Goofyernmost
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I'm not sure what you mean by that. Could you be more specific?
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Is it safe to say the Electrical Parade is totally shot?
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JiminyandTink
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This is the exact same for me, I can't even objectively critique MSEP... as soon as that music comes on, I am instanly a kid again and mesmorized by that parade. I did like Spectro too, but on nostalgia alone, I never want to see MSEP leave again... I love it!
FigmentJedi
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I think they should take the old parade to a nice farm upstate and build something like Tokyo's Dreamlights to replace it.
Uncle Remus
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There is something special about watching it with my own small children. Over the years generations change and its something that we can both relate to at the same time
Joshua&CalebDad
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Funny, I also remember MSEP from my childhood so it does hold a certain place in my heart it but I always enjoyed Spectro more. Don't know, just always did.
MrsJackSparrow
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Parade ran just fine last night. Music was proper, and all floats illuminated well. There are new flourishes on the floats that have a swirl effect which is not constantly lit but lights with certain points in the score, not unlike Spectro.
rodserling27
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Call me stubborn, but I freaking love MSEP. I am glad to see some folks giving it some love here. Seems like all anyone wants to do is bash it. Do I want a new parade? If they do it right, then yeah eventually, sure, but I'd love for MSEP to come back every now and again as it has been doing. I don't think it's completely shot...last few times I watched it, everything was great.
Last I heard, MSEP would go down for 6 months in 2014 to be spruced up. I would completely shocked if they destroyed the original classic. Especially considering this isn't WDW's parade, this is Disneyland's copy of the parade. Also, I'm pretty sure every single Disneyland die-hard fanatic of this parade (there are a lot of them) would riot if MSEP was destroyed. (Some WDW folks might, too. Others might rejoice...)
JiminyandTink
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I couldn't agree more, I have enjoyed that same moment with my kids!
northmusic
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I have to agree with bringing the old music\sound programming back to the MSEP. If I remember correctly, the volume balance changes between float themes and the baroque hoedown were far more distinguishable before. The new music\programming seems to stay pretty constant throughout (which makes it a little less interesting as the parade goes on IMO). I could be wrong though.
While I still like the MSEP, Spectro was definitely a step forward though. Sad I won’t get to see it again.
While I still like the MSEP, Spectro was definitely a step forward though. Sad I won’t get to see it again.
drkokintz
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I was in high school when Spectro premiered, and myself and all my Disney friends had a very negative reaction to it. How dare they change something so dear to our childhood? </slight sarcasm> It took a few years, but I warmed up to it; then I was very joyful when MSEP came back in 1999. I was there for the last (we were told) run on 4/1/01. Magical and sad experience, plus complimentary lithograph. And it was at that time that I put my expectations on seeing it again to rest.
When it came back in 2010, I was apprehensive. I felt oddly betrayed by having said a meaningful goodbye to the parade, only to see it back again. That, and the soundtrack differences from the original to new version are disconcerting.
I find it interesting that I view the MSEP through a lens of nostalgia that many a little younger than me see Spectro, and while I usually disagree with their opinions of both parades, I totally understand it.
I think we are all ready for something new. Something we can all collectively hate at first for being different, but grow to love as a part of the Disney experience. And then amuse ourselves when the next generation continues the cycle.
When it came back in 2010, I was apprehensive. I felt oddly betrayed by having said a meaningful goodbye to the parade, only to see it back again. That, and the soundtrack differences from the original to new version are disconcerting.
I find it interesting that I view the MSEP through a lens of nostalgia that many a little younger than me see Spectro, and while I usually disagree with their opinions of both parades, I totally understand it.
I think we are all ready for something new. Something we can all collectively hate at first for being different, but grow to love as a part of the Disney experience. And then amuse ourselves when the next generation continues the cycle.
JillC LI
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Pete was on Elliot when we saw it for the first time last December. That was my favorite part of the parade! I suppose we never saw it in its glory, but we loved it!
scoobygirl39541
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Just tried listening to both of these to spot the changes and I couldn't get through 50 seconds of it without getting a headache. Miss Spectro's beautiful music
Communicore
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I don't like this parade at all especially since it was rebranded as "Disney's Electrical Parade" and the music changed. I mean I liked it back then but that was in the 80's.
Figments Friend
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You are correct. The new score for the currant MSEP is less interesting musically because of the very reason you pointed out ( lack of variety the melodies ).
One of several reasons why the original score is superior, in my opinion.
When you compare the two, it is clear that there is a LOT going on creatively in the score. The newer version was 'cute-ified' and filled with a lot of repeating sequences that tire your ear out after 3 minutes into the parade.
The original score also had the main melody that repeated often, but it was done is a slightly different presentation. This was plussed musically once some of the different floats started passing by. Yes, that still happens in the currant score...but as you noted the backing score is less pronounced and produces a different effect. The original seemed to have a better presentation.
Never really understood why Disney felt they needed to 'update' the score to MSEP. It is a true classic piece of music that has been beloved for ages and associated with DL and WDW for just as long.
Who thought it sounded 'outdated'....? Where is there head..?
I am sorry, but i would rather hear REAL 70s syth music instead of bogus digitized imposters pretending to be 'real 70s syths'.
The original score RULES.
The new version....meh...not appealing to me at all.
I love the parade....just not so keen on the new score.
adv.bluedude
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That's so weird. It sounds like the newer version is in a different key than the original. And the newer version sounds like it was done with midi rather than actual synths. Strange. Very strange. Also sad.
Dragonrider1227
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When I saw it in June, everything seemed to be working fine except the train float was missing.
I'm noticing some severe irony here. This board is full of people saying they should bring back
"classic" attractions and when they bring one back, they complain it's "outdated" and "annoying." :/
I'm noticing some severe irony here. This board is full of people saying they should bring back
"classic" attractions and when they bring one back, they complain it's "outdated" and "annoying." :/
rodserling27
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You are exactly right. The new one lacks humanity because it's all computer programmed, whereas the original was actual analog synthesizers. They are in different keys too.
Couldn't agree more. Original score was pure magic, through and through. New one is more like ..."Oh yeah...OK, it's THIS song..."
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