Your favorite 'The feeling begins'

[Vash01]

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.

[IceAlisa]

Kwan, hands down. She really "got" it. And I wasn't even a fan but that program was a masterpiece.

[Spazactaz]

Kwan, hands down.

^^

[Aussie Willy]

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.

[bardtoob]

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.

[Tak]

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.

[Artifice]

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.

[Jaana]

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.

[Cyn]

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

[briancoogaert]

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.

[RumbleFish]

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

[shah]

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

[zotza]

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.

[NONKO]

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

[TwizzlerS]

Here is one of my favorites:

Engi & Toth 1992

[Moka-Ananas]

G/P with Baiul a close second.

[LuckyCharm]

G/P with Baiul a close second.

Ditto.

[Vash01]

“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

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.

[IceAlisa]

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.

[Vash01]

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.