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As for popular music actually used for skating now: please, please NO MORE AC/DC (Kevin Reynolds you're a fab skater but that program was absolutely not for you).
It was not for anyone.
As for popular music actually used for skating now: please, please NO MORE AC/DC (Kevin Reynolds you're a fab skater but that program was absolutely not for you).
It was not for anyone.
you are not alone, Sam-Skwantch I will never tire of the Nutcracker (I've always been partial to Tchaikovsky) and the Pas de Deux is simply the most beautiful piece of music ever written
Sing sing sing or anything from Les Miserable or Phantom of the Opera !
Tchaikovsky didn't write Romeo & Juliet
Re: Sting, please allow me to recommend his CD called "Songs from the Labyrinth." John Dowland lute songs -- sheesh, who knew? He doesn't have the world's greatest voice but that doesn't matter a rusty skate blade because it's totally right for the music. And his rendition of the texts is amazing. Trust me, you haven't lived until you've heard him sing "Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite."
To everyone else, sorry to be veering far off-topic! I promise to try to behave myself in future.
Tchaikovsky didn't write Romeo & Juliet
I'm way ahead of you! I love that album, and it has pieces that could be used for skaters interested in trying music from other eras. My favorite selection is the first one, "Can She Excuse My Wrongs." Stupendous arrangement, though I agree that his voice is not ideal. The verse he performs with (I think) multiple tracks of his own voice is gorgeous, and of course the lute is splendid. Hats off to him for bringing Dowland into the popular spotlight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6STEOfFJl0
I must confess that I'd love to see a girl skating dramatically to Walkürenritt wearing tons of eyeliner and black lipstick.
i was just listening to that today! & it warms my icy little heart that there are other music nerds on GS. i really don't like his technique, but i love that he presented something totally different, if that makes sense. Olympia, have you heard Paul Agnew's Dowland albums? highly recommended.
okay sorry, i'll get back on topic now.
You ARE on topic! Part of what enriches a thread like this is that music mavens show up with such eagerness, and then the amazing suggestions begin. Indeed there are a lot of music nerds here, which is a wonderful state of affairs, isn't it? On the related "music skaters should skate to" thread, people have been bringing forth all sorts of Baroque opera stuff. I just hope the skating community has as many music nerds as we have, so that going forward, there will be a wider range of music in competitions. We can dream, can't we?