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[Arm Cannon]

Anybody else into this song? The first time I heard it on the radio it really snuck up on me when I wasn’t really paying attention. So hypnotic and maddening.



Also Emerson Lake and Palmer wrote Bolero II

[angry_polar_bear]

I’ve always loved this piece of music, so much so that I did this:

[Arm Cannon]

I’ve always loved this piece of music, so much so that I did this:

https://youtu.be/ljwKzqRy5NE

Fucking AMAZING

[angry_polar_bear]

Also apologies for double post but I will always associate the piece with this performance, and I believe this was the first Olympic ice dance to get a perfect score for artistic impression.

[Arm Cannon]

There’s also a Radiolab episode about Bolero that’s pretty good

https://www.wnycstud...raveling-bolero

[Smeg]

[kareshi]

Drummers HATE This One Weird Ballet Piece

[mana]

I'll always remember that Bolero should be played to the tempo of a steady heartbeat. The orchestra I was in played this a lot.

I don't know if this is true but I've heard that Ravel might've had some form of dimentia while writing Bolero, which lead to it having this style of composition and layers and repeating motifs.

[pingosimon]

haha I'm so glad poarbear was the first reply

 

I actually haaaate Bolero.  But hearing it all those times was worth it, so I could understand the Bolero Get reference later.

[Arm Cannon]

I could definitely see how it’s a love it or hate it piece

[Czyszy]

Anybody else into this song? The first time I heard it on the radio it really snuck up on me when I wasn’t really paying attention. So hypnotic and maddening.



Also Emerson Lake and Palmer wrote Bolero II

Also King Crimson wrote a Bolero

[kareshi]

There are at least two CDs of only Bolero, original and arranged versions. One just called Bolero and one called Ravel's Greatest Hit: The Ultimate Bolero. But I'm sure Youtube is broader than these, and free