Unpopular Opinions

[Brian]

I agree that the the New Year's concert is somewhat ridiculous but it has given us some brilliant interpretations of Strauss' music we might not have had otherwise.

The two Carlos Kleiber albums are top of my list.

[amw]

Unpopular opinion: I have no problem with the accordion, or any variation thereof. (Particularly in contemporary music.)

[Ken B]

Unpopular opinion: I have no problem with the accordion, or any variation thereof. (Particularly in contemporary music.)

I was quite serious when I said we live in the golden age of the accordion.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri_bNZyMd30

And this is one of my favourite videos on YouTube : an orchestra of kids with accordions playing contemporary classical music:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4LAv8kVhR4U

[TheGSMoeller]

I was quite serious when I said we live in the golden age of the accordion.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri_bNZyMd30

Fantastic.

[Brian]

Another accordion fan here.

[Madiel]

The young composer Benjamin de Murashkin has made me into a developing accordion fan.

[Karl Henning]

UNPOPULAR OPINION

I really like Johann Strauss Jr.

Opinion may be divided, but I cannot see this as an unpopular opinion.

[TheGSMoeller]

Unpopular Purchase.

I own an accordion.

[North Star]

Unpopular Purchase.

I own an accordion.

My dad owns two.

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

Two Accordions, No Waiting

[Florestan]

One of the best concerts I attended was with Richard Galliano and his band. Fantastic!

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Just intonation accordion is the best, played by Pauline Oliveros of course.

[Spineur]

One of the best concerts I attended was with Richard Galliano and his band. Fantastic!

Depends on the repertoire.  His Piazzola recordings are fantastic.  His jazz recordings are also excellent. I am less convinced by his french repertoire and his crossover from classical music.

[Crudblud]

Just intonation accordion is the best, played by Pauline Oliveros of course.

I prefer mutated sea shanties on an accordion of indeterminate tuning, but Oliveros is fine too.

[TheGSMoeller]

My dad owns two.

He's twice the man I am.

[nodogen]

Another jive I have with "Post"-modernism:

Why does the Futurist movement always get swept under the carpet when it comes to the chronological evolution of modernism to "post"-modernism? Is it that 2nd Viennese and the Russians are easier to discuss? Is it an aesthetic bias against the Futurists?

You mean the admiration of violence and association with fascism?

[Uhor]

It's not innovation alone what counts, it's the quality/style and marketing.

[Ken B]

James is usually right.

[Madiel]

I'm usually calm and relaxed.

[Florestan]

I'm usually calm and relaxed.

So am I in real life. And I abhor being involved in quarels, fights and conflicts. Really, I mean it.

It must be something with this darn internet that sometimes (usually?) turns me into an argumentative smartass.