Main Street Electrical Parade Debut

rodserling27

rodserling27

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spectrodanny said:
sorry for making two posts together but another thought came to mind. What key is Barqque Hoedown played in For the Parade (Beaver/Dorsey Version?) It sounds like the key for the current soundtrack is G if i'm not mistaken
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The original is in between G and A, but closer to G (i THINK it's a quarter step.) The current one is in G at a=440hz

thehowiet said:
A quarter step? Was this due to a sample rate or tape speed issue?

That is pretty weird. In the old days it wasn't all that unusual to have recordings that were pretty far out of tune, usually to match the tuning of a non-tunable instrument...but I doubt this would be the case in this situation.
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I have no clue why. The original Perrey + Kingsley recording of "Baroque Hoedown" was in this strange key, so I'm sure that's why they kept it. It gave it a sort of "foreign" sound, i think, which is why I'm so attached to it. It wouldn't be hard today to move the new one into that key, especially with all the digital technology available.
 
Jerm

Jerm

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Not that it really matters all that much to some, but it does say Disney's Electrical Parade on the drum still! Just got word from Orlando Attraction Mag that saw it as part of the press thing they just did.

I would hope they would find a good version of the old into and touch it up!
 
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spectrodanny

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GOOD NEWS! while the drum will say "Disney's" Electrical Parade. the announcements will NOT. according to Rebekah from LP.com the announcements will be those of Jack Wagner.
 
aladdin2007

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spectrodanny said:
GOOD NEWS! while the drum will say "Disney's" Electrical Parade. the announcements will NOT. according to Rebekah from LP.com the announcements will be those of Jack Wagner.
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Thats great to know!!! It was also just on wftv channel 9 news and the drum said disneys electrical parade. But at least the annoucement will be the rest.
 
lnsemsf

lnsemsf

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I watched the Channel 9 video and noticed the drum did not flash to say "Presented by Sylvania" as it does at DCA. I guess Disney's going to foot the bill for this one all on their own.
 
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cardboardroom

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rodserling27 said:
Yeah except I can totally see Disney not wanting to re-record the intro. Remember: the original vocoder intro to the parade is in a substantially different key than the new one (a quarter step, weird), so they would either have to cut and paste it and adjust the key, or re-record the vocal intro altogether.

My bet: They use the "Disney's Electrical Parade" intro. :(
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The DEP intro they used for the 2009 version was the same one they used in the 2001 version, though, and it worked alright. Using the old Jack Wagner ones should work fine for the MK version (though the best idea would be not to use the new music at all!).
 
SMRT-1

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Jerm said:
Not that it really matters all that much to some, but it does say Disney's Electrical Parade on the drum still! Just got word from Orlando Attraction Mag that saw it as part of the press thing they just did.

I would hope they would find a good version of the old into and touch it up!
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what a disappointment. :brick:
 
rodserling27

rodserling27

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I had a thought about the drum. While It may say "DISNEY'S" electrical parade, do you think there's a possibility that the "disney's" could fade out to reveal "Main Street" once in a while to read "Main Street Electrical Parade?" Ya know the way it would fade to "Presented by Sylvania" or "A California Classic?" That would be pretty cool, yes?
 
Evil Genius

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I'm glad to hear that they are retaining a least a large portion of that what made this parade so iconic and great. The name change, if it's legit, isn't great but as long we get the entire MESP name at some point during its presentation I'm content.

I'm just bummed that I probably won't get back down to WDW before it's gone again. I'm still probably four years out from my next trip! :mad:
 
mastromjm

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dlpwishes said:
One guy mentions that it WILL be going back to DL in ten weeks... and then something is mumbled about Spectro. :)
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Shame to hear that. He could have just said that to make people think it'd only last one summer. However, what he said about Spectro sounds like a good sign! :)
 
aladdin2007

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LP now has the electrical parade cd available, but it says Disneys Electrical Parade, Disneyland Resort. Would have hurt them to rerelease it with new cover art that at least says Disney World on it or Main Street Electrical Parade? Has anyone seen it in the park yet?
 
etwtec

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I can not help but wonder exactly how much updating can be done to Spectro in just 10 weeks.... Does not sound to promising for anything Really BIG to be happening to Spectro. More than likely just a few new LEDs thrown here and there or something :(
 
dlpwishes

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etwtec said:
I can not help but wonder exactly how much updating can be done to Spectro in just 10 weeks.... Does not sound to promising for anything Really BIG to be happening to Spectro. More than likely just a few new LEDs thrown here and there or something :(
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I don't know.. 10 weeks is quite a long time. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. But they have made soem minor changes such as the spectro heads, etc when the parade has been playing each night. So there could be more significant things coming
 
DiPSU224

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wdwmagic said:
Its also right here on WDWMAGIC at http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Main-Street-Electrical-Parade/Video.htm
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That first video of the floats all lit up in the warehouse is stunning! So beautiful...

I don't know much about all the different versions or scores, but I only remember seeing the parade once in '99 way before my love of Disney became an obsession. I didn't think much of it back then, not knowing any of it's history. What's great is seeing that it seems to kick up so much nostalgia for people. Clearly, from reading this thread on just changing a name, many people are passionate about it. I've grown up knowing and loving Spectro so I will miss it.

I'm sorry I'll be missing MSEP's return but unfortunately its time to start being an adult and saving money for boring things like fixing up the house, etc...Boo for being responsible. :(
 
montyz81

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I was wondering, Will the main parade float say "Disneys Electrical Parade" or will it read "Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade". If it doesn't say "Main Street" then it is not a WDW original. (Sorry if this was discussed earlier)
 
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Skyway

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If you're gonna be nit-picky, then you also need to slam the original creators of the Florida Electrical Parade.

The original drum read "Walt Disney World presents...The Main Street Electrical Parade."

And yet, the announcement said "The Magic Kingdom proudly presents...."

So which is it?

THEY WERE IDIOTS!!!!!!!

(Oh, that's too harsh? What about slamming them for not changing a stupid sign on a parade that's only running here a few quick months-- a sign that is still technically accurate. What a bunch of cheapskates! Well, other than spending all that money to send the parade across the country for a very limited run. Maybe next time, they shouldn't even bother.)
 

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