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"4'33" by John Cage (Twenty Thousand Hertz)

Strong Songs

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The Christmas Number One Campaign - Rage Against the Machine

Rage against the machines, killing in the name topped the uk. Charts at christmas two thousand nine thanks to this campaign. Dave Hilliard's cage against the machine campaign shifted from a joke into reality. Every performance of four 33 sounds like the place it's performed. That's the chance element of the music. Cage against the machine made it all the way to number 21. But for dave hilliard, it was never really about getting it to the top of the charts. For him, that strange moment in a london club was worth all the months of work.

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