tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post7569385628729964361..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: Road Songs (Special Edition)A Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-64551182081523231952010-01-16T21:39:44.963+00:002010-01-16T21:39:44.963+00:00Like you, I am an avid fan of sitting behind the w...Like you, I am an avid fan of sitting behind the wheel and hitting the open road. I love to drive on winding bending crazy roads, and I do not know why, I love to drive at night. Your post almost made me cry... the tears sat in my eyes and pooled, but they did not quite fall. I read while listening to Piazzolla. He is such a skilled musician, isn't he? His music comes from the gut, and always leaves me feeling a numb ache inside my own gut. A lovely thing you have done here, Cuban. I loved this post completely!<br /><br />NevineNevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-59018666540847510612010-01-16T14:02:33.820+00:002010-01-16T14:02:33.820+00:00Somehow - no idea how - I ended with the last two ...Somehow - no idea how - I ended with the last two playing together. Interesting result. (You might like to try it!)Interesting post which had me thoroughly immersed in it from the first. I agree with Chris on the Billy Joel front, though.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-58836559073043459132010-01-16T03:32:39.424+00:002010-01-16T03:32:39.424+00:00Driving and music, what a combination. I admit I ...Driving and music, what a combination. I admit I had not put the two together before either. But the music that's a different story. Thanks for this.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-32733271052087918342010-01-15T22:02:37.308+00:002010-01-15T22:02:37.308+00:00Not a day tripper, but a time tripper for me..what...Not a day tripper, but a time tripper for me..what a movie you've taken me to, especially the hyper-space section of A Day in the Life. I'll never be old as long as I can play this!! Thank you!!!!Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985979258848310351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-84791917046604106772010-01-15T18:12:11.733+00:002010-01-15T18:12:11.733+00:00Hello London,
This is a most enjoyable post - for ...Hello London,<br />This is a most enjoyable post - for the quality of the writing and for your quirky take on roads and music. (That is supposed to be a compliment, by the way) <br />The Piazzolla piece was heavenly and brought back some good memories - it was my first discovery of his music and one I taught to a number of piano students. Makes me want to get it out again and memorize it so the next time I walk through a ritzy hotel lobby with a grand piano in it, I can play something! <br /><br />You're a very good read, indeed.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-69622571876724113612010-01-15T17:09:32.451+00:002010-01-15T17:09:32.451+00:00Amazing, this has been an education. I love drivin...Amazing, this has been an education. I love driving, but bends have just been something to go round, albeit carefully, to see what comes next.<br /><br />Musical bends, now there's something I will have look out for.<br />The Piazolla piece was new to me, I have heard his music before because I live in a musical household, not because he is played at all often in the UK.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-37925674342093801742010-01-15T16:15:38.730+00:002010-01-15T16:15:38.730+00:00Hey Cuban, dear friend:
In the prairies where I l...Hey Cuban, dear friend:<br /><br />In the prairies where I live in Canada you can drive forever and ever and really never hit a bend. But you cannot drive without your music. That I couldn't do.<br /><br />But it is beautiful nonetheless, it always feels as if the sky is right there and you are driving into it.<br /><br />xoxoxoReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-69967226160387418852010-01-15T15:59:29.237+00:002010-01-15T15:59:29.237+00:00I'm so glad to see billy joel on your blog. I...I'm so glad to see billy joel on your blog. I often think of two things related to your topic today. 1. When did recording become so addicted to the metronome? Most "pop" radio today has no room for rubato.<br />2. I teach my students pianistic rubato using a similar analogy of being in the car and coming up to a red light. It depends on how fast you were going as to how much brake should be applied. All of them seem to be able to relate to Mom or Dad needing to slam on the brakes. They feel the safety belt press against their chests. We talk about that abruptness or the slow crawl when you saw that the light was red from quite a distance.<br />Great post as usual. PeaceChris Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383490294861071725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-16714343525366088862010-01-15T10:42:12.583+00:002010-01-15T10:42:12.583+00:00What a lovely selection.
And as someone who's...What a lovely selection. <br />And as someone who's been out of love with driving for a lot of years now it's good to read a different view.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-23724847293856411792010-01-15T04:42:57.060+00:002010-01-15T04:42:57.060+00:00I am so grateful for the musical education that I&...I am so grateful for the musical education that I'm getting at your blog. This might be my favorite so far. The first piece is so beautiful and juxtaposed with the driving metaphor was perfect. I also felt like I'd heard it somewhere -- in a movie perhaps? "A Day in the Life" is also one of my favorite songs -- it makes me almost cry every time, up to that last fading wail. I used to love to drive this certain stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway (Hwy 1) in southern Cal, down near San Diego. As you drive south, down and around a bend you come upon this stretch of coast where the sun is sparkling on the water and surfers dot the waves and people run and walk on the sand and if you get it just right you can listen to the Mamas and the Papas "California Dreaming" and it's so great that it goes beyond cliche. Thanks for sparking that memory...Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com