John Cage - In The Name Of The Holocaust

Yeah, if the Holocaust were a song, this is what it would sound like. Brilliant, when you think about it.

Don't fear art

While I don't usually like John Cage's pieces, his contributions to extended piano techniques and music in general are appreciated. You probably hear music that John Cage inspired all the time without batting an eye. Besides, this "woman" Margaret Leng Tan, is a classically trained musician with a doctorate in musical arts from Juliard. She probably knows more about prepared pianos than Cage did.
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Agreed. I have nothing against the pianist besides the fact that she decided to perform this piece.

Video about religion, politics and avant-garde art = instant flamewar

I don't see why you made that statement really. I think you made it because you didn't realize my point- you are no different from anyone who listens to John Cage, you have heard him and so, if listening to John Cage makes a person slow in thinking then perhaps you are also afflicted with this mysterious illness. Why is a child a great thing to be? Because children are musically pure, they have not yet grown up to defining music and confining it until its boring, sedimentary and typical.

whoa! one of us is definitely really slow. and i swear i'm having a hard time deciding who it is. When i say "i listen to prokofiev" i mean that i'm a fan of his and i like his music. and although i have in fact heard Cage's music, i wouldn't call myself a fan of any of his work. Saying "i listen to Cage' would give the impression that i do that regularly.

and btw putting a pet at the piano would have the same effect as putting a musically illiterate child

The same effect? Not at all, because a child is not a monkey.

"Cage's music" isn't that rather contradictory of you?
I'm totally aware of the non-literal meaning of "I listen to ___ " However, my subtlety was lost on you.
Comparing art with music? There is no comparison. Music is art, and for all I care, art is music. Sonic art.
What people consider music, variates to such incredible extremes that your point about "looking or tasting like an apple" holds no ground.

and i'll repeat what i said again about Cage's creations. You're comparing his art with music. The 3 or 4 Cage videos i've seen of his "pieces" have very little to do with music.
Maybe they haven't come up with a word to describe them yet. But if it doesn't look or taste like an apple then there's a really good chance that it might be something else.

Show your moronic side a bit more, maybe little Norwegian girls will want to grow up to be just like you, Thor.