Poor Music Choices
- Thread starter blue dog
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Oh, Lord... take me now... this is simply too too much on a cold January day... the end is near... :disapp: :disapp:
For those of us who still honor all that is right & good in the world...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywK_Ld9Z3M 
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I'm probably in the minority on this one, but most Raul di Blasio tracks are so melodramatic--they sound made for Spanish novelas!
Both Otonal (Weir, Butyrskaya, Sebestyen) and El Dia Que Me Quieras (Yeltsova/Bushkov, Berankova/Dlabola) are beautiful songs, until the snare drum comes in, and often the snare drum volume drowns out the piano--and there's truly no way around it, because this happens in the climax/crescendo of the music.
El Dia Que Me Quieras is especially bad with the built-in thunder and rain sounds that make it sound like two people are "rediscovering their love" for one another in the thundering rain.
Both Otonal (Weir, Butyrskaya, Sebestyen) and El Dia Que Me Quieras (Yeltsova/Bushkov, Berankova/Dlabola) are beautiful songs, until the snare drum comes in, and often the snare drum volume drowns out the piano--and there's truly no way around it, because this happens in the climax/crescendo of the music.
El Dia Que Me Quieras is especially bad with the built-in thunder and rain sounds that make it sound like two people are "rediscovering their love" for one another in the thundering rain.
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Oh, Muzak. Gotcha.
I was thinking maybe music that rises to a climax....I nominate the Khatchaturian that N&L used for their LP. So dated and trite! Totally wrong for a hot young pair.
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Oh, Lord... take me now... this is simply too too much on a cold January day... the end is near... :disapp: :disapp:
For those of us who still honor all that is right & good in the world...
Perfection. What more can I say. Just love Fields of Gold!!!!
I never get tired of watching that video.
Gato
Don't know what the fist selection is but the latter is by Gato Barbiere who is a great jazz musician.
very nice music
Don't know what the fist selection is but the latter is by Gato Barbiere who is a great jazz musician.
very nice musicOMG..how young are you? Let's see..you might recognize it as supermarket or grocery store music.
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Bolero for Michelle, I don't think it suited her...
Ok, I feel bad now that I said I didn't like the Fields of Gold song that Michelle Kwan skated to. I didn't realize it had such meaning behind it and didn't realize that the artist Eva Cassidy is gone. I thought it was a moving song when I first heard it and when Michelle first skated to it, but when I saw her do that same program all the time, I didn't like it so much anymore.
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I can't stand it when I see someone skating to "The Nutcracker" or "Swan Lake" or "Carmen" or any other song that has been skated to a trillion times already. Can't anyone skate to something different for once? I think there was a competition once where 3 different skaters all skated to "Romeo and Juliet". It gets really boring after a while. :sheesh:
I have to give credit to Michelle for introducing me to Eva Cassidy. That might be my favourite exibition by Michelle. It really suited her.
But, sorry, I was never her fan.
Apocalyptica is not for everyone and it's definately not for Poykio. She is such a light skater, Apocalyptica is way to "heavy" for her.
I'm a die hard fan of Anissina and Peizerat but their 2002 Free Dance had the worst music of the whole competition. And that includes I will survive (Fusar-Poli and Margaglio).
But, sorry, I was never her fan.
Apocalyptica is not for everyone and it's definately not for Poykio. She is such a light skater, Apocalyptica is way to "heavy" for her.
I'm a die hard fan of Anissina and Peizerat but their 2002 Free Dance had the worst music of the whole competition. And that includes I will survive (Fusar-Poli and Margaglio).
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Olympic Tick Tock by Gordon Cobb, I think.
And the music that Maria Butyrskaya skated to in 2002 was (if I remember right) 17 Moments in Spring.
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Belbin and Agosto's FD to West Side Story. Horrible music cuts....and I love WSS.
Thank you for your cordial welcome!
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17 Moments was the year before (that one was bearable). Tale of Travel (I've come to find out) is sthe 2002 with the horrid dissonance
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Thanks for the correction, blue dog.
I like that cello music, but I agree is not for Poykio. Too heavy for her.
Ivan Dinev skated to something in the 01-02 season that sounded like a combination of mariachi music and Greek folk music played by a very low-grade band and then mixed in with a little techno. The program itself was as schizophrenic as the music, and was not helped at all by various sections where he'd just stand there and caper about. I still have NO idea what was going on there.
"March With Me", which Shae-Lynn & Vic used in 00-01, was enough to drive me out of the room.
I also agree with posts re. Maria Butrskaya's long program in SLC; just more than a BIT MUCH, and if you're having a bad technical night, as Maria was, then it just makes the whole effect even worse. Also agree with posters regarding A & P's use of MLK's speech in SLC Free Dance. Made the whole thing totally heavy-handed and it really didn't need to be.
"March With Me", which Shae-Lynn & Vic used in 00-01, was enough to drive me out of the room.
I also agree with posts re. Maria Butrskaya's long program in SLC; just more than a BIT MUCH, and if you're having a bad technical night, as Maria was, then it just makes the whole effect even worse. Also agree with posters regarding A & P's use of MLK's speech in SLC Free Dance. Made the whole thing totally heavy-handed and it really didn't need to be.
