runner -> RE: Most Underrated (Jul. 2 2013 14:47:16)
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RobJe: "I think that Pohren's criticism of Morao shows a rather narrow outlook on flamenco." Please elaborate on that; it is not at all clear what you mean. I think we all have rather narrow outlooks on flamenco--we all have likes and dislikes. Exception: there are those who like, or say they like, "everything" that they choose to call flamenco--"It's All Good!". Hard to have a discussion with such. A fantasy for Ricardo: Terremoto and Morao have worked one another into frazzles, goading each other into frenzies of superheated "emotion". They are both drained, and Morao goes home tired but satisfied, leaving Terremoto still restless and feeling a new, deep emptiness within that he must find expression for. He stumbles in the late evening darkness into La Zambra, where he finds Perico alone, picking a few notes on his guitar--his trademark, spare, world-weary three-o'clock-in-the-morning toque filling the sad cafe. Perico senses Terremoto's need, invites him to his side, and begins to draw out from Terremoto the true, deep anguish within...... Siguiriyas, Soleares, Bulerias..... I think the hardest of the three to get across convincingly is bulerias; there are few that I find wholly satisfactory, compared with successfully executed siguiriyas and soleares. And, after so much emotional Sturm und Drang; it is often very pleasant to just sit back and enjoy the special pleasures and delights of well-sung and -played malaguenas, fandangos, cartageneras, tarantas. Maybe it is all good!
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