08-28-2002, 06:14 PM
Quote:This is fucking ridiculous. When John Cage did that piece, he did it as an experiment. A LIVE experiment. The piece was done to make people more aware of their surroundings and to have the "chaos" come through as the music. The coughing, shuffling of papers, restlessness in seats, etc...
He actually wrote 4'33 in 3 movements, each having it's own specific length of time and meter. It was quite planned chaos. These guys took something experimental and cutting edge, and bastardized it and stole it.
Oh please, Maynerd, the only thing that was cutting edge about it was when he pinched his loaf after each of his 3 "movements".