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Ic3Rabbit said:
He chose the music, he's always wanted to skate on it and Olympic season is perfect time.
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well, give me his phone number LOL i will have a quick chat with him. A funeral mass is a funeral mass... He has great taste in music... just not appropriate for this season IMHO.

Just before anyone jumps on me : it is a constructive and honest comment I make. I just wish Nathan the best and to me, a requiem has such an emotional charge that I am superstitious about using it for the Olympics... just like some people may not want to wear a green dress....
 
I've rewatched the free several times. Nathan seemed really tight in the torso throughout most of the program, although he relaxed a lot in the choreo sequence. I also thought the choreo throughout most of the program seemed a bit underexecuted and performed, although again this changed during the choreo sequence. I think his free skate has a lot of potential, but right now the choreo sequence at the end is the only part he's really selling. I get that he had to sacrifice some performance to focus on the technical elements, but I was also disappointed that some of the choreography got removed as well. Hopefully at SCI we can see this program skated to its full potential. I really like the twizzles out of the 3A and the end of the program, but the step sequence feels a bit lacklustre. I can't judge the program too much since there was material removed to make way for the six quads, but I like the music. However, if Nathan wants to go for Olympic gold, he will need to be able to skate the full program and do all of his crazy technical content, but considering he didn't look winded after the free, I'm sure he can do it.
 
4everchan said:
well, give me his phone number LOL i will have a quick chat with him. A funeral mass is a funeral mass... He has great taste in music... just not appropriate for this season IMHO.

Just before anyone jumps on me : it is a constructive and honest comment I make. I just wish Nathan the best and to me, a requiem has such an emotional charge that I am superstitious about using it for the Olympics... just like some people may not want to wear a green dress....
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Perfectly fine. We're all different. I feel completely different from you, and I love this program for the Olympics because I'm generally not a superstitious person. Like, good music is just good music to me. I'm also not a purist either when it comes to music, and using a little bit of remixed mozart for a few seconds at the end of a skating program is perfectly interesting and acceptable to me as long as the skater performs to it well(which, I absolutely think Nathan does a fantastic job of). I like seeing people's creative expressions and individualism. I've always thought that was the whole point of art.

Anyway, it's all good (y)
 
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Nathan is such a handsome man ! :) I love his EX program!

For those wondering why I am so lukewarm about the lacrimosa.. here is an approximate translation...

Mournful that day when from the dust shall rise guilty men to be judged.
Therefore spare them O God, Merciful Jesus, Grant them rest!

In the context of the Olympics... in a judged sport... let's hope the skating gods hear the prayers.. but that makes me itchy.
 
I was part of the superstitious crowd and did not want any program with Requiem but Nathan's FS won me over and I can totally see the potential there.

That being said, I think two gloomy programs is a bit much and I really love the enjoyment he exudes in his exhibition program. I think he should change his SP to something upbeat and dancy he could enjoy.
 
I enjoyed Nathan’s exhibition program and he seemed to enjoy it, too. That being said, even though the music is upbeat, the lyrics are a little melancholy. If you’re talking lyrics alone in all three programs, there seems to be a bit of sadness to them all. I wonder what message he‘s trying to send…or maybe I’m just reading too much into it.
 
i am sure i am reading too much into it... figure skating is figure skating :) as long as Nathan is happy and not superstitious i will be cheering for him. I do not like the mozart selection, but i love nathan so ;) i will be able to deal with it... I hated Mack the knife for Patrick for obvious reasons... but most people thought it was a fun song... well it really isn't LOL but still ... i cheered for him :)
 
Personally, I'm not superstitious and love the FS--music and all. He just needs to skate it clean (and ditch the 4Lo). SP I'm more ambivalent about. Maybe a little more choreography in the first half. I do like the Nemesis reprisal. He should also skate a safer layout; no need to put both 4Lz and 4F when the BV difference is so small.
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Nathan with NBC LA reporter

Skaters circling the rink at the end of the gala.

Some photos from the Gala from Getty Images
 
Ella5555 said:
I enjoyed Nathan’s exhibition program and he seemed to enjoy it, too. That being said, even though the music is upbeat, the lyrics are a little melancholy. If you’re talking lyrics alone in all three programs, there seems to be a bit of sadness to them all. I wonder what message he‘s trying to send…or maybe I’m just reading too much into it.
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I don't think you're reading too much into this. We know Nathan is planning to step away from figure skating...and, who knows. It could ultimately end up being his final season and the end of his skating career. It's clearly a goodbye message. I'm trying to cling on to hopes that it ends up being just a temporary thing. But, yeah, despite the upbeat music and Nathan smiling a lot, it made me incredibly sad. Am I allowed to cry here in the fan fests area of these forums?

One day my father, he told me
"Son, don't let it slip away"
He took me in his arms, I heard him say
"When you get older
Your wild heart will live for younger days
Think of me if ever you're afraid"
He said: "One day you'll leave this world behind
So live a life you will remember"
My father told me when I was just a child
"These are the nights that never die"

There's a reason why he's trying to put it all out there on the ice this season. I guess its so that he won't have any regrets if he ends up not coming back. I don't think it's necessarily even about winning gold. I think he just wants to be able to look back on his skating career and say that he did everything he wanted to. Sorry about such a negative post 😢

EDIT: just wanted to add that for all the talk we do about how Lacrimosa, being a funeral mass, isn't proper for Nathan to be using at the Olympics...deep down, I think it kind of is. Not in a negative or bad way, of course...but...you know...the end of a memorable, magnificent career.
 
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These days, Chen’s world centers on preparing for the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. “I’m basically in my house, and then I go to the rink, and then I’m in my house, then I go to the rink,” he says wryly.

Quote from the article -- and that's the problem I fear.
 
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