Comments on: Good For You http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/ The glamorous life and thoughts of a concert pianist. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ben http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5119 Ben Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:01:33 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/#comment-5119 Rachmaninoff is a musical genius, one of the greatest pianist/composers, to walk this earth. Don't crap on his reputation. God Bless You Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff is a musical genius, one of the greatest pianist/composers, to walk this earth. Don’t crap on his reputation.

God Bless You Rachmaninoff.

]]> By: Jeremy Denk, Andre Reiu, and Calculus. | Sascha Richey http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5113 Jeremy Denk, Andre Reiu, and Calculus. | Sascha Richey Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:22:04 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/#comment-5113 [...] Jeremy Denk, Andre Reiu, and Calculus. Posted on August 6, 2010 by Sascha Richey One of my favorite internet discoveries this year is the blog Think Denk, written by pianist Jeremy Denk. His analyses of Beethoven’s Archduke Trio, the Goldberg Variations and a collection of other pieces are a real treat. He writes wonderfully about everything from munchies, to divey Aurora Pho joints, to Theodore Adorno. My favorite writing of his concerns Dutch violinist Andre Rieu. (for whom the Dutch people have yet to apologize) Denk decides that in his struggle to comprehend this artist of infinite tack, he must use higher mat.... [...] [...] Jeremy Denk, Andre Reiu, and Calculus. Posted on August 6, 2010 by Sascha Richey One of my favorite internet discoveries this year is the blog Think Denk, written by pianist Jeremy Denk. His analyses of Beethoven’s Archduke Trio, the Goldberg Variations and a collection of other pieces are a real treat. He writes wonderfully about everything from munchies, to divey Aurora Pho joints, to Theodore Adorno. My favorite writing of his concerns Dutch violinist Andre Rieu. (for whom the Dutch people have yet to apologize) Denk decides that in his struggle to comprehend this artist of infinite tack, he must use higher mat…. [...]

]]> By: Melissa http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4240 Melissa Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:39:51 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/#comment-4240 Wow- you do deserve a genius grant! Where can I nominate you? Your blog is also postponing my own practicing, so it is doubly delicious. (I wonder if Velveeta or Broccoli goes better with Glinka?) Wow- you do deserve a genius grant! Where can I nominate you? Your blog is also postponing my own practicing, so it is doubly delicious. (I wonder if Velveeta or Broccoli goes better with Glinka?)

]]> By: Joshua http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4229 Joshua Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:22:35 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/#comment-4229 Jeremy! You're obsessed with Sesame Leaf! Jeremy! You’re obsessed with Sesame Leaf!

]]> By: cbj smith http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4214 cbj smith Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:55:20 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/#comment-4214 "Clssical music is broccoli." Priceless. One for the books, for sure. About the video: Wow. First of all, it is immediately obvious that everyone is lip-synching (or finger-synching, whatever the word is for instrumentalists.) Also that the band playing is much larger than the one we see. As for the performance, well, they certainly have that Viennese swing feel down, don't they? 8-) Although the clarinetist actually does a pretty creditable job, and the trumpet player has a beautiful sound, if not the best jazz feel. For a more authentic version of the same tune, try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYBuzVFZ8mg which is the Duke Ellington Orchestra, not Louis Armstrong as the title would have you believe. “Clssical music is broccoli.” Priceless. One for the books, for sure.

About the video:

Wow.

First of all, it is immediately obvious that everyone is lip-synching (or finger-synching, whatever the word is for instrumentalists.) Also that the band playing is much larger than the one we see. As for the performance, well, they certainly have that Viennese swing feel down, don’t they? 8-) Although the clarinetist actually does a pretty creditable job, and the trumpet player has a beautiful sound, if not the best jazz feel. For a more authentic version of the same tune, try

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYBuzVFZ8mg

which is the Duke Ellington Orchestra, not Louis Armstrong as the title would have you believe.

]]> By: Dzyvla http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4208 Dzyvla Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:37:04 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/#comment-4208 And I'm READING your post instead of practicing :P Can't bring myself to watch the video though. Can I get through my entire life without witnessing this schmaltz? I'm on a mission ;) Cheese is to Broccoli as Andre Rieu is to Classical Music. Brilliant! And I’m READING your post instead of practicing :P Can’t bring myself to watch the video though. Can I get through my entire life without witnessing this schmaltz? I’m on a mission ;)
Cheese is to Broccoli as Andre Rieu is to Classical Music. Brilliant!

]]> By: Jeep Gerhard http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4207 Jeep Gerhard Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:40:58 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/#comment-4207 One of the main reasons i've always loved broccoli (and real music) is because people like Poppy Bush hate it so. Enjoyed the velveeta. JG One of the main reasons i’ve always loved broccoli (and real music) is because people like Poppy Bush hate it so. Enjoyed the velveeta.
JG

]]> By: Priscilla http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4205 Priscilla Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:47:13 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/#comment-4205 Funny, shortly after reading this I got an email for an André Rieu presale at The Prudential Center..the man is everywhere. Funny, shortly after reading this I got an email for an André Rieu presale at The Prudential Center..the man is everywhere.

]]> By: Lane Savant http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4204 Lane Savant Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:06:14 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/#comment-4204 In re PBS fund raisers, I hope you are all detoxing with the Roy Orbison In re PBS fund raisers, I hope you are all detoxing with the Roy Orbison

]]> By: Michael http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4203 Michael Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:24:05 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2008/12/05/good-for-you/#comment-4203 I'd heard of Andre Rieu, and knew what to avoid - this is the first thing I'd ever seen, and man, it makes Lawrence Welk look like Count Basie. Watching those musicians, I think, poor souls. You need the dough. You're pretending with such force of will you might die on the spot. I can almost forgive them. But him. He is the one with the power to stop it. Instead he creates it. Your analysis of the situation is spot on: there is no area under that curve. You suffocate on cheese. I’d heard of Andre Rieu, and knew what to avoid – this is the first thing I’d ever seen, and man, it makes Lawrence Welk look like Count Basie.

Watching those musicians, I think, poor souls. You need the dough. You’re pretending with such force of will you might die on the spot. I can almost forgive them. But him. He is the one with the power to stop it. Instead he creates it.

Your analysis of the situation is spot on: there is no area under that curve. You suffocate on cheese.

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