View Poll Results: What is your favorite skate to 'The feeling begins'?

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  • Oksana Baiul (pro & exhibition)

    13 8.78%
  • Michelle Kwan (2003 SP)

    64 43.24%
  • Grishchuk-Platov (1997 FD)

    52 35.14%
  • Navka-Kostamorov (2003? FD)

    5 3.38%
  • Jill Trenary (1992? pro)

    2 1.35%
  • Grushina-Goncharov (2002? FD)

    2 1.35%
  • Other

    10 6.76%
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    Your favorite 'The feeling begins'

    I have been itching to start a poll, so here it is (may be it was posted in the past, but I don't remember).

    'The feeling begins' is another favorite skating music. Which ONE program/performance is your favorite?

    ETA: I thought Yagudin had skated to this music, but I could not find it on YT, so I was not 100 percent sure that he had. That's why I did not add his name to the poll. He would have gotten many votes, but I had to be sure.
    Last edited by Vash01; 10-15-2011 at 06:52 AM.

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    Kwan, hands down. She really "got" it. And I wasn't even a fan but that program was a masterpiece.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IceAlisa View Post
    Kwan, hands down.
    ^^

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    As much as I was not really a fan to G&P, I think their Feeling Begins was probably their masterpiece and really was a fantastic FD.

    For me Kwan just skated through the music. She used it to motivate her but didn't use the music.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IceAlisa View Post
    Kwan, hands down. She really "got" it. And I wasn't even a fan but that program was a masterpiece.
    As I recall from my lurking, you couldn't stand Kwan at the time. Of course, Cohen appeared on the rise at the time.

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    I can only remember two of these programs - G/P and Oksana Baiul. I liked them both. I dont think I could pick a favorite between these 2.
    Vainly hoping for Khokhlova/Volobuev

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    G&P were extraordinary on this music. The choreography was excessively difficult, full of moves and technical tricks. Each movement was like a little painting. Their program went faster and faster until the very end with the dramatic ending. What a masterpiece ! And their inetrpretation was simply unmatched. Oksana has such a magnetic charisma and she really moved her body from head to toes.
    No other program can be compared to this masterpiece.

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    Definetely G&P, especially their Europeans performance, WOW!!! In my opinion Kwan could not handle that music at all. Oksana Baiul´s performance I have not watched, yet. Generally I would say that Baiul could handle any music.

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    What, Kimmie Meissner's 2008 SP isn't included in this list?

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    Grishuk & Platov, by far.
    An amazing progam. I still watch it with the same emotion and intensity. Very complex and intricate choreography. I admire their lines, the fact that their 2 bodies appears sometimes just as one.

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    G&P by far.
    It was one of iconic moments in this sport.

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    voted for "Other," meaning Annette Dytrt's sp

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    Grischuk/Platov at Europeans.It had an unbelievable intensity and I can't enjoy any other program to that music after that without thinking about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vash01 View Post
    I thought Yagudin had skated to this music, but I could not find it on YT, so I was not 100 percent sure that he had. That's why I did not add his name to the poll. He would have gotten many votes, but I had to be sure.
    “The Feeling Begins” by Alexei Yagudin
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHj2KXR778g

    He called it “Passion”.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvxx8...3305BA64091E7F
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug3Ef...eature=related

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    Here is one of my favorites:

    Engi & Toth 1992

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    G/P with Baiul a close second.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moka-Ananas View Post
    G/P with Baiul a close second.
    Ditto.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NONKO View Post
    Thanks so much for the links! "Passion" explains why I could not find it on YT when I did a search. I had a vague memory of him skating to it.

    ETA: I could not open the links. Apparently it (EMI) is blocked in the USA, from what I am seeing on the screen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bardtoob View Post
    As I recall from my lurking, you couldn't stand Kwan at the time. Of course, Cohen appeared on the rise at the time.
    That is correct. I didn't like most of what she put out there but was always ready to admit that TFB was amazing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zotza View Post
    Grischuk/Platov at Europeans.It had an unbelievable intensity and I can't enjoy any other program to that music after that without thinking about it.
    It was my most favorite G&P performance. At worlds it was just a notch lower, but the one at Euros was fantastic.

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