Wed Jul 4, 2012, 07:43 PM

Lars77 (3,032 posts)

Awesome flashmob with classical music (See in HD)

Not really political but well worth the watch.

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39 replies	Author	Time	Post
Awesome flashmob with classical music (See in HD) (Original post)	Lars77	Jul 2012	OP
Now THAT was a flash mob!!!!!!	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#1
GREAT!	elleng	Jul 2012	#2
beautiful, thank you!	Voice for Peace	Jul 2012	#3
I just realised it was paid for by the bank in the back :D	Lars77	Jul 2012	#4
That's my problem with a lot of these flash mobs	RufusTFirefly	Jul 2012	#7
The advertising industry will always hijack a good thing and ruin it	Lars77	Jul 2012	#9
I wish banks would do more of this sort of flash mob thing and less	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#34
So is ode age.	TahitiNut	Jul 2012	#14
nice sentiment, voice for peace	SCantiGOP	Jul 2012	#36
awesome!	bbgrunt	Jul 2012	#5
Very cool. Love flash mobs. nm	rhett o rick	Jul 2012	#6
Wonderful, thanks for posting! n/t	Paper Roses	Jul 2012	#8
Ode to Joy!!!	evilhime	Jul 2012	#10
Beethoven's Ode to Joy	JBoy	Jul 2012	#11
That was great!	ljm2002	Jul 2012	#12
Thank you so much for posting this.	enlightenment	Jul 2012	#13
Thanks for posting.	classof56	Jul 2012	#15
Blastissimo, I love it!	xtraxritical	Jul 2012	#16
I can't hear this anymore without thinking of "Die Hard".	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#17
Ludwig would be so moved!	graywarrior	Jul 2012	#18
Superb	RVN VET	Jul 2012	#19
thank you - that was wonderful!	BadGimp	Jul 2012	#20
Thanks, that made my evening!	freshwest	Jul 2012	#21
That little girl really got her money's worth!	progressoid	Jul 2012	#22
DO mean the one that climbed the lamp post?	mazzarro	Jul 2012	#28
Her too!	progressoid	Jul 2012	#31
Ohh yeah - she started the whole thing - basically!	mazzarro	Jul 2012	#37
The people of Spain understand the importance of culture.	MADem	Jul 2012	#23
Amazingly, so do the people of the United States	Scootaloo	Jul 2012	#33
Not so amazing...well, I live in the Boston area, we're drenched in culture!	MADem	Jul 2012	#39
For all of humanities faults...	Pluvious	Jul 2012	#24
Yes!	handmade34	Jul 2012	#25
I have a dream	Demeter	Jul 2012	#26
anything involving banks is political	Enrique	Jul 2012	#27
NOW,	pansypoo53219	Jul 2012	#29
Loved it!	Iwillnevergiveup	Jul 2012	#30
Bravo!!!	Smilo	Jul 2012	#32
Is there a YouTube link. I don't use Twitter. Thanks. I would like to forward this to others.	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#35
here...	progressoid	Jul 2012	#38

Response to Lars77 (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 07:57 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

1. Now THAT was a flash mob!!!!!!

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:03 PM

elleng (40,504 posts)

2. GREAT!

in Spain.

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:09 PM

Voice for Peace (8,391 posts)

3. beautiful, thank you!

I think joy is highly political, in its own way.

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Response to Voice for Peace (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:16 PM

Lars77 (3,032 posts)

4. I just realised it was paid for by the bank in the back :D

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Still nice.

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Response to Lars77 (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:33 PM

RufusTFirefly (4,928 posts)

7. That's my problem with a lot of these flash mobs

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They're tainted by advertising and about as "real" as "reality shows."

Our "reality" is so scripted and packaged these days that few of us recognize the real thing anymore.

Anyone with a fundamental understanding of camera setups should be able to detect when one of these things is staged. Then again, many of us cheered when throngs of ebullient Iraqis "spontaneously" tore down Saddam's statue.

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Response to RufusTFirefly (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:42 PM

Lars77 (3,032 posts)

9. The advertising industry will always hijack a good thing and ruin it

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 03:21 PM

JDPriestly (37,712 posts)

34. I wish banks would do more of this sort of flash mob thing and less

of the foreclosure thing.

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Response to Voice for Peace (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:18 PM

TahitiNut (71,568 posts)

14. So is ode age.

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Response to Voice for Peace (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 03:24 PM

SCantiGOP (2,705 posts)

36. nice sentiment, voice for peace

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Response to Lars77 (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:19 PM

bbgrunt (3,802 posts)

5. awesome!

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:33 PM

rhett o rick (26,617 posts)

6. Very cool. Love flash mobs. nm

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:35 PM

Paper Roses (4,594 posts)

8. Wonderful, thanks for posting! n/t

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:52 PM

evilhime (198 posts)

10. Ode to Joy!!!

Thank you so much you have made my day! Definitely saved to favorites . . . now THAT's a flashmob

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:56 PM

JBoy (7,462 posts)

11. Beethoven's Ode to Joy

has a special place for me. First and only classical piece I learned to play on the piano in my brief piano career as a kid. It's a gorgeous bit of music.

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 08:59 PM

ljm2002 (7,300 posts)

12. That was great!

Very moving -- whoever did the video knew what they were doing.

Flash mobs, gotta love 'em.

K&R

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:05 PM

enlightenment (6,223 posts)

13. Thank you so much for posting this.

Absolutely made my day - and a little bit happier to be human.

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:28 PM

classof56 (4,072 posts)

15. Thanks for posting.

Helped make 4th of July more special!

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:36 PM

xtraxritical (2,930 posts)

16. Blastissimo, I love it!

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 10:29 PM

Spitfire of ATJ (7,340 posts)

17. I can't hear this anymore without thinking of "Die Hard".

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 10:38 PM

graywarrior (57,008 posts)

18. Ludwig would be so moved!

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 10:46 PM

RVN VET (218 posts)

19. Superb

Excellent video, especially the children. Powerful, very political because it managed to join a group of strangers, a crowd of people who just moments before were about their varied way, into a unified family. If only the Dems could figure out how to move the spirit of the people so profoundly and really.

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 01:29 AM

BadGimp (1,925 posts)

20. thank you - that was wonderful!

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 01:34 AM

freshwest (31,255 posts)

21. Thanks, that made my evening!

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 09:41 AM

progressoid (27,267 posts)

22. That little girl really got her money's worth!

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Response to progressoid (Reply #22)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 12:05 PM

mazzarro (2,791 posts)

28. DO mean the one that climbed the lamp post?

She did catch my attention by her audacity and determination to get a clear view of the event.

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Response to mazzarro (Reply #28)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 01:56 PM

progressoid (27,267 posts)

31. Her too!

But I was thinking about the girl at the beginning that put her coin in the hat.

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Response to progressoid (Reply #31)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 11:31 PM

mazzarro (2,791 posts)

37. Ohh yeah - she started the whole thing - basically!

IMV - she is someone special to have interest in a classical performer, his instrument and classical music at such a young age.

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 10:15 AM

MADem (85,876 posts)

23. The people of Spain understand the importance of culture.

What lucky children, to grow up in a place where such a thing is possible...!

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 03:17 PM

Scootaloo (5,834 posts)

33. Amazingly, so do the people of the United States

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"Random Acts of Culture" drive me up the wall with pleasure.

Back in the 30's part of the New Deal, in its original form, was strong financial support for the arts and humanities. Orchestras and theaters could afford to give free performances for their communities, and people who might have never stepped out of their fields or offices otherwise got the opportunity to enjoy the arts.

The difference between us and the rest of the world, is that the rest of the world actually has this thing called "leisure." Americans are usually so busy trying to keep their heads above the water that, for the most part, we simpoly don't have time for this sort of stuff. We definitely would if we could, though.

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Fri Jul 6, 2012, 04:58 AM

MADem (85,876 posts)

39. Not so amazing...well, I live in the Boston area, we're drenched in culture!

But I must say, that clip was wonderful! Good on the Philly Opera Co!

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 11:21 AM

Pluvious (214 posts)

24. For all of humanities faults...

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The one indisputable thing we got right was our creation of music !

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 11:30 AM

handmade34 (9,481 posts)

25. Yes!

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 11:48 AM

Demeter (65,324 posts)

26. I have a dream

of getting a flash mob going at my condo association...(right after the bylaws reform and the hot tub/ enclosed swimming pool)

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 11:55 AM

Enrique (22,594 posts)

27. anything involving banks is political

especially in Spain.

I enjoyed the video very much, thanks for posting.

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 01:34 PM

pansypoo53219 (9,310 posts)

29. NOW,

support music education + your nearest symphony.

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 01:41 PM

Iwillnevergiveup (5,805 posts)

30. Loved it!

K&R

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 01:59 PM

Smilo (1,885 posts)

32. Bravo!!!

That was great - especially the crowds' expressions and appreciation of what was happening.

Made my little heart smile.

Thank you OP.

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 03:22 PM

JDPriestly (37,712 posts)

35. Is there a YouTube link. I don't use Twitter. Thanks. I would like to forward this to others.

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Response to JDPriestly (Reply #35)

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 02:07 AM

progressoid (27,267 posts)

38. here...

You can click on the "watch on YouTube" icon the lower right corner of the video. That will open a new YouTube window. Just click on the SHARE button below the video for a URL.

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