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Flashmob Messiah
« on: 04 December, 2010, 10:14:07 pm »

Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #1 on: 04 December, 2010, 10:53:19 pm »

Julian

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Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #2 on: 04 December, 2010, 10:57:00 pm »
That's brilliant:D

LindaG

Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #3 on: 05 December, 2010, 09:07:57 am »
I love that.   :D

Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #4 on: 05 December, 2010, 09:18:47 am »
It's actually an old tradition, Heather used to go to an impromptu performance of the Messiah at Paddington Station in the 1980s.

Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #5 on: 05 December, 2010, 10:09:34 am »
damn, the Messiah always makes me cry.  This one did too.

Wowbagger

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Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #6 on: 05 December, 2010, 11:42:37 am »
Quote from: George Fredeck Handel
I thought I saw the great God and the whole of Heaven before me

But at 3m 41s I thought I saw Hummers.
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Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #7 on: 05 December, 2010, 11:45:04 am »
Quote from: George Fredeck Handel
I thought I saw the great God and the whole of Heaven before me

But at 3m 41s I thought I saw Hummers.

Hummers? He's not the Messiah - he's just a naughty boy.

Wowbagger

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Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #8 on: 05 December, 2010, 11:50:01 am »
Quote from: George Fredeck Handel
I thought I saw the great God and the whole of Heaven before me

But at 3m 41s I thought I saw Hummers.

Correction: 3.38.

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It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.

Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #9 on: 05 December, 2010, 12:11:46 pm »
It is very good - but is it just me, or is the whole flashmob thing a bit overexposed now?

vorsprung

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Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #10 on: 05 December, 2010, 05:49:14 pm »
They showed the video of this at church today during the service

Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #11 on: 05 December, 2010, 06:06:45 pm »
What surpised (and disappointed) me was how few of the "audience" stood up in keeping with tradition.
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Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #12 on: 05 December, 2010, 06:12:39 pm »
Probably have never heard of the tradition. I have two copies of the Messiah and love classical music but have never heard of standing up for it.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Zipperhead

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Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #13 on: 05 December, 2010, 06:59:43 pm »
I like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/wp_RHnQ-jgU&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/wp_RHnQ-jgU&rel=1</a>, because it's got the benefit of a nice big organ

And I think <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ARwZ3scXQ7U&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/ARwZ3scXQ7U&rel=1</a>
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Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #14 on: 05 December, 2010, 07:25:43 pm »
It is very good - but is it just me, or is the whole flashmob thing a bit overexposed now?

Yes, there's plenty of rubbish, but still some good stuff around.  Zipper's two links are good.
Some of the older original stuff is still good.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/jwMj3PJDxuo&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/jwMj3PJDxuo&rel=1</a>
and the Antwerp Station one
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7EYAUazLI9k&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/7EYAUazLI9k&rel=1</a>
Admission.  I'm actually not that fussed about cake.

Re: Flashmob Messiah
« Reply #15 on: 06 December, 2010, 10:24:21 pm »
If you like that, you should try Surround me. I kind of got dragged round it this weekend. It's like a magical reverse flashmob.

It's 7 sound installations, in the heart of the City of London. It only takes place at weekends until 2nd Jan.
You get a map, traipse/cycle to the spot and then wait.

It's hard to explain, but I tried to explain it here

The artist Susan Phillipsz just won the Turner prize, and it's really rather magical. I guarantee you'll like it, but if you don't like it, you're a bit dead inside...  ;D