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opendoor
11-15-2011, 10:21 AM
or do you find his music too mechanically? Then watch the DancingFlower..

youtube.com/watch?v=rJtpIt43raY
rJtpIt43raY
bordertangoman
11-15-2011, 10:41 AM
well Fresedo's psycho violins make his version of La Viruta far more fun to dance to
(bring your own shower curtain)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyYtgl--N8g
AndaBien
11-15-2011, 04:00 PM
or do you find his music too mechanically?

Not at all. I like his music. I wouldn't want to dance more than a couple of tandas to his music, but I would say that for almost any orchestra.

Some of my favorites of his: Racing Club and El Rapido.
bordertangoman
11-23-2011, 10:55 AM
well the silence on this one is deafening...
AndaBien
11-23-2011, 11:19 AM
well the silence on this one is deafening...

Who's Biagi?
bordertangoman
11-24-2011, 04:53 AM
Who's Biagi?

the Rod Stewart of tango music..
UKDancer
11-24-2011, 08:59 AM
I don't like his music much. He was on to a good thing while he played with D'Arienzo, but didn't know when to stop. His off-beat accents just got sillier and sillier, until they sound as though he was just doing it to annoy. My loss, probably.
salthepal
11-29-2011, 02:54 PM
I used to hate Biagi's off accent hectic beats. Then I learned to listen the melody of the songs, and it is just brilliant. I listen to him everyday now.
dchester
11-29-2011, 03:07 PM
I used to hate Biagi's off accent hectic beats. Then I learned to listen the melody of the songs, and it is just brilliant. I listen to him everyday now.
It's a lot of his piano embellishments he typically throws in (where they are not needed, IMO), that soured me on most of his tangos. I think I'm not typical though, as a lot of people seem to like his stuff.
bordertangoman
11-30-2011, 03:51 AM
I don't like his music much. He was on to a good thing while he played with D'Arienzo, but didn't know when to stop. His off-beat accents just got sillier and sillier, until they sound as though he was just doing it to annoy. My loss, probably.

One day I'm going to nail Belgica..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaNTjWfP1js
Temza
11-30-2011, 09:49 AM
I *love* Biagi the Magic Hands. By far my favourite orchestra.

(you don't like cats?
you just don't know how to cook them :D)
opendoor
12-01-2011, 01:23 PM
Who's Biagi?

:cheers:
AndaBien
12-01-2011, 03:08 PM
It's a lot of his piano embellishments he typically throws in (where they are not needed, IMO), that soured me on most of his tangos. I think I'm not typical though, as a lot of people seem to like his stuff.

You complaint is not something that has ever occurred to me.
UKDancer
12-02-2011, 03:24 AM
One day I'm going to nail Belgica..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaNTjWfP1js

I can't imagine it would be worth the effort. I don't know how hard the couple dancing here were trying, but it got the better of them comprehensively!
salthepal
12-02-2011, 02:16 PM
One day I'm going to nail Belgica..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaNTjWfP1js

I hope you're just using that video for the song, rather than the performance. Those guys most definitely did not nail it :)
Temza
12-02-2011, 04:15 PM
...Those guys most definitely did not nail it :)

What about these people?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpti9tb-vgE

and these?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEnmt1xa92I
salthepal
12-03-2011, 09:59 PM
What about these people?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpti9tb-vgE

and these?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEnmt1xa92I

Much better :) I still think a lot of people dislike Biagi because they try to "Mickey mouse" the music to the last beat accent. Biagi's brialliance is in the construction of the melodic lines in the midst of all these rhythmic accents
AndaBien
12-04-2011, 10:41 AM
What about these people?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpti9tb-vgE...

So, everybody takes the easiest and most obvious solution to a musical problem. Nothing creative or original about that. Looks like a game of musical chairs.
opendoor
12-07-2011, 10:35 AM
http://tangoreviews.com/2011/12/07/detlef-engel-and-melina-sedo-autumn-tango-2/
dchester
12-07-2011, 09:12 PM
http://tangoreviews.com/2011/12/07/detlef-engel-and-melina-sedo-autumn-tango-2/
I tend to be a bigger fan of their teaching, than their dancing, but that song fits their style very well.

oEnmt1xa92I
sixela
12-09-2011, 05:11 AM
Agreed, but they also fit their style to the song. They really need something mischievous and playful to dance well, and this did eke out the best in them, in my opinion.
bordertangoman
12-09-2011, 06:23 AM
here's a nice crack at it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcXPqEdvW8E
opendoor
12-09-2011, 09:58 AM
I tend to be a bigger fan of their teaching, than their dancing, but that song fits their style very well.

I find myself wondering if Salón style, long steps, caminadas, and in particular dancing alone on a dancefloor can meet a sort of music that was written for small crowded venues with physical contact everywhere?