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Offline Strawboss

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Ragtime-Why do I love this music?
« on: June 30, 2011, 08:36:49 PM »
The bike song thread got me thinking. I play trumpet but always wanted to play piano. I love ragtime music, there is something about it I can't explain. I know it evolved and was developed in pool halls, bar and bordellos, but theres an innocence to it, a simpler time. Maybe the history, what was going on then, I don't know, its visceral I think for me.

The Easy Winners by Scott Joplin (older version)

Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag (older version)
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Re: Ragtime-Why do I love this music?
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2011, 12:05:49 PM »
ALWAYS puts a smile on my face.  Just something happy about it.
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Re: Ragtime-Why do I love this music?
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2011, 09:55:52 AM »
For me it was the Keystone Kops segments that used to run in the 60's on TV. Trolley cars, men in Derby's, women with parasols, Snidely Whiplash tying a helpless maiden to the track while a steam locomotive chugs closer, all in fast motion, Chaplin eating his shoe.
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Re: Ragtime-Why do I love this music?
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2011, 08:54:24 AM »
Reminds me I haven't watched any Buster Keaton in a while...
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Re: Ragtime-Why do I love this music?
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2011, 11:40:02 AM »
Buster was nothing short of amazing.
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