The word 'Playful': talk abt it!

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I read that word, especially when classical recs are being reviewed (actually that may not be the exact word but something like that but I'll post this thread just in case it is).

(x) is 'playful' as if its enough. for me it screams => without focus. it just hovers on the edge of 'something' and nothing more.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 17 March 2003 11:44 (twenty-three years ago)

it's a short and frightening walk from 'playful' to 'whimsical'

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 17 March 2003 11:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Julio I'm interested as to why you think 'playful' = without focus any more than 'mournful', 'turbulent', 'elegiac' or any other term that could be applied to a lot of classical music.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 17 March 2003 15:39 (twenty-three years ago)

I use the 'playful' bcz I think its used more in reviews.

(as in 'plays w/sound more' => on the way to a good review). I'm looking at 20th century classical reviews as well.

(I'm still not sure whether 'playful' is the word I'm looking for BTW)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 17 March 2003 15:56 (twenty-three years ago)

playful=engaging but not mesmerizing

― girl scout heroin (iamamonkey), Monday, 17 March 2003 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Foreplay vs fucking.

(ie it's nice to have a bit of both, yo!)

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 17 March 2003 16:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Doesn't 'playful' mean a bit upbeat and teasing and altogether quite sweet and smile-inducing - like early Plaid or Tuileries from Pictures at an Exhibition (to use two wildly different examples). I think you're grabbing at the wrong word.

Aaah - I get it... you're talking about playful as in the approach of the composer as opposed to the feeling created by the music, aren't you?

(Erm, Jerry is OTM, by the way)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 17 March 2003 16:09 (twenty-three years ago)

''I get it... you're talking about playful as in the approach of the composer as opposed to the feeling created by the music, aren't you?''

yes.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 17 March 2003 16:42 (twenty-three years ago)

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