Comments by "Philip B" (@philipb2134) on "Rick Beato" channel.

  1. I had to stop mid-way. While I can marvel at the brain/muscle coordination, this performance IMO does not respect the ability of the audience fully to absorb the artistic intent of the composer. It reminds me of a satirical piece written about the 15-minute Louvre tour. For me, the mark of interpretive genius is better displayed by a sense of artistic brief pause. Ashkenazi playing Chopin comes to mind.
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  2. I'd like to give a shout out to "Move Over" / Janis Joplin and "Fire and Ice" / Pat Benatar.
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  3. Apple, the computer pioneer, nearly augured in and ceased to exist. It had insisted on selling its own hardware with its own software, leaving the consumer the Henry Ford choice (referring to the Model T): any color you want , as long as it's black. Meanwhile the PC format ran away with it. The fan base seems fervent enough to keep the company going; if you don't like the company's preferences, prefer another company. Under typical business conditions, that is a recipe for disaster. How long can Apple count on, or create, non-typical circumstances to its advantage?
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  4. I couldn't stand Seasons In The Sun. It's sappy and a betrayal of the dark original in French by Brel: Le Moribond.
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  5. It's a pretentious mishmash of various bits that Queen strung together without any coherence nor continuity.
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  6.  @Lilah1754  Of course it is. Appreciation of any interpretive work necessarily will be subjective. We recently learned that a Mondrian work was exhibited upside-down for 77 years.
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  7. No Beatles, no Stones, no Pink Floyd... I find flawed in your criterion for continuing cultural endurance. Spotify might not be the bellwether you take it to be.
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  8. Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of Hendrix's 'Little Win' is phenomenal.
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  9. An honorable mention for Eric Clapton: "Let It Grow"> It's not the flashiest, not the most complex - but it achieves its purpose perfectly to serve the song.
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