Bolero

[jaF0]

When the movie '10" came out, there was a big thing about the Ravel piece 'Bolero' and how overly sexy it was. One of our local radio stations claimed they couldn't play it because it was 'too sexy'. In fact, they were a talk radio station that played a few short Pop and Easy Listening selections so a 15 minute Classical piece was completely outside their realm.

I don't get the 'sexiness' bit about it at all. It strikes me as a military type piece similar to 1812 and some others. When I hear it, I envision a large army of foot soldiers marching in from the distance and appearing over the crest of a hill before taking up formation. Something like a scene from The Alamo with Santa Anna's army.

 

[asianmom42]

When the movie '10" came out, there was a big thing about the Ravel piece 'Bolero' and how overly sexy it was. One of our local radio stations claimed they couldn't play it because it was 'too sexy'. In fact, they were a talk radio station that played a few short Pop and Easy Listening selections so a 15 minute Classical piece was completely outside their realm.

I don't get the 'sexiness' bit about it at all. It strikes me as a military type piece similar to 1812 and some others. When I hear it, I envision a large army of foot soldiers marching in from the distance and appearing over the crest of a hill before taking up formation. Something like a scene from The Alamo with Santa Anna's army.

I think because those that saw it, had the visual of Bo Derek on the beach while it played and it stuck in their heads.

The piece is nice, but I wouldn't consider it 'sexy' either......

 

[jp55665566]

When the movie '10" came out, there was a big thing about the Ravel piece 'Bolero' and how overly sexy it was. One of our local radio stations claimed they couldn't play it because it was 'too sexy'. In fact, they were a talk radio station that played a few short Pop and Easy Listening selections so a 15 minute Classical piece was completely outside their realm.

I don't get the 'sexiness' bit about it at all. It strikes me as a military type piece similar to 1812 and some others. When I hear it, I envision a large army of foot soldiers marching in from the distance and appearing over the crest of a hill before taking up formation. Something like a scene from The Alamo with Santa Anna's army.

The movie 10 got an "x" rating, so Ravels' Bolero got associated with x-rated, and became "sexy". Personally, I agree completely with your appraisal of the music(?) itself.