Wu299 wrote:Doc wrote:
Saxophones? Em.. not sure if joking or our culture got f...ked...
In my opinion czech polkas are more of a music than german ones, which seem to be way too precise and strict, instead of being what they really are - a people´s music, played in villages with these bands consisting of old chaps where two played trumpet "back then", tenor and baritone horns couldnt find a trumpet so they picked what was available and tuba=old helicon being in the family since who-knows-when. Somehow it works, and worked for generations.
Honestly (no I do NOT want to offend anyone, just saying my opinion), after Ive seen what melting of cultures did to this music, it makes me sick. Whoever got the idea to bring accordion into "classical" polka must have been ill.
This music is getting raped big time, at least in my country, and is rarely cared about by anyone younger than 60 years. What a shame, another part of culture literally destroyed by ignorance and prejudice ("You play THAT? No, sorry, Im not coming.").
Well, it's a conundrum. It's a shame to see old musical traditions die out, but of course one way or another it always happens. Eventually I think you're faced with a choice - adapt, or die. I wasn't joking, you can see it yourself on Youtube, common lineup is drums, electric bass, accordion and a saxophone or two. Not to your taste, I understand, but on the bright side, it's living music. Many European musical traditions are maintained today in a sort of museum style, including I suppose Czech polka in a few Czech brass bands, but Czech polka is among the few that survive as popular music in any meaningful sense. Too bad you don't like it!
