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[โ€“] Soup@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It still sounds kinda goofy, though. Not surprised the clowns went with it.

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I know, I don't know if it's just prejudice from how established it is for clowns, but that opening is so clownish it hurts.

tbqh, a lot of that late 19th century orchestral music sounds so bombastic that it loops around into being outright silly.

But orchestral music recovered