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	<title>Comments on: Billy Joel &#8211; Piano Man</title>
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	<description>Ciarán Norris blogs about music, media and much ado about nothing</description>
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		<title>By: Ciaran</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must have listened to this song hundreds of times, and have never noticed anything that &#039;breaks the momentum&#039;, at least not for me.

I&#039;d say two things - firstly, it&#039;s meant to be in the style of a bar-room player, who would be likely to do exactly the sort of flourish you describe. The other thing I&#039;d say is that I&#039;ve always preferred musicians with a sense of humour - it doesn&#039;t mean that they&#039;re clowns, but does mean that they&#039;re much more appealing than those who think they&#039;re the next Beethoven.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I must have listened to this song hundreds of times, and have never noticed anything that &#8216;breaks the momentum&#8217;, at least not for me.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d say two things &#8211; firstly, it&#8217;s meant to be in the style of a bar-room player, who would be likely to do exactly the sort of flourish you describe. The other thing I&#8217;d say is that I&#8217;ve always preferred musicians with a sense of humour &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t mean that they&#8217;re clowns, but does mean that they&#8217;re much more appealing than those who think they&#8217;re the next Beethoven.</p>
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		<title>By: scarfmedia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes but if you listen to this the whole way through, you&#039;ll hear him fly off on a little solo run - way up the piano in a way that kind of breaks the whole momentum of the song. 

Now naturally it&#039;s well done, and he&#039;s soon back in the zone, but was it really necessary? Well perhaps only if you&#039;re incapable of taking your own music seriously. And if the musician can&#039;t take it seriously, even when playing, then might not others do the same...?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes but if you listen to this the whole way through, you&#8217;ll hear him fly off on a little solo run &#8211; way up the piano in a way that kind of breaks the whole momentum of the song. </p>
<p>Now naturally it&#8217;s well done, and he&#8217;s soon back in the zone, but was it really necessary? Well perhaps only if you&#8217;re incapable of taking your own music seriously. And if the musician can&#8217;t take it seriously, even when playing, then might not others do the same&#8230;?</p>
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