Who would have thought the easiest piano bit in the world fit into so many different styles? I'm sure my musical friends (looking at mike14780) might appreciate it. Thanks to fernanb for posting it for me!
I hate to be a bastard, but many pianists have done "theme and variation" arrangements on Chopsticks. Liberace's arrangement was one of his trademark gags.
The scary thing is Bob Smale playing chopsticks with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra was even nellier...
What the heck was he looking up at when doing the glissandi? All I could think of was Number One on the StarTrek pilot The Cage looking up at the sky as she screams into her communicator, "Can you give me more power?"
Starting, of course, with Aleksandr Borodin, César Cui, Anatol Liadov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Liszt, whose 'Variations' appeared about 140 years ago, and which is, I believe, actually the variant being played here, for the most part.
Well, yes, but I still found it amusing. I've always enjoyed any "musical joke" written by composers (I think the first one I heard was Mozart's, and even before becoming a music major it cracked me up). I like these other two as well - oh so gay! :)
Ok, so he can play three pieces and stuff. But he didn't really put the Chopsticks theme into those three pieces. He just played bits and pieces of them. I like the liberace version better! And the rings! And the wardrobe.
A much better performance I think. hehe. But yea, that dude is pretty good. :P
Thanks for thinking of me Alan as one of your "musical friends." :)
I heard a lot more than 3 pieces, and heard the theme repeated throughout, but I'll admit it's not the height of musical parody by any means. Still, amusing. :D
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I hate to be a bastard, but many pianists have done "theme and variation" arrangements on Chopsticks. Liberace's arrangement was one of his trademark gags.
The scary thing is Bob Smale playing chopsticks with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra was even nellier...
A much better performance I think. hehe. But yea, that dude is pretty good. :P
Thanks for thinking of me Alan as one of your "musical friends." :)
i just want to say your icon RAWKS my WORLD!
Oh, and another thing - coco coco coco! :P
(probably the only "british" person i can tolerate)
brian is pretty hilarious too.
he and stewie really steal the show.