Am I a freak for loving "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies"?

[KitchenWitch]

It is my favorite part of the entire Nutcracker soundtrack. I could listen to it all year 'round.

Of course Tchaikovsky is my favorite composer.

[Haole Girl]

1. I love it, too!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mOeuar5LmtU

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. Hey You --

You beat me to it :D

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. am I freaky to enjoy the ballet --

for both of us:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mOeuar5LmtU

[Haole Girl]

3. lol

GMTA! :hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. Yes, they do --

:hi:

[flvegan]

6. No. You're a freak regardless of your dance choices.

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

9. Nice post, Pol Pot!

:hi:

[flvegan]

13. The Nutcracker not only sounds painful, but it's part of The War on Christmas

It's evil, obviously.

[Kajsa]

7. No- I love the 'Arabian Dance'

from the Nutcracker.

I just love it-

What's not to like about it?

I think darn near everyone likes it.

Am I wrong?

( if so, I will promptly admit it- :rofl:)

( and no, I'm not having a conversation with myself.;-) )

[KitchenWitch]

10. I took my daughter to see a production of Nutcracker by a new dance company here in the OC

We went yesterday with her Brownie troop. My daughter was transfixed. She is totally hooked. Some of the other girls were very very bored.

[Kajsa]

29. Good for her!

Both Karl and I saw the Nutcracker at an early age
and are hooked on it.

I'm so glad she liked it.
;-)

I can't believe it, Brownies bored with
the Nutcracker?

What is the world coming too?

:D :hi:

[fizzgig]

8. that doesn't make you a freak

everything else does :P

[graywarrior]

11. You're a freak, period.

[bicentennial_baby]

12. No, I adore the entire soundtrack, year round...

And Tchaikovsky is also my favorite, along with Mozart, Chopin, Stravinsky, and Orff. Oh, and Bizet, and Wagner. :P

[no name no slogan]

14. Yes. Yes you are.

Steckel

[KitchenWitch]

16. GAAAAHHH!

:banghead:

[no name no slogan]

20. heh. At least I didn't post this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

[SPKrazy]

15. I love the nutcracker

it rawks

:woohoo:

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Ack! I could riff *two* Python bits off this!

What to do, what to do? :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

18. Lay 'em both on me, baby!

I can take it!

:D

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. Gah! No, THREE!

Forgot about this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDUTTRGOJdE

Another one starts at 4:50 in this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZfCvQRe87Y

I'll have to dig for the most appropriate bit, since it's an animation and thus not catalogued. x(



Found it — at 4:11 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VTyhHzIzYA

[SOteric]

19. I love the entire Suite.

It was the performance piece of my first dance recital as a very young girl. I remember seeing Gelsey Kirkland doing the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy so many years ago, and I've never forgotten it. Her pointe-work was inspired.

[martymar64]

21. I just bought the opening theme to Swan Lake on iTunes

That piece was a standard for theme music in a few old movies like Dracula and Siegfried.

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. Only if you love it only if danced by a naked Larry Craig smothered in Kiwi Chutney

[KitchenWitch]

24. Thanks for the visual...

x(

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. Here's some rather special 'Tchaikovsky'

"Nut Rocker," recorded in 1962 by B. Bumble and the Stingers.

Enjoy.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/98rf6d

[datasuspect]

26. this music is decadent and unholy

it isn't very godly and will certainly lead to sin and iniquity.

[DarkTirade]

27. No.

You're a freak for completely different reasons. :)

[ironflange]

28. The orchestration is brilliant

Thaik was one of the best in that department. You won't hear many other duets for bass clarinet and celesta.

[BarenakedLady]

30. I love all the music

from the Nutcracker. Brings back so many memories.