Not! I think it sounds like the work of a poor GCSE student, who only has one ear - and that's his deaf one....
They obviously asked the wrong Philip.
Not! I think it sounds like the work of a poor GCSE student, who only has one ear - and that's his deaf one....
They obviously asked the wrong Philip.
Philip Sparke
Anglo Music Press
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On the other hand, only 38 countries have won gold so far, so that's 166 of his arrangements we haven't had to endure to date. Every cloud has a silver lining!
Philip Sparke
Anglo Music Press
The music of Philip Sparke
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Least they didn't ask Jedward or NDubz or Tinchy Strider or someone like that to do it....
Thomas Brown
if everyone thought like this, how could progress ever come about?Originally Posted by GJG
Sorry, I don't follow ... ?
Gareth J. Green
MD The Egham Band
"The top Eb is not the hardest note in the Haydn trumpet concerto; it's the note after that'll make you look a pillock ... "James Watson (1951-2011)
Thats nice!Not! I think it sounds like the work of a poor GCSE student, who only has one ear - and that's his deaf one....
They obviously asked the wrong Philip.
Last edited by simonium; 07.08.2012 at 21:17. Reason: A bit too full on criticism of a venerable senior member.
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Simon Phillips
I wonder what thought process led him to arrange it that way. "Rearrange the national anthem" is really a very simple assignment, and I daresay there are tens of thousands of musicians all over who fancy that they would have done a job of it that would have pleased more people (I know I do, and I bet a lot of you do too). My guess is that he's tried to be a bit too clever - breaking rules for the sake of breaking rules, without devoting sufficient thought to the reason those rules exist in the first place. We could get a bit highflown, and see a more general problem with academic music illustrated in this - the throwing out of the past without thinking much about what is to replace it. But maybe that's reading a bit much into it. Maybe he just had so many anthems to arrange that he ran out of time to polish!
Last edited by MoominDave; 07.08.2012 at 21:38.
Possibly, but he did rearrange it for the closing ceremony in Bejing I think, don't know if it's the same one. He probably just got abit bored :P
and GJG, I think Ben meant how would music move forward and new music and harmonies be created?
Thomas Brown
At least then it would have been a totally different approach - this is just a "classical" style rehashing
Pity then the Gamesmakers who welcomed the respective teams to the Olympic Village and thus heard their anthems played...
Will Elsom
My Score Exchange Site
A man once accused of being able to write a melody...
A wise man once said, "Pointing out a fallacy in someone's argument is not the same as pedantically and persistently pushing it down someone's throat whilst completely ignoring other points that are made."
If your going to change it, you might as well make a BIG change, instead of this feeble illiterate effort. Too bad Bill Evans isnt alive, now that would have been an arrangement worth listening to.
Instead of the traditional drum roll, maybe a 14 bar drum solo as an intro, then instead of the "tah tah tah dah" a 4 bar rift a la Maynard Ferguson ? Im sure Lizzie would love it !
Last edited by Ianroberts; 08.08.2012 at 08:59.
True enoughSo will mould, eventually
In fairness, I wouldn't go so far as to say it's good....
Perhaps I'm just getting caught up in the olympic spirit (did you know that, until a couple of days ago, Cornwall had won more golds than Australia?!), and therefore have grown to 'like' it because of what it represents. Or something.
''after silence, music comes closest to expressing the inexpressible''
Hey Yorkshire are about 11th in the medals table :PTrue enough
In fairness, I wouldn't go so far as to say it's good....
Perhaps I'm just getting caught up in the olympic spirit (did you know that, until a couple of days ago, Cornwall had won more golds than Australia?!
Thomas Brown
Poor old Oz. A few days ago the Sydney Telegraph was reduced to combining Australia's and New Zealand's winnings in the medals table under the name 'Aus Zealand' to make things look a bit more respectable. No gloating, now.... Cornwall had won more golds than Australia?!
Jim Yelland
Hinckley
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