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September 24, 2010

Simon Fodden

The Friday Fillip

I often think that the only truly harmless thing that human beings do together is the making of music. If I include dancing as well, then I've embraced the two videos I offer you today, each of which shows how much pleasure we can get and give in groups, and will, I hope, delight you.

The first relies on surprise and incongruity: you're at a big city train terminal, hustling on in your daily commute when:

The expressions on the faces of the onlookers are something wonderful to see.

The second is surprising because it makes use of technology to "congregate" 182 singers into a truly harmonious choir, singers who have never met each other or, indeed, the conductor/composer:

If you'd like an explanation of how this was accomplished, take a look at this video as well.

Simon Fodden is the founder of Slaw. He taught law at Osgoode Hall Law School for more than 30 years before he retired to focus on writing, publishing, and IT and law.
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2 Comments on “The Friday Fillip”

  1. Susan Munro says:
    September 24, 2010 at 7:13 pm

    Thanks, Simon! These are fantastic!

  2. Omar Ha-Redeye says:
    September 25, 2010 at 6:57 am

    Flash mobs are fun. Usually.

    Police in London, U.K. now consider them a public safety and public health problem. And sometimes the mobs turn violent. Probably not the "Sound of Music" crowd though, anyhow.

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