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# Terrible Tudors, gorgeous Georgians

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# Slimy Stuarts, vile Victorians

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-# Woeful wars, ferocious fights

-Dingy castles, daring knights

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-# Horrors that defy description

-Cut-throat Celts, awful Egyptians

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-# Vicious Vikings, cruel crimes

-Punishment from ancient times

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# Romans, rotten, rank and ruthless

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# Cavemen, savage, fierce and toothless

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-# Groovy Greeks, brainy sages

-Mean and measly Middle Ages

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# Gory stories, we do that

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# And your host, a talking rat

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# The past is no longer a mystery

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# Welcome to...

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# Horrible Histories. #

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Horrible Histories presents...

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New from Horrible Music, the enchanting sounds of prehistory.

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It's Neanderthal Choral Classics.

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Before instruments, before real language, before modern humans,

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there lived Neanderthals, with their beautiful voice.

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SQUAWKS

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Relax and unwind with a selection of timeless classics.

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The golden age of rock.

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Well, rocks.

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From massive club hits...

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Aaah!

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..to haunting romantic duets.

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Woman!

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Berries!

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The unique shape of the Neanderthal throat

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combined with their powerful chest and massive noses

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creates a sound you'll never forget.

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THEY SCREECH

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Just perfect for soothing lullabies.

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# BABY SLEEP!

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# BABY SLEEP! #

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BABY CRIES

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Yeah! He's singing!

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For the first time on one compilation...

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SINGS TUNELESS SCALE

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Neanderthal Choral Classics - the unique sound

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that will echo through the ages.

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Order today and get a free mammoth song relaxation CD.

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-Mammoth!

-TRUMPETING, SCREAMING

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Neanderthal Choral Classics.

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It's a mammoth hit!

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What a racket.

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Even I could do better than that.

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So I'm starting a band.

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We'll be the biggest rat sensation since The Squeakend.

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The Squeakend!

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All I need is a name, some songs

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and some bandmates.

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Easy! I could have three cats fighting in a cupboard

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and sound less scary than those Neanderthals.

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Mind you, there was a time when music was meant to be scary.

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Er, where do you think you're off to, young Celt?

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I'm off out to play with my axe.

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What about your music lesson? Your teacher will be here any minute.

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-Oh, Ma.

-I didnae spend two weeks' peat harvest

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on a brand-new carnyx war horn

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for you to leave it hanging up on the hut wall.

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I hate the stupid carnyx.

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CRASH, WHINNYING

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You'll not be saying that

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when you've led your tribe into battle against the Romans with it,

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wee man. Noo then, let's hear the piece you've been working on.

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HE SIGHS

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STUTTERY TUNELESS SQUALL

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What was that supposed to be?!

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This is how it's supposed to sound.

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DEEP RESONANT NOTE

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Oh! That was absolutely shocking.

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Cheers.

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You see? The carnyx is meant to strike fear into the heart

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of whoever hears it.

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Try again.

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OFF-KEY NOTES

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You're getting worse!

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Well done.

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I wish my parents had made me learn when I was a bairn.

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It's never too late, you know!

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RUMBLING

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You sound quite dreadful,

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but you're still not giving me nightmares. Again.

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RESONANT NOTE, RUMBLING

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That was it! Look!

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Your neighbours are running for the Trossachs!

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And your mother's ears are bleeding.

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You did that.

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ECHOING DEEP RESONANT NOTE

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PTHRRT!

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-Smell that, son?

-Aye.

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You just made me broon my breeks.

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Same time next week?

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Oh, son!

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You've made your old ma...

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-FARTING

-..proud.

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We Vikings can be pretty terrifying, too,

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and scare the living daylights out of our enemies.

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Although not with our music.

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What we sometimes listen to might surprise you.

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CHEERING

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By Odin, what a great battle!

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100 Anglo-Saxons are no match for even one Viking warrior.

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-Ho!

-It's so cool when we do that.

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Now, are there any Anglo-Saxons left in the village?

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-No, sire. We chased them all away.

-Good.

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Well, in that case, are you ready to party hard?

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CHEERING

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A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four!

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GENTLE TINKLING MUSIC

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Join in if you know the moves!

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SNORT

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What was that noise?

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Was it my little bell?

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-Do it again.

-TINKLING

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-SNORT

-There it was again!

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We cannot have anyone know about these little dances.

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Don't worry, sire. It was probably the wistful sigh

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of an ancestor's spirit, also wanting to throw some shapes.

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And who can blame them?

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In which case, rewind!

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CACKLING

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Look, it's a Saxon!

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I can't breathe! I can't breathe!

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You cannot tell anyone what you saw this evening.

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You're joking!

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Hey, everyone! Come and look at these scary Vikings!

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HE MIMICS MUSIC

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You're really leaving me with absolutely no choice in this.

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Yurgh!

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That was harsh.

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Shall we continue?

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TINKLING STARTS

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No, no. Huge buzzkill.

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Huge buzzkill for me.

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Flail along at home

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with Now That's What I Call... Whipping Songs 14th Century.

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# Cos if you want to free yourself from sin

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# Then, baby, you should go and whip yourself. #

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Ooh! Aaah!

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It's the popular music craze that's trudging semi-naked across Europe

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and whipping away its sins so God will take away the plague.

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Now That's What I Call Whipping Songs 14th Century.

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# Too late now to say sorry

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# Cos we've got boils all over our body. #

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Ow!

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It's nonstop hits, and slaps, and slashes,

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and the more of us that whip ourselves along to the music,

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the more God will see we're sorry, and maybe take the plague away.

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Please, please, take it away.

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# We're going to party like it's 1312 tonight. Come on!

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# Cos all I need to make my body ripped

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# Is a great big leather whip. #

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Ow!

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Now That's What I Call Whipping Songs 14th Century.

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Yes, it's true. Some people in the Middle Ages

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really did sing whilst whipping themselves.

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Well, that's one dance craze my new group won't be doing.

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Yes, it's time to meet my band!

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Hairy Styles,

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Justin Sewerpipe,

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Flusher, and Stayn Malik.

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SPLASH

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Oh! Stayn's quit already.

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Never mind! We'll carry on without him.

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Now, we need to come up with something new.

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Maybe we can get some inspiration from this incredible composer.

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'With her school at the bottom of the league table

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'and in danger of being relegated,

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'head teacher Hannah Lawrence

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'is under pressure to improve results.

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'This...is Historical Educating.

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'It's Wednesday morning,

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'and class 7F have a new music teacher.'

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Wolfgang Amadeus...

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Mozart! HE CHUCKLES

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But you can call me...Mr Genius. Ja?

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What better music teacher than Mozart?

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Writing music by the age of four,

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first symphony when he was eight.

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The kids can look at him and say, "I can do that."

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I mean, obviously they CAN'T do it,

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they're already too old, but... still.

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OK, so you all know my stuff, right?

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Of course you do, of course you do. What about this one?

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MUSIC: Piano Sonata No.16 in C major by Mozart

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-ALL:

-No.

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OK. What about...this one?

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MUSIC: Symphony No.40 in G minor by Mozart

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Lovely. Ja?

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-ALL:

-No.

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Come on, you guys. OK, what about...this one?

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MUSIC: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, 1st movement by Mozart

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-ALL:

-No.

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Look, I have written over 200 hours of this music, so

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I'm just going to keep playing and playing

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until somebody recognises something.

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-ALL:

-Oh, yeah...

-Oh, you know it?

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It's your favourite one, I thought so.

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So we can all agree that I am Mr Genius, ja?

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HE FARTS

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OK - who is playing the trouser trumpet?

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I am yanking your chain - it was me!

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I find ge-pumping to be, how you say, hilarious.

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I do! I do, really do.

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HE FARTS "EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK"

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Sir... Can we learn some ACTUAL music now?

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In a moment.

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And...can somebody open a window?

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'Mozart is called into the head teacher's office.'

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Come in, Mr Mozart.

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Is there something the matter, Mrs McSmackybottom?

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Not my name - but, yes, there is something the matter.

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I understand your teaching methods are a little...off-the-cuff.

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HE LAUGHS

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-Guff! You said "off the guff"!

-You can't behave like that.

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Honestly, if Ofsted get wind of this...

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Wind! You did actually say "wind" that time.

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You're fired.

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What?

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You can't fire ME. I'm a genius.

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A genius who needs a new job.

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Job! "Job", that means "poo-poo".

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Yeah, I'll...I'll see mein-self out.

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There was just one more thing... HE FARTS

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Hi. I'm world-famous musician and pianist Mozart.

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No, not THAT Mozart -

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Wolfgang's my annoying little brother.

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I'm Maria Anna, and I was super-famous for my piano playing.

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I started when I was eight,

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and I played to sell-out crowds all across Europe.

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But can you guess what happened to me when I turned 18? Did I...

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The answer is...

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B. I stayed in Salzburg and gave up performing.

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Ja. Then I turned 18. My dad stopped me performing,

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because he said I had to get married.

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So my little brother Wolfgang took over and became famous instead.

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So annoying!

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That's totes annoying, Maria Anna. YOU'RE the best - obvs.

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If only there was some way to prove it. I know - a musical duel.

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It's been done, you know.

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The German pianist Daniel Steibelt

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once challenged the great Ludwig van Beethoven

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to a piano duel - and there could be only one winner.

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THEY CHAT

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Ludwig van Beethoven.

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Greatest composer of all time.

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You're too kind.

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I challenge you to a duel.

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Ja. No, thanks.

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Why? You...

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-..chicken?

-LADIES GASP, MUSIC STOPS

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HE CLUCKS BEETHOVEN'S 5TH SYMPHONY

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Stop it!

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Nobody calls Beethoven "chicken".

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Gentlemen...choose your weapon.

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I choose...

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this piece. By Mozart.

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Well...

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in that case, I'm going to give you

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-a good "Haydn".

-ALL GROAN

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Joseph Haydn.

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Wow. Tough crowd.

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Round one...

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MUSIC: Piano Sonata in A major by Mozart

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MUSIC: Sonata No.60 in C major by Haydn

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Round two...

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MUSIC: Piano Sonata No.11 in B flat major by Beethoven

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CLAPPING

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And now, gentlemen,

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you must both play a piece of music

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that you have never seen before.

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MUSIC: Piano Sonata No.11 in B flat major by Beethoven

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HE PLAYS A DUFF NOTE, ALL GROAN

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ALL GASP

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MUSIC: Concerto in G minor, No.6 by Steibelt

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CLAPPING

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Ha-ha! I could beat you in my sleep.

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Fine, you win! You win.

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HE PLAYS A FINAL FLOURISH

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'It's The H Factor! Where the real superstars are the composers!

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'The first hopeful to see the judges...

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'is Ludwig van Beethoven!'

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OK. So, Beethoven. Why do you think you've got the H Factor?

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I can't hear you. I've gone deaf.

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But despite my deafness,

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many people still consider me the greatest composer of all time.

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Yeah, you know...there IS such a thing as overconfidence, Ludwig.

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MUSIC: Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven

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No... No, no. Two words. Bor-ing.

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I think you're wrong, Simon, you've got it all...

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I think you are an absolute star, I love it. It's a yes from me.

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Sorry, darling, it's a no from me.

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From me, it's a... # no-o-o-ooo! #

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I'll assume it's a yes. See you at boot camp. Can't wait.

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No, no, no, no, no!

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Hairy, you need to hit the beat,

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then, Flusher, you come in with the bass.

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Honestly. Sometimes, this lot put so little effort in.

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It's like they're made of cardboard.

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They don't get how important music can be.

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Ask Harriet Tubman -

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she and many of her fellow African-Americans

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were slaves in the southern states of the USA,

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and singing was just one of the ways they tried to keep their spirits up.

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But if you listen carefully,

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you might find that wasn't ALL the songs were doing.

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-TOGETHER:

-# When the sun comes up and the first bird sings

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# We'll be digging this field till the night bell rings

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# When the sun comes up, dear Lord, we'll say

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# The big dumb foreman is coming this way... #

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Hey, Tubman! We need to talk.

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Now.

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I've been gettin' whispers

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that y'all slaves are usin' songs to share secret messages.

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Why, I'm sure I don't know what you is talking about.

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-TOGETHER:

-# That big, dumb foreman, he's a total fool

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# He's as ugly as a bullfrog and as stupid as a mule... #

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Whisper is, y'all usin' songs to help each other escape.

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# Now's a bad time for sneakin' through the farm

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# The foreman is here and he'll do you some harm

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# So wade in the water... #

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I'm tellin' you, boss, there ain't no messages in the songs.

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And why would I ever lie to you?

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Apart from all the really obvious reasons.

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# Sorry, but to tell it plain

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# A stupid foreman has got no brain... #

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All right, then, I believe you. Keep up the good work.

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Nice tunes, by the way, guys!

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# Sorry, but to tell it plain

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# The stupid foreman's go-o-ot no brain... #

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I'M the foreman!

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Where's everybody gone?!

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That's right -

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Harriet Tubman really did use coded gospel songs to help slaves escape.

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Radical.

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And this music led to blues,

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which led to jazz and eventually to the pop music you listen to today.

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Far out, man.

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But not all music is quite so groovy to listen to.

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Hi, and welcome back to the Dead Lounge, where we are joined by one

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of the 20th century's most famous composers, it's John Cage Jr.

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So, John, what are you going to be performing for us today?

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Well, I'll be performing my most famous piece, 4'33".

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If you know it, join in.

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OK - ladies and gentlemen, Mr John Cage Jr.

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TOTAL SILENCE

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Whenever you're ready.

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Sorry, John, we are live, so... if you could just get started.

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We HAD started.

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-Right...

-HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

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And again. From the top.

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You're not playing anything, are you, though, John?

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Exactly. 4'33" is just silence.

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It's absolutely no music?

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It IS music. Because... EVERYTHING is music,

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INCLUDING silence.

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All right.

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Sorry, how long is this, John?

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It's called 4'33" - you know, how long do you think it is?

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Four and a half minutes?

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It's going to be four and a half hours at this rate.

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I mean, you don't need the whole orchestra, do you?

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I am here trying to play my music,

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my...my silent music, and you do not UNDERSTAND music.

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The sound of my baton, that is music. You are just a button pusher!

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What's that, John?

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Can't hear you, John. It's just silence, isn't it?

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INAUDIBLE

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Ooh.

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'Next to audition,

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'all the way from Italy...

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'is Gioachino Rossini!'

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OK. So you're Rossini, and you're going to play us...

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The Overture from The Thieving Magpie.

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Before I begin, can I say how wonderful you're looking today?

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Oh, thank you, darling!

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Sorry, what's going on? Are you writing this now?

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OK, I admit it, I've not written it yet. I hate writing overtures,

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I always leave it to the last minute. Give me one second.

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If I could move my face,

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I'd be frowning. Not happy.

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Rossini, I love it. You're an absolute star.

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If he likes it, I'm definitely out.

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From me, it's a

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# no-o-o-o-oo-oo-oo!

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Wait, wait, wait. What about this?

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HE SINGS THE "WILLIAM TELL" OVERTURE

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-Stop it...

-Rossini Style!

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Whoop, whoop...

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Rossini, you're embarrassing yourself.

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HE CONTINUES SINGING TO HIMSELF

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Ooh!

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No - we are not calling ourselves Little Mice.

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We...are One DiRat-tion. TWANG!

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And, no, this isn't my latest dance -

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Marcus my pet flea has escaped, and he's particularly bitey today.

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Mind you, these dance moves would look pretty good

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on rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley.

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Back in 1950s America, when he appeared on TV,

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his dancing was considered dangerous!

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Oooh! Aagh! Oooh!

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CLANG Rattus has left the building!

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Well, uh, thank you very much

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for having me back on The Ed Sullivan Show, sir.

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It's our pleasure, Elvis,

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we're huge fans of this new ready to roll music of yours.

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It's called rock and roll. It's very popular with the teenagers.

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We just love your music -

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just a few folks ain't so keen on the dancing.

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What do they say about it, sir?

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Well, it's not so much the saying, more the, um...

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the protestin',

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and the burnin' of effigies of you

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-in St Louis and Nashville.

-Uh-huh.

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But if you tone it down a touch, we're there.

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Whatever you say, sir.

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Let's just take a little peeky-boo at the performance,

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and we'll see what we're going to record.

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In three, two, one...

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# Well, since my baby left me... #

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Ohhh!

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Whoa-hoa...! What was that?

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What, this?

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Ohhh...

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Listen, young man, you...

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HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

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I told you to tone it down, snake hips!

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Women and children watch this show.

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Well, uh...that's my thing.

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Ohhh...

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Tell you what - Derek, just shoot him from the waist up.

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I'm not going to be responsible

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for the disintegration of civilisation. Rehearse,

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three, two, one.

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# ..baby left me...

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-Ohhh!

-Whoa,

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those arms are indecent.

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Indecent arms.

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Just let's... Derek, just get the head...

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Even you can't do anything with just your face.

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-Well, I guess not, sir.

-OK, well...we'll go with that.

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Wait, does this count? Uh-huh-huh...

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-Whoa!

-THUD

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Hey, and welcome back to the Dead Lounge -

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the home, hopefully, at some point, of some of history's finest music.

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Now, I'm joined in the studio by our next act.

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He was a sensation in the '60s -

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ladies and gentlemen,

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the one and only Jimi Hendrix.

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Hey, man. How's it going?

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Hi, Jimi. Now, your guitar playing is legendary,

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and I hear you caused a real sensation

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at the Monterey Festival in '67.

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Yeah, yeah. Them cats are really into it.

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-You want us to do what we did back at the Monterey?

-Yes, I do.

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-Yes, I sure as darn it do.

-HE LAUGHS

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Take it away, Jimi Hendrix.

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HE PLAYS A COOL RIFF

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Jimi's playing is so hot,

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it's like I can actually smell the burning.

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-SIZZLING

-I can smell burning.

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Is that his guitar on fire?! Is that his guitar on fire?

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Fire! Everyone out, get out, get out.

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What kind of rock star doesn't follow

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basic health and safety procedures?

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OK...

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I have a new piece -

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Nine Minutes Six Seconds.

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'It's time...for the last composer of the day!'

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So, who are you, darling?

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-I'm, er...

-HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

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-SNIFFLING:

-..Henry Purcell.

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I'm sorry. Are you OK?

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I haven't seen someone looking this bad

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since I saw Louis without make-up.

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PURCELL COUGHS

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I came home late from the pub last night and, erm...

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my wife locked me out.

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Well done, missus!

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Right.

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HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

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-UPBEAT ELECTRONIC RHYTHM

-Erm...

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Sorry, it's just, I'm used to playing a rather...

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a rather different one.

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How about...this?

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-STEADY BACKING BEAT

-Ah. There you go.

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MUSIC: Trumpet Tune and Air by Purcell

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OK, stop there...

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I like it. It's a yes from me.

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I thought it was FABULOUS, darling, it's yes from me.

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# Ye-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-es # from me-e-e.

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Purcell, I love it. You're an absolute star.

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So - that's three yeses and one idiot.

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Henry Purcell, you're through to the next round.

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HE SPLUTTERS

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Talented, AND dead. Kerching.

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Purcell really did die of a cold

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after being locked out of the house by his wife.

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Nice beat, though! I might use that for my first solo track.

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Yeah, I decided to quit the band and go it alone,

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with my new stage name, Ed Shee-Rat! Yeah.

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From the Neanderthals to the present day,

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people have always wanted great music.

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Which is a shame, because my music stinks.

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No - I'm no Queen Cleopatra of Egypt.

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She could sing, dance

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AND play the lyre.

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Now, then. Where's that beat?

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# Uhh, uhh, aah

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# Uhh, uhh, aah

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# A voice, a beat, a melody How music began

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-# I play this very nicely.

-Lyre...

-# Really - I can

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# A harp, a flute And this is really funky

0:25:300:25:33

-# Before that came the Swedish horn

-It's cold as a brass monkey!

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-# 700 BC

-Greek song contests, we're told

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-# In Chalcis, each tune is judged

-Is Simon Cowell that old?

0:25:400:25:44

# We Greeks invent the organ, and we're musical, Greased Lightnin'!

0:25:440:25:47

# And Celts, the horn of war

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# That sounds pretty frightening

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-# Music, music, music

-# Where did it all come from?

0:25:510:25:54

-# Music, music, music

-# We just love to sing along

0:25:540:25:58

-# Music, music, music

-# Creativity at its best

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-# Music, music, music

-# I wonder what came next

0:26:020:26:05

# Gregorian chanting introduces monk rock

0:26:050:26:10

# Adding harmonies entertains the church flock

0:26:100:26:14

# Then came troubadours, of course

0:26:140:26:17

# Play the sackbutt, if you've patience

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# Apart from banning women, it's a musical renaissance

0:26:210:26:25

# Vivaldi, Bach and Handel, new music causes shock

0:26:250:26:29

# Can YOU handle these changes? Are you ready to baroque?

0:26:290:26:33

# Forget what has gone before

0:26:330:26:36

# We call that Jurassic

0:26:360:26:40

# Listen to our symphonies

0:26:400:26:44

# Each one is a classic

0:26:440:26:47

# Opera! Popular!

0:26:470:26:50

# Romantic, not elitist

0:26:500:26:53

# Mahler, Verdi, Wagner

0:26:530:26:55

# That is not a bad list

0:26:550:26:58

# So the story told so far, music's mostly fun

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# But oh so many ch-ch-ch-ch-changes gonna come

0:27:010:27:05

# Mass-produced pianos really strike a chord

0:27:050:27:09

'# What's that on the phonograph? It's a record'

0:27:090:27:13

# Immigrants to the US bring their music heart and soul

0:27:130:27:17

# Afro, Jews plus jazz and blues equals rock and roll!

0:27:170:27:22

# My singing changes everything, uh-huh-huh

0:27:220:27:25

# It's all shook up

0:27:250:27:28

# The USA...

0:27:280:27:29

# Led the way...

0:27:290:27:31

-# Until we turned up

-Oooh!

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# Pop music explodes

0:27:350:27:37

# Too many styles to mention

0:27:370:27:40

# Rock, dance, rap and R&B

0:27:400:27:43

# Now there's only one direction

0:27:430:27:47

# Whatever has been

0:27:470:27:50

# Whatever may appear

0:27:500:27:53

# Every piece of music

0:27:530:27:56

# Finds its way

0:27:560:27:58

# Back

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-# Uhh...

-Here!

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# ..uhh, aah

0:28:020:28:04

# Uhh, uhh. #

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It's another hit!

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LAUGHTER

0:28:120:28:14

-Och, it's never...

-INDISTINCT

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Generic Scottish sayings.

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LAUGHTER

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# The past is no longer a mystery

0:28:200:28:23

# Hope you enjoyed

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# Horrible Histories! #

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