Song Of The Day.

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[easyrider]

Daniele Vitali........ Calm Down. This is the type of live entertainment I like at resorts we go to.

 

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Chuck Berry is often cited for his "innovative" guitar playing in the early days of rock, but all he did was copy Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She was even duck-walking (in a dress, no less) long before Chuck.

 

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Godzilla Eats Las Vegas. Eric Whitacre, guest conductor and composer.

I believe that the person who appears in the Elvis suit mid-performance is the usual conductor of the choir - the choir also have a prior recording of the piece in which the conductor wore the Elvis suit for the performance.

It's always fun when performers genuinely look as if they enjoying the performance. Except for the young lady on the bass - she looks very serious.

 

[AwayWeGo]

Godzilla Eats Las Vegas. Eric Whitacre, guest conductor and composer.

I believe that the person who appears in the Elvis suit mid-performance is the usual conductor of the choir - the choir also have a prior recording of the piece in which the conductor wore the Elvis suit for the performance.

It's always fun when performers genuinely look as if they enjoying the performance. Except for the young lady on the bass - she looks very serious.

Fairfax Band played that at a concert performance several years ago. Fun tune.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[CanuckTravlr]

Godzilla Eats Las Vegas. Eric Whitacre, guest conductor and composer.

I believe that the person who appears in the Elvis suit mid-performance is the usual conductor of the choir - the choir also have a prior recording of the piece in which the conductor wore the Elvis suit for the performance.

It's always fun when performers genuinely look as if they enjoying the performance. Except for the young lady on the bass - she looks very serious.

A very entertaining and amusing production, with an entire choir and orchestra acting not just as musicians, but also as actors and Foley artists!!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Whitacre's own words on Godzilla Eats Las Vegas (from Wind Band Literature):

It took me seven years to get my bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. By the time I graduated I was ready to eat Las Vegas.


Tom Leslie asked me to write another piece for the group as I was leaving, and I thought it would be a blast to do something completely ridiculous. The players are called upon to scream in terror, dress like Elvises (Elvi), and play in about thirty different styles from mambo to cheesy lounge music. The audience follows a ‘script’ that I wrote simulating a campy, over the top Godzilla movie (is there any other kind?).


I wrote the bulk of the piece while in my first year at Juilliard, and no kidding, I used to act out the script every morning devouring animal crackers, wreaking havoc all over the breakfast table. The ‘script’ was originally twice as long, and had an entire subplot devoted to a young scientist and his love interest. As I started to finish the piece, however, it didn’t seem that funny and that story (along with an extended Elvis tribute) ended up on the cutting room floor.


The idea that this piece is being played all over the world in such serious concert venues is the single funniest thing I have ever heard. It has been played on the steps of the Capitol by the United States Marine Band, by the Scottish National Wind Symphony (they play in kilts, so help me God), and I have a video of a Japanese audience visibly confused and shaken by the whole experience. Can you imagine? I’m laughing my head off even as I write this!

 

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[CanuckTravlr]

LOL!! That's a repeat of my post #734 from a week ago! We obviously both have excellent taste in music.