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Boston Pops Orchestra — William Tell (Overture)
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Released: 1996
Length: 3:01
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Cannot stop finger tapping my desk listening to this!
Posted 7 months ago by nelsonha    [ Reply ]
Clockwork Orange ruined this for me 
Posted 2 years ago by chugachskier    [ Reply ]
GIOACHINO ROSSINI!  
Posted 2 years ago by fraserji    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of the horse head on a stick that I used to ride around my parent's basement as a child pretending I was a cowboy.  I just cannot help smiling when listening to this song.
Posted 2 years ago by jason4    [ Reply ]
the only version anyone should ever play of this is by Spike Jones
Posted 2 years ago by twohearted    [ Reply ]
 laverdakeith wrote:
Definition of an intellectual is someone who can hear The William Tell Overture and not immediately think of the Lone Ranger....

Hi Ho Silver Awayyyyyy
 
Are you Panama Floyd's friend?
Posted 3 years ago by whaleboneman    [ Reply ]
Two horses, one with Tonto on it, waiting outside an outhouse.
Tonto is shouting: "Kemosabe! ... The music's starting! The music's starting!"

With thanks to Gary Larson of the Far Side...
Posted 3 years ago by mattenuttall    [ Reply ]
I think this would be a blast to play live. I wonder if orchestras love or hate it? 
Posted 3 years ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
A Clockwork Orange ...
Posted 3 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
This gets me moving. Helps me get stuff done..
Posted 3 years ago by Tylersmyler    [ Reply ]
Groan! What's next? Leroy Anderson's "The Typewriter"? Lol..
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 katak wrote:
Very long time no viddy, droog. How goes?
Alex : No. No! NO! Stop it! Stop it, please! I beg you! This is sin! This is sin! This is sin! It's a sin, it's a sin, it's a sin!

Dr. Brodsky : Sin? What's all this about sin?

Alex : That! Using Ludwig van like that! He did no harm to anyone. Beethoven just wrote music!

Dr. Branom : Are you referring to the background score?

Alex : Yes.

Dr. Branom : You've heard Beethoven before?

Alex : Yes!

Dr. Brodsky : So, you're keen on music?

Alex : YES!

Dr. Brodsky : Can't be helped. Here's the punishment element perhaps.

 

Posted 4 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
The most presto version of that I've ever heard. 
Posted 4 years ago by GeorgeMWoods    [ Reply ]
 stacey.otte wrote:
 planet_lizard wrote:
One of those pieces where the utter genius is sometimes clouded by over-familiarity.
 Yes, I've never really liked it, although I feel like I should. Impressive playing but it's so frenetic it kind of stresses me out. It's very much too familiar and probably used in inappropriate contexts that have tainted it for me over the years.

 

"inappropriate contexts".... jeez
Posted 4 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
         HI HO SILVER!!   
                           Let's GO GET EM, TONTO!!



SILVER... Let's Give Em a SHOW.....
          Something so they REMEMBER us!!

I think I got the complete outfit that I wore in about 1954 to someone's birthday.  Unfortunately, someone decided to take the rubber tip off one of Tonto's arrows  so it would go further.  It made a real nice (shallow) hole in someone's skull that day!  Our "cap guns" were a lot safer.
Posted 4 years ago by freemusic    [ Reply ]
 planet_lizard wrote:
One of those pieces where the utter genius is sometimes clouded by over-familiarity.
 Yes, I've never really liked it, although I feel like I should. Impressive playing but it's so frenetic it kind of stresses me out. It's very much too familiar and probably used in inappropriate contexts that have tainted it for me over the years.

Posted 4 years ago by stacey.otte    [ Reply ]
Well done  Rebecca & Bill for getting this in the mix.  I had forgotten how much i liked this.  Had to play it again from my own music collection...but my version is not as good as the Boston Pops version.  Just lovely to have a radio station that surprises, delights and occasionally challenges our tastes. As several others here have said...good music is good music!
Posted 4 years ago by kanabeanz    [ Reply ]
One of those pieces where the utter genius is sometimes clouded by over-familiarity.
Posted 4 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
 loungelizard48 wrote:
I remember going to the movies for a quarter to see the Lone Ranger and Tonto! 
 
You must be a young fella.
It was 15 cents when I went. The other 10 cents was used to buy your popcorn.
Posted 4 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
 Canadese wrote:
Hi Ho Silver, away!!
 
Theme to the Lone Ranger TV show from 1949-1957.
At the end of each episode, The Lone Ranger rode into the sunset after he said 'Hi Ho Silver away' while his horse Silver stood on his two hind legs and then away they went (on all 4). Very popular show at the time.
Posted 4 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
Hi Ho Silver, away!!
Posted 4 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
Bill you are amazing.  Thanks for always keeping me surprised and delighted. 
Posted 4 years ago by Leetzy    [ Reply ]
Very long time no viddy, droog. How goes?
Posted 4 years ago by katak    [ Reply ]
This just brings a smile to my being.  Brings me right back to childhood.
Posted 4 years ago by jason4    [ Reply ]
I remember going to the movies for a quarter to see the Lone Ranger and Tonto! 
Posted 4 years ago by loungelizard48    [ Reply ]
See a very entertaining version of this one when it's performed as the climax in "Brassed Off"
Posted 5 years ago by tahackett    [ Reply ]
 sfoster66 wrote:
Yuck.  Drivel wrapping itself in a orchestra....
 
Yeah, that Rossini wrote such drivel.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
People tend to forget this is classical music. 

All thanks to a masked man.  Geez. 
Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Yeah! I'm Riding Again!
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
WTF?  You guys crack me up!

WAIT!  I mean derivative.  Rossini rips off this cello line from a Mozart symphony.  
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 runningtwig wrote:


I must be mature. I don't think of the Lone Ranger. I think of A Clockwork Orange.

 
I think of Looney Tunes cartoons.
Posted 5 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
 laverdakeith wrote:
Definition of an intellectual is someone who can hear The William Tell Overture and not immediately think of the Lone Ranger....

Hi Ho Silver Awayyyyyy
 

then that would make me a republican
Posted 5 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
Overplayed.  Heck, I heard this in a cartoon the other day.
Posted 5 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Loan Arranger music.
Posted 5 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
FASTER!!!!!          I use to know this joke but only William Tells it.
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Yuck.  Drivel wrapping itself in a orchestra....
Posted 6 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
Thanks for the WTO. Keep throwing surprising music at us, please
Posted 6 years ago by cma-ct    [ Reply ]

I grew up with a 1922 Victrola -his Master's Voice-and had a version of this song with the xylophone as the prominent instrument.

My parents didn't want it so it was my "plaything."   Still have it standing in the corner with all the old 78s and it works.

Posted 6 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
Definition of an intellectual is someone who can hear The William Tell Overture and not immediately think of the Lone Ranger....

Hi Ho Silver Awayyyyyy
Posted 6 years ago by laverdakeith    [ Reply ]
I was lucky enough to hear Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops many times growing up in MA. Thanks for the reminder Bill, et. al. 
Posted 6 years ago by Smitix    [ Reply ]
Who was that masked man?
Posted 6 years ago by jacopo_7    [ Reply ]
 BettyB wrote:
Ugh. There is so much more interesting classical music out there. How about some Sibelius, Saint-Saens, or just about anything not quite so "trendy"!

 
I second that, if PSD surprised me with some Sibelius I would go nuts.
Posted 9 years ago by crimsonclark    [ Reply ]
 philbertr wrote:


Excuse me?  Nothing beats caffeine!  (For some really good stuff, check out www.oldbisbeeroasters.com)

 
Natural sleep does.

Posted 16 years ago by Crawlmeister    [ Reply ]
Panama_Floyd wrote:

I once had a friend who said the definition of a true intellectual is someone who can hear the WTO and *not* think of the Lone Ranger....



I must be mature. I don't think of the Lone Ranger. I think of A Clockwork Orange.

Posted 16 years ago by runningtwig    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
I hate it when you throw stuff like this in the mix. Makes me look for a new radio station.

 
growing pains, eh ? 
Posted 16 years ago by yclept    [ Reply ]
 BettyB wrote:
Ugh. There is so much more interesting classical music out there. How about some Sibelius, Saint-Saens, or just about anything not quite so "trendy"!

 
It's all about flow and mood, baby.  Flow and mood.

And Bill's a master of both.

Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
I love caffeine — and classical music. I'd like RP to challenge us and branch out a little on the classical side, that's all. I do really like that they include it!

 DeeCee1109 wrote:


Aw, c'mon.  Beats caffeine in the afternoon!

 


Posted 16 years ago by BettyB    [ Reply ]
 DeeCee1109 wrote:
Aw, c'mon.  Beats caffeine in the afternoon!

 

Excuse me?  Nothing beats caffeine!  (For some really good stuff, check out www.oldbisbeeroasters.com)
Posted 16 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
 BettyB wrote:
Ugh. There is so much more interesting classical music out there. How about some Sibelius, Saint-Saens, or just about anything not quite so "trendy"!

 

Aw, c'mon.  Beats caffeine in the afternoon!
Posted 16 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]
 BettyB wrote:
Ugh. There is so much more interesting classical music out there. How about some Sibelius, Saint-Saens, or just about anything not quite so "trendy"!

 

I'm sure that you're right, but this isn't a classical music station.  I just love the fact that Bill throws stuff like this into the mix.
Posted 16 years ago by rockasaurus    [ Reply ]
 Panama_Floyd wrote:

I once had a friend who said the definition of a true intellectual is someone who can hear the WTO and *not* think of the Lone Ranger....


 

But why would you want to (not) do that?

Posted 16 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
 TobyRush wrote:
Huh... I remember when we in the music education world were tired of saying "No, it's not The Lone Ranger, it's Rossini!" Just like "No, it's not 'The The Theme From 2001...'"

 
Plus, "Thus Spake Zarathustra" is about as good as song titles get.

Posted 16 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
I hate it when you throw stuff like this in the mix. Makes me look for a new radio station.

 
You hate stuff like what?  Good music? 

Posted 16 years ago by flyboy50    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
I hate it when you throw stuff like this in the mix. Makes me look for a new radio station.

 

Bye! Eclectic means anything goes. Or something like that.
Posted 16 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
Where's my horse??!!!!

Posted 16 years ago by MidLyfe    [ Reply ]
Ugh. There is so much more interesting classical music out there. How about some Sibelius, Saint-Saens, or just about anything not quite so "trendy"!
Posted 16 years ago by BettyB    [ Reply ]
buckeyes wrote:

I thought of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, what does that mean?


True Intellectual. Duh.

Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
thank you...I love it when you mix the playlist up with stuff like this...CRANK IT UP!!!
Posted 16 years ago by aarrgho    [ Reply ]
The fact that things like this occasionally appear in the mix is a substantial source of my love for this station.  Thank you Bill!{#Clap}
Posted 16 years ago by aaronm    [ Reply ]
Viva Rossini!
Posted 16 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]
Excellent!  Such a nice twist!
Posted 16 years ago by stevo_b    [ Reply ]
Man, I am getting so much work done right now!
Posted 16 years ago by secretsauce    [ Reply ]
Just in case we were becoming complacent.  Wham!!  The William Tell Overture. 
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
I was like WOAH NELLY
Posted 16 years ago by Crawlmeister    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
I hate it when you throw stuff like this in the mix. Makes me look for a new radio station.

 
How'd you do?

Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
I was off to get an adult beverage. I was to the doorway. I'm back for a few ticks. This is soooo different! Yea RP!
Posted 16 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
I hate it when you throw stuff like this in the mix. Makes me look for a new radio station.
Posted 16 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
I love it when you throw stuff like this in the mix, Bill; excellent rendition.
Posted 16 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
buckeyes wrote:
I thought of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, what does that mean?
You're wascally?
Posted 16 years ago by Tesseract    [ Reply ]
Panama_Floyd wrote:
It'll be back. Cable's getting so bad people are just turning it off. I once had a friend who said the definition of a true intellectual is someone who can hear the WTO and *not* think of the Lone Ranger....
I thought of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, what does that mean?
Posted 16 years ago by buckeyes    [ Reply ]
rdo wrote:
is there any point to rating songs like this?
I concur. Seems like a 10 by definition.
Posted 16 years ago by Tesseract    [ Reply ]
E_A_D_G wrote:
Maturity is when you recognize this as the WTO vs Tonto and his Kemo Sabe.
Huh... I remember when we in the music education world were tired of saying "No, it's not The Lone Ranger, it's Rossini!" Just like "No, it's not 'The The Theme From 2001...'"
Posted 16 years ago by TobyRush    [ Reply ]
Tagish_girl wrote:
HA HA HAH HAHHH AHAAAAAA!!!!!! My dear ol' dad had this on vinyl, and we used to crank it up REAL LOUD! Dad would watch us 3 kids galloping around the living room, pretending we were riding horses, jumping over the dog, the coffee table, the toys.... and he would laugh his ass off! Fun before the days of Cable TV.....
It'll be back. Cable's getting so bad people are just turning it off. I once had a friend who said the definition of a true intellectual is someone who can hear the WTO and *not* think of the Lone Ranger....
Posted 16 years ago by Panama_Floyd    [ Reply ]
DrCyKosis wrote:
Ha, those early synthesizers were something at the time. Wasn't he still George then? Anyway, as Alex would say: "...I was cured all right!"
Walter.
Posted 16 years ago by Tesseract    [ Reply ]
reminds me of a Brady Bunch episode...and that puts a huge smile on my face!
Posted 16 years ago by enidualc    [ Reply ]
GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by bizon    [ Reply ]
Hi Ho, er, desk! Forward!
Posted 16 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
is there any point to rating songs like this?
Posted 16 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear.... Hi Ho Silver, away!
Posted 16 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
themotion wrote:
Giddyup go horsey!!!
Posted 16 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Suddenly I'm writing code four times as quickly as I was five minutes ago!!!
Posted 16 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
E_A_D_G wrote:
Maturity is when you recognize this as the WTO vs Tonto and his Kemo Sabe.
Wisdom is when you acknowledge all aspects of culture:) I remember this from a bugs bunny episode from 30 years ago as well.
Posted 16 years ago by jvandervort    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
Maturity is when you recognize this as the WTO vs Tonto and his Kemo Sabe.
Posted 16 years ago by E_A_D_G    [ Reply ]
kindermanltd wrote:
YES! Now give us the Clockwork Orange/ Wendy Carlos version.
Ha, those early synthesizers were something at the time. Wasn't he still George then? Anyway, as Alex would say: "...I was cured all right!"
Posted 16 years ago by DrCyKosis    [ Reply ]
Everytime I hear this I think of Jamie Lee Curtis in the movie Perfect. Can't help it. Giddy up!
Posted 16 years ago by theanniewithin    [ Reply ]
weevilkinevil wrote:
No you don't!! (35 here) "Hi-yo Silver, away!" "Who was that masked man?"
40 here, kimosabe.
Posted 16 years ago by jvandervort    [ Reply ]
RongoTBurg wrote:
Is your job catching the dinner platters that fall off a conveyor belt just before they hit the ground?
LOL
Posted 16 years ago by queenjill    [ Reply ]
incredible how the tiny triangle rings out so clearly over all the other instruments!
Posted 16 years ago by sfearll    [ Reply ]
Imkirok wrote:
I got a fever. And the only cure is MORE TRIANGLE!
Good one...
Posted 16 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
The orchestral equivalent of thrash metal. I just want it to stop!
Posted 16 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
I got a fever. And the only cure is MORE TRIANGLE!
Posted 16 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
I can't hear this without visualizing the scene from the film "A Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick. Fast Forward Frolicking...
Posted 16 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
I can't help but think of playing this clarinet part in orchestra. It's really hard, but so rewarding to play right! Yey Bill!
Posted 16 years ago by allisonscola    [ Reply ]
jay_e wrote:
I used to wash dishes and play this. There was some breakage unfortunately. J.
Posted 16 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
I used to wash dishes and play this. There was some breakage unfortunately. J.
Posted 16 years ago by jay_e    [ Reply ]
Wonderful! Kinda sad this beautifully exciting piece has been so inextricably linked to an American TV show, which thrilling as it sometimes was, had absolutely nothing to do with this compositions original subject! Fortunately that association doesn't exist in much of the rest of the world. And now for Maurice Ravel's Bolero!
Posted 16 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
daveesh wrote:
this could be the soundtrack to my entire work day.
Is your job catching the dinner platters that fall off a conveyor belt just before they hit the ground?
Posted 16 years ago by RongoTBurg    [ Reply ]
As a University of Illinois alum, it is funny to hear this on RP. This gets played by the marching band at football and basketball games there to fire the crowd up. ILL-INI!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
My Mom loved the Lone Ranger as a kid and would play this for me during my childhood. On the cover of the LP was an apple with a target painted on it. From the thrilling days of yesteryear...HI-HO SILVER, AWAY!
Posted 16 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]
That's funny! Thanks, made me grin! revsully wrote:
When I was really young, I used to listen to the 45 of this on a Close-n-Play and run around the house like a Banshee on a red broomstick horse. I kinda want to do that in the office right now...
Posted 16 years ago by GSquared    [ Reply ]
daveesh wrote:
this could be the soundtrack to my entire work day.
Mine too! This could make the motivated quite productive.
Posted 16 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
I love RP!
Posted 16 years ago by oldsinger    [ Reply ]
HA HA HAH HAHHH AHAAAAAA!!!!!! My dear ol' dad had this on vinyl, and we used to crank it up REAL LOUD! Dad would watch us 3 kids galloping around the living room, pretending we were riding horses, jumping over the dog, the coffee table, the toys.... and he would laugh his ass off! Fun before the days of Cable TV.....
Posted 16 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]
weevilkinevil wrote:
No you don't!! (35 here) "Hi-yo Silver, away!" "Who was that masked man?"
Good bet most kids would have no clue about the Lone Ranger today. Also makes me feel old when I have to explain to the 20-something year old students I teach what a photo slide is. All I get is blank stares back.
Posted 16 years ago by Mina_the_Boo    [ Reply ]
GREAT!
Posted 16 years ago by GSquared    [ Reply ]
Bugs Bunny was my first thought, too. :-)
Posted 16 years ago by Almo80    [ Reply ]
this could be the soundtrack to my entire work day.
Posted 16 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
When I was really young, I used to listen to the 45 of this on a Close-n-Play and run around the house like a Banshee on a red broomstick horse. I kinda want to do that in the office right now...
Posted 16 years ago by revsully    [ Reply ]
wtf
Posted 16 years ago by ttchume    [ Reply ]
My banker is a loan-a-ranger.
Posted 16 years ago by Marina1    [ Reply ]
YES! Now give us the Clockwork Orange/ Wendy Carlos version.
Posted 16 years ago by kindermanltd    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
dorkmeister wrote:
This reminds me of cartoon soundtracks from the 60's and 70's. Shouldn't Rossini be mentioned somewhere?
Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
gypsyman wrote:
I am now officially awake.....
Me too, Happy Flu Year
Posted 16 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
I am now officially awake.....
Posted 16 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
tumbledad wrote:
Hi - Ho - Silver !! You gotta be at least 50 years old to get that
No you don't!! (35 here) "Hi-yo Silver, away!" "Who was that masked man?"
Posted 16 years ago by weevilkinevil    [ Reply ]
iMichael wrote:
Don't need this first thing in the morning.
Would you rather some whiney, self-absorbed emo crap instead? Perhaps some throw-away boy band tripe? This is what makes RP great. Bill's not afraid to slot in a bit of pop classics to add some spice.
Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]