# Philip Glass **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024 "2011-05-06T23:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/1 "2011-05-06T23:17:06Z")
Philip Glass kicks ass. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/2 "2011-05-06T23:22:37Z")
Yes he does! Welcome to the 1970s! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/3 "2011-05-06T23:22:38Z")
Yeah, but does he have class? ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/4 "2011-05-07T00:55:35Z")
Philip Glass kicks ass alas. Philip Glass kicks ass alas. Short longer Glass short longer longer shorter Philip Glass. Music in Twelve Parts on the shorter longer four-hour Glass alas Philip Glass kicks ass. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/5 "2011-05-07T00:57:43Z")
But is there a Philip Glarse for us in the old world? ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/6 "2011-05-07T01:00:39Z")
Koyaanisqatsi and a buzz, I take it? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/7 "2011-05-07T01:06:14Z")
Knock-knock Who’s there? Knock-_knock_ Who’s there? _Knock_-knock Who’s there? knock-Knock Who’s there? **Knock-knock** Who’s there? Knock-knock Who’s there? Knock-knock Who’s there? Philip Glass ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/8 "2011-05-07T11:04:07Z")
That made me laugh **Balance**. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/9 "2011-05-07T12:01:03Z")
Is Kicks Ass his new work? I’m imaging a percussionist spending 16 hours pounding on 8 perfectly tuned buttocks. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/10 "2011-05-07T12:56:41Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Knock-knock > Who’s there? > > Knock-_knock_ > Who’s there? > > _Knock_-knock > Who’s there? > > knock-Knock > Who’s there? > > **Knock-knock** > Who’s there? > > Knock-knock > Who’s there? > > Knock-knock > Who’s there? > > Philip Glass I tried that one on a symphony cellist once. That was the first time I had ever heard someone laugh hysterically at a knock-knock joke. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/11 "2011-05-07T13:01:44Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I’m imaging a percussionist spending 16 hours pounding on 8 perfectly tuned buttocks. That would be:Warning, not safe for work and crosses the line from art into porn.Search for “Taiko Traditional Japanese drum line” on site XVideos. ---
**Author:** ![what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/12 "2011-05-07T17:01:37Z")
Posting drunk on a message board? Life out of balance, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/13 "2011-05-08T05:09:58Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Knock-knock > Who’s there? > > Knock-_knock_ > Who’s there? > > _Knock_-knock > Who’s there? > > knock-Knock > Who’s there? > > **Knock-knock** > Who’s there? > > Knock-knock > Who’s there? > > Knock-knock > Who’s there? > > Philip Glass One of my favorite music jokes. Here’s another one, not nearly as funny: Q: What do you get when you play Philip Glass music backwards? A: Philip Glass music. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/14 "2011-05-08T07:27:13Z")
> [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](#): > > Posting drunk on a message board? Life out of balance, indeed! I’ll do my best to post sober at some point. It’ll probably not be this decade though. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/15 "2011-05-08T16:25:50Z")
I blame Philip Glass for the autism epidemic. Seriously, though, I do like him. The first part of Satyagraha is my favorite contemporary classical work, and Glassworks definitely soothes frayed nerves. But I understand why people can’t stand that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Apollo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@Apollo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/16 "2011-05-08T22:27:58Z")
[How to play piano like Philip Glass](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNiOqa1nWgI) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/17 "2011-05-08T23:45:26Z")
> [@Apollo](#): > > [How to play piano like Philip Glass](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNiOqa1nWgI) Ever hear PDQ Bach’s parody of Mr. Glass? It includes “Koya Hotsy Totsy”, which says it all in my book. I’ve never been able to take PG seriously. Peter Schickele (PDQB) and PG were classmates at Juilliard, for whatever that adds to the story. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-glass/581024/18 "2011-05-10T18:34:15Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Ever hear PDQ Bach’s parody of Mr. Glass? It includes “Koya Hotsy Totsy”, which says it all in my book. I’ve never been able to take PG seriously. > > Peter Schickele (PDQB) and PG were classmates at Juilliard, for whatever that adds to the story. Here’s some of [his work](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dev1Ff2IcGI) on Glass. (YouTube)