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Modern Era being say, last thirty-forty years but not the last fifty to seventy though. He's as fantastic a composer for the formulaic music he creates-I agree he ranks among the greats of cinematic composition but his claim to fame being so ingrained in pop culture with Star Wars for me means he kinna squeaked-into the realm of 20th century American composers like Copeland. Bernstein, or Gershwin. I dunno, he's more like a Howard Shore or Hans Zimmer for me, not quite reaching the all-star team of 20th century long-haired first-stringers.

Maybe I'm simply prejudiced against the all-consuming cheese-fog of Star Wars, Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, etc. Maybe I'll try the experiment of listening to one of his compositions without the backdrop of a film. No wait, see I did that-In 77' I bought the double LP of the Star Wars soundtrack (yahhh, I was frikkin' 12) and got bored with it-Never get bored listening to Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite or Ravel's Bolero, though!

Tim Minchin - The Gershwin of his time!

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This still has not been fixed. I think it would look bad to a casual visitor to Videosift if they found so many tiny videos. These aren't just isolated incidents either:

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Though this problem doesn't affect all Google embeds, there are hundreds more that have been affected. *Quality catch by Stingray.

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Wow! If you wait till the VERY end youg et to hear Gershwin playing 'I Got Rhythm!'

You know that little Casio keyboard in that video? I have one just like that. I got it as a gift 25 years ago. And it still works. I gave it to my son, and now he messes around with it sometimes. You might not like its sound, but you have to admit it was built to last.

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Instant suicide. Eternity in Hell could not be worse than 1000 years of that!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Either that, or maybe this. If you hear the latter, you'll immediately know where you're going.

In reply to this comment by jonny:
I don't believe in a Christian God, but if the Rapture ever comes, I suspect it will be to the sound of Rhapsody in Blue.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
This music takes me back to the mid-'80s. I was around 17 then, and it was when I first started seriously listening to music outside of the rock and pop genres. I latched on to Gershwin early on because I was spellbound by "Rhapsody In Blue". This piece is another of my favorites, along with "Violin Piece". I need to see if a video exists for that one.

Instant suicide. Eternity in Hell could not be worse than 1000 years of that!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Either that, or maybe this. If you hear the latter, you'll immediately know where you're going.

In reply to this comment by jonny:
I don't believe in a Christian God, but if the Rapture ever comes, I suspect it will be to the sound of Rhapsody in Blue.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
This music takes me back to the mid-'80s. I was around 17 then, and it was when I first started seriously listening to music outside of the rock and pop genres. I latched on to Gershwin early on because I was spellbound by "Rhapsody In Blue". This piece is another of my favorites, along with "Violin Piece". I need to see if a video exists for that one.

cool -- I had an itching for jazz today, and every gershwin vid I checked was dead. I fixed my own and sent the rest to the deadpool. I'm sure rasch will have fixed them before anyone else even notices.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Fixed! Thanks for letting me know.

In reply to this comment by jonny:
*dead

Either that, or maybe this. If you hear the latter, you'll immediately know where you're going.

In reply to this comment by jonny:
I don't believe in a Christian God, but if the Rapture ever comes, I suspect it will be to the sound of Rhapsody in Blue.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
This music takes me back to the mid-'80s. I was around 17 then, and it was when I first started seriously listening to music outside of the rock and pop genres. I latched on to Gershwin early on because I was spellbound by "Rhapsody In Blue". This piece is another of my favorites, along with "Violin Piece". I need to see if a video exists for that one.

Fixed! Thanks for letting me know.

In reply to this comment by jonny:
*dead

I don't believe in a Christian God, but if the Rapture ever comes, I suspect it will be to the sound of Rhapsody in Blue.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
This music takes me back to the mid-'80s. I was around 17 then, and it was when I first started seriously listening to music outside of the rock and pop genres. I latched on to Gershwin early on because I was spellbound by "Rhapsody In Blue". This piece is another of my favorites, along with "Violin Piece". I need to see if a video exists for that one.

dont wanna be the shmock or anything, but technically, "Summer time" should be mentioned with Gershwins play "Porgy and Bess" or however you write it. In that play, "summertime" was one of the songs.

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