Today's musical interlude

[Mik]

Yes, it was. It was also great brass work.

[Axtremus]

Nah, it’s the accordion that carries the whole show.
Without the accordion the whole schtick falls apart.

[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.

[Larry]

I had to listen to it twice before i learned to appreciate what a great job the woman did on vocals.

[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

[Axtremus]

@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.

[Larry]

You're not a real musician are you.

[Larry]

@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.

[Mik]

The bass line in the original song is pure genius. These guys did a great job with it.

[Larry]

Link 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.