yeah, it's a really nice version, isn't it?
― softspool, Friday, 7 June 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link
very much so. my first introduction to it as well, so bonus points.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Friday, 7 June 2013 23:41 (ten years ago) link
it being Rhapsody in Blue, back when I was 15 and watching all of Woody Allen's 70s films.
this is a good piece of music.
― Treeship, Saturday, 8 June 2013 00:11 (ten years ago) link
so good. I've been listening to it a lot lately.it's interesting the way it's not really considered a cohesive composition as a whole, more like a juxtaposition of motives that could totally be played independently from one another and still be great.bernstein wrote some things about that. and I totally agree. actually, there are moments when I would prefer to listen to only one of the parts over the others.I love the way he mixes elements of american music (i.e jazz) and french contemporary classical (ravel, debussy) to great effects.another funny thing is that there are some parts in the beach boys' "smile" that are so directly linked to this (especially in "heroes & villains").
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 31 July 2015 12:56 (eight years ago) link
brb just gonna listen to this
― Soon all logins will look like this (darraghmac), Friday, 19 February 2016 00:15 (eight years ago) link
Uri Caine recorded his version a few years ago (which I haven't heard yet). Willem Breuker did a Gershwin project in the 80s, some of it is on youtube.
― EvR, Friday, 19 February 2016 15:56 (eight years ago) link
Nice work on the piano there, George!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Okcn34E1RY
― softspool, Sunday, 7 October 2018 05:45 (five years ago) link
Who will be the first to sample this now that it's in the public domain?
― jaymc, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 17:43 (four years ago) link
is it the composition that's in the public domain or the first recording?
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
The composition. So I guess that would still restrict sampling of recordings. But someone could freely perform or interpolate it (a la "My Favorite Things" for Ariana Grande's "7 Rings") without permission.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
I was listening to La Creation du Monde by Darius Milhaud the other day and it's basically Rhapsody in Blue except made a few years earlier. You can really see the Milhaud influences on Gershwin with that one.
― YellowJelly, Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:33 (four years ago) link
Haven't sampled or remixed it exactly, but this mix is intended to work as an expansion of Rhapsody In Blue
https://centuriesofsound.com/2020/05/04/1924/
(Sorry if this is excessive spamming of my mixes, I only do one a month, if that's any consolation)
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 7 May 2020 06:04 (four years ago) link
Yikes, both things are new to me, despite having just spent a day reading about RiB. Will have to update my show notes.
Listening to La Creation do Monde now, can hear the similarities, think "basically the same" is overselling it a little though. Is there a particular arrangement / performance I should be checking out?
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 7 May 2020 09:44 (four years ago) link
Copland's beautiful Piano Sonata is worth checking out too, similar in tonality and maybe in construction too.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 7 May 2020 09:54 (four years ago) link
Now that I am up to 1924 in my deep-dive of all known recorded music and have heard the song for the first time, I can now say that it is FUCKING AWESOME is what it is. I need to listen to it twenty-to-thirty more times to really get a handle on what’s going on with all the little sections. Amazing!
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 26 April 2024 17:45 (one month ago) link
This is one of the greatest songs of all-time.
Banjo legend Bela Fleck released an amazing album of Rhapsody in Blue and other Gershwin pieces earlier this year.
― banjoboy, Friday, 26 April 2024 20:34 (one month ago) link
The concept behind my 1924 mix is "everything goes in the middle of Rhapsody In Blue" but guess you've heard that Mr. Snrub.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 April 2024 20:39 (one month ago) link
Ethan Iverson has an opinion. (N.B. I do not agree with him). https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/arts/music/george-gershwin-rhapsody-in-blue.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 27 April 2024 17:25 (one month ago) link