Two Examples of Famous Classical Music Bits in Punk Songs from Argentina and the Basque Country, Respectively

1. Beethoven in "1, 2 Ultraviolento" by Los Violadores (Argentina, 1985)

"1, 2 Ultraviolento" is directly inspired by the fantastic A Clockwork Orange movie, whose main character, as we should all know, is a big fan of Ludwig Van.
The beginning of this Los Violadores song plays off Beethoven's Ode to Joy from his 9th Symphony.

A sample of Beethoven's genius:




The movie music from A Clockwork Orange (by Wendy Carlos)

"1, 2 Ultraviolento" by Los Violadores. The lyrics use language from the book, as spoken by the droogs, for example. Knowing the influence of the song and the year of its release makes it a rather perfect sound from an Argentinian punk band from that time, no?






2. Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss) in "Cromagnon" by Korroskada (Basque Country, 1980's)

A song featuring the opening minute from Also sprach being used in a song "Cromagnon" immediately makes me think that the band was inspired by Kubrick's 2001, but of this I cannot be absolutely certain.

That famous opening sequence (I had to include a link to the movie sequence, I just had to):



"Cromagnon" by Korroskada, born of one of my favorite musical movements, after the death of Franco in post-fascist Spain and from being Basque in a country insisting of not recognizing your cultural heritage (at the time, anyway).






Thus concludes my mini-post of classical music + punk born of countries in turmoil, with nothing really to say, just share.



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