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  • It's been a while since we kind of checked...

  • What you guys are doing... Did you practice?

  • How many hours did you practice today?

  • What piece did you practice?

  • If you're not a musician...

  • Did you practice?

  • Alright, today we're going to be watching...

  • More cartoons!

  • But this time, it's more special, it's very specifically...

  • We're going to be watching The Simpsons.

  • And how they have portrayed

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

  • Alright, let's go!

  • As a young prodigy, this popular musician

  • wowed audiences across 18th century Europe.

  • And now...

  • The star of our show...

  • My son...

  • Mozart!

  • He makes Bach turn back.

  • Haydn go into hidin'...

  • And...

  • Well, those are the only ones there have been so far.

  • They made the musical puns.

  • "He makes Bach turn back"

  • and Haydn's be hidin.

  • That's so good.

  • Simpsons did their research.

  • Yeah.

  • For those of you who don't know,

  • Homer right now is playing the part of Leopold Mozart.

  • - Yeah. - Wolfgang Amadeus' father.

  • Leopold was known...

  • To have toured Mozart and his sister around

  • when they were kids to make

  • money off them, essentially.

  • Yeah.

  • And he was showing them off, like look at my son.

  • Yeah.

  • Hello, Vienna!

  • Are there any aficionados in the house?

  • Yeah!

  • Sonata in A, K331, Third Movement!

  • I can't hear you!

  • - K331... - Third Movement.

  • - Aw, it's so specific, I love it. - Yeah, they got it though.

  • - Yeah. - This K33...

  • - No one knows about the whole K... - Yeah.

  • Numbering sequence.

  • Anyway, for those of you that don't know, that's how...

  • Classical musicians number...

  • Canonically, their works through out their lifetime,

  • opus numbers.

  • Or in Mozart's case, K numbers.

  • Sonata in A, K331.

  • Third Movement!

  • Now it's just becoming Simpsons.

  • Yeah, it's just Simpsons now.

  • There's nothing to do with Mozart.

  • - He was bashing violins. - Yeah, oh...

  • There is this...

  • Kind of image that Mozart was very mischievous.

  • Yeah, and very out there.

  • Yeah.

  • You know, he gambled a lot.

  • - Yeah. - Towards his later years.

  • Just a crazy artist.

  • Crazy artist...

  • Child, whatever you call it.

  • And I love how the...

  • The throwing the...

  • - The underwears... - Yeah, whatever that is.

  • I mean, I know they did that during Liszt's time.

  • I don't - I don't know if they did that during Mozart's time.

  • - Maybe. - Yeah.

  • Definitely not our time.

  • Ooo. Show your ankle.

  • Ooo!

  • Blasphemy, sacrilege.

  • And then comes Tik Tok.

  • Papa, let me be the headliner.

  • I always show up on time

  • and I close the piano lid ever so softly.

  • Oh, little Salieri...

  • Okay, so that's not quite accurate.

  • Salieri's not Leopold's...

  • Son or daughter in this case.

  • But Salieri is known to be the figure of like...

  • Mozart's rival.

  • Yeah.

  • But not really a rival in the sense, more like...

  • Mozart overshadowed Salieri and Salieri's very...

  • Kind of jealous.

  • Yeah. Salieri lived in Mozart's shadows.

  • And unfortunately he was just outcasted.

  • No one practices as hard as you.

  • But it's your brother who keeps us in

  • lead-based face powder.

  • Ooo - Woah!

  • Woah...

  • Oh yeah.

  • Apparently, that's why Beethoven became deaf.

  • Exposure to lead.

  • Because they didn't know

  • lead was bad for you back then.

  • There you go, guys, research.

  • Ew, a plague rat.

  • Plague rat! Oh, wow.

  • Simpsons really went there.

  • *Laughing*

  • Don't you have music to write?

  • I'm doing it right now.

  • I call this my "Symphony in Gee, My Sister Sucks."

  • So that's also true.

  • He procrastinates and composes at the last minute.

  • - Yeah, he's - - What's that symphony he wrote, in like -

  • The overture.

  • - Overture... - To...

  • Don Giovanni?

  • Yeah, Don Giovanni, I think so.

  • He wrote the overture on the morning of the premiere.

  • And it's one of the most famous overtures ever.

  • So funny.

  • Actually, it's very interesting if you find...

  • Manuscripts of Mozart

  • and manuscripts of Beethoven is completely different.

  • Mozart's almost just written out one go.

  • It's already perfect.

  • It just flows.

  • Whereas Beethoven's manuscripts...

  • There's tears, there's crossing outs, there's...

  • - It's like, he works... - Beethoven...

  • Struggles with so many drafts to get what he wanted.

  • And actually...

  • I remember a teacher once told me

  • that should also be reflected in how you play it.

  • Mozart should sound effortless.

  • - Yes. - And elegant.

  • - Whereas Beethoven... - Ahh, Beethoven should be...

  • - It has that kind of struggle. - Struggle. Yeah.

  • For outstanding composer age 10 and under...

  • The winner is...

  • Please let me win.

  • Mozart!

  • Nice, nice.

  • - It's like the Grammy awards but for like - Yeah.

  • - back then or something. - Yeah, and Mozart won the Oscars.

  • - Yeah! - Yeah.

  • Uh, I can't stand it.

  • Thank you, thank you.

  • I wanna see you all next week at my concert in Krakow!

  • Crokow? Krakow?

  • Yeah...

  • Wine here! Get your wine!

  • Claret, Port, Riesling!

  • Emperors drink free.

  • I'm an emperor.

  • Nachti-Nacht.

  • That the idea is Salieri tried to sabotage Mozart.

  • There's even rumors that Salieri poisoned Mozart.

  • But it's not confirmed.

  • Mhm.

  • He was just one...

  • - Salty... Yeah. - Salty... Yeah.

  • One salty person.

  • Yeah.

  • Beans, oh, beans, delicious in your mouth!

  • But watch out when beans come out down south.

  • Tooting, some call it pooting, it's air-polluting.

  • The gas comes shooting right from your

  • butt, butt, butt, butt, butt, butt, butt -

  • They even got the butt obsession with Mozart.

  • Leck mich im Arsch!

  • Leck mich im Arsch!

  • - Ooh!!! - Mozart was obsessed...

  • With butts and he had a very obscene sense of humor.

  • Oh, Simpsons did their research.

  • - They know. - It's very subtle.

  • I mean obviously...

  • Da da da da la la la ~ That's not the...

  • - Opera, but it's... - But they depicted well.

  • Yeah, the style is kind of -

  • The humor is just...

  • You wouldn't have thought, cartoon back then,

  • before you guys were born.

  • Ooh! This makes me want to fop till I drop.

  • Mmm, oh, mmm.

  • Yes, ooo.

  • Mmm. Is that how you listen to Mozart?

  • - It's like mmm, oh, mmm. - Mmm, oh, yes.

  • - Dude... - Fop till I drop...

  • I mean... Fair enough.

  • The Emperor finds it boring.

  • Oh, then so do we.

  • Everyone's just doing what the emperor does.

  • It's literally toilet paper.

  • Oh, yeah.

  • For those of you that don't know in Australia right now...

  • Everyone's buying toilet paper cause everyone's panicking.

  • It's like, toilet paper's gonna save you guys!

  • People bored with opera? That's impossible.

  • Ha!

  • That's impossible!

  • - Ha ha! Yeah. - I feel like that was a jab.

  • Yeah.

  • People bored with opera?

  • That's impossi - *Laugh*

  • Dude, the Simpsons really had the jokes on point.

  • To fail your dear brother.

  • Oops.

  • Oh yeah, Mozart became an alcoholic.

  • - He was an alcoholic. - He was an alcoholic!

  • Oh, dude, this is so good.

  • Wow...

  • And they also said that he died at the end of his career,

  • like he wasn't rich.

  • - Cause he had like alcoholism and gambling - He gambled.

  • and all these other issues.

  • Guys, do not do those things.

  • Oh Mozart, I know you are gravely ill.

  • So I brought you the very finest doctor in all of Austria.

  • Guten Tag, everybody.

  • Guten Tag, Dr. Nick.

  • I can tell from here you have too much blood.

  • Let's get you covered in leeches.

  • Oh yeah, that was what they did back then.

  • They did leeching.

  • Aren't you glad for modern medicine?

  • - Wow... - Imagine...

  • Our ancestors went through this.

  • - No way. - And survived this, so we could be here today.

  • Our ancestors got leeched.

  • Got leeched to survive.

  • Moment of silence for our ancestors.

  • And also moment of silence for Mozart who

  • created such great music for us to enjoy today.

  • Oh, what's this? This video is not ten minutes yet.

  • Oh right, so we should...

  • Oh, what was that? Oh, comparison!

  • - Yes. Let's see. Amadeus. - Amadeus. That's right

  • I haven't actually seen the full movie.

  • I keep meaning to,

  • I haven't had time, cause I'm practicing.

  • But...

  • Everyone's seen this scene.

  • - It's Mozart versus Salieri. - Versus Salieri.

  • Who's that meant to be?

  • - Don't know. - Handel or something?

  • - I don't know. - Bach or Handel? Yeah.

  • Keep it Majesty if you want, it's already here in my head.

  • What?

  • From one hearing only?

  • I think so, sire.

  • Yes.

  • Salieri composed that right? For the emperor.

  • But he was obviously jealous.

  • And then Mozart came along.

  • - Yeah. - Show them up.

  • Yeah.

  • Show us.

  • Can I just say I love Mozart's purple, lavender coat.

  • What a...

  • Gangster.

  • The rest is just the same, isn't it?

  • - Wow, he is just burning Salieri. - "The rest is just the same, isn't it?"

  • The prince or the duke or whatever, the royal guy...

  • - He's like... Ooo... - He's like... Ooo, look at this guy.

  • Salieri's just like... Urgh...

  • Fuming.

  • Oh man, of course, you would. Far out.

  • Prodigies, that's how you make us feel.

  • You make us feel like Salieri.

  • Except we won't poison people.

  • Yeah. It's okay.

  • Don't poison people.

  • Yes.

  • That doesn't really work, does it?

  • Did you try...

  • Shouldn't it be a bit more...

  • Or this.

  • This.

  • Yes.

  • Better? What do you think?

  • He's like alright...

  • Yeah, hmm, uh...

  • He's just getting destroyed.

  • *Laughs*

  • That's such a...

  • - That laugh... - That was the story of Mozart.

  • - Yeah. - So cheeky.

  • "Hahaha, you can't do it!"

  • And Salieri is just like fuming.

  • I will just say Mozart was also known for his...

  • Improvisation. He could just...

  • - Just play. - Play.

  • - Geniuses are born not created. - Not created.

  • I'm not wearing this shirt, damn it.

  • Well, yeah, that definitely was not sacrilegious.

  • - So yeah... - We're wearing the wrong...

  • - We're wearing the wrong... - Apparel.

  • Apparel, guys.

  • On that note...

  • No, we plugged the apparel enough times.

  • Please do not go to twosetapparel.com.

  • Reverse psychology.

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  • And please don't subscribe.

  • See you guys next time.

  • *Laughing*

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