Hot Sax Footage in Things That Aren't Mine But That I Have Things To Say About
- March 7, 2014, 4:51 a.m.
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(Or "Wham!? Man! Thank You, Band.")
Three things I love about this video:
Just the whole concept of re-imagining 80's songs as early 20th century material is, to me, pretty cool. I always like new takes on things. Well, usually. And provided they're respecting the source material (which I think this is.)
I find the piano playing fascinating. Actually, I find the whole video fascinating, but I like watching people play the piano. I would say that I have a piano fetish, but that sounds sexual, and I assure it is anything but. I just really like pianos. And ragtime/jazz style piano in particular. (Though not exclusively.)
The saxophone playing in this reminds me partly of why I had wanted to learn the saxophone in the first place when I was little. Both for styles like this, AND for the style of sax playing that was in the original Wham! song. I've never actually played this well, but I used to aspire to do so. If we get our own house instead of an apartment, I will definitely pick up the sax again. (I haven't played it since 2012. And prior to that, it hadn't been since 1998. Though I was able to pick it up again.)
Anyway, this is my favorite song of the day (and that's saying something, as I discovered several songs today while browsing. Including a wonderful piano piece [by this same piano player] that was a mashup of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rhapsody in Blue, which is "an idea I once thought of" (as I'm sure any musician familiar with the two songs probably has), but this guy actually managed to do it. So, kudos to him.
Jigger ⋅ March 07, 2014
Oh, these people do so much good stuff!
Krud Jigger ⋅ March 07, 2014
So I've been learning tonight! =D I'd known about the tragic clown with the golden voice rendition of "Royals" (before I had even known of the original song), but for whatever reason never made the connection back to this account or these people.
Jigger Krud ⋅ March 07, 2014
Dorkus introduced me to the clown. I had no idea he worked with these kids too until I tripped over "Royals" and was all, "Oh! Hey! He did 'You Don't Know Me!' I totally felt that!" (Seriously, if you haven't seen it, you should look it up.)
caitriona ⋅ March 07, 2014
I pretty much want to be that lady.
Krud caitriona ⋅ March 07, 2014
That would be cool! Then I could say, "Hey! I know her! Kinda!"
Krud caitriona ⋅ March 07, 2014
(Seriously though, I regret not completing my Music minor in college.)
ElvenAssassin ⋅ March 07, 2014
I'll have to give it a listen later; everyone is asleep, but I LOVE piano, and I LOVE string instruments so I get what you're saying ^_^
Flame is Love ⋅ March 07, 2014
I generally don't watch YouTube links. No reason, just don't.
Now I'm going to watch everything they've done. Good thing we're dead in the office today.
Krud Flame is Love ⋅ March 07, 2014
You're definitely not alone in that (the non-YouTube-clicking.) I'm actually glad to hear there doesn't have to be a reason. =D I was starting to develop something of a complex about that regarding my own personal YouTube posts that I would put on Facebook. (Sometimes it's not good to be able to see how few hits something gets.) Also, I think this is probably my favorite things that they've done. Though I also like their take on Thrift Shop.
Krud Flame is Love ⋅ March 07, 2014
(Also, while I don't know to what degree this will or won't work, I decide from the get-go that the only things I would post in this Book are links to things that resonate with me and that I have something personal to contribute to the proceedings. Because otherwise it's just a collection of links, and there's no shortage of that on the internet.)