What's that clown music?

[Northern_Piper]

@jsc1953

(Many years ago, a friend and I started riffing on Phantom of the Opera, and Tocatta and Fugue in D minor – and how the Phantom got an organ into the sewers underneath the Paris Opera…and how other instruments would have been more easily transported. It wound visualizing the Tocatta and Fugue being played on the banjo, or the ocarina, or the highland bagpipe. No, we weren’t high.)

While I appreciate the gothic horror image of the Phantom with pipes, he wouldn’t have been able to play the Tocatta & Fugue - too many notes for the pipes, sadly.

[jsc1953]

@Northern Piper

While I appreciate the gothic horror image of the Phantom with pipes, he wouldn’t have been able to play the Tocatta & Fugue - too many notes for the pipes, sadly.

Such a pity. I image it might be possible to do the opening run “deedle-deeeeeee…deedledeedle dah dahhhhhh…” but that’s it.

Harmonica, then? Kazoo?

[jsc1953]

@Northern Piper

While I appreciate the gothic horror image of the Phantom with pipes, he wouldn’t have been able to play the Tocatta & Fugue - too many notes for the pipes, sadly.

Such a pity. I imagine it might be possible to do the opening “deedle-deeeeeee…deedledeedle dah dahhhhhh…” but that’s it.

Harmonica, then? Kazoo? Accordion?

[Jenaroph]

@jsc1953

Such a pity. I imagine it might be possible to do the opening “deedle-deeeeeee…deedledeedle dah dahhhhhh…” but that’s it.

Harmonica, then? Kazoo? Accordion?

Crap, that’s funny. I now terribly want to get about 20 people together and do an all-kazoo rendition of Toccata and Fugue in D-minor. I can hear it now.

[blowero]

@lachesis

are you sure you’re not also referring to Galop from the Comedians Suite op. 26 by Dmitri Kabalevsky? (you can hear a short clip if you scroll down to its listing on this page).

That sounds like the plate-spinning music to me.

[Olentzero]

@jsc1953

Accordion?

Have heard BWV 565 with just such instrumentation in the Nevskij Prospekt station of the St. Petersburg Metro. Two players, two accordions… and very well done. Gave 'em 15,000 rubles for their efforts, too. (Which was about US$3 at the time.)

[tracer]

@blowero

[Galop from the Comedians Suite op. 26 by Dmitri Kabalevsky] sounds like the plate-spinning music to me.

You must’ve been privvy to different plate-spinners in your youth than the rest of us (who had to put up with Kachaturian’s Saber Dance).

For my money, the opening bars of Galop sound like certain portions of the music from Airplane!.

[Max_Carnage]

@jsc1953

Such a pity. I imagine it might be possible to do the opening “deedle-deeeeeee…deedledeedle dah dahhhhhh…” but that’s it.

Harmonica, then? Kazoo? Accordion?

You can also visit your local 80’s arcade and plop a quarter into Gyruss. This was the music that played as you circled around the screen blasting inwardly at enemies.