Political views aside...

[lsdiamond]

What in the cotton-picking heck are we doing giving former President Bill Clinton, or anyone, for that matter a Grammy for READING 'Peter and the Wolf'.

You don't read 'Peter and the Wolf'.

Prokofiev is surely rolling in his grave.

Comments

[saditymaus.livejournal.com]

Eh? Did I read that correctly? Aren't the main "voices" of Peter and the Wolf the instruments?

[lsdiamond.livejournal.com]

That's my entire point.

*shudder*

[lipsy.livejournal.com]

Holy shit. Clinton aside... READING Peter and the Wolf gets a Grammy?????? >_

[lsdiamond.livejournal.com]

This is exactly what I'm saying, friends. *groan* Can anyone explain to me *why*?

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[saditymaus.livejournal.com]

Hillary won a grammy for reading her book last year. Brown-nosing?

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[lsdiamond.livejournal.com]

Meh. Doesn't bother me if people read their own stuff... What bothers me is the fact that Peter and the Wolf is primarily an instrumental piece. I have heard that there are versions of it with spoken word, but in every one I've heard, all the characters are all played by instruments. It's not like reading a story, it's just bits of text interspersed throughout the piece.

For *anyone* to win a Grammy for "reading" Peter and the Wolf is ridiculous, IMO.