John Cage - 4'33"

John Cage's most famous musical composition is called 4'33".

It consists of the pianist going to the piano, and not hitting any keys for four minutes and thirty-three seconds (he uses a stopwatch to time this). In other words, the entire piece consists of silences -- silences of different lengths, they say...

(c) John Cage

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[gucci1677]

Still better than anything nicki minaj has ever made

[John Magnus]

If you play it backwards, it's devil worship.

[rozowaalternatywa]

Comic Sans?

[davehshs]

Cage's attempt to get people to truly listen to and notice ambient sounds for 4 minutes is admirable, but to call it "music" is absurd. It obviously fails even the most elementary definition of the word.

[albyx75]

bah



[kaierikleolajunen]

2:48 ..coughcough cough cough coguh sdkgvbjwsdjbqvldvb

[kaierikleolajunen]

..it's.. not silent.

[slimedog]

i don't mind that people say this piece is rubbish, that's their choice. But it brings me to tears each time around the 4 minute mark. I have no high brow friends to impress- this is just my reaction.

[QuirkOffs]

You're a little dumb.

[Byron Gore]

Such bullshit! Seriously! Paid to do fuck all!