My roommate was in BYU Concert Choir a while back and they sang this song...What the random? First off, this is a weird passage from Macbeth--it's the witches doing their weird witch stuff. On the Librivox audio, it sounded creepy. So why anyone would think to put it to music beats me. But it's a cool sounding song, so in the name of multidisciplinary goodness I'm posting it.
Well, I can't figure out how to post their version, but here is the University of Utah choir singing the same song...they did it almost as well....just kidding.
And, speaking of awesome cultural references, JK Rawling totally got inspiration from Shakespeare on this one...check it out!
holy cow! i heard someone laugh after the utah singers were done... I think my reaction would've been different... like screaming, haha. I definitely remember that scene from Macbeth and it's SUPER creepy! nice catch in harry potter....definitely missed that.
The classical Double, Double Toil and Bubble was kind of interesting. The props they used were cute. Brake up the norm, just like the song. It was definitely geared more for entertainment and was less serious then it could have been. I mean I wasn't ready to scream quite yet. I think they could have performed it much more serious and added to the creepy factor, but it was probably very appropriate for the audience. You typically try not to scare people at your concert. I think it would be interesting to do a textually analysis paired with a composition analysis and see what parallels you could find. Maybe I can lend what little musical knowledge I have. Is that a good idea? Who else is interested? I'd like to see what we can come up with.
I took a stab at a composition analysis of "double double..." and talked about why I thought it was a good rendition of Shakespeare. Take a look if you are interested. http://ortonemily232.blogspot.com/2012/03/composition-analysis.html
This is an addendum to the first post; so after reading Emily's analysis (see above) I had the song stuck in my head and I was singing it around the apartment. My roommate said something about me singing Mary Kate and Ashley, and I said "No way Jose, this is Shakespeare!" and she quickly countered with "No it's not, this is definitely from Mary Kate and Ashley." We had a vigorous discussion about it where we both were quite convinced of our points. When our choir singing roommate (the one who introduced me to the song) came home, she started singing with me and was immediately posed the question of the song's origin. She of course said Shakespeare and that seems to have settled in the question in my favor...but yes, this is why we take Shakespeare.
holy cow! i heard someone laugh after the utah singers were done... I think my reaction would've been different... like screaming, haha. I definitely remember that scene from Macbeth and it's SUPER creepy!
ReplyDeletenice catch in harry potter....definitely missed that.
The classical Double, Double Toil and Bubble was kind of interesting. The props they used were cute. Brake up the norm, just like the song. It was definitely geared more for entertainment and was less serious then it could have been. I mean I wasn't ready to scream quite yet. I think they could have performed it much more serious and added to the creepy factor, but it was probably very appropriate for the audience. You typically try not to scare people at your concert.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be interesting to do a textually analysis paired with a composition analysis and see what parallels you could find. Maybe I can lend what little musical knowledge I have. Is that a good idea? Who else is interested? I'd like to see what we can come up with.
I took a stab at a composition analysis of "double double..." and talked about why I thought it was a good rendition of Shakespeare. Take a look if you are interested.
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This is an addendum to the first post; so after reading Emily's analysis (see above) I had the song stuck in my head and I was singing it around the apartment. My roommate said something about me singing Mary Kate and Ashley, and I said "No way Jose, this is Shakespeare!" and she quickly countered with "No it's not, this is definitely from Mary Kate and Ashley." We had a vigorous discussion about it where we both were quite convinced of our points. When our choir singing roommate (the one who introduced me to the song) came home, she started singing with me and was immediately posed the question of the song's origin. She of course said Shakespeare and that seems to have settled in the question in my favor...but yes, this is why we take Shakespeare.
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