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Old 05-05-08, 12:25 PM
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I know part of the mission of this site is to de-snob classical music, there's gotta be some performers and composers out there who are just too full of themselves and music that takes itself WAY to seriously.

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ANY classical musician (female sopranos are worst, for some reason, but blokes do it too) who insist on pulling faces when performing to show how ARTISTIC and SENSITIVE they are. The really excruciating ones are singers who GRIN when singing happy words, then pull a face like a smacked arse when the words are sad. FOR GOD'S SAKE JUST SING.
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Oh man do I hate that. There's also that whistful longing gaze into the distance.
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Then there are male singers who raise both arms and make claw shapes with their hands, as if testing a pair of watermelons for ripeness. Why do they do it? Everyone knows they're highly trained, sensitive and artistic or they wouldn't be warbling to start with. Why over-egg the pudding?
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...or they wouldn't be warbling to start with. Why over-egg the pudding?
Maybe in case we don't "get" how amazing they are and their music is, that somehow visual clues will help.

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How about when musicians violently sway, or suck air through their teeth or hum or moan off key as they play. Keith Jarret is notorious for this.
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and music that takes itself WAY to seriously.
How can music take itself too seriously?

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1 word - Wagner!
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I sense trouble brewing.
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I thought he dressed up in a ridiculous gypsy costume at one point but I can't find a picture.
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