Well here are a few thoughts for the music lovers out there. For those who follow Kayne West, the latest news is about his Touch the Sky music video. Now some may be upset over this video failing to win the MTV European Awards. Mr. West was obviously upset about it as he threw a childish tantrum live on stage much to everyone’s surprise. But the fun did not end there.
The video has drawn a bit more attention though probably not what was intended. It seems the music video has a portrayal that rips off Mr. Evel Knievel. For the younger readers he is not some rock star, rapper, or character from a horror/slasher film. Mr. Knievel is a professional daredevil. He’s had a career that went from the 1960’s to the late 70’s. He has broken over 40 bones in his body due to failed attempts to jump the water fountain at Caesar’s Palace, 13 Pepsi delivery trucks, 13 British single decker buses and many others. Mr. Knievel set a world record for jumping 19 cars, and for selling over 100,000 tickets to consecutive shows at the Houston Astrodome. He’s been featured by ABC television’s Wide World of Sports program numerous times, the most famous ones being the Caesar’s Palace crash and his attempt to jump Snake River Canyon in a ‘motorcycle’ built by a NASA engineer. He has been inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame, and had 2 movies made about his life and had toy sales reported to be around 350 million dollars. Not bad for a former thief, minor league hockey player, poacher, Army man and supporter of Elk wildlife.
So Kanye West sought to use this real-life bad boy and thrill-seeker to emulate in his music video. Too bad he didn’t ask first. It seems that Mr. Knievel is no fan of Kanye West or his portrayal. Actually Mr. Knievel is quoted as saying “That video that Kanye West put out is the most worthless piece of crap I've ever seen in my life, and he uses my image to catapult himself on the public “ and “The guy just went too far using me to promote his filth to the world .“ Considering his thoughts it’s no surprise that his is suing Kanye. I take it that he too wouldn’t have voted for the music video at the MTV Awards show. Doesn’t your heart just break for this apparently temperamental egomaniac?
For those interested in music, in particular the works of one Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are now available online. Mozart was one of the original stars of music, not only for the volume of his works but also for their quality. Much like Mr. Michael Jackson in the 70’s Mozart started composing at age 5, and was already capable of playing several instruments at 4. By the time of his death he was making the equivalent of $42,000 a year (that put him in the top 5% of Europe at the time – Madonna, Michael and Janet Jackson combined don’t match that.)
Now I know some may not find this to be interesting. Some may even have never heard a single piece by the composer. But I feel if you haven’t learned to appreciate the classics you cannot truly appreciate the music that has come afterwards. Music is powerful and moving, when done right. Mozart is one of the greatest (though I do love Beethoven more) and it shows.
The scores of the actual music may not bring out how the music flows, or how it can make you feel, but it is the first step to that. If you can read the music, then maybe you can play it. If you play it you will know what I mean. I have to thank all my music teachers over the years, especially Mr. Seltzer, for giving me that insight. They expanded my music and helped to expand my mind. I can only hope to do a little of that for you.
This is what I think, what do you think?
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