I tend to forget the first part which means I never get to the rest so I never know if I've forgotten that as well.

and its so infuriating

that is the most frustrating feeling in the world

@@PhilJonesIII sometimes I remember the piece from the middle too

You are peacefully playing an old piece and this broken sound suddenly comes up and you try everything possible but it always sound terrible, ugh the worst feeling...

We're lucky if they get to that point. Most just play it[ any piece of music] anyway and don't even notice anything is off... and there are huge audiences asking for such performances... yep..

@@agnidas5816 we all hear mistakes. Just ppl are cool sometimes. Its ok to do a mistake.

@@mdrptdr10 that is not the point

@@michelepellegrino6640 i think you take very seriously something you might never experience.

pardon? Anyway if I had felt the necessity to take it ''very seriously'', as you say, I would have let you notice that ''we all hear mistakes'' it's completely wrong. We don't have the same ears by any means. To put it simply even though is reductive (because of genetic), musicians, simple music listeners and non-listeners don't have the same ears ---> not everyone notices musical mistakes. Have a good one, peace : )

I'm sorry, but I don't quite understand WHY the joke is funny. Makes me laugh, but I don't know why. Could you enlighten me?

Classically trained musicians are so much used to play from sheets that they sometimes don't care or even think about what they actually play.

@@Odthean the joke first is that he is probably using a pirated copy of music (hence the use of “Joey” Strauss instead of “Johann” Strauss). The second is that he was playing the right notes, but the chords had all the notes rearranged from their normal order (the bass was switched to the top line and vice versa).

As someone who can not tell tunes apart I disagree. All of this goes completely over my head. At least there is a comment section.

@@skivernatnjilten493 I thought the joke lied in how he seemed to not notice the off key and struggled to sight read suggesting he's rusty. It also implies that he may be forgetful on a meta level, but it was teased as a side joke.

"But not necessarily in the right order"

Which part the 'wrong notes' come from

@@andysedgley good reference ;)

😁🤣

The kinda green Mississippi by Joe Strange

He also flipped that line around depending on what piano he was performing on. Borge was the best.

@@percyvolnar8010 That album was from around 1960; I was in high school.

Devonimp No, it doesn't.

agree.

No

No it doesn’t haha it becomes easier , you can play the piece in one key signature in the LH and another dissonant key signature in the RH !

The guys who are disagreeing clearly have not done there hours yet as it becomes very hard due to muscle memory, you guys really need to work on your pieces more 😂

Fake czech? What's the meaning of this

He was actually Polish.

@@petersenior5432 Fictional, it's a Czech inside joke. They pretend he exists, like how Scots say Haggis comes from an animal with two short legs or how German parliament claims en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Maria_Mierscheid exists.

@@wtho he was actually Czech, born in Wienna.

Yes, and the Irish invented the bagpipes and gave them to the Scotsmen as a joke! They haven't caught on yet. Badumbum.

Mr. Borge often interacts with these stray laughs, improvising momentarily. Great Master, R. I. P.

You know it's a old comment not because there this date tag, but because the 0:37 is not highlighted

@@thegermanhero204 Thanks :D but omg 11 years old :D

Particularly when it happens in front of an audience!

Ok

Don't be scared! It's nothing, happens to people all the time. I guess I should say it's probably nothing. It might be Alzheimer's.

ICR. it's less embarrassing, but no less unnerving if the audience doesn't notice. In fact, if you're the only one who notices, and you haven't checked your notes yet to make sure, it is downright creepy.

Borge did a bit where he stuttered the first word of Take Me Out To The Ballgame as "Take take me" and sang it through with all the words offset by one note, ending with "One, two, three strikes you're out in the old ball" then looking confused. Try it... it's HARD.

Edwin VP Correct mistake that never made....rip my english i guess but u know what i mean

I felt sorry you hadn't got a single like for that meta comment after 11 years. So, much like the blonde who entered my bar and asked me for a double entendre, I gave you one.

bump!

I also felt terrible you only gathered 7 likes in 12 years so i gave you one too

@@andysedgley I think it's more a case of not getting the joke. Yours was good, though.

You mean how a musician does?

You mean how a musician does?

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The slightly wrong version

@@Roescoe you mean the slightly correct* version

@@josephjeon804 You know.. uhh correct, incorrect about the same

@@Roescoe yes indeed

He said it during the sketch - Blue Danube Waltz, by Johann Strauss, (although I think Borge called him John or George, for a laugh).

Yeah, it's Blue Danube by Johann Strauss, jr. - you might also find it under its original German title "An der schönen blauen Donau". BTW, a variant spelling of the composer's name is Strauß which looks a bit like Straub to someone unfamiliar with this particular special character of the German language (which represents an "s" sound). Borge certainly was aware of this (he seems to have spoken German to quite a good degree) but apparently made fun of this by warping Johann Strauß into Joe Straub! ;-)

He starts Voices of Spring before Blue Danube.

@@vonteflon Joe Strauss, lol

Shenorai yes, THAT is the joke and it's the part you will get if you are actually a pianist:)

RetroPS4 No, it is probably not. The joke is that he thought that he was playing something wrong, then when he actually looked at the sheet music, they were actually the right notes.

Thanks for reminding all of us that we are on the internet...where anyone will say anything, anywhere, at any time.

ofc not rofl

@@againstallexpectations3986 So why'd he keep playing it wrong after checking?

So we notice that the piano isn't tuned, and he clearly notices something's wrong. We think he's gonna try and retune the piano or do something to fix the problem. But, then he pulls out the sheet music. He simply thinks he's playing the wrong key, and he wasn't. It can be seen as either him being oblivious to the piano being out of tune or simply not caring. It's not his fault if the piano is out of tune, he just has to hit the right keys.