The 'Ode To Joy' As A Call To Action

[Swilly]

[URL="http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2014/01/14/262481960/the-ode-to-joy-as-a-call-to-action#"]NPR Story[/URL]

[quote=NPR]Kerry Candaele says he remembers exactly where he was when he first heard Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. He was in his 20s at the time, in the 1970s, driving up the California coast in a car he'd borrowed from a friend. He popped in a cassette he found, and what he heard both shocked him and transported him.

Now, Candaele has turned his obsession with Beethoven's Ninth into a documentary film: Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony. He follows the Ninth around the world, to Chile and China, where it became an empowering anthem of solidarity, and to Japan, where performances of daiku — the Great Nine — are a cherished annual tradition.[/quote]

[Bradyns]

[video=youtube;kbJcQYVtZMo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJcQYVtZMo[/video]

Even though this is an ad.. and most of those in scenes are placed/paid actors.. it's still good to see how people respond to this music when it's played.

I love it. :dance:

[lazyguy]

I prefer Ode to Billie Joe, myself.