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And now, for something completely different...
« on: March 19, 2011, 07:04:36 PM »
The Billboard March, played (with no small about of talent, I might add) on the massive Wurlitzer Theatre Organ at the Detroit Senate Theater.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqaSCU5B3Tk

(Can't remember how to get it to work as an embedded vid. Sorry.)

The guy has a couple other impressive songs on the same instrument.  Follow the link on his username and it pulls up a whole playlist.

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« Last Edit: March 19, 2011, 07:08:40 PM by Brad Johnson »
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Re: And now, for something completely different...
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2011, 07:18:28 PM »
I used to roller skate at a rink in northern VA that had a Wurlitzer theater organ.  One day a friend of Dad's, conned into doing the driving chore, hauled us to the rink.  On seeing the organ, he went to the console, sat, pushed and pulled a bunch of stops, and began to play.  Within seconds, the rink manager was running at us screaming and waving his arms.  Seems that, in a bunch of those Wurlitzer installations, you can play them loud enough to do structural damage to the building.  
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Re: And now, for something completely different...
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2011, 07:57:28 PM »
And some very, very, very talented (but also equally weird) folks doing amazing things with nothing more than the human voice...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6EYrqIn0yI


And since I seem to be on a strange musical kick today, Blue Man Group having fun with a Japanese orchestra and making great music at the same time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-qKlCy0T-g

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« Last Edit: March 19, 2011, 08:02:53 PM by Brad Johnson »
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Re: And now, for something completely different...
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2011, 09:33:08 AM »
And some very, very, very talented (but also equally weird) folks doing amazing things with nothing more than the human voice...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6EYrqIn0yI

LOL at the top comment: "These are literally the whitest people on earth."

I couldn't help but to be reminded of this clip, which was making it's way around the internet in 1999-2000 as an mp3 file:

An artist of the human voice names Rahzel, who can basically do what that group does, but alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjYobyChFqo

The real amazing stuff comes in after 1:05
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Re: And now, for something completely different...
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2011, 04:22:58 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JjimMO2SdE

this is the guy i took the kids to see friday nite
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Re: And now, for something completely different...
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2011, 10:26:40 PM »
And some very, very, very talented (but also equally weird) folks doing amazing things with nothing more than the human voice...
In that regard, this is about the most impressive I've heard . . . especially the trill about 2:45 in:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KprLT-JxPY&feature=related
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