"Who said the japanese make everything smaller!" Topic
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23 Feb 2016 3:28 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Changed title from "Who said the japanes makes everything smaller!" to "Who said the japanese make everything smaller!"
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Gunfreak  | 23 Feb 2016 1:26 p.m. PST |
Oh what is this? One of the most important pieces of music made and one of the most beautiful too. Oh and sung by a freaknig 10 000 people! YouTube link |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 23 Feb 2016 3:39 p.m. PST |
How did they fit all those people inside a Toyota van?  |
| Ditto Tango 2 3 | 23 Feb 2016 8:08 p.m. PST |
I don't think they made Ode to Joy. That was a German guy.
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| gladue | 24 Feb 2016 9:38 a.m. PST |
The interesting part is that the Japanese had German prisoners of war in WWI (when they joined the Allied side). The Japanese enjoyed the music the Germans played to combat homesickness and particularly fell in love with Beethoven. They do a 10,000 person amateur choir of Ode de Joy in Osaka every New Year, and elsewhere throughout Japan sees similar celebrations of it. Apparently the prisoners weren't repatriated until the early 1920's and some of them even took jobs in Japan. |
| gladue | 24 Feb 2016 9:39 a.m. PST |
So, most of the choir are just every day citizens of Osaka that come out to do it each year. |
 javelin98 | 24 Feb 2016 3:13 p.m. PST |
What was all that about the Japanese making everything smaller?
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