LOL (Laugh Out Loud) by Robert Buckley

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LOL (Laugh Out Loud) is a wacky, fast-and-furious barn-burner reminiscent of a circus march or “screamer.” It was written for the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy in celebration of their 75th anniversary as an opportunity to display their dazzling technical facility and humor. Cartoon-like trombone glissandi, flying woodwinds, dizzying brass and laughing rhythms create a zany and thrilling off the wall highlight to any occasion.
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[@noisywhispers1164]

It's called "LOL", as the composer knew how much everyone would hate working out this piece.

[@charlesenglander1392]

the theme gets annoying eventually, even more annoying when you realize its named LOL, lol

[@hyperstargaming6150]

@@charlesenglander1392 feels like it was intended all along

[@charlesenglander1392]

@@hyperstargaming6150 yeah lol

[@newmariobrothers4617]

@@charlesenglander1392 I know you did not just say “lol”

[@minifun9258]

@@newmariobrothers4617 bro said "lol" 💀lol

[@themightyquinn1343]

My band just got this piece to play...I think my Director saying it was supposed to be "a little faster" than what we have been playing at is a major understatement.

[@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion4180]

And my director took it faster than this...What a nightmare

[@TheUnderscore_]

Bro we're playing it at like 3/4 the speed, and upon deciding to practice to a recording... I regret said decision.

[@halber0]

It was fun ASF on trombone

[@megan8765]

you wouldnt be laughing when your director hands out this piece now would you?

[@colbypickles7920]

Megan i’m absolutely horrified for this on bass bone... should be interesting to see how this turns out

[@lilmilk8534]

I know I didn't

[@monicagonzalez6047]

Megan he handed us this now I’m gunna die I’m a 1st chair oboe I’m a freshman too fun

[@brandonbrotherton574]

This song was so easy lol

[@elividal9888]

playing this for contest, wish me luck guys. It's 50/50 of them putting me bass bone :')

[@chesterthepro28]

The only "LOL" I see is when your conductor tries to make you sight read this at tempo 😂

[@dinocoder1281]

this should be called "WTF" instead of "LOL"

[@desirwendy1293]

😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@breeparish3705]

i played this for a band camp i went to this week and everyone hated playing it

[@alissahendricks4215]

yeah we had to play this today in a literal football stadium in the burning got heat at troy Bandcamp

[@alissahendricks4215]

@@breeparish3705 did you go to troy? I was there too

[@breeparish3705]

@@alissahendricks4215 omg yess i did

[@RoseCadenza]

My favorite part was with the trombones and hi-hat at 1:16. It sounded so cool. :D

[@ce3540]

I play the hi-hat for LOL!

[@TheGreatDearLeaderJimPickens]

Indeed

[@thelonelyegg3025]

This part is great the bari sax plays too. Favourite part of the piece

[@daburritos627]

As a trombonist I can confirm that it is one of my favorite parts to preform.

[@tonylinden3819]

I was expecting a dumbed down piece for beginning band, considering they gave it such a crappy name.

[@ethanmartin2781]

LOL

[@FEvan1234]

Precisely

[@dadthecrewmate1429]

Ethan Martin boi

[@nappy2720]

my Boi we are doing it for marching band for the first movement and I'm so pumped for it

[@OoiYunKai]

JOKE'S ON U THEN HAHAHAHAH LOL

[@thekoopaguymk]

Jesus! This sounds like a Nightmare to play!

[@Sepiatroce979]

mr jackthegreat, you're joking, right?

[@thekoopaguymk]

grade 4 is the difficulty of the piece on a scale of 1 to 5

[@lilliampumpernickle4655]

its robert buckley of course its hard to play

[@vanessasanchez5641]

It is

[@akhilrooprai8511]

you idiot

[@yupitsmetv1196]

Why tf is this named "LOL" I feel like it should be more like "Crying Emoji"

[@monicagonzalez6047]

YupIt'sMe TV yes in my sheet music I replaced it and said kms

[@posideonsheir6231]

😭😭

[@dragonsandangels2350]

Or the gun emoji

[@dragonsandangels2350]

@@monicagonzalez6047 holy hell, same ✨✨

[@collinwhite7463]

I loved this piece, went to a university band camp and learned it in 4 days and preformed it in a concert in the blistering hot sun. But omg I loved this song along with others

[@levitate08]

We played this last year for concert, everyone hated it first but as we played it more and more it grew on us.

[@Ian-sw9yb]

Super easy just fast if you break it down first and work up to the speed sounds AMAZING

[@youtubechannel1936]

I want to play this!! Sounds really exciting

[@elchiquennuggets]

+manny espinoza Low Brass god!!!

[@youtubechannel1936]

Wereverchiquen what??😂

[@elchiquennuggets]

I mean that the low brass sound good

[@JacobMatthewss]

have you heard undercurrents by robert buckley?

[@tremyers9102]

@@JacobMatthewss yes... THAT IS WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY WORSE (by worse i mean harder)

[@jayforerunner965]

that saxaphone part at 0:45 sounds pretty dope.

[@rafaelrivera4559]

This sounds like a Carnival Theme

[@jasminer4859]

Flashbacks to grade 11 (?) When the clarinets carried us and our teacher was low key pissed at the rest of us

[@PureGold197]

Did he really call this LOL? lol

[@clementgenot284]

YES :D

[@Amy-cw6qs]

so i sight read this song as a guest clarinet player in a college band and im in high school ha yeah i died on the inside a little but it was fun

[@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion4180]

Jfc this does not seem like a sight-reading piece, this is the song that takes weeks to figure out for most

[@ce3540]

Sarcasm is my favorite emotion scross out weeks put months

[@nappy2720]

we are doing this for marching band and I love it so much for the first movement

[@Amy-cw6qs]

I listen to this piece to relax me

[@pieisgood2372]

Grade 4 piece? Yeah right LOL 😂

[@bredsheeran]

No one: Robert Buckley:

[@shelbylongbottom5865]

Gotta go fast... *SHELBY THE CLARINET!!!* FINGERS LIGHTNING FAST!

[@mosesperalta5631]

Our school literally nailed this piece

[@lilliampumpernickle4655]

Moses Peralta how many bands does your school have?

[@mosesperalta5631]

Harambe We have wind ensemble and symphonic

[@maxmayott3797]

Moses Peralta which band played it ?

[@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion4180]

Cool Hamster I would assume symphonic, but what do I know

[@ce3540]

We played it in middle school symphonic band

[@jayforerunner965]

3 WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS WHOLE PIECE WTF!!!!!

[@kokonuts5245]

Rip for the fingers of woodwinds

[@fraserboyd5977]

Brilliant! Might have to slow it down for my band :)

[@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion4180]

Ah but where is the fun in that?

[@dragonsandangels2350]

@@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion4180 I choose life

[@armageddonmodz-8432]

Yes I need to play this

[@emilykossup7479]

0:50 to 1:11 is the best

[@elchiquennuggets]

Low Brass god!!!

[@fatcontroller12]

Wereverchiquen tell me more 😭

[@TheGreatDearLeaderJimPickens]

Loud Trombonicus, the patron deity of the trombone section. She blesses us with loud trombone parts.

[@pawbeanzx387]

Playing this in symphonic band rn, everyone thinks it's really fun to play! It may sound like hell to play, but if you know your Eb and chromatic scale, you should do pretty well. The only thing that may need a lot of attention is note accuracy and articulation while playing fast

[@joelneo0303]

Sound so good!

[@MiaaNicole]

this bussin ngl 🥶🥵

[@hyperstargaming6150]

My poor trumpet fingers are gonna get arthritis playing just this song alone... my Band Director threw me the wrong bone for my first semester of Honor Band...

[@bkatz0218]

That was chaos. I need a Valium and stiff drink to recover.

[@youtubechannel1936]

it even sounds like actual laughs with the 1 &a 2e&a 1

[@dustinharris5573]

we played this at troy uni this week, dear god its a piece of work 💀

[@Thatchicatrompeta]

I am playing this now, just got it and it's super easy. It's looks hard but it's not. The notes are just in ABAB Forum. Which means it repeat themselves. So it's fast yes but super easy. I am playing 2nd trumpet on this. I like it.

[@Thatchicatrompeta]

Heather Green Grade, you mean I am freelance musician and a music teacher. 

[@RoseCadenza]

No wonder why you find it so easy.

[@Thatchicatrompeta]

Haha okay, I guess.

[@emilykossup7479]

Jennifer Watts have you seen the woodwind parts 😂

[@ryancnvr]

First Trumpet here.

[@samuelfritz2446]

Has anyone seen the first clarinet part? High F. Good luck.

[@ethanpfeiffer7403]

What just happened...

[@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion4180]

A circus!

[@kawingng1600]

Idk lol😏

[@waters4151]

that was exciting.

[@kawingng1600]

Robert Buckley:LOL Flute: As Usual Trombone: Front desk, watch out Horn: My hand... Alto Saxophone:... Trumpet: Suiciding

[@anonymous13.1]

Clarinet: Don't want to admit "as usual"

[@RoseCadenza]

Thins song has kills written all over it. XDXDXD

[@eden-zw5eu]

Y’all it’s called lol cus Robert is laughing at us casually Dieing while playing this... duh

[@cowciumchloride5702]

If I came up with another name for this song, it would either be "Pee Wee Herman" or "Clown Show."

[@andersonkurk3976]

lol

[@tylercoughranmusic]

I LOVE the french horn kinda splatty sound at the end of the scale 0:56

[@AngelTechno]

Relax, it's not as hard as it sounds, if you're able to quickly play your scales going up and down (which is about 80% of this piece), then you shouldn't have a problem.

[@ricardoserrano9222]

Sounds epico 👌

[@BlueLagoon2020]

This is a piece for our Stetson band this year

[@benshurtz659]

playing this in band for redeer festival

[@Sepiatroce979]

worst name choice ever

[@joeygonzalez7388]

Rhys The composer is laughing at us trying to do this. So his name choice was right..... sadly.

[@coletonsolari1357]

Thank you Rhys, very cool

[@elividal9888]

Can confirm, bass bone is doable without using a bass bone.

[@wendyyang4903]

for some reason it reminds me of tom and jerry

[@nickthetwin9941]

Grade 4 uhhh thats a lil bit low.

[@frogg002]

woah

[@boneless_cucumber7773]

this should be grade 5

[@mrdonut1533]

Gotta go fast!

[@joeygonzalez7388]

This sound like the pennywise dance The dance would start at measure 9 lol

[@iaboyk]

LOL!

[@fiqnadzri]

The one who is laughing is actually the composer

[@joshret]

National Anthem of Twitter

[@braedenalberstein5128]

Dat Trombone doh

[@HelloooThere]

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thatonetrombonist9385]

LOL on out of battery mode: 0.25 x speed

[@ABFan-bj2uj]

Canderous Ordo Should Have A Theme Like This, Dammit!

[@brokencablemusic]

I click this to see how bad it is then I see "Grade 4"...

[@samuelmears7660]

I feel bad for any band that has to play this of all things 🤦‍♀️

[@ericklemm7430]

Reminds of Clowns by Philip Parker

[@BassEVG]

I miss the good old days when music caused massive riots that resulted in the deaths of many. Now we have this shit. Jk lol

[@mlefeb]

Lol Rite of Spring

[@cfalcon8342]

Lol

[@82jnehqioqj3b3bhwuqi]

No one was laughing when my director handed this to me a week before the concert

[@thatonetrombonist9385]

😕

[@Deason723]

try 1.5 speed

[@mrquakk5663]

lololololololol

[@thatonetrombonist9385]

WTF

[@kid10249595]

Hoenslty dones't seem that hard comapred to pieces like ignition, valdres or incantation and dance.

[@yuh9995]

Isn’t incantation and dance grade 5 tho

[@kid10249595]

@@yuh9995 yeah.....this piece is a grade 4. Incantation is way more difficult compared to this.

[@pepticrose]

Dam Daniel

[@theltenetwork9203]

+GD SKKingdra Fat

[@pepticrose]

+GD SKKingdra But I'm Waiting for Godot

[@marcmendez750]

This reminds me of Prokofiev

[@turtlewolf34]

doing this in concert band 😭

[@georgediaz2909]

oh dear..

[@dragonsandangels2350]

My only way to describe this song is "goofy ahh"💀

[@coltonkabele5706]

Yes 🤮

[@kaelinharris7311]

We have to play this for a competition and I’m in the 8th grade😮

[@nicktheclarinet6718]

My band played this in 7th grade 😊

[@nicktheclarinet6718]

I’m now in 11th grade

[@Theglowingkey]

😂👌

[@bradleyyoung2233]

Hi gwg

[@JimmyMRollins]

What notation software is this that Hal Leonard composers use??? Please I want to know!!!!

[@tonybamanaboni3099]

Those are actual people playing the score.

[@JimmyMRollins]

+Tony Bamanaboni I know that what's the program?

[@hannesvanlancker]

Finale

[@JimmyMRollins]

How do you get Snare and Bass Drum to stay on the same staff???? Or have separate parts on the same staff?????

[@Graeme_Culpepper]

use the first voice for the snare, and the second for the bass drum

[@clementgenot284]

I play this at the trumpet in an orchestra but I Can't play that. It's really too fast.

[@reecerivalland1528]

get good skrub

[@DasAwesome1]

its easy once you get it

[@clementgenot284]

Yes but I can't get it.!

[@reecerivalland1528]

wait, you play this in an orchestra? with strings?

[@clementgenot284]

No, I play in an orchestra with clarinets, sax,... It's not a symphonic orchestra. Sorry for my English because I'm French.

[@danfra4]

I have to master this before the end of May (for trumpet). LOL I KILL BILL MYSELF

[@killjoygamer9423]

I had to march with this song my first year of marching band. It sucked

[@ce3540]

Well my school played it faster than this recording which was really great (180ish bpm) but after the beginning, we tended to slow down bit by bit and dropped down to 160 bpm. But overall we did pretty good. We went for a little faster tempo than the original recording because we thought we would slow down, so when we slowed down we would be playing at the instructed tempo.

[@Daniel-hx1yu]

lol no

[@HelloooThere]

weird

[@toniamathews6581]

Not 'Marchy' at all.

[@pawbeanzx387]

That's because it's not a march lol

[@mariahmcdaddy7432]

yo guys this piece is hella easy just search up "ivcms symphonic band LOL" our composer even walked away and we still did great

[@Elizabeth_-lq3jk]

Great song, crap title tho

[@magnolia8886]

Lol the name sucks but it a hard piece to play

[@ce3540]

LOL WTF KMS

[@akadesii4245]

What the actual f-

[@tylercoughranmusic]

Poor alto sax 2 part :(

[@ryanweaver202]

Sorry, hate it... Have to say. Especially since it keeps trying to play.

[@typicalxrhirhi2163]

I'm thirteen and I have question on why does this exists I'm in 8th grade doing challenging music already and play trumpet but why

[@_av_6093]

Darkthunderboy swag getting you prepared for high school bud xD

[@typicalxrhirhi2163]

well this makes me sad if i do this in highschool

[@briannamorris9156]

The absolute worst song ever written.

[@dragonsandangels2350]

Fr

[@julayadelahaysler]

name is awful