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upascal aka Ulysses is a 20.3 year old boy, has been a member since May 18, 2006, has scored 299 submissions, giving an average score of 2.27.

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Feb 14 '07 by upascal

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Mozart was a sellout.

Dude, people, I know you know it.
So I made a slogan that said "Mozard was a sellout" and nobody liked it. It might not be witty but 2% is a pretty low "I'd wear it" rate and I was just wondering if threadless is full of revisionists that want to pretend history is what they want it it to be...? Yeah?

KBShakedown on Feb 14 '07 at 6:55pm

Threadless is full of revisionists who don't want to wear crappy slogans.

goodinyoudies on Feb 14 '07 at 6:55pm

mozart sold out churces at like age 4. he started on top.

goodinyoudies on Feb 14 '07 at 6:56pm

churches*

Noodlegirl on Feb 14 '07 at 6:56pm

jet approves on Feb 14 '07 at 6:58pm

Did you know he did the songs "Twinkle Twinkle" and the ABC song?

SemantiTheft on Feb 14 '07 at 6:58pm

I think it's funny. But then again, my slogans don't do so well, either.

ambientcity on Feb 14 '07 at 6:59pm

i would wear a shirt that said that

MooseDinner on Feb 14 '07 at 7:02pm

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star IS the ABC song. He came up with the tune, but not the lyrics. He didn't know how to speak English when he was five or whatever.
What did Mozart sell out to? He made his money through public performances, so you could say he "sold out" to the general population, rather than pandering to the desires of a particular rich person/family like most composers of his day (Haydn, Bach, etc.) I'd say making music exclusively for one rich guy just to make a living is the epitome of selling out as a musician.

goodinyoudies on Feb 14 '07 at 7:06pm

he sooo sold out. it's all about the indie classical components like arnold schoenberg.

jet approves on Feb 14 '07 at 7:08pm

MooseDinner- Yes, that's what I was trying to get across but apparently didn't.

margolove on Feb 14 '07 at 7:09pm

YOU'RE a sellout.

I'm pretty sure any court composer would have had to sell out.

It's not like you could do whatever the hell you wanted when you were working for the Emperor.

KBShakedown on Feb 14 '07 at 7:10pm

I remember the first time I sold out. This blog is lame.

peater on Feb 14 '07 at 7:11pm

yeah i played all twelve (i think) variations he wrote to Twinkle. It's a lot harder than it looks.

goodinyoudies on Feb 14 '07 at 7:11pm

I meant composers. I can't think today and I'm blaming it on the snow.

SemantiTheft on Feb 14 '07 at 7:12pm

Holy crap... Twinkle Twinkle and the ABC song are the same?!!!

Wow... that just rocked my world.

jet approves on Feb 14 '07 at 7:13pm

And the Hamster Dance came from the Disney version of Robin Hood.

KBShakedown on Feb 14 '07 at 7:14pm

And Bah, bah black sheep is a variation on the twinkle twinkle tune.

margolove on Feb 14 '07 at 7:16pm

Oh god, that Robin Hood intro song is the catchiest thing ever. I haven't watched that movie in at least ten or eleven years and I still remember the whole thing.

Oh no, it's starting!

Dah bah dee ah dah dee dah doo doo...

SemantiTheft on Feb 14 '07 at 7:17pm

There's a really neat book called "Heavy Words Lightly Thrown" about the very macabre origins of nursery rhymes. Pretty interesting.

Noodlegirl on Feb 14 '07 at 7:18pm

I love Robin Hood.

SemantiTheft on Feb 14 '07 at 7:18pm

We got Robin Hood for Christmas for my 5 month old... I hadn't seen it in probably 15 years and still remembered every word!

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