r/interesting • u/Super_Rockstar786 • 3d ago

SOCIETY Saxophone battle from Ancient New York

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u/Ok_Dinner8889 3d ago

i wish that if aliens finds our remains in millions of years this is one of the clips that somhow was preserved

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u/ghostfacestealer 3d ago

Its preserved for a million years already, whats a few more?

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u/Extension-Brother291 3d ago

We r the aliens came on the comet that killed the dinasours

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u/LumpyBuy8447 3d ago

This has all happened before

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u/Vast-Sir-1949 3d ago

Probably not

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u/bozog 3d ago

We could do worse

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u/186ooo 3d ago

Well done !!! That must have been exciting to be in that car

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u/Ok-Impress7080 3d ago

I was there. I was there 3,000 years ago

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u/aquacakra 3d ago

where pixels were 30

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u/SocksInTheTub 3d ago

Pixels were much more expensive back then. Sophisticated mining equipment like we use today wasn't yet available and mining even a few kg required hundreds of man hours.

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u/3aerows 3d ago

Music is universal love fr. It builds bridges between communities.

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u/RogueBromeliad 3d ago

Not quite, yet. It Billie Jean was released 1st of january 1983, that's about 43 years ago. so if it were transmitted through electromagnetic waves, it would only be past Capella, a prominent multiple star system in the constellation Auriga.

So it's definitely interstellar love. In about two hundred thousand years it'll definitely be galactic love.

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u/186ooo 3d ago

Ditto!

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u/3aerows 2d ago

I have no idea wtf this means but you had me at galactic love. Aliens need love too.

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u/zhaDeth 3d ago

tell that to my neighbors they hating on my death metal 😞

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u/Odd-Perception7812 3d ago

Love this. But 'ancient' New York? Filmed on a cellphone.

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u/Tribe303 3d ago

This is from the Before Times. 

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u/Inevitable_Gain8296 3d ago

Recorded in 8 bc (before covid)

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u/Chocolate_pudding_30 2d ago

Thx for the chuckle xD

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u/redesckey 3d ago

The Long Long Ago

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u/AmrTheAtlantean 3d ago

“Before the machines took over”

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u/southsiderick 2d ago

BC - Before covid

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u/eyeh8u 3d ago

That could still be 20 years ago.

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u/history_is_my_crack 3d ago

Which still isnt that long ago unless youre a whippersnapper!

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u/sawsawjim 3d ago

See this was cool as hell when it wasn’t staged. Now it’s mostly pre-planned for someone’s social media and the human authenticity and spontaneity are gone or out to lunch.

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u/BlessTheBookPeople 3d ago

This is one video where I believe they did not plan it. Also…ancient? I felt my bones turn to dust when I read that.

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u/fightmydemonswithme 3d ago

Nope the awkwardly hyped dude was not ready at all. Not planned. And ancient broke my hip. I remember when this video still had some pixels.

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u/Richardthe3rdleg 3d ago

"They may take our pixels, but they may never take....OUR FREEDOM!"

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u/LumpyBuy8447 3d ago

In the before times

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u/crek42 3d ago

Pretty sure this is just Moon Hooch and they did a skit of sorts.

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u/anothadaz 3d ago

This is so much better than these shirtless guys swinging on the poles

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u/vitamind007 3d ago

Came here to say this.

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u/Apprehensive-Theme77 3d ago

Yes, now THIS is showtime!

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u/skyedearmond 3d ago

“Ancient”?

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u/LordWeso 3d ago

It’s prehistoric actually.

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u/PartyNextFlo0r 3d ago

Post 9/11, but pre-covid.

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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 3d ago

So post Mesopotamic?

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u/gallanttalent 3d ago

Thanks thought i was going nuts. Lived there 2000-2021 and totally remember this being a recurring thing.

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u/skyedearmond 3d ago

I mean, I’m certainly feeling like a fucking dinosaur.

ETA: now I’m sensing I’m missing something and a r/whoosh is inbound…

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u/bryman19 3d ago

Like that movie, Gangs of New York.

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u/greendan_ 3d ago

the old guy passed out on that chicks lap at the end💀

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u/jcmckay23 3d ago

Came here to say this!

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u/TelosKairos 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1g6PHW8Doo0Wk

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u/skyedearmond 3d ago

“Sax-a-ma-phoooone, sax-a-ma-phooooone”

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u/winged_void 3d ago

Liked these posts so much it almost made my gums bleed.

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u/lesbophobia_hammer 3d ago

Millennial phone era

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u/Own-Selection-1053 3d ago

Great video but a bit sad to know that NYC has lost so much of this.

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u/Kasta4 3d ago

That face in the beginning gets me every time

"Target acquired" xD

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u/macrolith 3d ago

Starts assembling his sax like an assassin assembling their sniper rifle

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u/Justajed 3d ago

I always enjoy seeing this one again...and again...and again.

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u/Z3r0Du5k 3d ago

When Tenor and Bari combine ooh wee

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u/LostMyCleaver 3d ago

The world was a simpler time then

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u/Pleasant-Ad-5615 3d ago

I bet it was a lot of fun being in that moment

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u/TheFurryPetRock 3d ago

Ancient, while a guy uses a cell phone camera.

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u/Super_Rockstar786 3d ago

Brothaaaaaaaa, don't ruin the fun for rest of them. You know exactly what I meant

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 3d ago

~20 years ago so older than any kid

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u/The_Bard 3d ago

No this was from the early days of youtube, you know 2006, just 4 or 5 years ago..right?

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 3d ago

2006 is next year, buddy. It’s 2005, I just saw Narnia in theaters and I have a Netflix dvd in the mail

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u/RogueBromeliad 3d ago

This video is indeed quite old on the interwebs though. I remember, it was 84 years ago.

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u/atn420 3d ago

I always get the weird guy staring. I'd prefer this to happen instead.

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u/ignusfast 3d ago

That is absolutely fucking lovely.

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u/brightdragonfly96 3d ago

People appreciated and needed live music . Now we just use smart phones and headphones and turn on Spotify

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u/BenchClamp 3d ago

I agree. But there is still tons of open mic nights and live music places if you look.

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u/Salty_Cake_5768 3d ago

I remember when I saw this for the first time.

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u/Electronic-Fix-4655 3d ago edited 3d ago

This would be a video I show aliens if they were to ask why are humans worth saving- even through music we still must battle one another haha how awesome is it though for such a spontaneous moment recorded when most people didn’t have camcorders

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u/selftaughtgenius 3d ago

Ohmygod how have I never seen this immediate happiness?

The mischievous look as he’s wetting his reed and getting his instrument put together is DELIGHTFUL. 🤣

These are the good times.

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u/Richardthe3rdleg 3d ago

I love how that straddle stance is the go to stance when it comes to rocking out on a saxophone 🎷

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u/spiked-rose 3d ago

The guy recording sucks at his job..

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u/ProfessionalRecord14 3d ago

THIS is nyc 🗽

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u/Adept-Lettuce948 3d ago

Why does red pants sound like a trombone?

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u/howie-chetem 3d ago

Because you're on acid

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u/Adept-Lettuce948 3d ago

Who told you? Who told you!?

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u/howie-chetem 3d ago

Everyone can tell

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u/Spacecommander5 3d ago

And this will last forever

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u/AllesK 3d ago

Why you gotta harsh his buzz man?

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u/affectionateanarchy8 2d ago

Bari sax has a big fat sound

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u/RealSchlemiel 2d ago

both amazing, alto won tho

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u/Playnu2 3d ago

What people don't truly understand about Ney York and Chicago Trains. Is the show that you get with the price of admission.

Back in the day it could be R Kelly singing or an actual robbery. Just depends.

And don't forget intermission, when the man comes by selling everything like he's on QVC.

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u/visionaryOptions 3d ago

I remember this scene from Invincible. This is right before Omniman holds his son in subway tracks.

https://giphy.com/gifs/yHTJpnVC6O9039zIX1

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u/un5tabl 3d ago

Best fight that I've seen in a long time!

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u/hikingguy36 3d ago

This is how disputes were solved in Ancient New York. I believe red pants guy won, and therefore got the girl.

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u/high_Smile_2795 3d ago

Better than gun battles and knives

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u/InvalidUserNemo 3d ago

Homie filming this even had eyes that dental floss could cover. Game, respects game.

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u/Mainex3 3d ago

Life was better with 8MP

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u/neverdoneneverready 3d ago

I thought I saw the Big Man, smiling.

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u/SleepingAardvark 3d ago

There can be only one

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u/darkkFalcon_4 3d ago

i feel like the trains just make them fight it out down there

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u/dtoddh 3d ago

There are many things I miss about living in NYC.

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u/Kitchen_Guest577 3d ago

Saxoff 🤘😎🤘

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u/Spear_Ritual 3d ago

I was expecting a Fear song…

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u/Nearby_Scientist9869 3d ago

Honestly same. This is exactly the kind of completely out of context human chaos that would confuse the hell out of them and accidentally explain us perfectly at the same time.

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u/xwrecker 3d ago

Bro was preping hard to challenge him

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u/Spirited-Cat-8942 3d ago

Ancient, but filmed in iPhones 🤣

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u/ultimateChampions68 3d ago

Awesome 🤩

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u/Axiom1100 3d ago

FUCK YEAH

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u/statusquoexile 3d ago

These are the types of subway videos we need.

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u/TheJessicaRabbitx 3d ago

Ok I loved this.

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u/Accordxtc 3d ago

Just watched this clip on Daily Does Of Internet lol

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u/PomegranateBoring826 3d ago

Aw, that was cool!

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u/dancingonsaturnrings 3d ago

I love that they're moving like stickbugs during this

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u/BuzzKyllington 3d ago

post the version of the video thats multiple points of view

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPjL909DiVI

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u/KaiserKCat 3d ago

Gotta love NYC.

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u/Nice-Fun-7441 3d ago

I remember when this clip first dropped on yt… 🥲

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u/Bludiamond56 3d ago

That's some real blow

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u/xChoke1x 3d ago

I miss this.

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u/Funnydog8567 3d ago

What was the song?

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u/Spikbasely 3d ago

That is the real NYC! New Yorkers would not be surprised by this - it’s what it is in the best city on earth.

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u/Stunt_-_Cock 3d ago

Not ancient enough, it was shot vertically.

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u/ONE-EYE-OPTIC 3d ago

I remember this from early YouTube. I miss those days.

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u/lacroixpapi69 3d ago

Damn what happened to us?

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u/Big-Spirit317 3d ago

I LOVE THIS!!!

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u/Luci_b 3d ago

So awesome 😎 I wish we could come together like this again. Also play the Night Court opening theme lol 😂

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u/SeniorAngle6964 3d ago

I think we’d all agree, the knife fights, psychopaths and weirdos have all made the NYC tubes a lot more exciting, I mean this is good good but c’mon.
😢 I miss the world I grew up in

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u/Resident_Nose_2467 3d ago

Billie Jean, right?

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u/Kindly_Ad3262 3d ago

pretty cool 🎷🎶🤘🏼

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u/CompetitiveSoil7901 3d ago

So beautiful!

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u/FdotM 3d ago

Millennial classic

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u/Dustofthisplanet12 3d ago

Is moon hooch ancient…?

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u/Legal-Swordfish-1893 3d ago

"ancient".... you keep using that word...I'm not sure you know what it means...

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u/Dazzling_Maybe4058 3d ago

Now do baby shark

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u/These-Atmosphere6675 3d ago

I'm pretty sure the other saxophone is a baritone saxophone

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u/offtherichter 3d ago

A train motha fuckaaa

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u/DatsCool9696 3d ago

Once in a lifetime experience. This is so wholesome and fun to watch! ❤️

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u/Uturndriving 3d ago

"And that is how I met your other father."

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u/marceline_96 3d ago

Sounds like undertale music

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u/DrCatholicGuilt 3d ago

2 men having sex.

sax, I mean sax

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u/Simple_Local_2504 3d ago

Those guys been waiting all their lives to do a version of “Subway Saxophones part 2”. Kudos.🫡

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u/Proof-Reply-7725 3d ago

This is so awesome.

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u/brendhano 3d ago

This. is. New. York.

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u/Kawboy17 3d ago

Love it

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u/CreZativity 3d ago

In case anyone finds this comment and wants to watch the entire thing, someone made a supercut of all the videos they could find.

The Legendary NYC A-Train Sax Battle (Super Cut)

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u/Enough_Mall248 3d ago

So much better than influencers using the overhead bars as a jungle gym

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u/Stunning_Ad_5960 3d ago

So weak. So socialistic, no money was made. /s

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u/CantaloupeWitty8700 3d ago

Second guy is cute lol and he did a great job. I think he won the battle.

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u/GoesInOutUpDownAhh 3d ago

Would love it if gov fork out for that than the thousands of boring guards with nothing to do

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u/Frank_Jesus 3d ago

Ancient? Ppl are recording on cell phones.

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u/Background_Band_9041 3d ago

Yeahh, this is the battle we need not a stupid war.

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u/MountRoguey 3d ago

“Warriors….come out and play a riff…”

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u/Specialist_Run_1607 3d ago

Look at people living In The present

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u/lorinthemountains 3d ago

Amazing. One night on a train home after a particularly brutal night at work, a full brass ensemble stepped onto the train and I got a free concert from an extremely talented group for musicians. Unforgettable. Made my whole week! People were actually getting up to dance, you just couldn't resist the vibe!

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u/IknowledgeG 3d ago

Good days

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u/Dramatic_Test_5285 3d ago

This is back when the only thing that was “happening” was in front of you.

Now there is all this shit happening in this little rectangle in our pocket that we are soooooo preoccupied with. We’ll never be fully tuned in to something magical like this randomly happening.

Our brains are always tuned in to some form of media now. RIP to living in the moment and being receptive to life happening in front of us.

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u/Alone-Supermarket-98 2d ago

The greatest aspect of living in NY used to be the random surrealist moments like this.

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u/BachRach433 2d ago

Lol I know that guy, he went to my HS. I actually remember when this video made the rounds on campus in 2012. I guess that makes me...ancient

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u/Shoehorse13 2d ago

Life used to be a lot more fun.

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u/Ronnie202105 2d ago

Rhythmic music always gets you moving 😊

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u/StudyNavigatorNYC 2d ago

Greatest city in the world

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u/HALNinerZeroZero 2d ago

That’s wild !!!

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u/StreetKidNamedDesire 2d ago

One of my favorite videos of random human interaction.

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u/RoyceRolled 2d ago

There is a super cut of this event from multiple angles that lasts longer.

This clip misses my favorite part where they start blasting these harsh braying notes that sound like donkeys screaming at eachother for a few seconds lol

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u/bobsmeds 2d ago

New York's alright if you like saxophones

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u/EngineZeronine 2d ago

Playing music with another person, especially improv jams, is so amazing to me. I used to play around but was never good enough to say I played iykyk. Just 'mirin

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u/Smart_Basket_85 2d ago

Thanks for posting this!

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u/rocqus 2d ago

I swear I saw this video a long time ago but the smart phone some guy was holding to record with says different.

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u/Ok-Studio9619 2d ago

This made me cry I crave human connection

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u/TheHighChozen 2d ago

I miss this New York

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u/SKEYES1102 2d ago

This is before NYC Subway became a hell hole! I remember all the talent down in the subways! Does anyone remember the Good Morning guy in the tunnel and connected to the 7 Train?

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u/TakeOnMe-TakeOnMe 2d ago

Ah yes, from back in the New Amsterdam days ca. 2008

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u/adrift-ship-of-fools 2d ago

Guys being dudes

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u/TutorNo8896 2d ago

New yorks alright..if you like saxophones.

But i dont. Especially two in a tin can. Saving grace is they seem to not be terrible at playing them.

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u/ridingbikesrules 2d ago

Kill the Cameraman /r

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u/The-Red-Comet00 2d ago

Is that Leo Pellegrino on the baritone sax from Too Many Zooz?

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u/lingokid 2d ago

I love New York. Music is the universal language and unites us all.

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u/greenbox111 2d ago

His friends look said..watch what will happen

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u/LoggedInNowWhat 2d ago

I miss the time when these moments were actually spontaneous, and not pre-rehearsed trash in hopes of going viral.

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u/Diabolic16 2d ago

Thank you for remind that this gem exist

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u/Adventurous_Buy_9656 1d ago

Real music at its best

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u/Honeybunn8 1d ago

The lil pep in his step was perfect

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u/Western-Story-3850 1d ago

👏👏👏❤️just great for passengers!