09-27-2020, 02:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-27-2020, 02:51 PM by Eric the Green.)
I love this connection I found this year from my iconic favorite song and the equally-iconic overture from Fidelio. The main theme is almost the same, and much of the progression of elements similar, especially at the end: the orchestral synthesizer riff that anticipates Pete's, both conceived as "music for humanity," with the backward little crescendo for each note, and each note cut off; followed by a build up to the iconic scream, a vocal one by Roger, orchestral one by Beethoven, followed by a short recap of the main theme (vocalized by The Who with the song's most famous line), then the final, similar razzamatazz, and the final 5 tonic chords.
follow the url links to hear the excerpts I mention:
https://youtu.be/dRhwyzJABvI?t=890
https://youtu.be/Un5oEdfrm_A?t=395
Was Pete's Won't Get Fooled Again (1971) directly inspired by Beethoven's Leonore Overture #3? Well, we know Pete is British, and his lyrics are a perfect soundtrack for the UK's Kenneth's Clark's "The Fallacies of Hope," which featured Beethoven's Overture near the start and the Prisoner's Chorus later on in the film, which Kenneth Clark called "the greatest of all hymns to liberty," and that this documentary came out a couple of years before The Who's song.
follow the url links to hear the excerpts I mention:
https://youtu.be/dRhwyzJABvI?t=890
https://youtu.be/Un5oEdfrm_A?t=395
Was Pete's Won't Get Fooled Again (1971) directly inspired by Beethoven's Leonore Overture #3? Well, we know Pete is British, and his lyrics are a perfect soundtrack for the UK's Kenneth's Clark's "The Fallacies of Hope," which featured Beethoven's Overture near the start and the Prisoner's Chorus later on in the film, which Kenneth Clark called "the greatest of all hymns to liberty," and that this documentary came out a couple of years before The Who's song.