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Aaron Copland — Fanfare for the Common Man
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apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: May 27, 2013 - 19:16
 
not at all - it's certainly got a very Copland vibe. Fitting for a story of frontier life, wide-open spaces...
(And TNG theme is very Rhinegold.)




Reweth wrote:
Am I the only person who thinks that this fine piece of music was the main inspiration to the Star Trek: Deep Space 9 theme? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsOE73pxpys

 



d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 10:47
 
 aelfheld wrote:

Oh how I hate the dull "I'm too cool for all of you petit bourgeois who like fanfares and brass and their country and whatnot." 

Fanfares are common to all ages.  That you're ignorant of that fact is . . . unsurprising.  But then you're probably too 'cool' to bother actually learning anything.  Like where the volume control is.



 
{#Clap}

EdmoJoe
(Edmonton, Canada)
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 10:45
 
One of the most affirmative pieces of music ever. A chill ran up my spine when it started playing and I stopped what I was doing. This song is as emotional as any you will ever hear. Thanks, Bill. We all need more uplifting in our daily lives, and that is what Fanfare for the common man is about.

iTuner
Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 22:55
 
 Nadine wrote:


oh, how i hate the dull "if you don't like it here - then leave" automatic responses. leave to where? every single country is ruled by idiots. 

i absolutely loooove the "cool" people in EVERY country. unfortunately they're not in power. anywhere. 

considering the song: I don't detest it. But I do have a brass (and fanfare) allergy. i only can take brass in really very tiny doses. full blast brass sounds: I collapse. My ears quit. Maybe americans dig it more, because it lets them dream of european castles and middle ages stuff? Weren't fanfares common in that age? 

 
Fuck castles. This song takes us to the moon. 
Reweth
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 12:12
 
Am I the only person who thinks that this fine piece of music was the main inspiration to the Star Trek: Deep Space 9 theme? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsOE73pxpys

idiot_wind
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 12:10
 
Makes me want walk through amber waves of grain...seeing flags unfurled.

Now...having stated that...it's friday afternoon...where's the RnR?

 

 

Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 12:09
 
 rabaak wrote:
You need to hear the Emerson Lake and Palmer rendition of this. It is pretty awesome. 
 
I've heard their version more than enough.  I do not need to hear it anymore.

photolew
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 12:09
 
Whether you love this piece or don't care for it.  I cannot believe that it doesn't evoke some strong emotional reaction.....get chills everytime I hear this piece.  Would love to hear (and felt) played live....

rabaak
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 12:09
 
How about playing the Emerson Lake and Palmer version
 

Pedro1874
(Newton-le-Willows, England)
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 11:39
 
I was very fortunate to hear this piece played live, in the open air, TWICE while living in Kentucky in the nineties.  Wonderful stirring music.  Great mix today Bill and Rebecca.  Many thanks {#Good-vibes}

aelfheld
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 11:36
 
 Nadine wrote:
oh, how i hate the dull "if you don't like it here - then leave" automatic responses. leave to where? every single country is ruled by idiots. 

i absolutely loooove the "cool" people in EVERY country. unfortunately they're not in power. anywhere. 

considering the song: I don't detest it. But I do have a brass (and fanfare) allergy. i only can take brass in really very tiny doses. full blast brass sounds: I collapse. My ears quit. Maybe americans dig it more, because it lets them dream of european castles and middle ages stuff? Weren't fanfares common in that age? 
 
Oh how I hate the dull "I'm too cool for all of you petit bourgeois who like fanfares and brass and their country and whatnot." 

Fanfares are common to all ages.  That you're ignorant of that fact is . . . unsurprising.  But then you're probably too 'cool' to bother actually learning anything.  Like where the volume control is.



tnt_thomas
(In Conceivable!)
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 11:36
 
 Nadine wrote:
Upvote! No, take two!
oh, how i hate the dull "if you don't like it here - then leave" automatic responses. leave to where? every single country is ruled by idiots. 

i absolutely loooove the "cool" people in EVERY country. unfortunately they're not in power. anywhere. 

considering the song: I don't detest it. But I do have a brass (and fanfare) allergy. i only can take brass in really very tiny doses. full blast brass sounds: I collapse. My ears quit. Maybe americans dig it more, because it lets them dream of european castles and middle ages stuff? Weren't fanfares common in that age? 
 



misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California)
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 11:36
 
Kunzel rules, for the Common Ear... a fine,sensitive rendering. How could you not play the Emerson Lake and Palmer version following?
(Just picked up a mint copy of "Works" on vinyl last week. It holds up 3+ decades beyond, IMHO.)

rabaak
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 11:34
 
You need to hear the Emerson Lake and Palmer rendition of this. It is pretty awesome. 

bjesch
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 11:31
 
 d-don wrote:

This added to the rotation is why I listen to RP. The goosebumps are icing on the cake.
 
Yes.

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 11:31
 
Yeah go common man go

dw
(PHill, CA)
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 11:31
 
Outstanding!!!  Thanks for playing it!

coccyx
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 11:30
 
oldsinger wrote:
Wonderful.  This last 30 minutes is a great example of why I love this "station".
 
Scared me for a second - I thought you meant this piece itself was 30 minutes long!

Nadine
Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 03:22
 
 aelfheld wrote:

Then don't listen.

And leave (or, if you're not in the U.S., stay out).

Wouldn't want to offend your tender sensibilities.

 

oh, how i hate the dull "if you don't like it here - then leave" automatic responses. leave to where? every single country is ruled by idiots. 

i absolutely loooove the "cool" people in EVERY country. unfortunately they're not in power. anywhere. 

considering the song: I don't detest it. But I do have a brass (and fanfare) allergy. i only can take brass in really very tiny doses. full blast brass sounds: I collapse. My ears quit. Maybe americans dig it more, because it lets them dream of european castles and middle ages stuff? Weren't fanfares common in that age? 

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°37', E4°88')
Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 03:04
 
OMG!!!
a solid 1 (or less)

oldsinger
(Wexford, PA)
Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 14:20
 
Wonderful.  This last 30 minutes is a great example of why I love this "station".

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 14:20
 
 lindergr55 wrote:

I love this Copeland piece - it never fails to give me goosebumps. Simply magnificent.   

 
This added to the rotation is why I listen to RP. The goosebumps are icing on the cake.

Pilgrim301
(Edmonton, AB)
Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 14:20
 
I have goosebumps and we're still on the initial trumpet fanfare at the beginning of the piece!
What fun, thanks for this, Bill!
{#Dance}

lindergr55
(Albuquerque, NM)
Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 16:21
 

I love this Copeland piece - it never fails to give me goosebumps. Simply magnificent.   



rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 16:20
 
{#Arrowd}  I know, wrong movie.  I just thought the image goes well with this song.  {#Foot-in-mouth}

ottovonb
Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 16:19
 
 Roguewarer wrote:
Jeez, folks... WHERE else are you gonna hear this mix of music? Seriously. This station continues to blow me away!

Bill & Becca... you bring tears to my eyes with music like this.... TYSOMUCH!!
 
Truly, and bravo. 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 16:18
 


FogAudio
(St Petersburg, FL)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 07:19
 
Aaron Copland rules. Whenever I've heard this fanfare played live by an orchestra tears well up in my eyes. Recorded music just can't do the dynamics of this piece justice. Now how about the ELP version :)

gjr
(boston, ma)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 07:18
 
where's Jim McKay?

LongGoneDaddy
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 07:16
 
CARPE DIEM!

djengs
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 14:05
 
Funny that people think this is some huge patriotic USA hymn- look at the name! Rather than creating a processional for the regal he devotes this to the common man. Far more likely to be an old USSR hymn if you think about it.

Either way, I think he did a fabulous job with it: simple, strong, heroic. It is no wonder most listeners love it.

Phlegmaticman
(270 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 13:59
 
 ferwoman wrote:


Now it's 303. Deserves all of them. :)
 
Yeah, it had 301 before I rated it. ;-)

aelfheld
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 13:59
 
 Dinges,_the_Dude wrote:
What the "peep" is this?! This brings pictures of standing for Stars and Stripes each morning in class and other chauvinistic behaviour to mind! Please cut this crap!
 
Funny, your reaction brings to mind unwashed whiners demanding to be catered to by the same people they denigrate.

ferwoman
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 13:59
 
 Phlegmaticman wrote:
This has 302 "10" votes.
 



Now it's 303.

Deserves all of them. :)

ferwoman
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 13:57
 
 Phlegmaticman wrote:
This has 302 "10" votes.
 



Now it's 303.

Deserves all of them. :)

Roguewarer
(Southfield, MI)
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 13:57
 
Jeez, folks... WHERE else are you gonna hear this mix of music? Seriously. This station continues to blow me away!

Bill & Becca... you bring tears to my eyes with music like this.... TYSOMUCH!!

ferwoman
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 13:57
 
One of my all-time favorites!

Eveland
(Middle of the Pacific)
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 13:57
 
Personally I like ELP's rendition better.

aelfheld
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 13:56
 
 Dinges,_the_Dude wrote:
{#High-five}  Agree!!
 
No one's keeping you here.



Phlegmaticman
(270 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 13:56
 
This has 302 "10" votes.

AliGator
(The Bluegrass)
Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 22:17
 
 stackarukk wrote:
makes me think of the Olympics.
 
Yep. 

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 04:11
 
 jkhandy wrote:
Way too 'Patriotic' for me.  Reminds me of a country that displays pride, but in the background, is really just crapping on it's people and the people of the world. 
 

{#High-five}  Agree!!

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 04:08
 
What the "peep" is this?! This brings pictures of standing for Stars and Stripes each morning in class and other chauvinistic behaviour to mind! Please cut this crap!

hbs47
(SE England)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 04:07
 
I prefer the original version by ELP! {#Rolleyes}

Paul_Skybreakers
(Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 08:34
 
 jkhandy wrote:
Way too 'Patriotic' for me.  Reminds me of a country that displays pride, but in the background, is really just crapping on it's people and the people of the world. 
 

I'm soooo tired of people crying about the so called hypocrisy of the West. Stop moaning! If you prefer daily life in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Sudan, Somalia; apply for a visa, pack your bags and go there already! You'll find yourself surrounded by lots of other people who detest the West as well (but would take the first plane out if they had the oppurtunity). Have fun.


dwlangham
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 08:21
 
 jkhandy wrote:
Way too 'Patriotic' for me.  Reminds me of a country that displays pride, but in the background, is really just crapping on it's people and the people of the world. 
 
I'd settle for a country where people knew that "it's" is a contraction of it is, not the possessive form of it. But your jaundiced view of the world shines through loud and clear, spelling notwithstanding.



ginsum2011
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 08:20
 
Really Monday morning...?!  lets take it up a notch eh!
 

ginsum2011
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 08:20
 
Really Monday morning...?!  lets take it up a notch eh!
 

aelfheld
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 08:18
 
 jkhandy wrote:
Way too 'Patriotic' for me.  Reminds me of a country that displays pride, but in the background, is really just crapping on it's people and the people of the world. 
 
Then don't listen.

And leave (or, if you're not in the U.S., stay out).

Wouldn't want to offend your tender sensibilities.



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