perfect timing for this post showing up but Mr. Sax invented a bunch of other instruments (including ones that had a run but didn’t really stick around) but y’all wanna see one of his failed inventions?
behold, the fucking valved trombone
That’s not an instrument, that a section of plumbing
They made it into a ringtone because it was old enough to be public domain, and Nokia (I think?) didn’t want to have to pay royalties.
… I like the full version.
So after hearing this I did a little Google searching and found out that the name of this piece is “Gran Vals.” It was composed in 1902 by Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega. It was originally composed for guitar of all things. In 1993, the Executive Vice President of Nokia Ansii Vanjoki brought the piece to his Head of Corporate Communications Lauri Kivinen, and they selected an excerpt from measures 13-16 of the song to appear as the Type 7 ringtone on the Nokia 2110 released in 1994.
This is a performance of the original piece I found on YouTube.
They’re called Voca People and they cover the history of musical genres in five minutes. Dude.
The music theorist in me is overjoyed by how accurate this is And the chorister in me is having some sort of religious experience. THIS IS MUSICAL PORNOGRAPHY. I DON’T KNOW WHAT MY FEELINGS ARE DOING.
Day- O (The Banana Boat Song) Mbube- Solomon Linda and The Evening Birds Ameno Dorime- Era Toccata and Fugue in D Minor- Bach Spring- Vivaldi Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2, No. 44 Chorus- Georg Friedrich Händel The Entertainer- Scott Joplin Mr. Sandman- The Chordettes Puttin’ on the Ritz- Irving Berlin Hit the Road Jack- Ray Charles In the Mood- Glen Miller Tutti Frutti- Little Richard I Get Around- The Beach Boys Can’t Buy Me Love- The Beatles Take A Chance On Me- ABBA Long Train Running- Doobie Brothers Celebration-Kool and the Gang Holiday- Madonna Billie Jean- Michael Jackson Sweet Dreams- The Eurythmics Yeke Yeke- Mori Kante Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana Wannabe-The Spice Girls Macarena- Los del Rio Cotton Eyed Joe- Rednex Hit Me Baby One More Time- Britney Spears Who Let the Dogs Out- Baha Men Everybody Dance Out- C+C Music Factory I Like to Move It- Reel to Real
I think I got all of them!!! It took me a while to recognize Yeke Yeke, but I got it!
AngelMihe 