Today's musical interlude
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wrote on 29 May 2020, 19:53 last edited by
I blame the tuba.
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wrote on 29 May 2020, 19:53 last edited by
That was "interesting". 55555
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wrote on 29 May 2020, 20:11 last edited by
@Mik said in Today's musical interlude:
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THAT WAS FANTASTIC!!!!!
THAT WAS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
Didn't much care for the second one, but the first one was FANTASTIC!!!!!!
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wrote on 29 May 2020, 21:19 last edited by
Yes, it was. It was also great brass work.
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wrote on 29 May 2020, 22:24 last edited by
Nah, it’s the accordion that carries the whole show.
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wrote on 30 May 2020, 00:59 last edited by Larry
You couldn't be more wrong. The trumpet lays out the first theme. It repeats as the other horns come in and lay out a second theme under it.. then the vocalist sings a third theme, with all 3 themes going at once. Quite a nice arrangement, fairly complex chord progression. And thats just breaking down the verse. There's another theme introduced in the chorus, and yet another one in the bridge, and. The only thing the accordian is doing is working with the tuba player to keep a semblance of a polka beat going in the background.
Secondly, think about the fact that this chord progression and layering of themes was created by Guns and Roses. Then consider what passes as music in that genre today.
Like usual, the point of it all flew straight over your head. This was pure genius.
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wrote on 30 May 2020, 01:07 last edited by
I had to listen to it twice before i learned to appreciate what a great job the woman did on vocals.
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wrote on 30 May 2020, 01:12 last edited by Larry
The fat guy in the hat sitting in the back eating salami slices is the keyboard player.....
Wait... that would be Polish sausage huh...... lol
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You couldn't be more wrong. The trumpet lays out the first theme. It repeats as the other horns come in and lay out a second theme under it.. then the vocalist sings a third theme, with all 3 themes going at once. Quite a nice arrangement, fairly complex chord progression. And thats just breaking down the verse. There's another theme introduced in the chorus, and yet another one in the bridge, and. The only thing the accordian is doing is working with the tuba player to keep a semblance of a polka beat going in the background.
Secondly, think about the fact that this chord progression and layering of themes was created by Guns and Roses. Then consider what passes as music in that genre today.
Like usual, the point of it all flew straight over your head. This was pure genius.
wrote on 30 May 2020, 01:20 last edited by@Larry said in Today's musical interlude:
The only thing the accordian is doing is working with the tuba player to keep a semblance of a polka beat going in the background.
Their whole schtick is about turning something non-polka into polka. Not saying the vocalists and the other instrumentalists are not doing a great job with their own roles, but compositionally the accordion is key to the polkafication of whatever cover they play.
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wrote on 30 May 2020, 01:27 last edited by
You're not a real musician are you.
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@Larry said in Today's musical interlude:
The only thing the accordian is doing is working with the tuba player to keep a semblance of a polka beat going in the background.
Their whole schtick is about turning something non-polka into polka. Not saying the vocalists and the other instrumentalists are not doing a great job with their own roles, but compositionally the accordion is key to the polkafication of whatever cover they play.
wrote on 30 May 2020, 01:30 last edited by@Axtremus said in Today's musical interlude:
@Larry said in Today's musical interlude:
The only thing the accordian is doing is working with the tuba player to keep a semblance of a polka beat going in the background.
Their whole schtick is about turning something non-polka into polka. Not saying the vocalists and the other instrumentalists are not doing a great job with their own roles, but compositionally the accordion is key to the polkafication of whatever cover they play.
Saying that is both stating the obvious and missing the point. No one thinks they wrote the song. And yes, it's obvious the are doing a "polkafication" of the song. That doesn't have a damn thing to do with what we are talking about.
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wrote on 30 May 2020, 01:43 last edited by
The bass line in the original song is pure genius. These guys did a great job with it.
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wrote on 30 May 2020, 01:49 last edited byLink to video
The entire point of any piece of music is to entertain. The idea of a polka band covering Guns and Roses and then knocking it out of the park like that resulted in something that I found fantastically entertaining.