About This Song
About "A Fifth of Beethoven" by Count Dee's Hit Explosion
Beethoven gets a disco makeover, strings swapped for a thumping four-on-the-floor. Count Dee's rendition is a giddy collision of high culture and low pleasure, the familiar melody strutting in platform shoes. It's pure novelty, but the tension between classical grandeur and club frivolity gives it a strange, enduring kick.
