Mozart or Rocketman?

[Joe Mendoza]

I prefer Rocketman because its evident that Nathan has fun with it.

and maybe less eye contact with Jackie. lol

 

[kolyadafan2002]

I just rewatched Rocketman after a while of not watching it.
And I've changed my mind, even the Motzart is better.
Honestly, I'm really disappointed (in terms of transitions). Rocketman is just sort of an empty program.

Land of All / Philip Glass both display a much higher quality of skating than Rocketman, but I'll jump ship to Motzart > Rocketman.

 

[SaDa]

If it was up to me, I'd say Mozart. As much as I enjoy the Rocketman program, I'm not at all a fan of skaters repeating programs. I actually really like the style of the Mozart one, especially the Lacrimosa StSq section. I find it beautiful, a little similar to how I feel about the Philip Glass program. His ChSq is powerful and fun too. Would have been an Olympic moment.

At the end of the day though it's really about what he's comfortable with so I'll be happy with whatever he chooses.

 

[TwinnerA]

Metamorphosis/Truman Sleeps - Philip Glass. I have probably watched his Worlds 2021 free program about 50 times by now.

 

[Anna K.]

This:

Land of All is probably my fave of his to come out of the last quadrennial. It's so thoughtful and has a beautiful build to it and just feels so contemporary and fresh.

Rocketman however really shows his personality and is the "anti-classical/orchestral" freeskate that the world needs to see win the Olympics. Considering Lysacek won trying to present a judge friendly warhorse, Chen winning with something like Rocketman would send a great message to the world as to how far figure skating has come.

I'm glad he did it.

 

[reneerose]

Rocketman is one of my favorite programs of all time. If he skated to it in the shirt his mom made it would he h the most perfect.

Which shirt did his Mom make?

 

[ramurphy2005]

Which shirt did his Mom make?

The purple one he wore when he first debuted the program.

 

[chuckm]

I much prefer Mozart, requiem or not, and Philip Glass.

 

[reneerose]

The purple one he wore when he first debuted the program.

Oh yes! I like that one much better than the orange one.

 

[noskates]

Wow - I don't know how anyone can say Rocketman is an empty program!

 

[Jeanie19]

I think Nathan made the correct choice. And getting a nice post from Elton John was the icing on the cake.

 

[Joe Mendoza]

I think Nathan made the correct choice. And getting a nice post from Elton John was the icing on the cake.

although wouldn't you think getting a message from Mozart would be more epic?

 

[Anna K.]

although wouldn't you think getting a message from Mozart would be more epic?

I'd think it could be a motivational factor for him when making his choice: "Mozart or Rocketman? Apparently, I won't get an epic message from Mozart, so Rocketman."

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

I think Rocketman was 10000000% the right decision. He created such a MOMENT with that program. You can tell how much Nathan feels and connects to the music, and it perfectly reflected his joy and relief in the moment. Plus, it's the most Nathan program. Philip Glass was also a great program, but if you asked me to name a Nathan Chen program, the first thing I will say is Rocketman because it's his most iconic and memorable piece imo.