Florida Orchestra recreates GEICO's Triangle Solo Commercial

Triangle solo? Surprising. Not surprising? Principal Percussionist John Shaw recreating the "triangle solo" GEICO commerical at a recent Coffee Concert with Stuart Malina on the podium. But it was their little secret. The rest of The Florida Orchestra had no idea what was about to happen in the middle of the concert’s second half.
The orchestra was performing Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King when John Shaw came in with his triangle solo. The original GEICO commercial uses Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major.
Learn more about The Florida Orchestra at www.floridaorchestra.org/.
Filmed October 12, 2017, at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida.

[@Mate397]

And they said playing the triangle during music class sucked, this man OWNED the stage

[@butterw55]

The soloist masterfully blends the driving rhythms of Cajun folk, the patriotic exhuberance of John Phillip Sousa and the quixotic experimentalism of John Cage into a seemless whole and thereby allows this living oeuvre to be viewed from 3 distinct angles - a "triangle", if you will. The conductor's trenchant final recitative invites us to reconsider our notions of percussion, performance, subscription fees and ultimately the crass capitalism that enables them.

[@catlivingston4701]

Whoah. Quite the review!

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@@catlivingston4701 Indeed

[@luanabernardino6540]

Good job, Erik!

[@Chimera6297]

really says a lot about society

[@fullervisiondotnet]

Is that a rain jacket?

[@GayleFalkenthal]

Oh yeah, we knew SOMEONE had to make it happen. Genius!

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Gayle Falkenthal lol

[@rrock2025]

Your comment is genius.

[@0412lennon]

When I get married I’m gonna get a triangle guy and he’ll have his own goddamn solo

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Guatemalan Dude 69 o

[@airlancers3612]

Are you married yet x2

[@alexeicogan4733]

Hmmm: I hope you kept it a secret from your wife until that moment came on wedding day. Did you end up taping that moment and posting it here on KZbin? LOL.

[@0412lennon]

@@airlancers3612 not yet

[@0412lennon]

@Urban Knight not yet

[@user-tv3kt4ck7w]

Он прекрасен, лучшее соло на треугольнике. У дирижёра прекрасная выдержка и чувство юмора.

[@anitaalyabiev]

Wow, he absolutely rocked it out of the park! Never seen so much talent and composition!

[@Kanibulus]

"Chuck, chuck! it's your cousing... you know that new sound you're looking for?" "WELL LISTEN TO THIS!"

[@TheFloridaOrchestra]

Marvin? Is that you?

[@gaylereno2490]

Just a KZbinr JB

[@shirleyjones2577]

GO JOHNNIE GO

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Just a KZbinr lol

[@matterman2003]

LMAO!!! I was worried all those snobs in the audience would pass out from seeing this, but apparently they loved it!

[@colleenbeaulieu9197]

You know, I think that triangle's out of tune

[@Jaydoggy531]

I think they transposed it for the live version. It's never the same key as the recorded version.

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Colleen Beaulieu oo

[@Aruesx]

**bends the rods inward**

[@chasemcpot7789]

Good ear

[@some105]

This is just perfect! The world is a better place now that I've seen this

[@Johnny_Love_Tree]

I was just thinking has anyone ever done a triangle solo and I found this video.. thank you I enjoyed it✌️😎

[@bigb0i71]

OUTSTANDING!

[@dandtinstcroix]

Absolutely BRILLIANT!!!!

[@zebra3stripes]

This is the actual soundtrack to Peer Gynt ringing the doorbell a hundred times to get the trolls to let him into the hall.

[@LucyLovettLestrange]

Can’t imagine how many people did this during concerts after the Geico commercial aired! ( this might not have been the first time lol)

[@user-pq4mu2ou3v]

Он классный!!!!!

[@alaskaboytheoriginal]

Excellent! Applause! Thank you for sharing this! :-)

[@TXBelle915]

This is fantastic!!!

[@legalosmumakilslayer]

Florida man strikes again! HI IMGUR!

[@johannesforsnabba2710]

HIII

[@SlacksOfficial]

One of us!

[@colleen9640]

legalosmumakilslayer 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 sorry I can't stop laughing! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

legalosmumakilslayer oo

[@jupiterkelthuzad7289]

*me when I get a triangle part* (I'm a percussionist in my school band)

[@jdj62464]

Too funny!

[@sheilatempelmann6541]

The one Coffee Concert I missed because I was not yet back in town. Glad I had the opportunity to see it on you.tube. Kudoos to John Shaw.

[@banegoa]

Art and humor. Fits nice together.

[@apollofinlay]

My music teacher played this for the class

[@melissabastos5121]

Love all of your triangles… 💋😍

[@nintendopepokemonfreakrube490]

what majestic polyphonic sounds

[@Emperor_Of_Mankind]

Brilliant !

[@jsabuilds2404]

What makes this even funnier is that I just went to a Florida Orchestra concert last November. :)

[@WardyLion]

This is the funniest thing I ever saw in the whole of today!

[@janyoung9785]

Best Gieco commercial of ALL!

[@cubanbach]

AWESOME thanks for the laughter this morning! ♥

[@mrchrisliddell]

Ah.mazing!! So glad I live in Clearwater where I can see your awesome concerts!

[@soflynolitherealest7908]

Great! Love it.

[@mialambert9675]

I'm going to show my music teacher this!

[@user-yw2qs9su8d]

BRAVO

[@leonb3526]

Du inspirierst mich seit Tag eins!!!!!

[@korvet2010]

Бравооооооо!!!

[@blazefire1826]

watched this more than 10 times.... still laughing

[@ig_notoriouszz7846]

Absolute MADLAD

[@catjudo1]

After his career with Toad the Wet Sproket came to an end with a catastrophic elbow injury, electric triangle virtuoso Rex Stardust believed himself finished, but a chance meeting with Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen convinced him to seek rehabilitation therapy for his damaged arm (and probable substance abuse) and keep playing. In time, flamboyant ambidextrous Rex mastered new techniques of play that allowed him to expand his musical horizons far beyond what he could have ever imagined. He rocks the house here with the esteemed Florida Orchestra.

[@numa_kai]

PERFECTION!

[@WardyLion]

YEAH!!! GO TRIANGLE GUY!!! \m/>.

[@gungbojog6030]

0:33 *p o k e*

[@ew4316]

Jabbing with a bow? S A C R I L E G I O U S

[@middleman8787]

That’s Gold!!

[@paulchristofersen8281]

He’s good!

[@texasrox65]

Fabulous

[@rammahsss]

this made me subscribe automatically

[@bigtexhand]

THIS is why I come to KZbin...when I'm not on PornHub.

[@middleman8787]

Turd Ferguson perfect!!

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Turd Ferguson oh

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

Triangle solos there are of a hole different kind...

[@deathaccent7437]

So, are you trying to solo??

[@slysupersonic]

Xvideos is better!

[@alexandrrafloress]

Oh my god! Too funny 😂😂

[@melissabastos5121]

Keep on triangling bro

[@andyharman3022]

When he windmills, that's what puts it over the top. Pete Townsend would be proud.

[@keishakay5122]

👍 yeah

[@jcsmith2]

Well played TFO!

Awesome!! :D

[@weeblbob233]

Perfect.

[@ronniefranco512]

0:25 Ed Grimley dance

[@patricioaliaga4024]

Gotta have more triangle....

[@carolynwashington1492]

Great

[@PhuocNguyen-js6hy]

It’s so funny💃👍👍

[@sikohhalilintar6935]

He is Slash actiually. But in triangle version

[@ralphralpherson9441]

0:25 - was that 2 seconds of Ed Grimley??? I sure hope that was his inspiration for that dance.

[@jpri4891]

Good one! 😂

[@DreynHarry]

he is bathing in it - finally the triangle is in the centre of everbodies attention :D :D

[@Shrubchucker]

Needs cowbell

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

Im like the new Paganini on the triangle. And the bass drum too.

[@Zathres]

isnt he just enjoying his moment

[@BiLLiARDiNSTRUCT0R]

🔺🔥🤘😆

[@ShellymanStudios]

Lmao this is funny!

[@aboubacaramine8689]

Even if it's a classical orchestra, it's still Florida

[@PRATZP28]

Where is the 9gag gang?

[@joshuaalzaga5878]

pratz p there was no sound on 9gag

[@PRATZP28]

The Park I know that's why I am here

[@Doufre17x]

Here

[@stormtrooper7032]

Yup, here because OP posted without sound...

[@PRATZP28]

Storm Trooper true

[@matteosacchiero9808]

Tabs?

[@MarkConoverisgreat]

needs more cowbell!

[@shestolemythunder]

Triangle soloist: I get all the girls!! As a girl: Can confirm!!!

[@Galantski]

Ed Grimley sighting at 0:24. lol

[@bgumbleton]

More Triangle!!!! Lol!

[@0Spasitel0]

Мужик-красавчик:))

[@voltaspeeder17]

Unleash the fury

[@lawlicht8092]

Of course it had to be Florida lol

[@kjote]

OK, subscribed. :D

[@therealjackfisher]

I guess that someone joined already Dragon Force before Steve T got the offer.

[@yanarock81]

Yes! I found the comment about Stevie T!

[@justrenthx]

Interesting.

[@aaron-justinanderson]

Other orchestras :Mozart , Beethoven ,Bach Florida Orchestra :

[@UVtec]

Ads are getting smarter.

[@arulu4649]

wow you search triangle solo

[@dontlookatme57]

can someone please tell me the name of the song? driving me nuts not knowing the name...

[@TheFloridaOrchestra]

We were performing Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King when John Shaw came in with his triangle solo.

[@dontlookatme57]

wow thanks!

[@susanryman9948]

Bach Brandenburg Concerto #3

[@susanryman9948]

That is what Geico ad played that is

[@BrianSmith-vl7xu]

It would have been even better coming from the Bermuda Orchestra

[@andreivasile3540]

here because of that 9gag guy who posted the gif. hehe

[@NylonStrings83]

what do u do oh I am musician in the Vienna philharmonic wow (must be a genius) a maestro of the piano or violin or perhaps the cello ...... u know what's coming next

[@colleen9640]

Maybe triangle guy and karaoke guy will do a duet.

[@garetho03]

Good solo by dragonforce

[@reeqee7655]

Twosetviolin should see this

[@lauriestewart2044]

Florid man strikes again

[@user-us3tx4kf8o]

졸귀탱

[@NhanLe-cj9fc]

Is it Ling Ling??????

[@romanroman9504]

Для соло нужен электротреугольник, а не обычный

[@bagejan222]

This is too funny

[@elkindemir2934]

May I get the sheet music?

[@Jimjolnir]

Hendrix, step aside!

[@illegal-sv7pj]

Tabs for the solo?

[@John3_17-21]

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[@user-lu7hw7zv8h]

Funny