Take that, Elise

Henke

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Well now, I wonder what you'll have to say about this. Hope you won't hate me... This builds on Beethoven's ol' Für Elise, but with a somewhat different twist.

Everyone hates to hear it played, right? But beginners often choose it to practise on, no? So what are the neighbours thinking? Not happy. What are you gonna do? Probably flip out totally in some way, I guess. This one flies away on his/her imagination while playing the tune automatically. Or something.

There are not many tracks in it but they are all played by me [blush]. No loops. My own banging on furniture and my own window...

So, feel free to say what your heart tells you - about this song and/or the original!

Artwork: Me or the "evil" neighbour?

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Lyrics

Muffled: "I'm trying to sleep here!"

"Aarggh."

Song Stats

Hits: 726
Comments: 20
Fans: 3
Plays: 120
Downloads: 51
Votes: 4
Uploaded: Jul 10, 2007 - 04:35:32 PM
Last Updated: Jul 10, 2007 - 04:35:32 PM Last Played: Nov 20, 2009 - 10:28:44 PM

Song License

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Song Actions

Keywords:

Henke (28), Henkes Movie Music (4), Beethoven (13), Für Elise (1), piano (715)

Hardware:

Casio CTK-611 midi synth (-ish), Logitech USB headset for microphone (sounds great doesn't it ;-) ) and the old PM G5 2x2.

Software:

Just GB3.

Comments

TripeWagon	TripeWagon said 869 days ago (July 11th, 2007)
	Experimental? This is mainstream. We love you. Check out my latest song called Lil Cheesy Boy

Henke	Henke said 869 days ago (July 11th, 2007)
	After listening to your Electropop song, I guess you are not kidding. Still it is kind of experimental for me. Just trying to get going with old GB again after several months of [silence]. Still, thanks for having a go at it and for commenting! Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

peacepiano	peacepiano said 869 days ago (July 11th, 2007)
	LOL I am picturing the "evil" neighbor now, face tied in knots after hearing this beautiful melody for the 57,000th time... Thanks for sharing. Check out my latest song called I Should Have Known

Henke	Henke said 868 days ago (July 12th, 2007)
	Yeah, I know! I feel kind of sorry for him ;-) Thanks for listening and commenting! Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

	said 868 days ago (July 12th, 2007)
	Nice done Very nice played... And fun too :D)

Henke	Henke said 868 days ago (July 12th, 2007)
	Thanks Skean! Maybe I could have done even better on the actual piano piece, but once I thought of this idea, I thought it would add to the funny part that it is not perfect... (Clever, don't you think ;-) Thanks for dropping by! Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

eleveneyes	eleveneyes said 868 days ago (July 12th, 2007)
	I don't know.... ....if this piece would make Beethoven proud but i bet Mozart would have loved it! This was better than acid! Love the concept and execution. I imagined myself as a little boy practicing something repititiously wooing myself into a meditative day dream state. Nice work! Check out my latest song called Here With You - Better MIX

Henke

Henke said 868 days ago (July 12th, 2007)

lol
Well I'm sure I always preferred Garageband to Acid - even if that was the first program I made loop songs in ;-)

I just listened in on your latest (The Queen's Party) - that was a really professional one. Rocking hard! I guess my eveil neighbour would have banged his head to that song too ;-)

Big thanks for popping by and writing a comment!

Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

VicDiesel	VicDiesel said 855 days ago (July 25th, 2007)
	Merry go round And around and around we go, it's the same theme but different. But not too different. For an experimental piece this was actually fairly gentle. Based on the title I'd been expecting something more abbrasive. Very nice. Check out my latest song called Desert Stars

Henke

Henke said 855 days ago (July 25th, 2007)

Thanks Vic!
I guess the title does hint at something "tougher". Couldn't think of another, though.

About experimental, it was that for me. I think I added classical and maybe ambient in the submit song form, but I never knew if that pops up anywhere on the site?!

Thanks for listening and commenting! Always appreciated!

/Henke

Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

elektronix

elektronix said 838 days ago (August 11th, 2007)

Nice!
I love it when music tells some story.

I had an piano student, who tried to play an easy version of Beethovens 9th Sinfonie "Song of Joy", and always missed one key at the same place. He repeated it again and again and again. Finally my (fomer, now I live seperated) wife came in and shouted: "Stop now! I am going nuts!"

BTW, I hope it was your hand, not your head banging on the furniture...;-)

Thanks a lot for sharing, I really enjoyed it!

Greetings,

Bernd

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Henke

Henke said 837 days ago (August 12th, 2007)

Well thank you Bernd
for telling me this story. It was fun and I understand how she must have felt.

I have a beautiful song by former ABBA-boys Björn and Benny, in the musical Kristina von Duvemåla (that looks strange but I don't know what it is called in other languages...), that ends in a note sung in a way I just can't stand. I always throw myself on the volume to silence the woman!

And yeah, it was just hand banging, not head banging ;-)

Glad you liked it!

/Henke

Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

slumbering	slumbering said 810 days ago (September 8th, 2007)
	Heh That's good : ) Check out my latest song called Over the Sea

Jarvoid

Jarvoid said 607 days ago (March 29th, 2008)

Why do people
hate Fur Elise? Right, thats it I hereby start the "Save the Fur Elise" society ....but before the men in the pink van put me in the backward facing jacket on the way to the rubber room may I say what a fun and refreshing take on it this is ....good natured fun poking and a fine twist of humour..right ..I'll run along to me padded room now..

Jarvoid

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Henke

Henke said 604 days ago (April 1st, 2008)

Hi!
IF it is actually true that people "hate" it, I THINK it may have to do with the fact that many not too proficient piano players (like myself) play it in a somewhat not perfect way. I am sure that a well played version could work for most piano music lovers...

Thanks for stopping bye and for your funny comment!

/Henke

Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

Jarvoid

Jarvoid said 604 days ago (April 2nd, 2008)

Fur Elise---------- You're
probably right ...I remember when my parents bought a piano
for me to practice on at home in the school holidays (I went to boarding school)and I'm sure their faces used to pale if I went anywhere near it...I s'pose we musoes aren't the only ones to make sacrifices for our art;-0...You know I just cannot get these stupid laughing faces right!!!

Jarvo

Check out my latest song called Witches in Texas-'Hallowe'en Challenge 2009'

Heightened	Heightened said 600 days ago (April 6th, 2008)
	Sorry, I am a Beethoven fan and love F�r Elise. But still find what you did to it awesome!! Check out my latest song called A Journey Through Starburst Galaxy M82

Henke	Henke said 599 days ago (April 6th, 2008)
	Oh, thank you! It is SO not Beethoven's fault if people don't like good ol' Elise. In my case one of the problems is that I never got passed the first page of music. I'm sure it gets better further on, the parts that hasn't gone through your head those 57.000 times... Take care, /Henke Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

davajonah	davajonah said 208 days ago (May 3rd, 2009)
	Cool! I did a version of this myself, but it's not posted here. If you want to listen, I've got it on another site, here: http://macidol.com/song/14148 I think Ludwig would have approved. He was a bit of a revolutionary in his day, yes! Check out my latest song called Pavlov's Dog

Henke	Henke said 207 days ago (May 3rd, 2009)
	Hehe way cool! You've got a Mediterranean feel to your version, but also some "ad lib" after that first famous page of music, haven't you? Very nice! (Oh my, you HAVE been busy listening to my stuff today! Thank you! Hope you're not bored to death...) /Henke Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

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Name: Henrik Dunér

I went to music class at a fairly early age but I guess I was never really that interested. I played the recorder for starters and then the flute and then for some reason the trombone! I also played in a renaissance ensamble, in long brown ve... [see more]

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Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. There is an overlap with avant-garde music. John Cage was a pioneer in experimental music and defined and gave credibility to the form. As with other edge

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