Andre Rieu and the triumph of vulgarity
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bananacharlie — 17 years ago(September 24, 2008 01:00 AM)
"It's not Andre Rieu's fault that the people don't realize that Akim is 2."
No, but it's his fault that he himself is exploiting a poor underprivileged child for the sake of this so called "entertainment". He doesn't give a crap about this child, that's why he brings him onstage to be laughed at rather than honestly aiding his musical career or life otherwise.
NOTE WELL RIEU FANS: What he plays is not good. You may well think that because you have little access to other classical music. Here are some of my favourite classical recordings. Please listen to them. If you still think Andre Rieu is amazing after these then please continue to listen to him.
-The works of Pavarotti, especially Nessun Dorma and the main song from Pagliacci
-Meditation from Thais by Itzhak Perlman written by Massenet
-Adiago for Strings by Kings College Choir written by Samuel Barber
-Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
-Sleep by Eric Whitacre
-Piano concerto in B flat minor by Tchaikovsky
-Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss
ALL OF THESE CAN BE FOUND ON LIMEWIRE - DOWNLOAD THEM! -
Lechaise — 16 years ago(January 31, 2010 07:48 AM)
I wouldn't doubt his talent at all, and the music he and his orchestra play (if i was only listening to it, rather than "watching" it) is great.
However, the dancers that accompany him, well, I don't know how they manage it but they come across as pretentious, everything that is done just annoys me. There seems to be a particular type of upper class close minded twits in Germanic europe (i.e. switzerland, the netherlands, denmark, germany etc) where they are far too smug and snobbish for their own good. I don't for a minute think they'd stop to p1s5 on me if i was on fire and would be the first to tell Jesus to get a haircut and a proper job were he to come back today, if they'd talk to him at all.
I sit and wait with increasing impatience for this over rated fop to drown in either his own smugness and delusion of uniqueness or, more likely, the various liquids he drowns his hair in every time he's about to go on stage. Bleugh!
️ Christina 1986-05-20 
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