I would have to disagree about Piers's playing abilities as the sound for this clip is just crappy. Yeap, I've had the huge pleasure of seeing and hearing the whole group live which Elephant Bill should try to do some time. Piers is a brilliant musician and a slightly OTT ("over the top" for those who don't know the abbreviation) showman. But hey.. if his uniek style helps people and especially young budding musicians want more classical music in their lives, then who are we to be such critics?
I would have to disagree about Piers's playing abilities as the sound for this clip is just crappy. Yeap, I've had the huge pleasure of seeing and hearing the whole group live which Elephant Bill should try to do some time. Piers is a brilliant musician and a slightly OTT ("over the top" for those who don't know the abbreviation) showman. But hey.. if his uniek style helps people and especially young budding musicians want more classical music in their lives, then who are we to be such critics?
Ghastly! So many mistakes; such a harsh tone; such poor ensemble, and those bizarre gesticulations. Piers is playing far beyond his musical and technical limitations here.
Fantastic! I have seen them play, have all their CDs - the energy and excitement they put back into baroque music is wonderful. It is not supposed to be dried-up, stuffy, old stuff. How dull. I'm with the school of thought that the music was written as a skeleton and you were to add your flair to it. Also, things were tampered with so much over time, who is to say exactly what the composer wanted or was thinking. Keep up the great work Red Priest!
I agree. These guys (1/2 of Red Priest) are awesome. People should tear themselves away from the cute kids & kitty vids for just a second to hear something awesome.
Yes, this isn't Piers at his best, though Howard Beach is,as always, fantastically good at keeping up(or down) with him.
cwboyne 5 months ago
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I would have to disagree about Piers's playing abilities as the sound for this clip is just crappy. Yeap, I've had the huge pleasure of seeing and hearing the whole group live which Elephant Bill should try to do some time. Piers is a brilliant musician and a slightly OTT ("over the top" for those who don't know the abbreviation) showman. But hey.. if his uniek style helps people and especially young budding musicians want more classical music in their lives, then who are we to be such critics?
suzeb50 5 months ago
I would have to disagree about Piers's playing abilities as the sound for this clip is just crappy. Yeap, I've had the huge pleasure of seeing and hearing the whole group live which Elephant Bill should try to do some time. Piers is a brilliant musician and a slightly OTT ("over the top" for those who don't know the abbreviation) showman. But hey.. if his uniek style helps people and especially young budding musicians want more classical music in their lives, then who are we to be such critics?
suzeb50 5 months ago
Ghastly! So many mistakes; such a harsh tone; such poor ensemble, and those bizarre gesticulations. Piers is playing far beyond his musical and technical limitations here.
ElephantBill 6 months ago
Fantastic! I have seen them play, have all their CDs - the energy and excitement they put back into baroque music is wonderful. It is not supposed to be dried-up, stuffy, old stuff. How dull. I'm with the school of thought that the music was written as a skeleton and you were to add your flair to it. Also, things were tampered with so much over time, who is to say exactly what the composer wanted or was thinking. Keep up the great work Red Priest!
recordernut1 10 months ago
Fantastic. Too bad the begining is chopped off:(
TheMimerzz44 1 year ago
I agree. These guys (1/2 of Red Priest) are awesome. People should tear themselves away from the cute kids & kitty vids for just a second to hear something awesome.
jdsalmonson 1 year ago 2
It's outrageous that this doesn't have more views or comments.
He is amazing! I've seen him live twice and he is absolutely astounding!!!!!
Adams4eva 1 year ago 6