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Rimsky-Korsakov — The Flight of the Bumblebee
Album: Minnesota Orchestra/Eije Oue (1998)
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Released: 1899
Length: 1:31
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This will always remind me of my Dad. He always referred to it as the Bum of the Flightal bee
Posted 7 months ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
WHAT!!!!!!  No Lyrics?????
Posted 7 months ago by gregskrtic    [ Reply ]
If you actually watch a  bumblebee, its flight is not as frenetic as the music suggests. Just sayin’…
Posted 1 year ago by TurtleMan    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing my favourite classical piece. 😗
Posted 2 years ago by Dalsir    [ Reply ]
24 bit! Way better than the 23-bit version.
Posted 2 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 justlistening wrote:

This is soooooooooo much better than the Kings of Leon.



I disagree. That's like saying a rose is much better than whiskey... 
Posted 2 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Am I missing something? The album was released in 1899, before the members of the orchestra were even born to play this in 1998

Album: Minnesota Orchestra/Eije Oue (1998)
Released: 1899

Posted 2 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
I've seen a guitarist play this behind his head. Impressive.
Posted 2 years ago by SnapDragon66    [ Reply ]
I can't hear this without thinking of that wonderful scene in "Shine".
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
In performing this piece, there is definitely a disparity in the degree of diffilty between the lower register instruments and those of the higher.
Posted 6 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
PSDed from Radiohead to this. Talk about going from the ridiculous to the sublime. 
Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 GarageDragon wrote:
You just went from Elephant Revival to Flight of the Bumblebee and the to Tuesday Afternoon. I think I now have whiplash.
 
Five years on... whiplash strikes again!
Posted 8 years ago by Piscador    [ Reply ]
Load of rubbish... trash!   unimaginitive and boring.  oh and needs more cowbell.     9 ;)      
Posted 8 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
 Ginetta wrote:
A great piece, specially to teach children dance ;-).

 
And spatial-temporal reasoning...
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
A great piece, specially to teach children dance ;-).
Posted 9 years ago by Ginetta    [ Reply ]
 tovarisch wrote:
I told my wife I wanted to have this song as the processional at our wedding.... to this day I don't think she knows I was serious.


 
I was at a wedding once where they played this song as the bride and groom went sprinting back up the aisle at the end.  It was fun at the time.  I don't think that marriage lasted all that long.
Posted 11 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Okay, let's follow this with "Bumble Boogie" by B. Bumble and the Stingers. I loved the '60s.

 
The 1860s?
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Oh! yey-az!
Posted 11 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
Yes Yes Yes.
Posted 11 years ago by Rebis    [ Reply ]
 Isabeau wrote:
THIS is why I LOVE RP!!

 
I was just about the say the same thing.

Thank you RP for being so awesomely eclectic! 
Posted 11 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
THIS is why I LOVE RP!!
Posted 11 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
That's a ladybug on the album cover.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Okay, let's follow this with "Bumble Boogie" by B. Bumble and the Stingers. I loved the '60s.
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Love this and just love this evening's stream. Two thumbs up. 
Posted 12 years ago by misterimpatient    [ Reply ]
Aw, who doesn't have a soft spot for the Bumblebee?
Posted 12 years ago by lkovathana    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
The original "buzz track."  Always makes me break out in hives.  Didn't Sting do a cover version?  Wasn't it on the soundtrack of Full Yellow Jacket?

DanO-1 wrote:

Makes me want to polish my stinger.        {#Lol}
 

 Baby_M wrote:

Not now, honey.
 
Enough of this bumbling about—let us take flight! 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
The original "buzz track."  Always makes me break out in hives.  Didn't Sting do a cover version?  Wasn't it on the soundtrack of Full Yellow Jacket?
DanO-1 wrote:

Makes me want to polish my stinger.        {#Lol}
 
Not now, honey.
Posted 12 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
The original "buzz track."  Always makes me break out in hives.  Didn't Sting do a cover version?  Wasn't it on the soundtrack of Full Yellow Jacket?
 
Makes me want to polish my stinger.        {#Lol}
Posted 12 years ago by DanO-1    [ Reply ]
The original "buzz track."  Always makes me break out in hives.  Didn't Sting do a cover version?  Wasn't it on the soundtrack of Full Yellow Jacket?
Posted 12 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 tovarisch wrote:
I told my wife I wanted to have this song as the processional at our wedding.... to this day I don't think she knows I was serious.

 
Were you unable to find the right tuba player to perform it?

Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
You just went from Elephant Revival to Flight of the Bumblebee and the to Tuesday Afternoon.

I think I now have whiplash.
Posted 12 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
Green Hornet theme (TV version with Bruce Lee) ... right?
Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Cover of the book "Go the Fuck to Sleep" Tagish_girl wrote:
When we were little kids, dad would play this REALLY LOUD, and tell us to run outside and be bumblebees.  We thought it great fun... but now I realize he did it just to get us out of the house......
 

Bastard! 

No doubt he would have been a fan of this book:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_the_Fuck_to_Sleep

Cover of the book  

Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 Tagish_girl wrote:
When we were little kids, dad would play this REALLY LOUD, and tell us to run outside and be bumblebees.  We thought it great fun... but now I realize he did it just to get us out of the house......
 
This comment had me laughing out loud...

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Bill's been tothe yard sales again
Posted 13 years ago by jktravl    [ Reply ]
This is soooooooooo much better than the Kings of Leon.
Posted 13 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
Bill, you're just playin' with everyone's head now.  Peter Gabriel followed by this!  Amazing...
Posted 14 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
I told my wife I wanted to have this song as the processional at our wedding.... to this day I don't think she knows I was serious.

Posted 14 years ago by tovarisch    [ Reply ]
One song removed on the playlist from The Bird and the Bee - now that's restraint!
Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 lewie221 wrote:
Basement Jaxx to this.

From the ridiculous to the sublime.
 
Now Bill's just f*ckin' with us— at least it got the Basement Jaxx song out of my head.

Posted 14 years ago by YourNameHere    [ Reply ]
 Tagish_girl wrote:
When we were little kids, dad would play this REALLY LOUD, and tell us to run outside and be bumblebees.  We thought it great fun... but now I realize he did it just to get us out of the house......
 
Homer to crowd: "And we're going to take a whole five minutes!"
Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Basement Jaxx to this.

From the ridiculous to the sublime.
Posted 14 years ago by lewie221    [ Reply ]
what a pleasant surprise
Posted 14 years ago by stevematic    [ Reply ]
 Pyro wrote:
I was just PMing ScottfromWyoming about how cute his son Charlie looks in his bee costume for Halloween....and this came on.  Too cool.  Thanks for the GREAT diversity — from Mari Boine to Rimsky-Korsakov.  Terrestrial radio, eat your heart out....
           
 Where's the picture?

Posted 14 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL9pFj4zowE
the 5 browns version I spoke of below.
Posted 14 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 Tagish_girl wrote:
When we were little kids, dad would play this REALLY LOUD, and tell us to run outside and be bumblebees.  We thought it great fun... but now I realize he did it just to get us out of the house......
 
So then — everybody had fun, right?

Posted 15 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]


Posted 15 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
I was just PMing ScottfromWyoming about how cute his son Charlie looks in his bee costume for Halloween....and this came on.  Too cool.  Thanks for the GREAT diversity — from Mari Boine to Rimsky-Korsakov.  Terrestrial radio, eat your heart out....
Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Wow! Thanks, Bill. This is great! I haven't heard "Flight" in years.
Posted 15 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
When we were little kids, dad would play this REALLY LOUD, and tell us to run outside and be bumblebees.  We thought it great fun... but now I realize he did it just to get us out of the house......
Posted 15 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]
Damn it, I think there's an insect in my room.
Posted 15 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
I agree with the previous comment—great change of pace. And it's even an audiophile recording which, with RP's high quality streams, sounds great. Few internet radio stations can touch RP for the quality of the music OR the quality of the sound.
Posted 15 years ago by (former member)    [ Reply ]
I heard Rimsky-Korsakov broke up
Posted 15 years ago by iandberg    [ Reply ]
this is why i ♥ radio paradise.. no commercial radio station would dare play this (in a set with moody blues and mari boine!) and it is fabulous..
Posted 15 years ago by lil_pixie    [ Reply ]
is it that short or did it get chopped off today?
Posted 15 years ago by Gednabb    [ Reply ]
NICE PIECE - P.O.S.
Posted 15 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
Nice fit between Imogen Heap & Genesis — go Bill.
Posted 15 years ago by rlinsk    [ Reply ]
A ten only because I'm a homer.  If I lived in say Wisconsin, then maybe a 8.5.  Nice addition to the play list.

Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
This reminds me that I gotta go do some work in the garden...
Posted 16 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
The Brown sibs do a great version of this. but then, any one of the sibs is amazing on piano, so the group of them hammering away is most excellent.
Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
More classical to break up the music, man! Lov'n it! This is a nice change. There's some pretty eclectic stuff in the archives...
Posted 16 years ago by pkimbrel    [ Reply ]
Saw him in concert last year...thought he was going to do this one for an encore, but did Van Halen's "Panama" instead, bitter disappointment....he wore cool shoes with big silver buckles though.
Posted 17 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Perfect relief. It could have been an ad for the "Smell-Good Plumber". I love Radio Paradise!
Posted 17 years ago by roscoe    [ Reply ]
jenakle wrote:
dude? are you serious? lol awesomeness everytime I hear this I think of looneytunes or full house
lol, yeah I always think of Full House too.
Posted 17 years ago by electronicthroat    [ Reply ]
Makes all the arguments about musical tastes superfluous
Posted 17 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
Wheee!!
Posted 17 years ago by Ubaldo    [ Reply ]
Ahhh.... The Bum of the Flightlebee
Posted 17 years ago by ntoll    [ Reply ]
Love this thing...
Posted 17 years ago by Arianrhod    [ Reply ]
the issue of versions aside, this is a brilliant work. it just *sounds* like a bumblebee! i love it.
Posted 17 years ago by queenjill    [ Reply ]
dude? are you serious? lol awesomeness everytime I hear this I think of looneytunes or full house
Posted 17 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
LETS ROCK - BRING IT ON BILL
Posted 17 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
I prefer James Galway's rendition...
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
But have you heard Nuno Bettencourt's version, called "Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee"? OK... it might be a little too "metal" for Radio Paradise. But I think most RP listeners would appreciate the musicianship. He is one of the all time great rock guitar players - right up there with Joe Satriani, for instance.
Posted 17 years ago by Dude    [ Reply ]
not down with it sorry:(
Posted 17 years ago by xs9095    [ Reply ]
g-rod wrote:
I saw a guy once that played this on his church organ - but just on the bass pedals. Vid's probably out there somewhere...
Just to note; the pedals can usually play anything the manuals (keyboards) can, depending on how you register the organ. Still, it's like tap-dancing every note in a song. An amazing feet if you ask me (ahaha!). I'll have to go search youtube for it.
Posted 17 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
AliGator wrote:
Excellent segue from Massive Attack!
NO KIDDING! That's why I listed to RP... I would't be surprised to hear the mighty Led Zeppelin follow those two songs and then something I've never heard before...
Posted 17 years ago by jdorn1    [ Reply ]
Yes. Yes. Yes!
Posted 17 years ago by x3n0b07    [ Reply ]
The funniest thing I have ever seen in my life was an orchestra audition where a guy played "Flight of the Bumblebee" on.... wait for it..... a tuba. A tuba. BWAH!
Posted 17 years ago by MissAmy    [ Reply ]
Excellent segue from Massive Attack!
Posted 17 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
I despise classical music. Well, maybe except for this piece.
Posted 17 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
DebateG wrote:
I always thought that Rimsky-Korsakov would be a great name for a mathematical theorem. With that said, see the piece played on guitar (not me, I wish it were) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1LN685YH7s
I saw a guy once that played this on his church organ - but just on the bass pedals. Vid's probably out there somewhere...
Posted 17 years ago by g-rod    [ Reply ]
That was another incredible transition from Massive Attack - Sly, even if it only took one second.
Posted 17 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
DebateG wrote:
I always thought that Rimsky-Korsakov would be a great name for a mathematical theorem. With that said, see the piece played on guitar (not me, I wish it were) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1LN685YH7s
As in: I just worked out this amazing bit of math-theory, just wish i could remember it?
Posted 17 years ago by gernick    [ Reply ]
I'm planning on learning to play this on the piano someday (there is a piano arrangement available). That's one of the reasons I play scales for an hour a day - it's gradually enabling me to play faster and faster.
Posted 17 years ago by MichaelCrawford    [ Reply ]
I always thought that Rimsky-Korsakov would be a great name for a mathematical theorem. With that said, see the piece played on guitar (not me, I wish it were) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1LN685YH7s
Posted 17 years ago by DebateG    [ Reply ]
There is a really eclectic coffee house in Portland Or., called Rimsky-Korsakoffee, for which this would be a great theme song.

Posted 17 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
My nephew (3 yrs old) loves this - he calls him "Richie Coffeecup"
Posted 17 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
Fitting song for this time of year.
Posted 17 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
godlike....thanks bill!x3n0b07 wrote:
Rimsky Korsakov is my favorite clasical composer. Godlike... because.. it's from... a god!
Posted 17 years ago by godspeed    [ Reply ]
Rimsky Korsakov is my favorite clasical composer. Godlike... because.. it's from... a god!
Posted 17 years ago by x3n0b07    [ Reply ]
Oh how I love Romantic-era Russian composers! Thank you Beethoven for starting the Romantic era with your third symphony. Come to think of it, Beethoven's birthday is in 9 days...
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
Oh, those Russians!
Posted 17 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this, I think "In the Hall of the Mountain King" should be on right after. Though it probably would be an overdose of classical. Maybe if it was Apocolytica's version...
Posted 17 years ago by FeydBaron    [ Reply ]
I love that I am hearing this here!
Posted 17 years ago by AmandaMaria    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by jeepstir    [ Reply ]
Growing up when I did, all of this kind of classical music reminds me of Bugs Bunny cartoons!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Abulafia wrote:
Ahh... this completely fits the pace of work today. So many projects, so little time.
Posted 18 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
What the world needs is a Leonard Cohen version of this tune!
Posted 18 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Only on RP would one hear a tune like that mixed into the soup...I love you guys!!!! and girls!!
Posted 18 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
Wow! The Green Hornet theme! COOL!!
Posted 18 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
this is the first time i have heard anything classical on rp. sweet. unfortunately, i can't hear this particular piece without picturing joey gladstone from full house, since he does this as part of his "act."
Posted 18 years ago by jubilantme    [ Reply ]
this is just too silly...
Posted 18 years ago by rexi    [ Reply ]
Bill you crack me up!!!
Posted 18 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
Radio Paradise...The definition of eclectic...Well Done!
Posted 18 years ago by Farquwaar    [ Reply ]
Ahh... this completely fits the pace of work today. So many projects, so little time.
Posted 18 years ago by Abulafia    [ Reply ]
outstanding segue!
Posted 18 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
Perfect end-of-the-day-get-my-desk-cleared-off music!
Posted 18 years ago by BGGA    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by weevilkinevil    [ Reply ]
Shimmer wrote:
I enjoy this piece, but this performance lacks the requisite onomatopoeic buzzing of, say, Bobby McFerrin's version.
I was going to say Black Sabbath
Posted 18 years ago by rascal420    [ Reply ]
Yay, MN! I remember when Eiji Oue came to the orchestra and all of the local media made silly jokes about his name.
Posted 18 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
I feel like I should have a movie on - soundtrack.
Posted 18 years ago by maninblack    [ Reply ]
Perfect for the way my work day is going!
Posted 18 years ago by dragonflygal    [ Reply ]
I enjoy this piece, but this performance lacks the requisite onomatopoeic buzzing of, say, Bobby McFerrin's version.
Posted 18 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
It's one perfect tune that cannot be played whistling.
Posted 18 years ago by master_betty    [ Reply ]
a classic ? hay I was first - never did that
Posted 18 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
Always reminds me of the old Green Hornet radio series.
Posted 18 years ago by GreenJello    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Magnificient!
Posted 18 years ago by master_betty    [ Reply ]