Vivaldi and Disney

I have a bone to pick with Disney. Why do they have to ruin every single book and make it into a new movie? When I was a little girl, I thought that Beauty and the Beast carried such power, romance and mystery. I read it a hundred times. Now, I can't even think of it without wondering about Gaston and his cronies and the music that someone invented to make us think of the movie - not the book, but the movie. I feel sorry for this generation because they are missing the story - the essence.

Oh God... sounding like my mother.

Then there are Vivaldi's FOUR SEASON concertos (1723). They have beaten the Spring to death, cremated and had after-lives of it, though you rarely hear of the others.

WINTER - too frenetic for my hyper-ness

SUMMER- I love the beginning but at the middle - makes me need decaf -

AUTUMN - a nice little waltz befitting of Disney

SPRING - and then there is the one that has been beaten down to a pulp on Burger King commercials and Ferris Beuller movies. I'm sad that I like this one the best - the violin is to die for... but commercialism, just like Disney, destroys the sweetness and makes it into a forgettable Burger-beast.

Sad.