How The Clown Song Was Meant To Be Played

[@theshlauf]

The idea of using a grandiose military marching song to signal the entrance of a bunch of clowns was probably a really hilarious joke when circuses first started doing it.

[@ProjectThunderclaw]

It's pretty funny that 100 years ago the joke was that you were sending in the clowns to the military song, and now the joke is that you're sending in the military to the clown song.

[@ElCidCampeador1994]

Like dressing lions tamers (I dont know the name in English) as dukes.

[@The_Practical_Daydreamer]

I have had that exact same thought. People learn through association, and jokes lose context over time.

[@Caseyuptobat]

Sort of like how Nimrod has come to mean "buffoon" when in reality bugs bunny was making fun of Elmer Fudd by ironically comparing him to a legendary hunter from the Bible.

[@CSXIV]

Imagine if the only context that anyone remembers Also Sprach Zarathustra (aka: the "2001: A Space Odyssey" song) is parodies of "2001." That's what happened to "Entry of the Gladiators."

[@herbderbler1585]

Imagine writing an epic military march, then finding out later in life that the whole world associates it with clown shenanigans.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

In all fairness, at this point there's really only a handful of commonly remembered marches. Stars and Stripes Forever, Entrance of the Gladiators, Liberty Bell March and Colonel Bogey March are probably the main ones that people are likely to remember at this point. I may have missed a couple, but chances are good that most people on this site have heard those ones and probably not many others.

[@LuwiigiMaster]

It kind of reminds me of how an 80s italodisco song is now associated with animal crossing porn 36 years after it's release, and people in the distant future make videos like 'Camel by Camel how it was meant to be portrayed' with footage of an Italian disco.

[@hedgehog3180]

@@LuwiigiMaster No weird porn was definitely always the intention with Italian music.

[@LuwiigiMaster]

@@hedgehog3180 aww, I thought you were gonna point out another italodisco song that was also made famous by porn, maybe in an 'Ulterior Motives' way.

[@specterknight873]

I would think that shits hilarious

[@Zizumia]

The fact a song called "Entrance of the Gladiators" became a song associated with clowns is really funny to me

[@darrennew8211]

That's OK. The British army does the changing of the guards at Buckingham palace to the tune of The Liberty Bell March. (You know, the Monty Python theme song?)

[@1q34w]

Gladiators were the entertainers of the roman empire.

[@robertofratello5203]

Gladiators were the stars of the circus

[@supermaximglitchy1]

The Roman circus

[@storminmormin14]

Sounds far too upbeat for being about a game where people slaughter each other.

[@justafnaffan2.016]

Ngl, it does sound like a good march, if you just detatch yourself from the clown association, which although is hard for most versions, is surprisingly easy for this one.

[@kousand9917]

Because it's played with actual instruments.

[@fluffly3606]

Maybe it's because the percussion section is more prominent...?

[@Dispencerhere]

It has parts that feel neither like a march or a clown music. Perfect enigma

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

It's the tempo. The one used in circuses is called a "screamer" and they are played at twice the speed. This one is played exactly as what the score said...

[@demoxy7243]

@@kousand9917 in circuses they play the marches with real instruments

[@fierylightning3422]

from about 0:45 it's actually quite a solid march song, but the opening will always be incredibly funny

[@CatholicSamurai]

yeah 0:45 absolutely slaps. Wish I could have that motif on repeat

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yes

[@Starpotion]

The opening always lets me know some goofy shit is about to happen

[@ThePamastymui]

Those 45 seconds should be reserved for politicians...

[@rogerwilco2]

Yes, it is the opening that changes the feel of the music.

[@CobraDBlade]

Kind of like how the song "Pomp and Circumstance" was originally written to be a funeral march, but now is used for high school graduations.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

To be fair, there are a few songs they use to reflect some sort of death, the Wedding March is a particularly good example of a song for death.

[@scotswarrior9535]

and being Bri'ish

[@jevilthechaostailor]

Imagine homies show up to the funeral going like “LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO” when that banger comes in

[@KasumiRINA]

Still looks ridiculous students graduation with Macho Man theme. XD Owwwweyeah the pukesters out there.

[@brucealanwilson4121]

Actually, for a Coronation.

[@epicosmonia_cool]

*"You are not just an army, you are the entire warzone!"*

[@aarontv1242]

"You are not just a warzone You're the entire war!"

[@st4r658]

"You're not just a war, you're a whole multi-generational conflict!"

[@CUSTERM16A2]

"You are the entire 100 Years Wars."

[@The_Forgettable1]

"You're not just the hundred years war, you're the art of War itself!"

[@231ValeiMacoris]

Is this a Kurzgesagt reference?

[@morningwakes7182]

The problem is that is too cheerful for what it is announcing and then part through it it starts sounding fantastical. But despite all that I kinda see it

[@catboynestormakhno2694]

kinda makes it more creepy tbh

[@rc8101]

Yeah there's sort of a thin line between soberly triumphal and goofy fantastical and that's the problem this particular piece has I think

[@l.h.9747]

Thats austrian marches for you xD

[@Goodmanperson55]

There's a lot of cheery marching songs. A lot of parades are meant to be celebratory so it makes sense that this would be the type of music to be used. Look up America's own marching music like American Patrol and American Ranger March. Both equally very cheery.

[@michaelsaunders1400]

This comment made me realize the music is supposed to be Jingoistic.

[@frederickoftheartic2209]

They should've stuck with this, it perfectly describes the state of the Austro Hungarian Armies in the 20th century.

[@walterwhite1742]

Austerlitz moment

[@Wilhelm_Alpennau]

Guten Tag

[@svetozarboroevicvonbojna4702]

Yeah haha it’s not like, oh wait, Germany couldn’t even fully invade Belgium, 15 successive battles with almost no resources and still being able to carry out one of the world most effective offensives. Stormtroopers that make the German elite look like conscripts. Don’t let popular thought poison your brain, a rather unmilitarist culture going into a conflict no one understood holding up the longest fronts when even still having less troops the Germany and lost 1 million troops in on if there first major battles because of Hosldorf idiocy.

[@karenzeise1522]

​@svetozarboroevicvonbojna4702 the Austrian general was an idiot who wouldn't take orders from the germans and still expect them to bail them out but the germans were smart

[@Bread-nx9fo]

@@svetozarboroevicvonbojna4702 The entire war couldve been avoided if the Chief of the Austrian General staff an the rest of the council didnt want to invade Serbia, its hotzendorf's fault

[@adrianaslund8605]

War is just a particularly violent form of clownshow when you think about it.

[@USSFFRU]

Several clowns beat the shit out of eachother to prove who's the bigger clown

[@nymphrodellsalavin]

No

[@enzymcs2992]

true

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

[@nachodiaz2221]

barnum & bailey used this Masterpiece on his circus show, coz it was one of his favorites notes. then everyone started associating it with the clowns.

[@Tadfafty]

The often omitted last part is my favorite part of this.

[@demoxy7243]

same

[@joedellinger9437]

Yes, we played this in high school marching band, I agree!

[@blackosprey2219]

I've heard modified versions of this from a lot of school marching bands

[@rjdruhan]

As a person who was in the military and marching band in High School: it physically hurts me every time the video is out of step with the music.

[@maprivero1251]

Me too, but that's because I have been years participating in Spanish processions.

[@mky3039]

Actually you're simply in constant pain and it only reminds you. 🌝

[@rjdruhan]

@@mky3039 How dare you say something so true 😅🤣😑

[@ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser]

Same here

[@tomlindsay4629]

Yup

[@Nolroa]

Julius Fucik: “Entrance Of The Gladiators is an epic piece of melody that will evoke what it was like when the Roman gladiators entered the arena of the Colosseum, the bloody combats in front of the emperor who with a thumb decides if the defeated gladiator lives or dies and the execution of christians that was apparently the halftime show” (And the reason why a Pope ordered that these Roman coliseums must be preserved in some way instead of being demolished and managed to survive to this day) P.T. Barnum: Yeaaaaaahhh... whatever, Take this whole fistful of dollars for the rights of your tune. I'll make a few slight changes but believe me that people will remember it for all that you said about gladiators and stuff... Many years later: Julius Fucik: What the Fu...cik!?

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Both the song and his last name are completely appropriate to being associated with marches.

[@jasonknutson713]

...wait, so his name isn't Juicy Fuck? I swear I saw it posted as if that was his name once, but I may have been hallucinating at the time.

[@GanarfGeorgie]

19th century; Brave men marching to their fates. 20th century; joyful circus clowns and graceful acrobats. 21st century; Politicians world wide.

[@DudokX]

To be fair without the cultural learning that this is circus music, it sounds like a marching song.

[@iantaakalla8180]

It also really helps that this is considerably restrained as far as performances of Entry of the Gladiators go so it just sounds like the introduction of some simulation of war rather than the madcap antics of incoming circuses, literal or metaphorical.

[@sirBrouwer]

because it is a marching song. the entire basic is that it works very well to use as a walking retheme in a procession. that is even the reason Circus theatergroups do to there nature where always on the go from one tonw to the next. often walking. So marching music was a good way to convey the glamour for the guests (it was hardly ever really glamour circus work/world was en still is harsh) Seeing the people in there best clothing and with the animals walking in tune to the music really worked well. This song in it self if you take note is selling you a picture of grandeur and spectacle.

[@tychogoedhart286]

I heard it was meant to be played at half this speed

[@yourbelowaveragewarthunder8654]

try 0.75

[@lancelotwhitford6516]

At .75 speed it sounds a lot more serious

[@feralcatgirl]

it does make it more obvious that most of the video clips don't match the beat though

[@crabbinmoose8583]

Somewhere between normal speed and .075 speed (.086 speed, to be exact) is about correct for military cadence on this song.

[@ShiroCh_ID]

doesnt that means speeding up marching song can became a circus

[@demilung]

I now have an image in my head of an actual known military. Imagine, rows of cars and thousands of clowns, each unit having their special uniform and face paint pattern.

[@MrFetalposition]

Camouflage Face Paint!

[@wingshad0w00982]

Once you get past that first section it gets more military march. But that opening portion is just so *happy* for a military march.

[@reidoha1066]

I usually listen to most of KZbin at 1.5 speed. Totally forgot to take it off of that when I watched this. I was just like, “Holy crap that’s some clean articulation!”

[@blackrabbit212]

Just tried it! Great idea.

[@staticoverlay]

the clowns are an army and you will fear them

[@wasd____]

I see a Juggalo joke in here somewhere, but it's too easy

[@japanesehitler]

The Honk legion

[@OSINT-MANAGEMENT]

As the entire company marches out of their balloon type 94 tankette.

[@stevefromtoh]

IN DEATH WE ARE ONE! IN DEATH WE ARE STRONG! IN DEATH WE ARE THE HONK LEGION!

[@AaronNorris-g3f]

Imagine a malicious clown with an army. Like some-sort of jokester, but evil!

[@garcia207]

1:02. Those are some dangerous looking airline stewardesses but at least they won’t have to worry about unruly passengers.

[@leopavlov7165]

Read reply I'm pretty sure it's north korea, but not 100% sure

[@fnafshow5499]

@@leopavlov7165it’s kazakhstan, was there to see in person.

[@leopavlov7165]

@@fnafshow5499 Ok

[@ExtraCheesey316]

"Your not a soldier,your the entire army"

[@DaLegendaryQuack]

YOU'RE NOT THE ENTIRE ARMY, YOU'RE THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF KZbin SHORTS KID!(your spelling sucks harder than a vacuum)

[@asiancat109]

*You're

[@FilipPopovic-oj2fz]

Excuse me, but I don’t know that quote, could anybody explain?

[@angelcabeza6464]

No one cares for English well enough to be correct in the language ​@@asiancat109

[@kaianmontenegrotobias750]

​@@FilipPopovic-oj2fz Is a parody of a common joke on the social media plataforms: "You’re not a clown you're the entire circus.”

[@atraxisdarkstar]

I keep hearing this is supposed to have a slower tempo than the screamer (the circus version), but every version I've heard has the same tempo.

[@Travelling_Heart15]

Try .75 speed

[@henrinarhi7667]

​@@Travelling_Heart15 It changes the song to a really good march!

[@player17wastaken]

@@Travelling_Heart15no way... it actually sounds serious now

[@Psychohistorian42]

At .75 I can see it. At .5 it becomes silly again: it sounds like the clowns are stuck in molasses and the band is in on the gag.

[@Adam-xf6sq]

Ha, now I’m the video everyone is taking a light stroll instead of marching.

[@USSFFRU]

It's still hard as hell to not laugh without thinking of the Twitter Anthem in this version. But it does fit Austria-Hungary considering their amazing military record in World War I without German Support

[@Elyasomeedshan]

Even if this song is for the austro-hungarian army marches, the music still fits for the twitter users and degens as always

[@franklsuarez]

"Play some circus music." "No, wrong kind of circus music."

[@wasd____]

Well, it's a goddamn circus full of buffooning clowns either way, so I don't really see a problem! :D

[@24KGOLDENXEssj]

Why does the first one 0:05 looks like it’s by great America in San Jose

[@jordillach3222]

Those are the cadets of the Escuela Militar General Bernardo O'Higgins (the Chilean West Point) performing at the military parade held every 19th of September at park O'Higgins in Santiago, Chile, following the celebration of the national day on the 18th.

[@ndhart3213]

5000 soldiers come out of one IFV

[@Rytonic69]

If you’ve ever served, then you know how fitting clown music is for the military

[@fredo1070]

C'zech composer Julius Fučík as a Military March for the Austro-Hungarian Army.' No wonder they lost WWI. The tune that brought down the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

[@derederekat9051]

hard not to collapse when you have like 10 different languages in your army and need a translator just to send a retreat order.

[@wilberwhateley7569]

Perhaps that’s the reason this piece became associated with clowns…

[@ColoradoStreaming]

@@derederekat9051 That and the commander Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf was a pompous idiot that sent soldiers into frozen wastelands with cardboard shoes to get eaten by wolves. Ironically Hötzendorf always wanted war with Serbia but the Archduke kept him at bay wanting peace but after he was assassinated Hötzendorf basically got the green light to invade and start WWI.

[@mikexf1647]

It's also hard fighting against the whole world.

[@ThW5]

Well, it was the K.u.K. army,...

[@wagahagwa6978]

imagine being a italian soldier and this is what you hear in the alps

[@Blaze_Raven]

Chuckles: I'm about to commit various war crimes.

[@whanngabrylsanoy721]

Chuckles noo💀

[@SeasideDetective2]

Very ironic that the military, a symbol of order, would promote violence, while the circus, a symbol of chaos, would promote family-friendly entertainment. Just goes to prove that anarchism is not only more humanistic than fascism, but more wholesome as well.

[@thepurplegummyfish]

Honestly i would be pretty scared if i heard that during war

[@beinggreenandunseen3171]

*Clown invasion in progress*

[@carwashslayer4235]

This is a great version I love it and honestly if you take away all the scary stuff then yes it can be a good March.

[@KaiserWilhelmReal]

Scary stuff?

[@carwashslayer4235]

Clowns and stuff@@KaiserWilhelmReal

[@jajakonevim]

Thanks for czech

[@mrpineapple3942]

Scary stuff?

[@british35]

@@mrpineapple3942Guy probably hates clowns

[@KookydohClown]

What a unique way to hear the music. I can totally see this as a military march now.😮

[@ketchup901]

It is a military march

[@jwechols86]

@@ketchup901 they knows now, just it was originally associated in a lot of peoples minds as “the clown song”

[@PopTartNeko]

Maximus putting the clown nose after making the balloon animals: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED

[@mjspice100]

The “clown song” is actually “Entrance of the Gladiators” by Julius Fučík and is a military march..

[@TaitLawrence-xl2xb]

Yes, hence the creator of this video had military marches in the background!

[@alexaalexa2308]

Gladiator got hurt so people can laugh at them, technically theyre clowns, a cool clowns

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@TaitLawrence-xl2xb The video creators was being ironic, this song is really about clowns.

[@andrewhcit]

@@alexaalexa2308 It originally had nothing to do with gladiators. Fucik originally composed it when he was a military bandmaster and titled it "Grande Marche Chromatique." He later retitled it "Entrance of the Gladiators" because of his personal interest in the Roman Empire.

[@tarstakars]

Yes "March of the Gladiators" is the perfect song for this video...😊

[@AmisAngelstreams]

Watching the music put to actual marching soldiers, you can see how if somebody didn't grow up with it as "the clown music", it would seem to them as perfectly fitting a soldier marching song. I didn't even find it that hard to detach the clown association from the music after a bit.

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

>Austria-Hungary >composed by a guy whose name looks like Julius Fuckit It's still the clown song

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Austria-Hungary in WW1: Send in the 2nd wave of Clowncars

[@Mangoeplanter]

So Austria

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

They should have stuck with the Polish orthography.

[@Elyasomeedshan]

And then its currently the anthem of twitter users

[@TooLateForIeago]

I’ve never heard this full song before! Thanks. And hey, at 0:27 it’s the song that made Americans parade in step for a change.

[@wvmoonfox]

Looking at description I found out it was written by a czech composer named Julius Fucik. Thank you for educating me, all this time I was sure Sousa wrote it.

[@debug8377]

he is kinda like the bohemian sousa tho

[@HananNg]

The fact that they put up china when the clown part starts 😂😂

[@Elyasomeedshan]

Racism?

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Only the Chinese army can march to the clown theme and still look like a force to be reckonned with

[@themonteaglenavy8513]

Imagine a time traveler going to the first use of this song, and everyone is confused why he’s giggling.

[@nietzscheII-oz4zj]

i love it. look how perfectly the clowns are marching to their music.

[@Seth9809]

The less familiar the part of the song is, the easier it is to not associate it with clowns.

[@Eddy2730]

If only the Army had its own Clown Corps.

[@BananaChicken21]

“Bravo Six, going honk.”

[@Finn_the_Cat]

The Clown Corps is the politicians

[@jamesupton4996]

The top brass.

[@EonityLuna]

The ENTIRE MILITARY is the Clown Corps. At least from where I come from.

[@JimmyEatDirt]

0:57 i must say, with the origins in racism removed, the bundeswher is a really good looking group. The uniform design is aesthetically wonderful.

[@hydrarpb5787]

Thats the chilean army tho

[@maxtheprotogen4328]

that's chile

[@mr.pavone9719]

1:25 Dude hoped nobody would notice his change-step.

[@crp5591]

This was actually the first time I have ever heard the whole piece. Definitely a beautiful piece of music! Glad I ran across it.

[@VolundMush]

The reason it works really well for clowns is because it has the same sort of silly, upbeat, not-so-serious energy you hear in a lot like, Mario tunes. 8-bit music theory explains it better than I can. I feel a lot of the same energy in the main part.

[@cletusburgerboy9143]

What's funny is that this song was generally mocked due to what it sounded like, so Fucik composed another song that was supoosed to not only trump this one, but be seen as a joke, but ended up as a masterpiece.

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

Which one was that? Uncle Teddy or Mississippi River?

[@keith6706]

Speaking as a former drill instructor in the Canadian Forces, this reminds me how many silly-looking marches there are out there in the world. I suppose I'm biased toward the British/Canadian/American "Walk from here to there in a somewhat normal manner" technique.

[@soapsatellite]

Yeah, high step marches make no sense. Are you trying to get there in organized fashion or are you trying to do a synchronized SpongeBob routine?

[@Bacopa68]

The US has a few silly marches for special occasions. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier guard changing for instance.

[@keith6706]

@@Bacopa68 Not even close. The walking is unnaturally smooth, and the heel clicks are exaggerated, but it's still basically just walking, not contorting the body into absurd positions. Slow march is the closest the US, Canada, and UK normally get, and when I taught it the most important thing we drilled (no pun intended) into the trainees heads was that it was not goose stepping.

[@michaelkarnerfors9545]

Finnish unit at 01:51 are asking you "Why so serious?" 😋

[@Randomdude_MPG2]

Can you imagine he making an sort of military music and then years later they used it as an clown song

[@Avionicx]

This song perfectly describes Austria-Hungary, it's perfect for them.

[@fireliliu]

With this version of the song, I can see why it was originally made for military marches. Thanks for this video 🙏

[@a_channel2545]

Can anyone tell me what military the guys at 1:08 are from? Because those are awesome uniforms!

[@mistahsusan2650]

mongolian

[@michaelkarnerfors9545]

Mongolian State Honor Guard. And thanks to ChatGPT that found that for me, verified on Wikipedia.

[@ColdWarShot]

What makes this work is the tempo, and percussion. When sped up over normal renditions it fits with other marches, especially ones like those written by John Philip Sousa.

[@Qreator06]

Still sounds like a song for circus

[@Alt-om1qv]

Well yes but maybe where can you actually relate to this I've actually just know this from tom and and jerry i think. Well i don't know no more.

[@soundrogue4472]

Yeah

[@BisexualPlagueDoctor]

It sounds like a marching song, and circuses use marching songs for some reason, so yeah

[@thesmilingman7576]

If we can find someone who hasn't heard a version of this song before and this was the first time they heard it they might say the opposite

[@HF7-AD]

@@thesmilingman7576 I'd go as far as to say that if someone gave it some decent lyrics it'd make a good national anthem

[@jameshorn270]

The "Clown Song" Is actually Entry of the Gladiators, and it is a great and difficult to play march. For decades it was the only work by Fucik which I knew about. Thanks to KZbin, and Amazon, I have found that he was a prolific composer of both marches and waltzes, most of them pretty smashing.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

I like to think the composer was being ironic. It's a cheery march, but it also points out the absurdity of war.

[@HF7-AD]

I'd say the idea was more morale focused, if I'm some skinny 18 year old being drafted into the army at least I want to be paraded with this and not one of those grim and depressing march

[@korsekil]

It's actually the person who turned it into a clown theme being ironic.

[@bugwar5545]

"... absurdity of war." Please pass that along to the guys storming the beaches at Normandy. I am sure that your thoughts will age well.

[@soapsatellite]

​@@bugwar5545 War is stupid and the soldiers who stormed Normandy were brave and victorious. Both these things can be true.

[@bugwar5545]

@@soapsatellite Is something stupid when it changes your life for the better? Is something stupid when without it your life would be far, far worse? War is a harsh teacher, but fools will learn no other way.

[@marwanfakhradin2543]

It’s the first part that is usually associated with clowns and i can see why even at half speed it’s too cheerful but after that it becomes a very solid piece of military music

[@lewatoaofair2522]

I’m quite fine with the “clown-ification” of Enterance of the Gladiators. The composer wanted military glory, and it got co-opted for civilians’ amusement at a (among other things) silly spectacle. To this, I say “yeah, let’s make love and not war!”

[@michaelkarnerfors9545]

The circus screamer arrangement was made in 1910 by Canadian composer Louis-Philippe Laurendeau, and is called "Thunder and Blazes". It plays about 50% faster than this.

[@rogerwilco2]

Actually a very nice compilation. Thanks.

[@GrinninPig]

Sounds like someone balancing a stack of plates on a banana peel

[@albertoduran6160]

In the Army, we marched to this during drill and ceremony practice in the hot Texas sun. It's a great old march, and yes, we all chuckled when it was first played for us to march to. 😊

[@RmDIrSudoSu]

I know that that music wasn’t written at the time but I can’t stop laughing at the idea of it being played at the battle of karansebes.

[@Kfroguar]

The human urge to see a bunch of people in matching outfits walking together.

[@therealSunTzu]

If you think about it, an IFV is just a weapons grade clown car

[@galatheumbreon6862]

This was the first rendition I heard that made me think it was a serious military march and not related to circuses, hats off to you sir

[@Gamerguy826]

I mean, it fits perfectly for the PLA. They haven't won a *single* modern war. 0:12 😆😆😆

[@aud20.]

So haven't most armies in the world, not all countries go around the world picking up fights with random sandpeople crapholes.

[@kevindominguez2117]

Americans neither 🤔

[@americaninternationalist1917]

The PLA also haven’t lost a modern war either

[@trollerthegreattrollertheg6234]

​@@kevindominguez2117I mean we won against ourselves once

[@Null2-irkutsk]

Legit beat your sorry ass in Korea, you sounded like an absolute clown here 😂😂😂

[@ceneblock]

Unironically, yes. Although, given the modern connotation that "Entrance of the Gladiators" is associated with clowns and circuses, this video could be seen as quite the political statement.

[@british35]

A statement that someone wants all the smoke

[@jesterdays]

Using it for clowns was already a political statement to begin with lol

[@hanselsihotang]

When you play this at 0.75 replay speed it actually sounds like a typical Austro- Hungarian military march lol, like "under the double eagle" march but a bit goofier and whimsical

[@mr.matinjothekiller4665]

Its an austro hungarian marsch

[@justafnaffan2.016]

Well that explains a lot

[@emad1518]

Fits them for their efforts in ww1

[@mr.matinjothekiller4665]

@@emad1518 italian front underrated

[@walterwhite1742]

@@emad1518 should have seen them hold off 8 Italian attacks

[@weirdguylol]

​@@walterwhite174211th battle of Isonzo 😐

[@MisterWolffs]

It seems like at any moment someone is going to fall and start a domino effect.

[@billharm6006]

Marching is akin to dancing: Left foot on heavy beat. Some videos aligned. Most did not to various degrees. It would have been a nice touch to have the video in sync with the music.

[@bingo8408]

I did my service, and this march sums it up pretty well. The soldiers marching out of time is a perfect fit as well

[@Donleecartoons]

Slow it down a bit from the circus tempo we've gotten used to over the last 100 years or so and it's easier to see the military march. But we've gotten used to it being played fast, in higher, sprightlier notes, and we (in the US at least) have a hundred years or so of hearing that and associating it with clowns. Compare and contrast, as we used to be told in school, with John Philip Sousa's "Gladiator March," also adapted as circus music. I used to say: With Fucik, your mind's eye sees the clowns. With Sousa, it sees the elephants.

[@HowieDewitt535]

You know, watching it in the original meaning it feels like a naval march lol

[@mimicalCreature]

It's pretty funny that this was supposed to bring moral to soldiers but is now used as an insult on social media.

[@brianholmes1812]

Fun fact, After the first ever tanks were deployed in battle during WW1, the british released a propoganda film about their newly revealed secret weapon. This was the music it was packaged with

[@jorgemt62]

This the US Marine Band performance of Laurendeau speeded up version for American wind bands, which went to get famous as a screamer march, and forever associated with clowns and the circus. It is NOT the way it was meant to be played. Look for the slower version.

[@silaskuemmerle2505]

This is played at standard march tempo of 120 bpm.

[@eduardomelo151]

I feel like a political statement could be made about it

[@pigeononbread5477]

To be fair clowns and the Austro-Hungarian army are pretty much the same thing if you think about it

[@Tarodenaro]

I wonder if we use old ancient instrument and ensemble, this song will have an entirely different mood to it?

[@userlesschannel3092]

0:56- where's that from?

[@flanfre_skarlett]

Peru I reckon I will confirm with a friend of mine and tell you if I remember to confirm

[@userlesschannel3092]

@@flanfre_skarlett Ok, thanks

[@TheSpaniard-1936]

Chile, they actually have a curious history about them copying literally everything from German military lol

[@alfin3468]

It's Chile

[@jordillach3222]

They are troops of the non commissioned officer academy of the Chilean army performing at the military parade held every 19th of September at park O'Higgins in Santiago, Chile, following the celebration of the national day on the 18th. Also, the first scene in the video shows the cadets of the Chilean military academy General Bernardo O'Higgins (the Chilean West Point), in which the future officers study.

[@hieuvu5261]

If you listen to another march song at that time, they really share similar tone and vibe with this song. To be fair, only about 20-30 second of the song that fit for circus, and the later half can be use to any kind of march or parade with no problem.

[@dog-yl3hm]

people who know it was the entry of the gladiators 👇

[@Levoluvast]

hop off the like begging trend it says in the description

[@dog-yl3hm]

@@Levoluvast my bad I didn’t see the description

[@rsaxtellartist]

I read a comment by a German speaker, to the effect that all "American Marches" namely Sousa marches I assume, sounded like "Zirkusmusik" to him. There is that one Sousa march that was adopted as the "Monty Python's Flying Circus" theme music. Love them all!

[@Quario]

Why did you put so many funny clowns in the video

[@yiwoon_cr8s]

Idk but the clowns are probably from USA 🤣

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[@wasd____]

@@yiwoon_cr8s Clowns are the same all over the world. I didn't really bother trying to tell them apart.

[@Oera-B]

@@wasd____ You will not be saying this when the enemy is at your home and your family at their mercy. You'll be the only clown then.

[@wasd____]

@@Oera-B Ok clown.

[@steveegan8139]

Watching little soldiers marching in unison was kinda cool when I was 14. Then I grew up

[@knmonlinemedia]

What tempo this is supposed to be played? 🤔 This sounds way too fast

[@richardmillhousenixon]

It's correct, just about 118 bpm exactly as intended. It's a march, so it's designed to be played at the same tempo as soldiers can march

[@enzymcs2992]

​@@richardmillhousenixon its supposed to be 3/4ths this speed

[@lordofspearton8643]

Play it at .75 speed and honestly, you can start to see it being a march. In the same vane as "Stars and Stripes forever"

[@Gavan104]

​@@lordofspearton8643 vein

[@hungryhamster4567]

Put it on x2 speed

[@marylynne9104]

That lock-knee marching plays heck with hip and knee joints, not to mention the lower back. Ouch!

[@alonzocalvillo6702]

This would be a good marching song for the Russsian Army.

[@zhangfang7254]

Who’s actually winning again?

[@historyisawesome6399]

@@zhangfang7254russia

[@m0-m0597]

And why not the American army?

[@Glazcial]

Blame the woke ideology of America sponsoring LGBTQ army recruit videos

[@ПатриотАлании]

Это была бы хорошая походная песня для армии где клоун верховный главнокомандующий.

[@ewhays]

Ah the theme of my county… you hear the name and think “ that sounds epic.” Then you hear the song and it’s this.

[@donswearingen9805]

I thought this is "The Entrance of the Gladiators."

[@NKA23]

I've performed horror clown themed walking acts on Halloween events so often, that this march will always sound a bit creepy to me.

[@-Katastrophe]

All rise for the Russian national anthem

[@b_ks]

It's called "Entrance of the Gladiators". 😊

[@mapplehitoritheartist9114]

totally agree... thats one HELL of a circus thet play XD