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August 7, 2021 11:09 AM Subscribe
Mötorhead’s classic “Ace of Spades”, played on some really big bells. (SLYT) Lemmy would be proud, I’m sure. Also notable: look at how the carillon is pounding the keys with his fists!
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posted by tonycpsu at 11:34 AM on August 7, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by tonycpsu at 11:34 AM on August 7, 2021 [5 favorites]
jammin'
Climbing the Bell Tower - Objectivity 242 - YouTube. More about carillon
posted by zengargoyle at 11:37 AM on August 7, 2021
Climbing the Bell Tower - Objectivity 242 - YouTube. More about carillon
posted by zengargoyle at 11:37 AM on August 7, 2021
Dutch carilloneurs are amazing. It's worth searching out Boudewijn Zwart on YouTube - eg Stairway to Heaven.
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 11:41 AM on August 7, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 11:41 AM on August 7, 2021 [2 favorites]
I read somewhere that the University of Texas at Austin has a bell tower which it occasionally uses to play rock songs. Louie Louie was mentioned as an example.
posted by Paul Slade at 12:12 PM on August 7, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Paul Slade at 12:12 PM on August 7, 2021 [2 favorites]
The University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign has the Altgeld Chimes, right off the quad. The music students are pretty serious about it but towards the end of the year they loosen up with some fun tunes.
One of my favorite memories was taking a final exam in the building and "If I Only Had a Brain" started playing right above me...
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:44 PM on August 7, 2021 [3 favorites]
One of my favorite memories was taking a final exam in the building and "If I Only Had a Brain" started playing right above me...
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:44 PM on August 7, 2021 [3 favorites]
Where are the drums coming from? Do they have a backing track?
posted by Ursula Hitler at 2:25 PM on August 7, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Ursula Hitler at 2:25 PM on August 7, 2021 [1 favorite]
That was delightful, especially the rapt dude just beaming up at the carillon.
posted by janell at 2:53 PM on August 7, 2021
posted by janell at 2:53 PM on August 7, 2021
I'd like to hear what it sounded like in the town, with just the bells. Seems like cheating to have guitar and drums in here.
That said, "Ace of Spades" may be the most perfect single rock song ever written and it absolutely holds up in this format. I watched it with my toddler and said "this rules, right?" and she confirmed it with a sage nod and an "mmm."
posted by potrzebie at 3:06 PM on August 7, 2021 [10 favorites]
That said, "Ace of Spades" may be the most perfect single rock song ever written and it absolutely holds up in this format. I watched it with my toddler and said "this rules, right?" and she confirmed it with a sage nod and an "mmm."
posted by potrzebie at 3:06 PM on August 7, 2021 [10 favorites]
Music for the End Times
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:54 PM on August 7, 2021
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:54 PM on August 7, 2021
How would someone learn to play the instrument, or practice, without making everyone for miles suffer - does it have a sort of silent mode?
posted by BinaryApe at 2:10 AM on August 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by BinaryApe at 2:10 AM on August 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
I've had to suffer for my art. Now it's your turn.
posted by flabdablet at 5:29 AM on August 8, 2021
posted by flabdablet at 5:29 AM on August 8, 2021
How would someone learn to play the instrument, or practice, without making everyone for miles suffer - does it have a sort of silent mode?
Watch that video I posted.
posted by zengargoyle at 1:54 PM on August 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
Watch that video I posted.
posted by zengargoyle at 1:54 PM on August 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
Could they hear the guitar on the ground? I was curious to know what the ground experience was like.
posted by Carillon at 11:24 PM on August 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Carillon at 11:24 PM on August 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
Boudewijn (see above) ran a school
In Dordrecht. You get practice carillons that are basically a glockenspiel with a keyboard. I can confirm that I can't play a carillon for shit, but you can see me (I'll leave you to wonder) doing entirely different things with bells with the practice carillon on the back wall behind us.
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 10:50 PM on August 20, 2021
In Dordrecht. You get practice carillons that are basically a glockenspiel with a keyboard. I can confirm that I can't play a carillon for shit, but you can see me (I'll leave you to wonder) doing entirely different things with bells with the practice carillon on the back wall behind us.
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 10:50 PM on August 20, 2021
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