Well I considered a walk to the grog shop as I think M/K and Shoma deserve more than one Japanese adult beverage toast. But it is now 11pm here(although early by my usual figure skating watching standards), FD is twelve hours away, and I am probably too lazy.
I am not worried. Look at Nathan's score most skaters would be thrilled including Jason Brown, Keegan Messing, ROman Sadovsky, Han Yan, Boyang, Kolyada and the Russian boys who seem almost interchangeable. Lacrymosa always makes me sad. It is the song of death and sadly our highschool grad song. (We won the national championships with this song so someone thought it was a bright idea to use it as our grad song. Yikes!ok... i love nathan... i love mozart... i am not okay with 3 things
1) putting together the A major concerto + the Requiem
2) skating to a Requiem during olympics... especially lacrimosa....
3) that weirdo techno bit at the end...
now about the skating : so many different doubles
I hate the mini ponytail also known as an attitude. Where's a pair of scissors. Get a full pony or not at all. Good Grief lol.
Nah, you're not the only one who likes it. I love it, personally. His music is already playing repeatedly in my head. I've already said this elsewhere but I think that if skated cleanly with 5-6 quads, a little more polish, and the right touch of energy invested in the choreo section, it would absolutely bring the house down. It's dramatic enough. The Skate America crowd seemed to enjoy it, especially that choreo section.
I found Nathan's free fascinating. Honestly I think it showcases both his balletic training earlier in the program and then lets him let lose and do his thing later. I found it very "Nathan" from start to finish. I also have always loved the specific concerto they chose and Lacrimosa; I thought it was an interesting idea to put the two together, although I wish they were in the same or related keys for the sake of the music cut.
Skate America crowd, understandably, went wild for home skaters. I just wish they could spare some enthusiasm for others, because i don’t know why Grassl was met with stone faced indifference. I found him interesting and avanguard
I've always loved the K. 488 piano concerto. And, while going from f-sharp minor to d minor is a bit jarring harmonically, I too like the music cuts here!
Aww poor Daniel, it was a rough skate but you can't say he didn't try. I thought the spins would at least get a clap.
Not sure what it sounded like in person, but on stream, the crowd was pretty wild for Uncle Cactus.
I know I was cheering at home, best song choice for sure
Better to have it early in the season than at US Nationals, IMO.
The crowd was meager (understandable because of the pandemic) but people were really supportive of all the skaters. Of course the home team got the biggest cheers, but generally everyone was met with enthusiastic applause.
Zhenya Medvedeva was very proud of him after the short. She did an interview with him where he told her about his long lasting injuries and struggling to coming back to form. I wonder why he was set up for GP (other than being on the podium at Europeans 2019),but that's for the Fed to answer.
Oh, that's a pity - I like the joy he brings to skating - has he been injured?
