It seems on top of everything else, there was some musical plagiarism going on:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082103668.html
It made me sad, too, to hear people disparage the arrangement for not being "macho" enough. Personally, I thought it much more beautiful and stirring than the version we hear for American figure skaters, but with that label I doubt we're going to hear it for them anytime soon. Unless Vancouver decides to make use of it(with proper credit given, of course!). I'd love to hear it played for Johnny if he won there. Though I suppose if Evan won, he'd find it annoying!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082103668.html
It made me sad, too, to hear people disparage the arrangement for not being "macho" enough. Personally, I thought it much more beautiful and stirring than the version we hear for American figure skaters, but with that label I doubt we're going to hear it for them anytime soon. Unless Vancouver decides to make use of it(with proper credit given, of course!). I'd love to hear it played for Johnny if he won there. Though I suppose if Evan won, he'd find it annoying!
