@williamdanielhealy not necessarily so... Philip Glass wrote Songs and Poems for Solo Cello which is not singing, and they are still songs, also... in my opinion everything is a song just some are called symphonies, or quartets, or trios, or tone poems or operas, or overtures, but hey, words are open for interpretation.
@Sashamet saladshootavvv was trying to explain that this is a piece instead of a song, because only instruments are playing in it. It can only really be called a song if there is singing/ voice of some sort.
@Sashamet If that is the dumbest thing you have ever heard, either you are very dumb yourself or you must be very smart. I am very skeptic about the latter.
This is music, not a song. A song is defined as music through the voice. Although it may be accompanied by musical instruments. For example, a singer that just sings with his/her voice results in a song. But only musical instruments just result in music, although there's likely a word for that as well.
@Sashamet I think you probably confused the word 'song' with 'music'.. please, i do not expect you to know all this, but if you think somebody is so radical, you might wanna check his actual meaning with a dictionary or something.
But let's all agree this is sound, and it sounds well;-)
@Sashamet It is your comment which is "dumb". The use of "song" to describe any piece of music comes from the way music portals on the net use the word. It is a rediculous impoverishment of language to take a silly commercial strategem as the guide for language usage.
@Sashamet No, actually saladshootavvv is right. In most cases this wouldn't be considered a song. There are no human voices. And even in the case that there are lyrical singing qualities throughout the piece, its not a prominant characteristic of it.
@Sashamet@Sashamet 'In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing. A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs.' therefore this should be called a piece.
Sorry, Sashamet, but saladshootavvv is right, and you should know your facts better before you start calling other people dumb. A "song" is something SUNG. This can be called a tune, a work, a piece, a piece of music, a track, etc., but not a song.
@Sashamet In most forms of Western music, the word "song" does imply music with voice. Exceptions include "Songs Without Words". I see the term "song" applied to everything from something like this right on up to complete symphonies, like "I like that Beethoven song 'The 5th Symphony'". Anyone who studies music, from lower school through college knows this. Sadly too many people on Youtube DON'T know this basic bit of info. A song has words.
@ThePowerOfLard1 What exactly about defining a word is "pseudo intelligent"? Please explain. And there is nothing pretentious about it. And yes, labels are important when discussing music otherwise you can't even talk about it. What if we called Rhianna's songs a symphony? That's fucking stupid. This is all besides the point...this Philip Glass piece sucks ass anyways so who cares.
@saladshootavvv I feel sorry for you and your narrow mind. Although, I feel worse for the children that you may already, or may possibly bring into this world. Apparently 2012 is real, and you salad are the beginning to the end.
@saladshootavvv WOW. Thank you for confirming your ignorance. I shall end this conversation here as it is quite apparent that you are just an attention whore.
@davidkzoo attention whore?!?! I am merely defending myself from the onslaught of egotistical IDIOTS. My position is objectively right and COMPLETELY not up for debate (a song has singing, and this is not a song), but EVERYONE seems to have no problem attacking me. PLEASE, just google song, and tell me what it says. PLEASE, just do it and tell me, I dare you. Respond with a response to that, and if you don't I'll know you are too embarrassed to admit that you are wrong.
@saladshootavvv Sure. I suppose you are right that is its not technically a "song". I will give you that. But it is beautiful and fantastic, shall I say "music" in which one who posts "there is no singing, therefore not a song." is bound to receive an onslaught of hate retorts. Most people who come here wish to hear Glass' beautiful pieces of work, and when they see anything that may even slightly object his work, some may become defensive on his behalf.
@davidkzoo "one who posts "there is no singing, therefore not a song." is bound to receive an onslaught of hate retorts"....There was NOTHING even slightly negative towards this music in that original post. Just because people are ignorant, stubborn, and arrogant does not mean what I wrote merits ANY of these idiot responses. But, since we are on the topic, this piece is pretty horrible. Not all of Glass's pieces are bad, but this is uninspired, shallow, and uninteresting.
@saladshootavvv Horrible, shallow and uninteresting? It's programmatic music. Before you judge it out its context, you have to test it against its actual intent. What makes this shallow? Is it that you figure that the formula is so explicate and obvious that you could write it better? That's not completely unrelatable, a lot of people feel that way about his work. But you have to give every effort its context. This piece, for instance, is a mere platform for film.
@jailbreakir Why's that? Because you googled song and can see how wrong you are? Or is it because I ripped on this piece and you have some personal investment in it and you take it personally? Did hurt your little feelings? If none of those then please explain.
@saladshootavvv wow, now that i look it up, you are right. In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing. sorry i called you an idiot and that you are getting so much hate, the word "song" and "music" are used so interchangeably that most people dont notice the difference
@saladshootavvv A song can also be defined as: a distinctive or characteristic sound or series of sounds. Therefore, this could be considered as such. In a similar way you, Salad, are probably NOT a fish, but nonetheless, still a CARP.
@derickwade No dude, I can't believe how dishonest you are. That's not what your quick google definition actually said. THE REST of your definition goes like this "A distinctive or characteristic sound made by an animal, such as a bird or an insect.". We use song to describe animals "singing" because it reminds us our songs. Please Derick Wade, apologize for being dishonest and then insulting me.
@abcumm25 The song is called "The Chase" and can be found on the Philip Glass sampler that is available on Amazon (for free). Maybe they came up with a name after the fact.
Everybody...chill out.
frankentomato 4 days ago
@williamdanielhealy not necessarily so... Philip Glass wrote Songs and Poems for Solo Cello which is not singing, and they are still songs, also... in my opinion everything is a song just some are called symphonies, or quartets, or trios, or tone poems or operas, or overtures, but hey, words are open for interpretation.
andrewmbreuninger 1 week ago
Beautiful!
What would the French, Éric Alfred Leslie Satie, aka Erik Satie, think of Philip Glass's degenerated physical rendering on this Youtube video?
Oxident7 2 weeks ago
this is a piece, not a song
mastermusic99 2 weeks ago
actually according to definition this is sub-categorized as Instrumental.
lovetownsend 1 month ago
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It's a song sung by instruments... be quit and listen.
warfictation ^^ you got understood
lordcordt 1 month ago
To saladshootavvv: You are really a dumb ass! Not a song because there are no words????? Give me a break, I didn't think anyone was that stupid!
mysambamusic 1 month ago
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@mysambamusic google "song". I accept your apology.
saladshootavvv 1 month ago
simply stunning. the tonality just oozes thru.
dcmania25 1 month ago
It's a song sung by instruments...
Warfictation 2 months ago
there is no singing, therefore not a song.
saladshootavvv 2 months ago 3
@saladshootavvv thats the dumbest thing i have ever heard
Sashamet 2 months ago 59
@Sashamet then google "song". I accept your apology.
saladshootavvv 2 months ago
@Sashamet saladshootavvv was trying to explain that this is a piece instead of a song, because only instruments are playing in it. It can only really be called a song if there is singing/ voice of some sort.
AdamskiPiano 2 months ago
@Sashamet Saladshootavvv is correct. It's called a piece. A song has lyrics.
rleb09 2 months ago 4
@Sashamet
kriem78 2 months ago
@Sashamet If that is the dumbest thing you have ever heard, either you are very dumb yourself or you must be very smart. I am very skeptic about the latter.
This is music, not a song. A song is defined as music through the voice. Although it may be accompanied by musical instruments. For example, a singer that just sings with his/her voice results in a song. But only musical instruments just result in music, although there's likely a word for that as well.
jetibest 2 months ago
@Sashamet I think you probably confused the word 'song' with 'music'.. please, i do not expect you to know all this, but if you think somebody is so radical, you might wanna check his actual meaning with a dictionary or something.
But let's all agree this is sound, and it sounds well;-)
jetibest 2 months ago
@Sashamet that person is kinda right. A song is a specific type of piece of music. This isn't a song.
DarkZekeX 1 month ago
@Sashamet It is your comment which is "dumb". The use of "song" to describe any piece of music comes from the way music portals on the net use the word. It is a rediculous impoverishment of language to take a silly commercial strategem as the guide for language usage.
mossfitz 1 month ago 2
@Sashamet No, actually saladshootavvv is right. In most cases this wouldn't be considered a song. There are no human voices. And even in the case that there are lyrical singing qualities throughout the piece, its not a prominant characteristic of it.
silenceisgoldman 1 month ago
@Sashamet It's a piece of music, but songs are sung.
bb0ysmiley 1 month ago
@Sashamet Then you are a happy man/ woman (-: Because it is not dumb at all. It happens to be corect (-:
Borysculus 4 weeks ago
@Sashamet @Sashamet 'In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing. A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs.' therefore this should be called a piece.
pishykikiface 2 weeks ago
@Sashamet i'm sorry everyone, technically they're right.
williamdanielhealy 1 week ago
@Sashamet
Sorry, Sashamet, but saladshootavvv is right, and you should know your facts better before you start calling other people dumb. A "song" is something SUNG. This can be called a tune, a work, a piece, a piece of music, a track, etc., but not a song.
mississippi7763 1 week ago
@Sashamet In most forms of Western music, the word "song" does imply music with voice. Exceptions include "Songs Without Words". I see the term "song" applied to everything from something like this right on up to complete symphonies, like "I like that Beethoven song 'The 5th Symphony'". Anyone who studies music, from lower school through college knows this. Sadly too many people on Youtube DON'T know this basic bit of info. A song has words.
eurisko618 3 days ago
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ThePowerOfLard1 2 months ago
@saladshootavvv Come off it with your pseudo intelligent, pretentious bullshit. Music is music, and really, labeling it means dick all.
ThePowerOfLard1 2 months ago
@ThePowerOfLard1 What exactly about defining a word is "pseudo intelligent"? Please explain. And there is nothing pretentious about it. And yes, labels are important when discussing music otherwise you can't even talk about it. What if we called Rhianna's songs a symphony? That's fucking stupid. This is all besides the point...this Philip Glass piece sucks ass anyways so who cares.
saladshootavvv 2 months ago
@saladshootavvv ergo... listen to lady gaga then, although its debatable if thats actually singing!
dannyday58218195 1 month ago
@saladshootavvv ...you sir are a tool
DKYNG 1 month ago
@DKYNG why's that?
saladshootavvv 1 month ago
@saladshootavvv I feel sorry for you and your narrow mind. Although, I feel worse for the children that you may already, or may possibly bring into this world. Apparently 2012 is real, and you salad are the beginning to the end.
davidkzoo 1 month ago
@davidkzoo What's narrow about my mind?....."Apparently 2012 is real". Yeah, you're right, it's 2012 right now!
saladshootavvv 1 month ago
@saladshootavvv WOW. Thank you for confirming your ignorance. I shall end this conversation here as it is quite apparent that you are just an attention whore.
davidkzoo 1 month ago
@davidkzoo attention whore?!?! I am merely defending myself from the onslaught of egotistical IDIOTS. My position is objectively right and COMPLETELY not up for debate (a song has singing, and this is not a song), but EVERYONE seems to have no problem attacking me. PLEASE, just google song, and tell me what it says. PLEASE, just do it and tell me, I dare you. Respond with a response to that, and if you don't I'll know you are too embarrassed to admit that you are wrong.
saladshootavvv 1 month ago
@saladshootavvv Sure. I suppose you are right that is its not technically a "song". I will give you that. But it is beautiful and fantastic, shall I say "music" in which one who posts "there is no singing, therefore not a song." is bound to receive an onslaught of hate retorts. Most people who come here wish to hear Glass' beautiful pieces of work, and when they see anything that may even slightly object his work, some may become defensive on his behalf.
davidkzoo 1 month ago
@davidkzoo "one who posts "there is no singing, therefore not a song." is bound to receive an onslaught of hate retorts"....There was NOTHING even slightly negative towards this music in that original post. Just because people are ignorant, stubborn, and arrogant does not mean what I wrote merits ANY of these idiot responses. But, since we are on the topic, this piece is pretty horrible. Not all of Glass's pieces are bad, but this is uninspired, shallow, and uninteresting.
saladshootavvv 1 month ago
@saladshootavvv Horrible, shallow and uninteresting? It's programmatic music. Before you judge it out its context, you have to test it against its actual intent. What makes this shallow? Is it that you figure that the formula is so explicate and obvious that you could write it better? That's not completely unrelatable, a lot of people feel that way about his work. But you have to give every effort its context. This piece, for instance, is a mere platform for film.
silenceisgoldman 1 month ago
@saladshootavvv congratulations, you are the biggest idiot ever
jailbreakir 1 month ago
@jailbreakir Why's that? Because you googled song and can see how wrong you are? Or is it because I ripped on this piece and you have some personal investment in it and you take it personally? Did hurt your little feelings? If none of those then please explain.
saladshootavvv 1 month ago
@saladshootavvv wow, now that i look it up, you are right. In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing. sorry i called you an idiot and that you are getting so much hate, the word "song" and "music" are used so interchangeably that most people dont notice the difference
jailbreakir 1 month ago 4
@jailbreakir hey, thanks, apology accepted! You are probably the most humble and honest person I've ever come across on youtube :)
saladshootavvv 1 month ago
@saladshootavvv A song can also be defined as: a distinctive or characteristic sound or series of sounds. Therefore, this could be considered as such. In a similar way you, Salad, are probably NOT a fish, but nonetheless, still a CARP.
derickwade 1 month ago
@derickwade No dude, I can't believe how dishonest you are. That's not what your quick google definition actually said. THE REST of your definition goes like this "A distinctive or characteristic sound made by an animal, such as a bird or an insect.". We use song to describe animals "singing" because it reminds us our songs. Please Derick Wade, apologize for being dishonest and then insulting me.
saladshootavvv 1 month ago
@saladshootavvv
there is no singing, therefore real music.
EPYKK 2 weeks ago
You just titled this 'Amazing Song'? C'mon man.
StreetlightBeam 6 months ago
@StreetlightBeam Unfortunately, the song has no name. an official soundtrack for the film was never released
abcumm25 5 months ago 8
@abcumm25
Ah, well then my apologies.
StreetlightBeam 5 months ago
@abcumm25 actually the song's title is "The Chase" from the first scene in movie :)
QuetraDotCom 4 months ago 2
@abcumm25 The song is called "The Chase" and can be found on the Philip Glass sampler that is available on Amazon (for free). Maybe they came up with a name after the fact.
H4lfEmpty 1 month ago