Alan Thompson plays Maple Leaf Rag

Alan Thompson Jr. stomps ass at Disneyland playing the Maple Leaf Rag. Please note: I, the poster, am not Alan! I promise it isn't sped up, the camera I used was just pretty terrible (note the wonky color).

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• alan
• thompson
• maple
• leaf
• rag
• scott
• joplin
• disneyland
• piano

[Vyszeamy]

No offense. But It's like half destroying the piece from Scott Joplin - terribly enough certain sounds or tingles of the piano can't be heard. But the goodside is it's pretty entertaining though on the short run.

[sandrad63]

If you think this is Mickey Mouse Crap, the solution is simple. Don't go to Disneyland!  They have millions of fans who love it and I am sure they won't miss you.

[elusivemel]

Fast. But just because you can doesn't mean you should. 

[aureliefasollasido]

nice technic but too fast for me! i like it when it's slower..

[sandrad63]

@2MARINES2 I couldn't have said it better! Thank You!

[el3dlu]

Feels like he just wanted to finish quickly and played fast. And everyone saying "if you don't like the speed watch another version"... well... yeah, i would, but the problem is that every god damn maple leaf rag video on youtube is chopin minute waltz-fast. And if it's not, then it's some fekking midi version. Sigh.

[FuzzyOrangeHat]

THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is the perfect speed for this song!

Technically too fast, probably win zilch as far as scoring. But entertaining and FUN!

Some people don't understand how fun it is to play these pieces fast, so if you like it slower please go to a different video now. I am sure there are plenty out there. ;^D

[DarothProductions]

xD awesome playingxD

definitly it isn't speeded up, I can play this in almost the same speed - it is possible to do

But nevertheless is think it sounds much better, if you play it slower though playing it fast is so damn funnyxD

[2MARINES2]

Why do people complain so much about the damn speed. It think it sounds great slow but even better when it's play fast. Just give it a rest.

[Huckabeezer]

@VistasChangeNB A very good observation. Judging by the video alone, I'd say that the performance is running about 10% faster than the original was played. It is pretty damn fast though, by any measure. There is nothing new about this....in the good old days of the 20s ragtime and earlier, there was constant competition to play these pieces faster and faster....but the purpose, as here, was to show off the player, not the song!

[tbcass]

@warrenthomas4001 As I said in another post just because you can doesn't mean you should. Yes this guy is a virtuoso but the essence of the piece is ruined by playing this fast. That is the reason why Joplin included notation on the original sheet music "Don't play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast!".

[tbcass]

On the one hand hats off for virtuosity and being able to play this at such a fast tempo. On the other hand the pianist has essentially spoiled the piece and this smacks of showing off. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.