DYK? The band Phoenix wrote Lisztomania in honor of composer Franz Liszt’s studly awesomeness.

That was yesterday’s weekly classical trivia text message. I thought it only apropos to follow up and post the video on our site!

Here’s Lisztomania by Phoenix (yes, it was featured on Gossip Girl, too):

And that isn’t where “Lisztomania” ends, either! In 1975, a film called Lisztomania was released. I haven’t seen it yet, but when I do I’ll post about it.

Oh, and there’s also a Wikipedia page about Lisztomania aka Liszt Fever. Whoa! Talk about stud. People are still freaking out about Franz Liszt almost 170 years later!

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