Post by altoclarinets on Mar 20, 2011 17:16:47 GMT -5
I'm not entirely sure this belongs on this board, but it was the most fitting one I could think of. If you have never heard LP or don't remember it well, please watch the video first:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJLJdrS_Go
The original piece is by Copland. It's a beautiful piece, but its narration can get a little old when you have to rehearse it... more than once. A few years ago, my community band played it for the July 4th concert and we had to rehearse it many more times than once. It drove my friend and I to parody the narration mercilessly. I was thinking about it, and so I give you the results:
Abraham Lincoln was a man.
He was a great man, and a man who said many things. And he said these things, and this is what he said.
(Insert appropriate Lincoln quotes)
He was born in Kentucky, raised in Indiana, and lived in Illinois. And when he lived in Illinois he said things. Many things were said by him, these things that were said were things. And this is what he said.
(Insert other appropriate Lincoln quotes)
He was a man who stood six feet four inches tall, and he said things. He said things while standing six feet four inches and he said things while sitting four foot three inches. He also said things while lying no foot five inches, but those would not be appropriate for mixed company. He said things while standing and sitting, and they were these things; this is what he said.
(Insert quotes given by Lincoln in sitting and standing positions)
Lincoln was a man. He was a quiet man. He was a quiet and melancholy man; he was a melancholy and quiet man. Out of his melancholy and quietude he said many things, and many things were said by him. This is what he said.
(Melancholy and quiet Lincoln quotes)
But mostly Lincoln was President. He was a man who was the sixteenth President, and the sixteenth President was a man. He said things at the Battle of Gettysburg, and he said them as President and in a Presidential manner. This is what he said.
(Insert Gettysburg quotes. Suggestions: Excerpts from Gettysburg Address, condolences to dying soldiers, "oh shoot, there's a lot of dead people...")
~Fin~
(no disrespect to Lincoln, the country, the piece or Copland intended)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJLJdrS_Go
The original piece is by Copland. It's a beautiful piece, but its narration can get a little old when you have to rehearse it... more than once. A few years ago, my community band played it for the July 4th concert and we had to rehearse it many more times than once. It drove my friend and I to parody the narration mercilessly. I was thinking about it, and so I give you the results:
Abraham Lincoln was a man.
He was a great man, and a man who said many things. And he said these things, and this is what he said.
(Insert appropriate Lincoln quotes)
He was born in Kentucky, raised in Indiana, and lived in Illinois. And when he lived in Illinois he said things. Many things were said by him, these things that were said were things. And this is what he said.
(Insert other appropriate Lincoln quotes)
He was a man who stood six feet four inches tall, and he said things. He said things while standing six feet four inches and he said things while sitting four foot three inches. He also said things while lying no foot five inches, but those would not be appropriate for mixed company. He said things while standing and sitting, and they were these things; this is what he said.
(Insert quotes given by Lincoln in sitting and standing positions)
Lincoln was a man. He was a quiet man. He was a quiet and melancholy man; he was a melancholy and quiet man. Out of his melancholy and quietude he said many things, and many things were said by him. This is what he said.
(Melancholy and quiet Lincoln quotes)
But mostly Lincoln was President. He was a man who was the sixteenth President, and the sixteenth President was a man. He said things at the Battle of Gettysburg, and he said them as President and in a Presidential manner. This is what he said.
(Insert Gettysburg quotes. Suggestions: Excerpts from Gettysburg Address, condolences to dying soldiers, "oh shoot, there's a lot of dead people...")
~Fin~
(no disrespect to Lincoln, the country, the piece or Copland intended)
