On the flamenco film... I was loving it, absolutely loving it, until I believe it was the second to last example we watched. It was the one which made Hugh say afterward that if we only just heard the music and didn't see it we would probably be able to relate to it less. I agree with that, but that one example was just too much for me, not sounding anymore like soulful lamentations but just whininess. Perhaps if I had more background on the particular song, I would appreciate it more, but I hit my flamenco appreciation breaking point there. I'm not sure about everyone else's opinion on this particular piece, but if it was similar than perhaps there is something that will always separate (at least some of us) from those who can truly comprehend and perform flamenco.
Posted by iten at January 23, 2005 08:17 PMYeah, Sweetie, I know what you mean but not in regards to the flamenco music. I was still with it for the old men singing - my breaking point was Janice Joplin in our last class. I did not know I had a breaking point in music, but I DO! I could tolerate the other two bands we saw from the same DVD - The Animals and The Who... I could at least stomach it, but Joplin was over the edge. I can empathize with your broken-ness, just not in the flamenco men.
Posted by: Brooke at January 26, 2005 09:40 PM