RE: RIP thread
May 14, 2019 at 12:19 am
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2019 at 12:21 am by Rev. Rye.)
(May 13, 2019 at 11:10 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:(April 25, 2019 at 9:06 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Possibly Hitler's lover, Verena Lafferentz was a granddaughter of Richard Wagner. She has died at 98, the last surviving grandchild of the composer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/obitu...-dead.html
I think Richard Wagner's RIP is especially ironic. The "Ride of the Valkyries" (German: Walkürenritt or Ritt der Walküren) refers to the beginning of act 3 of Die Walküre, the second of the four operas constituting Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. This is perhaps his most emotionally stirring work. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, depending on your point of view), this work may be most known to future generations as the, "Kill the Wabbit" song.
Kill the Wabbit. Skip to 1:04 for the most pertinent parts if you're not a Bugs Bunny Fan.
Who the fuck isn’t a Bugs Bunny fan?
Okay, in all seriousness, that imagery is probably more stirring than what’s actually happening on stage when that music is playing, namely, nothing. Seriously, “Ride of the Valkyries” is largely the prelude for Act III of Die Walkure. The curtain isn’t even raised for most of it. And when it is, it’s just the Valkyries yelling “hojotojo” at each other on a mountaintop talking about the slain heroes they brought for Wotan. (Source: the Penguin Classics translation of the libretto for the Ring Cycle I have on my lap right now.) By the time Brunhilde actually enters the scene, Wagner moves on to another movement.
Also, my research into the Third Reich and Hitler makes me very skeptical of claims that he had any meaningful sex life (yes, even with Eva Braun.)
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.