In honor of the Cage centennial, here is my new limerick about the eccentric composer. I hope nobody gets offended;
it's all in good fun .
There was a composer named Cage,
whose music was once all the rage.
'Twas nothing but bunk
and it certainly stunk,
but people still thought him a sage !
;D ;D ;D ;D
My only beef with modern composers is when they try to pass off something they didn't actually compose as music. John Cage did that often, but not always. Enough for me to be very suspicious of his output, at any rate.
I have always admired John Cage.
He's a symbol of our modern age.
Music lovers will pay
To hear him NOT play:
Yet he keeps a straight face on the stage!
I once wrote a poem about Cage, it goes something like this...
The end.
There was a young man from Peru
Whose limericks stopped at line two.
Quote from: Uncle Connie on April 15, 2012, 05:03:51 AM
There was a young man from Peru
Whose limericks stopped at line two.
But because he found it a bore
He decided to write to line four
:)
There was a young lad of Verdun
And here's one entitled "Hero":
Quote from: James on April 15, 2012, 10:42:58 AM
Mine was created using keys on my keyboard & chance operations; doesn't quite make sense though .. lol
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lhano&^%&^^%$~~~~~~3uro 4385743979
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I was really moved by the phrase..."
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Well done. ;)
Listeners of a certain age who remember the long-defunct BBC Radio 3 Christmas Quiz may recall David Owen Norris's response in the round where contestants had to compose a limerick beginning "There was a composer named N", which went as follows:
There was a composer named Glass,
There was a composer named Glass,
There was a composer,
There was a composer,
There was a composer named Glass.
Quote from: James on April 15, 2012, 10:42:58 AM
Mine was created using keys on my keyboard & chance operations; doesn't quite make sense though .. lol
5794FCNFHFIY489R749Rkdhfad skjhd fhf0~~3w982q30498234p9qw38reosfrsdhfk
lhano&^%&^^%$~~~~~~3uro 4385743979
8r7eefu 45734052874059824*(&(&&^*&TY$%^&$aheeeeieie
aodsfu 3903098ewrt=49t34=049soi uas^*&^*dflsdhf dfsdhkfnvnvheor4wi~~
@!^*^(*JHGJHGVaj9ur389q4n320948358q478ewe8e7qwuFSADF#@!#~!#!@$#@!#
Doesn't make sense? You're absolutely daft, man; it's clear as a bell, and BRILLIANT - such fluid onomatopoetic use of the '7.'
I thought this was the thread were viciously attack Cage and degrade his music? Did I make a wrong turn?
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 14, 2012, 07:07:38 PM
I once wrote a poem about Cage, it goes something like this...
The end.
(http://www.jmunch.com/wp-content/uploads/johnnycage.jpg)