John Cage's 4'33"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ธ.ค. 2010
- A performance by William Marx of John Cage's 4'33.
Filmed at McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, CA.
Composer John Adams wrote the following in The New York Times review of Mr. Cage's new biography, "The Zen of Silence" :
"John Cage....prodded us to reevaluate how we define not only music but the entire experience of encountering art."
Read the complete review of Kenneth Silverman's book:
www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/boo...
To see reaction of the audience after the filming: • Audience Reactions to ... - เพลง
I once didn't speak for five minutes and this guy sued me for copyright...
Pipo Productions lol!
Hahahahahahaha
Pipo Productions Well, silence shouldn't really be copyrighted anyway. We'd have a ton of court cases that shouldn't really exist & fines that don't need to be placed on random, innocent people...
I once did’t speak for 1 hour and half and nobody cared.
:D
Some poor Twitch streamer: "How the hell did I get a copyright strike for 4 minutes of silence?!"
*John Cage rolling in his grave*
absolute Genius
I had a video with no sound, and I got copyrighted for a "thunderstorm". Some dense MF copyrighted weather. (insert facepalm here)
@God Trojan haven't you *heard?*
@@ArkaniumGaming Dude just went ahead and said he owns the sound of thunders now
@@ArkaniumGaming lol
I played this at my piano exam. The judges were not amused.
What'd you expect? They asked you to play Chopsticks. You played 4'33"
It's one of those tunes that gets stuck your head, even during a coma.
Not wrong lmao
Stuck with glue fr, also give yt a 1star review
Omg 😂
😂
😂
Finally, a piece that Beethoven can actually hear.
María Elena no perdiste el humor
buenaaa maria elenaaaa
cursed comment
*meme music intensifies*
He wasn't born deaf you know...
This piece: *exists*
Person who coughs in the audience: It’s my time to shine
There's always someone😭😭😭
They’re a part of the piece. Cage’s idea is to show that music is everywhere thus every noise that happens during the piece is music
Bugs Bunny: *shoots*
I was second cough for this performance.
My mom sneezed at the perfect time while watching this, it blended right in with the other coughs.
When you pause the video but the song's still playing:
This only works on the studio version
Underrated 😂
The lyrics to the song:
hi i replied to this comment a year late to say that it wouldn't have lyrics even if he played anything
@@CtRAlTtAbhi i replied to this comment just to say
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TYSM FOR THE LYRICS!!! UR THE GOAT!
its actually
beep
beep
beep
applause
I don't always listen to John Cage, but when I do, neither do my neighbours.
Underrated
Underrates comment
very good comment
I don't always listen to John Cage, but when I do... wait
Unlike William Marx, I can play John Cage in my sleep, with one hand tied behind my back. Or both of 'em: Any time, any place.
I'd like to have had the "Dead Cats, For Throwing" concession at this "concert"....
My friend: “What type of music do you listen to?”
Me: “It’s complicated”
feel yah..
Hahahaha I love this comment 🤣
Me: it's nothing, really
‘’ c o m p l i c a t e d ”
@@anamariearanas918 รี
I'm not a big fan of the first movement, but the second movement is HIGHLY underrated. And don't get me started on the third movement. Simply spectacular!
Honestly I think that the second movement is the best just the emotion and chair creeks alone out class the third
@@commentator7828 Yes, the delicate chair creaks do add a nice touch, something not a lot of people notice!
100% Agree !!!
Chuva de granizo chove sem aleivosia
Finally, a song that fits my vocal range!
this is the funniest comment
It’s technically music because songs have lyrics and a piece of music doesn’t.
@@starforge5663a better way to describe it: music is art, and art doesnt really have a definition
@@wtz_under while that is a better way to describe it, I’m not wrong. A pice of music does not have lyrics while a song does.
Instead of: "Shut up!"
Say: "Go practice John Cage's 4'33!"
Elias Rc1 I no lie might use that one of these days.
I'm definitely using that in my music club
Adriano Arne-Ritz . how did it go? i bet you looked real cool huh?
I'm stealing this, and using it
I'm going to respectfully steal this comment
1:10 LMAOOO someone coughed and another guy said "shh"
This is the best !😂
I read this comment just exactly as it was happening
Yes
Just yes....
Miya Hockenhull sane lololol
“How did you get popular?!”
“I did nothing on the piano”
“Oh”
I love how at 1:09 there’s a guy clearing his throat and someone hushes him like “bro, don’t interrupt this sweet silence”
this is my new favorite thing
HUAHAUHAHAUHA
Lmao, I died.
@@seanosullivan453 bro i just realized that holy shit that blew my mind !
i luv ypu
My neighbors called the police because I was listening this too loud.
They got arrested.
The sad thing is, my crazy neighbor probably really would call the police on me for listening to this.
u just copied top comment to get top comment you absolute vulture
I am so proud of you.
:)
this song is so powerful that I can listen to it even with a broken headphone
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm gonna buy his album for sure..
Me too,and i want the Maxi Single😂
You already own it.
I can't even begin to imagine how quickly the world would set on fire if John Cage were allowed to copyright this
LMAOOO
He did. Mike Batt released an album a few years back that ended with a minute of silence, and got hit with a copyright strike from John Cage's estate.
@@quasarsphere Thats psyco, this is not music, its garbage!
@@krisb4735 That means he can sue just about every other copyrighted media in the world and possibly win. Every second of every movie, book, tv show, and videogame has to be plastered with music, or else he could have an easy case.
I don't think John Cage realizes how much power he has in his hands.
@@Viper-uk6qv it’s too bad he passed away…
This is the type of music Beethoven listens to
This comment is under rated
funnnnnnnnnnnny!
Not exactly true. The revolutionary aspect of 4'33" is that the music is created by the ambient noise, by the audience. Sadly, Beethoven could not hear this masterpiece.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣😂🤣😂
We did this piece in my first year of college, as my percussion professor showed us unique pieces like this all the time and it actually totally broke my mind open to asking "what is the definition of music truelly?"... Anyway, when we performed it, part way through the 2nd act, someone left to go to the bathroom and all the noise they made of walking down the bleachers, the door, the bathroom door, the super faint toilet flush, washing hands, and all sounds of them returning. My teacher at the end acknowledged it as a solosist
My friend absolutely stole the show with this on karaoke night the other night. He brought us all to tears with his brilliant singing.
This is the first song I learned on the piano because I have no piano
Piscaso you make me laugh my ass off ~~
Piscaso
It a funny comment. I found it funny, but it is not a piano piece. That was not the idea from J. Cage
Piscaso Best comment ever
Piscaso So epic XD
Piscaso cant perform this piece without an instrument. the lifting and the closing of the lid is part of the music
Not to brag, but I can play this song on any instrument.
ha i can play it without an instrument
@@ngyufeng6205 i can play it without being alive
ANonsenseContent I can play it in the afterlife despite not being dead yet
Yeah, but, can you play it behind your head? lol
I can play it while sleeping
He did this for five minutes and got a standing ovation
no, he did it for 4:33. can't you read?
I call it fire alarm with low battery
I played this last night, and the neighbors complained.
Jim Castrone maybe too loud..? XD
eres un puto genio
Are your neighbors mimes?
Ikr
You are probably making mistakes by playing notes instead of rests on your instrument. :) I know this piece is very hard to play, and therefore you should practice it more. :) Try playing more rests and less notes, until you get it right. :)
Man, I can't get this tune out of my head for days, what shall I do?
Try this: th-cam.com/video/0PR4whP_RSA/w-d-xo.html.
i watch your videos btw
s u b m i t
@@carlosmatos1142 I watched it
Congrats you’re a budda
It's hard to get this catchy tune out of your head. A truly beautiful melody!
Yeah, and sometimes it sounds even better with the Galaxy headphones!
Cannot fathom being in the audience about to hear this monumental, deeply emotional, timeless musical masterpiece played by a ‘William Marks’, and seeing him CLOSE THE ONLY DAMN INSTRUMENT HE HAS TO PLAY WITH when entering the stage. Wild.
I think I'll use this song for my alarm.
me too
You may not be able to get up 🤣🤣
Its better
Here from the new twoset video
Lol whos here cos of 2set
Strange.. I closed this video but this music still keeps playing..
You probably just have TH-cam premium man
You're lucky! In this frantic day and age, to have this piece playing is very rare...
You may have developed an accute state of ansiety ...
Funny
@@Royalroadtotheunc you're right
every single time you listen to this it is a different song. you and your current environment will never be the exact same and will be different each time.
I was gonna say I heard music the first time I listened and I can’t seem to ever hear it again
This time I heard a baby laugh as if it was from the next room totally oblivious to the song, very captivating....
Definetly my favorite cover of Simon & Garfunkel's The Sound Of Silence
This is my favorite song to play when the kids leave the house.
This is actually the first piece that I mastered at home.
@finger speak You sitt by the piano for 4 min 33 sec. If that is to hard, you can sitt in shorter periods.
@finger speak You can also practice with any instrument, just do as I said with piano.
First piece I memorized, I play it all the time.
No, the audience is the key point!
Noice
This man is a legend, he just came in and sight read the whole piece
I can do that too
@@rwhooshed7800 nah mate
Tough score to read also. Props!
Big bullshit
I bet he only needed his memory to play this beautiful piece
I discovered this for the first time today. Now it's been repeating in my head all day.
This is the piece I keep hearing literally everyday, truly life changing!
When the piece went " ", and then " "... I felt that 😔
Yeah
Do not forget the " " such a good piece.
When? I'm sorry, but I cannot seem to find any silence in this song.
Personally I felt the second movement's "lck". I know it's improvised but it makes the piece so much better. It should be written in
1:10 that cough followed by "shh!" is just golden... kinda like silence!
It's really funny i wonder if it's part of the song or it's just the crowd
@@kelvintizado2200 technically the song is whatever sounds happen during the performance. Though the musician can't do anything, somebody in the crowd could start screaming if they wanted to.
"If you're gonna cough, please leave the room" - Donald Trump
AND HE WAS RIGHT
A man Caugh :
A Frind : Shhh’hut up let us hear the music 🎶 !!!!
@@jesuispretentieux or fart that would be brilliant
Now without a doubt, this truly is one of the ever made. It is one of the of all-time. I rate it /10 would listen to it again.
i think that
This is deep, because the reader of the comment creates the comment in his mind...
I don’t normally listen to john cage but when i do, I don’t 😂😂
The final boss of Shazam
that's reallllly fun zzzㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
@i eat toast yes
Hhahahahha xD
jajajajaaj
lololololol
As a deaf person, this legendary masterpiece really makes me so emotional.
You aren’t deaf
@@nickevershedmusic8927 how would ya know?
How would he know if this is silent ._.
Probably read the comments saying it was quiet
@@SharkBiteStudios because he's not playing his instrument bruh
Pianist: (Closes lid)
Me: Wait wha-
Pianist: (starts a stopwatch)
Me: oh shi-
Whenever I get a song stuck in my head, I just remember this one and get it stuck in my head instead
If you guys think this is good, just wait until you here the full orchestra arrangement
😅😂😳
@@casterton31 the fuck?
Wow
th-cam.com/video/Oh-o3udImy8/w-d-xo.html
Hear*
Someone: “That guy looks depressed with his Black hood and headphones. What is he listening to?”
His headphones:
The worst thing of all is that TH-cam has now included this pretentious claptrap in ALL of our "might also like" algorithms.
It's gonna be hard to outlag this 'un.
Probably Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed lol
@@haroldbrossman1748Oh, I see you're a man of refined tastes as well
@@BobStBubba It's okay if TH-cam is wrong, that you "might not like this".
But don't be salty and tell me I shouldn't listen to Ligeti because "it's just noise!"
He probably listening David Rudder track entitled "give praise"
Little known fact: Comedian Freddy Lewis was in attendance for this performance. He was thrown out for chewing popcorn too loud! xoxo The Clarences
Lewis was always smacking his lips too loud.
I think I found the perfect last minute recital piece for one of my students!
"Everything we do is music."
Me, heading to the bathroom: I'm so excited for this concert
lmfaoo
Lmao
*proceeds to have a (literal) shit concert
Must be a travis scott concert
haha going to peform a shit show i suppose
Since i set this song as my ringtone, nobody called me.
Ha ha ha! Genius! :-D
@Joachim S. no
They never did it in the first place
Damn the layers to this joke.
I had to listen to this three times to truly appreciate the emotions I was feeling.
Every time i hear this on the radio, I freaking blast it
The second movement brought me to tears.
:'(
Is it irony? I don't get it
Júlia de Batlle no it’s simply beautiful
Runkai Zhang It is too sentimental
still trying to get that part down
I tried playing this but damn its a very hard piece to learn. :'( I still have a lot to improve. Wish me luck guys
rainbow candy Good LUCK😆🎉
I believe you can do it! good luck
You can do it!
rainbow candy I wish you the best of luck
There are many how-to videos.
I’ve been playing music for 30+ years but that bit in the third movement, at 4:44 of this video, trips me up every single time. Aaaargh!! Confound you John Cage and your brilliance!! 🖤🤍🖤
i thought my Spotify went wrong so i came here
Finally. A genre of music I can be good at.
HAHAHAHAHHAH
You're damn right.
Nekrotix lol
That's what Yoko Ono must have thought! She name-dropped her association with John Cage to insinuate herself into Beatle circles, and the rest is history.
Thanks for making it funny!
I couldn't even enjoy the music because everyone kept coughing.
Ryan Hoobin Cough is part of the music.
+Gabriel Gallardo Don't be so incredibly tiresome and thick.
Malcolm King ???
+Gabriel Gallardo That was the joke
multimokia Maybe, but there are a lot of people who really doesn't understand the concept behind this piece.
When the world is loud, Music is silent. And I love that kind of music it feels comfortable and it feels calm. Music says don't worry. Take it easy. 😊
The shusher to someone coughing a bit is the best part. That killed me, lol.
Now i can finally say that i know how to play the piano.
Am I A Plank?
Yup.. i use this music for my talent show next week.. wish me luck.
Trynagetmesomekitties
If you don't win, there's something wrong with the judges.
+Am I A Plank? Yep, they're clearly paid if they don't give this piece of art as the first price.
Am I A Plank? eyyyy good idea
but the thing is, hes kinda like Picasso. Picasso was an amazing painter, who could create amazing realistic works, that could be considered beautiful by the normies. Then as time went on he experimented with stuff. This guy can play amazingly, hes just also the type of guy who challenges the norm, also like Picasso.
The piano is not in tune ...
It's always that damn middle C sharp....
I'm crying. Oh my goodness.
It was so out of tune that he decided to play this piece.
Not quite my tempo.
Falco Lombardi you just won the Internet
I play this song constantly when I sleep.
1:10
Random Person 1: aHEM
Random Person 2: shh.
Idk why this had me dying but it did
I imagine someone sitting down thinking "I paid $ 10 to see a man looking at a piano"
Correction. Looking at a stopwatch.
Great example of anticulture.
@@samm9151 correction, looking at a book
and I loved every second of it
I wonder how much would that cost accounting for inflation
When John Cage said “ “ I felt that 🔥🔥🔥
Erris i'm dying 😂😂😂
Erris LMAO
Are you dumb
Thats not even the best part
Its " "
Sometimes silence is the best answer.
"Hey, I can play that!"
"Yeah. But you didnt."
because I'm not a cunt
I actually learned this piece as the first thing I did on the piano, it was so satisfying as it is a wonderful piece that doesn't take much to play
1:10 Someone: *coughs*
Some other guy: *shhh*
OH GOD I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT
yeah Cage is playing a music they should be quiet
I'm so tired of people who requote lyrics in comments. This is not an original comment.
It's part of the composition
hahahahahaha
*your heartbeat changes to match the rhythm of the song you're listening to*
me:
F
dark
Best one
beast.
You mean 60 bps...
The best piece to play for an exam if you're a procrastinator!
Yes but you have to get exactly 4m and 33s
excited for this concert AHHHHH
Gotta practice 40 hours a day to play this masterpiece like this legend
Lingling40hours-
I can't 😭😭😭
There's only 24 hours in a day - what an idiot
@@rwhooshed7800 r/wooooooooooosh
@@r-a-c-h-e-l you realize he said that on purpose? Look at his user
This is magic, I pause the video and the music was still listening!!
urtATL4S 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The music has been listening to me for months. I can't make it stop. Please help me
No, becuase the song is maked of the movements and the sounds of the audience
"Still Playing", not "Listening"
This has been playing in my head ever since.
i could listen to this for hours.
I got this to play at my homecoming last year. Chaos erupted like crazy.
Back in school i asked my piano teacher if i could play this for the music concert that was coming up and he was like sure just but im pretty sure your still gonna mess it up somehow,which i did,closed the fallboard and accidentally hit a key..
F
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Fuck bro
Now that is just bad luck.
FAILED! BWAHAHAAH!
The scary thing is the fact that we're unknowingly listening to this even when we're not listening to any music.
That's not scary, that's what Cage trying to tell us through this.
Who said I'm here to listen. I'm just laughing at this while I show it to some friends
@@Walamonga1313 Very weird humor, I suppose.
The point is all sound, even silence, is music, so what you said is completely false.
@@epicgamer3542 ok you pretentious ass, are you saying that we are not listening to silence when we are listening to nothing? Since that was the actual intent of the comment, yet you went balls deep on the word "music" for no reason.
Amazing melody im so glad i could hear it
A true masterpiece!
can we just take a moment to appreciate the guy at the beginning who coughed in the video and the other person who told him to shush.
Sterling Davenport I know right?!! This is what I was thinking about and hoping that someone else noticed 😂
Timestamp
1:08
That's also music
That's actually the idea behind this piece. All the sounds that occur during the performance is the music.
Plot twist: The pianist is a random guy that they picked from the streets who never even touched a piano before
We will never know ..
Actual plot twist: The pianist have actually composed piano scores before he came up with this one.
I sincerely hope he did this as a meme-like joke.
Johan Delvare い
silentnist
I have this song stuck in my head all the time now
Gets even crazier when played at 120bpm
Fact: every song ever made is just a version of this, but with sound added on or the form elaborated upon.
THAT'S BULLSHI-
wait
gregnes2000 XD
Ashley Story /music plays
I can play this on piano and... AND guitar. But not on harmonica.
+Mellow Gaming I bet you can do all three at the same time for this song.
+timaeus22222 no-one has the skill to do that.
Mellow Gaming I think if you can place all three instruments upright in front of you, you've got a shot at doing it. :-)
I can play this on bass and trumpet. But, unfortunately, I don't know how to play this on drums.
i think i can sing this track
We making it out of the library with this one 🔥🔥🔥🤫🤫🤫
This song is dedicated to those who can’t find it.
Play this song at my funeral
It well keep playing even if someone close that LOL
Just play it yourself don’t be lazy
LOL
Someone will just open and close your casket throughout the piece.
Piano: “Am I a joke to you?”
Steinway & Sons piano (more than just expensive): For real¿
Dear piano: yes
John Cage: No.
😂😂
A piano walks into an empty bar.
my favorite piece
Finally a piece I can play.
I can see how Brett & Eddie struggled with this one
EDIT: Holy smokes, Thanks for the likes. Now, Go Practice
so true :)
i laughed so hard when they just knew the answer xD
Ik i thought it was pictures at an exhibition or gaspard de la nuit
I was wondering why they didn't play the piece when the answer was revealed.
Yeah
Teacher: can you play some music for the class
Me: “silence”
Teacher: are you gonna start or not??
Me: ive already started
😂😂
yo I'm in a music school right now, and I swear if we need to make an avant garde piece, I'm just gonna send em this
You are a genius, but do not try to do that the day of the music exam.
My music teacher once brought us this piece...astonishing Performance
@@AnymMusic copyright infringement
That one kid in class about to give his presentation to only stall long enough for the bell to release the class.
1:10 "Cough"
"Shhhh!"
😂😂😂