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And now for some fun with classical music. Telemann wrote this suite in 1728, two years after the Jonathan Swift classic was published, and it humorously refers to some of his creations with the music.
"Intrada Suite for Two Violins (The Gulliver Suite)," composed by Georg Philipp Telemann, performed here by uncredited artists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep1FdFpqU4I
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Today's blog post is on musical humor in the context of pandemics, and looks at "The Flu Pandemic Song" by the Flying Fish Sailors, with its focus on the flu pandemic of 1918-1919. How is it that we can cheerily sing along with lyrics like "and they died, died, died"? It's humor, but maybe it's something more.
https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com
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Did you know that there is such a thing as "musical humor?" Yes, there is. Here's an example that I ran into this morning.
Though maybe you need to be the very special kind of #ActuallyAutistic that I am to see the #humor in this.
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I went on my #walk and decided to just put on #Swish by #Joywave. For those not in the know, Swish is essentially their song #Destruction but done with different intros and outros.
The first song on the album is the original that they put out. The intro starts with a man inciting someone to play music. The person playing the music seems a bit shy, though the sound he produces is (in my eyes at least) bold. The man says "don't be nervous." I was always puzzled by that exchange because it does not seem that the person *needs* goading. I guess this created a conflict in my mind.
Then you get to the variation they titled #When, and there it totally makes sense. I nearly fell off laughing onto the path when I heard it during my walk. Conflict resolved!
Again, I might be the only person finding this funny.
I'm dropping both songs down here.
You could say that Destruction is the setup, and When is the punch line.
https://open.spotify.com/track/1ipHAtasCy9MnRIj9CXQT8?si=d145add8f0244c43
https://open.spotify.com/track/454NMtwqt6or34ZZSrsZ0i?si=a51e9dead70746d7