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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 8012453, member: 110504&quot;]...Are you sure that isn&#039;t the Fifth?&nbsp; </p><p>...Because the 9th really <i>is </i>my favorite Beethoven.&nbsp; Especially for the opening movement, with all that quiet, almost proto-Impressioniste atmospheric music, ...and then, <b>BAM! BAM! BAM!</b>&nbsp; Always reminds me of the beginning of Hendrix&#039;s live reading of &quot;Machine Gun&quot; on <u>Band of Gypsys</u> [<i>sic</i>].&nbsp; Sombre, slightly ominous but otherwise fairly formulaic rhythm &amp; blues, then Hendrix&#039;s machine-gun guitar riff, complemented by Buddy Miles&#039; machine-gun drumming.&nbsp; </p><p>Back to Beethoven&#039;s 9th, I used to have a cassette of some major orchestra in Berlin doing it live.&nbsp; It was released within a year or two of the fall of the Wall, and the atmosphere was absolutely electric.&nbsp; You could feel as if big stuff was happening, <i>at least</i> in the public mood.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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