertieW0oster]

Beautiful song!

I sure wish i had a moustache like that :-}D

[TheJaceMaster]

Prodigious! British classical music is certainly my style!

[radcam69]

Fantastic piece to start the day.

[jeffreybernabe]

2 more people failed at final Exam thus cannot grad

[huckleberry42266]

Uplifting......  superb

[Dom418]

I enjoy that this is used a graduation song in the U.S.A. when it is traditionally a British patriotic song. It's like some sort of beautiful imperialist irony.

[SSaBMusic]

I enjoy this as much as I do my dubstep. Is there something wrong with me?

[donnyab]

@winstonchurchill95

pass me the sick bucket, I hope there'll be room for ALL of my puke!

What a fantastic piece of music though and sod all british about it to me.

[flagascaro]

The only person to ever effectively use this song was Mr. Erich Weiss. A/k/a as Harry Houdini. Bess and Harry used it as a symbol of the resiliency of the working class over the nearly impossible odds against them under Anglo-American capitalism. Whoever thinks Elgar a genius ought to bloody well listen to Jean Phillipe Rameau. Vive la Republique.

[nophaluck]

1:57-3:56

Graduation march (if anyone was wondering)

[rainbowwarm10]

it's strong and very imposing...! I like it'~

[icasas72]

I Don't care if the old Queen Victoria used to march with this great song... I Love it, great brittish contribution to the music world... Cheers!

[Killerkurenai]

My school plays a super dumbed down version that is only a page long. I play cello and we have about four note changes through the entire thing,a nd we have to play a gazillion times through!  XD

[jobforgiven]

inspiration to get me through the next 2 semesters!

[MahdiRanger]

Class of 2010

[Jidedo]

197 days and counting until graduation :D

[harrex]

Och alla kommer från SÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖDER

[ojideagu]

@winstonchurchill95 Yes, BRITISH people were better off, the 1/5 of the world under British rule were not. The Empire should never return.

[dannyzad17]

I graduated from High School on May 28, 2005, and this song makes me think back to that amazing day and smile ! ! Thank Sir Edward for such a fine piece of music ! !

[BewareTheBeast]

This should be the British anthem, as it is loved by the British patriots (there are 4 of us) and loathed by the left (the other 80 million - up to date figure, as of 1/1/12)

[smceo28]

@BewareTheBeast i agree! our "God Save our Queen" isn't nearly as grand as Pomp and Circumstance!

[mysterypolice]

this brings back memories -____-

[InfedelKillerz]

7 People didnt graduate. How sad..

[alex12431243]

Quick fact, originally written as a march for soldiers going off to war, knowing most would die.

[Rifuar1]

for many people this is an alternative british annthem.

[Sciophobiaranger]

@Rifuar1 because it is, look up land of hope and glory.

[thyron]

I can't uderstant how 7 people didn't liked this fantastic piece... Well, I also don't understan't how someone can enjoy reaggeton.

[niirunoridozu]

@thyron Whilst I agree that I can't understand why anyone can dislike this... My musical taste is VERY varied. I can enjoy classical, reggae, blues and the way to death/black/doom metal.

But no, your original point still stands. Who ever disliked this has no soul. (Or is French. THAT'S A JOKE, INTERNET.)

[smceo28]

@thyron wow i agree with the dislike thing, but reggaeton is amazing. it's no Elgar or Mozart, but it's very enjoyable. i don't understand how ANYONE can enjoy country though...

[ELVIEJO334]

@smceo28

Reggeton is gangsta rap but in spanish. I hate it.

[smceo28]

@ELVIEJO334 i know that it is

[MrPharmStudent]

@thyron 1) You spelled reggae wrong and 2) I love both reggae and classical. They are both amazing. Reggae just has a certain feel to it that is inexpressible and that you need to truly enjoy it. So I'm actually sorry you don't enjoy it.

[thyron]

@MrPharmStudent Hey! I didn't spelled wrong reaggae, in fact i love reggae. I was talking about reaggeton, a complete different music. I also love techno, drum&bass, rock, country and almost all kind of music, but reaggeton is too simply and repetitive, without any creativity, look it by yourself.

[MrPharmStudent]

@thyron sorry. i thought the 2 were the same. my bad dude.

[faustolg]

@thyron The answer to both questions is simple according to Nietzschean way of thinking: they are INFERIORS... is quite simple.

[TBird100636]

@Cafeblanx Seriously??? You never watched Pro Wrestling in the 80's or 90's??? There's tons of videos of him on here. Just search Macho Man Randy Savage and you'll find out.

[y2joct7]

@Cafeblanx a true wrestling star over Hulk Hogan...Hogans true colors r finally showing now

[nicknktleung]

7 people is racist...

[Tyndallist]

@nicknktleung What the hell does racism have to do with this piece? You're just begging for attention.

[tkerstin]

fantastic piece, these pieces are so well known and will live forever for a reason you know though i must say im almost as impressed by his moustache as his music

[LiaxJersey12]

Goddammit, Yale! Ruining a perfectly good song by making it the "Graduation" song...took me sooo long to disassociate this song from that stigma. Anyways, LONG LIVE ELGAR!

[Boorriquet]

Je vous prie de m'excuser mais le son est dégueulasse.

[21892xxx]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YYYYYYYYYYYYEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHH DiG IT! 

[DontBCynical]

I'm really glad to see the top comments are about Randy Savage

RIP

[LSA2013]

6 people have never graduated.

I love this song and I always play in my schools band to play this... D major is something we could handle but they always have it in Bb major...

[Jereponibus]

They should play this song the day that Facebook finally adds a Dislike Button. For such a day would definitely make history.

(Speaking of which, I "like" this music.)

[EricV1]

OOOOOOOOOOOH YEEEEEEEEEEAH!

[50freeze]

thumbs up if forest gump bring ya here

[princesspeet]

So can someone tell me why this is a graduation song???

[fireman12888]

@princesspeet What did you want? Some filth called rap or hip-hop. Looking at the current vogue you might get just that one day, sad I know but it may lead to such decadence.

[startrekwarsmixguy]

@fireman12888 i think he wants to know why land of hope and glory, i have heard people say 1812 overture would be better, but that contains substantial portions of la marsailles, which is really no better.

[fireman12888]

@startrekwarsmixguy Hmmm, hopefully that's the case...

[princesspeet]

@fireman12888 what are you talking about? I don't think you even know. An really rap or hip hop... stereotyping me and yet you don't a thing about me. UGH INTERNET TALKERS. How about you just go away? Because I was talking to you clearly, but to the person who posted this video. =]

[fireman12888]

@princesspeet "Stereotyping me..." I guess you say this b/c your black, which I just found out recently, believe it or not.

[princesspeet]

@fireman12888 Well, your not as dumb as I thought then. =]

[princesspeet]

@fireman12888 *wasn't

[silverarrowslk]

@princesspeet Yes I was very surprised at hearing this too. No problem with that as long as the Americans appreciate that it is not actually an American piece of music. Was at my cousins in long island a few years ago and they argued that practically everything had been invented by the USA ; -)

[princesspeet]

@silverarrowslk Yes, I know. I was just asking. But I have played it before. =]

[WSenator1]

@princesspeet - This is considered a "graduation song" because a friend of Elgar's had this played at its graduation (as the recessional, not the processional, as we do today), when Elgar was presented with a homorary degree. From that point on, it became a tradition to play this at graduations - in America, at least.

[abernam]

From Sarasota, Florida!

[koheyoh]

i like this song for so many reasons first for being randy savage theme we love you macho man rip and second being i graduated 2 years ago and it bring me memories and now my brother is just 2 years away from graduating just thinking about makes me cry :')

[silverarrowslk]

@koheyoh Congratulations on graduating : -) and now you know the origin of this piece of music ..From a time when Britain was truly great and indeed ruled the waves

[koheyoh]

@silverarrowslk thanks man

[bob123789456]

Ohhhhhhh yeaaah!

[DANUNIVERSAL]

@winstonchurchill95 I write comments like this, but in Tchaikovky's compositions, saying how great are the Russians, hoping that the Russian empire or the USSR rise again and last forever, for the greater good of humanity!

[DANUNIVERSAL]

@winstonchurchill95 Your idea is retrograde, it is contrary to progress. I hope that what you hope never happen.

[1LastFlight]

this song always makes my so happy and yet sad

[limekiln123]

Elgar what a man

[Atomix330]

dumdededoda dumdumdedadedo

[PelozOzzy]

+1 if listening this song thinking in a trip on an Aston Martin

[kevbot25]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­H YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[mtbinpa31]

ohhhh yeaaa dig it! Up, up, and away with the Macho Man, Randy Savage! C'mon Liz, lets enter the danger zone...

[markybthebadboymc]

they used to play this at assembly in school when i was a kid

[Acrimonius1408]

Heard this on a pipe organ today at my graduation.

Suffice to say, you can't play it on an organ.

[vulgusetarceo]

Just like it was the British rather than the Americans who championed Jimi Hendrix, it was the Germans who recognized Elgar's genius when we British were too stupid to realize what we'd got. He loved Germany and would tour and holiday there whenever he could. (Elgar, that is - not Hendrix).

[TheChrisandphil]

rip macho man oooohhh yeah

[startrekwarsmixguy]

4 people are german and hate the fact that they lost 2 world wars and one world cup,

although we did kind of get thrashed in south africa, but the less said about that the better

[TheXell]

@startrekwarsmixguy

Keep your racist hatin to yourself bro.

[startrekwarsmixguy]

@TheXell i did say we got thrashed in south africa, besides, this is just friendly rivalry, between england and germany, if i put who i hate, it would have to be americans, who i hate more than noobtubes...

[TheXell]

@startrekwarsmixguy

That doesn't make it better. Besides, you say "we" as if you were part of it. You weren't.

[startrekwarsmixguy]

@TheXell i am, as it happens, a part of England, so i sort of was

[TheXell]

@startrekwarsmixguy

Keep thinking like that if it makes you feel better about yourself.

[startrekwarsmixguy]

@startrekwarsmixguy It does make me feel better, so i will, TBH, i would have kept thinking that way even if you had told me not to so...

[Botchlae]

Elgar invented England.

[Musiccat155]

Every single time I hear this I start crying, it makes me remember all of the times I had with my school good and bad........I'm going to cry when I graduate on monday.......

[TheEquus92]

@Musiccat155  I definitely agree with you on that

[12jamieleelove]

I'll be listening to this one year from now. CLASS OF 2012! :)))

[kuttiefacedeja]

Love this :]

[sisterbaldini]

49 this year 2011

[efan2011]

I graduated from High School yesterday, OHHHH YEAHHHHHH

[IceClanWarrior]

4:55 --Best transition ever. :]

[bluecoatguy03]

4 people disliked this because they were in band and forced to play this nonsense for the graduating class.

[Proletarian1917]

@MrBbminor OOOHHHHHH YEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH

[UNCARING1]

Long before Macho Man, this was used by Gorgeous George. May they both rest in peace.

[QuebecSouverain95]

410 people like his mustache

[Proletarian1917]

@MrBbminor Wait....wat? Was the Macho Man English? D:

[TheGeofile]

This song is actually called "Land of Hope and Glory" and it is the national anthem (not royal anthem) of England.

[podcake]

@TheGeofile nice try. I assume you are a troll. the Piece of music is correctly titled. The words were actually written after the music to go with it. Also it is not the national anthem of England. England as an individual technically has no official National Anthem (the United Kingdom, however, has 'god save the queen'.)

[sellane100]

Gênio !! nobre, magnifico!!!

[europeanlover60]

i just graduated tonight ;) 2011~

[livintex]

Whats up with the Randy Savage thing?

[ayebananas]

@livintex it was his entrance song

[WiggaMachiavelli]

I find it thoroughly disappointing that the part of this piece which is most celebrated is the least entertaining. I suppose it stems from people not knowing how to properly appreciate great music.

[cellobrox2]

@WiggaMachiavelli and you're just a condescending ass hole



[WiggaMachiavelli]

@cellobrox2

Now, let's all try to be civil about this - you feel upset because you have been identified as lacking in the finer faculties. Rather than get upset and bring yourself further down, take it as motivation to better yourself.

[baroh2413]

@WiggaMachiavelli It stems from Macho Man Randy Savage .... yeah

[WiggaMachiavelli]

@baroh2413

Not just that, but perhaps it's a factor.

[paanoba]

Macho Man's entrance music starts at 4:57. OOOOOOOOHHH YEEEEEAAAAHHH!!! R.I.P.

[mpizarro51]

Very majestic

[docbattle07]

DIG IT OOOHHHHHH YYYEEEAAAA CREAM OF THE CROP

[TheJRodV]

GOD: So you have entered heaven My son. What do you have to say?

Randy Savage: OOOOOOOOOOHHHH YYYYYEEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!

[dvp4life]

R.I.P Macho Man!!

[TheGeoYangPro]

1:58 :)

[TBird100636]

Start at 4:56 for Macho Man Theme. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

[akosifossil20]

macho man, this is for yah. oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! :)

[dancerboy123456789]

i have to preform this tomorrow im scared

[abinniss]

RIP RANDY SAVAGE

1952-2011

[bertmustin]

In Heaven the Macho Man gets the complete piece of music and Elgar himself is conducting the orchestra.

[y2joct7]

@bertmustin its like this Macho enters the pearly gates while Elgar plays this....lol OHHH YEAHHHH! Dig it!!!

[sonsofthesportsguy]

Oh yeah!

[SolidThugKnuckles]

R.I.P. Macho Man Randy Savage

I'm gonna snap into a Slim Jim one last time in your honor, thanks for the memories.

[y2joct7]

@SolidThugKnuckles you know that dont sound like a bad idea dude lol thanks for reminding me...just exactly how do u snap into it?

[MsArrow313]

1:57 :)

[tegrenath]

They don't even use the best parts for graduation ceremonies :/

[1998232v6]

I'll hear this song in about 13 hours when I walk for college graduation. University of IL class of 2011!

[y2joct7]

@1998232v6 Butler CC class of 2011...Associate of Science...wanted to tear up cause the dean announced one of my favorite professors was retiring this year. Good bye Macho Man Randy Savage and Prof. John Reed.

[darkbreeze9009]

oh yeahh :D

[classicallady]

Masterful

[NickInfante92]

OH YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH­­HH

dig it

[Clubpenguinlover45]

thx for making this video it helped me and everyone else in my orcatra learn it in just 4 weeks

[12clar3412clar34]

the best version on youtube.

[gj804]

I will never tire of this.

[Holyworms]

4 people never graduated

[pabdrummer]

or they had to play it for graduation. Many orchestra and band members have nightmares of this song cuz they had to play it over and over for who knows how long of a period of time. I like but hate this peice just cuz of that long repetitive march halfway throught the song which had to be played

[PeaceLove801]

Today, I stole 177 paint samples from Home Depot while humming Pomp and Circumstance. MLIA

[francisgaribayABC]

@Holyworms 1 person never tries to be original.

[BLACKPUFFLEXTREME1]

4:58-6:36 You'll always find me crying there.

[markbundles2]

@BLACKPUFFLEXTREME1

I know right? When this played at my graduation, I was nearly crying and we were only starting to walk into the stadium.

[RachyBabes18]

What film is this in? its reaally annoying me!

[AdamMitchyCat]

@RachyBabes18 Fantasia 2000 or A Clockwork Orange?

[softcjj]

@RachyBabes18 It in "(Your Name)'s Graduation"

[SolidThugKnuckles]

SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM OH YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH­HH

[StrangeCognitivism]

Hi, I'm an American interested in British classical music. Just about everything I find is by a German. Need I name names? I have strong British ancestry and would really appreciate it if someone could recommend some names or particular pieces of classical music from Great Britain (nothing modern). Thanks all :)

[Kombucha]

@StrangeCognitivism

Well there's of course The Planets by Gustav Holst (despite the name he is British).