John Cage "4'33"

Hey asshole, why don't you look at a list of everything John Cage has done.

The piece exists to celebrate sound in silence. The ultimate act of pretension would be for people to celebrate the song in silence without listening to the incidental music that is created from whatever couldn't be drowned out by controlled silence.

Silence can be beautiful, but perhaps just not to you. I don't wet my pants over it, but I can appreciate the meaning behind it, and enjoy what's available to be experienced in the immediate environment when the piece is being conveyed by everyone who's there listening intently. The orchestra itself was part of the piece because of the air of grandiose and intent it brought to the hall. It would indeed be pretentious if the orchestra was only there for that piece alone, but that wasn't the case.

i dont like his music

HA! Perfect!

There's a phrase of a Portuguese writer that stands: "the author is the one who turn "watchable" (relevant) what everyone can view."
You pass right thru amazing things at every step of your day, and you don't even get a glance of it. John Cage just made you realise "la bella vita" that you got right in front of you.

@andrew11235 At least Da Vinci did something. This fags doing shit.

agreed

Someone should have farted.

This is bullshit.

If you can't write music, choose another profession, don't try to intellectually rationalize and try to make yourself relevant.

The audience is so mindless, as are any performers who would waste their precious time on this. And the waste of space announcer saying it's the best performance he's seen there... He can "see" or "hear" it every night when they close down the place!

Filth.