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Shenanigamii t1_ixul0fo wrote

My IQ is less than 160...please explain this to me.

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C_Reed t1_ixuo83z wrote

The composer’s name is Modest Mussorgsky, so it’s a play on the word “modest”.

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Shenanigamii t1_ixup1x9 wrote

Ah... thanks. My suspicions were confirmed and this still isn't funny for me.

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pucspifo t1_ixun8xa wrote

The only thing that I can figure is that very few people know the original composition, as Ravel's version is far more popular. But I could be missing a lot, as this joke doesn't seem very funny to me.

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Gil-Gandel OP t1_ixutu5c wrote

His name literally is "Modest Mussorgsky"

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DomesticApe23 t1_ixuv4y0 wrote

Right. And he said something modest. ...?

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Gil-Gandel OP t1_ixvph3y wrote

He said there was nothing great about a famous piece of his.

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DomesticApe23 t1_ixwr7v2 wrote

Right. So a modest guy said something modest.

That's not a joke. If he boasted, that might resemble a joke. But modest people are modest. That's not funny.

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bruhm0ment67 t1_ixw1xwc wrote

I didnt even know it was a classical piece, I thought it was an Emerson, Lake and Palmer thing

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