VERY FUNNY - Gustav Holst's "First Suite in E-flat"

[mercythekitty]

We totally need to do that!

[Musicman26139]

Stupid

[funkmastafog]

WHO IS THAT HANSOM MAN WHO COMES IN AT THE END?!?!?!?!

[firmingitup]

What wouldve been funny is everyone had played a random wrong note that didn't harmonize.

[paradox56533]

I love Tom McCauley haha i had him as a director my junior year of high school when he was the conductor of the sussex county honers band. very good man

[CloneHat]

Now the whole piece modulates and you play it again!

[swankestdraf]

I like the last chord... very modern... very... not the end of a piece

[jdawgmcdawg]

Oh, music jokes. They're so...

Oh, music jokes.

[Otherworldly101]

This is the funniest thing. I swear, band humor is the greatest. :]

[MyriadCharm]

lololol, i found that funny xD. my band director would flip

[gowbass]

@aritg3 OK, I never heard that one...I'm glad Holst decided to resolve to E-Flat Major, rather than the E Major here (or maybe I'm just biased due to listening to the Eastman WE recording over and over and......)

[EveStowe]

that was so funny... not really....? srry lol

[manthasagittarius]

@trailerjazz11 Thanks, but overkill. He called it a "song" -- what more can you expect?

[poptartpianist]

that's not even funny... just annoying

[xXinsanity92Xx]

Too funny.

[sasquatch471]

That would make me so mad.

[metallicameron]

someone hit the DJ button at 0:29

[cno3ful]

omg is that tom mccauley?

[Mint89674523]

LMAO "Did I just have a stroke?"

[jediknightguy82]

@gREENtHUMBeh - yea, the wrong last note is the joke!

[gREENtHUMBeh]

ya. my band's playing this. WRONG last note. JUSS SAYIN'

[NickRobo1994]

hahahahah band humour lolz i loves teh wrong chord at teh endz

[silntdoogood]

HAHAHAHA

When were were playing this, we were conspiring to do something of the sort, but never settled on anything. It's just this huge amazing buildup!

[homfencing]

1) Nice key change on the last note...

2) AWFUL roll quality on the snare...

[soulsight3]

that was great! i'm in band and an orchestra and i thought that was hilarious!

[blackfalcon1324]

i dont think you have to listen that carefully

[blackfalcon1324]

i dont think you have to listen that carefully

[singerguy93]

@sillychad18 just because you were in band doesn't mean you will be able to pick if up. if you have a good knowlege of theory you would get it. they changed the last chord by making it a picardian 3rd.

[sillychad18]

@singerguy93 ohh I see. haha.

[dontreadmyusername0]

@singerguy93 haha lol It was weird listening to the end.

[phamlikesboys]

AHHHH deceptive cadence!!! Haha hilarious :)

[Wonton2006]

That was pretty awesome. You could see the fear in that man's eyes :P

[alankace]

everything is up a semitone

[rasenganzanpakuto]

We did this today (April 1) for the guest conductor at our high school xD

His face was priceless :)

[mswhite2012]

That's FUNNY!

[kodkodkod]

Is it the flat 6th chord, making the Cb7 (B7)

[mkmtrumpeter]

It's actually an E major triad... which is so ridiculous in this setting lol

[Mahlerialiszt]

It actually sounds like something Charles Ives would have done. Listen to the end of the 2d Symphony--it is a riot.

[todaystomsawyer]

@mkmtrumpeter

That it was. It sounds like the song should go on for a while in the key change. XD

[genis999591]

band humor oh band humor the things humans wouldnt get unless they were in band XD

I love this song, when i heard the end, I almost choked on my bagel xD

[raina2224]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! wow were playing this song and that was just so funny lol

[Timstama]

sorry im playing this song in my 8th grade wind esemble, and just hearing this ending made me laugh so hard no one else wont understand it unless they palyed/heard the piece before.

[TheHighlandLassie]

I agree :)

[LOLlaugher911]

i love band. (:

[MrDonnyMac]

Band humor

[pshwelikeha]

hahaha, i do find it amusing, because all bands and their directors have a special relationship. if my band were to do something like that, the directors would joke about it and go along with us! :DDD you MUST understand what it is like to be in a band and play well, allowing you to do something like that. (:

[ashendarei919]

Cute joke, but I don't find it that amusing.

[tubonianflute]

Haha, weird.

[westhoffwrangler]

LOLOL that was awesome xD

[ashikaraa]

You would understand if you listened to the actual suite. That last chord was wtf! O.O

[broadway888]

lolololol i love band. i dont think anyone else can understand why thats hilarious.

[sacredsong]

hahaha he gets ownd

[manofdci]

oh man, this is awesome lol

[VampireGirl517]

Oh geez, only in band XD The last chord is one of my favorite parts of this song, so I was thrown for a loop when they played that!!

[UltimatelyMegaSheep]

ROFL band jokes

[ThatDevilishOne]

xD!

[stretchkutz18]

hehe good one :D

[clarbas]

Great! Very amazing video!

[TengoUnOboe]

WTF??? XDDDD

[Wishyouwerehere080]

Laugh out loud :D

[bliszti]

hogy élvezzem, ha másik akkord van a végén?

[ccsufrenchhorndude]

i wish we could pull a trick like this on our conductor.. he would kill us all haha

[GerogeJohnPaulRingo]

LOL. Hearing the end was like, anticipate the last chord, then you get that.  Good thing it was changed P:

[YodaWannabEE]

lolzor

[JDubbs1190]

Haha nice!!!

[starfleet359]

My band director is fat and balding-he probably would have had a real stroke.

lolz

[klaptrap]

ooo I wish my old conducter was this cool. I quit band because of my old one's attitude...

[balbaugh92]

it would probably be funnier if my friends and i didnt do this like every day

[langleywil]

I think the most hilarious is the conductor himself.  What face is that and why is he sooooo animated...lol

[ilovenerds2000]

oh man! this was funny!

but really irritating cause now i have to listen to the real chord or it will eat at my brain!

[guy4rm36109]

LOL :)

[thetubaman200]

i am so doing this to my director.

[21GeeOff21]

i found this hilarious only because my hs band did something very similar on this very song last time we had a sub of course she didnt really notice though she did have a weird look on her face and after like 20 seconds of silence she just said "hmm, interesting ending" the room proceeded to burst out laughing

[jjohn211]

lol thats pretty funny

[kwokboy]

ahaha, awesome!

[futurecav2008]

Ha! the chairperson said is this going on youtube lol. irony lol.

[musicalpositron]

Everyone went up a half step?

[lyingdeadcorpse]

completely killed

[aritg3]

Why thank you indeed!

[marysue89]

that was pretty dirty.... lol... this guy handled it really well- he didnt stop conducting, but the look on his face was priceless!

[melomaniacmdj]

OH man. that just made my day. :D

[altrokkr6]

lmao

[brianpell]

hahahahaha =D

[likerollinstone]

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[kamikazie0282]

it you are a band person and you know what this song is supposed to sound like, you might find it pretty funny.

[gullygunz000]

haha

that was cute

[HoriblyNotFunnyTwins]

it was funny but it seemed like the last chord or something was off, or just b/c the video cam was in the back. AHAHA

[altrokkr6]

hmmm.. could it be that that was the joke??

[iggabiggaboo07]

i must admit it was funny but knowing to well how the piece goes it just makes me feel uncomfortable hearing that last chord!!

[EuphoniumPlayer08]

what the f*** happened?! o my god! that is hilarious...

[imaoldkidnow]

LOL!!! Holst-Prokofiev ending lol

[ruddystargazer]

sweet. so wrong, but so funny x_x

[Medsas]

LOL!!! LOVE IT!

[stronzo5785]

What was cool was...most of them actually played that interval in tune!!! Nice...

...and I hope you enjoyed your beating!!!

[ZJX]

Ahahaha, wow that was amazingggg! hahaha, still laughing like 5 minutes later

[trumpetdudeman07]

if my band director pulled that at our ensemble she'd NEVER...EVER...live that down...lol

F'in halarious!

[archangel773]

Hilarious... Even though I expected that to happen, it got a really good one out of me! I love this piece!!!

[IHeartGackt0921]

yeah i was wondering about that last chord myself... very cool! tri-tones rock! lol

[groverman]

You might want to retake that ear-training class. The last chord was not a tri-tone away, but rather a minor 2nd higher.

[IHeartGackt0921]

That was simply amazing... wow... i dont know what to say other than i couldn't stop laughing... you're amazing! lol

[uhohlookwhoshere]

1:08... best part

[jayhawktuba]

VERY nice. :-)

[brookiethebandgeek]

lol. i heart you for doing this. =]]

[Goliath916]

Mr. Contzius - that was absolutely hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing for about 5 minutes.  It's of the same caliber as the "Organist Hallelujah" on our website.

[coolness06]

It was funny. Hold on, was the last note changed to a concert C or B natural?

[aritg3]

I just had the entire ensemble finish up a 1/2 step from the printed note on their page. I think why it sounds particularly surprising is many instruments should play V-I. But in this case Those instruments jump up a tri-tone instead of a perfect forth. Ya got to love those tri-tones.

To answer your question it is B natural concert.

[aritg3]

Excellent, mission accomplished! lol. Does that mean you did or didn't like it?

[aritg3]

I would love to see someone try doing this at a concert band competition!