The Story Behind Disney's Most Famous Parade Music: Baroque Hoedown
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Did you know that the song behind the Main Street Electrical Parade, perhaps one of the most famous Disney parks songs ever, wasn’t made by Disney, had nothing to do with Disney when it was made and that the person who did make it didn’t even know Disney was using it for nearly a decade?
New here? Be sure to subscribe!
🔷goo.gl/x17zTL
Become a Producer on Patreon!
❤ / robplays
My Disney Podcast!
🎧ttapodcast.com
Follow me on Twitter!
📱 / midwaytomainst
Sources
📰sites.google.c...
![NOSFERATU - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters December 25](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nulvWqYUM8k/mqdefault.jpg)
I would love to see a video of the moment he realized that the whole parade was based off of his music. That has to be the most amazing mind blow of all time. You'd just be in shock, turning to everyone you came with, saying, "that's my song that's my song, this is unbelievable!"
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Disneyland proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination. In thousands of sparkling lights! And electro-synthe-magnetic musical sounds. THE *MAIN STREET ELECTRICAL PARADE!*
*to all who come to this happy place*
Good evening one at all! Tokyo, Disneyland is proud to present a spectacular shit show parade with Brian musical sounds, and brilliant musical noises. It’s the Tokyo, Disneyland, electrical parade, Dreamlight!
*baroque hoedown plays*
5:41 Don Dorsey is actually the person with the mustache standing in the background by the window. The seated tech is Rich Banales.
This pic is in "audio control" above the Opera House in Town Square. The audio tech can observe the parade as it leaves step-off and goes around TS and up Main Street. This was important before the parade route was automated and relied on people on rooftops to communicate by radio to audio control for sound cues as key floats entered each new sound zone. Now it's automated with embedded sensors in the route and GPS/wheel rotation data from the floats themselves to cue music timing.
That Baroque Hoedown is hitting those nostalgia feels pretty hard!
The photo at 5:40 is of the MSEP control center over the old bank on Main St Disneyland. The window overlooks Town Square. Don Dorsey is closest to the window.
I had a record of this song when I was growing up. Such a classic tune.
Perrey was a wonderful man. Late in his life, he did a three-stop tour and I was able to see him perform. Loosely similarly, having seen the Parade as a kid, when I got a copy of a Perrey & Kingsley compilation album in high school, I was stunned to hear the theme on it!
You used the wrong sound bite. The first version was “Disneyland proudly presents”.
Ikr! It’s really pissed me off
The first use of Baroque Hoedown by Disney, was in the Electrical Water Pageant at WDW. It (pageant) was created for the Grand Opening of WDW, which was popular and it still operates nightly (down now due to the pandemic). The Electrical Water Pageant inspired the Main Street Electrical Parade. A new sound track was used for the water pageant, when the MSEP used the Baroque Hoedown.
This is a really fascinating story, and it's really cool to know
Haven't checked into this channel in a while! Glad to see you're still uploading, Rob!
Thank you for this video and detailing the history on one of Disney's most iconic nighttime parades.
I still get chills with the parade intro.
Nothing in the world will ever give me the same thrill I felt at the opening bars of this song as I sat on Main St waiting for this parade to start. I miss it more than I can say😿
This parade makes me cry every time!
For Tokyo, the original version ran from 1985 to 1995. The current version has been running from 2001 to 2020. However, it's currently on hiatus because of COVID-19.
This isn't the only time that Baroque Hoedown was used in 1973 by Mexican actor, screenwriter, director, and comedian Roberto Gomez Bolanos aka (chespirito) used the track for the ending credits of his show el chapulin colorado (The red grasshopper)in 1973, he also used the track of the elephant never forgets for the opening of his iconic show el Chavo del 8 in 1971 which is an electronic remixed version of the Turkish march by Beethoven.
I've been 100% obsessed with Baroque Hoedown since the very first time I saw it (the year it premiered at Disneyland). To this day, I still actively collect cover versions. I believe I have somewhere over 50 at this point. Perry & Kingsley were amazing! I have several of their songs on my ipod.
That opening gives me the shivvers every time. *Especially* at the park. Because just after the announcement, they dim the lights, and it's such a good cue. Dramatic. I love it.
Fun fact: The Main Street Electrical Parade soundtrack used to be No Doubt's entrance music before each show during the early to mid-90's.
No way!!! How random of them 😆
And here I thought Wendy Carlos was the first to create fully electronic music. Thanks for this informative video. As someone whose favorite Disney parade ever is MSEP and happens to love electronic music, new and old, I enjoyed this very much.
The Song was Also Used as The End Credits To the Latin American Sitcom "El Chapulin Colorado ' Starting The Mexican Comedian Chespirito. But JJP Didn't Know so Perrey and Kingsley Sued Televisa and Chespirito for Not Giving Them Credit in Chespirito's Other Latin American Sitcom 'El Chavo del Ocho'. But They Reached an Agreement.
I am so proud of Rob for pronouncing “Moog” the right way. I almost always hear it pronounced like the sound a cow makes + g.
I pronounced it that way for a long time until I watched a documentary on RUclips about Robert Moog and learned the proper pronunciation.
I'm not proud of Rob for pronouncing "Perrey" the wrong way.
For their efforts, revolutionizing how music is made, I think Perrey and Kingsley should be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
They have made more of an impact to modern music then most of the "artists" that have been getting in.
Happy Halloween!!! ✌👍
Brilliant! The only two Disney records I owned as a young kid were of It's a Small World and the Mainstreet Electrical Parade. Thank you!
This was simply a fabulous presentation of this material. I first went to Disney World in the Summer of 1973 and again in 1975. One of my fondest memories of these trips is this song and this parade(even though I'm from New Orleans where we do parades!). I also got to see Michael Iceberg on these trips. He had a huge, home built analogue synthesizer and would perform where Sonny Eclipse "performs" (which is a giant elevator). He would appear out of the ground from the utilitidors. Would love to see someone such as yourself do a short video on him. He was truly amazing and deserves a bigger place in Disney lore.
He also created the music for “El chavo del 8”, with another couple of hundred millions of listeners.
Not exactly. Chespirito used music that was already written by Perrey, in which case he also didn’t know it was being used for many years and eventually sued him and Televisa for back royalties.
@@alfredohurtado7229 you're right, I expressed myself as if he was "tasked" with the music creation for the show, while in fact they use his music without paying royalties. I should have said "He also composed the song that later Chespirito used (without express consent) for El chavo del 8"
BTW, it's called "The Elephant never forgets" and is based on the classical music of Bash "Turkish March". There is an excellent video about it, though in Spanish: ruclips.net/video/BWDAZgwvuIU/видео.html
And just another data: even though el Chavo del 8 main theme is "The Elephant never forgets", Chespirito used Baroque Hoedown (the one of electrical parade) for the ending titles of El Chapulín Colorado (another character on the same TV Series).
No way! Cool!!
Once again, great job! Brought back memories of seeing the parade as a high school kid in the 70's. I was part of a community band that performed in a MS parade at noon (single day); we then got to roam the park the rest of the day. Great childhood memories. Even walked through the basement level Utilidors.
It's rare that my two passions of Disney Theme Park content and Synthesizers come together in the same video! Fantastic. AND GOOD WORK SAYING MOOG CORRECTLY!!!
I love the Main Street Electrical, but nothing can top Spectromagic imo
What about Paint the Night??
@@daniellanglois89 if we ever get to see it, sure. I had hopes that they would bring it to WDW, or even make their own. I even had hopes to finally get to see it when my family visited DCA in 2018, but no. Until I get to see it outside RUclips, Spectromagic is the winner.
Debatable. But Paint the night blows spectromagic out of the water
That song will always remind me of summer nights at the parks as a kid. Still tear up a bit when I hear it. So many great memories attached to this song :)
I love the MSEP, and I love Baroque Hoedown. But while I knew the name of the piece, I never knew its origin. Thank you!
Oh, and when you played the introduction to the parade, I got chills. That may be my favorite part of the whole parade! (Throw in the lights all shutting off, and it’s perfection.)
Very cool and informative video! I had no idea about the history behind it and the composer
Good show, Rob! Always some interesting tidbit to tease apart and look inside!
I love The Main Street Electrical Parade it’s been my favorite since I was a baby
That intro fanfare never fails to put a smile on my face. Great video Rob!
I grew up in Disneyland and the Main Street Electrical Parade is my favorite parade ever. I even have one of the bulbs from the parade before it was cancelled the first time (they were sold to benefit a charity). I always thought the music was so perfect. Thanks for the nostalgia!
How awesome would it be if when Disney starts doing parades again, they bring The Main Street Electrical Parade back, to kick it all off! Unfortunately, I never got the chance to see it at Disney Land but I'm Florida raised and I LOVED watching this parade at Magic Kingdom. Still my favorite to this day.
I especially love the Shinichi Osawa house remix of this song. If you haven't heard it, Spectro Radio plays it every weekend
Fun fact! Or, well, fun for me..
I made the music for a circus show that ran in theatres one time. The storyline for the show was set at a theme park and the whole thing ended with a parade.. So obviously I made my own Electrical Parade version of the circus' theme song for that segment :)
Thats cool! is there anyway I could hear it?
my family and i made a whole trip in order to see the last electrical parade in WDW when it was moving back to DL. i miss it so much and think it should move back! disney land has 2 night time parades and wdw has zero! (kinda one bc of the water pageant but i don’t count that!)
Outstanding work as always rob!
Excellent video! I own Kaleidoscopic Vibrations and its 1971 reissue. I wouldn’t have found out of the album if it weren’t for correspondence of Don Dorsey back in 1995.
I never put together the connection between The Electric Light Parade and Moog. I’m from Asheville,NC which is the home of Moog Music, so this is extremely cool.
I learned about this from Podcast: the Ride! I highly recommend their electrical parade episode.
When you play the theme music at the 6 minute mark, this isn’t the original composition, it’s a newer version
Really enjoyed this one. Fantastic documenting, Rob
Now you have to do a follow up about SpectroMagic! Just like magic it disappeared and I never really knew what happened!
and not only Diseny music.
the elephan never forgets, from moog indigo is the theme song from the famouse mexican comedy "El Chavo" (it was takwn without his consent though)
I love all the album covers!
That robotic voice u speaking of it was used also by this musical r and b group back in 70s, 80s, and 90s call Zapp and Roger were lead singer Zapped used this speaker box or voice box to changed his voice as it sounding robotic too. And with voice made their music outstanding
One of their pieces “The Savers” was the theme song to “The Jokers Wild” from 1972-75.
Wow one of the most interesting videos in a while. I had no idea this is where the music came from. Awesome video Rob.
I’ve literally always wondered this. Thanks Rob!
But they were already using this soundtrack a year before the parade in 1971 at WDW for the electrical water pageant
This is so interesting!! I can’t imagine the experience of hearing your music like that totally not expecting it
That is so cool!!! Just looked up the album and the theme song for The Joker's Wild in the 70s was also from the album. I had no idea about the origins of some of my favorite Disney park music (that I first heard in '87 on my very first trip there)
A wonderful video as always Rob! The Main Street Electrical Parade has to be my favorite Disney Parade of all time, and the soundtrack has to be one of my favorites in the Disney Parks! While I knew of a lot of the things mentioned here, getting to learn more about Jean and his Career was absolutely wonderful! Keep up the good work!
Very interesting! Love your work Rob!!
Coincidentally, I was listening to the MSEP CD this morning, as well as the Moog songs from A Clockwork Orange.
Rob.. one of my favorite parts of your very informative, interesting & fun videos, are the very end. During the credits the “sounds of the parks” you have just playing. It’s a cool touch.
I saw the "making of" This from the Disney channel. Never got to see it in person, but have the soundtrack somewhere.
Thank you for this delightful look into the background of my favorite piece of Disney music!
“Moog Acid” is my new band name.
Loved it i never forget when I saw and don't get me started on the commercial lol
Great! I'm sure many would love a video all about Michael Iceberg and his time playing at the Magic Kingdom.
This was fascinating! What an amazing topic to report on! Thank you, Rob! Can't wait to share this with my Disney friends!
This took me back to my childhood! I never appreciated the parade as a kid, but now as an adult I miss it so much. Great video, keep up the great content!
I could be wrong, but I believe a version of Baroque Hoedown was already being used as the original music for the Electrical Water Pageant at WDW when it debuted in 1972. My only known source for this is Wikipedia which could be disproven with further research.
Wow the album art really is something
Interesting video, Rob! That song is very...memorable. It still haunts me!
Great story! One small detail in case you come across him in another video. Bob Jani’s last name is pronounced “Yanni.” Loved learning all of this!!
I love this music, and as a music major in college, I found this video to be fascinating!
Thanks, Rob! This was great!
Okay so I'm ready for the parade. Where is it?
Wow, like totally wow! I never knew. I kinda think I should have known this years ago. I just assumed it was all done by Disney. Thank you for this. Now off to listen to some of his music.
I’ve been listening and researching this song, the parade, and moog synthesizers all week. Kinda scary you put this out at the exact same time. Thanks for the info!
My most favorite song in the whole world!
Excellent video and topic!! Will definately be rewatching!!
Keep up the great job making these amazing videos Rob! I always look forward to them coming out every single time.
That is fascinating. What a pleasant surprise.
Dude, great video! Learned a lot. It’s evident that you put a lot of dedication in your work as I’ve really enjoyed all your videos. Wish you greater success Rob!
So, so interesting fact. Thankyou for share it!
This is the greatest song ever.
Fight me.
(Just kidding it’s not the BEST but I love it more than I should)
At some point I'd like to know what happened to SpectroMagic. I've heard a lot of rumors as to why they droped it but nothing concrete.
Similar story with Fantillusion. In fact all three parades from what I like to call the 'Spectroillusion' era just disappeared without any reason why.
The floats caught fire, I believe
@@Fantozz2 apparently they were destroyed by water damage. A storm by what im told over at mk...
It was confirmed by cast members on some Disney World forums that the floats were stored in non-climate controlled environments and suffered bad termite damage while the Main Street Electrical Parade was running that summer. Disney had no choice but to destroy the ruined floats and retire the parade.
I used to see that parade since 1972 at Disneyland....:)
I may or may not have played this on the piano for weeks on end, annoying my friends and family for months...
His partner, Gershon Kingsley, ain't no slouch either, as he created another now iconic electronic piece, Pop Corn :)
I’m more of a fan of Spectromagic, but as a musician, this is an extremely interesting video!
Ahh the king of silly music finally you’ve covered him
THE MAIN STREET ELECTRICAL PARADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was so interesting 🤨 I enjoy everything about your channel and applaud all your research 👏 👏 . Great video Rob!! Question 🙋♀️ have you covered what happens to all the coins tossed into the waters at Disney..The entrance to the Polynesian used to have a ton and then it was all gone 🤔 be awesome to know the process and what is done with it...is it counted, cleaned and donated? So many questions 😊 Theresa xo
I just found the answer while scrolling through your playlist! Interesting. Great Video. Thanks Rob...Theresa xo
He was a household name at my house.
Good stuff Rob😀👍
Aaah El Chapulín Colorado.
I love the Spectromagic music more.
Nice! Can you do one on SpectroMagic now? 🤩
LIGHT IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey whatever happen to part 2 of the Swan and Dolphin roof?? Talk about a cliff hanger lol
It’s been going for 50 years
My brain for the entirety of this video:
Bow now *now* now *bi* ni ni ni now now!
Bow now *now* now bi ni ni ni now!