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[Instrumental Intro]

[Charlie Van Dyke]
Though fewer than one hundred radio stations in this country program classical music exclusively, the listeners to these stations tend to be upper-income decision-makers. If they like you, they'll give you money. So, getting played on classical stations was a challenge worth pursuing.

[Dr. Adrienne McVey]
No part of the classical music repertory is more closely linked with passion than Ravel's Boléro.

[Van Dyke]
Psychomusicologist Dr. Adrienne McVey.

[Dr. McVey]
The first time it was performed in public, history tells us that two members of the orchestra were caught masturbating behind the French horns. Since then, the driving repetition of this work has caused people to use Boléro as a stimulant for…sexual activity. Yes, the piece is a turn-on. [chuckles]

[Albert Brooks]
Alright, what does Boléro have to do with me? I'm not allowed to tell you how, but somehow—quite by accident—one afternoon, uh…on a vacation, let's say, I—[clears throat]—came across words; actual lyrics, in French, to Boléro. I read them, I translated them, and one night, I had a few of my high-brow friends over, and I—I sang Boléro to them. And I'll tell you: the level of sexual arousal in that room after I finished was scary. And I thought, "If I can get this kind of reaction sitting in my own house, unrehearsed, undressed, doing it at the piano, imagine how it would sound coming over a classical music station, with a full orchestra and a tuxedo." I—I don't think any classical program director who's got his glands connected can resist this thing!

[Peter Michael Davis]
That I worked with Mr. Brooks for years on his light opera tours of Europe—

[Van Dyke]
Peter Michael Davis, conductor of the Independent Symphony Orchestra.

[Davis]
—and of course, the orchestra has always enjoyed performing with him a great deal…but I remember the night of the Boléro recording session was truly extraordinary. We've played Boléro numerous times before as an instrumental, but that night, the musicians were so inspired by these lyrics, that—that I remember I had to literally rope off the French horn section for the entire evening.