Wednesday, Sep 09, 2009
Rant: (Handel’s — used loosely here) Messiah Rocks
OK.
This was passed on to me by a friend with the title “Satan Has Called in His Favor With Keith Lockhart.”
http://messiahrocks.com/
To say that I am appalled really does not do my emotions justice right now. Honestly, I’m not that square when it comes to playing around with the Monuments of Classical Music. Even “Messiah” is fair game in my opinion.
Example: In 1992, Quincy Jones (as a benefit for the United Negro College Fund) got together a bunch of the top African-American soul, funk and r&b artists in the business to do a take on Messiah (titled: A Soulful Celebration). The disc was genius — if you haven’t heard Take 6’s version of “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion,” you are missing out. The arrangements were intelligent, the artists paid TRIBUTE to the original work, and each and every track was produced to perfection.
And then we come to this tripe: http://messiahrocks.com/
The fact that the Boston Pops is touring this as their Xmas show this year makes me cringe — who THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? Please feel free to click on the “Watch Video” on the opening page. The amount of depress larnyx singing is appalling (worse than American Idol, if that’s even possible) and the arrangements are simplistic, bordering on insulting.
Oh why why why why why???
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