Subdeacon Joe Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Kimball Piano Co. had 84 grand pianos at the Coliseum for the opening ceremonies and they played Gershwin and the National Anthem. I have a customer that has one from that event. Pretty cool idea!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 WOW! I had forgotten that opening. And piano that I liked! I have said before that I'm not a big fan of the piano, especially what is called classical which, to me sounds like random key strokes showing how fast the pianist can run up and down the keys. I like some, I guess honky-tonk a la Jerry Lee Lewis, e.g. Chantilly Lace. Some of that, I think, is because of my hearing and not being able to pick out the subtleties of it. Part of is, likely the major part of it, is the overbearing, clunky piano playing I've endured at school recitals where (sometimes mercifully) the piano drowns out the kids voices. Organ? Fine. Harpsichord? Wonderful. Clavichord? Great. Piano? Eh! OH! Strauss waltzes and polkas on the piano I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I like jazz piano the best, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Chick Corea are some of my favorites! I agree with you on most of the classical piano pieces. They are hard to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 39 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: which, to me sounds like random key strokes showing how fast the pianist can run up and down the keys. That's my feeling about a lot of guitar players. "Oh man, listen to how he can shred that guitar!!!" Sounds like random noise while he's showing how fast he can run his left hand up and down the neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Notice The Cosby Show was listed--boy do times change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 That’s the year my daughter was born. I bought a new Mazda B2000 truck for $5,995. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 12 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: WOW! I had forgotten that opening. And piano that I liked! I have said before that I'm not a big fan of the piano, especially what is called classical which, to me sounds like random key strokes showing how fast the pianist can run up and down the keys. I like some, I guess honky-tonk a la Jerry Lee Lewis, e.g. Chantilly Lace. Some of that, I think, is because of my hearing and not being able to pick out the subtleties of it. Part of is, likely the major part of it, is the overbearing, clunky piano playing I've endured at school recitals where (sometimes mercifully) the piano drowns out the kids voices. Organ? Fine. Harpsichord? Wonderful. Clavichord? Great. Piano? Eh! OH! Strauss waltzes and polkas on the piano I like. You need to spend some time in New Orleans. You'll learn to love their pianos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 19 minutes ago, Alpo said: That's my feeling about a lot of guitar players. "Oh man, listen to how he can shred that guitar!!!" Sounds like random noise while he's showing how fast he can run his left hand up and down the neck. Musical calisthenics!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Alpo said: That's my feeling about a lot of guitar players. "Oh man, listen to how he can shred that guitar!!!" Sounds like random noise while he's showing how fast he can run his left hand up and down the neck. Ditto for a lot of classical violin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I agree with you on most of the classical piano pieces. They are hard to listen to. Never tire of them myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 One of my favorite pianists playing one of my favorite songs on a Fender Rhodes electric and a Steinway acoustic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I like ragtime on the piano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 47 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: I like ragtime on the piano Marvin Hamlisch playing that! Excellent musician ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kulshan 20262 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Floyd Cramer, along with Chet Atkins and Boots Randolph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I like the way Tony Bennet and Bill Charlap do this old standard. (sorry about any ads--it's YouTube) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Let's hear it for the A-Team! Between them and Star Wars Stormtroopers they made piss-poor marksmanship cool again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakejaw_Joe Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 On 10/18/2020 at 1:07 PM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: You need to spend some time in New Orleans. You'll learn to love their pianos. 100% this - best Blues and Soul piano can be found in New Orleans I wasn't alive in 1984 so that disqualifies me from having any other opinions in this thread lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-Eye Ned Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I moved to Dallas, TX, in January 1984. I lived there for about 2-1/2 years. It just never became MY city; so, I moved back to Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 10/18/2020 at 12:51 PM, Alpo said: That's my feeling about a lot of guitar players. "Oh man, listen to how he can shred that guitar!!!" Sounds like random noise while he's showing how fast he can run his left hand up and down the neck. While I appreciate the skill and dexterity, it does nothing for me, and I strongly believe that music is meant to take us somewhere, emotionally. I believe it was Claude Debussy who said that "music is the silence between the notes." Which is why I will forever choose Jimmy Page over Yngwie Malmsteen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Oh, and that doesn't say a thing about ME graduating high school!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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