The definitive version of 4'33 on YouTube

NOTICE: This video contains an audio track that has not been authorized by WMG. The audio has been disabled. More about copyright

Odds are decent this might just be a joke... but the copyright notice on the page looks real.

Comments

[K.]

I think my head is going to explode.

[Mark]

It's just a cute joke, according to the poster. But they have been ridiculously litigious about its use in the past.

[Mark]

http://articles.cnn.com/2002-09-23/entertainment/uk.silence_1_peters-edition-nicholas-riddle-john-cage-trust?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ
This was back in 2002. Really ridiculous.

[Murray the Quay]

It's available in a variety of audio formats here: http://interglacial.com/~sburke/stuff/cage_433.html

Now if I could just find the guitar tab for this. . .

[Fred]

Have you never heard of John Cage? 4'33 answers the zen like question, "What music do you hear when no music is playing?" 4'33 is four minutes of SILENCE.

[Jay]

If the uploaded intended for it to be ironic, I wonder how he got YouTube to "disable" the audio. You're right that the copyright notice looks real.

[Michael Netsch]

The uploader simply could have used an sudio track of a popular song which he knew was going to be blocked by YouTube.

[actron cp9190]

yes I agree, hope they can find another video that I can download as my copy too hahah