This is the funniest thing I have EVER heard. Ever.

[Jenny]

First, listen. Then, read the spoiler box.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJ6anurfuw

Spoiler

The Portsmouth Sinfonia was an orchestra founded by a group of students at the Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970. The Sinfonia had an unusual entrance requirement, in that players had to either be non-musicians, or if a musician, play an instrument that was entirely new to them.[

 

[Robyn]

Okay, I'm going to fess up. I don't get it. What's so funny?

 

[Pequenita]

Heh. I giggled. Interesting concept.

 

[contesstant]

OH, my ears!

 

[Jenny]

Okay, I'm going to fess up. I don't get it. What's so funny?

It's probably the memory of how I sounded when I first started playing the violin that has something to do with it. And I'm betting my mother would agree that the first concerts she sat through sounded a lot like this.

Whatever it is, it tickled the crap out of me!

 

[ski diva]

Given the circumstance (in the spoiler box), I think they're pretty good! :D

 

[Jenny]

They must get to a point where they have to switch instruments, too, to avoid getting overly proficient.

I listened again today - still laughed as hard as the first time . . .

 

[Pequenita]

I have audio tapes of some of my middle school concerts. Oy vey.

 

[Jenny]

@Après Skier - Thank you for finding this thread. I listened again today and STILL laugh until I cry!

 

[liquidfeet]

They must get to a point where they have to switch instruments, too, to avoid getting overly proficient.

I listened again today - still laughed as hard as the first time . . .

I listened today for the first time. Tears rolling down, unstoppable laughing. Thanks, I needed that.

 

[Après Skier]

@Jenny This was so funny. I cannot wait to surreptitiously slip this song into a playlist to see people’s reactions.

 

[Jenny]

I saw others from them on YouTube, too, but haven’t listened yet. There’s something about the grandeur of this song that just fits.

 

[Jenny]

The cat is not a fan. She jumped out of my husband's lap and left the room.

 

[Tvan]

The cat is not a fan. She jumped out of my husband's lap and left the room.

mine, too.

 

[liquidfeet]

Today I have passed on this audio and more to a bunch of people so the world will have more laughter in it. Thanks again for reinvigorating this thread.
Here's Beethoven's 5th.

 

[Jenny]

Thought of this thread again, in light of the current Infiniti commercial. Still crying!

 

[Amie H]

Hahaha, the trumpets killed me

 

[liquidfeet]

Today I have passed on this audio and more to a bunch of people so the world will have more laughter in it. Thanks again for reinvigorating this thread.
Here's Beethoven's 5th.

Thanks for the bump. LOLing with tears. I needed that.
Here's my favorite.
Thus Spake Zarathustra

--I have a tone-deaf daughter. She saw nothing wrong with it.
--My late husband thought they needed some lessons, and wondered why they even bothered to record this poor performance in the first place.
--My nuclear family .

 

[Jenny]

Thanks for the bump. LOLing with tears. I needed that.
Here's my favorite.
Thus Spake Zarathustra

--I have a tone-deaf daughter. She saw nothing wrong with it.
--My late husband thought they needed some lessons, and wondered why they even bothered to record this poor performance in the first place.
--My nuclear family .

I cry every. damn. time.

Went on You Tube and there’s a 28 minute documentary that I’m going to watch when I’m on the treadmill tonight.

 

[ilovepugs]

Thought of this thread again, in light of the current Infiniti commercial. Still crying!

What’s the current Infiniti commercial?