Shit or hit: A Fifth of Beethoven

[Bent Fabric]

I assume there's "A Bump of Brahms" out there somewhere...

[Bent Fabric]

One can hardly blame the OG for returning to the scene of the crime.

Repeatedly.

[Bent Fabric]

The digression continues...

[Bent Fabric]

All that aside, I'm stunned by how amazing "A Fifth.." sounds 42 years after the fact.

If anyone had ever tried to tell me even when I was 6 (and at virtually any point between then and now) that I'd be claiming it as a timeless, evergreen, classic masterpiece (and I am), I'd have been galled.

I spun it at a wedding last night. No real reason...just scrolled to it and thought "That seems about right". It sounded fucking incredible, not a second too long, really crisp and dynamic (the band is ON), and...the younger people who were dancing to it certainly didn't have any nostalgia for the disco era - I think they were taking it at face value, just as a powerful track.

So many things are simultaneously going very right during those four minutes.

Davey nails it 100% - "Shouldn't work. Does."

A lot of things that move me (to whatever extent) fall squarely into that category. Regarding intent, origins, probability, etc....it's like the Monkees or something - how is it even possible that those four guys have some large number of classic tracks to their name?

[Charlie O.]

“An I.V. Of Ives”

[Lord Rother]

Thanks for reminding me just how absolutely fucking shit disco was / is.

[never/ever]

Rother in agreement with Coan-shocker!

[jimboo]

I never knew Al Pacino did this kind of stuff.

[Lord Rother]

Rother in agreement with Coan-shocker!

Wtf?

[Loki]

An abomination. Ludwig wouldn't have liked it.

And it makes me think of SNF.

[fange]

Thanks for reminding me just how absolutely fucking shit disco was / is.

Geez, lighten up, LR.

If you're trying to say ALL disco is shit then you're way off the mark; i recommend a little more Chic, Trammps, Sister Sledge and Van McCoy and a little less Big Big Train and Spock's Beard.

[Darkness_Fish]

Fuck me, how is this 50/50? To think I get abuse for my taste on here. Of course not all disco is shit, that's a stupid point of view. But this - this is shit.

[Lord Rother]

Thanks for reminding me just how absolutely fucking shit disco was / is.

Geez, lighten up, LR.

If you're trying to say ALL disco is shit then you're way off the mark; i recommend a little more Chic, Trammps, Sister Sledge and Van McCoy and a little less Big Big Train and Spock's Beard.

I know it’s unusual for me but I was just throwing in a bit of BCB style hyperbole for “entertainment”.

[pcqgod]

I don't love it and I don't hate it. I'd rather hear Beethoven without disco beats, though on some level I think it is done well and I applaud the creators for the idea.

[fange]

I know it’s unusual for me but I was just throwing in a bit of BCB style hyperbole for “entertainment”.

Ok, as you were then.

[Charlie O.]

I know it’s unusual for me but I was just throwing in a bit of BCB style hyperbole for “entertainment”.

Ok, as you were then.